Damian Lillard vs LaMelo Ball

Damian LillardLaMelo Ball

Damian Lillard and LaMelo Ball compared on their NBA careers: Damian Lillard played 13 seasons, 2012-13 to 2024-25, LaMelo Ball 6 seasons, 2020-21 to 2025-26. Damian Lillard averaged 25.1 points a game to LaMelo Ball's 20.8.

Who has the better career numbers?

Damian Lillard and LaMelo Ball career per game
900GP303
36.2MIN31
25.1PTS20.8
4.3REB5.7
6.7AST7.3
1STL1.4
0.3BLK0.3
43.9FG%41.8
37.13P%36.5
89.9FT%84.8
59TS%54.6

Career totals

Damian Lillard and LaMelo Ball career totals
22,598PTS6,304
3,845REB1,726
6,069AST2,224
874STL427
267BLK94
43.9FG%41.8
37.13P%36.5
89.9FT%84.8
59TS%54.6

Where each stands all time

Damian Lillard and LaMelo Ball all-time places
38th (22,598)Points—
37th (6,069)Assists—
5th (2,804)3-pointers made195th (977)
206th (874)Steals—

Among the NBA players with a career line on file, regular season, counting stats only — the same lists the records pages run on.

Titles and awards

  • Damian Lillard: 0 championships; All-Rookie First Team, Rookie of the Year, All-NBA Third Team ×2, All-NBA Second Team ×4, All-NBA First Team, All-Star MVP
  • LaMelo Ball: 0 championships; All-Rookie First Team, Rookie of the Year

Awards come from the league’s published winner lists; a championship counts a season played for the club that won it.

Season by season

Lined up by career year, not by calendar: each row is the players’ nth season.

Damian Lillard and LaMelo Ball season by season
PTS: Points scored — a free throw is worth 1, a shot inside the arc 2, beyond it 3.REB: Missed shots the player collected, at either end of the floor.AST: Passes that led directly to a team-mate's basket.PTS: Points scored — a free throw is worth 1, a shot inside the arc 2, beyond it 3.REB: Missed shots the player collected, at either end of the floor.AST: Passes that led directly to a team-mate's basket.
1st2012-13193.16.52020-2115.75.96.1
2nd2013-1420.73.55.62021-2220.16.77.6
3rd2014-15214.66.22022-2323.36.48.4
4th2015-1625.146.82023-2423.95.18
5th2016-17274.95.92024-2525.24.97.4
6th2017-1826.94.56.62025-2620.14.87.1
7th2018-1925.84.66.9————
8th2019-20304.38————
9th2020-2128.84.27.5————
10th2021-22244.17.3————
11th2022-2332.24.87.3————
12th2023-2424.34.47————
13th2024-2524.94.77.1————

What the columns mean: PTS · REB · AST