LaMelo Ball vs. Latrell Sprewell Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Latrell Sprewell 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, 8 less than Latrell Sprewell, who played 13. LaMelo Ball had the first of his seasons in 2020-21, while Latrell Sprewell had his rookie season in 1992-93. 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	Latrell Sprewell
Season	2020-21	1992-93
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
	-	All-Rookie Second 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:	+26	+6.8	+0.3	+0.2	+2.2	+2.4	+2.3		+0.3	-0.2	-0.5	+0.1	+0.6	+.028	+0.9	+2.5	+.017	+0.2	+0.5	+.012
Latrell Sprewell	77	35.6	15.4	1.0	2.5	3.5	3.8	1.6	0.7	2.6	2.2	5.8	12.6	.464	0.9	2.6	.369	2.7	3.7	.746
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher LaMelo Ball nor Latrell Sprewell played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	LaMelo Ball	Latrell Sprewell
Season	2021-22	1993-94
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Warriors Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+7	+10.8	+0.9	+0.4	+1.3	+1.8	+2.9	+0.6	+0.5	-0.5	-1.3	+0.3	+0.6	+.004	+1.2	+2.7	+.028	+1.5	+2.4	+.098
Latrell Sprewell	82	43.1	21.0	1.0	3.9	4.9	4.7	2.2	0.9	2.8	1.9	7.5	17.3	.433	1.7	4.8	.361	4.3	5.6	.774
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Latrell Sprewell	3	40.7	22.7	0.3	2.7	3.0	7.0	0.7	1.0	3.0	5.0	8.7	20.0	.433	2.7	7.7	.348	2.7	4.0	.667

Season 3
	LaMelo Ball	Latrell Sprewell
Season	2022-23	1994-95
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Golden State Warriors
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:	+33	+5.0	+2.7	+0.4	+2.4	+2.7	+4.4	+0.3	+0.4	-0.3	-1.7	+1.1	+3.0	+.007	+2.7	+5.9	+.100	+2.3	+3.1	+.055
Latrell Sprewell	69	40.2	20.6	0.8	2.9	3.7	4.0	1.6	0.7	3.3	1.6	7.1	17.0	.418	1.3	4.7	.276	5.1	6.5	.781
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher LaMelo Ball nor Latrell Sprewell played in the postseason in their season 3

Season 5
	LaMelo Ball	Latrell Sprewell
Season	2024-25	1996-97
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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5th 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	47	32.0	25.2	1.0	3.9	4.9	7.4	1.1	0.3	3.6	3.3	8.6	21.3	.405	3.8	11.2	.339	4.1	4.9	.843
difference:	+33	+9.9	+1.0	+0.3		+0.3	+1.1	+0.6	+0.3	-0.4	-1.4	+0.5	+3.2	+.044	+2.0	+6.0	+.015	+2.1	+2.4
Latrell Sprewell	80	41.9	24.2	0.7	3.9	4.6	6.3	1.7	0.6	4.0	1.9	8.1	18.1	.449	1.8	5.2	.354	6.2	7.3	.843
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher LaMelo Ball nor Latrell Sprewell played in the postseason in their season 5

Additional Years
* Latrell Sprewell played 8 seasons more than LaMelo Ball in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 6 to 13, from 1998 to 2005—Latrell Sprewell played in 4 Playoffs. In those 8 extra years over LaMelo Ball, Latrell Sprewell got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Star Game