Ja Morant vs. Jason Terry Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jason Terry 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 7 years in the NBA, 12 less than Jason Terry, who played 19. Ja Morant had the first of his seasons in 2019-20, while Jason Terry had his rookie season in 1999-00. 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	Jason Terry
Season	2019-20	1999-00
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
	-	All-Rookie Second 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:	+14	+7.7	+9.7	+0.5	+1.3	+1.9	+3.0	+0.2	+0.2	-1.4		+3.6	+6.6	+.062	+0.3	+0.8	+.042	+2.2	+2.9	+.031
Jason Terry	81	23.3	8.1	0.3	1.8	2.0	4.3	1.1	0.1	1.9	1.6	3.1	7.4	.415	0.6	1.9	.293	1.4	1.7	.807
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Ja Morant nor Jason Terry played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Ja Morant	Jason Terry
Season	2021-22	2001-02
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Most Improved Player	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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:	+21	+4.9	+8.1	+0.9	+1.5	+2.2	+1.0	+0.6	+0.2	-1.1	-0.5	+3.5	+5.0	+.063	+0.7	+1.2	+.043	+1.9	+2.9	+.074
Jason Terry	78	38.0	19.3	0.5	2.9	3.5	5.7	1.8	0.2	2.3	2.0	6.7	15.6	.430	2.2	5.7	.387	3.6	4.4	.835
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
Jason Terry	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Ja Morant	Jason Terry
Season	2022-23	2002-03
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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:	+20	+6.1	+9.0	+0.5	+1.9	+2.5	+0.7	+0.5	+0.1	-0.3	-0.6	+3.3	+5.8	+.038	+0.5	+0.4	+.064	+2.9	+4.5	+.139
Jason Terry	81	38.0	17.2	0.5	3.0	3.4	7.4	1.6	0.2	3.1	2.2	6.0	14.1	.428	2.0	5.3	.371	3.2	3.6	.887
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
Jason Terry	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Jason Terry played 12 seasons more than Ja Morant in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 8 to 19, from 2007 to 2018—Jason Terry played in 11 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 12 extra years over Ja Morant, Jason Terry got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Sixth Man of the Year