LaMelo Ball vs. Aaron Brooks Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Aaron Brooks and LaMelo 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.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

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.

LaMelo Ball played 4 years in the NBA, 6 less than Aaron Brooks, who played 10. LaMelo Ball had the first of his seasons in 2020-21, while Aaron Brooks had his rookie season in 2007-08. 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
LaMelo Ball	4	0	2020-21 to 2023-24
Aaron Brooks	10	6	2007-08 to 2017-18

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	LaMelo Ball	Aaron Brooks
Season	2020-21	2007-08
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Rockets Lost West 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		%
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
Aaron Brooks	51	11.9	5.2	0.3	0.8	1.1	1.7	0.3	0.1	0.9	1.4	1.8	4.4	.413	0.7	2.1	.330	0.8	1.0	.857

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Aaron Brooks	6	8.3	4.2	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.8	1.3	4.2	.320	0.0	1.7	.000	1.5	1.8	.818


Season 2
	LaMelo Ball	Aaron Brooks
Season	2021-22	2008-09
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Aaron Brooks	80	25.0	11.2	0.4	1.6	2.0	3.0	0.6	0.1	1.6	1.9	4.0	9.8	.404	1.4	3.9	.366	1.9	2.2	.866

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Aaron Brooks	13	34.2	16.8	0.3	2.3	2.6	3.4	0.4	0.2	2.2	2.2	5.9	13.1	.453	2.1	4.9	.422	2.8	3.5	.804


Season 3
	LaMelo Ball	Aaron Brooks
Season	2022-23	2009-10
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	Most Improved Player
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		%
LaMelo Ball	36	35.2	23.3	1.2	5.3	6.4	8.4	1.3	0.3	3.6	3.3	8.2	20.0	.411	4.0	10.6	.376	2.8	3.4	.836
Aaron Brooks	82	35.6	19.6	0.7	2.0	2.6	5.3	0.8	0.2	2.8	2.4	7.0	16.2	.432	2.5	6.4	.398	3.0	3.6	.822

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Aaron Brooks	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	LaMelo Ball	Aaron Brooks
Season	2023-24	2010-11
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Houston Rockets, Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
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		%
LaMelo Ball	22	32.3	23.9	1.3	3.8	5.1	8.0	1.8	0.2	3.8	3.6	8.3	19.2	.433	3.2	9.0	.355	4.1	4.7	.865
Aaron Brooks	59	21.8	10.7	0.3	1.0	1.3	3.9	0.6	0.1	1.7	1.9	3.7	9.9	.375	1.2	4.0	.297	2.1	2.4	.886

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Aaron Brooks	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Aaron Brooks didn't play in 2011-12.


Season 5
	LaMelo Ball	Aaron Brooks
Season	-	2012-13
Team	-	Sacramento Kings, Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Rockets Lost West 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		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Aaron Brooks	53	18.8	7.1	0.2	1.3	1.5	2.2	0.6	0.2	1.3	1.8	2.7	6.0	.453	0.9	2.5	.373	0.8	1.0	.769

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Aaron Brooks	6	11.2	5.0	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.8	0.2	0.2	1.0	0.5	2.2	5.7	.382	0.2	1.5	.111	0.5	0.8	.600


Season 6
	LaMelo Ball	Aaron Brooks
Season	-	2013-14
Team	-	Houston Rockets, Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Aaron Brooks	72	21.6	9.0	0.6	1.3	1.9	3.2	0.7	0.2	1.6	2.0	3.2	8.1	.401	1.3	3.4	.387	1.2	1.3	.874

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Aaron Brooks	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	LaMelo Ball	Aaron Brooks
Season	-	2014-15
Team	-	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Aaron Brooks	82	23.0	11.6	0.4	1.6	2.0	3.2	0.7	0.2	1.9	2.3	4.2	10.0	.421	1.5	3.8	.387	1.8	2.1	.833

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Aaron Brooks	12	11.0	4.5	0.3	1.3	1.5	0.9	0.3	0.1	0.8	1.3	1.8	5.1	.344	0.7	2.2	.308	0.3	0.6	.571


Season 8
	LaMelo Ball	Aaron Brooks
Season	-	2015-16
Team	-	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Aaron Brooks	69	16.1	7.1	0.3	1.2	1.5	2.6	0.4	0.1	1.2	1.9	2.7	6.8	.401	1.0	2.7	.357	0.7	0.9	.766

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Aaron Brooks	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	LaMelo Ball	Aaron Brooks
Season	-	2016-17
Team	-	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Pacers 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		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Aaron Brooks	65	13.8	5.0	0.3	0.8	1.1	1.9	0.4	0.1	1.0	1.4	1.9	4.6	.403	0.7	2.0	.375	0.5	0.6	.800

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Aaron Brooks	1	7.0	5.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	2.0	3.0	.667	1.0	2.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-


Season 10
	LaMelo Ball	Aaron Brooks
Season	-	2017-18
Team	-	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Timberwolves Lost West 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		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Aaron Brooks	32	5.9	2.3	0.2	0.3	0.5	0.6	0.2	0.0	0.3	0.9	0.9	2.2	.406	0.3	1.0	.355	0.3	0.3	.727

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Aaron Brooks	2	1.5	2.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.5	.667	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	1.0	.000

LaMelo Ball vs. Aaron Brooks Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Aaron Brooks and LaMelo 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.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10