Pat Connaughton vs. Ja Morant Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ja Morant and Pat Connaughton, 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.

Pat Connaughton played 9 years in the NBA, 4 more than Ja Morant, who played 5. Pat Connaughton 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
	Pat Connaughton	Ja Morant
Season	2015-16	2019-20
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Trail Blazers 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		%
Pat Connaughton	34	4.2	1.1	0.3	0.6	0.9	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.3	0.2	0.4	1.4	.265	0.1	0.6	.238	0.1	0.1	1.000
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		%
Pat Connaughton	6	1.3	1.3	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.8	.600	0.3	0.5	.667	0.0	0.0	-
Ja Morant	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Pat Connaughton	Ja Morant
Season	2017-18	2021-22
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Most Improved Player
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers 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		%
Pat Connaughton	82	18.1	5.4	0.4	1.5	2.0	1.1	0.3	0.3	0.5	1.5	2.0	4.8	.423	0.9	2.6	.352	0.5	0.5	.841
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		%
Pat Connaughton	4	14.8	4.0	0.5	0.5	1.0	1.5	0.3	0.3	0.3	2.3	1.5	3.8	.400	0.5	2.5	.200	0.5	0.5	1.000
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
	Pat Connaughton	Ja Morant
Season	2018-19	2022-23
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 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		%
Pat Connaughton	61	20.7	6.9	1.0	3.2	4.2	2.0	0.5	0.4	0.5	1.3	2.7	5.7	.466	1.1	3.3	.330	0.5	0.7	.725
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		%
Pat Connaughton	15	21.6	6.2	0.7	5.5	6.2	1.4	0.4	0.9	0.6	0.9	2.5	5.1	.481	1.0	2.8	.357	0.3	0.5	.500
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
	Pat Connaughton	Ja Morant
Season	2020-21	-
Team	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		%
Pat Connaughton	69	22.8	6.8	0.9	3.9	4.8	1.2	0.7	0.3	0.5	1.4	2.4	5.6	.434	1.5	3.9	.371	0.4	0.6	.775
Ja Morant	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pat Connaughton	23	23.7	6.9	1.3	3.1	4.4	0.9	0.4	0.3	0.5	1.7	2.4	5.2	.462	1.6	4.1	.389	0.5	0.6	.846
Ja Morant	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-