LaMelo Ball vs. Hassan Whiteside Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Hassan Whiteside 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, 4 less than Hassan Whiteside, who played 10. LaMelo Ball had the first of his seasons in 2020-21, while Hassan Whiteside 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	Hassan Whiteside
Season	2020-21	2010-11
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Sacramento Kings
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:	+50	+26.8	+15.7	+1.2	+4.7	+5.9	+6.1	+1.6	+0.4	-2.8	-0.7	+5.7	+13.2		+1.8	+5.1		+2.5	+3.2
Hassan Whiteside	1	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher LaMelo Ball nor Hassan Whiteside played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	LaMelo Ball	Hassan Whiteside
Season	2021-22	2011-12
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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:	+57	+26.2	+18.5	+0.5	+3.9	+4.5	+7.6	+1.4	+0.4	-3.0	-2.5	+6.5	+15.2	+.015	+2.9	+7.5		+2.5	+2.5	+.455
Hassan Whiteside	18	6.1	1.6	0.9	1.3	2.2	0.0	0.2	0.8	0.3	0.7	0.7	1.5	.444	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.7	.417
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher LaMelo Ball nor Hassan Whiteside played in the postseason in their season 2

Note: Hassan Whiteside didn't play in 2012-13 and 2013-14.

Season 4
	LaMelo Ball	Hassan Whiteside
Season	2023-24	2015-16
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Blocks Leader
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Heat Lost East Conf Semis

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4th 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	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
difference:	+51	+3.2	+9.7	+2.0	+4.8	+6.7	+7.6	+1.2	+3.5	-1.9	-0.8	+2.6	+9.9	+.173	+3.2	+9.0		+1.2	+0.2	+.215
Hassan Whiteside	73	29.1	14.2	3.3	8.6	11.8	0.4	0.6	3.7	1.9	2.8	5.7	9.3	.606	0.0	0.0	-	2.9	4.5	.650
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hassan Whiteside	10	29.1	12.0	2.6	8.3	10.9	0.3	0.8	2.8	1.3	3.4	4.7	6.9	.681	0.0	0.0	-	2.6	4.4	.591

Season 5
	LaMelo Ball	Hassan Whiteside
Season	2024-25	2016-17
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	Rebounds Leader
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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5th 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	47	32.0	25.2	1.0	3.9	4.9	7.4	1.1	0.3	3.6	3.3	8.6	21.3	.405	3.8	11.2	.339	4.1	4.9	.843
difference:	+30	+0.6	+8.2	+2.8	+6.4	+9.2	+6.7	+0.4	+1.8	-1.6	-0.4	+1.6	+8.7	+.152	+3.8	+11.2		+1.2	+0.3	+.215
Hassan Whiteside	77	32.6	17.0	3.8	10.3	14.1	0.7	0.7	2.1	2.0	2.9	7.0	12.6	.557	0.0	0.0	-	2.9	4.6	.628
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher LaMelo Ball nor Hassan Whiteside played in the postseason in their season 5

Additional Years
* Hassan Whiteside played 4 seasons more than LaMelo Ball in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 7 to 10, from 2019 to 2022—Hassan Whiteside played in two Playoffs. In those 4 extra years over LaMelo Ball, Hassan Whiteside got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Blocks Leader