Ja Morant vs. Kemba Walker Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kemba Walker 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, 6 less than Kemba Walker, who played 12. Ja Morant had the first of his seasons in 2019-20, while Kemba Walker had his rookie season in 2011-12. 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	Kemba Walker
Season	2019-20	2011-12
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Charlotte Bobcats
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:	+1	+3.8	+5.7	+0.3		+0.4	+2.9			-1.5	-0.4	+2.4	+2.4	+.111	+0.1	+0.7	+.030	+1.1	+1.4	+.013
Kemba Walker	66	27.2	12.1	0.5	3.1	3.5	4.4	0.9	0.3	1.8	1.2	4.3	11.6	.366	1.0	3.4	.305	2.5	3.2	.789
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Ja Morant nor Kemba Walker played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Ja Morant	Kemba Walker
Season	2021-22	2013-14
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Charlotte Bobcats
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Most Improved Player	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf Semis	Bobcats Lost East 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:	+16	+2.7	+9.7	+0.9	+0.7	+1.5	+0.6			-1.1	-0.3	+4.0	+4.9	+.100			+.011	+1.6	+2.7	+.076
Kemba Walker	73	35.8	17.7	0.5	3.7	4.2	6.1	1.2	0.4	2.3	1.8	6.2	15.7	.393	1.5	4.5	.333	3.9	4.6	.837
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	+0.7	+7.6	+1.1	+3.1	+4.2	+3.8		+0.4	-0.2	-0.9	+2.5	+6.6	+.033	+1.1	+0.4	+.160	+3.7	+5.2	+.031
Kemba Walker	4	38.3	19.5	0.3	3.5	3.8	6.0	2.0	0.8	3.8	1.5	6.5	13.8	.473	3.0	6.0	.500	3.5	4.5	.778

Season 4
	Ja Morant	Kemba Walker
Season	2022-23	2014-15
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Charlotte Hornets
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:	+1	+2.3	+8.9	+0.4	+1.9	+2.4	+3.0	+0.3	+0.2	-1.8	-0.1	+3.2	+4.1	+.081	+0.1	+0.4	+.003	+2.3	+3.5	+.079
Kemba Walker	62	34.2	17.3	0.6	3.0	3.5	5.1	1.4	0.5	1.6	1.5	6.1	15.8	.385	1.4	4.5	.304	3.8	4.6	.827
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
Kemba Walker	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Ja Morant	Kemba Walker
Season	2024-25	2016-17
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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:	+29	+4.3		+0.1	+0.1	+0.2	+1.8	+0.1	+0.1	-1.6	-0.8		+0.5	+.010	+1.2	+1.9	+.090	+1.5	+1.9	+.023
Kemba Walker	79	34.7	23.2	0.6	3.3	3.9	5.5	1.1	0.3	2.1	1.5	8.1	18.3	.444	3.0	7.6	.399	3.8	4.5	.847
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
Kemba Walker	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Kemba Walker played 6 seasons more than Ja Morant in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 7 to 12, from 2018 to 2023—Kemba Walker played in two Playoffs. In those 6 extra years over Ja Morant, Kemba Walker got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Third Team 3 All-Star Game