LaMelo Ball vs. Mehmet Okur Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Mehmet Okur 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.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

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 Mehmet Okur, who played 10. LaMelo Ball had the first of his seasons in 2020-21, while Mehmet Okur had his rookie season in 2002-03. 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
LaMelo Ball	4	0	2020-21 to 2023-24
Mehmet Okur	10	6	2002-03 to 2011-12

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	LaMelo Ball	Mehmet Okur
Season	2020-21	2002-03
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pistons Lost East Conf 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	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
Mehmet Okur	72	19.0	6.9	1.6	3.0	4.7	1.0	0.3	0.5	0.9	2.3	2.5	5.9	.426	0.5	1.6	.339	1.3	1.8	.733

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mehmet Okur	17	18.9	5.5	1.4	2.7	4.1	0.8	0.7	0.7	0.8	2.3	2.1	4.7	.438	0.4	0.8	.538	1.0	1.9	.531


Season 2
	LaMelo Ball	Mehmet Okur
Season	2021-22	2003-04
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
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	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
Mehmet Okur	71	22.3	9.6	2.3	3.7	5.9	1.0	0.5	0.9	1.4	1.9	3.5	7.6	.463	0.3	0.7	.375	2.3	2.9	.775

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mehmet Okur	22	11.5	3.7	0.7	2.0	2.8	0.4	0.2	0.4	0.7	0.9	1.4	3.0	.470	0.1	0.2	.400	0.8	1.2	.692


Season 3
	LaMelo Ball	Mehmet Okur
Season	2022-23	2004-05
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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
Mehmet Okur	82	28.1	12.9	2.4	5.1	7.5	2.0	0.4	0.8	1.7	2.8	4.3	9.2	.468	0.2	0.8	.270	4.0	4.7	.850

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mehmet Okur	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	LaMelo Ball	Mehmet Okur
Season	2023-24	2005-06
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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
Mehmet Okur	82	35.9	18.0	2.6	6.5	9.1	2.4	0.5	0.9	2.0	3.5	6.3	13.8	.460	1.0	2.9	.342	4.3	5.5	.780

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mehmet Okur	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	LaMelo Ball	Mehmet Okur
Season	-	2006-07
Team	-	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Jazz Lost West Conf 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mehmet Okur	80	33.3	17.6	2.0	5.2	7.2	2.0	0.5	0.5	1.6	3.2	6.1	13.3	.462	1.6	4.2	.384	3.7	4.8	.765

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mehmet Okur	17	34.4	11.8	2.2	5.6	7.8	1.8	1.4	0.9	1.4	3.8	4.2	10.8	.388	1.5	4.6	.316	1.9	2.5	.786


Season 6
	LaMelo Ball	Mehmet Okur
Season	-	2007-08
Team	-	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Jazz 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mehmet Okur	72	33.2	14.5	1.8	5.9	7.7	2.0	0.8	0.4	1.4	3.3	5.2	11.7	.445	1.6	4.1	.388	2.6	3.2	.804

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mehmet Okur	12	38.5	15.4	2.8	8.9	11.8	1.9	0.7	0.7	1.6	3.1	5.5	13.0	.423	1.6	4.3	.373	2.8	3.7	.773


Season 7
	LaMelo Ball	Mehmet Okur
Season	-	2008-09
Team	-	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Jazz 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mehmet Okur	72	33.5	17.0	1.7	6.0	7.7	1.7	0.8	0.7	1.8	3.0	6.0	12.3	.485	1.3	2.8	.446	3.8	4.6	.817

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mehmet Okur	2	21.5	4.0	1.0	4.0	5.0	2.0	0.0	0.5	1.0	3.0	1.0	6.0	.167	0.5	1.5	.333	1.5	2.0	.750


Season 8
	LaMelo Ball	Mehmet Okur
Season	-	2009-10
Team	-	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Jazz 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mehmet Okur	73	29.4	13.5	1.8	5.2	7.1	1.6	0.5	1.1	1.7	3.1	4.9	10.6	.458	1.1	2.9	.385	2.7	3.3	.820

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mehmet Okur	1	11.0	7.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	1.000	1.0	1.0	1.000	2.0	2.0	1.000


Season 9
	LaMelo Ball	Mehmet Okur
Season	-	2010-11
Team	-	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Did Not Play

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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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mehmet Okur	13	12.9	4.9	0.7	1.6	2.3	1.5	0.3	0.3	0.5	1.4	1.7	4.8	.355	0.4	1.2	.313	1.2	1.5	.750

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mehmet Okur	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	LaMelo Ball	Mehmet Okur
Season	-	2011-12
Team	-	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Did Not Play

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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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mehmet Okur	17	26.7	7.6	1.3	3.5	4.8	1.8	0.5	0.3	1.5	2.6	3.1	8.2	.374	1.4	4.2	.319	0.2	0.3	.600

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mehmet Okur	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

LaMelo Ball vs. Mehmet Okur Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Mehmet Okur 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.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10