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LaMelo Ball

Charlotte Hornets

Birthdate:

8/22/2001 (24)

Position:

PG

Primary Role:

Secondary Role:

Defensive Role:

On-Ball Guard

Height:

6'6"

Weight:

180

Wingspan:

6'8"

Positional Size:

B+

Hometown:

Anaheim, CA

LaMelo Ball Stats

Traditional
Advanced
Per 36
Plus Minus

Season	GP	MPG	FGM - FGA	FG%	3PM - 3PA	3P%	FTM - FTA	FT%	REB	APG	STL	BLK	PF	TOV	PTS
2021	51	28.8	5.7 - 13.2	43.6	1.8 - 5.1	35.2	2.5 - 3.2	75.8	5.9	6.1	1.6	0.4	2.7	2.8	15.7
2022	75	32.3	7.2 - 16.7	42.9	2.9 - 7.5	38.9	2.8 - 3.2	87.2	6.7	7.6	1.6	0.4	3.2	3.3	20.1
2023	36	35.2	8.2 - 20	41.1	4 - 10.6	37.6	2.8 - 3.4	84.3	6.4	8.4	1.3	0.3	3.3	3.6	23.3
2024	22	32.3	8.3 - 19.2	43.3	3.2 - 9	35.5	4.1 - 4.7	86.5	5.1	8	1.8	0.2	3.6	3.8	23.9
2025	47	32	8.6 - 21.3	40.5	3.8 - 11.2	33.9	4.1 - 4.9	84.3	4.9	7.4	1.1	0.3	3.3	3.6	25.2
2026	15	30.1 ↓	6.9 - 17.9 ↓	38.4 ↓	2.6 - 8.9 ↓	29.3 ↓	3.6 - 4.1 ↑	87.1 ↑	6.3 ↑	8.9 ↑	1.1 ↓	0.2 ↓	3.3 ↑	3.4 ↑	19.9 ↓
Career	246	31.8	7.4 - 17.6	41.9	3 - 8.4	36.0	3.2 - 3.8	83.9	6	7.5	1.5	0.3	3.2	3.3	21

Season	MP	TS%	3PAR	FTR	SQ	BOXCR	OLOAD	PR	PORT	VERS	CWARP	VORP
2021	1469	53.9	38.8	24.6	68.5	9.7	49.8	77	6	71	2.1	1.4
2022	2422	55.4	45.1	19.4	80.6	12.3	55.5	81	9.2	76	5.5	3.3
2023	1268	54.1	53.1	16.9	74.3	12.6	58.1	78	6.2	43	2.22	1.4
2024	711	56.1	46.6	24.6	74.3	15	64.6	74	5.7	58	1.46	1
2025	1505	53.6	52.6	22.8	72.5	14.2	66.1	71	5.9	57	2.74	2
2026	451	50.6	49.6	23.1	61.4	13.6	66.5	83	5.7	27.8	0.77	0.3

Season	MP	COPM	CDPM	CPM	ODARKO	DDARKO	DARKO	ODRIP	DDRIP	DRIP	OBPM	DBPM	BPM
2021	1469	1	-0.3	0.7							1.1	0.7	1.8
2022	2422	2.5	-0.2	2.3	1.6	0.4	1.9				3.3	0.1	3.4
2023	1268	2	-0.7	1.3	1.3	-0.3	1				3.2	-0.8	2.4
2024	711	2.6	-0.9	1.7	2.1	-0.6	1.5	2.8	-0.3	2.5	3.8	-0.5	3.3
2025	1505	2.9	-1.7	1.2	1.7	-1	0.8	3.2	-0.7	2.5	4.1	-0.9	3.2
2026	451	2.8 97%	-1.8 4%	1 80%	2	-1.1	1	3.1	-0.9	2.2	2.1	-1.3	0.7

Scouting Report

Stat	Value
TS%	52.3%	31
SQ	67.5	86
FTr	22.9%	52
3PAr	51.3%	68
ORB	1.3	79
cTOV	8.3%	50
Load	66.3	100
Creation	13.9	99
Portability	5.5	62
Passer Rating	76.4	95
CraftedOPM	2.9	96

Stat	Value
Deflections	3	71
raDTOV	-0.4	22
DRB	0.7	81
Rim Defense	4.7	20
Rim Frequency	44.3	86
BLKpct	0.6	17
Versatility	43.9	51
rPF	0.8	24
CraftedDPM	-1.7	5

*hover or click any stat for a detailed description.

*This scouting report combines the player's last two seasons of performance, with greater emphasis on the most recent 451 minutes played during the 2025-26 season. Compared to all other players who played over 48 minutes.

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offense

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1	Darius Garland	91
2	Trae Young	90
3	D'Angelo Russell	89
4	Jalen Green	89
5	Cade Cunningham	87
6	Malik Monk	85
7	Keyonte George	85
8	LeBron James	85
9	Desmond Bane	84
10	Khris Middleton	83

defense

	Player	Score
1	Julian Strawther	87
2	Terance Mann	86
3	De'Andre Hunter	85
4	Brice Sensabaugh	84
5	Bruce Brown	83
6	Drake Powell	83
7	Jeremiah Fears	82
8	Hunter Tyson	81
9	Dennis Schröder	81
10	Jaden Hardy	81

overall

	Player	Score
1	De'Andre Hunter	83
2	Dennis Schröder	82
3	Terance Mann	82
4	Darius Garland	81
5	Keyonte George	81
6	James Harden	81
7	Trae Young	81
8	Khris Middleton	80
9	Michael Porter Jr.	80
10	Russell Westbrook	80

*Similarity Score | The difference between the percentile scores of this player and that of all other players in his position group (guards, wings, forwards, bigs). Converted to a 1-100 scale where 100 is most similar, and 1 is least similar.