Kelenna Azubuike vs. Ja Morant Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ja Morant and Kelenna Azubuike, 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.

Kelenna Azubuike and Ja Morant both played 5 years in the NBA. Kelenna Azubuike had the first of his seasons in 2006-07, 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
	Kelenna Azubuike	Ja Morant
Season	2006-07	2019-20
Team	Golden State Warriors	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Kelenna Azubuike	41	16.3	7.1	0.6	1.7	2.3	0.7	0.5	0.2	1.0	1.2	2.4	5.4	.445	0.8	1.9	.430	1.5	1.9	.782
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		%
Kelenna Azubuike	6	2.5	0.7	0.2	0.5	0.7	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.5	.333	0.0	0.2	.000	0.3	0.3	1.000
Ja Morant	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Kelenna Azubuike	Ja Morant
Season	2008-09	2021-22
Team	Golden State Warriors	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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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kelenna Azubuike	74	32.1	14.4	1.5	3.5	5.0	1.6	0.8	0.7	1.3	2.5	5.3	11.4	.464	1.3	2.8	.448	2.5	3.1	.808
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		%
Kelenna Azubuike	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Kelenna Azubuike	Ja Morant
Season	2009-10	2022-23
Team	Golden State Warriors	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		%
Kelenna Azubuike	9	25.7	13.9	1.3	3.2	4.6	1.1	0.6	1.0	0.8	1.8	5.3	9.8	.545	1.1	3.0	.370	2.1	3.1	.679
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		%
Kelenna Azubuike	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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: Kelenna Azubuike didn't play in 2010-11.