LaMelo Ball vs. Marc Gasol Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Marc Gasol 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 Marc Gasol, who played 13. LaMelo Ball had the first of his seasons in 2020-21, while Marc Gasol had his rookie season in 2008-09. 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	Marc Gasol
Season	2020-21	2008-09
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Memphis Grizzlies
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:	+31	+1.9	+3.8	+1.3	+0.2	+1.5	+4.4	+0.8	+0.7	-0.8	-0.5	+1.4	+5.1	+.094	+1.8	+5.1		+0.9	+1.4	+.025
Marc Gasol	82	30.7	11.9	2.5	4.9	7.4	1.7	0.8	1.1	2.0	3.2	4.3	8.1	.530	0.0	0.0	-	3.4	4.6	.733
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher LaMelo Ball nor Marc Gasol played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	LaMelo Ball	Marc Gasol
Season	2021-22	2009-10
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Memphis Grizzlies
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:	+6	+3.5	+5.5	+1.6	+1.1	+2.6	+5.2	+0.6	+1.2	-1.3	-0.5	+1.7	+7.3	+.152	+2.9	+7.5		+0.9	+2.2	+.202
Marc Gasol	69	35.8	14.6	3.0	6.3	9.3	2.4	1.0	1.6	2.0	3.7	5.5	9.4	.581	0.0	0.0	-	3.7	5.4	.670
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher LaMelo Ball nor Marc Gasol played in the postseason in their season 2

Season 4
	LaMelo Ball	Marc Gasol
Season	2023-24	2011-12
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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4th 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	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
difference:	+43	+4.2	+9.3	+0.5	+3.3	+3.8	+4.9	+0.8	+1.7	-1.9	-0.5	+2.8	+7.8	+.049	+3.2	+8.8	+.272	+0.5	+0.2	+.117
Marc Gasol	65	36.5	14.6	1.8	7.1	8.9	3.1	1.0	1.9	1.9	3.1	5.5	11.4	.482	0.0	0.2	.083	3.6	4.9	.748
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Marc Gasol	7	37.3	15.1	2.3	4.4	6.7	3.1	0.3	1.9	1.9	3.6	5.1	9.9	.522	0.0	0.1	.000	4.9	6.1	.791

Season 5
	LaMelo Ball	Marc Gasol
Season	2024-25	2012-13
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Grizzlies Lost West Conf Finals

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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	+3.0	+11.1	+1.3	+1.6	+2.9	+3.4	+0.1	+1.4	-1.6	-0.1	+3.2	+10.4	+.089	+3.8	+11.0	+.268	+0.7	+0.9	+.005
Marc Gasol	80	35.0	14.1	2.3	5.5	7.8	4.0	1.0	1.7	2.0	3.2	5.4	10.9	.494	0.0	0.2	.071	3.4	4.0	.848
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Marc Gasol	15	40.6	17.2	1.7	6.8	8.5	3.2	0.9	2.2	1.2	3.5	6.2	13.7	.454	0.0	0.0	-	4.8	6.0	.800

Additional Years
* Marc Gasol played 8 seasons more than LaMelo Ball in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 6 to 13, from 2014 to 2021—Marc Gasol played in 6 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 8 extra years over LaMelo Ball, Marc Gasol got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA First Team 2 All-Star Game