Lonzo Ball vs. Vince Carter Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Vince Carter 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, 16 less than Vince Carter, who played 22. Lonzo Ball had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while Vince Carter had his rookie season in 1998-99. 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	Vince Carter
Season	2017-18	1998-99
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First 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:	+2	+1.0	+8.1	+0.6	+1.8	+1.2	+4.2	+0.6	+0.7	-0.4	-0.5	+3.0	+4.5	+.090	+1.3	+4.4	+.017	+3.5	+4.0	+.310
Vince Carter	50	35.2	18.3	1.9	3.8	5.7	3.0	1.1	1.5	2.2	2.8	6.9	15.3	.450	0.4	1.3	.288	4.1	5.4	.761
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Lonzo Ball nor Vince Carter played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Lonzo Ball	Vince Carter
Season	2018-19	1999-00
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Raptors Lost East 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	+7.8	+15.8	+0.7	+0.2	+0.5	+1.5	+0.2	+0.7		-0.8	+5.7	+11.0	+.059	+0.4	+2.0	+.074	+4.9	+5.7	+.374
Vince Carter	82	38.1	25.7	1.8	4.0	5.8	3.9	1.3	1.1	2.2	3.2	9.6	20.7	.465	1.2	2.9	.403	5.3	6.7	.791
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lonzo Ball	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Vince Carter	3	39.7	19.3	3.0	3.0	6.0	6.3	1.0	1.3	2.7	4.0	5.0	16.7	.300	0.3	3.3	.100	9.0	10.3	.871

Season 3
	Lonzo Ball	Vince Carter
Season	2019-20	2000-01
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Raptors Lost East Conf Semis

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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:	+12	+7.6	+15.8	+1.2	+1.8	+0.6	+3.1	+0.1	+0.5	-0.9	-0.7	+5.8	+11.2	+.057	+0.1	+1.0	+.033	+4.4	+5.5	+.199
Vince Carter	75	39.7	27.6	2.3	3.2	5.5	3.9	1.5	1.1	2.2	2.7	10.2	22.1	.460	2.2	5.3	.408	5.1	6.7	.765
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lonzo Ball	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Vince Carter	12	45.1	27.3	3.1	3.4	6.5	4.7	1.7	1.7	2.3	3.8	10.2	23.3	.436	2.1	5.1	.410	4.8	6.2	.784

Season 4
	Lonzo Ball	Vince Carter
Season	2020-21	2001-02
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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:	+5	+8.0	+10.1	+1.7	+1.3	+0.4	+1.7	+0.1	+0.1	-0.4	-1.3	+4.0	+9.1	+.014	+1.1	+3.1	+.009	+3.2	+3.9	+.017
Vince Carter	60	39.8	24.7	2.3	2.9	5.2	4.0	1.6	0.7	2.6	3.2	9.3	21.8	.428	2.0	5.2	.387	4.1	5.1	.798
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Lonzo Ball nor Vince Carter played in the postseason in their season 4

Season 5
	Lonzo Ball	Vince Carter
Season	2021-22	2002-03
Team	Chicago Bulls	Toronto Raptors
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:	+8	+0.4	+7.6	+0.4	+1.4	+1.0	+1.8	+0.7	+0.1	-0.6	-0.4	+3.7	+6.8	+.044	+2.1	+4.4	+.079	+2.4	+2.9	+.056
Vince Carter	43	34.2	20.6	1.4	3.0	4.4	3.3	1.1	1.0	1.7	2.8	8.3	17.7	.467	1.0	3.0	.344	3.0	3.7	.806
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Lonzo Ball nor Vince Carter played in the postseason in their season 5

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

Season 6
	Lonzo Ball	Vince Carter
Season	2024-25	2003-04
Team	Chicago Bulls	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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:	+38	+16.0	+14.9	+0.6	+0.8	+1.4	+1.5	+0.1	+0.4	-1.9	-1.3	+5.8	+13.1	+.051	+0.6	+2.3	+.039	+4.0	+4.9	+.009
Vince Carter	73	38.2	22.5	1.3	3.5	4.8	4.8	1.2	0.9	3.1	2.9	8.3	20.0	.417	1.3	3.3	.383	4.6	5.7	.806
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Lonzo Ball nor Vince Carter played in the postseason in their season 6

Additional Years
* Vince Carter played 16 seasons more than Lonzo Ball in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 7 to 22, from 2005 to 2020—Vince Carter played in 9 Playoffs. In those 16 extra years over Lonzo Ball, Vince Carter got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	3 All-Star Game