Tyson Chandler vs. Ja Morant Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ja Morant and Tyson Chandler, 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.

Tyson Chandler played 19 years in the NBA, 12 more than Ja Morant, who played 7. Tyson Chandler had the first of his seasons in 2001-02, 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
	Tyson Chandler	Ja Morant
Season	2001-02	2019-20
Team	Chicago Bulls	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		%
Tyson Chandler	71	19.6	6.1	1.6	3.2	4.8	0.8	0.4	1.3	1.4	2.5	2.1	4.3	.497	0.0	0.0	-	1.9	3.1	.604
difference:	+4	+11.4	+11.7	+0.8	+0.1	+0.9	+6.5	+0.5	+1.0	-1.9	-0.9	+4.6	+9.7	+.020	+0.9	+2.7		+1.7	+1.5	+.172
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 Tyson Chandler nor Ja Morant played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Tyson Chandler	Ja Morant
Season	2003-04	2021-22
Team	Chicago Bulls	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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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tyson Chandler	35	22.3	6.1	2.3	5.4	7.7	0.7	0.5	1.2	1.1	2.5	1.9	4.5	.424	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	3.4	.669
difference:	+22	+10.8	+21.3	+0.9	+1.0	+2.0	+6.0	+0.7	+0.8	-2.3	-1.0	+8.3	+16.1	+.069	+1.5	+4.5		+3.2	+3.9	+.092
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		%
Tyson Chandler	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Tyson Chandler	Ja Morant
Season	2004-05	2022-23
Team	Chicago Bulls	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls 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		%
Tyson Chandler	80	27.4	8.0	3.3	6.4	9.7	0.8	0.9	1.8	1.5	3.4	2.6	5.2	.494	0.0	0.0	-	2.8	4.2	.673
difference:	+19	+4.5	+18.2	+2.3	+1.5	+3.8	+7.3	+0.2	+1.5	-1.9	-1.8	+6.7	+14.7	+.028	+1.5	+4.9		+3.3	+3.9	+.075
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		%
Tyson Chandler	6	29.0	11.7	4.8	4.8	9.7	1.3	0.2	2.2	1.3	4.5	3.2	6.7	.475	0.0	0.0	-	5.3	7.7	.696
difference:	+1	+8.4	+12.9	+3.2	+0.4	+2.9	+5.7	+1.6	+2.0	-2.1	-2.1	+5.8	+14.5	+.050	+2.6	+6.2		+1.3	+2.5	+.073
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
* Tyson Chandler played 12 seasons more than Ja Morant in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 8 to 19, from 2009 to 2020—Tyson Chandler played in 7 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 12 extra years over Ja Morant, Tyson Chandler got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Third Team 1 All-Defensive First Team 2 All-Defensive Second Team 1 Defensive Player of the Year 1 All-Star Game