LaMelo Ball vs. Dyson Daniels Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dyson Daniels 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, 2 more than Dyson Daniels, who played 3. LaMelo Ball had the first of his seasons in 2020-21, while Dyson Daniels had his rookie season in 2022-23. 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	Dyson Daniels
Season	2020-21	2022-23
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:	+8	+11.1	+11.9	+0.6	+2.1	+2.7	+3.8	+0.9	+0.2	-1.8	-1.0	+4.2	+9.7	+.018	+1.3	+3.6	+.038	+2.1	+2.5	+.108
Dyson Daniels	59	17.7	3.8	0.6	2.6	3.2	2.3	0.7	0.2	1.0	1.7	1.5	3.5	.418	0.5	1.5	.314	0.4	0.7	.650
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher LaMelo Ball nor Dyson Daniels played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	LaMelo Ball	Dyson Daniels
Season	2021-22	2023-24
Team	Charlotte Hornets	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pelicans Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+14	+10.0	+14.3	+0.4	+2.3	+2.8	+4.9	+0.2		-2.3	-1.5	+4.9	+11.6	+.018	+2.2	+5.3	+.078	+2.2	+2.3	+.230
Dyson Daniels	61	22.3	5.8	1.0	2.9	3.9	2.7	1.4	0.4	1.0	1.7	2.3	5.1	.447	0.7	2.2	.311	0.6	0.9	.642
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dyson Daniels	3	5.7	1.3	0.0	0.7	0.7	0.0	0.7	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.7	2.0	.333	0.0	0.7	.000	0.0	0.0	-

Season 3
	LaMelo Ball	Dyson Daniels
Season	2022-23	2024-25
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Most Improved Player
	-	Steals Leader
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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3rd 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	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
difference:	+40	+1.4	+9.2	+0.4	+1.0	+0.5	+4.0	+1.7	+0.4	-1.6	-1.0	+2.2	+7.9	+.082	+2.9	+7.5	+.036	+1.7	+1.6	+.243
Dyson Daniels	76	33.8	14.1	1.6	4.3	5.9	4.4	3.0	0.7	2.0	2.3	6.0	12.1	.493	1.1	3.1	.340	1.1	1.8	.593
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher LaMelo Ball nor Dyson Daniels played in the postseason in their season 3