Jamal Murray vs. Derrick Rose Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Derrick Rose 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.

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 8 years in the NBA, 7 less than Derrick Rose, who played 15. Jamal Murray had the first of his seasons in 2016-17, while Derrick Rose had his rookie season in 2008-09. 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
	Jamal Murray	Derrick Rose
Season	2016-17	2008-09
Team	Denver Nuggets	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
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
difference:	+1	+15.5	+6.9	+0.7	+0.6	+1.3	+4.2	+0.2	+0.1	-1.1		+3.5	+6.0	+.071	+1.2	+3.3	+.112	+1.1	+1.6	+.095
Derrick Rose	81	37.0	16.8	1.2	2.7	3.9	6.3	0.8	0.2	2.5	1.5	7.1	14.9	.475	0.2	0.9	.222	2.4	3.1	.788
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jamal Murray	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Derrick Rose	7	44.7	19.7	1.7	4.6	6.3	6.4	0.6	0.7	5.0	3.6	8.4	17.1	.492	0.0	0.6	.000	2.9	3.6	.800

Season 2
	Jamal Murray	Derrick Rose
Season	2017-18	2009-10
Team	Denver Nuggets	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+3	+5.1	+4.1	+0.2	+0.2	+0.1	+2.6	+0.3		-0.7	-0.9	+2.7	+4.5	+.038	+1.8	+4.6	+.111	+0.5	+1.2	+.139
Derrick Rose	78	36.8	20.8	0.8	2.9	3.8	6.0	0.7	0.3	2.8	1.2	8.6	17.6	.489	0.2	0.8	.267	3.3	4.3	.766
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jamal Murray	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Derrick Rose	5	42.4	26.8	0.8	2.6	3.4	7.2	0.8	0.0	2.6	1.6	11.4	25.0	.456	0.4	1.2	.333	3.6	4.4	.818

Season 3
	Jamal Murray	Derrick Rose
Season	2018-19	2010-11
Team	Denver Nuggets	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	Bulls Lost East Conf Finals

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+6	+4.8	+6.8	+0.1	+0.3	+0.1	+2.9	+0.1	+0.2	-1.3	-0.3	+2.0	+4.1	+.008	+0.4	+0.7	+.035	+3.4	+3.9	+.010
Derrick Rose	81	37.4	25.0	1.0	3.1	4.1	7.7	1.0	0.6	3.4	1.7	8.8	19.7	.445	1.6	4.8	.332	5.9	6.9	.858
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
difference:	+2	+4.3	+5.8	+0.1	+0.1	+0.1	+3.0	+0.4	+0.6	-2.1	-0.4	+1.7	+5.5	+.029	+0.4	+0.4	+.089	+2.9	+4.0	+.075
Derrick Rose	16	40.6	27.1	1.3	3.1	4.3	7.7	1.4	0.7	3.7	2.1	9.3	23.5	.396	1.6	6.3	.248	6.9	8.4	.828

Season 4
	Jamal Murray	Derrick Rose
Season	2019-20	2011-12
Team	Denver Nuggets	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Finals	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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4th Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+20	+3.0	+3.3	+0.1	+0.5	+0.6	+3.1	+0.2	+0.4	-0.9	-0.4	+0.8	+2.6	+.021	+0.5	+1.1	+.034	+2.2	+3.0	+.069
Derrick Rose	39	35.3	21.8	0.7	2.7	3.4	7.9	0.9	0.7	3.1	1.3	7.7	17.8	.435	1.4	4.4	.312	5.0	6.1	.812
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
difference:	+18	+2.6	+3.5	+1.9	+2.2	+4.2	+2.4	+0.1	+0.7	-2.2	-1.2	+0.8	+3.6	+.114	+0.3	+1.2	+.047	+1.7	+2.1	+.103
Derrick Rose	1	37.0	23.0	3.0	6.0	9.0	9.0	1.0	1.0	5.0	1.0	9.0	23.0	.391	3.0	6.0	.500	2.0	2.0	1.000

Note: Derrick Rose didn't play in 2012-13.

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

Season 6
	Jamal Murray	Derrick Rose
Season	2022-23	2014-15
Team	Denver Nuggets	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
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
difference:	+14	+2.8	+2.3		+0.7	+0.8	+1.3	+0.3	+0.1	-1.0	-0.4	+0.7	+0.4	+.049	+1.1	+1.3	+.118	+0.2	+0.4	+.020
Derrick Rose	51	30.0	17.7	0.7	2.5	3.2	4.9	0.7	0.3	3.2	1.2	6.6	16.4	.405	1.5	5.3	.280	3.0	3.7	.813
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
difference:	+8	+2.2	+5.8	+0.3	+1.1	+0.9	+0.6	+0.3	+0.2	-0.7	-0.3	+1.9	+0.9	+.077	+1.1	+2.0	+.048	+0.9	+0.8	+.029
Derrick Rose	12	37.8	20.3	1.1	3.8	4.8	6.5	1.2	0.5	3.2	1.8	7.8	19.6	.396	1.9	5.5	.348	2.9	3.3	.897