LaMelo Ball vs. Dante Cunningham Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dante Cunningham and LaMelo 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.

LaMelo Ball played 4 years in the NBA, 6 less than Dante Cunningham, who played 10. LaMelo Ball had the first of his seasons in 2020-21, while Dante Cunningham had his rookie season in 2009-10. 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
LaMelo Ball	4	0	2020-21 to 2023-24
Dante Cunningham	10	4	2009-10 to 2018-19

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	LaMelo Ball	Dante Cunningham
Season	2020-21	2009-10
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers Lost West 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		%
LaMelo Ball	51	28.8	15.7	1.2	4.7	5.9	6.1	1.6	0.4	2.8	2.7	5.7	13.2	.436	1.8	5.1	.352	2.5	3.2	.758
Dante Cunningham	63	11.2	3.9	0.9	1.7	2.5	0.2	0.4	0.3	0.2	1.5	1.7	3.4	.495	0.0	0.0	.000	0.5	0.8	.646

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dante Cunningham	5	8.4	4.6	1.0	1.6	2.6	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.6	2.0	1.8	3.0	.600	0.0	0.2	.000	1.0	1.2	.833


Season 2
	LaMelo Ball	Dante Cunningham
Season	2021-22	2010-11
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Portland Trail Blazers, Charlotte Bobcats
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
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		%
LaMelo Ball	75	32.3	20.1	1.4	5.2	6.7	7.6	1.6	0.4	3.3	3.2	7.2	16.7	.429	2.9	7.5	.389	2.8	3.2	.872
Dante Cunningham	78	21.0	6.2	1.2	2.3	3.6	0.6	0.7	0.6	0.7	2.3	2.8	6.1	.462	0.0	0.2	.077	0.6	0.8	.726

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dante Cunningham	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	LaMelo Ball	Dante Cunningham
Season	2022-23	2011-12
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Grizzlies Lost West 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		%
LaMelo Ball	36	35.2	23.3	1.2	5.3	6.4	8.4	1.3	0.3	3.6	3.3	8.2	20.0	.411	4.0	10.6	.376	2.8	3.4	.836
Dante Cunningham	64	17.6	5.2	1.4	2.4	3.8	0.6	0.7	0.5	0.5	1.5	2.3	4.4	.516	0.0	0.0	.000	0.7	1.1	.652

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dante Cunningham	7	7.0	1.1	0.9	0.7	1.6	0.0	0.1	0.3	0.1	0.4	0.6	1.6	.364	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 4
	LaMelo Ball	Dante Cunningham
Season	2023-24	2012-13
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Minnesota Timberwolves
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		%
LaMelo Ball	22	32.3	23.9	1.3	3.8	5.1	8.0	1.8	0.2	3.8	3.6	8.3	19.2	.433	3.2	9.0	.355	4.1	4.7	.865
Dante Cunningham	80	25.1	8.7	1.8	3.3	5.1	0.8	1.1	0.5	0.7	1.9	3.9	8.4	.468	0.0	0.1	.000	0.8	1.3	.650

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dante Cunningham	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	LaMelo Ball	Dante Cunningham
Season	-	2013-14
Team	-	Minnesota Timberwolves
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		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dante Cunningham	81	20.2	6.3	1.4	2.7	4.1	1.0	0.8	0.7	0.5	1.8	2.9	6.3	.464	0.0	0.1	.000	0.5	0.8	.567

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dante Cunningham	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	LaMelo Ball	Dante Cunningham
Season	-	2014-15
Team	-	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Pelicans Lost West 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		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dante Cunningham	66	25.0	5.2	1.1	2.8	3.9	0.8	0.7	0.6	0.5	1.5	2.3	5.1	.457	0.0	0.2	.100	0.4	0.7	.617

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dante Cunningham	4	18.8	5.3	1.0	3.5	4.5	0.5	0.8	1.0	0.0	1.8	2.3	2.8	.818	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	0.8	1.000


Season 7
	LaMelo Ball	Dante Cunningham
Season	-	2015-16
Team	-	New Orleans Pelicans
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		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dante Cunningham	80	24.6	6.1	0.7	2.2	3.0	1.0	0.5	0.4	0.5	2.2	2.3	5.2	.451	0.7	2.2	.316	0.7	1.0	.695

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dante Cunningham	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	LaMelo Ball	Dante Cunningham
Season	-	2016-17
Team	-	New Orleans Pelicans
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		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dante Cunningham	66	25.0	6.6	0.8	3.3	4.2	0.6	0.6	0.4	0.4	1.5	2.6	5.4	.485	1.1	2.7	.392	0.2	0.4	.593

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dante Cunningham	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	LaMelo Ball	Dante Cunningham
Season	-	2017-18
Team	-	New Orleans Pelicans, Brooklyn Nets
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		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dante Cunningham	73	21.4	5.7	1.1	3.0	4.1	0.7	0.5	0.4	0.5	1.5	2.2	5.0	.451	0.8	2.3	.345	0.4	0.7	.596

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dante Cunningham	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	LaMelo Ball	Dante Cunningham
Season	-	2018-19
Team	-	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Spurs Lost West 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		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dante Cunningham	64	14.5	3.0	0.8	2.2	2.9	0.8	0.4	0.2	0.3	1.1	1.2	2.5	.475	0.5	1.0	.462	0.2	0.3	.778

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dante Cunningham	5	2.6	1.2	0.4	0.8	1.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.6	.667	0.4	0.4	1.000	0.0	0.0	-

LaMelo Ball vs. Dante Cunningham Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dante Cunningham and LaMelo 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