DeMar DeRozan vs. Jamal Murray Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jamal Murray and DeMar DeRozan, 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.

DeMar DeRozan played 16 years in the NBA, 8 more than Jamal Murray, who played 8. DeMar DeRozan had the first of his seasons in 2009-10, 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
	DeMar DeRozan	Jamal Murray
Season	2009-10	2016-17
Team	Toronto Raptors	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	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		%
DeMar DeRozan	77	21.6	8.6	0.9	2.0	2.9	0.7	0.6	0.2	0.8	2.3	3.3	6.6	.498	0.1	0.2	.250	1.9	2.5	.763
difference:	+5	+0.1	+1.3	+0.4	+0.1	+0.3	+1.4		+0.1	-0.6	-0.8	+0.3	+2.3	+.094	+1.3	+4.0	+.084	+0.6	+1.0	+.120
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 DeMar DeRozan nor Jamal Murray played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 5
	DeMar DeRozan	Jamal Murray
Season	2013-14	2020-21
Team	Toronto Raptors	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Raptors 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		%
DeMar DeRozan	79	38.2	22.7	0.6	3.7	4.3	4.0	1.1	0.4	2.2	2.5	7.6	17.8	.429	0.8	2.7	.305	6.6	8.0	.824
difference:	+31	+2.7	+1.5	+0.2	+0.4	+0.3	+0.8	+0.2	+0.1	-0.1	-0.5	+0.3	+1.3	+.048	+1.9	+3.9	+.103	+3.8	+4.8	+.045
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		%
DeMar DeRozan	7	40.3	23.9	0.4	3.7	4.1	3.6	1.1	0.3	2.6	3.3	6.4	16.7	.385	0.9	2.6	.333	10.1	11.3	.899
Jamal Murray	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Season 6
	DeMar DeRozan	Jamal Murray
Season	2014-15	2022-23
Team	Toronto Raptors	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
DeMar DeRozan	60	35.0	20.1	0.7	3.9	4.6	3.5	1.2	0.2	2.3	2.0	6.8	16.5	.413	0.4	1.5	.284	6.0	7.2	.832
difference:	+5	+2.2	+0.1		+0.7	+0.6	+2.7	+0.2		-0.1	-0.4	+0.5	+0.5	+.041	+2.2	+5.1	+.114	+3.2	+3.9	+.001
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		%
DeMar DeRozan	4	39.8	20.3	1.3	5.0	6.3	5.8	1.5	0.0	2.5	3.0	8.0	20.0	.400	0.8	2.0	.375	3.5	4.3	.824
difference:	+16	+0.2	+5.8	+0.5	+0.1	+0.6	+1.3		+0.3		-0.9	+1.7	+0.5	+.073	+2.2	+5.5	+.021	+0.3	+0.2	+.102
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
	DeMar DeRozan	Jamal Murray
Season	2015-16	2023-24
Team	Toronto Raptors	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
DeMar DeRozan	78	35.9	23.5	0.8	3.7	4.5	4.0	1.0	0.3	2.2	2.1	7.9	17.7	.446	0.6	1.8	.338	7.1	8.4	.850
difference:	+19	+4.4	+2.3	+0.1	+0.3	+0.4	+2.5		+0.4	-0.1	-0.3	+0.1	+1.0	+.035	+1.9	+4.0	+.087	+4.4	+5.3	+.003
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		%
DeMar DeRozan	20	37.3	20.9	0.7	3.5	4.2	2.7	1.1	0.2	2.3	2.6	7.9	19.9	.394	0.2	1.3	.154	5.0	6.2	.813
difference:	+8	+1.2	+0.3	+0.1	+0.1	+0.1	+2.9	+0.3	+0.3	-0.3	-0.3	+0.4	+0.9	+.008	+1.7	+4.8	+.161	+3.0	+4.0	+.110
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
	DeMar DeRozan	Jamal Murray
Season	2016-17	2024-25
Team	Toronto Raptors	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East 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		%
DeMar DeRozan	74	35.4	27.3	0.9	4.3	5.2	3.9	1.1	0.2	2.4	1.8	9.7	20.9	.467	0.4	1.7	.266	7.4	8.7	.842
difference:	+7	+0.7	+5.9	+0.2	+1.1	+1.3	+2.1	+0.3	+0.3	-0.3	-0.1	+1.8	+4.2	+.007	+1.9	+4.2	+.127	+4.1	+5.0	+.044
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		%
DeMar DeRozan	10	37.3	22.4	0.4	4.5	4.9	3.4	1.4	0.0	2.5	2.6	7.6	17.5	.434	0.1	1.5	.067	7.1	8.0	.888
difference:	+4	+4.0	+0.6	+0.2	+0.3		+1.8	+0.2	+0.8	-0.6	-0.4	+0.3	+0.4	+.010	+2.3	+5.4	+.287	+3.6	+4.0	+.013
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
* DeMar DeRozan played 8 seasons more than Jamal Murray in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 9 to 16, from 2018 to 2025—DeMar DeRozan played in 3 Playoffs. In those 8 extra years over Jamal Murray, DeMar DeRozan got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-NBA Second Team 3 All-Star Game