Jimmy Butler vs. Ja Morant Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ja Morant and Jimmy Butler, 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.

Jimmy Butler played 15 years in the NBA, 8 more than Ja Morant, who played 7. Jimmy Butler had the first of his seasons in 2011-12, 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
	Jimmy Butler	Ja Morant
Season	2011-12	2019-20
Team	Chicago Bulls	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Bulls 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		%
Jimmy Butler	42	8.5	2.6	0.5	0.8	1.3	0.3	0.3	0.1	0.3	0.5	0.8	1.9	.405	0.0	0.3	.182	1.0	1.3	.768
difference:	+25	+22.5	+15.2	+0.3	+2.3	+2.6	+7.0	+0.6	+0.2	-3.0	-1.1	+5.9	+12.1	+.072	+0.9	+2.4	+.153	+2.6	+3.3	+.008
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		%
Jimmy Butler	3	1.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Ja Morant	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Jimmy Butler	Ja Morant
Season	2013-14	2021-22
Team	Chicago Bulls	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	Most Improved Player
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Jimmy Butler	67	38.7	13.1	1.3	3.6	4.9	2.6	1.9	0.5	1.5	1.6	4.1	10.3	.397	1.0	3.6	.283	3.9	5.0	.769
difference:	+10	+5.6	+14.3	+0.1	+0.8	+0.8	+4.1	+0.7	+0.1	-1.9	-0.1	+6.1	+10.3	+.096	+0.5	+0.9	+.061	+1.6	+2.3	+.008
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		%
Jimmy Butler	5	43.6	13.6	1.2	4.0	5.2	2.2	1.2	0.0	0.6	2.6	4.4	11.4	.386	1.2	4.0	.300	3.6	4.6	.783
difference:	+4	+6.0	+13.5	+0.2	+2.6	+2.8	+7.6	+0.8	+0.4	-3.0	-0.2	+4.6	+9.0	+.054	+0.7	+1.6	+.040	+3.6	+5.1	+.036
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
	Jimmy Butler	Ja Morant
Season	2014-15	2022-23
Team	Chicago Bulls	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Most Improved Player	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis	Grizzlies Lost West 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		%
Jimmy Butler	65	38.7	20.0	1.8	4.1	5.8	3.3	1.8	0.6	1.4	1.7	6.5	14.0	.462	1.1	3.0	.378	5.9	7.1	.834
difference:	+4	+6.8	+6.2	+0.8	+0.8	+0.1	+4.8	+0.7	+0.3	-2.0	-0.1	+2.8	+5.9	+.004	+0.4	+1.9	+.071	+0.2	+1.0	+.086
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		%
Jimmy Butler	12	42.2	22.9	1.5	4.1	5.6	3.2	2.4	0.8	1.8	2.3	7.8	17.8	.441	2.3	6.0	.389	4.9	6.0	.819
difference:	+7	+4.8	+1.7	+0.1	+1.1	+1.2	+3.8	+0.6	+0.6	-1.6	-0.1	+1.2	+3.4	+.016	+0.3	+0.2	+.030	+0.9	+0.8	+.050
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

Season 5
	Jimmy Butler	Ja Morant
Season	2015-16	2023-24
Team	Chicago Bulls	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jimmy Butler	67	36.9	20.9	1.2	4.2	5.3	4.8	1.6	0.6	2.0	1.9	7.0	15.4	.454	1.0	3.1	.312	5.9	7.1	.832
difference:	+58	+1.6	+4.2	+0.5	+0.7	+0.3	+3.3	+0.8		-1.0	-0.2	+1.9	+3.5	+.017	+0.6	+2.6	+.037	+0.1		+.019
Ja Morant	9	35.3	25.1	0.7	4.9	5.6	8.1	0.8	0.6	3.0	2.1	8.9	18.9	.471	1.6	5.7	.275	5.8	7.1	.813
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Jimmy Butler nor Ja Morant played in the postseason in their season 5

Season 6
	Jimmy Butler	Ja Morant
Season	2016-17	2024-25
Team	Chicago Bulls	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jimmy Butler	76	37.0	23.9	1.7	4.5	6.2	5.5	1.9	0.4	2.1	1.5	7.5	16.5	.455	1.2	3.3	.367	7.7	8.9	.865
difference:	+26	+6.6	+0.7	+1.0	+1.1	+2.1	+1.8	+0.7	+0.2	-1.6	-0.8	+0.6	+1.3	+.001	+0.6	+2.4	+.058	+2.4	+2.5	+.041
Ja Morant	50	30.4	23.2	0.7	3.4	4.1	7.3	1.2	0.2	3.7	2.3	8.1	17.8	.454	1.8	5.7	.309	5.3	6.4	.824
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jimmy Butler	6	39.8	22.7	1.5	5.8	7.3	4.3	1.7	0.8	2.5	1.7	7.7	18.0	.426	1.0	3.8	.261	6.3	7.8	.809
difference:	+3	+12.5	+4.4	+1.2	+4.1	+5.3	+0.7	+1.0	+0.1	-0.5	-0.7	+0.4	+0.3	+.011	+0.3	+1.5	+.011	+4.0	+4.1	+.173
Ja Morant	3	27.3	18.3	0.3	1.7	2.0	5.0	0.7	0.7	2.0	1.0	7.3	17.7	.415	1.3	5.3	.250	2.3	3.7	.636

Season 7
	Jimmy Butler	Ja Morant
Season	2017-18	2025-26
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jimmy Butler	59	36.7	22.2	1.3	4.0	5.3	4.9	2.0	0.4	1.8	1.3	7.4	15.6	.474	1.2	3.4	.350	6.2	7.2	.854
difference:	+47	+7.9	+4.3	+0.8	+1.0	+1.8	+2.7	+1.0	+0.3	-2.0	-1.0	+1.6	+0.7	+.115	+0.4	+1.6	+.183	+0.8	+1.4	+.088
Ja Morant	12	28.8	17.9	0.5	3.0	3.5	7.6	1.0	0.1	3.8	2.3	5.8	16.3	.359	0.8	5.0	.167	5.4	5.8	.942
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jimmy Butler	5	34.0	15.8	0.6	5.4	6.0	4.0	0.8	0.2	1.0	1.8	5.6	12.6	.444	1.6	3.4	.471	3.0	3.6	.833
Ja Morant	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Jimmy Butler played 8 seasons more than Ja Morant in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 8 to 15, from 2019 to 2026—Jimmy Butler played in 6 Playoffs. In those 8 extra years over Ja Morant, Jimmy Butler got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Second Team 2 All-NBA Third Team 1 All-Defensive Second Team 1 Steals Leader 2 All-Star Game