Mahdi Abdul-Rahman vs. LaMelo Ball Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of LaMelo Ball and Mahdi Abdul-Rahman, 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.

Mahdi Abdul-Rahman played 10 years in the NBA, 6 more than LaMelo Ball, who played 4. Mahdi Abdul-Rahman had the first of his seasons in 1964-65, while LaMelo Ball had his rookie season in 2020-21. 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
	Mahdi Abdul-Rahman	LaMelo Ball
Season	1964-65	2020-21
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman	66	13.9	4.2	-	-	1.7	2.1	-	-	-	2.0	1.8	4.6	.382	-	-	-	0.7	1.1	.648
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman	7	16.9	7.6	-	-	2.6	4.3	-	-	-	2.6	2.7	8.1	.333	-	-	-	2.1	2.9	.750
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Mahdi Abdul-Rahman	LaMelo Ball
Season	1965-66	2021-22
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman	80	27.5	13.7	-	-	2.7	4.9	-	-	-	2.8	5.7	12.5	.457	-	-	-	2.3	3.2	.708
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman	14	24.3	11.9	-	-	2.9	3.1	-	-	-	2.9	5.0	10.1	.493	-	-	-	1.9	3.0	.619
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Mahdi Abdul-Rahman	LaMelo Ball
Season	1967-68	2023-24
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
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		%
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman	79	33.7	24.0	-	-	4.2	6.2	-	-	-	3.1	9.3	21.0	.441	-	-	-	5.4	7.0	.774
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-