Walt Bellamy vs. John Lucas III Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of John Lucas III and Walt Bellamy, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Who had the better rookie season? Who had best stats in their 10th season? Who won a championship first? These questions and many others, are answered here.

Walt Bellamy played 14 years in the NBA, 6 more than John Lucas III, who played 8. Walt Bellamy had the first of his seasons in 1961-62, while John Lucas III had his rookie season in 2005-06. With that starting point, here you can take a look at each of their seasons side by side and compare how their careers evolved in achivements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Walt Bellamy	John Lucas III
Season	1961-62	2005-06
Team	Chicago Packers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	79	42.3	31.6	-	-	19.0	2.7	-	-	-	3.6	12.3	23.7	.519	-	-	-	6.9	10.8	.644
John Lucas III	13	8.2	2.3	0.2	0.2	0.4	0.9	0.4	0.0	0.5	0.5	1.1	2.8	.389	0.2	0.7	.222	0.0	0.0	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Lucas III	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Walt Bellamy	John Lucas III
Season	1962-63	2006-07
Team	Chicago Zephyrs	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	80	41.3	27.9	-	-	16.4	2.9	-	-	-	3.5	10.5	19.9	.527	-	-	-	6.9	10.3	.674
John Lucas III	47	8.1	3.3	0.2	0.6	0.8	0.7	0.4	0.0	0.3	0.8	1.3	3.3	.397	0.3	1.3	.254	0.3	0.4	.789
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Lucas III	2	4.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.5	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0	-

Note: John Lucas III didn't play in 2007-08, 2008-09 and 2009-10.

Season 3
	Walt Bellamy	John Lucas III
Season	1963-64	2010-11
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	80	42.4	27.0	-	-	17.0	1.6	-	-	-	3.8	10.1	19.8	.513	-	-	-	6.7	10.3	.651
John Lucas III	2	5.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.5	.333	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	1.0	.000
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Lucas III	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Walt Bellamy	John Lucas III
Season	1964-65	2011-12
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bullets Lost West Div Finals	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	80	41.3	24.8	-	-	14.6	2.4	-	-	-	3.3	9.2	18.0	.509	-	-	-	6.4	9.4	.685
John Lucas III	49	14.8	7.5	0.4	1.1	1.6	2.2	0.4	0.0	0.9	0.9	2.9	7.3	.399	1.1	2.9	.393	0.6	0.7	.875
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	10	42.7	20.9	-	-	15.1	3.4	-	-	-	3.8	7.4	15.8	.468	-	-	-	6.1	9.2	.663
John Lucas III	5	18.8	8.6	0.4	1.0	1.4	1.8	0.0	0.0	1.2	1.4	3.6	8.0	.450	1.0	2.6	.385	0.4	0.4	1.000

Note: John Lucas III didn't play in 2015-16.