Ja Morant vs. Onyeka Okongwu Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Onyeka Okongwu 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 5 years in the NBA, 1 more than Onyeka Okongwu, who played 4. Ja Morant had the first of his seasons in 2019-20, while Onyeka Okongwu had his rookie season in 2020-21. 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 achivements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5
Rookie Season
	Ja Morant	Onyeka Okongwu
Season	2019-20	2020-21
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks Lost East Conf Finals

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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
Onyeka Okongwu	50	12.0	4.6	1.2	2.0	3.3	0.4	0.5	0.7	0.6	2.0	1.9	3.0	.644	0.0	0.1	.000	0.7	1.1	.632
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ja Morant	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Onyeka Okongwu	18	9.2	2.7	1.2	1.5	2.7	0.1	0.3	0.7	0.2	1.6	0.9	1.7	.548	0.0	0.1	.000	0.8	1.2	.667

Season 3
	Ja Morant	Onyeka Okongwu
Season	2021-22	2022-23
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Most Improved Player	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf Semis	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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
Onyeka Okongwu	80	23.1	9.9	2.7	4.5	7.2	1.0	0.7	1.3	1.0	3.1	4.0	6.2	.638	0.1	0.2	.308	1.9	2.5	.781
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
Onyeka Okongwu	6	21.8	6.0	3.2	3.2	6.3	1.2	0.3	1.3	1.2	3.0	2.5	4.2	.600	0.2	0.2	1.000	0.8	1.7	.500

Season 4
	Ja Morant	Onyeka Okongwu
Season	2022-23	2023-24
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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
Onyeka Okongwu	55	25.5	10.2	2.6	4.2	6.8	1.3	0.5	1.1	0.8	2.9	4.1	6.6	.611	0.4	1.3	.333	1.7	2.1	.793
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
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