Rafael Addison vs. LaMelo Ball Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of LaMelo Ball and Rafael Addison, 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.

Rafael Addison played 6 years in the NBA, 2 more than LaMelo Ball, who played 4. Rafael Addison had the first of his seasons in 1986-87, while LaMelo Ball had his rookie season in 2020-21. 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
	Rafael Addison	LaMelo Ball
Season	1986-87	2020-21
Team	Phoenix Suns	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First 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		%
Rafael Addison	62	11.5	5.8	0.7	1.0	1.7	0.7	0.4	0.1	0.9	1.2	2.4	5.3	.441	0.3	0.8	.320	0.8	1.0	.797
LaMelo Ball	51	28.8	15.7	1.2	4.7	5.9	6.1	1.6	0.4	2.8	2.7	5.7	13.2	.436	1.8	5.1	.352	2.5	3.2	.758
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rafael Addison	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Rafael Addison didn't play in 1987-88, 1988-89, 1989-90 and 1990-91.

Season 2
	Rafael Addison	LaMelo Ball
Season	1991-92	2021-22
Team	New Jersey Nets	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Rafael Addison	76	15.5	5.8	0.9	1.3	2.2	0.9	0.4	0.4	0.6	1.4	2.5	5.7	.433	0.2	0.6	.286	0.7	1.0	.737
LaMelo Ball	75	32.3	20.1	1.4	5.2	6.7	7.6	1.6	0.4	3.3	3.2	7.2	16.7	.429	2.9	7.5	.389	2.8	3.2	.872
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rafael Addison	1	9.0	5.0	0.0	0.0	0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	7.0	.286	1.0	2.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Rafael Addison didn't play in 1993-94.