Reggie Miller vs. Ja Morant Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ja Morant and Reggie Miller, 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.

Reggie Miller played 18 years in the NBA, 12 more than Ja Morant, who played 6. Reggie Miller had the first of his seasons in 1987-88, 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 achievements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Rookie Season
	Reggie Miller	Ja Morant
Season	1987-88	2019-20
Team	Indiana Pacers	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Reggie Miller	82	22.4	10.0	1.2	1.2	2.3	1.6	0.6	0.2	1.2	1.9	3.7	7.6	.488	0.7	2.1	.355	1.8	2.3	.801
difference:	+15	+8.6	+7.8	+0.4	+1.9	+1.6	+5.7	+0.3	+0.1	-2.1	-0.3	+3.0	+6.4	+.011	+0.2	+0.6	+.020	+1.8	+2.3	+.025
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
* Neiher Reggie Miller nor Ja Morant played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Reggie Miller	Ja Morant
Season	1989-90	2021-22
Team	Indiana Pacers	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Most Improved Player
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Grizzlies Lost West Conf Semis

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Reggie Miller	82	38.9	24.6	1.2	2.4	3.6	3.8	1.3	0.2	2.7	2.1	8.1	15.7	.514	1.8	4.4	.414	6.6	7.6	.868
difference:	+25	+5.8	+2.8	+0.2	+2.0	+2.1	+2.9	+0.1	+0.2	-0.7	-0.6	+2.1	+4.9	+.021	+0.3	+0.1	+.070	+1.1	+0.3	+.107
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		%
Reggie Miller	3	41.7	20.7	0.3	3.7	4.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	6.7	11.7	.571	1.0	2.3	.429	6.3	7.0	.905
difference:	+6	+4.1	+6.4	+1.1	+2.9	+4.0	+7.8	+1.0	+0.4	-2.6	-0.4	+2.3	+8.7	+.131	+0.9	+3.3	+.089	+0.9	+2.7	+.158
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
	Reggie Miller	Ja Morant
Season	1990-91	2022-23
Team	Indiana Pacers	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Reggie Miller	82	36.2	22.6	1.0	2.4	3.4	4.0	1.3	0.2	2.0	2.0	7.3	14.2	.512	1.4	3.9	.348	6.7	7.3	.918
difference:	+21	+4.3	+3.6		+2.5	+2.5	+4.1	+0.2	+0.1	-1.4	-0.4	+2.0	+5.7	+.046	+0.1	+1.0	+.041	+0.6	+0.8	+.170
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		%
Reggie Miller	5	38.6	21.6	1.0	2.2	3.2	2.8	1.6	0.4	2.4	2.8	6.8	14.0	.486	1.6	3.8	.421	6.4	7.4	.865
difference:		+1.2	+3.0	+0.6	+3.0	+3.6	+4.2	+0.2	+0.2	-1.0	-0.4	+2.2	+7.2	+.061	+1.0	+2.4	+.002	+2.4	+2.2	+.096
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

Additional Years
* Reggie Miller played 12 seasons more than Ja Morant in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 7 to 18, from 1994 to 2005—Reggie Miller played in 11 Playoffs. In those 12 extra years over Ja Morant, Reggie Miller got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	3 All-NBA Third Team 4 All-Star Game