Deandre Ayton vs. Ja Morant Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ja Morant and Deandre Ayton, 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.

Deandre Ayton played 8 years in the NBA, 1 more than Ja Morant, who played 7. Deandre Ayton had the first of his seasons in 2018-19, 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
	Deandre Ayton	Ja Morant
Season	2018-19	2019-20
Team	Phoenix Suns	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First 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		%
Deandre Ayton	71	30.7	16.3	3.1	7.1	10.3	1.8	0.9	0.9	1.8	2.9	7.2	12.3	.585	0.0	0.1	.000	2.0	2.7	.746
difference:	+4	+0.3	+1.5	+2.3	+4.0	+6.4	+5.5		+0.6	-1.5	-1.3	+0.5	+1.7	+.108	+0.9	+2.6	+.335	+1.6	+1.9	+.030
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 Deandre Ayton nor Ja Morant played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Deandre Ayton	Ja Morant
Season	2020-21	2021-22
Team	Phoenix Suns	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Most Improved Player
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Deandre Ayton	69	30.7	14.4	3.3	7.2	10.5	1.4	0.6	1.2	1.5	2.8	6.2	10.0	.626	0.1	0.3	.200	1.9	2.5	.769
difference:	+12	+2.4	+13.0	+1.9	+2.8	+4.8	+5.3	+0.6	+0.8	-1.9	-1.3	+4.0	+10.6	+.133	+1.4	+4.2	+.144	+3.6	+4.8	+.008
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		%
Deandre Ayton	22	36.4	15.8	3.0	8.8	11.8	1.1	0.8	1.1	1.3	2.9	7.0	10.6	.658	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	2.4	.736
difference:	+13	+1.2	+11.3	+1.6	+2.2	+3.8	+8.7	+1.2	+0.7	-2.3	-0.5	+2.0	+9.8	+.218	+1.9	+5.6		+5.4	+7.3	+.011
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
	Deandre Ayton	Ja Morant
Season	2021-22	2022-23
Team	Phoenix Suns	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Deandre Ayton	58	29.5	17.2	2.6	7.7	10.2	1.4	0.7	0.7	1.6	2.4	7.6	12.0	.634	0.1	0.3	.368	1.8	2.4	.746
difference:	+3	+2.4	+9.0	+1.6	+2.8	+4.3	+6.7	+0.4	+0.4	-1.8	-0.8	+1.7	+7.9	+.168	+1.4	+4.6	+.061	+4.3	+5.7	+.002
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		%
Deandre Ayton	13	30.5	17.9	2.5	6.4	8.9	1.7	0.4	0.8	1.5	2.6	8.1	12.6	.640	0.2	0.3	.500	1.6	2.5	.636
difference:	+8	+6.9	+6.7	+0.9	+1.2	+2.1	+5.3	+1.4	+0.6	-1.9	-0.2	+0.9	+8.6	+.215	+2.4	+5.9	+.081	+2.4	+2.7	+.133
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