Francisco Elson vs. Jamal Murray Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jamal Murray and Francisco Elson, 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.

Francisco Elson played 9 years in the NBA, 2 more than Jamal Murray, who played 7. Francisco Elson had the first of his seasons in 2003-04, 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 achivements, 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
Francisco Elson	9	4	2003-04 to 2011-12
Jamal Murray	7	4	2016-17 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Francisco Elson	Jamal Murray
Season	2003-04	2016-17
Team	Denver Nuggets	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Francisco Elson	62	14.1	3.5	1.0	2.2	3.3	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.6	2.3	1.5	3.2	.472	0.0	0.0	.000	0.5	0.7	.667
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		%
Francisco Elson	4	14.3	3.8	0.3	2.0	2.3	0.5	0.5	0.3	0.8	3.5	1.8	3.0	.583	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.5	.500
Jamal Murray	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Francisco Elson	Jamal Murray
Season	2004-05	2017-18
Team	Denver Nuggets	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Francisco Elson	67	14.0	3.7	0.9	2.1	3.0	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.6	1.9	1.5	3.2	.468	0.0	0.0	.333	0.7	1.2	.570
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	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Francisco Elson	1	6.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Jamal Murray	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Francisco Elson	Jamal Murray
Season	2005-06	2018-19
Team	Denver Nuggets	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Francisco Elson	72	21.9	4.9	1.4	3.3	4.7	0.7	0.8	0.6	0.9	2.9	2.1	3.9	.532	0.0	0.1	.200	0.7	1.0	.662
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		%
Francisco Elson	5	15.0	1.2	1.0	1.2	2.2	0.4	0.8	0.0	0.6	2.6	0.6	1.0	.600	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
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 4
	Francisco Elson	Jamal Murray
Season	2006-07	2019-20
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Nuggets Lost West Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Francisco Elson	70	19.0	5.0	1.2	3.6	4.8	0.8	0.4	0.8	1.2	2.6	2.1	4.0	.511	0.0	0.0	.000	0.9	1.1	.775
Jamal Murray	59	32.3	18.5	0.8	3.2	4.0	4.8	1.1	0.3	2.2	1.7	6.9	15.2	.456	1.9	5.5	.346	2.8	3.1	.881

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Francisco Elson	20	11.5	3.3	1.1	2.0	3.1	0.1	0.4	0.3	1.0	2.1	1.3	2.2	.591	0.0	0.1	.000	0.7	1.0	.700
Jamal Murray	19	39.6	26.5	1.1	3.8	4.8	6.6	0.9	0.3	2.8	2.2	9.8	19.4	.505	3.3	7.2	.453	3.7	4.1	.897


Season 5
	Francisco Elson	Jamal Murray
Season	2007-08	2020-21
Team	San Antonio Spurs, Seattle Supersonics	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Francisco Elson	63	12.9	3.3	0.8	2.4	3.2	0.4	0.2	0.3	0.7	1.5	1.5	3.7	.390	0.0	0.0	.000	0.4	0.6	.703
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		%
Francisco Elson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jamal Murray	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 6
	Francisco Elson	Jamal Murray
Season	2008-09	2022-23
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Francisco Elson	59	16.6	3.4	1.7	2.2	3.9	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.8	2.4	1.4	2.9	.491	0.0	0.1	.250	0.6	0.7	.846
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		%
Francisco Elson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Francisco Elson	Jamal Murray
Season	2009-10	2023-24
Team	Milwaukee Bucks, Philadelphia 76ers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nuggets TBD

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Francisco Elson	12	5.5	1.0	0.5	0.7	1.2	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.6	0.4	1.3	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.4	.400
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		%
Francisco Elson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jamal Murray	11	38.1	19.3	0.8	3.6	4.5	5.8	0.9	0.5	2.5	2.3	7.9	20.2	.392	1.7	5.5	.311	1.7	1.9	.905


Season 8
	Francisco Elson	Jamal Murray
Season	2010-11	-
Team	Utah Jazz	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Francisco Elson	62	9.8	2.2	0.6	1.3	1.9	0.5	0.3	0.2	0.5	1.4	0.9	1.8	.478	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.5	.839
Jamal Murray	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Francisco Elson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jamal Murray	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Francisco Elson	Jamal Murray
Season	2011-12	-
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Francisco Elson	5	3.2	0.4	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.6	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Jamal Murray	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Francisco Elson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jamal Murray	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Francisco Elson vs. Jamal Murray Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jamal Murray and Francisco Elson, 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

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9