Jamal Murray vs. Lamar Odom Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Lamar Odom 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, 6 less than Lamar Odom, who played 14. Jamal Murray had the first of his seasons in 2016-17, while Lamar Odom had his rookie season in 1999-00. 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	Lamar Odom
Season	2016-17	1999-00
Team	Denver Nuggets	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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:	+6	+14.9	+6.7	+1.6	+3.6	+5.2	+2.1	+0.6	+1.0	-2.0	-2.3	+2.3	+4.6	+.034	+0.6	+2.0	+.026	+2.7	+4.0	+.164
Lamar Odom	76	36.4	16.6	2.1	5.7	7.8	4.2	1.2	1.3	3.4	3.8	5.9	13.5	.438	0.8	2.2	.360	4.0	5.5	.719
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Jamal Murray nor Lamar Odom played in the postseason in their season 1

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

Season 6
	Jamal Murray	Lamar Odom
Season	2022-23	2004-05
Team	Denver Nuggets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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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:	+1	+3.5	+4.8	+1.4	+4.9	+6.2	+2.5	+0.3	+0.8	-0.3	-1.7	+1.6	+3.9	+.019	+2.0	+4.8	+.090	+0.4	+1.4	+.138
Lamar Odom	64	36.3	15.2	2.1	8.1	10.2	3.7	0.7	1.0	2.5	3.3	5.7	12.1	.473	0.6	1.8	.308	3.2	4.7	.695
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
Lamar Odom	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Lamar Odom played 6 seasons more than Jamal Murray in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 9 to 14, from 2008 to 2013—Lamar Odom played in 5 Playoffs and won two NBA Championships. In those 6 extra years over Jamal Murray, Lamar Odom got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Sixth Man of the Year