Lonzo Ball vs. Latrell Sprewell Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Latrell Sprewell 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 Latrell Sprewell, who played 13. Lonzo Ball had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while Latrell Sprewell had his rookie season in 1992-93. 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	Latrell Sprewell
Season	2017-18	1992-93
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	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:	+25	+1.4	+5.2	+0.3	+3.1	+3.4	+3.4	+0.1	+0.1		-0.1	+1.9	+1.8	+.104	+0.8	+3.1	+.064	+2.1	+2.3	+.295
Latrell Sprewell	77	35.6	15.4	1.0	2.5	3.5	3.8	1.6	0.7	2.6	2.2	5.8	12.6	.464	0.9	2.6	.369	2.7	3.7	.746
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Lonzo Ball nor Latrell Sprewell played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Lonzo Ball	Latrell Sprewell
Season	2018-19	1993-94
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Warriors Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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2nd 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	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
difference:	+35	+12.8	+11.1	+0.1	+0.3	+0.4	+0.7	+0.7	+0.5	-0.6	-0.5	+3.6	+7.6	+.027	+0.1	+0.1	+.032	+3.9	+4.6	+.357
Latrell Sprewell	82	43.1	21.0	1.0	3.9	4.9	4.7	2.2	0.9	2.8	1.9	7.5	17.3	.433	1.7	4.8	.361	4.3	5.6	.774
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lonzo Ball	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Latrell Sprewell	3	40.7	22.7	0.3	2.7	3.0	7.0	0.7	1.0	3.0	5.0	8.7	20.0	.433	2.7	7.7	.348	2.7	4.0	.667

Season 3
	Lonzo Ball	Latrell Sprewell
Season	2019-20	1994-95
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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3rd 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	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
difference:	+6	+8.1	+8.8	+0.3	+2.1	+2.4	+3.0	+0.2	+0.1	-0.2	-0.4	+2.7	+6.1	+.015	+1.0	+1.6	+.099	+4.4	+5.3	+.215
Latrell Sprewell	69	40.2	20.6	0.8	2.9	3.7	4.0	1.6	0.7	3.3	1.6	7.1	17.0	.418	1.3	4.7	.276	5.1	6.5	.781
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Lonzo Ball nor Latrell Sprewell played in the postseason in their season 3

Season 5
	Lonzo Ball	Latrell Sprewell
Season	2021-22	1996-97
Team	Chicago Bulls	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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:	+45	+7.3	+11.2	+0.3	+0.5	+0.8	+1.2	+0.1	+0.3	-1.7	-0.5	+3.5	+7.2	+.026	+1.3	+2.2	+.069	+5.6	+6.5	+.093
Latrell Sprewell	80	41.9	24.2	0.7	3.9	4.6	6.3	1.7	0.6	4.0	1.9	8.1	18.1	.449	1.8	5.2	.354	6.2	7.3	.843
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Lonzo Ball nor Latrell Sprewell played in the postseason in their season 5

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

Additional Years
* Latrell Sprewell played 7 seasons more than Lonzo Ball in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 7 to 13, from 1999 to 2005—Latrell Sprewell played in 4 Playoffs. In those 7 extra years over Lonzo Ball, Latrell Sprewell got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Star Game