Jamal Murray vs. Billy Paultz Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Billy Paultz and Jamal 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.

Jamal Murray played 7 years in the NBA, 2 less than Billy Paultz, who played 9. Jamal Murray had the first of his seasons in 2016-17, while Billy Paultz had his rookie season in 1976-77. 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
Jamal Murray	7	4	2016-17 to 2023-24
Billy Paultz	9	9	1976-77 to 1984-85

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Jamal Murray	Billy Paultz
Season	2016-17	1976-77
Team	Denver Nuggets	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Spurs 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		%
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
Billy Paultz	82	32.9	15.6	2.3	6.0	8.4	2.7	0.7	2.1	-	3.2	6.4	13.4	.473	-	-	-	2.9	3.9	.744

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jamal Murray	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Billy Paultz	2	37.0	17.0	0.5	8.0	8.5	2.5	1.0	0.5	-	1.5	6.0	12.0	.500	-	-	-	5.0	6.5	.769


Season 2
	Jamal Murray	Billy Paultz
Season	2017-18	1977-78
Team	Denver Nuggets	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Spurs 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		%
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
Billy Paultz	80	31.0	15.8	2.2	6.3	8.4	2.7	0.5	2.4	2.1	2.8	6.5	12.2	.529	-	-	-	2.9	3.8	.752

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jamal Murray	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Billy Paultz	6	31.8	11.5	1.2	5.7	6.8	2.3	0.8	0.8	1.0	1.7	4.8	10.5	.460	-	-	-	1.8	2.8	.647


Season 3
	Jamal Murray	Billy Paultz
Season	2018-19	1978-79
Team	Denver Nuggets	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	Spurs Lost East 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		%
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
Billy Paultz	79	26.9	11.5	2.1	5.8	7.9	2.3	0.4	1.6	2.0	2.6	5.1	9.6	.526	-	-	-	1.4	2.5	.588

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Billy Paultz	13	23.0	6.3	1.8	5.7	7.5	2.3	0.3	1.0	1.1	2.5	2.3	6.2	.375	-	-	-	1.7	2.5	.667


Season 4
	Jamal Murray	Billy Paultz
Season	2019-20	1979-80
Team	Denver Nuggets	San Antonio Spurs, Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Finals	Rockets 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		%
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
Billy Paultz	84	26.1	9.1	2.2	4.8	7.0	2.2	0.8	1.0	1.4	2.5	3.9	8.0	.486	0.0	0.0	.000	1.3	2.2	.599

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Billy Paultz	7	18.3	4.3	1.7	3.0	4.7	1.1	0.1	0.4	1.6	1.9	1.9	5.7	.325	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	1.0	.571


Season 5
	Jamal Murray	Billy Paultz
Season	2020-21	1980-81
Team	Denver Nuggets	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Rockets 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		%
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
Billy Paultz	81	20.5	7.4	1.4	3.5	4.8	1.3	0.3	0.9	1.1	2.2	3.2	6.4	.507	0.0	0.0	.000	0.9	1.9	.490

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jamal Murray	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Billy Paultz	21	34.3	12.1	2.5	4.5	7.0	1.7	0.6	1.3	1.3	3.3	5.3	11.7	.451	0.0	0.0	.000	1.5	2.3	.667

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


Season 6
	Jamal Murray	Billy Paultz
Season	2022-23	1981-82
Team	Denver Nuggets	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Rockets Lost West 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		%
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
Billy Paultz	65	12.4	3.3	0.8	1.9	2.8	0.6	0.2	0.3	0.7	1.5	1.4	3.5	.394	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	1.0	.523

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Billy Paultz	3	11.3	2.3	0.7	0.7	1.3	0.3	0.0	0.7	0.3	1.3	1.0	3.0	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	1.0	.333


Season 7
	Jamal Murray	Billy Paultz
Season	2023-24	1982-83
Team	Denver Nuggets	Houston Rockets, San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets TBD	Spurs 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		%
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
Billy Paultz	64	12.8	3.6	1.0	2.1	3.1	1.0	0.3	0.3	0.7	1.7	1.6	3.5	.445	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.9	.458

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Billy Paultz	11	12.1	2.7	1.0	1.9	2.9	1.0	0.4	0.2	0.5	1.6	1.2	2.9	.406	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.4	1.000


Season 8
	Jamal Murray	Billy Paultz
Season	-	1983-84
Team	-	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Hawks 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		%
Jamal Murray	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Billy Paultz	40	12.2	2.2	0.9	2.0	2.8	0.5	0.2	0.2	0.6	1.4	0.9	2.2	.409	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.8	.515

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jamal Murray	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Billy Paultz	2	3.5	1.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.5	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 9
	Jamal Murray	Billy Paultz
Season	-	1984-85
Team	-	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Jazz 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		%
Jamal Murray	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Billy Paultz	62	6.0	1.3	0.4	1.2	1.5	0.3	0.1	0.2	0.5	0.8	0.5	1.4	.368	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.5	.643

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jamal Murray	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Billy Paultz	5	6.0	1.4	0.6	1.0	1.6	0.4	0.2	0.2	0.4	1.4	0.6	1.6	.375	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.8	.250

Jamal Murray vs. Billy Paultz Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Billy Paultz and Jamal 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

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9