Cedric Ball vs. Al Horford Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Al Horford and Cedric 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.

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.

Cedric Ball played 1 years in the NBA, 16 less than Al Horford, who played 17. Cedric Ball had his first NBA Season in 1990-91, while Al Horford had his rookie season in 2007-08. 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
Cedric Ball	1	0	1990-91
Al Horford	17	15	2007-08 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17


Rookie Season
	Cedric Ball	Al Horford
Season	1990-91	2007-08
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks 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		%
Cedric Ball	7	3.7	1.1	0.7	0.9	1.6	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.7	0.4	1.1	.375	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.3	1.000
Al Horford	81	31.4	10.1	3.1	6.6	9.7	1.5	0.7	0.9	1.7	3.3	4.1	8.2	.499	0.0	0.1	.000	1.9	2.6	.731

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Cedric Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Al Horford	7	39.6	12.6	3.1	7.3	10.4	3.6	0.4	1.0	2.1	3.7	4.9	10.3	.472	0.0	0.0	-	2.9	3.9	.741


Season 2
	Cedric Ball	Al Horford
Season	-	2008-09
Team	-	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Hawks 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		%
Cedric Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Al Horford	67	33.5	11.5	2.2	7.1	9.3	2.4	0.8	1.4	1.5	2.8	4.7	8.9	.525	0.0	0.0	.000	2.2	3.1	.727

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Cedric Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Al Horford	9	28.0	6.9	1.3	4.4	5.8	2.0	0.7	0.7	0.4	2.9	2.8	6.6	.424	0.0	0.1	.000	1.3	2.0	.667


Season 3
	Cedric Ball	Al Horford
Season	-	2009-10
Team	-	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Hawks 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		%
Cedric Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Al Horford	81	35.1	14.2	2.9	7.0	9.9	2.3	0.7	1.1	1.5	2.8	5.8	10.5	.551	0.0	0.0	1.000	2.6	3.3	.789

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Cedric Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Al Horford	11	35.3	14.6	2.5	6.5	9.0	1.8	0.7	1.7	1.4	3.2	6.1	11.6	.523	0.1	0.1	1.000	2.4	2.8	.839


Season 4
	Cedric Ball	Al Horford
Season	-	2010-11
Team	-	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Hawks 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		%
Cedric Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Al Horford	77	35.1	15.3	2.4	7.0	9.3	3.5	0.8	1.0	1.5	2.5	6.7	12.0	.557	0.0	0.1	.500	1.9	2.4	.798

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Cedric Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Al Horford	12	39.0	11.3	2.1	7.5	9.6	3.5	0.4	1.0	1.4	2.8	4.8	11.4	.423	0.0	0.2	.000	1.7	2.2	.769


Season 5
	Cedric Ball	Al Horford
Season	-	2011-12
Team	-	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Hawks 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		%
Cedric Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Al Horford	11	31.6	12.4	2.4	4.6	7.0	2.2	0.9	1.3	1.5	1.9	5.2	9.4	.553	0.0	0.1	.000	2.0	2.7	.733

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Cedric Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Al Horford	3	36.0	15.3	1.7	6.7	8.3	2.7	1.3	1.3	4.0	3.7	6.7	11.3	.588	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.7	.750


Season 6
	Cedric Ball	Al Horford
Season	-	2012-13
Team	-	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Hawks 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		%
Cedric Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Al Horford	74	37.2	17.4	2.6	7.6	10.2	3.2	1.1	1.1	2.0	2.2	7.8	14.3	.543	0.0	0.1	.500	1.8	2.8	.644

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Cedric Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Al Horford	6	36.3	16.7	2.0	6.8	8.8	3.0	1.0	0.8	1.5	2.8	6.8	13.8	.494	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	4.5	.667


Season 7
	Cedric Ball	Al Horford
Season	-	2013-14
Team	-	Atlanta Hawks
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		%
Cedric Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Al Horford	29	33.0	18.6	2.3	6.1	8.4	2.6	0.9	1.5	2.2	1.9	8.2	14.5	.567	0.1	0.4	.364	2.0	2.9	.682

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Cedric Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Al Horford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Cedric Ball	Al Horford
Season	-	2014-15
Team	-	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Hawks 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		%
Cedric Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Al Horford	76	30.5	15.2	1.7	5.4	7.2	3.2	0.9	1.3	1.3	1.6	6.8	12.7	.538	0.1	0.5	.306	1.4	1.9	.759

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Cedric Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Al Horford	16	32.6	14.4	2.5	6.1	8.6	3.7	0.8	1.4	1.6	2.1	6.7	13.2	.507	0.1	0.6	.222	0.9	1.3	.750


Season 9
	Cedric Ball	Al Horford
Season	-	2015-16
Team	-	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Hawks 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		%
Cedric Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Al Horford	82	32.1	15.2	1.8	5.5	7.3	3.2	0.8	1.5	1.3	2.0	6.5	12.8	.505	1.1	3.1	.344	1.3	1.6	.798

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Cedric Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Al Horford	10	32.7	13.4	1.3	5.2	6.5	3.1	1.2	2.4	1.7	2.5	5.4	11.6	.466	1.1	2.8	.393	1.5	1.6	.938


Season 10
	Cedric Ball	Al Horford
Season	-	2016-17
Team	-	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Celtics 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		%
Cedric Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Al Horford	68	32.3	14.0	1.4	5.4	6.8	5.0	0.8	1.3	1.7	2.0	5.6	11.8	.473	1.3	3.6	.355	1.6	2.0	.800

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Cedric Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Al Horford	18	33.9	15.1	1.7	4.8	6.6	5.4	0.8	0.8	1.8	1.8	6.2	10.6	.584	1.5	2.9	.519	1.2	1.6	.759


Season 11
	Cedric Ball	Al Horford
Season	-	2017-18
Team	-	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Celtics 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		%
Cedric Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Al Horford	72	31.6	12.9	1.4	5.9	7.4	4.7	0.6	1.1	1.8	1.9	5.1	10.5	.489	1.3	3.1	.429	1.3	1.7	.783

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Cedric Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Al Horford	19	35.7	15.7	1.7	6.6	8.3	3.3	1.0	1.2	1.7	2.1	5.8	10.7	.544	0.8	2.3	.349	3.3	3.9	.827


Season 12
	Cedric Ball	Al Horford
Season	-	2018-19
Team	-	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Celtics 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		%
Cedric Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Al Horford	68	29.0	13.6	1.8	5.0	6.7	4.2	0.9	1.3	1.5	1.9	5.7	10.6	.535	1.1	3.0	.360	1.1	1.4	.821

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Cedric Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Al Horford	9	34.4	13.9	1.4	7.6	9.0	4.4	0.4	0.8	2.1	2.3	5.1	12.2	.418	2.0	4.9	.409	1.7	2.0	.833


Season 13
	Cedric Ball	Al Horford
Season	-	2019-20
Team	-	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	76ers 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		%
Cedric Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Al Horford	67	30.2	11.9	1.5	5.3	6.8	4.0	0.8	0.9	1.2	2.1	4.8	10.6	.450	1.5	4.2	.350	0.9	1.2	.763

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Cedric Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Al Horford	4	32.3	7.0	2.3	5.0	7.3	2.3	0.3	1.3	0.8	3.5	3.0	6.3	.480	0.0	1.0	.000	1.0	1.8	.571


Season 14
	Cedric Ball	Al Horford
Season	-	2020-21
Team	-	Oklahoma City Thunder
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		%
Cedric Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Al Horford	28	27.9	14.2	1.0	5.7	6.7	3.4	0.9	0.9	1.0	1.7	5.8	12.9	.450	2.0	5.4	.368	0.6	0.8	.818

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Cedric Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Al Horford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Cedric Ball	Al Horford
Season	-	2021-22
Team	-	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Celtics 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		%
Cedric Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Al Horford	69	29.1	10.2	1.6	6.1	7.7	3.4	0.7	1.3	0.9	1.9	3.9	8.2	.467	1.3	3.8	.336	1.2	1.4	.842

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Cedric Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Al Horford	23	35.4	12.0	1.5	7.8	9.3	3.3	0.8	1.3	1.3	2.8	4.4	8.4	.523	2.0	4.3	.480	1.2	1.6	.778


Season 16
	Cedric Ball	Al Horford
Season	-	2022-23
Team	-	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Celtics 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		%
Cedric Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Al Horford	63	30.5	9.8	1.2	5.0	6.2	3.0	0.5	1.0	0.6	1.9	3.6	7.6	.476	2.3	5.2	.446	0.2	0.3	.714

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Cedric Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Al Horford	20	30.9	6.7	1.5	5.7	7.2	3.0	1.1	1.7	0.6	2.4	2.6	6.6	.386	1.4	4.7	.298	0.2	0.2	.750


Season 17
	Cedric Ball	Al Horford
Season	-	2023-24
Team	-	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Celtics TBD

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Cedric Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Al Horford	65	26.8	8.6	1.3	5.1	6.4	2.6	0.6	1.0	0.7	1.4	3.3	6.4	.511	1.7	4.0	.419	0.4	0.5	.867

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Cedric Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Al Horford	7	26.3	8.3	1.1	5.3	6.4	2.0	0.6	0.3	0.4	1.3	3.3	6.1	.535	1.4	3.9	.370	0.3	0.6	.500

Cedric Ball vs. Al Horford Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Al Horford and Cedric 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.

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

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14

Season 15

Season 16

Season 17