Jamal Murray vs. LaSalle Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of LaSalle Thompson 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, 8 less than LaSalle Thompson, who played 15. Jamal Murray had the first of his seasons in 2016-17, while LaSalle Thompson had his rookie season in 1982-83. 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
LaSalle Thompson	15	7	1982-83 to 1996-97

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Jamal Murray	LaSalle Thompson
Season	2016-17	1982-83
Team	Denver Nuggets	Kansas City Kings
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		%
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
LaSalle Thompson	71	13.9	5.4	1.9	3.4	5.3	0.5	0.6	0.9	1.4	2.6	2.1	4.0	.512	0.0	0.0	.000	1.3	1.9	.650

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


Season 2
	Jamal Murray	LaSalle Thompson
Season	2017-18	1983-84
Team	Denver Nuggets	Kansas City Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Kings 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	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
LaSalle Thompson	80	23.9	10.3	3.3	5.6	8.9	1.1	0.9	1.8	2.1	4.1	4.2	8.0	.523	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.8	.717

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jamal Murray	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
LaSalle Thompson	3	31.0	15.0	3.7	6.3	10.0	1.3	1.0	1.3	1.7	4.7	6.0	13.3	.450	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	3.7	.818


Season 3
	Jamal Murray	LaSalle Thompson
Season	2018-19	1984-85
Team	Denver Nuggets	Kansas City Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets 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		%
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
LaSalle Thompson	82	30.0	11.8	3.3	7.1	10.4	1.6	1.2	1.6	2.5	4.0	4.5	8.5	.531	0.0	0.0	-	2.8	3.8	.721

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
LaSalle Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Jamal Murray	LaSalle Thompson
Season	2019-20	1985-86
Team	Denver Nuggets	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Finals	Kings 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	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
LaSalle Thompson	80	29.7	12.8	3.2	6.5	9.6	2.1	0.9	1.4	2.3	3.7	5.1	9.9	.518	0.0	0.0	.000	2.5	3.5	.732

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
LaSalle Thompson	3	33.0	9.7	4.7	7.0	11.7	0.7	0.7	2.0	1.3	2.7	3.7	10.7	.344	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	4.0	.583


Season 5
	Jamal Murray	LaSalle Thompson
Season	2020-21	1986-87
Team	Denver Nuggets	Sacramento Kings
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		%
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
LaSalle Thompson	82	26.4	11.1	2.9	5.5	8.4	1.5	0.8	1.5	1.7	3.5	4.4	9.2	.481	0.0	0.1	.000	2.3	3.1	.737

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

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


Season 6
	Jamal Murray	LaSalle Thompson
Season	2022-23	1987-88
Team	Denver Nuggets	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
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
LaSalle Thompson	69	18.2	8.0	2.0	4.2	6.2	1.0	0.8	1.1	1.6	3.1	3.1	6.6	.471	0.0	0.1	.400	1.7	2.4	.720

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
LaSalle Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Jamal Murray	LaSalle Thompson
Season	2023-24	1988-89
Team	Denver Nuggets	Sacramento Kings, Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets TBD	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		%
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
LaSalle Thompson	76	30.6	13.9	2.9	6.5	9.4	1.1	1.0	1.2	2.4	3.8	5.5	11.2	.489	0.0	0.0	.000	3.0	3.7	.808

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
LaSalle Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Jamal Murray	LaSalle Thompson
Season	-	1989-90
Team	-	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Pacers 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
LaSalle Thompson	82	25.9	6.8	2.1	5.5	7.7	1.3	0.8	0.9	1.8	3.8	2.7	5.7	.473	0.0	0.1	.200	1.3	1.6	.799

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jamal Murray	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
LaSalle Thompson	3	18.0	6.0	2.0	3.0	5.0	0.7	0.0	0.3	2.3	4.3	2.3	5.0	.467	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	1.3	1.000


Season 9
	Jamal Murray	LaSalle Thompson
Season	-	1990-91
Team	-	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Pacers 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
LaSalle Thompson	82	23.7	7.6	1.9	5.0	6.9	1.8	0.8	0.8	2.0	3.2	3.4	6.9	.488	0.0	0.1	.200	0.9	1.3	.692

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jamal Murray	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
LaSalle Thompson	5	25.2	9.0	1.2	5.0	6.2	1.6	0.8	1.4	2.0	3.0	3.8	7.8	.487	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	1.4	1.000


Season 10
	Jamal Murray	LaSalle Thompson
Season	-	1991-92
Team	-	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Pacers 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
LaSalle Thompson	80	16.2	4.9	1.2	3.5	4.8	1.3	0.7	0.4	1.2	2.6	2.1	4.5	.468	0.0	0.0	.000	0.7	0.9	.817

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jamal Murray	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
LaSalle Thompson	3	21.0	5.3	0.7	3.7	4.3	1.3	0.3	1.3	1.0	3.7	2.3	3.7	.636	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	0.7	1.000


Season 11
	Jamal Murray	LaSalle Thompson
Season	-	1992-93
Team	-	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Pacers 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
LaSalle Thompson	63	11.6	3.8	0.9	2.0	2.8	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.7	2.2	1.7	3.4	.488	0.0	0.0	.000	0.5	0.6	.744

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jamal Murray	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
LaSalle Thompson	4	18.3	3.8	1.8	1.8	3.5	0.8	0.8	0.5	1.0	2.3	1.3	3.8	.333	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	1.5	.833


Season 12
	Jamal Murray	LaSalle Thompson
Season	-	1993-94
Team	-	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Pacers 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
LaSalle Thompson	30	9.4	2.3	0.9	1.6	2.5	0.5	0.3	0.3	0.8	2.0	0.9	2.6	.351	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	1.0	.533

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jamal Murray	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
LaSalle Thompson	7	5.6	1.4	0.4	1.0	1.4	0.7	0.4	0.1	0.6	1.3	0.6	1.6	.364	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.4	.667


Season 13
	Jamal Murray	LaSalle Thompson
Season	-	1994-95
Team	-	Indiana Pacers
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		%
Jamal Murray	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
LaSalle Thompson	38	11.9	2.9	0.7	1.6	2.3	0.5	0.5	0.3	0.9	2.0	1.3	3.1	.415	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.4	.875

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


Season 14
	Jamal Murray	LaSalle Thompson
Season	-	1995-96
Team	-	Philadelphia 76ers
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		%
Jamal Murray	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
LaSalle Thompson	44	17.6	1.9	1.4	3.1	4.5	0.6	0.4	0.5	0.8	2.8	0.8	1.9	.398	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.5	.792

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


Season 15
	Jamal Murray	LaSalle Thompson
Season	-	1996-97
Team	-	Denver Nuggets, Indiana Pacers
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		%
Jamal Murray	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
LaSalle Thompson	26	5.4	0.4	0.3	1.0	1.3	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.3	1.3	0.1	0.7	.158	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.2	.667

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

Jamal Murray vs. LaSalle Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of LaSalle Thompson 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

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14

Season 15