Haywood Highsmith vs. Ja Morant Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ja Morant and Haywood Highsmith, 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.

Haywood Highsmith played 4 years in the NBA, 1 less than Ja Morant, who played 5. Haywood Highsmith 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 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
	Haywood Highsmith	Ja Morant
Season	2018-19	2019-20
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Haywood Highsmith	5	8.0	1.8	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.4	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.8	2.0	.400	0.2	1.0	.200	0.0	0.4	.000
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		%
Haywood Highsmith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ja Morant	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Haywood Highsmith didn't play in 2019-20 and 2020-21.

Season 3
	Haywood Highsmith	Ja Morant
Season	2022-23	2021-22
Team	Miami Heat	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Most Improved Player
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost NBA 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		%
Haywood Highsmith	54	17.9	4.4	1.1	2.4	3.5	0.8	0.7	0.3	0.8	1.5	1.7	4.0	.431	0.7	2.0	.339	0.2	0.5	.464
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		%
Haywood Highsmith	18	8.9	3.3	0.6	0.8	1.3	0.3	0.6	0.1	0.1	1.1	1.3	2.2	.615	0.4	0.9	.500	0.2	0.3	.800
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
	Haywood Highsmith	Ja Morant
Season	2023-24	2022-23
Team	Miami Heat	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Haywood Highsmith	66	20.7	6.1	1.0	2.2	3.2	1.1	0.8	0.5	0.5	1.8	2.3	5.0	.465	1.2	2.9	.396	0.3	0.5	.639
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		%
Haywood Highsmith	5	25.2	4.8	0.4	2.4	2.8	1.6	0.2	0.2	0.8	2.8	2.0	5.6	.357	0.6	3.2	.188	0.2	0.2	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