Pursuant to the requirements of Securities Exchange act of
1934, the undersigned institutional investment manager has
caused this
report to be signed on its behalf in the City

of		CHICAGO		and State of		ILLINOIS

on the 	9th		day of 	October , 2002	 .


		LINCOLN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT COMPANY
		(Name of Institutional Investment Manager)


		(Manual Signature of Person Duly Authorized
		to Submit This Report)

Name and 13F file numbers of ALL Institutional Investment Managers
with respect to which this schedule is filed (other than the one
 filing this report):  (List in alphabetical order).

13F File Numbers will be assigned to Institutional Investment
Managers after they file their first report.

Name:		13F File No.:	Name:		13F File No.:
1.				7.
2.				8.
3.				9.
4.				10.
5				11.
6.  				12.
SEC 1685 (5-85)


								(SEC USE ONLY)
	FORM 13F			Name of Reporting Manager:
LINCOLN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT CO.
							Item 8:
							Voting Authority
Item 1:	Item 2:	Item 3:	Item 4:	Item 5:
(Shares)	Name of Issuer	Title of	CUSIP
Fair Market	Shares or	Class	Number	Value	Principal
	(a) Sole	(a) Sole	(b) Shared	(c) None	Amount
Johnson & Johnson	COM	478160104	143.4	2,651,700
2,651,700	1,708,700 	943,000
Wal-Mart	COM	931142103	117.7	2,390,900	2,390,900
1,513,900 	877,000
General Electric	COM	369604103	87.4	3,544,500
3,544,500	 2,653,100 	891,400
Abbott Labs	COM	002824100	86.4	2,138,000	2,138,000
1,282,900 	855,100
Cisco Systems	COM	17275R102	85.6	8,165,800
8,165,800	 4,894,100 	3,271,700
Procter & Gamble	COM	742718109	84.3	942,800	942,800
563,600 		 379,200
American Intl. Group	COM	026874107	79.6	1,454,700
1,454,700	 876,900 		 577,800
Dell Computer Corp.	COM	247025109	77.6	3,299,700
3,299,700	 1,826,300 		 1,473,400
Microsoft	COM	594918104	72.0	1,645,300	1,645,300
1,231,400 		 413,900
PepsiCo	COM	713448108	67.2	1,819,420	1,819,420
1,152,940 		 666,480
Pfizer	COM	717081103	65.0	2,239,625	2,239,625
1,848,150 		 391,475
Capital One Financial	COM	14040H105	63.0	1,804,900
1,804,900	 1,148,600 		 656,300
Danaher Corp	COM	235851102	60.6	1,065,100
1,065,100	 557,700 	507,400
3M Company	COM	88579Y101	60.0	545,600	545,600
299,000 		 246,600
Amgen	COM	031162100	58.6	1,405,600	1,405,600
829,000 		 576,600
First Data Corp.	COM	319963104	58.5	2,092,100
2,092,100	 1,121,800 	970,300
Liberty Media (Series A)	COM	530718105	58.4
8,132,600	8,132,600	 4,862,700 	3,269,900
Illinois Tool Works	COM	452308109	56.0	959,600
959,600	 530,600 	429,000
Comcast Corp.	COM	200300200	51.9	2,487,000
2,487,000	 1,385,200 	1,101,800
UnitedHealth	COM	91324P102	48.2	553,100
553,100	 311,900 	241,200
Forest Labs	COM	345838106	47.1	574,000	574,000
246,800 		 327,200
State Street	COM	857477103	46.6	1,205,200
1,205,200	 688,800 	516,400
Colgate Palmolive Co.	COM	194162103	45.3	840,400
840,400	 627,600 	212,800
Intel	COM	458140100	45.3	3,258,000	3,258,000
2,423,500 	834,500
Citigroup	COM	172967101	43.1	1,453,900	1,453,900
900,700 		 553,200
Kraft Foods, Inc.	COM	50075N104	41.9	1,149,400
1,149,400	 656,600 	492,800
Wyeth	COM	983024100	40.5	1,272,900	1,272,900
803,300 	469,600
Lowe's	COM	548661107	39.4	951,100
951,100	 595,200 	355,900
Kohl's Corp.	COM	500255104	38.1	626,100
626,100	 351,300 	274,800
Pharmacia	COM	71713U102	36.1	927,600	927,600
758,900 		 168,700
Viacom Inc - CL B	COM	925524308	32.7	807,400
807,400	598,600 	208,800
AmerisourceBergen Corp.	COM	03073E105	31.0	434,000
434,000	 222,700 	211,300
Bed Bath & Beyond	COM	075896100	27.6	848,200
848,200	 357,000 	491,200
MBNA Corp.	COM	55262L100	26.0	1,416,900	1,416,900
1,062,400 		 354,500
BJ Services Co.	COM	055482103	25.4	976,800
976,800	 622,200 	354,600
Baxter Int'l Inc.	COM	071813109	23.5	770,000
770,000	 511,100 	258,900
Maxim Integrated Products	COM	57772K101	23.0
930,500	930,500	 399,100 	531,400
Oracle Corp	COM	68389X105	23.0	2,923,600	2,923,600
2,165,300 		 758,300
Microchip Technology, Inc.	COM	595017104	22.8
1,115,600	1,115,600	 492,800 	622,800
Cardinal Health Inc.	COM	14149Y108	22.4	360,500
360,500	 258,000 	102,500
Pepsi Bottling Group Inc	COM	713409100	22.0
941,700	941,700	 585,200 	356,500
Federal Nat'l Mtge.	COM	313586109	21.3	357,800
357,800	 272,900 	84,900
Home Depot	COM	437076102	17.6	675,900
675,900	 508,600 	167,300
United Technologies Corp.	COM	913017109	17.3
306,300	306,300	 226,400 	79,900
Automatic Data Corp.	COM	053015103	16.8	483,700
483,700	 371,300 	112,400
Schering-Plough	COM	806605101	16.0	750,900
750,900	 613,900 	137,000
Target Corporation	COM	87612E106	15.1	511,100
511,100	 384,300 	126,800
Harley Davidson Inc.	COM	412822108	13.6	291,800
291,800	 216,000 	75,800
Exxon Mobil Corp	COM	30231G102	12.9	405,600
405,600	 316,100 	89,500
Jabil Circuit Inc	COM	466313103	12.6	852,700
852,700	 642,000 	210,700
Symantec Corp.	COM	871503108	10.5	312,300
312,300	 231,300 	81,000
Applied Materials	COM	038222105	9.8	852,800
852,800	 631,500 	221,300
Noble Corp	COM	G65422100	9.8	316,100	316,100
234,000 	82,100
Tenet Healthcare Corporation	COM	88033G100	9.5
191,800	191,800	 156,800 	35,000
Tech Data Corporation	COM	878237106	8.2	310,100
310,100	 229,100 	81,000
Merck	COM	589331107	7.1	155,200	155,200
- -   	155,200
Medtronic Inc.	COM	585055106	5.9	141,000
141,000	 38,600 	102,400
Broadcom Corp.	COM	111320107	5.8	539,300
539,300	 396,600 	142,700
Extreme Networks	COM	30226D106	5.6	1,328,200
1,328,200	 984,700 	343,500
Network Appliance	COM	64120L104	4.6	631,000
631,000	 468,100 		 162,900
GlaxoSmithKline PLC-ADR	ADR	37733W105	3.9
100,800	100,800	 -   	100,800
Brocade Comm.	COM	111621108	3.3	440,900
440,900	 347,500 	93,400
Prepaid Legal Services Inc.	COM	740065107
1.5	75,100	75,100	 75,100 		 -
Verizon Communications	COM	92343V104	1.1	41,900
41,900	 41,900 		 -
Orthodontic Centers of America	COM	68750P103
1.0	93,900	93,900	 93,900 		 -
Eli Lilly	COM	532457108	0.9	16,200	16,200
- -   		 16,200
Acxiom Corp.	COM	005125109	0.9	62,500
62,500	 62,500 		 -
Neopharm Inc.	COM	640919106	0.8	56,570
56,570	 56,570 		 -
Siebel Systems	COM	826170102	0.7	127,700
127,700	 127,700 		 -
King Pharmaceuticals	COM	495582108	0.7	37,400
37,400	 37,400 		 -
Hollywood Entertainment Corp.	COM	436141105	0.7
46,600	46,600	 46,600 		 -
Ivax Corp.	COM	465823102	0.7	54,600
54,600	 54,600 	 -
Mentor Graphics Corp.	COM	587200106	0.7
134,900	134,900	 134,900 		 -
Omnicare Inc.	COM	681904108	0.7	31,100
31,100	 31,100 		 -
Intercept, Inc.	COM	45845L107	0.7	66,100
66,100	 66,100 		 -
National Instruments Corp.	COM	636518102	0.6
29,300	29,300	 29,300 		 -
International Business Machines	COM	459200101
0.6	10,600	10,600	 10,600 		 -
Mercury Interactive	COM	589405109	0.6	35,800
35,800	 35,800 	-
Iron Mountain Inc.	COM	462846106	0.6	23,800
23,800	 23,800 		 -
Tetra Tech Inc.	COM	88162G103	0.6	70,800
70,800	 70,800 		 -
Administaff Inc.	COM	007094105	0.6	146,500
146,500	 146,500 		 -
Devry Inc.	COM	251893103	0.5	28,900	28,900
28,900 		 -
Renal Care Group Inc	COM	759930100	0.5	16,000
16,000	 16,000 		 -
Medicis Pharmaceutical Corp. Cl A	COM	584690309
0.5	12,800	12,800	 12,800 		 -
CVS Corp.	COM	126650100	0.5	20,600	20,600
20,600 		 -
Albany Molecular Research, Inc.	COM	012423109	0.5
30,600	30,600	 30,600 		 -
Lincare Holdings Inc.	COM	532791100	0.5	14,700
14,700	 14,700 		 -
Insight Enterprises, Inc.	COM	45765U103	0.4
44,100	44,100	 44,100 		 -
At Road Inc.	COM	04648K105	0.4	70,700
70,700	 70,700 		 -
CareMark RX Inc.	COM	141705103	0.4	21,200
21,200	 21,200 		 -
Copart, Inc.	COM	217204106	0.4	33,000
33,000	 33,000 		 -
Linens N Things, Inc.	COM	535679104	0.4	19,200
19,200	 19,200 		 -
Saxon Capital Inc.	COM	80556P302	0.3	30,700
30,700	 30,700 		 -
99 Cents Only Stores	COM	65440K106	0.3	16,300
16,300	 16,300 		 -
Advent Software Inc.	COM	007974108	0.3	29,100
29,100	 29,100 		 -
Dollar Tree Stores, Inc.	COM	256747106	0.3
14,900	14,900	 14,900 		 -
Concord EFS Inc.	COM	206197105	0.3	20,600
20,600	 20,600 		 -
Hot Topic Inc.	COM	441339108	0.3	17,400
17,400	 17,400 		 -
Metro One Telecommunications	COM	59163F105	0.3
35,500	35,500	 35,500 		 -
Atherogenics, Inc.	COM	047439104	0.3	45,600
45,600	 45,600 		 -
Power Integrations, Inc.	COM	739276103	0.3
23,300	23,300	 23,300 		 -
Cost Plus, Inc.	COM	221485105	0.3	9,500	9,500
9,500 		 -
Express Scripts Inc. Common	COM	302182100	0.2
4,500	4,500	 4,500 		 -
Enzon, Inc	COM	293904108	0.2	11,900	11,900
11,900 		 -
NCO Group Inc.	COM	628858102	0.2	18,900
18,900	 18,900 		 -
On Assignment, Inc.	COM	682159108	0.2	25,300
25,300	 25,300 		 -
Avigen Inc	COM	053690103	0.2	25,500	25,500
25,500 		 -
MCSI Inc.	COM	55270M108	0.2	37,800	37,800
37,800 		 -
Webex Inc.	COM	94767L109	0.2	15,100	15,100
15,100 		 -
Lattice Semiconductor Corp	COM	518415104	0.2
26,600	26,600	 26,600 		 -
Thoratec Corp.	COM	885175307	0.2	19,800
19,800	 19,800 		 -
Ultimate Software Group Inc.	COM	90385D107	0.1
37,100	37,100	 37,100 		 -
Caminus Corp.	COM	133766105	0.1	36,900
36,900	 36,900 		 -
Click Commerce Inc	COM	18681D208	0.0	28,800
28,800	 28,800 		 -
TOTAL			2,436.0