Lonzo Ball vs. Armen Gilliam Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Armen Gilliam and Lonzo 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.

Lonzo Ball played 5 years in the NBA, 8 less than Armen Gilliam, who played 13. Lonzo Ball had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while Armen Gilliam had his rookie season in 1987-88. 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
Lonzo Ball	5	0	2017-18 to 2021-22
Armen Gilliam	13	5	1987-88 to 1999-00

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Lonzo Ball	Armen Gilliam
Season	2017-18	1987-88
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
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		%
Lonzo Ball	52	34.2	10.2	1.3	5.6	6.9	7.2	1.7	0.8	2.6	2.3	3.9	10.8	.360	1.7	5.7	.305	0.6	1.4	.451
Armen Gilliam	55	32.9	14.8	2.4	5.5	7.9	1.3	1.1	0.5	2.2	2.6	6.2	13.1	.475	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	3.5	.679

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lonzo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Armen Gilliam	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Lonzo Ball	Armen Gilliam
Season	2018-19	1988-89
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Suns 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		%
Lonzo Ball	47	30.3	9.9	1.1	4.2	5.3	5.4	1.5	0.4	2.2	2.4	3.9	9.7	.406	1.6	4.9	.329	0.4	1.0	.417
Armen Gilliam	74	28.6	15.9	2.2	5.1	7.3	0.7	0.7	0.4	1.9	2.4	6.3	12.6	.503	0.0	0.0	-	3.2	4.4	.743

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lonzo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Armen Gilliam	9	14.0	8.1	2.0	3.0	5.0	0.2	0.1	0.2	1.1	1.2	3.0	5.7	.529	0.0	0.0	-	2.1	2.4	.864


Season 3
	Lonzo Ball	Armen Gilliam
Season	2019-20	1989-90
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Phoenix Suns, Charlotte Hornets
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		%
Lonzo Ball	63	32.1	11.8	1.1	5.0	6.1	7.0	1.4	0.6	3.1	2.0	4.4	10.9	.403	2.3	6.3	.375	0.7	1.2	.566
Armen Gilliam	76	31.9	16.7	2.8	5.1	7.9	1.3	0.9	0.7	2.4	2.8	6.4	12.4	.515	0.0	0.0	.000	4.0	5.5	.723

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lonzo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Armen Gilliam	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Lonzo Ball	Armen Gilliam
Season	2020-21	1990-91
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Charlotte Hornets, Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers 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		%
Lonzo Ball	55	31.8	14.6	0.6	4.2	4.8	5.7	1.5	0.6	2.2	1.9	5.3	12.7	.414	3.1	8.3	.378	0.9	1.2	.781
Armen Gilliam	75	35.3	16.6	2.9	5.0	8.0	1.4	0.9	0.7	2.3	2.5	6.5	13.3	.487	0.0	0.0	.000	3.6	4.4	.815

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lonzo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Armen Gilliam	8	35.9	16.9	1.8	4.8	6.5	1.3	0.6	0.8	1.9	2.0	6.0	13.0	.462	0.0	0.0	-	4.9	5.8	.848


Season 5
	Lonzo Ball	Armen Gilliam
Season	2021-22	1991-92
Team	Chicago Bulls	Philadelphia 76ers
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		%
Lonzo Ball	35	34.6	13.0	1.0	4.4	5.4	5.1	1.8	0.9	2.3	2.4	4.6	10.9	.423	3.1	7.4	.423	0.6	0.8	.750
Armen Gilliam	81	34.2	16.9	2.9	5.3	8.1	1.5	0.6	1.0	2.0	2.2	6.3	12.4	.511	0.0	0.0	.000	4.2	5.2	.807

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lonzo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Armen Gilliam	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Lonzo Ball	Armen Gilliam
Season	-	1992-93
Team	-	Philadelphia 76ers
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		%
Lonzo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Armen Gilliam	80	21.8	12.4	1.7	4.2	5.9	1.5	0.5	0.7	2.0	1.5	4.5	9.7	.464	0.0	0.0	.000	3.4	4.1	.843

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lonzo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Armen Gilliam	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Lonzo Ball	Armen Gilliam
Season	-	1993-94
Team	-	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Nets 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		%
Lonzo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Armen Gilliam	82	24.0	11.8	2.4	3.7	6.1	0.8	0.5	0.7	1.3	1.6	4.2	8.3	.510	0.0	0.0	.000	3.3	4.4	.759

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lonzo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Armen Gilliam	4	28.0	10.5	0.3	6.0	6.3	0.3	0.5	1.8	0.8	1.8	3.8	8.5	.441	0.0	0.3	.000	3.0	4.0	.750


Season 8
	Lonzo Ball	Armen Gilliam
Season	-	1994-95
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		%
Lonzo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Armen Gilliam	82	30.1	14.8	2.3	5.1	7.5	1.2	0.8	1.1	1.9	2.1	5.5	11.0	.503	0.0	0.0	.000	3.7	4.8	.770

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lonzo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Armen Gilliam	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Lonzo Ball	Armen Gilliam
Season	-	1995-96
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		%
Lonzo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Armen Gilliam	78	36.6	18.3	3.1	6.1	9.1	1.8	0.9	0.7	2.3	2.3	7.4	15.6	.474	0.0	0.0	.000	3.6	4.5	.791

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lonzo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Armen Gilliam	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Lonzo Ball	Armen Gilliam
Season	-	1996-97
Team	-	Milwaukee Bucks
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		%
Lonzo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Armen Gilliam	80	25.6	8.6	1.7	4.5	6.2	0.7	0.8	0.5	1.3	2.6	3.1	6.5	.471	0.0	0.0	-	2.5	3.2	.768

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lonzo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Armen Gilliam	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Lonzo Ball	Armen Gilliam
Season	-	1997-98
Team	-	Milwaukee Bucks
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		%
Lonzo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Armen Gilliam	82	25.8	11.2	1.8	3.6	5.4	1.3	0.8	0.5	1.8	2.2	4.0	8.2	.484	0.0	0.0	.000	3.3	4.1	.802

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lonzo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Armen Gilliam	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Lonzo Ball	Armen Gilliam
Season	-	1998-99
Team	-	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Bucks 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		%
Lonzo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Armen Gilliam	34	19.6	8.3	1.0	2.7	3.7	0.6	0.6	0.4	1.1	1.4	3.0	6.6	.453	0.0	0.0	.000	2.3	3.0	.782

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lonzo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Armen Gilliam	3	11.7	5.7	0.0	1.7	1.7	0.3	0.7	0.3	0.3	1.3	2.0	5.0	.400	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	1.7	1.000


Season 13
	Lonzo Ball	Armen Gilliam
Season	-	1999-00
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		%
Lonzo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Armen Gilliam	50	15.6	6.7	1.4	2.7	4.2	0.8	0.2	0.3	1.1	1.7	2.7	6.1	.436	0.0	0.0	.000	1.3	1.7	.779

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lonzo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Armen Gilliam	10	13.2	3.5	0.6	2.3	2.9	0.4	0.4	0.4	1.1	1.5	1.5	4.6	.326	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	1.3	.385

Lonzo Ball vs. Armen Gilliam Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Armen Gilliam and Lonzo 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

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13