Nemanja Bjelica vs. Ja Morant Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ja Morant and Nemanja Bjelica, 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.

Nemanja Bjelica played 7 years in the NBA, 2 more than Ja Morant, who played 5. Nemanja Bjelica had the first of his seasons in 2015-16, 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
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Rookie Season
	Nemanja Bjelica	Ja Morant
Season	2015-16	2019-20
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	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		%
Nemanja Bjelica	60	17.9	5.1	0.8	2.7	3.5	1.4	0.4	0.4	0.8	2.6	1.8	3.9	.468	0.8	2.1	.384	0.7	0.9	.727
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		%
Nemanja Bjelica	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ja Morant	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Nemanja Bjelica	Ja Morant
Season	2017-18	2021-22
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Most Improved Player
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Nemanja Bjelica	67	20.5	6.8	0.8	3.3	4.1	1.3	0.7	0.2	0.8	2.1	2.6	5.5	.461	1.1	2.7	.415	0.5	0.7	.800
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		%
Nemanja Bjelica	5	9.4	4.6	0.8	2.2	3.0	0.6	0.6	0.0	0.2	1.2	1.4	3.2	.438	0.8	1.4	.571	1.0	1.4	.714
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
	Nemanja Bjelica	Ja Morant
Season	2018-19	2022-23
Team	Sacramento Kings	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		%
Nemanja Bjelica	77	23.2	9.6	1.6	4.1	5.8	1.9	0.7	0.7	1.1	2.6	3.7	7.7	.479	1.3	3.3	.401	0.9	1.2	.761
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		%
Nemanja Bjelica	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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 7
	Nemanja Bjelica	Ja Morant
Season	2021-22	-
Team	Golden State Warriors	-
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		%
Nemanja Bjelica	71	16.1	6.1	0.9	3.3	4.1	2.2	0.6	0.4	1.2	1.8	2.3	4.8	.468	0.8	2.1	.362	0.8	1.1	.728
Ja Morant	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nemanja Bjelica	15	10.0	2.9	0.4	1.7	2.1	1.1	0.3	0.1	0.5	1.4	1.2	2.3	.529	0.2	0.5	.375	0.3	0.5	.571
Ja Morant	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-