LaMelo Ball vs. Bud Olsen Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bud Olsen 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, 3 less than Bud Olsen, who played 7. LaMelo Ball had the first of his seasons in 2020-21, while Bud Olsen had his rookie season in 1962-63. 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	Bud Olsen
Season	2020-21	1962-63
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Royals Lost East Div 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
Bud Olsen	52	7.2	2.2	-	-	2.0	0.8	-	-	-	1.5	0.8	2.6	.323	-	-	-	0.5	0.8	.692
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bud Olsen	5	4.2	3.0	-	-	2.0	0.6	-	-	-	0.8	1.4	1.8	.778	-	-	-	0.2	1.0	.200

Season 2
	LaMelo Ball	Bud Olsen
Season	2021-22	1963-64
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Royals Lost East Div 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
Bud Olsen	49	10.5	4.1	-	-	3.0	0.6	-	-	-	1.6	1.7	4.3	.405	-	-	-	0.7	1.2	.561
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bud Olsen	2	5.0	3.0	-	-	2.0	0.5	-	-	-	1.0	1.5	3.0	.500	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-