LaMelo Ball vs. Zelmo Beaty Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Zelmo Beaty 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, 4 less than Zelmo Beaty, who played 8. LaMelo Ball had the first of his seasons in 2020-21, while Zelmo Beaty had his rookie season in 1962-63. 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
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Rookie Season
	LaMelo Ball	Zelmo Beaty
Season	2020-21	1962-63
Team	Charlotte Hornets	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks Lost West Div 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
Zelmo Beaty	80	24.0	10.2	-	-	8.3	1.1	-	-	-	3.9	3.7	8.5	.439	-	-	-	2.8	3.8	.717
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Zelmo Beaty	11	27.9	10.3	-	-	7.6	1.0	-	-	-	4.3	3.9	8.8	.443	-	-	-	2.5	3.3	.750

Season 2
	LaMelo Ball	Zelmo Beaty
Season	2021-22	1963-64
Team	Charlotte Hornets	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks Lost West Div 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	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
Zelmo Beaty	59	32.6	13.1	-	-	10.7	1.3	-	-	-	4.4	4.9	11.0	.444	-	-	-	3.4	4.6	.741
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Zelmo Beaty	12	36.3	14.3	-	-	9.5	1.0	-	-	-	4.7	5.3	10.1	.521	-	-	-	3.8	6.4	.597

Season 4
	LaMelo Ball	Zelmo Beaty
Season	2023-24	1965-66
Team	Charlotte Hornets	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks Lost West Div 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	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
Zelmo Beaty	80	38.4	20.7	-	-	13.6	1.6	-	-	-	4.3	7.7	16.3	.473	-	-	-	5.3	7.0	.758
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Zelmo Beaty	10	41.8	19.0	-	-	13.1	2.2	-	-	-	3.8	7.3	14.8	.493	-	-	-	4.4	5.8	.759

Season 6
	LaMelo Ball	Zelmo Beaty
Season	-	1967-68
Team	-	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Hawks Lost West Div 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Zelmo Beaty	82	37.4	21.1	-	-	11.7	2.1	-	-	-	3.6	7.8	16.0	.488	-	-	-	5.5	7.0	.794
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Zelmo Beaty	6	39.8	21.5	-	-	13.5	2.5	-	-	-	4.3	7.2	15.3	.467	-	-	-	7.2	9.2	.782

Note: Zelmo Beaty didn't play in 1969-70, 1970-71, 1971-72, 1972-73 and 1973-74.