LaMelo Ball vs. Russ Smith Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Russ Smith 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, 2 more than Russ Smith, who played 2. LaMelo Ball had the first of his seasons in 2020-21, while Russ Smith had his rookie season in 2014-15. 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
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4
Rookie Season
	LaMelo Ball	Russ Smith
Season	2020-21	2014-15
Team	Charlotte Hornets	New Orleans Pelicans, Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Grizzlies 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	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
Russ Smith	12	5.4	2.5	0.1	0.4	0.5	0.7	0.3	0.0	1.0	1.1	0.7	2.1	.320	0.2	0.9	.182	1.0	1.1	.923
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Russ Smith	2	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Season 2
	LaMelo Ball	Russ Smith
Season	2021-22	2015-16
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
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	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
Russ Smith	15	4.4	1.5	0.1	0.5	0.6	0.7	0.3	0.1	0.5	0.3	0.5	1.5	.318	0.1	0.3	.200	0.5	0.9	.615
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Russ Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-