Darren Daye vs. Ja Morant Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ja Morant and Darren Daye, 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.

Darren Daye and Ja Morant both played 5 years in the NBA. Darren Daye had the first of his seasons in 1983-84, 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
	Darren Daye	Ja Morant
Season	1983-84	2019-20
Team	Washington Bullets	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Darren Daye	75	15.7	6.1	1.2	1.3	2.5	2.3	0.5	0.2	1.3	2.1	2.4	5.4	.441	0.0	0.1	.000	1.3	1.8	.714
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		%
Darren Daye	3	5.0	1.3	0.0	0.0	0	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.7	0.3	1.7	.200	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	0.7	1.000
Ja Morant	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Darren Daye	Ja Morant
Season	1985-86	2021-22
Team	Washington Bullets	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Most Improved Player
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Darren Daye	64	16.8	8.7	1.1	1.8	2.9	1.7	0.7	0.2	1.5	1.9	3.1	6.2	.496	0.0	0.0	.333	2.5	3.7	.671
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		%
Darren Daye	4	8.0	2.0	0.8	1.3	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.3	0.8	1.0	3.0	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.5	.000
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
	Darren Daye	Ja Morant
Season	1986-87	2022-23
Team	Chicago Bulls, Boston Celtics	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics 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		%
Darren Daye	62	11.8	3.8	0.6	1.4	2.0	1.2	0.4	0.1	0.9	1.6	1.6	3.3	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	1.0	.523
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		%
Darren Daye	23	10.4	5.0	0.5	0.9	1.4	0.6	0.4	0.1	0.8	1.4	1.8	3.1	.583	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	1.6	.865
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