Zelmo Beaty vs. Ja Morant Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ja Morant and Zelmo Beaty, 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.

Zelmo Beaty played 8 years in the NBA, 3 more than Ja Morant, who played 5. Zelmo Beaty 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
	Zelmo Beaty	Ja Morant
Season	1962-63	2019-20
Team	St. Louis Hawks	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Hawks Lost West Div Finals	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		%
Zelmo Beaty	80	24.0	10.2	-	-	8.3	1.1	-	-	-	3.9	3.7	8.5	.439	-	-	-	2.8	3.8	.717
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		%
Zelmo Beaty	11	27.9	10.3	-	-	7.6	1.0	-	-	-	4.3	3.9	8.8	.443	-	-	-	2.5	3.3	.750
Ja Morant	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Zelmo Beaty	Ja Morant
Season	1964-65	2021-22
Team	St. Louis Hawks	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Most Improved Player
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost West Div Semis	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		%
Zelmo Beaty	80	36.5	16.9	-	-	12.1	1.4	-	-	-	4.1	6.3	13.1	.482	-	-	-	4.3	6.0	.715
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		%
Zelmo Beaty	4	38.5	19.3	-	-	13.8	0.3	-	-	-	4.8	7.3	14.8	.492	-	-	-	4.8	6.3	.760
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
	Zelmo Beaty	Ja Morant
Season	1965-66	2022-23
Team	St. Louis Hawks	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost West Div 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		%
Zelmo Beaty	80	38.4	20.7	-	-	13.6	1.6	-	-	-	4.3	7.7	16.3	.473	-	-	-	5.3	7.0	.758
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		%
Zelmo Beaty	10	41.8	19.0	-	-	13.1	2.2	-	-	-	3.8	7.3	14.8	.493	-	-	-	4.4	5.8	.759
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 6
	Zelmo Beaty	Ja Morant
Season	1967-68	-
Team	St. Louis Hawks	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost West Div 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		%
Zelmo Beaty	82	37.4	21.1	-	-	11.7	2.1	-	-	-	3.6	7.8	16.0	.488	-	-	-	5.5	7.0	.794
Ja Morant	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zelmo Beaty	6	39.8	21.5	-	-	13.5	2.5	-	-	-	4.3	7.2	15.3	.467	-	-	-	7.2	9.2	.782
Ja Morant	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Zelmo Beaty didn't play in 1969-70, 1970-71, 1971-72, 1972-73 and 1973-74.