Alex English vs. Jamal Murray Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jamal Murray and Alex English, 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.

Alex English played 15 years in the NBA, 6 more than Jamal Murray, who played 9. Alex English had the first of his seasons in 1976-77, while Jamal Murray had his rookie season in 2016-17. 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 achievements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Rookie Season
	Alex English	Jamal Murray
Season	1976-77	2016-17
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex English	60	10.8	5.2	1.1	1.7	2.8	0.4	0.3	0.3	-	1.3	2.2	4.6	.477	-	-	-	0.8	1.0	.767
difference:	+22	+10.7	+4.7	+0.6	+0.4	+0.2	+1.7	+0.3			-0.2	+1.4	+4.3	+.073				+0.5	+0.5	+.116
Jamal Murray	82	21.5	9.9	0.5	2.1	2.6	2.1	0.6	0.3	1.4	1.5	3.6	8.9	.404	1.4	4.2	.334	1.3	1.5	.883
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Alex English nor Jamal Murray played in the postseason in their season 1

Note: Jamal Murray didn't play in 2021-22.

Season 6
	Alex English	Jamal Murray
Season	1981-82	2022-23
Team	Denver Nuggets	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex English	82	36.8	25.4	2.6	4.2	6.8	5.3	1.1	1.5	3.2	3.2	10.4	18.9	.551	0.0	0.1	.000	4.5	5.4	.840
difference:	+17	+4.0	+5.4	+1.9	+1.0	+2.8	+0.9	+0.1	+1.3	-1.0	-1.6	+3.1	+2.9	+.097	+2.6	+6.5	+.398	+1.7	+2.1	+.007
Jamal Murray	65	32.8	20.0	0.7	3.2	4.0	6.2	1.0	0.2	2.2	1.6	7.3	16.0	.454	2.6	6.6	.398	2.8	3.3	.833
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex English	3	39.3	19.3	2.7	5.0	7.7	5.7	1.0	1.0	1.3	2.0	8.7	18.3	.473	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.3	.857
difference:	+17	+0.7	+6.8	+1.9	+0.1	+2.0	+1.4	+0.5	+0.7	-1.2	-0.1	+1.0	+2.2		+3.0	+7.5		+1.8	+1.8	+.069
Jamal Murray	20	40.0	26.1	0.8	4.9	5.7	7.1	1.5	0.3	2.5	2.1	9.7	20.5	.473	3.0	7.5	.396	3.8	4.1	.926

Season 7
	Alex English	Jamal Murray
Season	1982-83	2023-24
Team	Denver Nuggets	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis

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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex English	82	36.4	28.4	3.2	4.1	7.3	4.8	1.4	1.5	3.2	2.9	11.7	22.6	.516	0.0	0.1	.167	5.0	6.0	.829
difference:	+23	+4.9	+7.2	+2.5	+0.7	+3.2	+1.7	+0.4	+0.8	-1.1	-1.1	+3.7	+5.9	+.035	+2.5	+5.7	+.258	+2.3	+2.9	+.024
Jamal Murray	59	31.5	21.2	0.7	3.4	4.1	6.5	1.0	0.7	2.1	1.8	8.0	16.7	.481	2.5	5.8	.425	2.7	3.1	.853
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex English	7	38.6	25.9	2.9	3.4	6.3	6.0	0.6	1.0	3.0	3.0	9.6	21.4	.447	0.0	0.3	.000	6.7	7.6	.887
difference:	+5	+0.1	+5.3	+2.1	+0.2	+2.0	+0.4	+0.2	+0.5	-0.4	-0.7	+1.3	+0.6	+.045	+1.9	+5.8	+.315	+4.7	+5.4	+.036
Jamal Murray	12	38.5	20.6	0.8	3.6	4.3	5.6	0.8	0.5	2.6	2.3	8.3	20.8	.402	1.9	6.1	.315	2.0	2.2	.923

Season 8
	Alex English	Jamal Murray
Season	1983-84	2024-25
Team	Denver Nuggets	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis

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8th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex English	82	35.0	26.4	2.6	3.0	5.7	5.0	1.0	1.2	2.7	3.1	11.1	20.9	.529	0.0	0.1	.143	4.3	5.2	.824
difference:	+15	+1.1	+5.0	+1.9	+0.2	+1.8	+1.0	+0.4	+0.7	-0.6	-1.2	+3.2	+4.2	+.055	+2.3	+5.8	+.250	+1.0	+1.5	+.062
Jamal Murray	67	36.1	21.4	0.7	3.2	3.9	6.0	1.4	0.5	2.1	1.9	7.9	16.7	.474	2.3	5.9	.393	3.3	3.7	.886
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex English	5	40.6	29.0	3.2	4.8	8.0	5.6	0.6	0.4	1.4	3.4	12.0	20.4	.588	0.0	0.2	.000	5.0	5.6	.893
difference:	+9	+0.7	+7.2	+2.6	+0.6	+3.1	+0.4	+0.6	+0.4	-1.7	-1.2	+4.1	+2.5	+.144	+2.4	+6.7	+.354	+1.5	+1.6	+.018
Jamal Murray	14	41.3	21.8	0.6	4.2	4.9	5.2	1.2	0.8	3.1	2.2	7.9	17.9	.444	2.4	6.9	.354	3.5	4.0	.875

Season 9
	Alex English	Jamal Murray
Season	1984-85	2025-26
Team	Denver Nuggets	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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9th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex English	81	36.1	27.9	2.5	3.1	5.7	4.2	1.2	0.6	3.1	3.2	11.6	22.4	.518	0.0	0.1	.200	4.7	5.7	.829
difference:	+58	+1.4	+3.5	+2.1	+0.9	+1.3	+2.7	+0.1	+0.3	-0.8	-1.6	+2.7	+4.7	+.018	+3.2	+7.1	+.242	+1.2	+1.7	+.061
Jamal Murray	23	34.7	24.4	0.4	4.0	4.4	6.9	1.1	0.3	2.3	1.6	8.9	17.7	.500	3.2	7.2	.442	3.5	4.0	.890
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex English	14	38.3	30.2	2.6	4.0	6.6	4.5	1.2	0.4	2.1	2.9	11.6	21.7	.536	0.0	0.1	.000	6.9	7.8	.890
Jamal Murray	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Alex English played 6 seasons more than Jamal Murray in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 10 to 15, from 1986 to 1991—Alex English played in 5 Playoffs. In those 6 extra years over Jamal Murray, Alex English got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Second Team 4 All-Star Game