Lonzo Ball vs. Shaquille O'Neal: Career Scoring Comparison

We break down the scoring legacies of Shaquille O'Neal and Lonzo Ball 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.

Shaquille O'Neal 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 Lonzo Ball.

By taking a look at their career numbers for points, the first conclusion one can arrive at is that Shaquille O'Neal has better scoring average and totals in the regular season, and since Lonzo Ball didn't play in the postseason, you could also say that Shaquille O'Neal 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, Shaquille O'Neal averages 12.3 points more than Lonzo Ball in his 6 seasons (23.7 points against 11.4), and he also scored a total of 25,334 points more (28,596 vs. 3,262).

Points Per Game			Seasons
Lonzo Ball	11.4		6
Shaquille O'Neal	23.7	+12.3	19

Total Points			Seasons
Lonzo Ball	3,262		6
Shaquille O'Neal	28,596	+25,334	19

Scoring Titles
Lonzo Ball	0
Shaquille O'Neal	2	+2

Points by Thresholds

Career Shooting Stats Comparison

Year by Year Points Average Comparison

= NBA Scoring Leader

= NBA Champion

Regular Season

Rookie Season	Points per game		Year	Games
Lonzo Ball	10.2		2018	52
Shaquille O'Neal	23.4	+13.2	1993	81

Season 2	Points per game		Year	Games
Lonzo Ball	9.9		2019	47
Shaquille O'Neal	29.3	+19.4	1994	81

Season 3	Points per game		Year	Games
Lonzo Ball	11.8		2020	63
Shaquille O'Neal	29.3	+17.5	1995	79

Season 4	Points per game		Year	Games
Lonzo Ball	14.6		2021	55
Shaquille O'Neal	26.6	+12.0	1996	54

Season 5	Points per game		Year	Games
Lonzo Ball	13.0		2022	35
Shaquille O'Neal	26.2	+13.2	1997	51

Season 6	Points per game		Year	Games
Lonzo Ball	7.6		2025	35
Shaquille O'Neal	28.3	+20.7	1998	60

Shaquille O'Neal's additional seasons:

* Shaquille O'Neal played 13 seasons more than Lonzo Ball in the NBA. In those years—his seasons 7 to 19, from 1999 to 2011—he averaged 21.9 points in a total of 801 regular season games. During that period, his highest average was 29.7 ppg and his lowest 9.2. In those 13 extra years over Lonzo Ball, Shaquille O'Neal won 1 scoring title.