Hot Rod Hundley vs. Jamal Murray Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jamal Murray and Hot Rod Hundley, 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.

Hot Rod Hundley played 6 years in the NBA, 1 less than Jamal Murray, who played 7. Hot Rod Hundley had the first of his seasons in 1957-58, 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Hot Rod Hundley	Jamal Murray
Season	1957-58	2016-17
Team	Minneapolis 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		%
Hot Rod Hundley	65	17.8	7.0	-	-	2.9	1.9	-	-	-	1.5	2.7	8.4	.318	-	-	-	1.6	2.5	.642
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		%
Hot Rod Hundley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jamal Murray	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Hot Rod Hundley	Jamal Murray
Season	1959-60	2018-19
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div Finals	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		%
Hot Rod Hundley	73	31.2	12.8	-	-	5.3	4.6	-	-	-	2.7	5.0	14.0	.358	-	-	-	2.8	3.7	.744
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		%
Hot Rod Hundley	9	37.4	11.8	-	-	6.8	6.1	-	-	-	2.0	4.6	13.6	.336	-	-	-	2.7	4.1	.649
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
	Hot Rod Hundley	Jamal Murray
Season	1960-61	2019-20
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div Finals	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		%
Hot Rod Hundley	79	27.5	11.0	-	-	3.7	4.4	-	-	-	1.8	4.1	11.7	.351	-	-	-	2.8	3.7	.753
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		%
Hot Rod Hundley	12	23.9	6.7	-	-	3.4	3.8	-	-	-	1.6	2.5	8.4	.297	-	-	-	1.7	2.4	.690
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

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

Season 6
	Hot Rod Hundley	Jamal Murray
Season	1962-63	2022-23
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Hot Rod Hundley	65	12.1	4.0	-	-	1.6	2.3	-	-	-	1.2	1.4	4.0	.336	-	-	-	1.3	1.8	.706
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		%
Hot Rod Hundley	7	4.9	1.3	-	-	0.9	0.7	-	-	-	0.1	0.4	1.4	.300	-	-	-	0.4	0.4	1.000
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