LaMelo Ball

Charlotte Hornets

Position:

PG

Offensive Role:

Primary Ballhandler

Defensive Role:

Off Ball Wing

Height:

6'6"

Positional Size:

B+

Weight:

180

Wingspan:

6'8"

Age:

23

Hometown:

Anaheim, CA

LaMelo Ball Stats

Traditional
Advanced
Plus Minus

	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	0.436	1.8 - 5.1	0.352	2.5 - 3.2	0.758	5.9	6.1	1.6	0.4	2.7	2.8	15.7
2022	75	32.3	7.2 - 16.7	0.429	2.9 - 7.5	0.389	2.8 - 3.2	0.872	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	15	33.2 ↑	9.9 - 23.1 ↑	42.8 ↑	4.5 - 12.5 ↑	35.6 ↓	4.7 - 5.3 ↑	88.6 ↑	4.9 ↓	6.7 ↓	1.2 ↓	0.2 ↓	4.2 ↑	4.2 ↑	28.9 ↑
Career	199	32	7.3 - 17.2	42.7	3 - 8	37.2	3 - 3.6	84.0	6.1	7.4	1.5	0.3	3.2	3.3	20.6

	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	7.7	6	71	2.1	1.4
2022	2422	55.4	45.1	19.4	80.6	12.3	55.5	8.1	9.2	76	5.5	3.3
2023	1268	54.1	53.1	16.9	74.3	12.6	58.1	7.8	6.2	43	2.22	1.4
2024	711	56.1	46.6	24.6	74.3	15	64.6	7.4	5.7	58	1.46	1
2025	497	56.9	54.3	22.8	76.3	14.7	65.7	6.1	6.5	58	0.91	0.8

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	497	2.8 96%	-1.6 6%	1.2 82%	2	-0.9	1.1	3.1	-0.6	2.5	5.2	-1	4.2

Scouting Report

Stat	Value
TS%	56.5%	54
SQ	75.2	91
FTr	23.8%	59
3PAr	50.1%	71
ORB	1.2	77
cTOV	9.2%	29
Load	65.1	100
Creation	14.9	99
Portability	6.1	74
Passer Rating	6.8	89
CraftedOPM	2.7	95

Stat	Value
Deflections	3.1	84
raDTOV	0.1	62
DRB	-0.2	42
Rim Defense	5.9	11
Rim Frequency	40.3	74
BLKpct	0.5	11
Versatility	58	60
rPF	1.4	10
CraftedDPM	-1.2	11

*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 497 minutes played during the 2024-25 season. Compared to all other players who played over 48 minutes.

Similar Players

Compare to Another Player

offense

	Player	Score
1	Cade Cunningham	90
2	Desmond Bane	90
3	Jamal Murray	89
4	Coby White	88
5	Darius Garland	88
6	Trae Young	88
7	James Harden	87
8	Brandon Ingram	86
9	Devin Booker	86
10	Jayson Tatum	86

defense

	Player	Score
1	Scoot Henderson	89
2	Brandon Boston Jr.	86
3	Julian Strawther	84
4	Gradey Dick	83
5	Cameron Payne	83
6	Jordan Poole	82
7	MarJon Beauchamp	81
8	Jamal Shead	81
9	Shaedon Sharpe	81
10	Cam Whitmore	80

overall

	Player	Score
1	Jordan Poole	84
2	Coby White	83
3	Trae Young	83
4	Cameron Payne	82
5	Collin Sexton	81
6	D'Angelo Russell	81
7	Jamal Murray	81
8	Cade Cunningham	80
9	Desmond Bane	80
10	Devin Booker	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.