LaMelo Ball vs. Tony Campbell Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tony Campbell 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, 7 less than Tony Campbell, who played 11. LaMelo Ball had the first of his seasons in 2020-21, while Tony Campbell had his rookie season in 1984-85. 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	Tony Campbell
Season	2020-21	1984-85
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pistons 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
Tony Campbell	56	11.2	5.6	0.7	0.9	1.6	0.4	0.5	0.1	1.2	1.9	2.3	4.7	.496	0.0	0.0	.000	1.0	1.3	.800
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tony Campbell	2	4.5	1.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	1.5	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Season 2
	LaMelo Ball	Tony Campbell
Season	2021-22	1985-86
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pistons 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	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
Tony Campbell	82	15.8	7.9	1.0	1.9	2.9	0.5	0.8	0.1	1.0	2.0	3.6	7.4	.484	0.0	0.1	.222	0.7	0.9	.795
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tony Campbell	2	8.0	4.5	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	2.5	2.0	5.0	.400	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	1.0	.500

Season 4
	LaMelo Ball	Tony Campbell
Season	2023-24	1987-88
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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	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
Tony Campbell	13	18.6	11.0	0.6	1.5	2.1	1.2	0.8	0.2	2.0	3.2	4.4	7.8	.564	0.1	0.2	.333	2.2	3.0	.718
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tony Campbell	15	6.3	3.1	0.3	0.4	0.7	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.3	1.1	1.2	2.8	.429	0.0	0.1	.000	0.7	1.1	.688