Lonzo Ball vs. George McGinnis Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of George McGinnis 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, 2 less than George McGinnis, who played 7. Lonzo Ball had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while George McGinnis 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
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Rookie Season
	Lonzo Ball	George McGinnis
Season	2017-18	1975-76
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Rookie Second Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers 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		%
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
George McGinnis	77	38.3	23.0	3.4	9.2	12.6	4.7	2.6	0.5	-	4.3	8.4	20.2	.417	-	-	-	6.2	8.3	.740
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lonzo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
George McGinnis	3	40.0	23.0	3.0	10.7	13.7	4.0	0.3	1.3	-	4.7	9.7	20.3	.475	-	-	-	3.7	6.0	.611

Season 2
	Lonzo Ball	George McGinnis
Season	2018-19	1976-77
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers Lost NBA 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	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
George McGinnis	79	35.1	21.4	4.1	7.4	11.5	3.8	2.1	0.5	-	3.8	8.3	18.2	.458	-	-	-	4.7	6.9	.681
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lonzo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
George McGinnis	19	31.7	14.2	3.3	7.2	10.4	3.6	1.2	0.3	-	4.4	5.4	14.4	.374	-	-	-	3.4	6.0	.570

Season 4
	Lonzo Ball	George McGinnis
Season	2020-21	1978-79
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Denver Nuggets
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		%
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
George McGinnis	76	33.6	22.6	3.4	8.0	11.4	3.7	1.7	0.7	4.6	4.2	7.9	16.8	.474	-	-	-	6.7	10.1	.665
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lonzo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
George McGinnis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-