OG Anunoby vs. Lonzo Ball Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Lonzo Ball and OG Anunoby, 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.

OG Anunoby played 9 years in the NBA, 2 more than Lonzo Ball, who played 7. OG Anunoby had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while Lonzo Ball had his rookie season in 2017-18. 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
	OG Anunoby	Lonzo Ball
Season	2017-18	2017-18
Team	Toronto Raptors	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
OG Anunoby	74	20.0	5.9	0.6	1.9	2.5	0.7	0.7	0.2	0.6	1.8	2.2	4.7	.471	1.0	2.7	.371	0.5	0.8	.629
difference:	+22	+14.2	+4.3	+0.7	+3.7	+4.4	+6.5	+1.0	+0.6	-2.0	-0.5	+1.7	+6.1	+.111	+0.7	+3.0	+.066	+0.1	+0.6	+.178
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
OG Anunoby	10	23.8	7.9	0.9	1.2	2.1	0.7	0.6	0.4	0.6	2.3	2.9	5.2	.558	1.3	2.9	.448	0.8	1.1	.727
Lonzo Ball	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	OG Anunoby	Lonzo Ball
Season	2018-19	2018-19
Team	Toronto Raptors	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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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		%
OG Anunoby	67	20.2	7.0	0.9	2.1	2.9	0.7	0.7	0.3	0.8	2.1	2.7	6.0	.453	1.0	3.0	.332	0.5	0.9	.581
difference:	+20	+10.1	+2.9	+0.2	+2.1	+2.4	+4.7	+0.8	+0.1	-1.4	-0.3	+1.2	+3.7	+.047	+0.6	+1.9	+.003	+0.1	+0.1	+.164
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
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher OG Anunoby nor Lonzo Ball played in the postseason in their season 2

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

Season 6
	OG Anunoby	Lonzo Ball
Season	2022-23	2024-25
Team	Toronto Raptors	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Steals Leader	-
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		%
OG Anunoby	67	35.6	16.8	1.4	3.5	5.0	2.0	1.9	0.7	2.0	3.0	6.3	13.2	.476	2.1	5.5	.387	2.1	2.5	.838
difference:	+32	+13.4	+9.2	+0.7	+0.8	+1.6	+1.3	+0.6	+0.2	-0.8	-1.4	+3.8	+6.3	+.110	+0.2	+0.1	+.043	+1.5	+1.7	+.023
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
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher OG Anunoby nor Lonzo Ball played in the postseason in their season 6