LaMelo Ball vs. Monk Meineke Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Monk Meineke 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, 1 less than Monk Meineke, who played 5. LaMelo Ball had the first of his seasons in 2020-21, while Monk Meineke had his rookie season in 1952-53. 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
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5
Rookie Season
	LaMelo Ball	Monk Meineke
Season	2020-21	1952-53
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Fort Wayne Pistons
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	Rookie of the Year
	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pistons Lost West Div 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	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
Monk Meineke	68	33.1	10.7	-	-	6.9	2.2	-	-	-	4.9	3.5	9.3	.381	-	-	-	3.6	4.6	.783
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Monk Meineke	8	28.4	7.5	-	-	3.3	1.3	-	-	-	4.6	1.9	5.0	.375	-	-	-	3.8	5.5	.682

Season 2
	LaMelo Ball	Monk Meineke
Season	2021-22	1953-54
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Fort Wayne Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pistons Lost W Div Round Robin

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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
Monk Meineke	71	20.6	5.7	-	-	5.2	1.1	-	-	-	3.0	1.9	5.5	.344	-	-	-	1.9	2.4	.805
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Monk Meineke	4	21.8	4.8	-	-	3.8	1.5	-	-	-	2.8	1.5	5.8	.261	-	-	-	1.8	2.8	.636

Note: Monk Meineke didn't play in 1956-57.