Jake Layman vs. Ja Morant Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ja Morant and Jake Layman, 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.

Jake Layman played 6 years in the NBA, 1 more than Ja Morant, who played 5. Jake Layman had the first of his seasons in 2016-17, 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
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Rookie Season
	Jake Layman	Ja Morant
Season	2016-17	2019-20
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Trail Blazers 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		%
Jake Layman	35	7.1	2.2	0.2	0.5	0.7	0.3	0.3	0.1	0.3	0.6	0.7	2.5	.292	0.4	1.5	.255	0.4	0.5	.765
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		%
Jake Layman	2	8.0	3.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	.500	0.5	0.5	1.000	0.5	1.0	.500
Ja Morant	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Jake Layman	Ja Morant
Season	2018-19	2021-22
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Most Improved Player
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Jake Layman	71	18.7	7.6	0.8	2.3	3.1	0.7	0.4	0.4	0.6	1.6	3.0	6.0	.509	0.8	2.5	.326	0.7	1.0	.704
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		%
Jake Layman	6	3.3	0.8	0.2	0.5	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.2	1.2	.143	0.0	0.8	.000	0.5	0.7	.750
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
	Jake Layman	Ja Morant
Season	2019-20	2022-23
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Jake Layman	23	22.0	9.1	0.7	1.7	2.5	0.7	0.7	0.4	1.0	2.0	3.5	7.8	.453	1.0	3.1	.333	1.0	1.4	.750
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		%
Jake Layman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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