Ja Morant vs. Jim Price Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jim Price and Ja Morant, 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.

Ja Morant played 5 years in the NBA, 2 less than Jim Price, who played 7. Ja Morant had the first of his seasons in 2019-20, while Jim Price had his rookie season in 1972-73. 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
	Ja Morant	Jim Price
Season	2019-20	1972-73
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost NBA 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		%
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
Jim Price	59	14.0	6.4	-	-	1.9	1.6	-	-	-	2.0	2.7	6.1	.440	-	-	-	1.0	1.2	.822
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ja Morant	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jim Price	3	5.3	2.0	-	-	1.3	0.7	-	-	-	0.7	1.0	3.7	.273	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-

Season 2
	Ja Morant	Jim Price
Season	2020-21	1973-74
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Lakers 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		%
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
Jim Price	82	32.0	15.4	1.5	3.1	4.6	4.5	1.9	0.4	-	2.8	6.6	14.6	.449	-	-	-	2.3	2.9	.799
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Jim Price	5	32.2	11.8	1.6	2.2	3.8	2.6	1.4	0.0	-	4.2	5.0	13.2	.379	-	-	-	1.8	2.6	.692

Season 3
	Ja Morant	Jim Price
Season	2021-22	1974-75
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Los Angeles Lakers, Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Most Improved Player	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 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		%
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
Jim Price	50	37.4	16.1	1.2	2.7	4.0	5.7	2.2	0.5	-	3.6	6.3	14.3	.442	-	-	-	3.4	3.9	.871
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Jim Price	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Ja Morant	Jim Price
Season	2022-23	1975-76
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Bucks 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		%
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
Jim Price	80	31.6	11.7	0.9	2.3	3.3	4.9	1.9	0.4	-	3.3	5.0	12.0	.415	-	-	-	1.8	2.1	.849
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Jim Price	1	19.0	10.0	0.0	0.0	0	4.0	1.0	0.0	-	1.0	3.0	8.0	.375	-	-	-	4.0	7.0	.571