NBN Analytics

LaMelo Ball

PG Charlotte Hornets
🔫 Pure Scorer 🎖 Retired
Career Averages · 1090G · 14 Seasons
26.8PPG
6.2RPG
9.3APG
2.2SPG
0.1BPG
.500FG%
.4003P%
.900FT%
38.6MPG
Hall of Fame
🗳 Hall of Fame candidate
Meets the NBN Analytics criteria — awaiting a league vote
Hall of Fame cardHOF score 17
Hall of Fame Case · careers of 400+ games: 560 all-time, 121 at PG
Career totals
TotalAll-time By position
Points29,258#9PG #5
Assists10,189#7PG #7
Rebounds6,732#119PG #4
Fantasy61,023#10PG #6
Career averages
AvgPctl Rank
PPG26.8████████████████98thPG #4 of 121
APG9.3███████████████░96thPG #6 of 121
RPG6.2████████████████98thPG #4 of 121
FP/g56.0███████████████░97thPG #5 of 121
Career by club
TeamSeasonsGames% of career fantasyYears
Charlotte Hornets141090100.0%2023–2036
Peak season: 64.3 FP/g in 2026 (Charlotte Hornets), 29.4 ppg
The case for
  • Career volume among the very best ever — #9 all-time in points, #7 all-time in assists, #10 all-time in fantasy.
  • Rate stats hold up too: PPG in the 98th percentile at PG, APG in the 96th percentile at PG, RPG in the 98th percentile at PG, FP/g in the 97th percentile at PG — this isn't only accumulation.
The case against
  • Never an MVP. Every case here rests on accumulation and team honours rather than being the best player in the league.
  • No championship. If titles matter to you, he has none to point at.
  • Rarely the consensus best at his position — 0x All-NBN 1st Team.
Both cases are generated from the career record, not an opinion — they're there to argue with.
Career Profile
Career percentile vs all-time point guards
Season History
🏅 League Honors: 🥈 2nd Team All-League ×3🥉 3rd Team All-League ×3🛡 All-Defensive 2nd
🎮 469 Players of the Game📅 17 Players of the Week🌟 7 Players of the Month💪 560 Double-Doubles🔥 63 Triple-Doubles
2023All-Defensive Second Team
2023All-League Third Team
2023All-Star Game Participant
2025All-League Second Team
2026All-League Second Team
2026All-Star Game Participant
2027All-League Third Team
2028All-League Third Team
2031All-League Second Team
2031All-Star Game Participant
2032All-Star Game Participant
2033All-Star Game Participant
2034All-Star Game Participant
YearTeamGMPG PPGRPGAPGSPGBPG FG%FT%3P%
2023Charlotte Hornets8039.3 23.56.311.1 2.00.1 .475.831.414
2024Charlotte Hornets8239.3 27.16.310.0 2.10.1 .475.872.412
2025Charlotte Hornets8239.5 29.16.110.9 1.90.1 .500.913.413
2026Charlotte Hornets7738.7 29.45.510.2 2.20.1 .511.940.470
2027Charlotte Hornets8238.8 29.55.48.8 2.30.1 .482.918.458
2028Charlotte Hornets8238.9 28.55.98.8 2.10.1 .488.935.463
2029Charlotte Hornets8239.4 29.16.18.4 2.10.1 .479.907.438
2030Charlotte Hornets7537.8 26.76.86.8 1.90.1 .491.925.474
2031Charlotte Hornets7638.6 28.46.19.1 2.20.1 .512.915.490
2032Charlotte Hornets5938.0 24.86.18.9 2.50.1 .496.911.427
2033Charlotte Hornets7838.5 28.46.88.8 2.30.1 .489.946.453
2034Charlotte Hornets7338.1 24.96.39.5 2.60.1 .483.934.449
2035Charlotte Hornets8238.3 21.46.49.6 2.20.1 .490.892.455
2036Charlotte Hornets8037.5 24.46.49.7 2.40.1 .470.909.461
Career (14 seasons) 109038.6 26.86.29.3 2.20.1 .500.900.400