Ja Morant vs. Chris Paul Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Chris Paul 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.

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 6 years in the NBA, 14 less than Chris Paul, who played 20. Ja Morant had the first of his seasons in 2019-20, while Chris Paul had his rookie season in 2005-06. 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
	Ja Morant	Chris Paul
Season	2019-20	2005-06
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets
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		%
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
difference:	+11	+5.0	+1.7		+1.2	+1.2	+0.5	+1.3	+0.2	-1.0	-1.2	+1.5	+1.9	+.047	+0.3	+0.4	+.053	+1.5	+1.4	+.071
Chris Paul	78	36.0	16.1	0.8	4.3	5.1	7.8	2.2	0.1	2.3	2.8	5.2	12.1	.430	0.6	2.3	.282	5.1	6.0	.847
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Ja Morant nor Chris Paul played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Ja Morant	Chris Paul
Season	2021-22	2007-08
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	New Orleans Hornets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	Most Improved Player	-
	-	Assists Leader
	-	Steals Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf Semis	Hornets 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		%
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
difference:	+23	+4.5	+6.3	+0.6	+1.2	+1.7	+4.9	+1.5	+0.3	-0.9	-0.8	+2.3	+4.5	+.005	+0.3	+1.4	+.025	+1.3	+2.4	+.090
Chris Paul	80	37.6	21.1	0.8	3.2	4.0	11.6	2.7	0.1	2.5	2.3	7.9	16.1	.488	1.2	3.1	.369	4.2	4.9	.851
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
difference:	+3	+2.9	+3.0	+0.1	+3.0	+3.1	+1.5	+0.3	+0.2	-1.8	-1.2	+0.3	+2.0	+.062	+1.5	+3.8	+.102	+2.0	+3.1	+.038
Chris Paul	12	40.5	24.1	1.3	3.6	4.9	11.3	2.3	0.2	1.8	3.6	9.3	18.4	.502	0.4	1.8	.238	5.2	6.6	.785

Season 4
	Ja Morant	Chris Paul
Season	2022-23	2008-09
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	New Orleans Hornets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	Steals Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Hornets 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		%
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
difference:	+17	+6.6	+3.4	+0.1	+0.2	+0.4	+2.9	+1.7	+0.2	-0.4	-1.1	+1.2	+3.8	+.037	+0.7	+2.6	+.057	+0.3	+1.4	+.120
Chris Paul	78	38.5	22.8	0.9	4.7	5.5	11.0	2.8	0.1	3.0	2.7	8.1	16.1	.503	0.8	2.3	.364	5.8	6.7	.868
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
difference:		+2.8	+8.0	+0.8	+1.6	+2.4	+3.4	+0.2	+0.2	-1.4	-0.8	+3.0	+6.6	+.014	+1.6	+3.0	+.106	+0.4	+1.0	+.088
Chris Paul	5	40.2	16.6	0.8	3.6	4.4	10.4	1.6	0.0	4.8	1.6	6.0	14.6	.411	1.0	3.2	.313	3.6	4.2	.857

Season 5
	Ja Morant	Chris Paul
Season	2023-24	2009-10
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	New Orleans Hornets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
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
difference:	+36	+2.7	+6.4	+0.3	+1.1	+1.4	+2.6	+1.3	+0.4	-0.5	-0.5	+1.9	+4.7	+.022	+0.4	+2.9	+.134	+2.2	+2.9	+.034
Chris Paul	45	38.0	18.7	0.4	3.8	4.2	10.7	2.1	0.2	2.5	2.6	7.0	14.2	.493	1.2	2.8	.409	3.6	4.2	.847
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Ja Morant nor Chris Paul played in the postseason in their season 5

Season 6
	Ja Morant	Chris Paul
Season	2024-25	2010-11
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	New Orleans Hornets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Steals Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Hornets 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		%
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
difference:	+30	+5.6	+7.3	+0.2	+0.2		+2.5	+1.2	+0.1	-1.5	-0.2	+2.7	+6.2	+.009	+0.9	+3.4	+.079	+1.1	+1.6	+.054
Chris Paul	80	36.0	15.9	0.5	3.6	4.1	9.8	2.4	0.1	2.2	2.5	5.4	11.6	.463	0.9	2.3	.388	4.2	4.8	.878
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+3	+14.4	+3.7	+0.2	+4.5	+4.7	+6.5	+1.1	+0.7	-1.7	-0.8	+0.3	+4.9	+.130	+0.2	+2.1	+.224	+4.2	+4.5	+.160
Chris Paul	6	41.7	22.0	0.5	6.2	6.7	11.5	1.8	0.0	3.7	1.8	7.0	12.8	.545	1.5	3.2	.474	6.5	8.2	.796

Additional Years
* Chris Paul played 14 seasons more than Ja Morant in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 7 to 20, from 2012 to 2025—Chris Paul played in 12 Playoffs. In those 14 extra years over Ja Morant, Chris Paul got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	3 All-NBA First Team 4 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-NBA Third Team 6 All-Defensive First Team 3 Assists Leader 3 Steals Leader 8 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP