Jack Kerris vs. Ja Morant Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ja Morant and Jack Kerris, 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.

Jack Kerris played 4 years in the NBA, 1 less than Ja Morant, who played 5. Jack Kerris had the first of his seasons in 1949-50, while Ja Morant had his rookie season in 2019-20. 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
	Jack Kerris	Ja Morant
Season	1949-50	2019-20
Team	Tri-Cities Blackhawks, Fort Wayne Pistons	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Pistons Lost Cent Div Finals	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		%
Jack Kerris	68	-	7.1	-	-	-	1.7	-	-	-	2.6	2.3	7.1	.326	-	-	-	2.5	3.8	.650
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jack Kerris	4	-	9.3	-	-	-	1.3	-	-	-	4.3	3.0	7.5	.400	-	-	-	3.3	5.5	.591
Ja Morant	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Jack Kerris	Ja Morant
Season	1951-52	2021-22
Team	Fort Wayne Pistons	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Most Improved Player
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Div Semis	Grizzlies Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jack Kerris	66	32.5	8.9	-	-	7.8	3.2	-	-	-	4.0	2.8	7.3	.388	-	-	-	3.3	4.9	.668
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jack Kerris	2	31.5	12.5	-	-	9.0	4.5	-	-	-	5.5	3.5	10.0	.350	-	-	-	5.5	10.0	.550
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

Season 4
	Jack Kerris	Ja Morant
Season	1952-53	2022-23
Team	Fort Wayne Pistons, Baltimore Bullets (1st)	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bullets (1st) Lost East Div Semis	Grizzlies Lost West 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		%
Jack Kerris	69	20.6	4.0	-	-	4.3	2.3	-	-	-	2.4	1.3	3.7	.363	-	-	-	1.3	2.0	.629
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jack Kerris	2	15.5	3.5	-	-	1.0	0.0	-	-	-	2.0	1.0	5.0	.200	-	-	-	1.5	1.5	1.000
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