Dave Meyers vs. Ja Morant Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ja Morant and Dave Meyers, 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.

Dave Meyers played 4 years in the NBA, 1 less than Ja Morant, who played 5. Dave Meyers had the first of his seasons in 1975-76, 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
	Dave Meyers	Ja Morant
Season	1975-76	2019-20
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Bucks Lost West 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		%
Dave Meyers	72	22.1	7.4	1.7	4.5	6.2	1.4	1.0	0.3	-	2.0	2.8	6.6	.419	-	-	-	1.9	2.9	.643
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		%
Dave Meyers	3	18.0	8.0	0.7	4.0	4.7	0.7	0.3	0.0	-	2.7	1.7	3.7	.455	-	-	-	4.7	5.7	.824
Ja Morant	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Dave Meyers	Ja Morant
Season	1977-78	2021-22
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Most Improved Player
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Dave Meyers	80	30.2	14.7	1.8	4.9	6.7	3.0	1.1	0.6	2.7	3.0	5.4	11.7	.461	-	-	-	3.9	5.4	.722
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		%
Dave Meyers	9	31.0	12.9	3.0	5.2	8.2	3.9	0.8	1.2	2.8	3.6	4.9	11.0	.444	-	-	-	3.1	4.7	.667
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

Note: Dave Meyers didn't play in 1978-79.

Season 4
	Dave Meyers	Ja Morant
Season	1979-80	2022-23
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost West 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		%
Dave Meyers	79	27.9	12.1	1.8	3.9	5.7	2.8	0.9	0.5	2.3	2.8	5.1	10.5	.481	0.0	0.1	.200	2.0	3.1	.634
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		%
Dave Meyers	7	27.9	9.4	2.3	2.7	5.0	2.0	1.3	0.9	2.1	3.6	3.7	8.9	.419	0.0	0.4	.000	2.0	4.3	.467
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