Lonzo Ball vs. Whitey Skoog Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Whitey Skoog 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 Whitey Skoog, who played 6. Lonzo Ball had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while Whitey Skoog had his rookie season in 1951-52. 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	Whitey Skoog
Season	2017-18	1951-52
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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	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
Whitey Skoog	35	28.2	6.7	-	-	3.5	1.7	-	-	-	2.7	2.9	8.5	.345	-	-	-	0.9	1.1	.789
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lonzo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Whitey Skoog	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Lonzo Ball	Whitey Skoog
Season	2018-19	1952-53
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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	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
Whitey Skoog	68	14.6	3.7	-	-	1.8	1.2	-	-	-	2.0	1.5	3.9	.386	-	-	-	0.7	0.9	.754
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lonzo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Whitey Skoog	11	18.0	5.8	-	-	2.1	1.2	-	-	-	2.6	2.2	5.1	.429	-	-	-	1.5	1.8	.800

Season 3
	Lonzo Ball	Whitey Skoog
Season	2019-20	1953-54
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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	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
Whitey Skoog	71	26.4	7.0	-	-	3.2	2.5	-	-	-	3.3	3.0	7.5	.400	-	-	-	1.0	1.4	.742
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lonzo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Whitey Skoog	13	30.9	7.4	-	-	3.6	1.8	-	-	-	4.6	3.2	8.2	.393	-	-	-	0.9	1.6	.571