LaMelo Ball vs. David West Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of David West 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, 11 less than David West, who played 15. LaMelo Ball had the first of his seasons in 2020-21, while David West had his rookie season in 2003-04. 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
David West	15	9	2003-04 to 2017-18

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	LaMelo Ball	David West
Season	2020-21	2003-04
Team	Charlotte Hornets	New Orleans Hornets
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hornets 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		%
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
David West	71	13.1	3.8	1.6	2.5	4.2	0.8	0.4	0.4	0.7	1.6	1.5	3.2	.474	0.0	0.0	.000	0.8	1.1	.713

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David West	7	15.9	5.9	1.1	3.1	4.3	1.1	0.3	0.6	1.0	1.4	2.1	4.0	.536	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	1.9	.846


Season 2
	LaMelo Ball	David West
Season	2021-22	2004-05
Team	Charlotte Hornets	New Orleans Hornets
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
David West	30	18.4	6.2	1.3	3.0	4.3	0.8	0.4	0.5	1.2	2.1	2.5	5.7	.436	0.1	0.2	.400	1.1	1.7	.680

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


Season 3
	LaMelo Ball	David West
Season	2022-23	2005-06
Team	Charlotte Hornets	New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets
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	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
David West	74	34.1	17.1	2.3	5.1	7.4	1.2	0.8	0.9	1.4	2.9	7.2	14.0	.512	0.0	0.1	.273	2.7	3.2	.843

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


Season 4
	LaMelo Ball	David West
Season	2023-24	2006-07
Team	Charlotte Hornets	New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets
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
David West	52	36.5	18.3	2.4	5.7	8.2	2.2	0.8	0.7	1.9	2.8	7.3	15.2	.476	0.2	0.5	.320	3.6	4.4	.824

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


Season 5
	LaMelo Ball	David West
Season	-	2007-08
Team	-	New Orleans Hornets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Hornets 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		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David West	76	37.8	20.6	2.4	6.5	8.9	2.3	0.8	1.3	2.2	2.7	8.3	17.2	.482	0.1	0.3	.240	3.9	4.6	.850

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David West	12	40.4	21.2	1.8	6.8	8.5	2.8	1.1	1.9	1.8	2.7	8.5	18.3	.466	0.1	0.2	.500	4.1	4.6	.891


Season 6
	LaMelo Ball	David West
Season	-	2008-09
Team	-	New Orleans Hornets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Hornets 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David West	76	39.2	21.0	2.1	6.4	8.5	2.3	0.6	0.9	2.1	2.7	8.0	17.0	.472	0.1	0.3	.240	4.8	5.5	.884

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David West	5	35.6	18.0	1.0	6.4	7.4	1.2	1.0	0.4	2.8	3.8	6.4	16.0	.400	0.0	0.0	-	5.2	5.8	.897


Season 7
	LaMelo Ball	David West
Season	-	2009-10
Team	-	New Orleans Hornets
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David West	81	36.4	19.0	2.0	5.4	7.5	3.0	0.9	0.7	2.1	2.9	7.6	15.1	.505	0.1	0.3	.259	3.7	4.2	.865

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


Season 8
	LaMelo Ball	David West
Season	-	2010-11
Team	-	New Orleans Hornets
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David West	70	35.0	18.9	2.2	5.3	7.6	2.3	1.0	0.9	2.0	2.9	7.5	14.9	.508	0.0	0.1	.222	3.8	4.7	.807

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


Season 9
	LaMelo Ball	David West
Season	-	2011-12
Team	-	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Pacers 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		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David West	66	29.2	12.8	1.8	4.8	6.6	2.1	0.8	0.7	1.4	2.4	5.3	10.8	.487	0.0	0.1	.222	2.2	2.7	.807

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David West	11	37.8	15.3	1.9	6.6	8.5	2.0	0.7	0.5	1.5	3.0	6.0	13.5	.446	0.0	0.0	-	3.3	4.0	.818


Season 10
	LaMelo Ball	David West
Season	-	2012-13
Team	-	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Pacers 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		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David West	73	33.4	17.1	2.0	5.7	7.7	2.9	1.0	0.9	2.2	2.0	6.9	13.8	.498	0.1	0.3	.211	3.3	4.3	.768

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David West	19	36.3	15.9	2.2	5.4	7.6	2.1	0.7	0.8	2.4	2.8	6.1	13.1	.462	0.0	0.2	.000	3.8	4.9	.766


Season 11
	LaMelo Ball	David West
Season	-	2013-14
Team	-	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Pacers 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		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David West	80	30.9	14.0	1.5	5.3	6.8	2.8	0.8	0.9	1.7	2.3	5.7	11.7	.488	0.1	0.2	.267	2.5	3.1	.789

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David West	19	36.2	15.1	1.3	5.5	6.7	3.9	0.7	0.8	2.3	3.0	6.4	12.9	.494	0.1	0.5	.200	2.3	3.2	.705


Season 12
	LaMelo Ball	David West
Season	-	2014-15
Team	-	Indiana Pacers
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David West	66	28.7	11.7	1.6	5.2	6.8	3.4	0.7	0.7	1.8	2.4	4.9	10.4	.471	0.1	0.3	.200	1.8	2.4	.739

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


Season 13
	LaMelo Ball	David West
Season	-	2015-16
Team	-	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David West	78	18.0	7.1	0.9	3.0	4.0	1.8	0.6	0.7	0.9	1.8	3.1	5.7	.545	0.0	0.1	.429	0.8	1.0	.788

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David West	10	17.6	5.8	1.3	2.4	3.7	1.3	0.6	0.7	0.7	1.9	2.5	5.5	.455	0.3	0.6	.500	0.5	0.9	.556


Season 14
	LaMelo Ball	David West
Season	-	2016-17
Team	-	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	NBA Champion

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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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David West	68	12.6	4.6	0.7	2.3	3.0	2.2	0.6	0.7	1.1	1.5	2.0	3.7	.536	0.0	0.1	.375	0.6	0.8	.768

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David West	17	13.0	4.5	0.4	2.3	2.7	2.1	0.4	0.8	0.6	1.5	2.0	3.5	.576	0.1	0.1	.500	0.4	0.5	.778


Season 15
	LaMelo Ball	David West
Season	-	2017-18
Team	-	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	NBA Champion

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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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David West	73	13.7	6.8	0.9	2.4	3.3	1.9	0.6	1.0	1.1	1.6	3.0	5.2	.571	0.0	0.1	.375	0.8	1.1	.759

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David West	18	9.7	3.3	0.6	1.4	2.1	1.8	0.3	0.6	0.6	1.3	1.5	2.5	.600	0.1	0.1	.500	0.2	0.2	1.000

LaMelo Ball vs. David West Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of David West 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

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14

Season 15