LaMelo Ball vs. Jordan Farmar Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jordan Farmar 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, 6 less than Jordan Farmar, who played 10. LaMelo Ball had the first of his seasons in 2020-21, while Jordan Farmar had his rookie season in 2006-07. 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	Jordan Farmar
Season	2020-21	2006-07
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost West 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
Jordan Farmar	72	15.1	4.4	0.3	1.3	1.7	1.9	0.6	0.1	1.0	1.1	1.7	4.1	.422	0.6	1.9	.328	0.4	0.5	.711
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jordan Farmar	5	22.8	6.4	0.2	2.6	2.8	1.6	1.2	0.2	1.0	1.8	2.4	5.6	.429	0.4	2.0	.200	1.2	1.4	.857

Season 2
	LaMelo Ball	Jordan Farmar
Season	2021-22	2007-08
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost NBA 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
Jordan Farmar	82	20.6	9.1	0.5	1.8	2.2	2.7	0.9	0.1	1.3	1.3	3.5	7.7	.461	1.4	3.7	.371	0.6	1.0	.679
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jordan Farmar	21	17.1	5.7	0.3	1.2	1.6	1.3	0.3	0.2	0.8	1.3	2.1	5.5	.383	0.8	2.1	.386	0.7	0.8	.875

Season 3
	LaMelo Ball	Jordan Farmar
Season	2022-23	2008-09
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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	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
Jordan Farmar	65	18.3	6.4	0.3	1.5	1.8	2.4	0.9	0.2	1.3	1.6	2.5	6.3	.391	0.8	2.2	.336	0.7	1.2	.584
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jordan Farmar	20	13.0	4.7	0.3	1.2	1.4	1.7	0.5	0.2	0.9	0.8	1.7	4.4	.391	0.6	2.0	.308	0.7	1.0	.737

Season 4
	LaMelo Ball	Jordan Farmar
Season	2023-24	2009-10
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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	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
Jordan Farmar	82	18.0	7.2	0.2	1.4	1.6	1.5	0.6	0.1	0.9	1.3	2.7	6.3	.435	1.0	2.8	.376	0.7	1.0	.671
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jordan Farmar	23	13.1	4.6	0.0	1.1	1.2	1.4	0.7	0.0	0.9	1.3	1.7	4.1	.404	0.9	2.2	.400	0.4	0.6	.692

Note: Jordan Farmar didn't play in 2012-13.