Lonzo Ball vs. Eric Fernsten Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Eric Fernsten and Lonzo Ball, 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.

Lonzo Ball played 5 years in the NBA, 1 less than Eric Fernsten, who played 6. Lonzo Ball had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while Eric Fernsten had his rookie season in 1975-76. 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
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6
Rookie Season
	Lonzo Ball	Eric Fernsten
Season	2017-18	1975-76
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Cleveland Cavaliers, Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
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		%
Lonzo Ball	52	34.2	10.2	1.3	5.6	6.9	7.2	1.7	0.8	2.6	2.3	3.9	10.8	.360	1.7	5.7	.305	0.6	1.4	.451
Eric Fernsten	37	7.2	2.5	0.7	1.2	1.9	0.5	0.2	0.4	-	0.6	0.9	2.3	.384	-	-	-	0.7	1.0	.703
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lonzo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Eric Fernsten	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Eric Fernsten didn't play in 1977-78 and 1978-79.

Season 4
	Lonzo Ball	Eric Fernsten
Season	2020-21	1980-81
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lonzo Ball	55	31.8	14.6	0.6	4.2	4.8	5.7	1.5	0.6	2.2	1.9	5.3	12.7	.414	3.1	8.3	.378	0.9	1.2	.781
Eric Fernsten	45	6.2	2.1	0.6	0.7	1.4	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.4	0.6	0.8	1.8	.481	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.7	.667
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lonzo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Eric Fernsten	8	1.8	0.3	0.1	0.4	0.5	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.0	0.4	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.4	.667

Note: Eric Fernsten didn't play in 1982-83.