Bust watch · Point Guard · Memphis Grizzlies · Basketball

Ja Morant

327 of 473 career games - a healthy, durable rookie extension case turned suspension-and-injury story
Still developing 146 games missed so far
Estimated salary collected across every game missed, career-wide
$49,084,896
Sum of each season's base salary, prorated per game and multiplied by that season's games missed — from 2019-20 through 2024-25.
6 seasons tracked
146 of 473 expected games missed
$108,779,840 in base salary paid
= $49,084,896 earned inactive
Games played
327
of 473 possible
Games missed
146
30.9% of tracked span
Full seasons lost
0
played 0 games
Base salary, tracked span
$108,779,840
excludes bonuses, endorsements

Availability, tracked seasons

327 played (69.1%)
2019-20 146 expected games missed across 6 seasons 2024-25

The ledger, season by season

Base salary ÷ expected games that season × games missed that season. "Expected games" is the team's full schedule for position players, or a starting pitcher's typical rotation turns (~team games ÷ 5) — a healthy ace was never going to start 162 games either. Figures are approximate, sourced from public salary and game-log reporting.

Season Expected Played Missed Base salary Per game Collected inactive
2019-20
Rookie of the Year
73 67 6 $8,730,240 $119,592 $717,554
2020-21
72-game COVID-shortened season; healthy nearly all year
72 71 1 $9,170,160 $127,363 $127,363
2021-22
Most Improved Player, first All-Star selection, All-NBA
82 69 13 $9,600,000 $117,073 $1,521,951
2022-23
Second All-Star season; final year of rookie-scale contract
82 61 21 $12,119,440 $147,798 $3,103,759
2023-24
Opened the season with a 25-game suspension for a gun-related incident; a shoulder labral tear ended the season after his 9th game back
82 9 73 $33,250,000 $405,488 $29,600,610
2024-25
A 25-game absence combined suspension and injury
82 50 32 $35,910,000 $437,927 $14,013,659
Career total 473 327 146 $108,779,840 — $49,084,896

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