Lonzo Ball vs. Joakim Noah Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Joakim Noah 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 6 years in the NBA, 7 less than Joakim Noah, who played 13. Lonzo Ball had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while Joakim Noah had his rookie season in 2007-08. 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	Joakim Noah
Season	2017-18	2007-08
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Chicago Bulls
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:	+22	+13.5	+3.6	+1.1	+2.3	+1.3	+6.1	+0.8	+0.1	-1.4		+1.5	+5.8	+.122	+1.7	+5.7		+1.2	+1.2	+.240
Joakim Noah	74	20.7	6.6	2.4	3.3	5.6	1.1	0.9	0.9	1.2	2.3	2.4	5.0	.482	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	2.6	.691
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Lonzo Ball nor Joakim Noah played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 4
	Lonzo Ball	Joakim Noah
Season	2020-21	2010-11
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bulls Lost East Conf Finals

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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:	+7	+1.0	+2.9	+3.2	+2.4	+5.6	+3.5	+0.5	+0.9	-0.3	-1.4	+0.9	+4.3	+.111	+3.1	+8.3		+2.0	+2.7	+.042
Joakim Noah	48	32.8	11.7	3.8	6.6	10.4	2.2	1.0	1.5	1.9	3.3	4.4	8.4	.525	0.0	0.0	-	2.9	3.9	.739
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lonzo Ball	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Joakim Noah	16	33.1	8.7	4.3	5.9	10.2	2.5	1.0	2.1	1.2	3.9	3.2	7.8	.411	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	3.2	.725

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

Season 6
	Lonzo Ball	Joakim Noah
Season	2024-25	2012-13
Team	Chicago Bulls	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bulls Lost East 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:	+31	+14.6	+4.3	+3.2	+4.5	+7.7	+0.7	+0.1	+1.6	-1.5	-1.2	+2.1	+2.6	+.115	+1.9	+5.5	+.344	+2.1	+2.8	+.064
Joakim Noah	66	36.8	11.9	3.9	7.2	11.1	4.0	1.2	2.1	2.7	2.8	4.6	9.5	.481	0.0	0.1	.000	2.7	3.6	.751
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lonzo Ball	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Joakim Noah	12	34.1	10.8	4.3	5.3	9.6	2.3	0.8	2.2	2.0	3.6	4.3	9.9	.437	0.0	0.0	-	2.1	3.3	.641

Additional Years
* Joakim Noah played 7 seasons more than Lonzo Ball in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 7 to 13, from 2014 to 2020—Joakim Noah played in 3 Playoffs. In those 7 extra years over Lonzo Ball, Joakim Noah got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA First Team 1 All-Defensive First Team 1 Defensive Player of the Year 1 All-Star Game