Tracy McGrady vs. Ja Morant Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ja Morant and Tracy McGrady, 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.

Tracy McGrady played 16 years in the NBA, 9 more than Ja Morant, who played 7. Tracy McGrady had the first of his seasons in 1997-98, 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
	Tracy McGrady	Ja Morant
Season	1997-98	2019-20
Team	Toronto Raptors	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		%
Tracy McGrady	64	18.4	7.0	1.6	2.6	4.2	1.5	0.8	1.0	1.0	1.3	2.8	6.2	.450	0.2	0.6	.341	1.2	1.7	.712
difference:	+3	+12.6	+10.8	+0.8	+0.5	+0.3	+5.8	+0.1	+0.7	-2.3	-0.3	+3.9	+7.8	+.027	+0.7	+2.1	+.006	+2.4	+2.9	+.064
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 Tracy McGrady nor Ja Morant played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Tracy McGrady	Ja Morant
Season	1999-00	2021-22
Team	Toronto Raptors	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Most Improved Player
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Raptors 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		%
Tracy McGrady	79	31.2	15.4	2.4	4.0	6.3	3.3	1.1	1.9	2.0	2.5	5.8	12.9	.451	0.2	0.8	.277	3.5	5.0	.707
difference:	+22	+1.9	+12.0	+1.0	+0.4	+0.6	+3.4	+0.1	+1.5	-1.4	-1.0	+4.4	+7.7	+.042	+1.3	+3.7	+.067	+2.0	+2.3	+.054
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		%
Tracy McGrady	3	37.0	16.7	3.3	3.7	7.0	3.0	1.0	1.0	3.3	3.3	5.7	14.7	.386	0.7	2.3	.286	4.7	5.3	.875
difference:	+6	+0.6	+10.4	+1.9	+2.9	+1.0	+6.8	+1.0	+0.6	-0.3	-0.9	+3.3	+5.7	+.054	+1.2	+3.3	+.054	+2.5	+4.4	+.128
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
	Tracy McGrady	Ja Morant
Season	2000-01	2022-23
Team	Orlando Magic	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Most Improved Player	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Magic 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		%
Tracy McGrady	77	40.1	26.8	2.5	5.0	7.5	4.6	1.5	1.5	2.6	2.1	10.2	22.4	.457	0.8	2.2	.355	5.6	7.6	.733
difference:	+16	+8.2	+0.6	+1.5	+0.1	+1.6	+3.5	+0.4	+1.2	-0.8	-0.5	+0.9	+2.5	+.009	+0.7	+2.7	+.048	+0.5	+0.5	+.015
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		%
Tracy McGrady	4	44.3	33.8	1.5	5.0	6.5	8.3	1.8	1.3	2.0	2.8	12.8	30.8	.415	0.5	2.5	.200	7.8	9.5	.816
difference:	+1	+6.9	+9.2	+0.1	+0.2	+0.3	+1.3		+1.1	-1.4	-0.4	+3.8	+9.6	+.010	+2.1	+3.7	+.219	+3.8	+4.3	+.047
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 5
	Tracy McGrady	Ja Morant
Season	2001-02	2023-24
Team	Orlando Magic	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tracy McGrady	76	38.3	25.6	2.0	5.9	7.9	5.3	1.6	1.0	2.5	1.8	9.4	20.9	.451	1.4	3.7	.364	5.5	7.3	.748
difference:	+67	+3.0	+0.5	+1.3	+1.0	+2.3	+2.8	+0.8	+0.4	-0.5	-0.3	+0.5	+2.0	+.020	+0.2	+2.0	+.089	+0.3	+0.2	+.065
Ja Morant	9	35.3	25.1	0.7	4.9	5.6	8.1	0.8	0.6	3.0	2.1	8.9	18.9	.471	1.6	5.7	.275	5.8	7.1	.813
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tracy McGrady	4	44.5	30.8	1.5	4.8	6.3	5.5	0.5	1.8	3.3	2.8	10.5	22.8	.462	1.3	4.0	.313	8.5	11.5	.739
Ja Morant	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Tracy McGrady	Ja Morant
Season	2002-03	2024-25
Team	Orlando Magic	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tracy McGrady	75	39.4	32.1	1.6	4.9	6.5	5.5	1.7	0.8	2.6	2.1	11.1	24.2	.457	2.3	6.0	.386	7.7	9.7	.793
difference:	+25	+9.0	+8.9	+0.9	+1.5	+2.4	+1.8	+0.5	+0.6	-1.1	-0.2	+3.0	+6.4	+.003	+0.5	+0.3	+.077	+2.4	+3.3	+.031
Ja Morant	50	30.4	23.2	0.7	3.4	4.1	7.3	1.2	0.2	3.7	2.3	8.1	17.8	.454	1.8	5.7	.309	5.3	6.4	.824
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tracy McGrady	7	44.1	31.7	1.4	5.3	6.7	4.7	2.0	0.9	3.7	2.3	10.6	23.6	.448	2.3	6.7	.340	8.3	10.7	.773
difference:	+4	+16.8	+13.4	+1.1	+3.6	+4.7	+0.3	+1.3	+0.2	-1.7	-1.3	+3.3	+5.9	+.033	+1.0	+1.4	+.090	+6.0	+7.0	+.137
Ja Morant	3	27.3	18.3	0.3	1.7	2.0	5.0	0.7	0.7	2.0	1.0	7.3	17.7	.415	1.3	5.3	.250	2.3	3.7	.636

Season 7
	Tracy McGrady	Ja Morant
Season	2003-04	2025-26
Team	Orlando Magic	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tracy McGrady	67	39.9	28.0	1.4	4.6	6.0	5.5	1.4	0.6	2.7	1.9	9.7	23.4	.417	2.6	7.7	.339	5.9	7.5	.796
difference:	+62	+11.9	+4.6	+1.0	+1.2	+2.2	+1.1	+0.4	+0.6	-0.1	-0.3	+1.7	+5.0	+.018	+1.6	+2.5	+.147	+0.5	+0.9	+.174
Ja Morant	5	28.0	23.4	0.4	3.4	3.8	6.6	1.0	0.0	2.8	1.6	8.0	18.4	.435	1.0	5.2	.192	6.4	6.6	.970
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Tracy McGrady nor Ja Morant played in the postseason in their season 7

Additional Years
* Tracy McGrady played 9 seasons more than Ja Morant in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 8 to 16, from 2005 to 2013—Tracy McGrady played in 5 Playoffs. In those 9 extra years over Ja Morant, Tracy McGrady got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Second Team 2 All-NBA Third Team 3 All-Star Game