Jamal Murray vs. Metta World Peace Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Metta World Peace 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, 9 less than Metta World Peace, who played 17. Jamal Murray had the first of his seasons in 2016-17, while Metta World Peace 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	Metta World Peace
Season	2016-17	1999-00
Team	Denver Nuggets	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second 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:	+10	+9.6	+2.1	+0.4	+1.3	+1.7	+0.7	+1.1	+0.2	-0.9	-0.7	+0.7	+1.6	+.003	+0.6	+1.5	+.020	+1.3	+2.4	+.209
Metta World Peace	72	31.1	12.0	0.9	3.4	4.3	2.8	1.7	0.5	2.3	2.2	4.3	10.5	.407	0.8	2.7	.314	2.6	3.9	.674
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Jamal Murray nor Metta World Peace played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 4
	Jamal Murray	Metta World Peace
Season	2019-20	2002-03
Team	Denver Nuggets	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Finals	Pacers 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:	+10	+1.3	+3.0	+0.7	+0.6	+1.2	+1.9	+1.2	+0.4	-0.1	-1.8	+1.7	+2.9	+.028	+0.9	+2.4	+.010	+1.2	+2.3	+.145
Metta World Peace	69	33.6	15.5	1.5	3.8	5.2	2.9	2.3	0.7	2.1	3.5	5.2	12.3	.428	1.0	3.1	.336	4.0	5.4	.736
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:	+13	+2.6	+7.5	+0.7	+0.2	+1.0	+4.4	+1.6	+0.7	-0.1	-2.0	+4.0	+4.4	+.116	+1.3	+2.0	+.066	+1.6	+2.6	+.097
Metta World Peace	6	42.2	19.0	1.8	4.0	5.8	2.2	2.5	1.0	2.7	4.2	5.8	15.0	.389	2.0	5.2	.387	5.3	6.7	.800

Season 5
	Jamal Murray	Metta World Peace
Season	2020-21	2003-04
Team	Denver Nuggets	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pacers Lost East Conf Finals

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5th 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	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
difference:	+25	+1.7	+2.9	+0.6	+0.6	+1.3	+1.1	+0.8	+0.4	-0.5	-0.7	+1.5	+1.3	+.056	+1.7	+3.3	+.098	+1.6	+2.8	+.136
Metta World Peace	73	37.2	18.3	1.4	3.9	5.3	3.7	2.1	0.7	2.8	2.7	6.4	15.2	.421	1.0	3.3	.310	4.4	6.0	.733
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jamal Murray	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Metta World Peace	15	39.1	18.4	1.6	4.9	6.5	3.2	1.4	1.1	2.5	3.0	6.5	17.3	.378	1.3	4.4	.288	4.1	5.7	.718

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

Season 6
	Jamal Murray	Metta World Peace
Season	2022-23	2004-05
Team	Denver Nuggets	Indiana Pacers
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:	+58	+8.8	+4.6	+0.4	+2.1	+2.4	+3.1	+0.7	+0.7	-0.2	-2.3	+1.1	+1.0	+.042	+1.6	+4.2	+.014	+3.9	+4.0	+.089
Metta World Peace	7	41.6	24.6	1.1	5.3	6.4	3.1	1.7	0.9	2.4	3.9	8.4	17.0	.496	1.0	2.4	.412	6.7	7.3	.922
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
Metta World Peace	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Jamal Murray	Metta World Peace
Season	2023-24	2005-06
Team	Denver Nuggets	Indiana Pacers, Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	Kings Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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7th 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	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
difference:	+3	+7.9	+3.6	+0.6	+0.4	+1.0	+2.9	+1.2		-0.2	-1.1	+1.7	+1.2	+.077	+1.1	+1.3	+.117	+1.0	+2.3	+.178
Metta World Peace	56	39.4	17.6	1.3	3.8	5.1	3.6	2.2	0.7	2.3	2.9	6.3	15.5	.404	1.4	4.5	.308	3.7	5.4	.675
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jamal Murray	12	38.5	20.6	0.8	3.6	4.3	5.6	0.8	0.5	2.6	2.3	8.3	20.8	.402	1.9	6.1	.315	2.0	2.2	.923
difference:	+7	+1.1	+3.2	+0.8	+0.2	+0.7	+2.6	+0.8	+0.3	-1.6	-0.7	+2.1	+4.6	+.019	+0.1	+0.7	+.018	+1.2	+2.4	+.227
Metta World Peace	5	39.6	17.4	1.6	3.4	5.0	3.0	1.6	0.8	1.0	3.0	6.2	16.2	.383	1.8	5.4	.333	3.2	4.6	.696

Additional Years
* Metta World Peace played 9 seasons more than Jamal Murray in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 9 to 17, from 2008 to 2017—Metta World Peace played in 5 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 9 extra years over Jamal Murray, Metta World Peace got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Defensive Second Team