Ja Morant vs. Lou Williams Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Lou Williams 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, 11 less than Lou Williams, who played 17. Ja Morant had the first of his seasons in 2019-20, while Lou Williams 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	Lou Williams
Season	2019-20	2005-06
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Philadelphia 76ers
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:	+37	+26.2	+15.9	+0.7	+2.6	+3.3	+7.0	+0.7	+0.3	-2.9	-1.2	+5.9	+12.3	+.035	+0.8	+2.4	+.113	+3.3	+4.2	+.161
Lou Williams	30	4.8	1.9	0.1	0.5	0.6	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.4	0.4	0.8	1.7	.442	0.1	0.3	.222	0.3	0.4	.615
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Ja Morant nor Lou Williams played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Ja Morant	Lou Williams
Season	2021-22	2007-08
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Most Improved Player	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf Semis	76ers 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:	+23	+9.8	+15.9	+0.9	+2.8	+3.6	+3.5	+0.2	+0.2	-1.8	-0.1	+6.2	+11.2	+.069	+0.8	+2.6	+.015	+2.7	+3.7	+.022
Lou Williams	80	23.3	11.5	0.5	1.6	2.1	3.2	1.0	0.2	1.6	1.6	4.0	9.4	.424	0.7	1.9	.359	2.8	3.6	.783
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	+15.1	+15.1	+0.9	+5.1	+6.0	+7.8	+1.0	+0.4	-2.4	-0.6	+5.0	+10.4	+.040	+1.6	+4.1	+.118	+3.5	+4.7	+.014
Lou Williams	6	22.5	12.0	0.5	1.5	2.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	1.2	1.8	4.0	10.0	.400	0.3	1.5	.222	3.7	5.0	.733

Season 4
	Ja Morant	Lou Williams
Season	2022-23	2008-09
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	76ers Lost East 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:	+20	+8.2	+13.4	+0.6	+3.3	+3.9	+5.1	+0.1	+0.1	-1.5		+5.2	+9.5	+.068	+0.7	+2.2	+.021	+2.3	+3.3	+.042
Lou Williams	81	23.7	12.8	0.4	1.6	2.0	3.0	1.0	0.2	1.9	1.6	4.1	10.4	.398	0.8	2.7	.286	3.8	4.8	.790
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:	+1	+12.6	+14.9	+1.3	+3.0	+4.3	+4.2	+1.3		-1.4	-0.7	+5.5	+12.7	+.013	+1.6	+3.5	+.044	+2.3	+2.7	+.102
Lou Williams	6	24.8	9.7	0.3	2.2	2.5	2.8	0.5	0.2	2.0	1.7	3.5	8.5	.412	1.0	2.7	.375	1.7	2.5	.667

Additional Years
* Lou Williams played 11 seasons more than Ja Morant in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 7 to 17, from 2012 to 2022—Lou Williams played in 7 Playoffs. In those 11 extra years over Ja Morant, Lou Williams got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	3 Sixth Man of the Year