LaMelo Ball vs. Walter Dukes Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Walter Dukes 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, 4 less than Walter Dukes, who played 8. LaMelo Ball had the first of his seasons in 2020-21, while Walter Dukes had his rookie season in 1955-56. 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	Walter Dukes
Season	2020-21	1955-56
Team	Charlotte Hornets	New York Knicks
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
Walter Dukes	60	21.5	7.8	-	-	7.4	0.7	-	-	-	3.5	2.5	6.2	.403	-	-	-	2.8	3.9	.708
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Walter Dukes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	LaMelo Ball	Walter Dukes
Season	2021-22	1956-57
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers 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	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
Walter Dukes	71	26.3	10.1	-	-	11.2	0.8	-	-	-	3.8	3.2	8.8	.364	-	-	-	3.7	5.4	.689
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Walter Dukes	5	35.4	13.6	-	-	14.8	1.0	-	-	-	5.2	4.8	11.4	.421	-	-	-	4.0	5.4	.741

Season 5
	LaMelo Ball	Walter Dukes
Season	-	1959-60
Team	-	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Pistons Lost West Div 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Walter Dukes	66	32.4	15.2	-	-	13.4	1.2	-	-	-	4.7	4.8	13.2	.361	-	-	-	5.7	7.7	.740
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Walter Dukes	2	39.0	24.0	-	-	16.5	1.0	-	-	-	4.5	8.0	15.5	.516	-	-	-	8.0	11.0	.727

Season 6
	LaMelo Ball	Walter Dukes
Season	-	1960-61
Team	-	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Pistons Lost West Div 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Walter Dukes	73	28.0	11.7	-	-	14.1	1.9	-	-	-	4.3	3.9	9.7	.405	-	-	-	3.8	5.5	.703
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Walter Dukes	5	30.4	10.0	-	-	9.8	2.2	-	-	-	5.0	4.0	10.6	.377	-	-	-	2.0	3.6	.556