Lonzo Ball vs. John Starks Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of John Starks 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 John Starks, who played 13. Lonzo Ball had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while John Starks had his rookie season in 1988-89. 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	John Starks
Season	2017-18	1988-89
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:	+16	+25.4	+6.1	+0.9	+4.9	+5.8	+6.4	+1.1	+0.7	-1.5	-1.3	+2.5	+7.3	+.048	+1.4	+5.0	+.080	+0.3		+.203
John Starks	36	8.8	4.1	0.4	0.7	1.1	0.8	0.6	0.1	1.1	1.0	1.4	3.5	.408	0.3	0.7	.385	0.9	1.4	.654
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Lonzo Ball nor John Starks played in the postseason in their season 1

Note: John Starks didn't play in 1989-90.

Season 4
	Lonzo Ball	John Starks
Season	2020-21	1992-93
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks 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:	+25	+0.8	+2.9	+0.1	+2.3	+2.2	+0.6	+0.4	+0.4		-1.0	+1.1	+2.3	+.014	+1.7	+4.1	+.057	+2.4	+2.9	+.014
John Starks	80	31.0	17.5	0.7	1.9	2.6	5.1	1.1	0.2	2.2	2.9	6.4	15.0	.428	1.4	4.2	.321	3.3	4.1	.795
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lonzo Ball	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Starks	15	38.3	16.5	0.3	3.2	3.5	6.4	1.0	0.2	3.7	3.8	5.9	13.3	.440	1.9	5.0	.373	2.9	4.0	.717

Season 5
	Lonzo Ball	John Starks
Season	2021-22	1993-94
Team	Chicago Bulls	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks Lost NBA Finals

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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:	+24	+0.3	+6.0	+0.4	+1.9	+2.3	+0.8	+0.2	+0.8	-0.8	-0.8	+2.3	+5.7	+.003	+1.2	+1.7	+.088	+2.6	+3.4	+.004
John Starks	59	34.9	19.0	0.6	2.5	3.1	5.9	1.6	0.1	3.1	3.2	6.9	16.6	.420	1.9	5.7	.335	3.2	4.2	.754
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lonzo Ball	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Starks	25	33.6	14.6	0.4	2.0	2.3	4.6	1.4	0.1	2.3	3.4	4.4	11.6	.381	1.9	5.3	.356	3.9	5.0	.770

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

Additional Years
* John Starks played 7 seasons more than Lonzo Ball in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 7 to 13, from 1996 to 2002—John Starks played in 4 Playoffs. In those 7 extra years over Lonzo Ball, John Starks got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Sixth Man of the Year