Bailey Howell vs. Ja Morant Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ja Morant and Bailey Howell, 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.

Bailey Howell played 12 years in the NBA, 7 more than Ja Morant, who played 5. Bailey Howell had the first of his seasons in 1959-60, 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
	Bailey Howell	Ja Morant
Season	1959-60	2019-20
Team	Detroit Pistons	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Div Semis	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		%
Bailey Howell	75	31.3	17.8	-	-	10.5	0.8	-	-	-	3.8	6.8	14.9	.456	-	-	-	4.2	5.6	.739
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		%
Bailey Howell	2	36.0	17.0	-	-	8.5	1.5	-	-	-	4.0	7.0	20.5	.341	-	-	-	3.0	4.0	.750
Ja Morant	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Bailey Howell	Ja Morant
Season	1960-61	2020-21
Team	Detroit Pistons	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Div 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		%
Bailey Howell	77	38.3	23.6	-	-	14.4	2.5	-	-	-	3.9	7.9	16.8	.469	-	-	-	7.8	10.4	.753
Ja Morant	63	32.6	19.1	0.9	3.1	4.0	7.4	0.9	0.2	3.2	1.4	6.8	15.2	.449	1.2	3.8	.303	4.3	5.9	.728
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bailey Howell	5	30.8	11.2	-	-	9.2	4.4	-	-	-	4.4	4.0	11.4	.351	-	-	-	3.2	4.6	.696
Ja Morant	5	40.6	30.2	1.4	3.4	4.8	8.2	0.4	0.0	3.4	1.8	11.0	22.6	.487	2.0	6.2	.323	6.2	8.0	.775

Season 3
	Bailey Howell	Ja Morant
Season	1961-62	2021-22
Team	Detroit Pistons	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Most Improved Player
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Div Finals	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		%
Bailey Howell	79	36.2	19.9	-	-	12.6	2.4	-	-	-	4.0	7.0	15.1	.464	-	-	-	5.9	7.7	.768
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		%
Bailey Howell	10	37.8	20.0	-	-	9.6	2.3	-	-	-	4.8	6.9	16.3	.423	-	-	-	6.2	7.5	.827
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
	Bailey Howell	Ja Morant
Season	1962-63	2022-23
Team	Detroit Pistons	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Div 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		%
Bailey Howell	79	37.6	22.7	-	-	11.5	2.9	-	-	-	3.8	8.1	15.6	.516	-	-	-	6.6	8.2	.798
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		%
Bailey Howell	4	40.8	17.8	-	-	10.5	2.8	-	-	-	4.8	6.0	16.0	.375	-	-	-	5.8	6.8	.852
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
	Bailey Howell	Ja Morant
Season	1963-64	2023-24
Team	Detroit Pistons	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
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		%
Bailey Howell	77	35.1	21.6	-	-	10.1	2.7	-	-	-	3.8	7.8	16.5	.472	-	-	-	6.1	7.5	.809
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		%
Bailey Howell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ja Morant	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Bailey Howell	Ja Morant
Season	1965-66	-
Team	Baltimore Bullets	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bullets Lost West Div 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		%
Bailey Howell	79	29.5	17.3	-	-	9.8	2.0	-	-	-	3.9	6.1	12.5	.488	-	-	-	5.1	7.0	.730
Ja Morant	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bailey Howell	3	31.3	18.0	-	-	10.0	0.7	-	-	-	4.3	7.7	16.7	.460	-	-	-	2.7	3.7	.727
Ja Morant	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Bailey Howell	Ja Morant
Season	1966-67	-
Team	Boston Celtics	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Div Finals	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bailey Howell	81	30.9	20.0	-	-	8.4	1.3	-	-	-	3.7	7.9	15.3	.512	-	-	-	4.3	5.8	.741
Ja Morant	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bailey Howell	9	26.8	15.3	-	-	7.3	0.6	-	-	-	3.9	6.6	13.6	.484	-	-	-	2.2	3.3	.667
Ja Morant	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Bailey Howell	Ja Morant
Season	1967-68	-
Team	Boston Celtics	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bailey Howell	82	34.2	19.8	-	-	9.8	1.6	-	-	-	3.5	7.8	16.3	.481	-	-	-	4.1	5.6	.727
Ja Morant	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bailey Howell	19	31.4	18.1	-	-	7.7	1.2	-	-	-	4.4	7.1	13.9	.511	-	-	-	3.9	5.6	.692
Ja Morant	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 10
	Bailey Howell	Ja Morant
Season	1968-69	-
Team	Boston Celtics	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bailey Howell	78	32.4	19.7	-	-	8.8	1.8	-	-	-	3.7	7.8	16.1	.487	-	-	-	4.0	5.5	.735
Ja Morant	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bailey Howell	18	30.6	15.0	-	-	6.6	1.1	-	-	-	4.7	6.2	12.7	.489	-	-	-	2.6	3.6	.719
Ja Morant	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-