John Jenkins vs. Ja Morant Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ja Morant and John Jenkins, 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.

John Jenkins played 6 years in the NBA, 1 more than Ja Morant, who played 5. John Jenkins had the first of his seasons in 2012-13, 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: 1-2-3-4-5-6
Rookie Season
	John Jenkins	Ja Morant
Season	2012-13	2019-20
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East 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		%
John Jenkins	61	14.8	6.1	0.3	1.3	1.5	0.9	0.2	0.2	0.7	0.6	2.1	4.8	.446	0.9	2.3	.384	1.0	1.1	.843
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		%
John Jenkins	4	6.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.8	.000	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	0.0	-
Ja Morant	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	John Jenkins	Ja Morant
Season	2014-15	2021-22
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Most Improved Player
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East 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		%
John Jenkins	24	12.4	5.6	0.1	1.5	1.6	0.5	0.4	0.0	0.3	0.6	2.0	4.1	.495	0.9	2.2	.404	0.7	0.8	.842
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		%
John Jenkins	4	5.3	2.5	0.3	0.5	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.0	1.5	.667	0.5	1.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-
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
	John Jenkins	Ja Morant
Season	2015-16	2022-23
Team	Dallas Mavericks, Phoenix Suns	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		%
John Jenkins	43	11.2	4.1	0.2	1.1	1.3	0.8	0.2	0.0	0.6	0.5	1.7	3.7	.444	0.4	1.2	.314	0.5	0.6	.833
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		%
John Jenkins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Note: John Jenkins didn't play in 2017-18.