Kevin Loughery vs. Ja Morant Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ja Morant and Kevin Loughery, 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.

Kevin Loughery played 11 years in the NBA, 6 more than Ja Morant, who played 5. Kevin Loughery had the first of his seasons in 1962-63, 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
	Kevin Loughery	Ja Morant
Season	1962-63	2019-20
Team	Detroit Pistons	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Pistons 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		%
Kevin Loughery	57	14.8	6.4	-	-	1.9	1.8	-	-	-	2.4	2.6	7.0	.368	-	-	-	1.2	1.8	.710
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		%
Kevin Loughery	2	13.0	1.5	-	-	0	2.0	-	-	-	1.5	0.5	5.0	.100	-	-	-	0.5	0.5	1.000
Ja Morant	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Kevin Loughery	Ja Morant
Season	1964-65	2021-22
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Most Improved Player
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bullets Lost West Div 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		%
Kevin Loughery	80	30.2	12.8	-	-	2.9	3.7	-	-	-	4.0	5.1	12.0	.424	-	-	-	2.7	3.5	.754
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		%
Kevin Loughery	10	29.7	14.0	-	-	3.4	3.0	-	-	-	3.6	5.3	13.7	.387	-	-	-	3.4	3.8	.895
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
	Kevin Loughery	Ja Morant
Season	1965-66	2022-23
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bullets Lost West 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		%
Kevin Loughery	74	33.2	18.2	-	-	3.1	4.8	-	-	-	3.7	7.1	17.1	.416	-	-	-	4.0	4.8	.830
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		%
Kevin Loughery	3	9.0	3.0	-	-	0.3	0.3	-	-	-	1.3	1.0	2.3	.429	-	-	-	1.0	2.0	.500
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