LaMelo Ball vs. Steve Hawes Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Steve Hawes 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 Steve Hawes, who played 10. LaMelo Ball had the first of his seasons in 2020-21, while Steve Hawes had his rookie season in 1974-75. 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
Steve Hawes	10	7	1974-75 to 1983-84

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	LaMelo Ball	Steve Hawes
Season	2020-21	1974-75
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Rockets Lost East 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
Steve Hawes	55	16.3	5.9	1.5	3.5	5.0	1.6	0.7	0.7	-	1.8	2.5	5.1	.502	-	-	-	0.8	1.0	.818

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Steve Hawes	8	16.0	5.5	0.4	3.3	3.6	1.6	0.4	0.4	-	1.4	2.3	4.8	.474	-	-	-	1.0	1.1	.889


Season 2
	LaMelo Ball	Steve Hawes
Season	2021-22	1975-76
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Houston Rockets, Portland Trail Blazers
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
Steve Hawes	72	19.6	6.7	2.4	4.5	6.9	1.6	0.6	0.3	-	2.3	2.8	5.6	.494	-	-	-	1.2	1.7	.725

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


Season 3
	LaMelo Ball	Steve Hawes
Season	2022-23	1976-77
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Atlanta Hawks
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
Steve Hawes	44	21.5	8.2	1.8	4.2	5.9	1.4	0.8	0.5	-	3.2	3.3	6.9	.482	-	-	-	1.5	2.0	.761

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


Season 4
	LaMelo Ball	Steve Hawes
Season	2023-24	1977-78
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks 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	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
Steve Hawes	75	31.0	12.7	2.4	6.8	9.2	2.5	1.0	0.8	2.0	3.1	5.2	11.4	.453	-	-	-	2.3	2.9	.818

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Steve Hawes	2	35.5	8.0	1.5	7.0	8.5	4.0	0.5	1.0	3.0	2.5	3.5	9.0	.389	-	-	-	1.0	1.5	.667


Season 5
	LaMelo Ball	Steve Hawes
Season	-	1978-79
Team	-	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Hawks Lost East 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Steve Hawes	81	27.2	10.5	2.3	5.0	7.3	2.3	1.0	0.6	1.8	3.3	4.6	9.3	.492	-	-	-	1.3	1.6	.818

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Steve Hawes	9	27.0	9.9	3.0	4.0	7.0	3.2	0.9	0.3	0.6	3.7	4.4	9.0	.494	-	-	-	1.0	1.3	.750


Season 6
	LaMelo Ball	Steve Hawes
Season	-	1979-80
Team	-	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Hawks Lost East 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Steve Hawes	82	22.6	9.3	1.8	4.2	6.0	1.8	0.9	0.4	1.5	2.5	3.7	7.4	.502	0.0	0.1	.375	1.8	2.2	.824

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Steve Hawes	5	29.8	10.4	2.6	4.4	7.0	2.4	1.8	0.2	1.6	4.4	3.6	8.2	.439	0.0	0.0	-	3.2	3.6	.889


Season 7
	LaMelo Ball	Steve Hawes
Season	-	1980-81
Team	-	Atlanta Hawks
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Steve Hawes	74	31.2	12.0	2.2	5.4	7.6	2.3	1.0	0.4	2.2	3.9	4.5	8.6	.523	0.0	0.1	.250	3.0	3.8	.799

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


Season 8
	LaMelo Ball	Steve Hawes
Season	-	1981-82
Team	-	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Hawks 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Steve Hawes	49	26.9	9.3	1.8	4.7	6.5	2.9	0.7	0.7	1.8	3.2	3.6	7.6	.481	0.1	0.2	.400	2.0	2.6	.762

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Steve Hawes	1	12.0	7.0	3.0	2.0	5.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	5.0	.400	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	4.0	.750


Season 9
	LaMelo Ball	Steve Hawes
Season	-	1982-83
Team	-	Atlanta Hawks, Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Supersonics 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Steve Hawes	77	18.4	5.2	1.1	3.6	4.7	1.2	0.5	0.2	1.4	2.5	2.1	5.1	.418	0.1	0.3	.238	0.9	1.2	.734

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Steve Hawes	2	17.5	6.0	0.5	2.5	3.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.5	4.0	2.5	5.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.5	.667


Season 10
	LaMelo Ball	Steve Hawes
Season	-	1983-84
Team	-	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Supersonics 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Steve Hawes	79	14.6	3.7	0.6	2.2	2.8	1.3	0.3	0.2	0.7	1.8	1.4	3.0	.481	0.0	0.1	.250	0.8	1.0	.782

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Steve Hawes	5	14.8	3.0	1.6	2.4	4.0	1.4	0.4	0.0	0.4	1.2	1.2	2.8	.429	0.2	0.4	.500	0.4	0.4	1.000

LaMelo Ball vs. Steve Hawes Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Steve Hawes 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