Earl Monroe vs. Ja Morant Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ja Morant and Earl Monroe, 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.

Earl Monroe played 13 years in the NBA, 6 more than Ja Morant, who played 7. Earl Monroe had the first of his seasons in 1967-68, 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
	Earl Monroe	Ja Morant
Season	1967-68	2019-20
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	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		%
Earl Monroe	82	36.7	24.3	-	-	5.7	4.3	-	-	-	3.4	9.0	20.0	.453	-	-	-	6.2	7.9	.781
difference:	+15	+5.7	+6.5			+1.8	+3.0				-1.8	+2.3	+6.0	+.024				+2.6	+3.3	+.005
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 Earl Monroe nor Ja Morant played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Earl Monroe	Ja Morant
Season	1968-69	2020-21
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Div Semis	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Earl Monroe	80	38.4	25.8	-	-	3.5	4.9	-	-	-	3.3	10.1	23.0	.440	-	-	-	5.6	7.3	.768
difference:	+17	+5.8	+6.7			+0.5	+2.5				-1.9	+3.3	+7.8	+.009				+1.3	+1.4	+.040
Ja Morant	63	32.6	19.1	0.9	3.1	4.0	7.4	0.9	0.2	3.2	1.4	6.8	15.2	.449	1.2	3.8	.303	4.3	5.9	.728
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Earl Monroe	4	42.8	28.3	-	-	5.3	4.0	-	-	-	2.5	11.0	28.5	.386	-	-	-	6.3	7.8	.806
difference:	+1	+2.2	+1.9			+0.5	+4.2				-0.7		+5.9	+.101				+0.1	+0.2	+.031
Ja Morant	5	40.6	30.2	1.4	3.4	4.8	8.2	0.4	0.0	3.4	1.8	11.0	22.6	.487	2.0	6.2	.323	6.2	8.0	.775

Season 3
	Earl Monroe	Ja Morant
Season	1969-70	2021-22
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Most Improved Player
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Div Semis	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		%
Earl Monroe	82	37.2	23.4	-	-	3.1	4.9	-	-	-	3.1	8.5	19.0	.446	-	-	-	6.5	7.8	.830
difference:	+25	+4.1	+4.0			+2.6	+1.8				-1.6	+1.7	+1.6	+.047				+1.0	+0.5	+.069
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		%
Earl Monroe	7	42.7	28.0	-	-	3.3	4.0	-	-	-	3.3	10.6	22.0	.481	-	-	-	6.9	8.6	.800
difference:	+2	+5.1	+0.9			+4.7	+5.8				-0.9	+1.6	+1.6	+.041				+0.3	+1.1	+.053
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
	Earl Monroe	Ja Morant
Season	1970-71	2022-23
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bullets Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Earl Monroe	81	35.1	21.4	-	-	2.6	4.4	-	-	-	2.7	8.2	18.5	.442	-	-	-	5.0	6.2	.802
difference:	+20	+3.2	+4.8			+3.3	+3.7				-1.1	+1.1	+1.4	+.024				+1.1	+1.9	+.054
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		%
Earl Monroe	18	37.3	22.1	-	-	3.6	4.1	-	-	-	3.1	8.1	19.8	.407	-	-	-	5.9	7.5	.793
difference:	+13	+0.1	+2.5			+3.2	+2.9				-0.7	+0.9	+1.4	+.018				+1.9	+2.3	+.024
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
	Earl Monroe	Ja Morant
Season	1972-73	2024-25
Team	New York Knicks	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Earl Monroe	75	31.6	15.5	-	-	3.3	3.8	-	-	-	2.6	6.6	13.5	.488	-	-	-	2.3	2.8	.822
difference:	+25	+1.2	+7.7			+0.8	+3.5				-0.3	+1.5	+4.3	+.034				+3.0	+3.6	+.002
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		%
Earl Monroe	16	31.5	16.1	-	-	3.2	3.2	-	-	-	2.4	6.9	13.2	.526	-	-	-	2.3	3.0	.750
difference:	+13	+4.2	+2.2			+1.2	+1.8				-1.4	+0.4	+4.5	+.111					+0.7	+.114
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

Additional Years
* Earl Monroe played 6 seasons more than Ja Morant in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 8 to 13, from 1975 to 1980—Earl Monroe played in two Playoffs. In those 6 extra years over Ja Morant, Earl Monroe got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-Star Game