Chet Holmgren vs. Jamal Murray Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jamal Murray and Chet Holmgren, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

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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.

Chet Holmgren played 2 years in the NBA, 6 less than Jamal Murray, who played 8. Chet Holmgren had the first of his seasons in 2023-24, 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.

Their Careers

Player
Total Seasons Playoffs Played NBA Years
Chet Holmgren 2 2 2023-24 to 2024-25
Jamal Murray 8 5 2016-17 to 2024-25

Comparison Season by Season

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Rookie Season

Chet Holmgren Jamal Murray
Season 2023-242016-17
Team Oklahoma City ThunderDenver Nuggets
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Rookie First Team-
-Achievement All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs Thunder Lost West Conf SemisDid Not Play
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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Chet Holmgren 82 29.4 16.5 1.6 6.3 7.9 2.4 0.6 2.3 1.6 2.4 6.2 11.6 .530 1.6 4.3 .370 2.7 3.4 .793
difference:+7.9+6.6+1.1+4.2+5.3+0.3+2.0-0.2-0.9+2.6+2.7+.126+0.2+0.1+.036+1.4+1.9+.090
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 TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Chet Holmgren 10 34.5 15.6 1.4 5.8 7.2 2.1 0.7 2.5 1.9 2.6 5.9 11.9 .496 1.3 5.0 .260 2.5 3.3 .758
Jamal Murray DNP------ --- ----------

Season 2

Chet Holmgren Jamal Murray
Season 2024-252017-18
Team Oklahoma City ThunderDenver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs NBA Champion NBA ChampionDid Not Play
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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Chet Holmgren 32 27.4 15.0 1.5 6.5 8.0 2.0 0.7 2.2 1.8 2.3 5.2 10.7 .490 1.4 3.6 .379 3.2 4.2 .754
difference:+49+4.3+1.7+0.5+3.8+4.3+1.4+0.3+1.9-0.3-0.2+0.7+2.4+.039+0.6+1.8+.001+0.4+1.1+.151
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
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Chet Holmgren 23 29.8 15.2 1.8 6.8 8.7 1.0 0.7 1.9 1.2 2.0 5.3 11.6 .462 1.2 4.0 .297 3.3 4.2 .784
Jamal Murray DNP------ --- ----------

Additional Years

* Jamal Murray played 6 seasons more than Chet Holmgren in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 3 to 8, from 2019 to 2025—Jamal Murray played in 5 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship.