LaMelo Ball vs. Avery Bradley Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Avery Bradley 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 / Games against each other

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, 8 less than Avery Bradley, who played 12. LaMelo Ball had the first of his seasons in 2020-21, while Avery Bradley had his rookie season in 2010-11. 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
Avery Bradley	12	5	2010-11 to 2021-22

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	LaMelo Ball	Avery Bradley
Season	2020-21	2010-11
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
Honors & Awards	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		%
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
Avery Bradley	31	5.2	1.7	0.1	0.4	0.5	0.4	0.3	0.0	0.5	0.6	0.7	2.2	.343	0.0	0.2	.000	0.2	0.4	.500

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


Season 2
	LaMelo Ball	Avery Bradley
Season	2021-22	2011-12
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics Lost East 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	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
Avery Bradley	64	21.4	7.6	0.5	1.3	1.8	1.4	0.7	0.2	1.2	1.7	3.1	6.3	.498	0.3	0.8	.407	1.0	1.2	.795

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Avery Bradley	10	24.8	6.7	0.3	1.7	2.0	0.8	0.8	0.6	1.0	2.0	2.5	6.8	.368	0.5	2.2	.227	1.2	1.8	.667


Season 3
	LaMelo Ball	Avery Bradley
Season	2022-23	2012-13
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics 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	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
Avery Bradley	50	28.7	9.2	0.6	1.6	2.2	2.1	1.3	0.4	1.4	2.6	3.8	9.6	.402	0.8	2.5	.317	0.7	1.0	.755

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Avery Bradley	6	31.8	6.7	0.5	1.7	2.2	1.3	1.8	0.2	1.8	1.8	2.8	7.0	.405	0.3	1.3	.250	0.7	0.7	1.000


Season 4
	LaMelo Ball	Avery Bradley
Season	2023-24	2013-14
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Boston Celtics
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
Avery Bradley	60	30.9	14.9	0.8	3.0	3.8	1.4	1.1	0.2	1.6	2.4	6.0	13.8	.438	1.3	3.3	.395	1.5	1.9	.804

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


Season 5
	LaMelo Ball	Avery Bradley
Season	-	2014-15
Team	-	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Celtics 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Avery Bradley	77	31.5	13.9	0.6	2.5	3.1	1.8	1.1	0.2	1.4	2.3	5.6	13.1	.429	1.6	4.6	.352	1.0	1.3	.790

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Avery Bradley	4	33.3	12.3	0.8	3.0	3.8	0.8	0.8	0.0	0.8	3.3	4.8	12.5	.380	1.3	4.8	.263	1.5	1.8	.857


Season 6
	LaMelo Ball	Avery Bradley
Season	-	2015-16
Team	-	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	-	Celtics 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Avery Bradley	76	33.4	15.2	0.6	2.3	2.9	2.1	1.5	0.3	1.4	2.2	6.0	13.4	.447	1.9	5.4	.361	1.3	1.6	.780

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Avery Bradley	1	33.0	18.0	2.0	1.0	3.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	7.0	16.0	.438	1.0	7.0	.143	3.0	3.0	1.000


Season 7
	LaMelo Ball	Avery Bradley
Season	-	2016-17
Team	-	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Celtics Lost East 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Avery Bradley	55	33.4	16.3	1.2	4.9	6.1	2.2	1.2	0.2	1.6	2.6	6.5	14.1	.463	2.0	5.0	.390	1.2	1.7	.731

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Avery Bradley	18	35.8	16.7	1.0	2.9	3.9	2.3	1.3	0.2	1.7	2.2	6.7	15.1	.441	2.2	6.3	.351	1.2	1.5	.778


Season 8
	LaMelo Ball	Avery Bradley
Season	-	2017-18
Team	-	Detroit Pistons, Los Angeles Clippers
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Avery Bradley	46	31.2	14.3	0.5	2.0	2.5	2.0	1.1	0.2	2.2	2.0	5.6	13.6	.414	1.6	4.4	.369	1.4	1.8	.768

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


Season 9
	LaMelo Ball	Avery Bradley
Season	-	2018-19
Team	-	Los Angeles Clippers, Memphis Grizzlies
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Avery Bradley	63	30.2	9.9	0.7	2.1	2.8	2.4	0.7	0.3	1.4	2.7	3.9	9.7	.408	1.4	3.9	.351	0.7	0.8	.860

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


Season 10
	LaMelo Ball	Avery Bradley
Season	-	2019-20
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Avery Bradley	49	24.2	8.6	0.4	2.0	2.3	1.3	0.9	0.1	1.0	2.2	3.5	7.8	.444	1.3	3.5	.364	0.4	0.5	.833

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


Season 11
	LaMelo Ball	Avery Bradley
Season	-	2020-21
Team	-	Miami Heat, Houston Rockets
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Avery Bradley	27	22.3	6.4	0.3	1.8	2.1	1.7	0.8	0.1	1.0	2.0	2.4	6.3	.374	1.2	3.7	.327	0.4	0.6	.800

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


Season 12
	LaMelo Ball	Avery Bradley
Season	-	2021-22
Team	-	Los Angeles Lakers
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Avery Bradley	62	22.7	6.4	0.5	1.7	2.2	0.8	0.9	0.1	0.6	1.9	2.4	5.6	.423	1.3	3.4	.390	0.3	0.3	.889

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

LaMelo Ball vs. Avery Bradley Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Avery Bradley 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

Season 11

Season 12