Zach LaVine vs. Charlie Ward Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Charlie Ward and Zach LaVine, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

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.

Zach LaVine played 10 years in the NBA, 1 less than Charlie Ward, who played 11. Zach LaVine had the first of his seasons in 2014-15, while Charlie Ward had his rookie season in 1994-95. 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Zach LaVine	10	1	2014-15 to 2023-24
Charlie Ward	11	7	1994-95 to 2004-05

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11


Rookie Season
	Zach LaVine	Charlie Ward
Season	2014-15	1994-95
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	New York Knicks
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		%
Zach LaVine	77	24.7	10.1	0.4	2.4	2.8	3.6	0.7	0.1	2.5	2.1	3.7	8.8	.422	0.7	2.2	.341	1.9	2.3	.842
Charlie Ward	10	4.4	1.6	0.1	0.5	0.6	0.4	0.2	0.0	0.8	0.7	0.4	1.9	.211	0.1	1.0	.100	0.7	1.0	.700

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zach LaVine	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Charlie Ward	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Zach LaVine	Charlie Ward
Season	2015-16	1995-96
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks 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		%
Zach LaVine	82	28.0	14.0	0.3	2.5	2.8	3.1	0.8	0.2	1.9	2.4	5.3	11.7	.452	1.5	3.9	.389	2.0	2.5	.793
Charlie Ward	62	12.7	3.9	0.5	1.2	1.6	2.1	0.9	0.1	1.3	1.6	1.4	3.5	.399	0.5	1.6	.333	0.6	0.9	.685

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zach LaVine	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Charlie Ward	7	13.1	4.6	0.3	1.0	1.3	2.4	1.6	0.0	0.9	1.3	1.9	3.9	.481	0.4	1.7	.250	0.4	1.0	.429


Season 3
	Zach LaVine	Charlie Ward
Season	2016-17	1996-97
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks 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		%
Zach LaVine	47	37.2	18.9	0.4	3.0	3.4	3.0	0.9	0.2	1.8	2.2	6.9	15.1	.459	2.6	6.6	.387	2.5	3.0	.836
Charlie Ward	79	22.3	5.2	0.6	2.2	2.8	4.1	1.1	0.2	1.9	2.4	1.7	4.3	.395	0.6	1.9	.312	1.2	1.6	.760

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zach LaVine	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Charlie Ward	9	20.3	2.2	0.3	2.4	2.8	4.3	1.4	0.0	1.7	2.0	0.9	3.0	.296	0.1	1.0	.111	0.3	0.4	.750


Season 4
	Zach LaVine	Charlie Ward
Season	2017-18	1997-98
Team	Chicago Bulls	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks 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		%
Zach LaVine	24	27.3	16.7	0.4	3.5	3.9	3.0	1.0	0.2	1.8	2.3	5.7	14.8	.383	1.8	5.1	.341	3.6	4.5	.813
Charlie Ward	82	28.3	7.8	0.4	3.0	3.3	5.7	1.8	0.5	2.1	2.4	2.9	6.3	.455	1.0	2.6	.377	1.1	1.4	.805

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zach LaVine	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Charlie Ward	10	26.2	6.6	0.3	2.5	2.8	6.0	2.0	0.2	1.7	2.4	2.3	5.5	.418	0.9	2.1	.429	1.1	1.6	.688


Season 5
	Zach LaVine	Charlie Ward
Season	2018-19	1998-99
Team	Chicago Bulls	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks Lost NBA 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		%
Zach LaVine	63	34.5	23.7	0.6	4.0	4.7	4.5	1.0	0.4	3.4	2.2	8.4	18.0	.467	1.9	5.1	.374	5.0	6.0	.832
Charlie Ward	50	31.1	7.6	0.5	3.0	3.4	5.4	2.1	0.2	2.6	2.1	2.7	6.7	.404	1.1	3.0	.356	1.1	1.6	.705

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zach LaVine	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Charlie Ward	20	24.7	4.6	0.6	1.7	2.3	3.8	1.8	0.2	1.2	2.3	1.7	4.7	.366	0.9	2.8	.321	0.3	0.4	.750


Season 6
	Zach LaVine	Charlie Ward
Season	2019-20	1999-00
Team	Chicago Bulls	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks Lost East Conf 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		%
Zach LaVine	60	34.8	25.5	0.7	4.1	4.8	4.2	1.5	0.5	3.4	2.2	9.0	20.0	.450	3.1	8.1	.380	4.5	5.6	.802
Charlie Ward	72	27.6	7.3	0.3	2.9	3.2	4.2	1.3	0.2	1.4	2.4	2.6	6.2	.423	1.4	3.7	.386	0.7	0.8	.828

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zach LaVine	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Charlie Ward	16	27.4	9.4	0.7	3.6	4.3	4.1	1.4	0.3	1.3	2.5	3.6	7.1	.504	1.3	3.3	.396	0.9	1.3	.714


Season 7
	Zach LaVine	Charlie Ward
Season	2020-21	2000-01
Team	Chicago Bulls	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zach LaVine	58	35.1	27.4	0.6	4.4	5.0	4.9	0.8	0.5	3.5	2.4	9.8	19.4	.507	3.4	8.2	.419	4.4	5.1	.849
Charlie Ward	61	24.5	7.1	0.5	2.1	2.6	4.5	1.1	0.2	1.8	2.2	2.5	6.1	.416	1.1	2.9	.383	0.9	1.1	.800

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zach LaVine	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Charlie Ward	5	17.2	5.0	0.4	1.0	1.4	1.4	0.4	0.0	1.6	1.6	1.6	5.4	.296	0.6	2.4	.250	1.2	1.2	1.000


Season 8
	Zach LaVine	Charlie Ward
Season	2021-22	2001-02
Team	Chicago Bulls	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Zach LaVine	67	34.7	24.4	0.3	4.3	4.6	4.5	0.6	0.3	2.6	1.8	8.4	17.7	.476	2.8	7.1	.389	4.8	5.6	.853
Charlie Ward	63	16.8	5.2	0.2	1.8	2.0	3.2	1.1	0.2	1.2	1.6	1.8	4.8	.373	0.8	2.6	.323	0.7	0.9	.810

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zach LaVine	4	38.3	19.3	0.0	5.3	5.3	6.0	0.8	0.3	3.0	2.3	6.8	15.8	.429	2.3	6.0	.375	3.5	3.8	.933
Charlie Ward	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Zach LaVine	Charlie Ward
Season	2022-23	2002-03
Team	Chicago Bulls	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
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		%
Zach LaVine	77	35.9	24.8	0.5	3.9	4.5	4.2	0.9	0.2	2.5	2.1	8.7	18.0	.485	2.6	7.1	.375	4.7	5.6	.848
Charlie Ward	66	22.2	7.2	0.4	2.3	2.7	4.6	1.2	0.2	1.4	2.2	2.5	6.3	.399	1.5	4.0	.378	0.6	0.8	.774

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zach LaVine	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Charlie Ward	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Zach LaVine	Charlie Ward
Season	2023-24	2003-04
Team	Chicago Bulls	New York Knicks, San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Spurs Lost West 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		%
Zach LaVine	25	34.9	19.5	0.3	4.8	5.2	3.9	0.8	0.3	2.1	2.3	6.8	15.0	.452	2.4	6.8	.349	3.5	4.1	.854
Charlie Ward	71	17.6	6.0	0.2	1.9	2.0	3.0	0.9	0.2	1.4	1.5	2.3	5.5	.410	1.2	2.9	.408	0.3	0.4	.741

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zach LaVine	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Charlie Ward	5	2.6	2.2	0.0	0.0	0	0.2	0.4	0.0	0.4	0.4	0.8	1.2	.667	0.6	0.6	1.000	0.0	0.0	-


Season 11
	Zach LaVine	Charlie Ward
Season	-	2004-05
Team	-	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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		%
Zach LaVine	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Charlie Ward	14	25.7	5.4	0.4	2.4	2.8	3.1	1.1	0.0	1.3	1.6	1.7	5.5	.312	1.1	3.6	.314	0.8	0.9	.846

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zach LaVine	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Charlie Ward	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Zach LaVine vs. Charlie Ward Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Charlie Ward and Zach LaVine, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11