LaMelo Ball vs. Chris Webber Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Chris Webber 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, 10 less than Chris Webber, who played 15. LaMelo Ball had the first of his seasons in 2020-21, while Chris Webber had his rookie season in 1993-94. 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	Chris Webber
Season	2020-21	1993-94
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	Rookie of the Year
	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Warriors Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+25	+3.3	+1.8	+2.8	+0.4	+3.2	+2.5	+0.4	+1.8	-0.1	-0.6	+1.8	+0.4	+.116	+1.8	+4.9	+.352		+1.5	+.226
Chris Webber	76	32.1	17.5	4.0	5.1	9.1	3.6	1.2	2.2	2.7	3.3	7.5	13.6	.552	0.0	0.2	.000	2.5	4.7	.532
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chris Webber	3	36.3	15.7	4.3	4.3	8.7	9.0	1.0	3.0	3.0	3.7	7.3	13.3	.550	0.0	0.7	.000	1.0	3.3	.300

Season 2
	LaMelo Ball	Chris Webber
Season	2021-22	1994-95
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Washington Bullets
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:	+21	+6.0		+2.3	+0.7	+2.9	+2.9	+0.1	+1.2	-0.2	-0.2	+1.4	+0.7	+.066	+2.2	+4.8	+.113	+0.6	+1.1	+.370
Chris Webber	54	38.3	20.1	3.7	5.9	9.6	4.7	1.5	1.6	3.1	3.4	8.6	17.4	.495	0.7	2.7	.276	2.2	4.3	.502
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher LaMelo Ball nor Chris Webber played in the postseason in their season 2

Season 4
	LaMelo Ball	Chris Webber
Season	2023-24	1996-97
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bullets Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+50	+6.7	+3.8	+2.0	+3.2	+5.2	+3.4	+0.1	+1.7	-0.6		+0.1	+3.0	+.085	+2.4	+6.9	+.042	+1.6	+0.4	+.300
Chris Webber	72	39.0	20.1	3.3	7.0	10.3	4.6	1.7	1.9	3.2	3.6	8.4	16.2	.518	0.8	2.1	.397	2.5	4.3	.565
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chris Webber	3	35.7	15.7	2.3	5.7	8.0	3.3	0.7	2.3	5.3	6.0	6.3	10.0	.633	1.7	3.7	.455	1.3	2.7	.500

Additional Years
* Chris Webber played 10 seasons more than LaMelo Ball in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 6 to 15, from 1999 to 2008—Chris Webber played in 8 Playoffs. In those 10 extra years over LaMelo Ball, Chris Webber got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA First Team 3 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-NBA Third Team 1 Rebounds Leader 4 All-Star Game