Lonzo Ball vs. Dudley Bradley Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dudley Bradley 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, 4 less than Dudley Bradley, who played 9. Lonzo Ball had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while Dudley Bradley had his rookie season in 1979-80. 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
Dudley Bradley	9	5	1979-80 to 1988-89

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Lonzo Ball	Dudley Bradley
Season	2017-18	1979-80
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Indiana Pacers
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
Dudley Bradley	82	24.7	8.4	0.8	1.9	2.7	3.1	2.6	0.6	2.0	2.4	3.4	7.4	.452	0.0	0.1	.400	1.7	2.1	.782

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


Season 2
	Lonzo Ball	Dudley Bradley
Season	2018-19	1980-81
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pacers 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	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
Dudley Bradley	82	22.8	8.0	0.9	1.5	2.4	2.3	2.3	0.5	1.5	2.9	3.2	6.8	.474	0.0	0.2	.125	1.5	2.2	.702

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lonzo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dudley Bradley	2	9.5	4.5	0.5	0.5	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	2.5	2.0	1.5	4.5	.333	0.5	0.5	1.000	1.0	1.0	1.000


Season 3
	Lonzo Ball	Dudley Bradley
Season	2019-20	1981-82
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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	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
Dudley Bradley	64	14.6	5.1	0.5	0.9	1.4	1.3	1.2	0.2	1.1	1.8	2.0	4.4	.445	0.0	0.1	.250	1.2	1.6	.740

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lonzo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dudley Bradley	7	3.4	0.7	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.7	0.1	0.1	0.7	0.4	0.3	1.1	.250	0.0	0.0	-	0.1	0.1	1.000


Season 4
	Lonzo Ball	Dudley Bradley
Season	2020-21	1982-83
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Chicago Bulls
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
Dudley Bradley	58	11.8	3.5	0.5	1.3	1.8	1.8	0.8	0.2	1.0	1.6	1.4	2.7	.516	0.0	0.1	.200	0.6	0.8	.800

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

Note: Dudley Bradley didn't play in 1983-84.


Season 5
	Lonzo Ball	Dudley Bradley
Season	2021-22	1984-85
Team	Chicago Bulls	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bullets 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	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
Dudley Bradley	73	16.9	4.9	0.5	1.4	1.8	2.4	1.3	0.3	1.2	2.1	1.9	4.1	.475	0.3	0.9	.313	0.7	1.1	.684

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lonzo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dudley Bradley	4	10.3	3.5	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.5	0.5	0.0	1.3	1.3	1.3	2.3	.556	0.3	1.3	.200	0.8	1.0	.750


Season 6
	Lonzo Ball	Dudley Bradley
Season	-	1985-86
Team	-	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Bullets 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dudley Bradley	70	12.0	2.8	0.3	1.0	1.4	1.5	1.2	0.0	0.6	1.4	1.0	3.0	.349	0.2	1.0	.250	0.5	0.8	.571

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lonzo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dudley Bradley	5	16.4	6.6	0.4	0.6	1.0	1.4	1.0	0.0	1.4	2.8	2.4	5.8	.414	0.6	2.0	.300	1.2	1.8	.667


Season 7
	Lonzo Ball	Dudley Bradley
Season	-	1986-87
Team	-	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Bucks 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dudley Bradley	68	13.2	3.1	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.0	1.5	0.1	0.5	1.7	1.1	3.1	.357	0.2	0.7	.260	0.7	0.9	.810

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lonzo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dudley Bradley	12	3.8	0.8	0.0	0.0	0	0.2	0.3	0.0	0.1	0.8	0.3	0.9	.364	0.0	0.5	.000	0.1	0.2	.500


Season 8
	Lonzo Ball	Dudley Bradley
Season	-	1987-88
Team	-	Milwaukee Bucks, 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dudley Bradley	65	22.1	6.5	0.4	1.6	2.0	2.3	1.8	0.7	1.4	2.6	2.4	5.6	.427	0.6	1.6	.363	1.1	1.5	.763

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


Season 9
	Lonzo Ball	Dudley Bradley
Season	-	1988-89
Team	-	Atlanta Hawks
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dudley Bradley	38	7.0	1.9	0.2	0.7	0.8	0.6	0.4	0.1	0.4	1.1	0.7	2.3	.326	0.2	0.8	.258	0.2	0.4	.500

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

Lonzo Ball vs. Dudley Bradley Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dudley Bradley 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