Armen Gilliam vs. Ja Morant Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ja Morant and Armen Gilliam, 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.

Armen Gilliam played 13 years in the NBA, 8 more than Ja Morant, who played 5. Armen Gilliam 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 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
	Armen Gilliam	Ja Morant
Season	1987-88	2019-20
Team	Phoenix Suns	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Armen Gilliam	55	32.9	14.8	2.4	5.5	7.9	1.3	1.1	0.5	2.2	2.6	6.2	13.1	.475	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	3.5	.679
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		%
Armen Gilliam	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ja Morant	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Armen Gilliam	Ja Morant
Season	1989-90	2021-22
Team	Phoenix Suns, Charlotte Hornets	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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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Armen Gilliam	76	31.9	16.7	2.8	5.1	7.9	1.3	0.9	0.7	2.4	2.8	6.4	12.4	.515	0.0	0.0	.000	4.0	5.5	.723
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		%
Armen Gilliam	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Armen Gilliam	Ja Morant
Season	1990-91	2022-23
Team	Charlotte Hornets, Philadelphia 76ers	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Armen Gilliam	75	35.3	16.6	2.9	5.0	8.0	1.4	0.9	0.7	2.3	2.5	6.5	13.3	.487	0.0	0.0	.000	3.6	4.4	.815
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		%
Armen Gilliam	8	35.9	16.9	1.8	4.8	6.5	1.3	0.6	0.8	1.9	2.0	6.0	13.0	.462	0.0	0.0	-	4.9	5.8	.848
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