Lonzo Ball vs. Paul Walther Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Paul Walther 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, 1 less than Paul Walther, who played 6. Lonzo Ball had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while Paul Walther had his rookie season in 1949-50. 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
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6
Rookie Season
	Lonzo Ball	Paul Walther
Season	2017-18	1949-50
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Minneapolis Lakers, Indianapolis Olympians
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Olympians Lost West Div 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
Paul Walther	53	-	5.5	-	-	-	1.1	-	-	-	2.3	2.2	5.5	.393	-	-	-	1.2	2.1	.578
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lonzo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul Walther	6	-	5.5	-	-	-	1.3	-	-	-	2.8	2.0	6.8	.293	-	-	-	1.5	3.2	.474

Season 3
	Lonzo Ball	Paul Walther
Season	2019-20	1951-52
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Indianapolis Olympians
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Olympians Lost West Div 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
Paul Walther	55	34.6	12.2	-	-	4.5	2.5	-	-	-	3.1	4.0	10.0	.401	-	-	-	4.2	5.6	.750
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lonzo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul Walther	2	42.5	16.0	-	-	3.5	3.0	-	-	-	4.0	4.0	8.0	.500	-	-	-	8.0	9.0	.889