Lonzo Ball vs. Clifford Ray Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Clifford Ray 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, 5 less than Clifford Ray, who played 10. Lonzo Ball had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while Clifford Ray had his rookie season in 1971-72. 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
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10
Rookie Season
	Lonzo Ball	Clifford Ray
Season	2017-18	1971-72
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bulls 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	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
Clifford Ray	82	22.8	7.0	-	-	10.6	3.1	-	-	-	3.6	2.7	5.4	.499	-	-	-	1.6	2.7	.615
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lonzo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Clifford Ray	4	40.3	15.3	-	-	16.5	4.0	-	-	-	3.8	6.8	12.8	.529	-	-	-	1.8	2.3	.778

Season 4
	Lonzo Ball	Clifford Ray
Season	2020-21	1974-75
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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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
Clifford Ray	82	30.7	9.4	3.2	7.5	10.6	2.2	1.2	1.4	-	3.7	3.6	7.0	.522	-	-	-	2.1	3.5	.602
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lonzo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Clifford Ray	17	29.1	6.1	3.2	6.5	9.8	2.2	0.8	1.2	-	3.5	2.1	4.1	.522	-	-	-	1.9	3.1	.604