Ja Morant vs. Ivica Zubac Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ivica Zubac 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, 3 less than Ivica Zubac, who played 9. Ja Morant had the first of his seasons in 2019-20, while Ivica Zubac had his rookie season in 2016-17. 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	Ivica Zubac
Season	2019-20	2016-17
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	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:	+29	+15.0	+10.3	+0.3		+0.3	+6.5	+0.5	+0.6	-2.5	-0.1	+3.4	+7.7	+.052	+0.9	+2.6	+.335	+2.8	+3.3	+.123
Ivica Zubac	38	16.0	7.5	1.1	3.1	4.2	0.8	0.4	0.9	0.8	1.7	3.3	6.3	.529	0.0	0.1	.000	0.8	1.3	.653
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Ja Morant nor Ivica Zubac played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Ja Morant	Ivica Zubac
Season	2021-22	2018-19
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Los Angeles Lakers, Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Most Improved Player	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf Semis	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+2	+15.5	+18.5	+0.5	+0.2	+0.4	+5.6	+1.0	+0.5	-2.2	-0.8	+6.6	+14.2	+.066	+1.5	+4.5		+3.8	+5.2	+.041
Ivica Zubac	59	17.6	8.9	1.9	4.2	6.1	1.1	0.2	0.9	1.2	2.3	3.6	6.4	.559	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	2.1	.802
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:	+5	+27.8	+22.1	+1.4	+3.8	+2.5	+9.5	+1.5	+0.1	-2.6	-1.1	+6.7	+15.9	+.060	+1.9	+5.6		+6.7	+8.9	+.080
Ivica Zubac	4	9.8	5.0	2.8	2.8	5.5	0.3	0.5	0.5	1.0	1.3	2.3	4.5	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.8	.667

Season 4
	Ja Morant	Ivica Zubac
Season	2022-23	2019-20
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Clippers Lost West Conf Semis

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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:	+11	+13.5	+17.9	+1.7	+0.1	+1.6	+7.0	+0.9	+0.6	-2.6	-0.7	+6.0	+14.6	+.147	+1.5	+4.9		+4.4	+5.8	+.001
Ivica Zubac	72	18.4	8.3	2.7	4.8	7.5	1.1	0.2	0.9	0.8	2.3	3.3	5.3	.613	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	2.3	.747
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:	+8	+12.8	+15.5	+0.8	+0.4	+0.4	+6.4	+1.6	+0.6	-2.5	-0.2	+5.6	+15.2	+.139	+2.6	+6.2		+1.7	+2.4	+.042
Ivica Zubac	13	24.6	9.1	2.4	4.8	7.2	0.6	0.2	0.8	0.9	2.6	3.4	6.0	.564	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	2.8	.811

Additional Years
* Ivica Zubac played 3 seasons more than Ja Morant in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 7 to 9, from 2023 to 2025—Ivica Zubac played in 3 Playoffs. In those 3 extra years over Ja Morant, Ivica Zubac got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Defensive Second Team