Carmelo Anthony vs. LaMelo Ball: Career Scoring Comparison

We break down the scoring legacies of LaMelo Ball and Carmelo Anthony to determine who has the better numbers. Here you can compare their career totals, points per game, games of 40+ points, 50+, etc. and their year-by-year scoring averages side by side, both in the Regular Season and Playoffs.

Carmelo Anthony is among the NBA's all-time leaders in points and also has one of the highest career averages in league history, and here we compare his scoring stats with those recorded by LaMelo Ball.

By taking a look at their career numbers for points, the first conclusion one can arrive at is that Carmelo Anthony has better scoring average and totals in the regular season, and since LaMelo Ball didn't play in the postseason, you could also say that Carmelo Anthony has better playoff stats. However, we won't stop there and we'll go into detail to analyze what these statistics are made up of, from how many games they had in each threshold (30+ points, 40+, 50+, etc.) to their season-by-season scoring averages.

Career Numbers
Who has the better scoring stats?

Points in the Regular Season

In his 19 NBA regular seasons played, Carmelo Anthony averages 1.5 points more than LaMelo Ball in his 5 seasons (22.5 points against 21.0), and he also scored a total of 23,430 points more (28,289 vs. 4,859).

Points Per Game			Seasons
Carmelo Anthony	22.5	+1.5	19
LaMelo Ball	21.0		5

Total Points			Seasons
Carmelo Anthony	28,289	+23,430	19
LaMelo Ball	4,859		5

Scoring Titles
Carmelo Anthony	1	+1
LaMelo Ball	0

Points by Thresholds

Career Shooting Stats Comparison

Year by Year Points Average Comparison

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