Lonzo Ball vs. Bud Olsen Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bud Olsen 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.
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, 2 less than Bud Olsen, who played 7. Lonzo Ball had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while Bud Olsen 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.
Their Careers |
Player |
Total Seasons |
Playoffs Played |
NBA Years |
Lonzo Ball |
5 |
0 |
2017-18 to 2021-22 |
Bud Olsen |
7 |
4 |
1962-63 to 1968-69 |
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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 |
Bud Olsen |
52 |
7.2 |
2.2 |
- |
- |
2.0 |
0.8 |
- |
- |
- |
1.5 |
0.8 |
2.6 |
.323 |
- |
- |
- |
0.5 |
0.8 |
.692 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Lonzo Ball |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Bud Olsen |
5 |
4.2 |
3.0 |
- |
- |
2.0 |
0.6 |
- |
- |
- |
0.8 |
1.4 |
1.8 |
.778 |
- |
- |
- |
0.2 |
1.0 |
.200 |
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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 |
Bud Olsen |
49 |
10.5 |
4.1 |
- |
- |
3.0 |
0.6 |
- |
- |
- |
1.6 |
1.7 |
4.3 |
.405 |
- |
- |
- |
0.7 |
1.2 |
.561 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Lonzo Ball |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Bud Olsen |
2 |
5.0 |
3.0 |
- |
- |
2.0 |
0.5 |
- |
- |
- |
1.0 |
1.5 |
3.0 |
.500 |
- |
- |
- |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
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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 |
Bud Olsen |
79 |
17.4 |
7.5 |
- |
- |
4.2 |
1.1 |
- |
- |
- |
2.6 |
2.8 |
6.5 |
.438 |
- |
- |
- |
1.8 |
2.5 |
.738 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Lonzo Ball |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Bud Olsen |
4 |
9.8 |
4.3 |
- |
- |
2.3 |
0.3 |
- |
- |
- |
2.0 |
1.8 |
4.3 |
.412 |
- |
- |
- |
0.8 |
1.3 |
.600 |
|
Season 4 |
|
Lonzo Ball |
Bud Olsen |
Season |
2020-21 | 1965-66 |
Team |
New Orleans Pelicans | Cincinnati Royals, San Francisco Warriors |
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 |
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 |
Bud Olsen |
59 |
10.2 |
3.4 |
- |
- |
3.3 |
0.3 |
- |
- |
- |
1.4 |
1.4 |
3.3 |
.420 |
- |
- |
- |
0.7 |
1.5 |
.443 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Lonzo Ball |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Bud Olsen |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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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 |
Bud Olsen |
40 |
8.7 |
4.3 |
- |
- |
2.6 |
0.8 |
- |
- |
- |
1.3 |
1.9 |
4.2 |
.449 |
- |
- |
- |
0.6 |
1.5 |
.397 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Lonzo Ball |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Bud Olsen |
4 |
3.5 |
2.0 |
- |
- |
2.3 |
0.3 |
- |
- |
- |
0.5 |
1.0 |
3.3 |
.308 |
- |
- |
- |
0.0 |
0.5 |
.000 |
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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 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Bud Olsen |
73 |
12.3 |
3.8 |
- |
- |
2.8 |
1.0 |
- |
- |
- |
1.9 |
1.8 |
3.9 |
.456 |
- |
- |
- |
0.2 |
0.8 |
.274 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Lonzo Ball |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Bud Olsen |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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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 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Bud Olsen |
17 |
6.6 |
2.0 |
- |
- |
1.5 |
0.6 |
- |
- |
- |
0.8 |
0.9 |
2.5 |
.357 |
- |
- |
- |
0.2 |
1.1 |
.222 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Lonzo Ball |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Bud Olsen |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |