Cliff Hagan vs. Ja Morant Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ja Morant and Cliff Hagan, 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.

Cliff Hagan played 10 years in the NBA, 5 more than Ja Morant, who played 5. Cliff Hagan had the first of his seasons in 1956-57, 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
	Cliff Hagan	Ja Morant
Season	1956-57	2019-20
Team	St. Louis Hawks	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Hawks Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Cliff Hagan	67	14.5	5.5	-	-	3.7	1.3	-	-	-	2.5	2.0	5.5	.361	-	-	-	1.5	2.2	.690
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		%
Cliff Hagan	10	31.9	17.0	-	-	11.2	2.8	-	-	-	4.7	6.2	14.3	.434	-	-	-	4.6	6.3	.730
Ja Morant	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Cliff Hagan	Ja Morant
Season	1957-58	2020-21
Team	St. Louis Hawks	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Cliff Hagan	70	31.3	19.9	-	-	10.1	2.5	-	-	-	3.8	7.2	16.2	.443	-	-	-	5.5	7.2	.768
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		%
Cliff Hagan	11	38.0	27.7	-	-	10.5	3.4	-	-	-	4.4	10.1	20.1	.502	-	-	-	7.5	9.0	.838
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
	Cliff Hagan	Ja Morant
Season	1958-59	2021-22
Team	St. Louis Hawks	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Most Improved Player
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks 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		%
Cliff Hagan	72	37.5	23.7	-	-	10.9	3.4	-	-	-	3.8	9.0	19.7	.456	-	-	-	5.8	7.4	.774
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		%
Cliff Hagan	6	43.2	28.5	-	-	12.0	2.7	-	-	-	3.5	10.5	20.5	.512	-	-	-	7.5	9.0	.833
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
	Cliff Hagan	Ja Morant
Season	1959-60	2022-23
Team	St. Louis Hawks	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Cliff Hagan	75	37.3	24.8	-	-	10.7	4.0	-	-	-	3.6	9.6	20.7	.464	-	-	-	5.6	7.0	.803
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		%
Cliff Hagan	14	38.9	24.2	-	-	9.9	3.9	-	-	-	3.9	8.9	21.1	.422	-	-	-	6.4	7.8	.817
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
	Cliff Hagan	Ja Morant
Season	1960-61	2023-24
Team	St. Louis Hawks	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Cliff Hagan	77	35.1	22.1	-	-	9.3	4.9	-	-	-	3.7	8.6	19.4	.444	-	-	-	5.0	6.1	.820
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		%
Cliff Hagan	12	37.9	22.0	-	-	9.8	4.5	-	-	-	3.8	8.7	19.6	.443	-	-	-	4.7	5.8	.812
Ja Morant	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Cliff Hagan	Ja Morant
Season	1961-62	-
Team	St. Louis Hawks	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	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		%
Cliff Hagan	77	36.2	22.9	-	-	8.2	4.8	-	-	-	3.7	9.1	19.4	.470	-	-	-	4.7	5.7	.825
Ja Morant	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Cliff Hagan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ja Morant	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-