Drew Gooden vs. Ja Morant Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ja Morant and Drew Gooden, 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.

Drew Gooden played 14 years in the NBA, 9 more than Ja Morant, who played 5. Drew Gooden had the first of his seasons in 2002-03, 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
	Drew Gooden	Ja Morant
Season	2002-03	2019-20
Team	Memphis Grizzlies, Orlando Magic	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Drew Gooden	70	26.8	12.5	2.3	4.2	6.5	1.2	0.8	0.5	2.1	2.5	5.1	11.1	.457	0.2	0.7	.292	2.2	3.0	.712
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		%
Drew Gooden	7	33.3	14.0	4.0	8.7	12.7	0.6	0.4	0.9	1.7	3.3	5.1	12.9	.400	0.0	0.4	.000	3.7	5.1	.722
Ja Morant	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Drew Gooden	Ja Morant
Season	2004-05	2021-22
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Most Improved Player
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Drew Gooden	82	30.8	14.4	2.5	6.7	9.2	1.6	0.9	0.9	1.6	2.8	5.7	11.5	.492	0.1	0.3	.179	3.1	3.8	.810
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		%
Drew Gooden	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Drew Gooden	Ja Morant
Season	2005-06	2022-23
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Drew Gooden	79	27.5	10.7	3.0	5.4	8.4	0.7	0.7	0.6	1.3	2.4	4.2	8.3	.512	0.0	0.0	.333	2.2	3.3	.682
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		%
Drew Gooden	13	21.6	8.2	2.4	5.2	7.5	0.6	0.2	0.2	1.4	3.1	3.5	6.5	.529	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	1.4	.944
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