Lonzo Ball vs. Rick Mahorn Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Rick Mahorn 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, 13 less than Rick Mahorn, who played 18. Lonzo Ball had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while Rick Mahorn had his rookie season in 1980-81. 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
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Rookie Season
	Lonzo Ball	Rick Mahorn
Season	2017-18	1980-81
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Washington Bullets
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
Rick Mahorn	52	13.4	4.8	1.3	2.8	4.1	0.5	0.4	0.8	0.7	2.6	2.1	4.2	.507	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.8	.675
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lonzo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rick Mahorn	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Lonzo Ball	Rick Mahorn
Season	-	1988-89
Team	-	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	NBA Champion

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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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rick Mahorn	72	24.9	7.3	2.0	4.9	6.9	0.8	0.6	0.9	1.3	2.9	2.8	5.5	.517	0.0	0.0	.000	1.6	2.2	.748
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lonzo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rick Mahorn	17	21.2	5.7	1.8	3.4	5.1	0.4	0.5	0.8	0.6	3.5	2.4	4.1	.580	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.5	.654

Season 10
	Lonzo Ball	Rick Mahorn
Season	-	1989-90
Team	-	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	-	76ers 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rick Mahorn	75	30.3	10.8	2.2	5.3	7.6	1.3	0.6	1.4	1.4	3.3	4.2	8.4	.497	0.0	0.1	.222	2.4	3.4	.715
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lonzo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rick Mahorn	10	34.2	9.4	1.8	5.2	7.0	1.0	0.7	0.8	1.3	4.1	3.7	8.6	.430	0.0	0.1	.000	2.0	2.6	.769

Note: Rick Mahorn didn't play in 1991-92.