Dejounte Murray vs. Steve Nash Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Steve Nash 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.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

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, 10 less than Steve Nash, who played 18. Dejounte Murray had the first of his seasons in 2016-17, while Steve Nash had his rookie season in 1996-97. 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
Dejounte Murray	8	3	2016-17 to 2024-25
Steve Nash	18	12	1996-97 to 2013-14

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Dejounte Murray	Steve Nash
Season	2016-17	1996-97
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+27	+2.0	+0.1		+0.2	+0.1	+0.8	+0.1	+0.2		-0.6	+0.2	+0.4	+.008	+0.2	+0.2	+.027			+.124
Steve Nash	65	10.5	3.3	0.2	0.7	1.0	2.1	0.3	0.0	1.0	1.4	1.1	2.7	.423	0.4	0.8	.418	0.6	0.8	.824

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
difference:	+7	+11.5	+4.4	+0.1	+2.1	+2.2	+2.2	+1.2	+0.2	-1.0		+1.6	+3.2	+.155	+0.3	+0.7	+.250	+1.5	+2.3
Steve Nash	4	3.8	1.3	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.5	1.3	0.5	2.3	.222	0.3	1.0	.250	0.0	0.0	-


Season 2
	Dejounte Murray	Steve Nash
Season	2017-18	1997-98
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+5	+0.4	+1.0	+1.0	+2.6	+3.6	+0.5	+0.4	+0.3	-0.4		+0.2	+0.2	+.016	+1.0	+2.2	+.150	+0.3	+0.7	+.151
Steve Nash	76	21.9	9.1	0.4	1.7	2.1	3.4	0.8	0.1	1.3	1.9	3.5	7.7	.459	1.1	2.6	.415	1.0	1.1	.860

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:	+1	+6.4	+2.3	+0.3	+1.4	+1.7		+0.5	+0.4	-0.2	-0.4	+0.8	+1.7	+.008	+0.5	+0.1	+.467	+0.1	+0.2	+.153
Steve Nash	4	12.8	5.5	0.5	2.0	2.5	1.8	0.5	0.0	0.8	1.8	2.0	4.5	.444	0.3	1.3	.200	1.3	2.0	.625

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


Season 3
	Dejounte Murray	Steve Nash
Season	2019-20	1998-99
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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:	+26	+6.1	+3.0	+0.2	+2.7	+2.9	+1.4	+0.8	+0.2	-0.2	-0.3	+1.6	+1.8	+.099	+0.6	+1.6	+.005	+0.4	+0.5	+.028
Steve Nash	40	31.7	7.9	0.8	2.1	2.9	5.5	0.9	0.1	2.1	2.5	2.9	7.9	.363	1.2	3.3	.374	1.0	1.2	.826

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Dejounte Murray nor Steve Nash played in the postseason in their season 3


Season 4
	Dejounte Murray	Steve Nash
Season	2020-21	1999-00
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
Dejounte Murray	67	31.9	15.7	0.9	6.2	7.1	5.4	1.5	0.1	1.7	2.0	6.6	14.5	.453	0.9	3.0	.317	1.6	2.0	.791
difference:	+11	+4.5	+7.1	+0.3	+4.6	+4.9	+0.5	+0.8		-0.1	-0.2	+3.5	+8.0	+.024	+0.2	+0.3	+.086	+0.3	+0.5	+.091
Steve Nash	56	27.4	8.6	0.6	1.6	2.2	4.9	0.7	0.1	1.8	2.2	3.1	6.5	.477	1.1	2.7	.403	1.3	1.5	.882

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Dejounte Murray nor Steve Nash played in the postseason in their season 4


Season 5
	Dejounte Murray	Steve Nash
Season	2021-22	2000-01
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	Steals Leader	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Mavericks Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
Dejounte Murray	68	34.8	21.1	1.2	7.1	8.3	9.2	2.0	0.3	2.6	2.0	8.4	18.3	.462	1.4	4.3	.327	2.9	3.6	.794
difference:	+2	+0.7	+5.5	+0.5	+4.6	+5.1	+1.9	+1.0	+0.2	-0.3	-0.3	+2.9	+7.0	+.025	+0.1	+1.2	+.079	+0.4	+0.1	+.101
Steve Nash	70	34.1	15.6	0.7	2.5	3.2	7.3	1.0	0.1	2.9	2.3	5.5	11.3	.487	1.3	3.1	.406	3.3	3.7	.895

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dejounte Murray	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Steve Nash	10	37.0	13.6	0.6	2.6	3.2	6.4	0.6	0.1	2.5	1.9	4.5	10.8	.417	1.6	3.9	.410	3.0	3.4	.882


Season 6
	Dejounte Murray	Steve Nash
Season	2022-23	2001-02
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Mavericks Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
Dejounte Murray	74	36.4	20.5	0.7	4.5	5.3	6.1	1.5	0.3	2.2	1.4	8.3	17.8	.464	1.8	5.2	.344	2.1	2.6	.832
difference:	+8	+1.8	+2.6	+0.1	+2.0	+2.2	+1.6	+0.9	+0.3	-0.6	-0.6	+1.9	+4.5	+.019	+0.1	+1.0	+.111	+1.1	+1.0	+.055
Steve Nash	82	34.6	17.9	0.6	2.5	3.1	7.7	0.6	0.0	2.8	2.0	6.4	13.3	.483	1.9	4.2	.455	3.2	3.6	.887

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dejounte Murray	5	38.0	23.0	1.8	5.4	7.2	6.8	2.0	0.2	2.0	1.4	9.2	20.6	.447	2.8	7.4	.378	1.8	1.8	1.000
difference:	+3	+2.5	+3.5	+0.9	+2.3	+3.2	+2.0	+1.5	+0.2	-1.8	-1.1	+2.8	+5.8	+.015	+0.3	+1.8	+.066	+2.5	+2.6	+.029
Steve Nash	8	40.5	19.5	0.9	3.1	4.0	8.8	0.5	0.0	3.8	2.5	6.4	14.8	.432	2.5	5.6	.444	4.3	4.4	.971


Season 7
	Dejounte Murray	Steve Nash
Season	2023-24	2002-03
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Mavericks Lost West Conf Finals

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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		%
Dejounte Murray	78	35.7	22.5	0.8	4.5	5.3	6.4	1.4	0.3	2.6	1.8	8.6	18.8	.459	2.6	7.1	.363	2.7	3.4	.794
difference:	+4	+2.6	+4.8		+2.4	+2.4	+0.9	+0.4	+0.2	-0.3	-0.2	+2.3	+5.2	+.006	+1.2	+3.8	+.050	+1.1	+0.7	+.115
Steve Nash	82	33.1	17.7	0.8	2.1	2.9	7.3	1.0	0.1	2.3	1.6	6.3	13.6	.465	1.4	3.3	.413	3.8	4.1	.909

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dejounte Murray	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Steve Nash	20	36.4	16.1	0.8	2.8	3.5	7.3	0.9	0.1	2.6	2.4	5.8	12.9	.447	1.9	3.8	.487	2.8	3.2	.873


Season 8
	Dejounte Murray	Steve Nash
Season	2024-25	2003-04
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Dejounte Murray	31	32.6	17.5	0.5	5.9	6.5	7.4	2.0	0.4	3.4	2.0	6.3	15.9	.393	1.7	5.6	.299	3.3	4.0	.823
difference:	+47	+0.9	+3.0	+0.3	+3.7	+3.5	+1.4	+1.1	+0.3	-0.7	-0.2	+1.2	+5.1	+.077	+0.4	+2.3	+.106	+0.4	+0.8	+.093
Steve Nash	78	33.5	14.5	0.8	2.2	3.0	8.8	0.9	0.1	2.7	1.8	5.1	10.8	.470	1.3	3.3	.405	2.9	3.2	.916

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dejounte Murray	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Steve Nash	5	39.2	13.6	1.2	4.0	5.2	9.0	0.8	0.0	2.4	2.8	5.4	14.0	.386	1.2	3.2	.375	1.6	1.8	.889


Additional Years
* Steve Nash played 10 seasons more than Dejounte Murray in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 9 to 18, from 2005 to 2014—Steve Nash played in 6 Playoffs. In those 10 extra years over Dejounte Murray, Steve Nash got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 Season MVP 3 All-NBA First Team 2 All-NBA Second Team 5 Assists Leader 6 All-Star Game

Dejounte Murray vs. Steve Nash Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Steve Nash 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.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years