Johnny Moore vs. Ja Morant Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ja Morant and Johnny Moore, 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.

Johnny Moore played 9 years in the NBA, 4 more than Ja Morant, who played 5. Johnny Moore had the first of his seasons in 1980-81, 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
	Johnny Moore	Ja Morant
Season	1980-81	2019-20
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Spurs 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		%
Johnny Moore	82	19.2	7.4	0.7	1.7	2.4	4.5	1.5	0.3	1.9	2.2	3.0	6.3	.479	0.0	0.2	.053	1.3	2.1	.610
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		%
Johnny Moore	7	17.7	6.0	1.1	0.7	1.9	3.9	1.4	0.1	1.1	2.0	2.6	5.3	.486	0.0	0.4	.000	0.9	1.1	.750
Ja Morant	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Johnny Moore	Ja Morant
Season	1981-82	2020-21
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	Assists Leader	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 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		%
Johnny Moore	79	29.0	9.4	0.8	2.7	3.5	9.6	2.1	0.2	2.2	3.2	3.9	8.4	.463	0.0	0.3	.048	1.5	2.3	.670
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		%
Johnny Moore	9	32.4	10.4	1.0	2.4	3.4	10.3	1.7	0.7	1.7	4.2	4.3	9.1	.476	0.0	0.3	.000	1.8	3.0	.593
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
	Johnny Moore	Ja Morant
Season	1982-83	2021-22
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Most Improved Player
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West 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		%
Johnny Moore	77	33.1	12.2	0.8	2.8	3.6	9.8	2.5	0.4	2.9	3.2	5.1	10.9	.468	0.1	0.3	.227	1.9	2.6	.744
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		%
Johnny Moore	11	37.6	22.5	0.7	3.5	4.3	14.6	2.5	0.3	2.5	3.7	9.5	17.9	.533	0.8	1.5	.529	2.5	3.2	.800
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
	Johnny Moore	Ja Morant
Season	1983-84	2022-23
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	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		%
Johnny Moore	59	28.0	10.1	0.6	2.4	3.0	9.6	2.1	0.3	2.4	2.8	3.9	8.8	.446	0.5	1.5	.322	1.8	2.4	.755
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		%
Johnny Moore	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Note: Johnny Moore didn't play in 1988-89.