Lonzo Ball vs. Doug Collins Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Doug Collins and Lonzo 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.

Lonzo Ball played 5 years in the NBA, 3 less than Doug Collins, who played 8. Lonzo Ball had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while Doug Collins had his rookie season in 1973-74. 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
	Lonzo Ball	Doug Collins
Season	2017-18	1973-74
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second 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		%
Lonzo Ball	52	34.2	10.2	1.3	5.6	6.9	7.2	1.7	0.8	2.6	2.3	3.9	10.8	.360	1.7	5.7	.305	0.6	1.4	.451
Doug Collins	25	17.4	8.0	0.3	1.6	1.8	1.6	0.5	0.1	-	2.6	2.9	7.8	.371	-	-	-	2.2	2.9	.764
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lonzo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Doug Collins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Lonzo Ball	Doug Collins
Season	2019-20	1975-76
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers 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		%
Lonzo Ball	63	32.1	11.8	1.1	5.0	6.1	7.0	1.4	0.6	3.1	2.0	4.4	10.9	.403	2.3	6.3	.375	0.7	1.2	.566
Doug Collins	77	38.9	20.8	1.6	2.4	4.0	2.5	1.4	0.3	-	3.2	8.0	15.5	.513	-	-	-	4.8	5.8	.836
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lonzo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Doug Collins	3	39.0	19.3	4.3	2.7	7.0	3.3	1.0	0.3	-	3.0	7.7	17.7	.434	-	-	-	4.0	4.7	.857

Season 4
	Lonzo Ball	Doug Collins
Season	2020-21	1976-77
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers 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		%
Lonzo Ball	55	31.8	14.6	0.6	4.2	4.8	5.7	1.5	0.6	2.2	1.9	5.3	12.7	.414	3.1	8.3	.378	0.9	1.2	.781
Doug Collins	58	35.1	18.3	1.1	2.3	3.4	4.7	1.2	0.3	-	3.0	7.3	14.2	.518	-	-	-	3.6	4.3	.840
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lonzo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Doug Collins	19	39.9	22.4	1.6	2.6	4.2	3.9	1.5	0.2	-	3.0	9.3	16.7	.557	-	-	-	3.7	5.1	.740

Season 5
	Lonzo Ball	Doug Collins
Season	2021-22	1977-78
Team	Chicago Bulls	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers 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		%
Lonzo Ball	35	34.6	13.0	1.0	4.4	5.4	5.1	1.8	0.9	2.3	2.4	4.6	10.9	.423	3.1	7.4	.423	0.6	0.8	.750
Doug Collins	79	35.1	19.7	1.1	1.8	2.9	4.1	1.6	0.3	3.2	2.9	8.1	15.5	.526	-	-	-	3.4	4.2	.812
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lonzo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Doug Collins	10	34.2	20.4	0.8	2.3	3.1	2.7	0.3	0.0	2.3	2.9	8.2	16.5	.497	-	-	-	4.0	4.9	.816

Season 6
	Lonzo Ball	Doug Collins
Season	-	1978-79
Team	-	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
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		%
Lonzo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Doug Collins	47	33.9	19.5	0.8	1.9	2.6	4.1	1.1	0.4	2.8	3.0	7.6	15.3	.499	-	-	-	4.3	5.3	.814
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lonzo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Doug Collins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-