LaMelo Ball vs. Paul Millsap Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Paul Millsap 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 6 years in the NBA, 10 less than Paul Millsap, who played 16. LaMelo Ball had the first of his seasons in 2020-21, while Paul Millsap had his rookie season in 2006-07. 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	Paul Millsap
Season	2020-21	2006-07
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Jazz Lost West Conf Finals

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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	+10.8	+8.9	+1.0	+1.8	+0.7	+5.3	+0.8	+0.5	-1.7	-0.2	+3.2	+8.3	+.089	+1.8	+5.1		+0.8	+0.7	+.085
Paul Millsap	82	18.0	6.8	2.2	2.9	5.2	0.8	0.8	0.9	1.1	2.9	2.5	4.9	.525	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	2.5	.673
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul Millsap	17	15.5	5.9	2.2	2.2	4.4	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.8	2.3	2.5	4.7	.525	0.0	0.1	.000	0.9	1.4	.667

Season 2
	LaMelo Ball	Paul Millsap
Season	2021-22	2007-08
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis

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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	+11.5	+12.0	+0.6	+1.6	+1.1	+6.6	+0.7	+0.5	-2.2	-0.1	+4.1	+10.6	+.075	+2.9	+7.5		+0.9	+0.4	+.195
Paul Millsap	82	20.8	8.1	2.0	3.6	5.6	1.0	0.9	0.9	1.1	3.3	3.1	6.1	.504	0.0	0.0	-	1.9	2.8	.677
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul Millsap	12	17.5	6.4	1.9	2.0	3.9	0.3	0.6	1.3	0.8	3.1	2.7	5.2	.516	0.0	0.1	.000	1.1	2.1	.520

Additional Years
* Paul Millsap played 10 seasons more than LaMelo Ball in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 7 to 16, from 2013 to 2022—Paul Millsap played in 8 Playoffs. In those 10 extra years over LaMelo Ball, Paul Millsap got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Defensive Second Team 4 All-Star Game