Lonzo Ball vs. Chris Mullin Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Chris Mullin 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 7 years in the NBA, 9 less than Chris Mullin, who played 16. Lonzo Ball had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while Chris Mullin had his rookie season in 1985-86. 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 achievements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Rookie Season
	Lonzo Ball	Chris Mullin
Season	2017-18	1985-86
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Did not play	Did not play

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+3	+8.9	+3.8	+0.5	+4.3	+4.8	+5.3	+0.4	+0.4	-1.2	-0.1	+1.3	+0.5	+.103	+1.6	+5.2	+.120	+2.8	+2.4	+.445
Chris Mullin	55	25.3	14.0	0.8	1.3	2.1	1.9	1.3	0.4	1.4	2.4	5.2	11.3	.463	0.1	0.5	.185	3.4	3.8	.896
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Lonzo Ball nor Chris Mullin played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 4
	Lonzo Ball	Chris Mullin
Season	2020-21	1988-89
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did not play	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis

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4th Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+27	+5.9	+11.9	+1.3	+0.2	+1.1	+0.6	+0.6	+0.1	-1.4	-0.3	+4.8	+7.2	+.095	+2.8	+7.1	+.148	+5.1	+5.5	+.111
Chris Mullin	82	37.7	26.5	1.9	4.0	5.9	5.1	2.1	0.5	3.6	2.2	10.1	19.9	.509	0.3	1.2	.230	6.0	6.7	.892
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lonzo Ball	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chris Mullin	8	42.6	29.4	1.4	4.5	5.9	4.5	1.8	1.4	4.0	2.4	11.0	20.4	.540	0.1	1.0	.125	7.3	8.4	.866

Season 5
	Lonzo Ball	Chris Mullin
Season	2021-22	1989-90
Team	Chicago Bulls	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did not play	Did not play

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5th Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+43	+1.7	+12.1	+0.7	+0.1	+0.5	+1.0	+0.2	+0.3	-0.8	-0.6	+4.1	+5.4	+.113	+2.0	+4.4	+.051	+5.9	+6.5	+.139
Chris Mullin	78	36.3	25.1	1.7	4.3	5.9	4.1	1.6	0.6	3.1	1.8	8.7	16.3	.536	1.1	3.0	.372	6.5	7.3	.889
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Lonzo Ball nor Chris Mullin played in the postseason in their season 5

Note: Lonzo Ball didn't play in 2022-23 and 2023-24.

Season 6
	Lonzo Ball	Chris Mullin
Season	2024-25	1990-91
Team	Chicago Bulls	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did not play	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis

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6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lonzo Ball	35	22.2	7.6	0.7	2.7	3.4	3.3	1.3	0.5	1.2	1.6	2.5	6.9	.366	1.9	5.6	.344	0.6	0.8	.815
difference:	+47	+18.2	+18.1	+1.0	+1.0	+2.0	+0.7	+0.8	+0.3	-1.8	-0.5	+7.0	+10.8	+.170	+1.4	+4.0	+.043	+5.7	+6.3	+.069
Chris Mullin	82	40.4	25.7	1.7	3.7	5.4	4.0	2.1	0.8	3.0	2.1	9.5	17.7	.536	0.5	1.6	.301	6.3	7.1	.884
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lonzo Ball	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chris Mullin	8	45.8	23.8	1.1	6.1	7.3	2.9	1.9	1.5	3.1	2.9	8.6	16.4	.527	1.1	1.6	.692	5.4	6.3	.860

Season 7
	Lonzo Ball	Chris Mullin
Season	2025-26	1991-92
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did not play (season in progress)	Warriors Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lonzo Ball	25	23.2	5.2	1.0	3.2	4.2	4.6	1.4	0.2	1.6	1.5	1.7	5.8	.299	1.2	4.7	.256	0.6	0.8	.700
difference:	+56	+18.1	+20.4	+0.6	+0.8	+1.4	+1.1	+0.7	+0.6	-0.9	-0.6	+8.5	+13.8	+.225	+0.4	+2.5	+.110	+3.7	+4.4	+.133
Chris Mullin	81	41.3	25.6	1.6	4.0	5.6	3.5	2.1	0.8	2.5	2.1	10.2	19.6	.524	0.8	2.2	.366	4.3	5.2	.833
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lonzo Ball	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chris Mullin	4	42.0	17.8	0.8	2.3	3.0	3.0	1.3	0.5	2.0	2.0	6.8	15.8	.429	1.0	3.0	.333	3.3	3.5	.929

Additional Years
* Chris Mullin played 9 seasons more than Lonzo Ball in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 8 to 16, from 1993 to 2001—Chris Mullin played in 4 Playoffs. In those 9 extra years over Lonzo Ball, Chris Mullin got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Star Game