Mike Farmer vs. Ja Morant Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ja Morant and Mike Farmer, 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.

Mike Farmer played 7 years in the NBA, 2 more than Ja Morant, who played 5. Mike Farmer had the first of his seasons in 1958-59, 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
	Mike Farmer	Ja Morant
Season	1958-59	2019-20
Team	New York Knicks	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Div 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		%
Mike Farmer	72	21.5	6.0	-	-	4.4	0.9	-	-	-	2.1	2.4	6.9	.353	-	-	-	1.2	1.4	.838
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		%
Mike Farmer	2	17.0	6.0	-	-	5.0	0.0	-	-	-	3.5	2.5	8.5	.294	-	-	-	1.0	2.5	.400
Ja Morant	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Mike Farmer	Ja Morant
Season	1960-61	2021-22
Team	New York Knicks, Cincinnati Royals	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		%
Mike Farmer	59	22.1	7.3	-	-	6.4	1.4	-	-	-	2.2	3.1	7.8	.390	-	-	-	1.2	1.6	.734
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		%
Mike Farmer	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Note: Mike Farmer didn't play in 1961-62.

Season 4
	Mike Farmer	Ja Morant
Season	1962-63	2022-23
Team	St. Louis Hawks	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost West Div Finals	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		%
Mike Farmer	80	21.6	7.4	-	-	4.6	1.8	-	-	-	1.9	3.0	7.0	.425	-	-	-	1.5	1.7	.842
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		%
Mike Farmer	11	23.8	6.1	-	-	4.7	2.5	-	-	-	2.5	2.5	6.7	.365	-	-	-	1.2	1.5	.765
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