Dwight Howard vs. Ja Morant Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ja Morant and Dwight Howard, 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.

Dwight Howard played 18 years in the NBA, 11 more than Ja Morant, who played 7. Dwight Howard had the first of his seasons in 2004-05, 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
	Dwight Howard	Ja Morant
Season	2004-05	2019-20
Team	Orlando Magic	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		%
Dwight Howard	82	32.6	12.0	3.5	6.5	10.0	0.9	0.9	1.7	2.0	2.8	4.3	8.3	.520	0.0	0.0	-	3.4	5.0	.671
difference:	+15	+1.6	+5.8	+2.7	+3.4	+6.1	+6.4		+1.4	-1.3	-1.2	+2.4	+5.7	+.043	+0.9	+2.7		+0.2	+0.4	+.105
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 Dwight Howard nor Ja Morant played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Dwight Howard	Ja Morant
Season	2006-07	2021-22
Team	Orlando Magic	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-NBA Third Team	-
	-	Most Improved Player
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Dwight Howard	82	36.9	17.6	3.5	8.8	12.3	1.9	0.9	1.9	3.9	3.0	6.4	10.6	.603	0.0	0.0	-	4.8	8.1	.586
difference:	+25	+3.8	+9.8	+2.1	+4.4	+6.6	+4.8	+0.3	+1.5	-0.5	-1.5	+3.8	+10.0	+.110	+1.5	+4.5		+0.7	+0.8	+.175
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		%
Dwight Howard	4	41.8	15.3	4.0	10.8	14.8	1.8	0.5	1.0	4.3	3.3	5.8	10.5	.548	0.0	0.0	-	3.8	8.3	.455
difference:	+5	+4.2	+11.8	+2.6	+4.2	+6.8	+8.0	+1.5	+0.6	-0.7	-0.9	+3.2	+9.9	+.108	+1.9	+5.6		+3.4	+1.4	+.292
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
	Dwight Howard	Ja Morant
Season	2007-08	2022-23
Team	Orlando Magic	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Magic Lost East 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		%
Dwight Howard	82	37.7	20.7	3.4	10.8	14.2	1.3	0.9	2.1	3.2	3.3	7.1	11.9	.599	0.0	0.0	-	6.5	10.9	.590
difference:	+21	+5.8	+5.5	+2.4	+5.9	+8.3	+6.8	+0.2	+1.8	-0.2	-1.7	+2.2	+8.0	+.133	+1.5	+4.9		+0.4	+2.8	+.158
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		%
Dwight Howard	10	42.1	18.9	6.0	9.8	15.8	0.9	0.8	3.4	3.2	3.8	7.2	12.4	.581	0.0	0.0	-	4.5	8.3	.542
difference:	+5	+4.7	+5.7	+4.4	+4.6	+9.0	+6.1	+1.0	+3.2	-0.2	-1.4	+1.8	+8.8	+.156	+2.6	+6.2		+0.5	+3.1	+.227
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 5
	Dwight Howard	Ja Morant
Season	2008-09	2023-24
Team	Orlando Magic	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	Blocks Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Magic Lost NBA Finals	Did not play

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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dwight Howard	79	35.7	20.6	4.3	9.6	13.8	1.4	1.0	2.9	3.0	3.4	7.1	12.4	.572	0.0	0.0	-	6.4	10.7	.594
difference:	+70	+0.4	+4.5	+3.6	+4.7	+8.2	+6.7	+0.2	+2.3		-1.3	+1.8	+6.5	+.101	+1.6	+5.7		+0.6	+3.6	+.219
Ja Morant	9	35.3	25.1	0.7	4.9	5.6	8.1	0.8	0.6	3.0	2.1	8.9	18.9	.471	1.6	5.7	.275	5.8	7.1	.813
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dwight Howard	23	39.3	20.3	4.3	11.0	15.3	1.9	0.9	2.6	2.9	4.4	7.0	11.7	.601	0.0	0.1	.000	6.3	9.9	.636
Ja Morant	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Dwight Howard	Ja Morant
Season	2009-10	2024-25
Team	Orlando Magic	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	Blocks Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Dwight Howard	82	34.7	18.3	3.5	9.7	13.2	1.8	0.9	2.8	3.3	3.5	6.2	10.2	.612	0.0	0.1	.000	5.9	10.0	.592
difference:	+32	+4.3	+4.9	+2.8	+6.3	+9.1	+5.5	+0.3	+2.6	-0.4	-1.2	+1.9	+7.6	+.158	+1.8	+5.6	+.309	+0.6	+3.6	+.232
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		%
Dwight Howard	14	35.5	18.1	2.7	8.4	11.1	1.4	0.8	3.5	3.6	4.2	6.1	10.0	.614	0.0	0.0	-	5.9	11.3	.519
difference:	+11	+8.2	+0.2	+2.4	+6.7	+9.1	+3.6	+0.1	+2.8	-1.6	-3.2	+1.2	+7.7	+.199	+1.3	+5.3		+3.6	+7.6	+.117
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
	Dwight Howard	Ja Morant
Season	2010-11	2025-26
Team	Orlando Magic	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did not play (season in progress)

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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		%
Dwight Howard	78	37.6	22.9	4.0	10.1	14.1	1.4	1.4	2.4	3.6	3.3	7.9	13.4	.593	0.0	0.1	.000	7.0	11.7	.596
difference:	+61	+9.4	+3.7	+3.6	+7.3	+10.9	+6.0	+0.5	+2.2		-1.4	+1.4	+2.8	+.191	+0.9	+4.3	+.216	+1.8	+6.0	+.311
Ja Morant	17	28.2	19.2	0.4	2.8	3.2	7.4	0.9	0.2	3.6	1.9	6.5	16.2	.402	0.9	4.4	.216	5.2	5.7	.907
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dwight Howard	6	43.0	27.0	4.5	11.0	15.5	0.5	0.7	1.8	5.5	4.2	8.5	13.5	.630	0.0	0.2	.000	10.0	14.7	.682
Ja Morant	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Dwight Howard played 11 seasons more than Ja Morant in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 8 to 18, from 2012 to 2022—Dwight Howard played in 7 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 11 extra years over Ja Morant, Dwight Howard got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA First Team 1 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-NBA Third Team 1 All-Defensive First Team 2 Rebounds Leader 3 All-Star Game