Anthony Davis vs. Jamal Murray Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jamal Murray and Anthony Davis, 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.

Anthony Davis played 13 years in the NBA, 5 more than Jamal Murray, who played 8. Anthony Davis had the first of his seasons in 2012-13, 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
	Anthony Davis	Jamal Murray
Season	2012-13	2016-17
Team	New Orleans Hornets	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
	-	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		%
Anthony Davis	64	28.8	13.5	2.6	5.6	8.2	1.0	1.2	1.8	1.4	2.5	5.5	10.6	.516	0.0	0.1	.000	2.6	3.5	.751
difference:	+18	+7.3	+3.6	+2.1	+3.5	+5.6	+1.1	+0.6	+1.5		-1.0	+1.9	+1.7	+.112	+1.4	+4.1	+.334	+1.3	+2.0	+.132
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 Anthony Davis nor Jamal Murray played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Anthony Davis	Jamal Murray
Season	2013-14	2017-18
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	Blocks Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Davis	67	35.2	20.8	3.1	7.0	10.0	1.6	1.3	2.8	1.6	3.0	7.8	15.0	.519	0.0	0.1	.222	5.2	6.6	.791
difference:	+14	+3.5	+4.1	+2.1	+4.3	+6.3	+1.8	+0.3	+2.5	-0.5	-0.9	+1.9	+1.9	+.068	+2.0	+5.3	+.156	+2.4	+3.5	+.114
Jamal Murray	81	31.7	16.7	1.0	2.7	3.7	3.4	1.0	0.3	2.1	2.1	5.9	13.1	.451	2.0	5.4	.378	2.8	3.1	.905
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Anthony Davis nor Jamal Murray played in the postseason in their season 2

Season 3
	Anthony Davis	Jamal Murray
Season	2014-15	2018-19
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Blocks Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pelicans Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Davis	68	36.1	24.4	2.5	7.7	10.2	2.2	1.5	2.9	1.4	2.1	9.4	17.6	.535	0.0	0.2	.083	5.5	6.8	.805
difference:	+7	+3.5	+6.2	+1.6	+4.3	+6.0	+2.6	+0.6	+2.5	-0.7	-0.1	+2.6	+2.0	+.098	+2.0	+5.3	+.284	+3.0	+3.8	+.043
Jamal Murray	75	32.6	18.2	0.9	3.4	4.2	4.8	0.9	0.4	2.1	2.0	6.8	15.6	.437	2.0	5.5	.367	2.5	3.0	.848
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Davis	4	43.0	31.5	2.3	8.8	11.0	2.0	1.3	3.0	3.3	3.0	11.8	21.8	.540	0.0	0.5	.000	8.0	9.0	.889
difference:	+10	+6.7	+10.2	+0.9	+5.8	+6.6	+2.7	+0.3	+2.9	-1.7	-1.3	+4.2	+3.8	+.115	+2.0	+5.4	+.337	+4.0	+4.6	+.014
Jamal Murray	14	36.3	21.3	1.4	3.0	4.4	4.7	1.0	0.1	1.6	1.7	7.6	18.0	.425	2.0	5.9	.337	4.0	4.4	.903

Season 4
	Anthony Davis	Jamal Murray
Season	2015-16	2019-20
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nuggets Lost West Conf Finals

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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Davis	61	35.5	24.3	2.1	8.1	10.3	1.9	1.3	2.0	2.0	2.4	9.2	18.6	.493	0.6	1.8	.324	5.3	7.0	.758
difference:	+2	+3.2	+5.8	+1.3	+4.9	+6.3	+2.9	+0.2	+1.7	-0.2	-0.7	+2.3	+3.4	+.037	+1.3	+3.7	+.022	+2.5	+3.9	+.123
Jamal Murray	59	32.3	18.5	0.8	3.2	4.0	4.8	1.1	0.3	2.2	1.7	6.9	15.2	.456	1.9	5.5	.346	2.8	3.1	.881
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Davis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jamal Murray	19	39.6	26.5	1.1	3.8	4.8	6.6	0.9	0.3	2.8	2.2	9.8	19.4	.505	3.3	7.2	.453	3.7	4.1	.897

Season 5
	Anthony Davis	Jamal Murray
Season	2016-17	2020-21
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Davis	75	36.1	28.0	2.3	9.5	11.8	2.1	1.3	2.2	2.4	2.2	10.3	20.3	.505	0.5	1.8	.299	6.9	8.6	.802
difference:	+27	+0.6	+6.8	+1.5	+6.2	+7.8	+2.7		+1.9	-0.1	-0.2	+2.4	+3.8	+.028	+2.2	+4.8	+.109	+4.1	+5.4	+.067
Jamal Murray	48	35.5	21.2	0.8	3.3	4.0	4.8	1.3	0.3	2.3	2.0	7.9	16.5	.477	2.7	6.6	.408	2.8	3.2	.869
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Anthony Davis nor Jamal Murray played in the postseason in their season 5

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

Season 6
	Anthony Davis	Jamal Murray
Season	2017-18	2022-23
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Blocks Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pelicans Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Anthony Davis	75	36.4	28.1	2.5	8.6	11.1	2.3	1.5	2.6	2.2	2.1	10.4	19.5	.534	0.7	2.2	.340	6.6	8.0	.828
difference:	+10	+3.6	+8.1	+1.8	+5.4	+7.1	+3.9	+0.5	+2.4		-0.5	+3.1	+3.5	+.080	+1.9	+4.4	+.058	+3.8	+4.7	+.005
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		%
Anthony Davis	9	39.8	30.1	2.7	10.8	13.4	1.7	2.0	2.3	2.6	3.3	11.8	22.7	.520	0.7	2.4	.273	5.9	7.1	.828
difference:	+11	+0.2	+4.0	+1.9	+5.9	+7.7	+5.4	+0.5	+2.0	-0.1	-1.2	+2.1	+2.2	+.047	+2.3	+5.1	+.123	+2.1	+3.0	+.098
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
	Anthony Davis	Jamal Murray
Season	2018-19	2023-24
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Anthony Davis	56	33.0	25.9	3.1	8.9	12.0	3.9	1.6	2.4	2.0	2.4	9.5	18.3	.517	0.9	2.6	.331	6.1	7.7	.794
difference:	+3	+1.5	+4.7	+2.4	+5.5	+7.9	+2.6	+0.6	+1.7	-0.1	-0.6	+1.5	+1.6	+.036	+1.6	+3.2	+.094	+3.4	+4.6	+.059
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		%
Anthony Davis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Anthony Davis	Jamal Murray
Season	2019-20	2024-25
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Anthony Davis	62	34.4	26.1	2.3	7.0	9.3	3.2	1.5	2.3	2.5	2.5	8.9	17.7	.503	1.2	3.5	.330	7.2	8.5	.846
difference:	+5	+1.7	+4.7	+1.6	+3.8	+5.4	+2.8	+0.1	+1.8	-0.4	-0.6	+1.0	+1.0	+.029	+1.1	+2.4	+.063	+3.9	+4.8	+.040
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		%
Anthony Davis	21	36.6	27.7	2.6	7.1	9.7	3.5	1.2	1.4	2.5	2.7	9.8	17.1	.571	1.1	2.9	.383	7.1	8.5	.832
difference:	+7	+4.7	+5.9	+2.0	+2.9	+4.8	+1.7		+0.6	-0.6	-0.5	+1.9	+0.8	+.127	+1.3	+4.0	+.029	+3.6	+4.5	+.043
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

Additional Years
* Anthony Davis played 5 seasons more than Jamal Murray in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 9 to 13, from 2021 to 2025—Anthony Davis played in 3 Playoffs and one NBA Cup. In those 5 extra years over Jamal Murray, Anthony Davis got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-Defensive First Team 1 Cup All-Tournament Team 3 All-Star Game