Mickey Johnson vs. Ja Morant Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ja Morant and Mickey Johnson, 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.

Mickey Johnson played 12 years in the NBA, 7 more than Ja Morant, who played 5. Mickey Johnson had the first of his seasons in 1974-75, 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
	Mickey Johnson	Ja Morant
Season	1974-75	2019-20
Team	Chicago Bulls	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Bulls Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Mickey Johnson	38	7.7	3.8	0.8	1.6	2.5	0.5	0.3	0.3	-	1.5	1.4	3.1	.449	-	-	-	1.0	1.5	.638
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		%
Mickey Johnson	3	1.7	0.7	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.3	-	0.7	0.3	1.0	.333	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-
Ja Morant	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Mickey Johnson	Ja Morant
Season	1976-77	2021-22
Team	Chicago Bulls	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Most Improved Player
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Mickey Johnson	81	35.1	17.3	3.7	6.6	10.2	2.4	1.3	0.8	-	3.9	6.6	14.9	.446	-	-	-	4.0	5.0	.796
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		%
Mickey Johnson	3	41.3	27.3	4.7	8.3	13.0	2.3	1.7	0.7	-	4.3	11.3	24.0	.472	-	-	-	4.7	5.3	.875
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
	Mickey Johnson	Ja Morant
Season	1977-78	2022-23
Team	Chicago Bulls	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		%
Mickey Johnson	81	35.4	18.3	2.7	6.4	9.1	3.3	1.1	0.8	3.3	3.9	6.9	15.0	.462	-	-	-	4.5	5.5	.812
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		%
Mickey Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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