Damian Jones vs. Ja Morant Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ja Morant and Damian Jones, 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.

Damian Jones played 8 years in the NBA, 3 more than Ja Morant, who played 5. Damian Jones had the first of his seasons in 2016-17, while Ja Morant had his rookie season in 2019-20. 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
	Damian Jones	Ja Morant
Season	2016-17	2019-20
Team	Golden State Warriors	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Damian Jones	10	8.5	1.9	0.9	1.4	2.3	0.0	0.1	0.4	0.6	1.5	0.8	1.6	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	1.0	.300
Ja Morant	67	31.0	17.8	0.8	3.1	3.9	7.3	0.9	0.3	3.3	1.6	6.7	14.0	.477	0.9	2.7	.335	3.6	4.6	.776
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Damian Jones	4	5.3	1.8	1.0	0.5	1.5	0.0	0.5	0.3	0.0	0.8	0.8	1.8	.429	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.5	.500
Ja Morant	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Damian Jones	Ja Morant
Season	2017-18	2020-21
Team	Golden State Warriors	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Damian Jones	15	5.9	1.7	0.3	0.6	0.9	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.9	0.7	1.5	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.3	.600
Ja Morant	63	32.6	19.1	0.9	3.1	4.0	7.4	0.9	0.2	3.2	1.4	6.8	15.2	.449	1.2	3.8	.303	4.3	5.9	.728
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Damian Jones	4	2.8	1.0	0.3	0.5	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.8	1.0	0.3	0.5	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.8	.667
Ja Morant	5	40.6	30.2	1.4	3.4	4.8	8.2	0.4	0.0	3.4	1.8	11.0	22.6	.487	2.0	6.2	.323	6.2	8.0	.775

Season 3
	Damian Jones	Ja Morant
Season	2018-19	2021-22
Team	Golden State Warriors	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Most Improved Player
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Warriors Lost NBA Finals	Grizzlies Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Damian Jones	24	17.1	5.4	1.3	1.8	3.1	1.2	0.5	1.0	0.7	2.6	2.2	3.1	.716	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.5	.649
Ja Morant	57	33.1	27.4	1.4	4.4	5.7	6.7	1.2	0.4	3.4	1.5	10.2	20.6	.493	1.5	4.5	.344	5.5	7.3	.761
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Damian Jones	4	2.0	0.8	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.8	0.3	0.3	1.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.5	.500
Ja Morant	9	37.6	27.1	1.4	6.6	8.0	9.8	2.0	0.4	3.6	2.4	9.0	20.4	.440	1.9	5.6	.340	7.2	9.7	.747

Season 4
	Damian Jones	Ja Morant
Season	2019-20	2022-23
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Damian Jones	55	16.1	5.6	1.3	2.4	3.7	0.6	0.5	0.7	0.5	2.7	2.2	3.2	.680	0.0	0.2	.222	1.1	1.5	.738
Ja Morant	61	31.9	26.2	1.0	4.9	5.9	8.1	1.1	0.3	3.4	1.6	9.3	19.9	.466	1.5	4.9	.307	6.1	8.1	.748
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Damian Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ja Morant	5	37.4	24.6	1.6	5.2	6.8	7.0	1.8	0.2	3.4	2.4	9.0	21.2	.425	2.6	6.2	.419	4.0	5.2	.769