Lonzo Ball vs. Frank Ramsey Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Frank Ramsey 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, 4 less than Frank Ramsey, who played 9. Lonzo Ball had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while Frank Ramsey had his rookie season in 1954-55. 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
	Lonzo Ball	Frank Ramsey
Season	2017-18	1954-55
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics Lost East Div Finals

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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
Frank Ramsey	64	27.4	11.2	-	-	6.3	2.9	-	-	-	3.9	3.7	9.3	.399	-	-	-	3.8	5.0	.755
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lonzo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Frank Ramsey	7	22.0	10.7	-	-	5.0	2.3	-	-	-	3.9	4.0	7.7	.519	-	-	-	2.7	3.7	.731

Note: Frank Ramsey didn't play in 1955-56.

Season 2
	Lonzo Ball	Frank Ramsey
Season	2018-19	1956-57
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	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	47	30.3	9.9	1.1	4.2	5.3	5.4	1.5	0.4	2.2	2.4	3.9	9.7	.406	1.6	4.9	.329	0.4	1.0	.417
Frank Ramsey	35	23.1	11.9	-	-	5.1	1.9	-	-	-	3.2	3.9	10.0	.393	-	-	-	4.1	5.2	.791
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lonzo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Frank Ramsey	10	22.9	12.2	-	-	4.3	1.7	-	-	-	3.6	3.8	8.2	.463	-	-	-	4.6	5.9	.780

Season 4
	Lonzo Ball	Frank Ramsey
Season	2020-21	1958-59
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
Frank Ramsey	72	28.0	15.4	-	-	6.8	2.0	-	-	-	3.7	5.3	14.1	.378	-	-	-	4.7	6.1	.782
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lonzo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Frank Ramsey	11	27.5	23.2	-	-	6.2	1.8	-	-	-	4.7	8.6	17.5	.495	-	-	-	5.9	7.4	.802

Season 5
	Lonzo Ball	Frank Ramsey
Season	2021-22	1959-60
Team	Chicago Bulls	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	35	34.6	13.0	1.0	4.4	5.4	5.1	1.8	0.9	2.3	2.4	4.6	10.9	.423	3.1	7.4	.423	0.6	0.8	.750
Frank Ramsey	73	27.5	15.3	-	-	6.9	1.9	-	-	-	3.4	5.8	14.5	.397	-	-	-	3.7	4.8	.787
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lonzo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Frank Ramsey	13	35.3	16.7	-	-	7.7	2.1	-	-	-	3.9	6.2	15.1	.413	-	-	-	4.2	4.8	.873

Season 6
	Lonzo Ball	Frank Ramsey
Season	-	1960-61
Team	-	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Frank Ramsey	79	25.6	15.1	-	-	5.5	1.8	-	-	-	3.6	5.7	13.9	.407	-	-	-	3.7	4.5	.833
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lonzo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Frank Ramsey	10	30.0	17.1	-	-	6.4	2.3	-	-	-	4.0	5.5	13.6	.404	-	-	-	6.1	7.5	.813

Season 7
	Lonzo Ball	Frank Ramsey
Season	-	1961-62
Team	-	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Frank Ramsey	79	24.2	15.3	-	-	4.9	1.4	-	-	-	3.1	5.5	12.9	.428	-	-	-	4.2	5.1	.825
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lonzo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Frank Ramsey	13	16.2	9.2	-	-	2.9	0.8	-	-	-	2.9	3.0	8.0	.375	-	-	-	3.2	3.5	.911

Season 8
	Lonzo Ball	Frank Ramsey
Season	-	1962-63
Team	-	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Frank Ramsey	77	20.0	10.9	-	-	3.7	1.2	-	-	-	3.4	3.7	9.6	.382	-	-	-	3.5	4.3	.816
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lonzo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Frank Ramsey	13	19.3	8.3	-	-	2.7	0.9	-	-	-	3.3	2.8	8.0	.356	-	-	-	2.6	3.6	.723

Season 9
	Lonzo Ball	Frank Ramsey
Season	-	1963-64
Team	-	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Frank Ramsey	75	16.4	8.6	-	-	3.0	1.1	-	-	-	3.3	3.0	8.1	.374	-	-	-	2.6	3.1	.841
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lonzo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Frank Ramsey	10	13.8	6.2	-	-	2.1	1.0	-	-	-	2.5	2.2	6.3	.349	-	-	-	1.8	2.1	.857