George McGinnis vs. Ja Morant Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ja Morant and George McGinnis, 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.

George McGinnis played 7 years in the NBA, 2 more than Ja Morant, who played 5. George McGinnis had the first of his seasons in 1975-76, 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
	George McGinnis	Ja Morant
Season	1975-76	2019-20
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers 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		%
George McGinnis	77	38.3	23.0	3.4	9.2	12.6	4.7	2.6	0.5	-	4.3	8.4	20.2	.417	-	-	-	6.2	8.3	.740
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		%
George McGinnis	3	40.0	23.0	3.0	10.7	13.7	4.0	0.3	1.3	-	4.7	9.7	20.3	.475	-	-	-	3.7	6.0	.611
Ja Morant	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	George McGinnis	Ja Morant
Season	1976-77	2020-21
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers 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		%
George McGinnis	79	35.1	21.4	4.1	7.4	11.5	3.8	2.1	0.5	-	3.8	8.3	18.2	.458	-	-	-	4.7	6.9	.681
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		%
George McGinnis	19	31.7	14.2	3.3	7.2	10.4	3.6	1.2	0.3	-	4.4	5.4	14.4	.374	-	-	-	3.4	6.0	.570
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
	George McGinnis	Ja Morant
Season	1977-78	2021-22
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Most Improved Player
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf 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		%
George McGinnis	78	32.5	20.3	3.6	6.8	10.4	3.8	1.8	0.3	4.0	3.7	7.5	16.3	.463	-	-	-	5.3	7.4	.716
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		%
George McGinnis	10	27.3	14.7	2.4	5.4	7.8	3.0	1.5	0.1	3.8	4.0	5.3	12.5	.424	-	-	-	4.1	4.9	.837
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
	George McGinnis	Ja Morant
Season	1978-79	2022-23
Team	Denver Nuggets	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
George McGinnis	76	33.6	22.6	3.4	8.0	11.4	3.7	1.7	0.7	4.6	4.2	7.9	16.8	.474	-	-	-	6.7	10.1	.665
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		%
George McGinnis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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