John Collins vs. Ja Morant: Career Scoring Comparison

We break down the scoring legacies of Ja Morant and John Collins to determine who has the better numbers. Here you can compare their career totals, points per game, games of 40+ points, 50+, etc. and their year-by-year scoring averages side by side, both in the Regular Season and Playoffs.

Ja Morant has one of the highest career point averages in NBA history, and here we compare his scoring stats with those recorded by John Collins.

By taking a look at their career numbers for points, the first conclusion one can arrive at is that Ja Morant has better scoring averages both in the regular season and Playoffs and also scored more points in during the postseason while John Collins scored more points in the regular season. However, we won't stop there and we'll go into detail to analyze what these statistics are made up of, from how many games they had in each threshold (30+ points, 40+, 50+, etc.) to their season-by-season scoring averages.

Career Numbers
Who has the better scoring stats?

Points in the Regular Season

In his 7 NBA regular seasons played, Ja Morant averages 6.6 points more than John Collins in his 9 seasons (22.4 points against 15.8). On the other hand John Collins scored a total of 677 points more than Ja Morant (7,834 vs. 7,157).

Points Per Game

Seasons
John Collins 15.8
9
Ja Morant 22.4
+6.6
7

Total Points

Seasons
John Collins 7,834
+677
9
Ja Morant 7,157
7

Points in the Playoffs

In the NBA postseason Ja Morant has a better career point average than John Collins (+13.4 points per game) and he also scored more points (+208).

Points Per Game

Playoffs
John Collins 12.6
3
Ja Morant 26.0
+13.4
4

Total Points

Playoffs
John Collins 365
3
Ja Morant 573
+208
4

Points by Thresholds

Regular Season

50+ Point Games

John Collins 0
Ja Morant 1
+1

40+ Point Games

John Collins 0
Ja Morant 9
+9

30+ Point Games

John Collins 22
Ja Morant 66
+44

20+ Point Games

John Collins 138
Ja Morant 196
+58

10+ Point Games

John Collins 401
+98
Ja Morant 303

1+ Point Games (games with points)

John Collins 495
+176
Ja Morant 319

0 Point Games (games without points)

John Collins 0
Ja Morant 0

Playoffs

40+ Point Games

John Collins 0
Ja Morant 3
+3

30+ Point Games

John Collins 0
Ja Morant 8
+8

20+ Point Games

John Collins 5
Ja Morant 14
+9

10+ Point Games

John Collins 20
Ja Morant 22
+2

1+ Point Games (games with points)

John Collins 28
+6
Ja Morant 22

0 Point Games (games without points)

John Collins 1
+1
Ja Morant 0

Career Shooting Stats Comparison

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Regular Season

Stats Per Game

Pts FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A% Yrs Gms
John Collins 15.8 6.2 11.3 54.4 1.0 2.9 36.0 2.5 3.1 79.2 9 495
difference:+6.6+1.9+6.1+7.8+0.3+1.4+5.0+2.4+3.3+2.0+2+176
Ja Morant 22.4 8.1 17.4 46.5 1.3 4.3 31.0 4.9 6.4 77.2 7 319

Total Stats

Pts FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A% Yrs Gms
John Collins 7,834 3,045 5,602 54.4 512 1,424 36.0 1,232 1,555 79.2 9 495
difference:+677+468+63+7.8+87+52+5.0+346+489+2.0+2+176
Ja Morant 7,157 2,577 5,539 46.5 425 1,372 31.0 1,578 2,044 77.2 7 319

Playoffs

Stats Per Game

Pts FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A% Yrs Gms
John Collins 12.6 5.0 9.7 51.6 1.2 3.4 35.4 1.4 1.8 76.9 3 29
difference:+13.4+4.2+11.0+7.1+0.8+2.4+1.0+4.2+5.7+1.9+1+7
Ja Morant 26.0 9.2 20.7 44.5 2.0 5.8 34.4 5.6 7.5 75.0 4 22

Total Stats

Pts FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A% Yrs Gms
John Collins 365 145 281 51.6 35 99 35.4 40 52 76.9 3 29
difference:+208+58+175+7.1+9+29+1.0+83+112+1.9+1+7
Ja Morant 573 203 456 44.5 44 128 34.4 123 164 75.0 4 22

Year by Year Points Average Comparison

Regular Season

Rookie Season

Points per gameYearGames
John Collins 10.5
201874
Ja Morant 17.8
+7.3
202067

Season 2

Points per gameYearGames
John Collins 19.5
+0.4
201961
Ja Morant 19.1
202163

Season 3

Points per gameYearGames
John Collins 21.6
202041
Ja Morant 27.4
+5.8
202257

Season 4

Points per gameYearGames
John Collins 17.6
202163
Ja Morant 26.2
+8.6
202361

Season 5

Points per gameYearGames
John Collins 16.2
202254
Ja Morant 25.1
+8.9
20249

Season 6

Points per gameYearGames
John Collins 13.1
202371
Ja Morant 23.2
+10.1
202550

Season 7

Points per gameYearGames
John Collins 15.1
202468
Ja Morant 17.9
+2.8
202612

John Collins' additional seasons:

* John Collins played 2 seasons more than Ja Morant in the NBA.

In those years—his seasons 8 to 9, from 2025 to 2026—he averaged 16.5 points in a total of 63 regular season games.

Playoffs

Rookie Season

Points per gameYearGames
John Collins -
DNP
20180
Ja Morant -
DNP
20200

Season 2

Points per gameYearGames
John Collins -
DNP
20190
Ja Morant 30.2
+30.2
20215

Season 3

Points per gameYearGames
John Collins -
DNP
20200
Ja Morant 27.1
+27.1
20229

Season 4

Points per gameYearGames
John Collins 13.9
202118
Ja Morant 24.6
+10.7
20235

Season 5

Points per gameYearGames
John Collins 9.4
+9.4
20225
Ja Morant -
DNP
20240

Season 6

Points per gameYearGames
John Collins 11.3
20236
Ja Morant 18.3
+7.0
20253

Season 7

Points per gameYearGames
John Collins -
DNP
20240
Ja Morant -
DNP *
20260
* season in progress

John Collins' additional Playoffs:

* During his 2 additional NBA seasons, John Collins didn't play in the postseason (2026 season yet in progress).