McCoy McLemore vs. Ja Morant Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ja Morant and McCoy McLemore, 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.

McCoy McLemore played 7 years in the NBA, 2 more than Ja Morant, who played 5. McCoy McLemore had the first of his seasons in 1964-65, 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: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7
Rookie Season
	McCoy McLemore	Ja Morant
Season	1964-65	2019-20
Team	San Francisco Warriors	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
McCoy McLemore	78	22.2	8.3	-	-	6.3	1.0	-	-	-	2.9	3.1	9.3	.337	-	-	-	2.0	2.8	.714
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		%
McCoy McLemore	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ja Morant	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: McCoy McLemore didn't play in 1965-66.

Season 3
	McCoy McLemore	Ja Morant
Season	1967-68	2021-22
Team	Chicago Bulls	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Most Improved Player
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls Lost West Div Semis	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		%
McCoy McLemore	76	27.6	12.7	-	-	5.7	1.7	-	-	-	2.9	4.9	12.4	.398	-	-	-	2.8	3.6	.779
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		%
McCoy McLemore	5	28.4	10.8	-	-	4.8	1.0	-	-	-	3.6	3.8	9.8	.388	-	-	-	3.2	4.2	.762
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
	McCoy McLemore	Ja Morant
Season	1968-69	2022-23
Team	Phoenix Suns, Detroit Pistons	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		%
McCoy McLemore	81	20.0	9.0	-	-	5.0	1.2	-	-	-	2.3	3.5	8.9	.391	-	-	-	2.1	2.6	.790
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		%
McCoy McLemore	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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 6
	McCoy McLemore	Ja Morant
Season	1970-71	-
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers, Milwaukee Bucks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
McCoy McLemore	86	26.2	9.4	-	-	6.6	2.4	-	-	-	2.7	3.5	9.2	.385	-	-	-	2.4	3.0	.782
Ja Morant	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
McCoy McLemore	10	5.2	0.7	-	-	1.6	0.8	-	-	-	0.8	0.3	1.2	.250	-	-	-	0.1	0.2	.500
Ja Morant	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-