LaMelo Ball vs. Gordon Hayward Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Gordon Hayward 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, 9 less than Gordon Hayward, who played 14. LaMelo Ball had the first of his seasons in 2020-21, while Gordon Hayward had his rookie season in 2010-11. 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	Gordon Hayward
Season	2020-21	2010-11
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Utah Jazz
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:	+21	+11.9	+10.3	+0.6	+3.3	+4.0	+5.0	+1.2	+0.1	-1.8	-1.2	+3.7	+9.1	+.049	+1.3	+4.1	+.121	+1.5	+1.9	+.047
Gordon Hayward	72	16.9	5.4	0.6	1.4	1.9	1.1	0.4	0.3	1.0	1.5	2.0	4.1	.485	0.5	1.0	.473	1.0	1.3	.711
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher LaMelo Ball nor Gordon Hayward played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	LaMelo Ball	Gordon Hayward
Season	2021-22	2011-12
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Jazz 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:	+9	+1.8	+8.3	+0.5	+2.6	+3.2	+4.5	+0.8	+0.2	-1.6	-1.6	+3.2	+7.8	+.027	+2.1	+5.1	+.043	+0.1	+0.3	+.040
Gordon Hayward	66	30.5	11.8	0.9	2.6	3.5	3.1	0.8	0.6	1.7	1.6	4.0	8.9	.456	0.8	2.4	.346	2.9	3.5	.832
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gordon Hayward	4	30.8	7.3	0.5	2.3	2.8	3.0	0.8	0.0	0.8	1.0	1.5	8.3	.182	0.3	3.0	.083	4.0	4.0	1.000

Additional Years
* Gordon Hayward played 9 seasons more than LaMelo Ball in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 6 to 14, from 2016 to 2024—Gordon Hayward played in 4 Playoffs. In those 9 extra years over LaMelo Ball, Gordon Hayward got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Star Game