LaMelo Ball vs. Jon McGlocklin Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jon McGlocklin 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, 7 less than Jon McGlocklin, who played 11. LaMelo Ball had the first of his seasons in 2020-21, while Jon McGlocklin had his rookie season in 1965-66. 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	Jon McGlocklin
Season	2020-21	1965-66
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Royals Lost East 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
Jon McGlocklin	72	11.8	5.1	-	-	1.8	1.2	-	-	-	1.1	2.1	5.0	.421	-	-	-	0.9	1.1	.785
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jon McGlocklin	4	16.5	7.5	-	-	2.0	1.0	-	-	-	2.8	3.5	7.3	.483	-	-	-	0.5	0.5	1.000

Season 2
	LaMelo Ball	Jon McGlocklin
Season	2021-22	1966-67
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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	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
Jon McGlocklin	60	19.9	8.5	-	-	2.7	1.6	-	-	-	1.4	3.6	8.2	.440	-	-	-	1.2	1.7	.712
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jon McGlocklin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	LaMelo Ball	Jon McGlocklin
Season	2023-24	1968-69
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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	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
Jon McGlocklin	80	36.1	19.6	-	-	4.3	3.9	-	-	-	2.3	8.3	17.0	.487	-	-	-	3.1	3.7	.842
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jon McGlocklin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	LaMelo Ball	Jon McGlocklin
Season	-	1970-71
Team	-	Milwaukee Bucks
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jon McGlocklin	82	35.3	15.8	-	-	2.7	3.7	-	-	-	2.3	7.0	13.1	.535	-	-	-	1.8	2.0	.862
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jon McGlocklin	14	35.1	14.9	-	-	2.2	2.4	-	-	-	2.6	6.4	12.0	.536	-	-	-	2.0	2.4	.848