LaMelo Ball vs. Jeff Malone Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jeff Malone 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 4 years in the NBA, 9 less than Jeff Malone, who played 13. LaMelo Ball had the first of his seasons in 2020-21, while Jeff Malone had his rookie season in 1983-84. 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	LaMelo Ball	Jeff Malone
Season	2020-21	1983-84
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bullets Lost East 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
Jeff Malone	81	24.4	12.1	0.7	1.2	1.9	1.9	0.3	0.2	1.4	2.0	5.0	11.3	.444	0.3	0.9	.324	1.8	2.1	.826
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jeff Malone	4	17.8	6.0	0.5	0.8	1.3	0.5	0.3	0.0	0.8	1.5	3.0	6.5	.462	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	0.0	-

Season 2
	LaMelo Ball	Jeff Malone
Season	2021-22	1984-85
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bullets Lost East 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
Jeff Malone	76	34.4	18.9	0.8	1.9	2.7	2.4	0.7	0.1	1.4	2.3	8.0	16.0	.499	0.2	0.9	.208	2.8	3.3	.844
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jeff Malone	4	31.5	16.3	0.8	0.8	1.5	2.0	1.3	0.0	1.0	3.5	6.8	14.0	.482	0.3	0.8	.333	2.5	3.3	.769

Season 3
	LaMelo Ball	Jeff Malone
Season	2022-23	1985-86
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bullets Lost East 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	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
Jeff Malone	80	37.4	22.4	0.8	2.8	3.6	2.4	0.9	0.2	2.1	2.3	9.2	19.0	.483	0.0	0.2	.176	4.0	4.6	.868
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jeff Malone	5	39.4	22.0	0.8	2.4	3.2	3.4	1.4	0.6	2.2	2.6	8.4	20.6	.408	0.0	0.4	.000	5.2	5.8	.897

Season 4
	LaMelo Ball	Jeff Malone
Season	2023-24	1986-87
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bullets Lost East 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	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
Jeff Malone	80	34.5	22.0	0.6	2.1	2.7	3.7	0.9	0.2	2.3	1.9	8.6	18.9	.457	0.1	0.3	.154	4.7	5.3	.885
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jeff Malone	3	35.0	15.0	0.3	2.0	2.3	3.0	0.3	0.0	3.7	2.7	5.7	15.3	.370	0.0	0.0	-	3.7	3.7	1.000