LaMelo Ball vs. Anthony Davis Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Anthony Davis 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 5 years in the NBA, 8 less than Anthony Davis, who played 13. LaMelo Ball had the first of his seasons in 2020-21, while Anthony Davis had his rookie season in 2012-13. 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 achievements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Rookie Season
	LaMelo Ball	Anthony Davis
Season	2020-21	2012-13
Team	Charlotte Hornets	New Orleans Hornets
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+13		+2.2	+1.4	+0.9	+2.3	+5.1	+0.4	+1.4	-1.4	-0.2	+0.2	+2.6	+.080	+1.8	+5.0	+.352	+0.1	+0.3	+.007
Anthony Davis	64	28.8	13.5	2.6	5.6	8.2	1.0	1.2	1.8	1.4	2.5	5.5	10.6	.516	0.0	0.1	.000	2.6	3.5	.751
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher LaMelo Ball nor Anthony Davis played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	LaMelo Ball	Anthony Davis
Season	2021-22	2013-14
Team	Charlotte Hornets	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	Blocks Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+8	+2.9	+0.7	+1.7	+1.8	+3.3	+6.0	+0.3	+2.4	-1.7	-0.2	+0.6	+1.7	+.090	+2.9	+7.4	+.167	+2.4	+3.4	+.081
Anthony Davis	67	35.2	20.8	3.1	7.0	10.0	1.6	1.3	2.8	1.6	3.0	7.8	15.0	.519	0.0	0.1	.222	5.2	6.6	.791
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher LaMelo Ball nor Anthony Davis played in the postseason in their season 2

Season 3
	LaMelo Ball	Anthony Davis
Season	2022-23	2014-15
Team	Charlotte Hornets	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Blocks Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pelicans Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+32	+0.9	+1.1	+1.3	+2.4	+3.8	+6.2	+0.2	+2.6	-2.2	-1.2	+1.2	+2.4	+.124	+4.0	+10.4	+.293	+2.7	+3.4	+.031
Anthony Davis	68	36.1	24.4	2.5	7.7	10.2	2.2	1.5	2.9	1.4	2.1	9.4	17.6	.535	0.0	0.2	.083	5.5	6.8	.805
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Anthony Davis	4	43.0	31.5	2.3	8.8	11.0	2.0	1.3	3.0	3.3	3.0	11.8	21.8	.540	0.0	0.5	.000	8.0	9.0	.889

Season 4
	LaMelo Ball	Anthony Davis
Season	2023-24	2015-16
Team	Charlotte Hornets	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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4th Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+39	+3.2	+0.4	+0.8	+4.3	+5.2	+6.1	+0.5	+1.8	-1.8	-1.2	+0.9	+0.6	+.060	+2.6	+7.2	+.031	+1.2	+2.3	+.107
Anthony Davis	61	35.5	24.3	2.1	8.1	10.3	1.9	1.3	2.0	2.0	2.4	9.2	18.6	.493	0.6	1.8	.324	5.3	7.0	.758
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher LaMelo Ball nor Anthony Davis played in the postseason in their season 4

Season 5
	LaMelo Ball	Anthony Davis
Season	2024-25	2016-17
Team	Charlotte Hornets	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	47	32.0	25.2	1.0	3.9	4.9	7.4	1.1	0.3	3.6	3.3	8.6	21.3	.405	3.8	11.2	.339	4.1	4.9	.843
difference:	+28	+4.1	+2.8	+1.3	+5.6	+6.9	+5.3	+0.2	+1.9	-1.2	-1.1	+1.7	+1.0	+.100	+3.3	+9.4	+.040	+2.8	+3.7	+.041
Anthony Davis	75	36.1	28.0	2.3	9.5	11.8	2.1	1.3	2.2	2.4	2.2	10.3	20.3	.505	0.5	1.8	.299	6.9	8.6	.802
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher LaMelo Ball nor Anthony Davis played in the postseason in their season 5

Additional Years
* Anthony Davis played 8 seasons more than LaMelo Ball in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 6 to 13, from 2018 to 2025—Anthony Davis played in 5 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship and one NBA Cup. In those 8 extra years over LaMelo Ball, Anthony Davis got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-NBA First Team 1 All-NBA Second Team 3 All-Defensive First Team 1 Blocks Leader 1 Cup All-Tournament Team 6 All-Star Game