Lonzo Ball vs. Clifford Robinson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Clifford Robinson 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, 13 less than Clifford Robinson, who played 18. Lonzo Ball had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while Clifford Robinson had his rookie season in 1989-90. 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
	Lonzo Ball	Clifford Robinson
Season	2017-18	1989-90
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers Lost NBA 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	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 Robinson	82	19.1	9.1	1.3	2.4	3.8	0.9	0.6	0.6	1.6	2.8	3.6	9.2	.397	0.1	0.5	.273	1.7	3.1	.550
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lonzo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Clifford Robinson	21	18.6	6.5	1.5	2.6	4.1	1.1	0.9	1.1	1.2	3.4	2.6	7.2	.358	0.0	0.2	.000	1.4	2.5	.558

Season 4
	Lonzo Ball	Clifford Robinson
Season	2020-21	1992-93
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	Sixth Man of the Year
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers Lost West 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	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 Robinson	82	31.4	19.1	2.0	4.6	6.6	2.2	1.2	2.0	2.1	3.5	7.7	16.3	.473	0.2	0.9	.247	3.5	5.1	.690
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lonzo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Clifford Robinson	4	32.8	10.3	2.5	1.8	4.3	1.5	1.5	1.8	2.0	4.3	4.0	15.3	.262	0.0	0.3	.000	2.3	5.5	.409

Season 5
	Lonzo Ball	Clifford Robinson
Season	2021-22	1993-94
Team	Chicago Bulls	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers Lost West 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	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
Clifford Robinson	82	34.8	20.1	2.0	4.7	6.7	1.9	1.4	1.4	2.1	3.2	7.8	17.1	.457	0.2	0.6	.245	4.3	5.6	.765
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lonzo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Clifford Robinson	4	37.3	16.3	2.8	3.5	6.3	2.5	0.8	1.5	2.8	3.3	7.0	17.0	.412	0.5	2.3	.222	1.8	2.0	.875

Season 11
	Lonzo Ball	Clifford Robinson
Season	-	1999-00
Team	-	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	-	Suns 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Clifford Robinson	80	35.5	18.5	1.3	3.2	4.5	2.8	1.1	0.8	2.1	3.0	6.6	14.3	.464	1.5	4.1	.370	3.7	4.8	.782
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lonzo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Clifford Robinson	9	37.0	17.6	2.0	4.0	6.0	2.1	1.2	0.8	2.0	3.9	6.2	16.1	.386	1.4	4.4	.325	3.7	5.0	.733

Season 13
	Lonzo Ball	Clifford Robinson
Season	-	2001-02
Team	-	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	-	Pistons 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Clifford Robinson	80	35.7	14.6	1.0	3.8	4.8	2.5	1.1	1.2	1.9	3.0	5.7	13.4	.425	1.4	3.8	.378	1.8	2.6	.694
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lonzo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Clifford Robinson	10	40.8	13.2	0.5	2.5	3.0	2.9	1.8	1.9	2.1	2.8	4.5	12.4	.363	1.8	5.3	.340	2.4	3.0	.800