LaMelo Ball vs. Jeff Mullins Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jeff Mullins 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, 8 less than Jeff Mullins, who played 12. LaMelo Ball had the first of his seasons in 2020-21, while Jeff Mullins had his rookie season in 1964-65. 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 Mullins
Season	2020-21	1964-65
Team	Charlotte Hornets	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks Lost West Div Semis

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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 Mullins	44	11.2	4.9	-	-	2.3	1.0	-	-	-	1.4	2.0	4.8	.416	-	-	-	0.9	1.4	.672
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jeff Mullins	2	5.5	4.0	-	-	3.0	0.5	-	-	-	0.0	2.0	4.0	.500	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-

Season 2
	LaMelo Ball	Jeff Mullins
Season	2021-22	1965-66
Team	Charlotte Hornets	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks Lost West Div Finals

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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 Mullins	44	13.3	5.8	-	-	1.6	1.5	-	-	-	1.5	2.6	6.7	.382	-	-	-	0.7	0.8	.806
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jeff Mullins	4	3.3	0.8	-	-	1.0	0.0	-	-	-	1.3	0.3	2.3	.111	-	-	-	0.3	0.5	.500

Season 5
	LaMelo Ball	Jeff Mullins
Season	-	1968-69
Team	-	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Warriors Lost West Div Semis

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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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jeff Mullins	78	37.4	22.8	-	-	5.9	4.3	-	-	-	3.2	8.9	19.4	.459	-	-	-	4.9	5.8	.843
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jeff Mullins	6	30.0	14.3	-	-	3.0	3.8	-	-	-	2.7	6.5	16.0	.406	-	-	-	1.3	1.8	.727

Season 6
	LaMelo Ball	Jeff Mullins
Season	-	1969-70
Team	-	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Did Not Play

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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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jeff Mullins	74	38.7	22.1	-	-	5.2	4.9	-	-	-	3.2	8.9	19.3	.460	-	-	-	4.3	5.1	.847
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jeff Mullins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	LaMelo Ball	Jeff Mullins
Season	-	1970-71
Team	-	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis

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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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jeff Mullins	75	38.8	20.8	-	-	4.5	4.4	-	-	-	3.3	8.4	17.4	.482	-	-	-	4.0	4.8	.844
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jeff Mullins	5	41.0	16.4	-	-	6.4	4.8	-	-	-	2.6	6.0	17.0	.353	-	-	-	4.4	5.0	.880

Season 11
	LaMelo Ball	Jeff Mullins
Season	-	1974-75
Team	-	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	NBA Champion

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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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jeff Mullins	66	17.3	8.2	0.7	1.2	1.9	2.3	0.9	0.2	-	1.9	3.5	7.8	.455	-	-	-	1.1	1.3	.816
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jeff Mullins	17	18.4	8.1	0.9	1.1	2.1	1.7	0.6	0.1	-	2.5	3.5	7.2	.488	-	-	-	1.1	1.8	.581