Dejounte Murray vs. Jalen Williams Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jalen Williams and Dejounte Murray, 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.

Dejounte Murray played 8 years in the NBA, 5 more than Jalen Williams, who played 3. Dejounte Murray had the first of his seasons in 2016-17, while Jalen Williams had his rookie season in 2022-23. 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
	Dejounte Murray	Jalen Williams
Season	2016-17	2022-23
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Dejounte Murray	38	8.5	3.4	0.2	0.9	1.1	1.3	0.2	0.2	1.0	0.8	1.3	3.1	.431	0.2	0.6	.391	0.6	0.8	.700
difference:	+37	+21.8	+10.7	+0.9	+2.5	+3.4	+2.0	+1.2	+0.3	-0.6	-1.7	+4.2	+7.5	+.090	+0.8	+2.1	+.035	+1.5	+1.7	+.112
Jalen Williams	75	30.3	14.1	1.1	3.4	4.5	3.3	1.4	0.5	1.6	2.5	5.5	10.6	.521	1.0	2.7	.356	2.1	2.5	.812
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dejounte Murray	11	15.3	5.7	0.4	2.1	2.5	2.5	1.5	0.1	1.5	1.3	2.1	5.5	.377	0.0	0.3	.000	1.5	2.3	.680
Jalen Williams	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Dejounte Murray	Jalen Williams
Season	2017-18	2023-24
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Thunder Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
Dejounte Murray	81	21.5	8.1	1.4	4.3	5.7	2.9	1.2	0.4	1.7	1.9	3.3	7.5	.443	0.1	0.4	.265	1.3	1.8	.709
difference:	+10	+9.8	+11.0	+0.9	+0.8	+1.7	+1.6	+0.1	+0.2		-0.6	+4.2	+6.5	+.097	+1.4	+3.0	+.162	+1.2	+1.3	+.105
Jalen Williams	71	31.3	19.1	0.5	3.5	4.0	4.5	1.1	0.6	1.7	2.5	7.5	14.0	.540	1.5	3.4	.427	2.5	3.1	.814
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dejounte Murray	5	19.2	7.8	0.8	3.4	4.2	1.8	1.0	0.4	1.0	2.2	2.8	6.2	.452	0.8	1.2	.667	1.4	1.8	.778
difference:	+5	+18.5	+10.9	+0.5	+2.1	+2.6	+3.6	+0.7	+0.1	-0.9	-0.1	+4.7	+9.8	+.017	+0.7	+2.7	+.282	+0.8	+0.9	+.037
Jalen Williams	10	37.7	18.7	1.3	5.5	6.8	5.4	1.7	0.5	1.9	2.1	7.5	16.0	.469	1.5	3.9	.385	2.2	2.7	.815

Note: Dejounte Murray didn't play in 2018-19.

Season 3
	Dejounte Murray	Jalen Williams
Season	2019-20	2024-25
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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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		%
Dejounte Murray	66	25.6	10.9	1.0	4.8	5.8	4.1	1.7	0.3	1.9	2.2	4.5	9.7	.462	0.6	1.7	.369	1.4	1.7	.798
difference:	+3	+6.8	+10.7	+0.1	+0.3	+0.5	+1.0	+0.1	+0.4	-0.3	-0.1	+3.7	+7.2	+.022	+1.2	+3.2	+.004	+2.0	+2.6	+.009
Jalen Williams	69	32.4	21.6	0.9	4.5	5.3	5.1	1.6	0.7	2.2	2.3	8.2	16.9	.484	1.8	4.9	.365	3.4	4.3	.789
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dejounte Murray	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jalen Williams	23	34.6	21.4	1.0	4.5	5.5	4.8	1.4	0.4	1.8	2.2	7.7	17.2	.449	1.5	5.0	.304	4.4	5.6	.789

Additional Years
* Dejounte Murray played 5 seasons more than Jalen Williams in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 4 to 8, from 2021 to 2025—Dejounte Murray played in one postseason. In those 5 extra years over Jalen Williams, Dejounte Murray got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Steals Leader 1 All-Star Game