Jaime Jaquez Jr. vs. Ja Morant Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ja Morant and Jaime Jaquez Jr., 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.

Jaime Jaquez Jr. played 3 years in the NBA, 4 less than Ja Morant, who played 7. Jaime Jaquez Jr. had the first of his seasons in 2023-24, 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 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
	Jaime Jaquez Jr.	Ja Morant
Season	2023-24	2019-20
Team	Miami Heat	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Jaime Jaquez Jr.	75	28.2	11.9	1.1	2.7	3.8	2.6	1.0	0.3	1.5	2.2	4.5	9.3	.489	0.9	2.7	.322	1.9	2.3	.811
difference:	+8	+2.8	+5.9	+0.3	+0.4	+0.1	+4.7	+0.1		-1.8	-0.6	+2.2	+4.7	+.012			+.013	+1.7	+2.3	+.035
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		%
Jaime Jaquez Jr.	4	30.8	12.8	0.5	2.8	3.3	3.0	0.8	0.5	1.8	1.5	5.3	13.0	.404	0.8	3.3	.231	1.5	1.8	.857
Ja Morant	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Jaime Jaquez Jr.	Ja Morant
Season	2025-26	2021-22
Team	Miami Heat	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Most Improved Player
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Grizzlies Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
Jaime Jaquez Jr.	22	29.1	15.3	1.4	4.5	6.0	5.0	0.8	0.3	2.1	2.2	6.2	12.1	.511	0.3	1.5	.206	2.6	3.4	.784
difference:	+35	+4.0	+12.1		+0.1	+0.3	+1.7	+0.4	+0.1	-1.3	-0.7	+4.0	+8.5	+.018	+1.2	+3.0	+.138	+2.9	+3.9	+.023
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		%
Jaime Jaquez Jr.	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Additional Years
* Ja Morant played 4 seasons more than Jaime Jaquez Jr. in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 4 to 7, from 2023 to 2026—Ja Morant played in two Playoffs. In those 4 extra years over Jaime Jaquez Jr., Ja Morant got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Star Game