Baron Davis vs. Jamal Murray Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jamal Murray and Baron 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.

Baron Davis played 13 years in the NBA, 5 more than Jamal Murray, who played 8. Baron Davis had the first of his seasons in 1999-00, 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
	Baron Davis	Jamal Murray
Season	1999-00	2016-17
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Hornets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Baron Davis	82	18.6	5.9	0.6	1.4	2.0	3.8	1.2	0.2	1.7	2.5	2.2	5.3	.420	0.3	1.4	.225	1.2	1.9	.634
difference:		+2.9	+4.0	+0.1	+0.7	+0.6	+1.7	+0.6	+0.1	-0.3	-1.0	+1.4	+3.6	+.016	+1.1	+2.8	+.109	+0.1	+0.4	+.249
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Baron Davis	4	14.5	5.8	0.8	0.8	1.5	1.5	1.0	0.0	0.8	1.5	2.5	5.8	.435	0.3	1.5	.167	0.5	1.0	.500
Jamal Murray	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Baron Davis	Jamal Murray
Season	2001-02	2018-19
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hornets Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Baron Davis	82	40.5	18.1	1.1	3.1	4.3	8.5	2.1	0.6	3.0	2.9	6.8	16.4	.417	2.1	5.8	.356	2.4	4.1	.580
difference:	+7	+7.9	+0.1	+0.2	+0.3	+0.1	+3.7	+1.2	+0.2	-0.9	-0.9		+0.8	+.020	+0.1	+0.3	+.011	+0.1	+1.1	+.268
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		%
Baron Davis	9	44.7	22.6	1.8	5.2	7.0	7.9	3.6	0.6	3.0	4.0	7.9	20.9	.378	2.3	6.9	.339	4.4	7.4	.597
difference:	+5	+8.4	+1.3	+0.4	+2.2	+2.6	+3.2	+2.6	+0.5	-1.4	-2.3	+0.3	+2.9	+.047	+0.3	+1.0	+.002	+0.4	+3.0	+.306
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 5
	Baron Davis	Jamal Murray
Season	2003-04	2020-21
Team	New Orleans Hornets	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	Steals Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hornets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Baron Davis	67	40.1	22.9	1.0	3.3	4.3	7.5	2.4	0.4	3.2	2.7	8.3	20.9	.395	2.8	8.7	.321	3.5	5.3	.673
difference:	+19	+4.6	+1.7	+0.2		+0.3	+2.7	+1.1	+0.1	-0.9	-0.7	+0.4	+4.4	+.082	+0.1	+2.1	+.087	+0.7	+2.1	+.196
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Baron Davis	7	37.4	18.1	0.9	3.3	4.1	7.0	1.6	0.7	2.7	3.0	6.1	16.3	.377	2.3	7.0	.327	3.6	4.7	.758
Jamal Murray	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Season 6
	Baron Davis	Jamal Murray
Season	2004-05	2022-23
Team	New Orleans Hornets, Golden State Warriors	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Baron Davis	46	34.4	19.2	0.7	3.1	3.8	7.9	1.8	0.3	2.8	2.7	6.3	16.3	.387	2.6	7.7	.333	4.0	5.3	.761
difference:	+19	+1.6	+0.8		+0.1	+0.2	+1.7	+0.8	+0.1	-0.6	-1.1	+1.0	+0.3	+.067		+1.1	+.065	+1.2	+2.0	+.072
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		%
Baron Davis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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 8
	Baron Davis	Jamal Murray
Season	2006-07	2024-25
Team	Golden State Warriors	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	Steals Leader	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Baron Davis	63	35.3	20.1	0.8	3.6	4.4	8.1	2.1	0.5	3.1	2.9	7.2	16.3	.439	1.3	4.4	.304	4.4	5.9	.745
difference:	+4	+0.8	+1.3	+0.1	+0.4	+0.5	+2.1	+0.7		-1.0	-1.0	+0.7	+0.4	+.035	+1.0	+1.5	+.089	+1.1	+2.2	+.141
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		%
Baron Davis	11	40.5	25.3	1.0	3.5	4.5	6.5	2.9	0.6	2.9	4.2	8.9	17.4	.513	2.3	6.1	.373	5.2	6.7	.770
difference:	+3	+0.8	+3.5	+0.4	+0.7	+0.4	+1.3	+1.7	+0.2	-0.2	-2.0	+1.0	+0.5	+.069	+0.1	+0.8	+.019	+1.7	+2.7	+.105
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