LaMelo Ball vs. A.C. Green Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of A.C. Green 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.

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, 12 less than A.C. Green, who played 16. LaMelo Ball had the first of his seasons in 2020-21, while A.C. Green had his rookie season in 1985-86. 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
	LaMelo Ball	A.C. Green
Season	2020-21	1985-86
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost West Conf 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		%
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
A.C. Green	82	18.8	6.4	2.0	2.7	4.6	0.7	0.6	0.6	1.2	2.8	2.5	4.7	.539	0.0	0.1	.167	1.2	2.0	.611
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
A.C. Green	9	11.8	2.4	0.3	1.4	1.8	0.0	0.1	0.3	0.4	1.4	1.0	1.9	.529	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	1.0	.444

Season 2
	LaMelo Ball	A.C. Green
Season	2021-22	1986-87
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
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		%
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
A.C. Green	79	28.4	10.8	2.7	5.1	7.8	1.1	0.9	1.0	1.3	2.2	4.0	7.4	.538	0.0	0.1	.000	2.8	3.6	.780
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
A.C. Green	18	28.1	11.5	3.0	4.9	7.9	0.6	0.5	0.4	0.9	2.6	3.9	7.2	.546	0.0	0.0	-	3.6	4.8	.747

Season 3
	LaMelo Ball	A.C. Green
Season	2022-23	1987-88
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Los Angeles Lakers
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		%
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
A.C. Green	82	32.1	11.4	3.0	5.7	8.7	1.1	1.1	0.5	1.5	2.5	3.9	7.8	.503	0.0	0.0	.000	3.6	4.6	.773
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
A.C. Green	24	30.3	10.0	2.4	4.9	7.3	0.8	0.5	0.5	1.1	2.5	3.8	7.0	.544	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	3.0	.753

Season 4
	LaMelo Ball	A.C. Green
Season	2023-24	1988-89
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers 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		%
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
A.C. Green	82	30.6	13.3	3.1	5.9	9.0	1.3	1.1	0.7	1.5	2.1	4.9	9.2	.529	0.0	0.2	.235	3.4	4.4	.786
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
A.C. Green	15	33.5	10.1	2.5	6.6	9.1	1.2	1.1	0.4	1.5	2.5	3.1	7.6	.412	0.0	0.2	.000	3.9	5.1	.763

Season 5
	LaMelo Ball	A.C. Green
Season	-	1989-90
Team	-	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Lakers 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
A.C. Green	82	33.0	12.9	3.2	5.5	8.7	1.1	0.8	0.6	1.4	2.5	4.7	9.8	.478	0.2	0.6	.283	3.4	4.5	.751
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
A.C. Green	9	28.0	11.8	3.8	5.2	9.0	1.0	0.6	0.4	1.6	2.4	4.6	8.8	.519	0.0	0.0	-	2.7	3.6	.750

Season 15
	LaMelo Ball	A.C. Green
Season	-	1999-00
Team	-	Los Angeles Lakers
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		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
A.C. Green	82	23.5	5.0	2.0	4.0	5.9	1.0	0.6	0.2	0.6	1.5	2.1	4.7	.447	0.0	0.0	.250	0.8	1.2	.695
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
A.C. Green	23	18.7	3.9	1.9	2.3	4.2	0.6	0.6	0.1	0.4	1.9	1.6	3.9	.411	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.0	.696