LaMelo Ball vs. Derik Queen Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Derik Queen 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 6 years in the NBA, 5 more than Derik Queen, who played 1. LaMelo Ball had the first of his seasons in 2020-21, while Derik Queen had his rookie season in 2025-26. 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	Derik Queen
Season	2020-21	2025-26
Team	Charlotte Hornets	New Orleans Pelicans
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:	+24	+3.6	+3.0	+0.4	+0.1	+0.5	+2.0	+0.6	+0.4	-0.5	-0.6	+0.9	+3.7	+.068	+1.7	+4.4	+.241	+0.6	+0.7	+.040
Derik Queen	27	25.2	12.7	1.6	4.8	6.4	4.1	1.0	0.8	2.3	3.3	4.8	9.5	.504	0.1	0.7	.111	3.1	3.9	.798
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher LaMelo Ball nor Derik Queen played in the postseason in their season 1

Additional Years
* LaMelo Ball played 5 seasons more than Derik Queen in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 2 to 6, from 2022 to 2026—LaMelo Ball didn't play in the postseason. In those 5 extra years over Derik Queen, LaMelo Ball got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Star Game