LaMelo Ball vs. Kristaps Porzingis Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kristaps Porzingis 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 less than Kristaps Porzingis, who played 9. LaMelo Ball had the first of his seasons in 2020-21, while Kristaps Porzingis had his rookie season in 2015-16. 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	Kristaps Porzingis
Season	2020-21	2015-16
Team	Charlotte Hornets	New York Knicks
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:	+21	+0.4	+1.4	+0.6	+0.8	+1.4	+4.8	+0.9	+1.5	-1.1	-0.1	+0.5	+0.9	+.015	+0.7	+1.7	+.019	+0.3	+0.1	+.080
Kristaps Porzingis	72	28.4	14.3	1.8	5.5	7.3	1.3	0.7	1.9	1.7	2.8	5.2	12.3	.421	1.1	3.4	.333	2.8	3.3	.838
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher LaMelo Ball nor Kristaps Porzingis played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	LaMelo Ball	Kristaps Porzingis
Season	2021-22	2016-17
Team	Charlotte Hornets	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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2nd 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	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
difference:	+9	+0.5	+2.0	+0.3	+0.3	+0.5	+6.1	+0.9	+1.6	-1.5	-0.5	+0.5	+1.8	+.021	+1.2	+2.7	+.032	+0.2	+0.6	+.086
Kristaps Porzingis	66	32.8	18.1	1.7	5.5	7.2	1.5	0.7	2.0	1.8	3.7	6.7	14.9	.450	1.7	4.8	.357	3.0	3.8	.786
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher LaMelo Ball nor Kristaps Porzingis played in the postseason in their season 2

Season 3
	LaMelo Ball	Kristaps Porzingis
Season	2022-23	2017-18
Team	Charlotte Hornets	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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3rd 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	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
difference:	+12	+2.8	+0.6	+0.1		+0.2	+7.2	+0.5	+2.1	-1.7	-0.4	+0.1	+1.5	+.028	+2.1	+5.8	+.019	+1.7	+2.3	+.043
Kristaps Porzingis	48	32.4	22.7	1.3	5.3	6.6	1.2	0.8	2.4	1.9	2.9	8.1	18.5	.439	1.9	4.8	.395	4.5	5.7	.793
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher LaMelo Ball nor Kristaps Porzingis played in the postseason in their season 3

Note: Kristaps Porzingis didn't play in 2018-19.