Bob Hopkins vs. Ja Morant Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ja Morant and Bob Hopkins, 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.

Bob Hopkins played 4 years in the NBA, 1 less than Ja Morant, who played 5. Bob Hopkins had the first of his seasons in 1956-57, 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
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5
Rookie Season
	Bob Hopkins	Ja Morant
Season	1956-57	2019-20
Team	Syracuse Nationals	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Nationals Lost East Div 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		%
Bob Hopkins	62	12.3	5.7	-	-	3.8	0.4	-	-	-	1.7	2.1	5.5	.379	-	-	-	1.5	2.0	.746
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		%
Bob Hopkins	5	14.6	5.6	-	-	3.8	0.4	-	-	-	0.8	1.8	5.0	.360	-	-	-	2.0	3.0	.667
Ja Morant	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Bob Hopkins	Ja Morant
Season	1958-59	2021-22
Team	Syracuse Nationals	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Most Improved Player
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nationals Lost East Div 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		%
Bob Hopkins	67	22.7	10.0	-	-	6.5	1.0	-	-	-	2.7	3.7	9.1	.403	-	-	-	2.6	3.5	.752
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		%
Bob Hopkins	9	22.6	8.2	-	-	6.7	1.0	-	-	-	3.7	2.6	7.6	.338	-	-	-	3.1	3.8	.824
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
	Bob Hopkins	Ja Morant
Season	1959-60	2022-23
Team	Syracuse Nationals	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nationals Lost East Div 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		%
Bob Hopkins	75	21.5	8.7	-	-	6.2	0.7	-	-	-	2.6	3.4	8.8	.389	-	-	-	1.8	2.3	.782
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		%
Bob Hopkins	1	19.0	7.0	-	-	6.0	0.0	-	-	-	3.0	2.0	8.0	.250	-	-	-	3.0	3.0	1.000
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