Ed Mikan vs. Ja Morant Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ja Morant and Ed Mikan, 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.

Ed Mikan played 6 years in the NBA, 1 more than Ja Morant, who played 5. Ed Mikan had the first of his seasons in 1948-49, 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
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6
Rookie Season
	Ed Mikan	Ja Morant
Season	1948-49	2019-20
Team	Chicago Stags	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Stags 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		%
Ed Mikan	60	-	9.9	-	-	-	1.0	-	-	-	3.2	3.8	12.2	.314	-	-	-	2.3	3.1	.743
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		%
Ed Mikan	2	-	8.0	-	-	-	0.5	-	-	-	3.0	4.0	19.0	.211	-	-	-	0.0	1.5	.000
Ja Morant	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Ed Mikan	Ja Morant
Season	1950-51	2021-22
Team	Rochester Royals, Washington Capitols, Philadelphia Warriors	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Most Improved Player
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Warriors Lost East Div Semis	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		%
Ed Mikan	61	-	8.6	-	-	5.6	1.0	-	-	-	3.2	3.2	9.1	.347	-	-	-	2.2	3.1	.725
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		%
Ed Mikan	2	-	11.0	-	-	10.5	1.5	-	-	-	3.0	3.0	13.0	.231	-	-	-	5.0	5.5	.909
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
	Ed Mikan	Ja Morant
Season	1951-52	2022-23
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Warriors Lost East 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		%
Ed Mikan	66	27.0	7.9	-	-	7.5	1.3	-	-	-	3.8	3.1	8.7	.354	-	-	-	1.8	2.2	.784
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		%
Ed Mikan	3	24.7	6.7	-	-	6.7	0.7	-	-	-	5.0	2.3	7.3	.318	-	-	-	2.0	2.3	.857
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