Larry Hughes vs. Ja Morant Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ja Morant and Larry Hughes, 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.

Larry Hughes played 13 years in the NBA, 8 more than Ja Morant, who played 5. Larry Hughes had the first of his seasons in 1998-99, 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
	Larry Hughes	Ja Morant
Season	1998-99	2019-20
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	76ers Lost East 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		%
Larry Hughes	50	19.8	9.1	1.7	2.1	3.8	1.5	0.9	0.3	1.4	1.9	3.4	8.3	.411	0.2	1.0	.154	2.1	3.0	.709
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		%
Larry Hughes	8	25.0	10.3	2.1	2.5	4.6	2.0	1.9	1.1	1.5	2.6	3.9	9.6	.403	0.0	0.9	.000	2.5	3.0	.833
Ja Morant	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Larry Hughes	Ja Morant
Season	2000-01	2021-22
Team	Golden State Warriors	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Most Improved Player
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Larry Hughes	50	36.9	16.5	1.5	4.0	5.5	4.5	1.9	0.6	3.0	2.9	6.2	16.1	.383	0.3	1.5	.187	3.9	5.0	.766
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		%
Larry Hughes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Larry Hughes	Ja Morant
Season	2001-02	2022-23
Team	Golden State Warriors	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		%
Larry Hughes	73	28.1	12.3	1.1	2.2	3.4	4.3	1.5	0.3	2.3	2.1	4.7	11.1	.423	0.2	1.3	.194	2.6	3.5	.737
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		%
Larry Hughes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Season 7
	Larry Hughes	Ja Morant
Season	2004-05	-
Team	Washington Wizards	-
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Steals Leader	-
Playoffs	Wizards Lost East 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		%
Larry Hughes	61	38.7	22.0	1.2	5.0	6.3	4.7	2.9	0.3	2.5	2.8	7.7	17.8	.430	1.0	3.4	.282	5.8	7.4	.777
Ja Morant	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Hughes	10	40.3	20.7	1.7	5.4	7.1	3.7	2.0	0.7	2.5	3.5	6.8	18.1	.376	0.7	3.3	.212	6.4	7.7	.831
Ja Morant	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Larry Hughes didn't play in 2010-11.