Hot Rod Hundley vs. Ja Morant Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ja Morant and Hot Rod Hundley, 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.

Hot Rod Hundley played 6 years in the NBA, 1 more than Ja Morant, who played 5. Hot Rod Hundley had the first of his seasons in 1957-58, 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
	Hot Rod Hundley	Ja Morant
Season	1957-58	2019-20
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	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		%
Hot Rod Hundley	65	17.8	7.0	-	-	2.9	1.9	-	-	-	1.5	2.7	8.4	.318	-	-	-	1.6	2.5	.642
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		%
Hot Rod Hundley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ja Morant	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Hot Rod Hundley	Ja Morant
Season	1959-60	2021-22
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Most Improved Player
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div 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		%
Hot Rod Hundley	73	31.2	12.8	-	-	5.3	4.6	-	-	-	2.7	5.0	14.0	.358	-	-	-	2.8	3.7	.744
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		%
Hot Rod Hundley	9	37.4	11.8	-	-	6.8	6.1	-	-	-	2.0	4.6	13.6	.336	-	-	-	2.7	4.1	.649
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
	Hot Rod Hundley	Ja Morant
Season	1960-61	2022-23
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div Finals	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		%
Hot Rod Hundley	79	27.5	11.0	-	-	3.7	4.4	-	-	-	1.8	4.1	11.7	.351	-	-	-	2.8	3.7	.753
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		%
Hot Rod Hundley	12	23.9	6.7	-	-	3.4	3.8	-	-	-	1.6	2.5	8.4	.297	-	-	-	1.7	2.4	.690
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