LaMelo Ball vs. Jaylen Wells Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jaylen Wells 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, 4 more than Jaylen Wells, who played 1. LaMelo Ball had the first of his seasons in 2020-21, while Jaylen Wells had his rookie season in 2024-25. 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	Jaylen Wells
Season	2020-21	2024-25
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	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:	+28	+2.9	+5.3	+0.1	+2.4	+2.5	+4.4	+1.0	+0.3	-1.9	-0.9	+2.1	+4.6	+.011	+0.1	+0.1		+1.1	+1.5	+.064
Jaylen Wells	79	25.9	10.4	1.1	2.3	3.4	1.7	0.6	0.1	0.9	1.8	3.6	8.6	.425	1.7	5.0	.352	1.4	1.7	.822
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher LaMelo Ball nor Jaylen Wells played in the postseason in their season 1

Additional Years
* LaMelo Ball played 4 seasons more than Jaylen Wells in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 2 to 5, from 2022 to 2025—LaMelo Ball didn't play in the postseason. In those 4 extra years over Jaylen Wells, LaMelo Ball got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Star Game