Andre Drummond vs. Ja Morant Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ja Morant and Andre Drummond, 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.

Andre Drummond played 14 years in the NBA, 7 more than Ja Morant, who played 7. Andre Drummond had the first of his seasons in 2012-13, 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 achievements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Rookie Season
	Andre Drummond	Ja Morant
Season	2012-13	2019-20
Team	Detroit Pistons	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andre Drummond	60	20.7	7.9	2.8	4.8	7.6	0.5	1.0	1.6	1.0	2.4	3.5	5.7	.608	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	2.7	.371
difference:	+7	+10.3	+9.9	+2.0	+1.7	+3.7	+6.8	+0.1	+1.3	-2.3	-0.8	+3.2	+8.3	+.131	+0.9	+2.7		+2.6	+1.9	+.405
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
* Neiher Andre Drummond nor Ja Morant played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Andre Drummond	Ja Morant
Season	2014-15	2021-22
Team	Detroit Pistons	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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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andre Drummond	82	30.5	13.8	5.3	8.1	13.5	0.7	0.9	1.9	1.5	3.5	6.0	11.7	.514	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	4.5	.389
difference:	+25	+2.6	+13.6	+3.9	+3.7	+7.8	+6.0	+0.3	+1.5	-1.9	-2.0	+4.2	+8.9	+.021	+1.5	+4.5		+3.8	+2.8	+.372
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		%
Andre Drummond	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Andre Drummond	Ja Morant
Season	2015-16	2022-23
Team	Detroit Pistons	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andre Drummond	81	32.9	16.2	4.9	9.9	14.8	0.8	1.5	1.4	1.9	3.0	6.8	13.1	.521	0.0	0.1	.333	2.6	7.2	.355
difference:	+20	+1.0	+10.0	+3.9	+5.0	+8.9	+7.3	+0.4	+1.1	-1.5	-1.4	+2.5	+6.8	+.055	+1.5	+4.8	+.026	+3.5	+0.9	+.393
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		%
Andre Drummond	4	32.8	16.8	3.0	6.0	9.0	0.0	0.3	1.5	1.0	2.0	7.0	13.5	.519	0.0	0.3	.000	2.8	8.5	.324
difference:	+1	+4.6	+7.8	+1.4	+0.8	+2.2	+7.0	+1.5	+1.3	-2.4	-0.4	+2.0	+7.7	+.094	+2.6	+5.9	+.419	+1.2	+3.3	+.445
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

Season 6
	Andre Drummond	Ja Morant
Season	2017-18	2024-25
Team	Detroit Pistons	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andre Drummond	78	33.7	15.0	5.1	10.9	16.0	3.0	1.5	1.6	2.6	3.2	6.0	11.3	.529	0.0	0.1	.000	3.1	5.1	.605
difference:	+28	+3.3	+8.2	+4.4	+7.5	+11.9	+4.3	+0.3	+1.4	-1.1	-0.9	+2.1	+6.5	+.075	+1.8	+5.6	+.309	+2.2	+1.3	+.219
Ja Morant	50	30.4	23.2	0.7	3.4	4.1	7.3	1.2	0.2	3.7	2.3	8.1	17.8	.454	1.8	5.7	.309	5.3	6.4	.824
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andre Drummond	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ja Morant	3	27.3	18.3	0.3	1.7	2.0	5.0	0.7	0.7	2.0	1.0	7.3	17.7	.415	1.3	5.3	.250	2.3	3.7	.636

Season 7
	Andre Drummond	Ja Morant
Season	2018-19	2025-26
Team	Detroit Pistons	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	Rebounds Leader	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andre Drummond	79	33.5	17.3	5.4	10.2	15.6	1.4	1.7	1.7	2.2	3.4	7.1	13.3	.533	0.1	0.5	.132	3.1	5.2	.590
difference:	+67	+4.7	+0.6	+4.9	+7.2	+12.1	+6.2	+0.7	+1.6	-1.6	-1.1	+1.3	+3.0	+.174	+0.7	+4.5	+.035	+2.3	+0.6	+.352
Ja Morant	12	28.8	17.9	0.5	3.0	3.5	7.6	1.0	0.1	3.8	2.3	5.8	16.3	.359	0.8	5.0	.167	5.4	5.8	.942
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andre Drummond	4	31.8	14.3	5.0	8.0	13.0	2.3	1.5	1.3	2.8	4.3	6.0	13.5	.444	0.0	0.3	.000	2.3	5.3	.429
Ja Morant	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Andre Drummond played 7 seasons more than Ja Morant in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 8 to 14, from 2020 to 2026—Andre Drummond played in two Playoffs. In those 7 extra years over Ja Morant, Andre Drummond got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Rebounds Leader