LaMelo Ball vs. Ben Wallace Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ben Wallace 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, 11 less than Ben Wallace, who played 16. LaMelo Ball had the first of his seasons in 2020-21, while Ben Wallace had his rookie season in 1996-97. 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	Ben Wallace
Season	2020-21	1996-97
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Washington Bullets
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:	+17	+23.0	+14.6	+0.5	+3.7	+4.2	+6.0	+1.4	+0.1	-2.3	-1.9	+5.2	+11.8	+.088	+1.8	+5.1		+2.3	+2.6	+.458
Ben Wallace	34	5.8	1.1	0.7	1.0	1.7	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.5	0.8	0.5	1.4	.348	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.6	.300
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher LaMelo Ball nor Ben Wallace played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	LaMelo Ball	Ben Wallace
Season	2021-22	1997-98
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	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	+15.5	+17.0	+0.3	+2.0	+1.9	+7.3	+0.7	+0.7	-2.9	-1.5	+5.9	+14.3	+.089	+2.9	+7.5		+2.3	+1.7	+.515
Ben Wallace	67	16.8	3.1	1.7	3.2	4.8	0.3	0.9	1.1	0.4	1.7	1.3	2.4	.518	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	1.5	.357
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher LaMelo Ball nor Ben Wallace played in the postseason in their season 2

Additional Years
* Ben Wallace played 11 seasons more than LaMelo Ball in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 6 to 16, from 2002 to 2012—Ben Wallace played in 8 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 11 extra years over LaMelo Ball, Ben Wallace got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	3 All-NBA Second Team 2 All-NBA Third Team 5 All-Defensive First Team 1 All-Defensive Second Team 4 Defensive Player of the Year 2 Rebounds Leader 1 Blocks Leader 4 All-Star Game