LaMelo Ball vs. Marcin Gortat Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Marcin Gortat 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, 8 less than Marcin Gortat, who played 12. LaMelo Ball had the first of his seasons in 2020-21, while Marcin Gortat 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
LaMelo Ball	4	0	2020-21 to 2023-24
Marcin Gortat	12	7	2007-08 to 2018-19

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	LaMelo Ball	Marcin Gortat
Season	2020-21	2007-08
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Magic 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	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
Marcin Gortat	6	6.8	3.0	1.3	1.3	2.7	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.7	1.3	2.8	.471	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.5	.667

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Marcin Gortat	8	6.0	1.3	0.3	0.8	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.4	0.6	0.6	0.8	.833	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 2
	LaMelo Ball	Marcin Gortat
Season	2021-22	2008-09
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Magic 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		%
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
Marcin Gortat	63	12.6	3.8	1.5	3.0	4.5	0.2	0.3	0.8	0.4	1.8	1.7	3.0	.567	0.0	0.0	1.000	0.4	0.7	.578

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Marcin Gortat	24	11.3	3.3	0.8	2.4	3.2	0.1	0.4	0.6	0.5	1.6	1.4	2.2	.654	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.7	.625


Season 3
	LaMelo Ball	Marcin Gortat
Season	2022-23	2009-10
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Magic 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	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
Marcin Gortat	81	13.4	3.6	1.3	2.9	4.2	0.2	0.2	0.9	0.6	1.7	1.5	2.8	.533	0.0	0.0	.000	0.6	0.9	.680

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Marcin Gortat	14	15.1	3.0	1.7	2.7	4.4	0.6	0.2	0.3	0.2	2.1	1.2	1.9	.654	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	0.8	.727


Season 4
	LaMelo Ball	Marcin Gortat
Season	2023-24	2010-11
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Orlando Magic, Phoenix Suns
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
Marcin Gortat	80	25.4	10.2	1.9	6.0	7.9	0.9	0.5	1.1	1.0	2.4	4.2	7.5	.561	0.0	0.1	.250	1.8	2.4	.725

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


Season 5
	LaMelo Ball	Marcin Gortat
Season	-	2011-12
Team	-	Phoenix Suns
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Marcin Gortat	66	32.0	15.4	2.8	7.2	10.0	0.9	0.7	1.5	1.4	2.2	6.5	11.7	.555	0.0	0.0	.000	2.5	3.8	.649

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


Season 6
	LaMelo Ball	Marcin Gortat
Season	-	2012-13
Team	-	Phoenix Suns
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Marcin Gortat	61	30.8	11.1	2.1	6.4	8.5	1.2	0.7	1.6	1.6	2.1	4.8	9.3	.521	0.0	0.0	.000	1.5	2.3	.652

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


Season 7
	LaMelo Ball	Marcin Gortat
Season	-	2013-14
Team	-	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Wizards 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Marcin Gortat	81	32.8	13.2	2.5	7.0	9.5	1.7	0.5	1.5	1.6	2.5	5.6	10.4	.542	0.0	0.0	1.000	1.9	2.8	.686

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Marcin Gortat	11	34.7	13.0	3.3	6.6	9.9	1.5	0.5	1.3	1.8	2.0	5.3	10.7	.492	0.0	0.0	-	2.5	3.7	.659


Season 8
	LaMelo Ball	Marcin Gortat
Season	-	2014-15
Team	-	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Wizards 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Marcin Gortat	82	29.9	12.2	2.2	6.5	8.7	1.2	0.6	1.3	1.2	2.3	5.4	9.5	.566	0.0	0.0	.000	1.5	2.1	.703

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Marcin Gortat	10	30.7	12.4	2.7	6.1	8.8	2.2	0.6	1.1	1.6	2.9	5.4	8.6	.628	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	2.4	.667


Season 9
	LaMelo Ball	Marcin Gortat
Season	-	2015-16
Team	-	Washington Wizards
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Marcin Gortat	75	30.1	13.5	3.0	6.9	9.9	1.4	0.6	1.3	1.6	2.6	5.8	10.2	.567	0.0	0.0	.000	1.9	2.8	.705

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


Season 10
	LaMelo Ball	Marcin Gortat
Season	-	2016-17
Team	-	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Wizards 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Marcin Gortat	82	31.2	10.8	2.9	7.5	10.4	1.5	0.5	0.7	1.5	2.6	4.8	8.2	.579	0.0	0.0	.000	1.3	1.9	.648

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Marcin Gortat	13	31.5	8.1	4.0	7.0	11.0	1.8	0.4	1.5	1.3	3.1	3.6	7.2	.505	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.4	.611


Season 11
	LaMelo Ball	Marcin Gortat
Season	-	2017-18
Team	-	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Wizards 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Marcin Gortat	82	25.3	8.4	2.2	5.4	7.6	1.8	0.5	0.7	1.2	2.1	3.5	6.8	.518	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	2.0	.675

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Marcin Gortat	6	26.7	8.7	2.2	4.2	6.3	1.0	0.0	0.3	1.0	2.5	4.0	7.2	.558	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.2	.571


Season 12
	LaMelo Ball	Marcin Gortat
Season	-	2018-19
Team	-	Los Angeles Clippers
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Marcin Gortat	47	16.0	5.0	1.4	4.1	5.6	1.4	0.1	0.5	1.1	2.0	2.1	4.0	.532	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.0	.729

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

LaMelo Ball vs. Marcin Gortat Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Marcin Gortat 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