LaMelo Ball vs. Manute Bol Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Manute Bol 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 Manute Bol, who played 10. LaMelo Ball had the first of his seasons in 2020-21, while Manute Bol had his rookie season in 1985-86. 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	Manute Bol
Season	2020-21	1985-86
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
	-	Blocks Leader
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bullets Lost East 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
Manute Bol	80	26.1	3.7	1.5	4.4	6.0	0.3	0.4	5.0	0.8	3.2	1.6	3.5	.460	0.0	0.0	.000	0.5	1.1	.488
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Manute Bol	5	30.4	4.6	3.2	4.4	7.6	0.2	0.6	5.8	0.8	3.0	2.0	3.4	.588	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	1.6	.375

Season 2
	LaMelo Ball	Manute Bol
Season	2021-22	1986-87
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bullets Lost East 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	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
Manute Bol	82	18.9	3.1	1.0	3.4	4.4	0.1	0.2	3.7	0.7	2.3	1.3	2.8	.446	0.0	0.0	.000	0.5	0.8	.672
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Manute Bol	3	14.3	2.7	1.7	1.3	3.0	0.0	0.0	1.7	0.0	2.0	1.3	3.3	.400	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	0.7	.000

Season 4
	LaMelo Ball	Manute Bol
Season	2023-24	1988-89
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	Blocks Leader
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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	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
Manute Bol	80	22.1	3.9	1.5	4.3	5.8	0.3	0.1	4.3	1.0	2.8	1.6	4.3	.369	0.3	1.1	.220	0.5	0.8	.606
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Manute Bol	8	18.5	2.3	0.6	3.3	3.9	0.1	0.3	3.6	0.4	2.6	0.9	4.5	.194	0.3	2.8	.091	0.3	0.9	.286