George Lynch vs. Jamal Murray Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jamal Murray and George Lynch, 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.

George Lynch played 12 years in the NBA, 5 more than Jamal Murray, who played 7. George Lynch had the first of his seasons in 1993-94, 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
George Lynch	12	8	1993-94 to 2004-05
Jamal Murray	7	4	2016-17 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	George Lynch	Jamal Murray
Season	1993-94	2016-17
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
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		%
George Lynch	71	24.8	9.6	3.1	2.7	5.8	1.4	1.4	0.4	1.2	2.5	4.1	8.1	.508	0.0	0.1	.000	1.4	2.3	.596
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		%
George Lynch	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jamal Murray	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	George Lynch	Jamal Murray
Season	1994-95	2017-18
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
George Lynch	56	17.0	6.1	1.3	1.9	3.3	1.1	0.9	0.2	1.3	1.5	2.5	5.3	.468	0.1	0.4	.143	1.1	1.5	.721
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		%
George Lynch	10	13.6	4.4	1.3	1.7	3.0	0.7	0.8	0.0	0.9	2.2	1.5	3.2	.469	0.1	0.5	.200	1.3	2.0	.650
Jamal Murray	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	George Lynch	Jamal Murray
Season	1995-96	2018-19
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers 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		%
George Lynch	76	13.3	3.8	1.1	1.7	2.8	0.7	0.6	0.1	0.5	1.4	1.5	3.6	.430	0.1	0.2	.308	0.7	1.1	.663
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		%
George Lynch	2	7.5	2.0	0.0	1.5	1.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	1.0	2.0	.500	0.0	0.5	.000	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
	George Lynch	Jamal Murray
Season	1996-97	2019-20
Team	Vancouver Grizzlies	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
George Lynch	41	25.8	8.3	2.4	4.0	6.4	1.9	1.5	0.4	1.6	2.4	3.3	7.1	.471	0.2	0.8	.258	1.5	2.4	.619
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		%
George Lynch	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	George Lynch	Jamal Murray
Season	1997-98	2020-21
Team	Vancouver Grizzlies	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		%
George Lynch	82	18.2	7.5	1.8	2.6	4.4	1.5	0.8	0.5	1.3	2.0	3.0	6.3	.481	0.1	0.4	.300	1.4	1.9	.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		%
George Lynch	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jamal Murray	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 6
	George Lynch	Jamal Murray
Season	1998-99	2022-23
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
George Lynch	43	30.6	8.3	2.6	3.9	6.5	1.8	2.0	0.5	1.8	3.3	3.4	8.1	.421	0.2	0.5	.391	1.2	2.0	.631
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		%
George Lynch	8	31.1	9.0	3.5	3.1	6.6	2.0	2.3	0.3	1.6	3.8	3.6	8.1	.446	0.3	0.8	.333	1.5	2.1	.706
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
	George Lynch	Jamal Murray
Season	1999-00	2023-24
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
George Lynch	75	32.2	9.6	2.9	4.9	7.8	1.8	1.6	0.5	1.6	3.1	4.0	8.6	.461	0.2	0.5	.417	1.5	2.4	.617
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		%
George Lynch	10	29.4	5.9	2.6	4.5	7.1	1.4	0.9	0.5	0.8	3.3	2.2	6.5	.338	0.1	0.7	.143	1.4	1.8	.778
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
	George Lynch	Jamal Murray
Season	2000-01	-
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	76ers Lost NBA 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		%
George Lynch	82	32.3	8.4	2.4	4.8	7.2	1.7	1.2	0.4	1.3	2.7	3.3	7.5	.445	0.2	0.7	.263	1.5	2.1	.719
Jamal Murray	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Lynch	10	22.1	5.7	2.0	3.1	5.1	1.2	1.3	0.2	1.3	3.0	2.4	5.0	.480	0.0	0.1	.000	0.9	1.4	.643
Jamal Murray	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	George Lynch	Jamal Murray
Season	2001-02	-
Team	Charlotte Hornets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hornets Lost East 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		%
George Lynch	45	19.8	3.8	1.6	2.6	4.1	1.2	0.9	0.3	0.9	1.7	1.6	4.4	.369	0.0	0.1	.167	0.6	0.9	.625
Jamal Murray	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Lynch	9	31.9	7.7	3.6	4.9	8.4	1.6	1.1	0.7	1.1	2.9	3.2	6.6	.492	0.2	0.7	.333	1.0	1.4	.692
Jamal Murray	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	George Lynch	Jamal Murray
Season	2002-03	-
Team	New Orleans Hornets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hornets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Lynch	81	18.5	4.5	1.7	2.6	4.4	1.3	0.8	0.2	0.6	1.7	1.8	4.4	.409	0.3	1.0	.354	0.5	0.9	.554
Jamal Murray	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Lynch	6	27.0	7.0	1.7	4.5	6.2	1.7	1.0	0.8	1.3	2.3	3.0	7.0	.429	0.8	3.0	.278	0.2	0.7	.250
Jamal Murray	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	George Lynch	Jamal Murray
Season	2003-04	-
Team	New Orleans Hornets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hornets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Lynch	78	21.8	4.8	1.2	2.8	4.0	1.5	0.6	0.2	0.8	2.0	1.9	4.8	.397	0.6	1.8	.309	0.4	0.7	.667
Jamal Murray	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Lynch	7	21.1	8.3	1.9	3.4	5.3	1.7	0.4	0.4	1.0	2.1	3.6	8.1	.439	0.4	1.7	.250	0.7	1.1	.625
Jamal Murray	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	George Lynch	Jamal Murray
Season	2004-05	-
Team	New Orleans Hornets	-
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		%
George Lynch	44	21.2	3.7	1.3	2.7	4.0	2.0	0.7	0.3	1.3	1.9	1.5	4.3	.360	0.3	0.8	.297	0.4	0.5	.739
Jamal Murray	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

George Lynch vs. Jamal Murray Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jamal Murray and George Lynch, 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

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12