LaMelo Ball vs. Dwight Powell Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dwight Powell 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, 6 less than Dwight Powell, who played 10. LaMelo Ball had the first of his seasons in 2020-21, while Dwight Powell had his rookie season in 2014-15. 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
Dwight Powell	10	5	2014-15 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	LaMelo Ball	Dwight Powell
Season	2020-21	2014-15
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Boston Celtics, Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Mavericks 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	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
Dwight Powell	29	8.1	3.1	0.6	1.1	1.7	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.4	1.4	1.1	2.3	.463	0.1	0.4	.273	0.9	1.1	.758

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dwight Powell	2	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 2
	LaMelo Ball	Dwight Powell
Season	2021-22	2015-16
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Mavericks 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
Dwight Powell	69	14.4	5.8	1.2	2.7	4.0	0.6	0.5	0.3	0.6	1.7	2.1	4.3	.493	0.0	0.2	.125	1.5	2.1	.739

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dwight Powell	4	16.0	6.0	2.3	2.0	4.3	1.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.3	2.3	4.8	.474	0.0	0.3	.000	1.5	2.8	.545


Season 3
	LaMelo Ball	Dwight Powell
Season	2022-23	2016-17
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
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	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
Dwight Powell	77	17.3	6.7	1.2	2.8	4.0	0.6	0.8	0.5	0.4	1.8	2.5	4.9	.515	0.3	1.0	.284	1.4	1.8	.759

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


Season 4
	LaMelo Ball	Dwight Powell
Season	2023-24	2017-18
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
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	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
Dwight Powell	79	21.2	8.5	1.7	3.9	5.6	1.2	0.8	0.4	0.7	2.4	3.2	5.4	.593	0.4	1.1	.333	1.7	2.3	.719

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


Season 5
	LaMelo Ball	Dwight Powell
Season	-	2018-19
Team	-	Dallas Mavericks
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dwight Powell	77	21.6	10.6	1.8	3.5	5.3	1.5	0.6	0.6	0.9	2.6	3.8	6.3	.597	0.5	1.6	.307	2.5	3.3	.772

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


Season 6
	LaMelo Ball	Dwight Powell
Season	-	2019-20
Team	-	Dallas Mavericks
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dwight Powell	40	26.5	9.4	1.9	3.8	5.7	1.5	0.9	0.6	0.9	2.6	3.7	5.7	.638	0.3	1.0	.256	1.9	2.8	.667

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


Season 7
	LaMelo Ball	Dwight Powell
Season	-	2020-21
Team	-	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Mavericks 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dwight Powell	58	16.7	5.9	1.4	2.7	4.0	1.1	0.6	0.5	0.7	2.3	2.1	3.3	.619	0.1	0.4	.238	1.7	2.1	.782

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dwight Powell	7	7.4	2.7	0.7	1.1	1.9	0.9	0.3	0.0	0.1	1.1	1.0	1.1	.875	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	0.9	.833


Season 8
	LaMelo Ball	Dwight Powell
Season	-	2021-22
Team	-	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Mavericks 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dwight Powell	82	21.9	8.7	2.1	2.8	4.9	1.2	0.5	0.5	0.8	2.7	3.3	4.9	.671	0.2	0.5	.351	2.0	2.6	.783

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dwight Powell	18	13.8	3.2	0.9	1.7	2.6	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.5	2.2	1.2	1.9	.629	0.0	0.1	.000	0.8	1.3	.609


Season 9
	LaMelo Ball	Dwight Powell
Season	-	2022-23
Team	-	Dallas Mavericks
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dwight Powell	76	19.2	6.7	2.0	2.2	4.1	0.9	0.6	0.3	0.9	2.8	2.6	3.5	.732	0.0	0.1	.000	1.5	2.2	.667

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


Season 10
	LaMelo Ball	Dwight Powell
Season	-	2023-24
Team	-	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Mavericks TBD

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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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dwight Powell	63	13.3	3.3	1.5	1.9	3.4	1.3	0.4	0.3	0.5	1.8	1.1	1.7	.679	0.0	0.0	.333	1.0	1.4	.708

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dwight Powell	6	2.5	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.8	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.7	.500

LaMelo Ball vs. Dwight Powell Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dwight Powell 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