LaMelo Ball vs. Leandro Barbosa Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Leandro Barbosa 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.

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, 10 less than Leandro Barbosa, who played 14. LaMelo Ball had the first of his seasons in 2020-21, while Leandro Barbosa 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	LaMelo Ball	Leandro Barbosa
Season	2020-21	2003-04
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
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	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
Leandro Barbosa	70	21.4	7.9	0.3	1.4	1.8	2.4	1.3	0.1	1.7	2.6	3.0	6.7	.447	1.2	3.0	.395	0.7	0.9	.770
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Leandro Barbosa	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	LaMelo Ball	Leandro Barbosa
Season	2021-22	2004-05
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Suns Lost West 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	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
Leandro Barbosa	63	17.3	7.0	0.5	1.6	2.1	2.0	0.5	0.1	1.4	2.0	2.7	5.6	.475	0.8	2.2	.367	0.9	1.1	.797
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Leandro Barbosa	12	9.7	2.5	0.4	1.0	1.4	1.0	0.3	0.0	0.4	0.7	1.0	2.9	.343	0.3	0.8	.400	0.2	0.3	.500

Season 4
	LaMelo Ball	Leandro Barbosa
Season	2023-24	2006-07
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	Sixth Man of the Year
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Suns 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	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
Leandro Barbosa	80	32.7	18.1	0.3	2.4	2.7	4.0	1.2	0.2	1.8	2.6	6.6	13.9	.476	2.4	5.5	.434	2.5	2.9	.845
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Leandro Barbosa	11	31.7	15.8	0.6	2.8	3.5	2.2	1.1	0.2	2.0	2.7	5.8	14.4	.405	1.6	5.4	.305	2.5	3.5	.718

Season 12
	LaMelo Ball	Leandro Barbosa
Season	-	2014-15
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Leandro Barbosa	66	14.9	7.1	0.3	1.0	1.4	1.5	0.6	0.1	0.7	1.3	2.8	5.8	.474	0.7	1.7	.384	0.9	1.1	.784
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Leandro Barbosa	21	10.9	5.0	0.4	0.9	1.3	0.9	0.3	0.0	0.6	1.1	1.9	4.2	.443	0.4	1.1	.348	0.9	1.0	.818