Ja Morant vs. Smush Parker Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Smush Parker 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 and Smush Parker both played 5 years in the NBA. Ja Morant had the first of his seasons in 2019-20, while Smush Parker had his rookie season in 2002-03. 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
Rookie Season
	Ja Morant	Smush Parker
Season	2019-20	2002-03
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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	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
Smush Parker	66	16.7	6.2	0.4	1.4	1.8	2.5	0.7	0.2	2.0	1.6	2.1	5.1	.402	0.6	1.8	.322	1.5	1.8	.831
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ja Morant	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Smush Parker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Smush Parker didn't play in 2003-04.

Season 3
	Ja Morant	Smush Parker
Season	2021-22	2005-06
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Most Improved Player	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf Semis	Lakers 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	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
Smush Parker	82	33.8	11.5	0.5	2.9	3.3	3.7	1.7	0.2	1.8	2.6	4.2	9.5	.447	1.5	4.0	.366	1.5	2.2	.694
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
Smush Parker	7	36.9	8.9	1.3	1.7	3.0	1.6	2.1	0.1	1.7	3.4	3.4	10.3	.333	0.6	3.7	.154	1.4	1.4	1.000

Season 4
	Ja Morant	Smush Parker
Season	2022-23	2006-07
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Lakers 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
Smush Parker	82	30.0	11.1	0.5	2.0	2.5	2.8	1.5	0.1	1.9	2.6	4.2	9.6	.436	1.3	3.7	.365	1.4	2.1	.646
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
Smush Parker	5	11.8	1.8	0.8	0.6	1.4	0.6	0.6	0.2	0.6	1.6	0.4	2.6	.154	0.2	1.2	.167	0.8	0.8	1.000