Yes! Lapras' base stats are already very good even before IVs are added. They are
Attack: 186
Defense: 190
Stamina: 260
And the way IVs work is really simple, the IVs are just added onto the base stats, so if your Lapras' IV for stamina were a 6, for example, you'd add that onto Lapras' base stat for stamina, 260, and the stamina of your particular Lapras would become 266.
If you click on any Pokemon in the Pokemon list on this site/app and compare their base stats with Lapras', you can see that even a Lapras with 0% IVs is still stronger than all but a few of them.