Ja Morant vs. Billy Paultz Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Billy Paultz and Ja Morant, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

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.

Ja Morant played 5 years in the NBA, 4 less than Billy Paultz, who played 9. Ja Morant had the first of his seasons in 2019-20, while Billy Paultz had his rookie season in 1976-77. 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Ja Morant	5	3	2019-20 to 2023-24
Billy Paultz	9	9	1976-77 to 1984-85

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Ja Morant	Billy Paultz
Season	2019-20	1976-77
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Spurs Lost East 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		%
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
Billy Paultz	82	32.9	15.6	2.3	6.0	8.4	2.7	0.7	2.1	-	3.2	6.4	13.4	.473	-	-	-	2.9	3.9	.744

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ja Morant	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Billy Paultz	2	37.0	17.0	0.5	8.0	8.5	2.5	1.0	0.5	-	1.5	6.0	12.0	.500	-	-	-	5.0	6.5	.769


Season 2
	Ja Morant	Billy Paultz
Season	2020-21	1977-78
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Spurs Lost East 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		%
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
Billy Paultz	80	31.0	15.8	2.2	6.3	8.4	2.7	0.5	2.4	2.1	2.8	6.5	12.2	.529	-	-	-	2.9	3.8	.752

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Billy Paultz	6	31.8	11.5	1.2	5.7	6.8	2.3	0.8	0.8	1.0	1.7	4.8	10.5	.460	-	-	-	1.8	2.8	.647


Season 3
	Ja Morant	Billy Paultz
Season	2021-22	1978-79
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Most Improved Player	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf Semis	Spurs Lost East Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Billy Paultz	79	26.9	11.5	2.1	5.8	7.9	2.3	0.4	1.6	2.0	2.6	5.1	9.6	.526	-	-	-	1.4	2.5	.588

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Billy Paultz	13	23.0	6.3	1.8	5.7	7.5	2.3	0.3	1.0	1.1	2.5	2.3	6.2	.375	-	-	-	1.7	2.5	.667


Season 4
	Ja Morant	Billy Paultz
Season	2022-23	1979-80
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	San Antonio Spurs, Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Rockets Lost East 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		%
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
Billy Paultz	84	26.1	9.1	2.2	4.8	7.0	2.2	0.8	1.0	1.4	2.5	3.9	8.0	.486	0.0	0.0	.000	1.3	2.2	.599

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Billy Paultz	7	18.3	4.3	1.7	3.0	4.7	1.1	0.1	0.4	1.6	1.9	1.9	5.7	.325	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	1.0	.571


Season 5
	Ja Morant	Billy Paultz
Season	2023-24	1980-81
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Rockets Lost NBA Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Billy Paultz	81	20.5	7.4	1.4	3.5	4.8	1.3	0.3	0.9	1.1	2.2	3.2	6.4	.507	0.0	0.0	.000	0.9	1.9	.490

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ja Morant	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Billy Paultz	21	34.3	12.1	2.5	4.5	7.0	1.7	0.6	1.3	1.3	3.3	5.3	11.7	.451	0.0	0.0	.000	1.5	2.3	.667


Season 6
	Ja Morant	Billy Paultz
Season	-	1981-82
Team	-	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Rockets 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		%
Ja Morant	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Billy Paultz	65	12.4	3.3	0.8	1.9	2.8	0.6	0.2	0.3	0.7	1.5	1.4	3.5	.394	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	1.0	.523

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ja Morant	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Billy Paultz	3	11.3	2.3	0.7	0.7	1.3	0.3	0.0	0.7	0.3	1.3	1.0	3.0	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	1.0	.333


Season 7
	Ja Morant	Billy Paultz
Season	-	1982-83
Team	-	Houston Rockets, San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ja Morant	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Billy Paultz	64	12.8	3.6	1.0	2.1	3.1	1.0	0.3	0.3	0.7	1.7	1.6	3.5	.445	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.9	.458

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ja Morant	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Billy Paultz	11	12.1	2.7	1.0	1.9	2.9	1.0	0.4	0.2	0.5	1.6	1.2	2.9	.406	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.4	1.000


Season 8
	Ja Morant	Billy Paultz
Season	-	1983-84
Team	-	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Hawks Lost East 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		%
Ja Morant	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Billy Paultz	40	12.2	2.2	0.9	2.0	2.8	0.5	0.2	0.2	0.6	1.4	0.9	2.2	.409	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.8	.515

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ja Morant	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Billy Paultz	2	3.5	1.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.5	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 9
	Ja Morant	Billy Paultz
Season	-	1984-85
Team	-	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Jazz 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		%
Ja Morant	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Billy Paultz	62	6.0	1.3	0.4	1.2	1.5	0.3	0.1	0.2	0.5	0.8	0.5	1.4	.368	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.5	.643

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ja Morant	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Billy Paultz	5	6.0	1.4	0.6	1.0	1.6	0.4	0.2	0.2	0.4	1.4	0.6	1.6	.375	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.8	.250

Ja Morant vs. Billy Paultz Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Billy Paultz and Ja Morant, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9