LaMelo Ball vs. Austin Reaves Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Austin Reaves 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, 1 more than Austin Reaves, who played 4. LaMelo Ball had the first of his seasons in 2020-21, while Austin Reaves had his rookie season in 2021-22. 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	Austin Reaves
Season	2020-21	2021-22
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	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:	+10	+5.6	+8.4	+0.5	+2.3	+2.7	+4.3	+1.1	+0.1	-2.1	-1.3	+3.3	+8.0	+.023	+0.9	+2.4	+.035	+0.9	+1.3	+.081
Austin Reaves	61	23.2	7.3	0.7	2.4	3.2	1.8	0.5	0.3	0.7	1.4	2.4	5.2	.459	0.9	2.7	.317	1.6	1.9	.839
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher LaMelo Ball nor Austin Reaves played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	LaMelo Ball	Austin Reaves
Season	2021-22	2022-23
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals

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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:	+11	+3.5	+7.1	+0.9	+2.7	+3.7	+4.2	+1.1	+0.1	-1.8	-1.5	+3.2	+9.0	+.100	+1.6	+4.1	+.009	+0.8	+0.9	+.008
Austin Reaves	64	28.8	13.0	0.5	2.5	3.0	3.4	0.5	0.3	1.5	1.7	4.0	7.7	.529	1.3	3.4	.398	3.6	4.1	.864
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Austin Reaves	16	36.2	16.9	1.3	3.2	4.4	4.6	0.6	0.2	1.6	2.4	5.6	12.1	.464	2.4	5.5	.443	3.2	3.6	.895

Season 3
	LaMelo Ball	Austin Reaves
Season	2022-23	2023-24
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd
Others	-	NBA Cup Champion

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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:	+46	+3.1	+7.4	+0.5	+1.7	+2.1	+2.9	+0.5		-1.5	-1.4	+2.6	+8.5	+.075	+2.1	+5.5	+.009		+0.1	+.017
Austin Reaves	82	32.1	15.9	0.7	3.6	4.3	5.5	0.8	0.3	2.1	1.9	5.6	11.5	.486	1.9	5.1	.367	2.8	3.3	.853
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Austin Reaves	5	34.8	16.8	1.0	2.8	3.8	3.6	1.4	0.6	0.8	1.6	6.0	12.6	.476	1.4	5.2	.269	3.4	3.8	.895