LaMelo Ball vs. Danny Green Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Danny Green 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, 11 less than Danny Green, who played 15. LaMelo Ball had the first of his seasons in 2020-21, while Danny Green had his rookie season in 2009-10. 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
Danny Green	15	13	2009-10 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	LaMelo Ball	Danny Green
Season	2020-21	2009-10
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Cleveland Cavaliers
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
Danny Green	20	5.8	2.0	0.4	0.5	0.9	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.5	0.8	2.0	.385	0.3	1.1	.273	0.2	0.3	.667

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


Season 2
	LaMelo Ball	Danny Green
Season	2021-22	2010-11
Team	Charlotte Hornets	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Spurs Lost West 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	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
Danny Green	8	11.5	5.1	0.4	1.5	1.9	0.3	0.3	0.1	0.6	0.9	2.1	4.4	.486	0.9	2.4	.368	0.0	0.0	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Danny Green	4	1.8	1.3	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.5	1.5	.333	0.3	1.0	.250	0.0	0.0	-


Season 3
	LaMelo Ball	Danny Green
Season	2022-23	2011-12
Team	Charlotte Hornets	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Spurs Lost West 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	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
Danny Green	66	23.1	9.1	0.8	2.6	3.5	1.3	0.9	0.7	1.0	1.6	3.2	7.2	.442	1.5	3.5	.436	1.2	1.5	.790

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Danny Green	14	20.6	7.4	0.2	3.0	3.2	1.1	0.5	0.7	1.1	1.7	2.7	6.5	.418	1.4	4.1	.345	0.5	0.7	.700


Season 4
	LaMelo Ball	Danny Green
Season	2023-24	2012-13
Team	Charlotte Hornets	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Spurs Lost NBA 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	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
Danny Green	80	27.5	10.5	0.5	2.6	3.1	1.8	1.2	0.7	1.2	1.6	3.7	8.3	.448	2.2	5.2	.429	0.8	1.0	.848

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Danny Green	21	31.9	11.1	0.9	3.3	4.1	1.5	1.0	1.1	0.9	2.4	4.0	8.9	.446	2.6	5.4	.482	0.6	0.7	.800


Season 5
	LaMelo Ball	Danny Green
Season	-	2013-14
Team	-	San Antonio Spurs
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Danny Green	68	24.3	9.1	0.4	3.0	3.4	1.5	1.0	0.9	1.1	1.6	3.2	7.4	.432	1.9	4.7	.415	0.7	0.9	.794

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Danny Green	23	23.0	9.3	0.4	2.6	3.0	0.9	1.4	0.7	0.9	2.2	3.4	6.9	.491	2.1	4.4	.475	0.4	0.5	.818


Season 6
	LaMelo Ball	Danny Green
Season	-	2014-15
Team	-	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Spurs Lost West 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Danny Green	81	28.5	11.7	0.7	3.6	4.2	2.0	1.2	1.1	1.1	2.0	4.0	9.1	.436	2.4	5.6	.418	1.4	1.6	.874

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Danny Green	7	29.1	8.3	1.0	2.1	3.1	2.1	1.0	1.0	0.7	1.7	3.0	8.7	.344	1.7	5.7	.300	0.6	0.9	.667


Season 7
	LaMelo Ball	Danny Green
Season	-	2015-16
Team	-	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis

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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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Danny Green	79	26.1	7.2	0.6	3.2	3.8	1.8	1.0	0.8	0.9	1.8	2.7	7.1	.376	1.5	4.4	.332	0.4	0.6	.739

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Danny Green	10	26.7	8.6	0.0	3.1	3.1	0.7	2.1	0.8	0.6	2.0	3.0	6.5	.462	2.4	4.8	.500	0.2	0.3	.667


Season 8
	LaMelo Ball	Danny Green
Season	-	2016-17
Team	-	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	-	Spurs Lost West 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Danny Green	68	26.6	7.3	0.5	2.8	3.3	1.8	1.0	0.8	1.1	1.8	2.6	6.6	.392	1.7	4.6	.379	0.4	0.5	.844

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Danny Green	16	27.3	7.8	0.8	2.8	3.6	1.4	0.6	0.9	1.1	1.9	2.8	6.9	.405	1.6	4.8	.342	0.5	0.9	.571


Season 9
	LaMelo Ball	Danny Green
Season	-	2017-18
Team	-	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Spurs Lost West 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Danny Green	70	25.6	8.6	0.6	3.0	3.6	1.6	0.9	1.1	1.1	1.7	3.1	8.0	.387	1.7	4.6	.363	0.7	0.9	.769

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Danny Green	5	20.6	4.2	0.8	1.4	2.2	0.2	0.2	0.8	0.4	1.6	1.6	6.0	.267	1.0	4.0	.250	0.0	0.0	-


Season 10
	LaMelo Ball	Danny Green
Season	-	2018-19
Team	-	Toronto Raptors
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Danny Green	80	27.7	10.3	0.8	3.2	4.0	1.6	0.9	0.7	0.9	2.1	3.7	7.9	.465	2.5	5.4	.455	0.5	0.6	.841

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Danny Green	24	28.5	6.9	0.7	2.9	3.6	1.1	1.3	0.5	1.1	2.5	2.2	6.5	.342	1.6	5.0	.328	0.9	1.0	.913


Season 11
	LaMelo Ball	Danny Green
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Danny Green	68	24.8	8.0	0.8	2.6	3.3	1.3	1.3	0.5	0.9	2.0	2.9	7.0	.416	1.8	4.8	.367	0.5	0.7	.688

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Danny Green	21	25.0	8.0	1.2	2.0	3.1	1.2	1.0	0.8	0.6	2.3	2.8	8.1	.347	1.9	5.5	.339	0.5	0.7	.667


Season 12
	LaMelo Ball	Danny Green
Season	-	2020-21
Team	-	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	76ers Lost East Conf Semis

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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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Danny Green	69	28.0	9.5	0.8	3.0	3.8	1.7	1.3	0.8	1.0	1.8	3.2	7.9	.412	2.5	6.3	.405	0.4	0.6	.775

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Danny Green	8	24.9	7.0	1.1	1.5	2.6	2.6	1.1	1.0	0.6	1.6	2.6	6.0	.438	1.8	4.6	.378	0.0	0.0	-


Season 13
	LaMelo Ball	Danny Green
Season	-	2021-22
Team	-	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	76ers Lost East Conf Semis

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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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Danny Green	62	21.8	5.9	0.5	2.0	2.5	1.0	1.0	0.6	0.7	1.7	2.0	5.2	.394	1.7	4.4	.380	0.2	0.2	.786

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Danny Green	12	26.6	8.6	0.8	2.3	3.1	0.8	1.0	0.3	1.1	1.9	3.0	7.4	.404	2.6	6.3	.408	0.0	0.1	.000


Season 14
	LaMelo Ball	Danny Green
Season	-	2022-23
Team	-	Memphis Grizzlies, Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Cavaliers 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Danny Green	11	12.6	5.5	0.3	1.0	1.3	0.5	0.5	0.3	0.9	1.5	2.0	4.5	.449	1.5	3.4	.432	0.1	0.1	1.000

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Danny Green	4	10.0	0.8	0.5	1.3	1.8	0.3	0.5	0.3	0.5	1.8	0.3	1.3	.200	0.3	1.0	.250	0.0	0.0	-


Season 15
	LaMelo Ball	Danny Green
Season	-	2023-24
Team	-	Philadelphia 76ers
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Danny Green	2	9.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0	-

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

LaMelo Ball vs. Danny Green Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Danny Green 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

Season 13

Season 14

Season 15