Jamal Murray vs. Tony Parker Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tony Parker 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 / Scoring / Stats / Stats Rankings / Games against each other

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, 10 less than Tony Parker, who played 18. Jamal Murray had the first of his seasons in 2016-17, while Tony Parker had his rookie season in 2001-02. 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Jamal Murray	8	5	2016-17 to 2024-25
Tony Parker	18	17	2001-02 to 2018-19

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Jamal Murray	Tony Parker
Season	2016-17	2001-02
Team	Denver Nuggets	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis

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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:	+5	+7.9	+0.7	+0.1			+2.2	+0.6	+0.2	-0.6	-0.7	+0.1	+0.6	+.015	+0.6	+1.7	+.011	+0.1	+0.6	+.208
Tony Parker	77	29.4	9.2	0.4	2.1	2.6	4.3	1.2	0.1	2.0	2.2	3.5	8.3	.419	0.8	2.5	.323	1.4	2.1	.675

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jamal Murray	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tony Parker	10	34.1	15.5	0.5	2.4	2.9	4.0	0.9	0.1	2.2	2.2	6.2	13.6	.456	1.0	2.7	.370	2.1	2.8	.750


Season 2
	Jamal Murray	Tony Parker
Season	2017-18	2002-03
Team	Denver Nuggets	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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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:	+1	+2.1	+1.2	+0.6	+0.5	+1.1	+1.9	+0.1	+0.3	-0.3			+0.4	+.013	+1.0	+2.4	+.041	+0.1	+0.4	+.150
Tony Parker	82	33.8	15.5	0.4	2.2	2.6	5.3	0.9	0.0	2.4	2.1	5.9	12.7	.464	1.0	3.0	.337	2.7	3.5	.755

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jamal Murray	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tony Parker	24	33.9	14.7	0.3	2.4	2.8	3.5	0.9	0.1	2.0	2.1	5.6	14.0	.403	0.6	2.3	.268	2.8	3.9	.713


Season 3
	Jamal Murray	Tony Parker
Season	2018-19	2003-04
Team	Denver Nuggets	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis

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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:		+1.8	+3.5	+0.3	+0.8	+1.0	+0.7	+0.1	+0.3	-0.3		+1.2	+3.0	+.010	+1.2	+2.8	+.055		+0.6	+.146
Tony Parker	75	34.4	14.7	0.6	2.6	3.2	5.5	0.8	0.1	2.4	2.0	5.6	12.6	.447	0.8	2.7	.312	2.5	3.6	.702

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:	+4	+2.3	+2.9	+0.9	+1.4	+2.3	+2.3	+0.3		-1.5	-0.2	+0.4	+1.2	+.004	+0.3	+1.6	+.058	+1.7	+0.9	+.246
Tony Parker	10	38.6	18.4	0.5	1.6	2.1	7.0	1.3	0.1	3.1	1.5	7.2	16.8	.429	1.7	4.3	.395	2.3	3.5	.657


Season 4
	Jamal Murray	Tony Parker
Season	2019-20	2004-05
Team	Denver Nuggets	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Finals	NBA Champion

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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:	+21	+1.9	+1.9	+0.2	+0.1	+0.3	+1.3	+0.1	+0.2	-0.5	-0.4	+0.2	+1.2	+.026	+1.4	+3.5	+.070	+0.2	+0.9	+.231
Tony Parker	80	34.2	16.6	0.6	3.1	3.7	6.1	1.2	0.1	2.7	2.1	6.7	14.0	.482	0.5	2.0	.276	2.6	4.0	.650

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:	+4	+2.4	+9.3	+0.5	+1.5	+1.9	+2.3	+0.2	+0.2	-0.3	-0.8	+2.6	+3.5	+.051	+2.9	+5.1	+.265	+1.3	+0.3	+.265
Tony Parker	23	37.2	17.2	0.6	2.3	2.9	4.3	0.7	0.1	3.1	3.0	7.2	15.9	.454	0.4	2.1	.188	2.4	3.8	.632


Season 5
	Jamal Murray	Tony Parker
Season	2020-21	2005-06
Team	Denver Nuggets	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis

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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:	+32	+1.6	+2.3	+0.3	+0.5	+0.7	+1.0	+0.3	+0.2	-0.8		+0.1	+2.3	+.071	+2.6	+6.1	+.102	+0.4	+1.3	+.162
Tony Parker	80	33.9	18.9	0.5	2.8	3.3	5.8	1.0	0.1	3.1	2.0	7.8	14.2	.548	0.1	0.5	.306	3.2	4.5	.707

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jamal Murray	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tony Parker	13	36.5	21.1	0.6	3.0	3.6	3.8	1.0	0.1	3.1	2.4	8.0	17.4	.460	0.2	0.7	.222	4.9	6.1	.810

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


Season 6
	Jamal Murray	Tony Parker
Season	2022-23	2006-07
Team	Denver Nuggets	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	NBA Champion

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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:	+12	+0.3	+1.4	+0.3	+0.4	+0.8	+0.7	+0.1	+0.1	-0.3	-0.2	+0.1	+1.8	+.066	+2.4	+6.1	+.003	+0.8	+1.2	+.050
Tony Parker	77	32.5	18.6	0.4	2.8	3.2	5.5	1.1	0.1	2.5	1.8	7.4	14.2	.520	0.2	0.5	.395	3.6	4.5	.783

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:		+2.4	+5.3	+0.1	+2.2	+2.3	+1.3	+0.4	+0.3	-0.8	-0.4	+1.3	+3.0	+.007	+2.6	+6.4	+.063	+0.2	+1.2	+.247
Tony Parker	20	37.6	20.8	0.7	2.7	3.4	5.8	1.1	0.0	3.3	1.7	8.4	17.5	.480	0.4	1.1	.333	3.6	5.3	.679


Season 7
	Jamal Murray	Tony Parker
Season	2023-24	2007-08
Team	Denver Nuggets	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals

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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:	+10	+2.0	+2.4	+0.3	+0.6	+0.9	+0.5	+0.2	+0.6	-0.3	-0.5	+0.5	+1.6	+.013	+2.3	+4.8	+.167	+0.9	+1.9	+.138
Tony Parker	69	33.5	18.8	0.4	2.8	3.2	6.0	0.8	0.1	2.4	1.3	7.5	15.1	.494	0.2	1.0	.258	3.6	5.0	.715

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:	+5		+1.8	+0.2	+0.5	+0.6	+0.5	+0.1	+0.4	-0.3	-0.1	+0.6	+2.8	+.095	+1.5	+4.9	+.035	+2.1	+3.3	+.170
Tony Parker	17	38.5	22.4	0.6	3.1	3.7	6.1	0.9	0.1	2.9	2.2	8.9	18.0	.497	0.4	1.2	.350	4.1	5.5	.753


Season 8
	Jamal Murray	Tony Parker
Season	2024-25	2008-09
Team	Denver Nuggets	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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8th 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	67	36.1	21.4	0.7	3.2	3.9	6.0	1.4	0.5	2.1	1.9	7.9	16.7	.474	2.3	5.9	.393	3.3	3.7	.886
difference:	+5	+2.0	+0.6	+0.3	+0.5	+0.8	+0.9	+0.5	+0.4	-0.5	-0.4	+1.0	+0.8	+.032	+2.0	+5.0	+.101	+0.6	+1.3	+.104
Tony Parker	72	34.1	22.0	0.4	2.7	3.1	6.9	0.9	0.1	2.6	1.5	8.9	17.5	.506	0.3	0.9	.292	3.9	5.0	.782

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jamal Murray	14	41.3	21.8	0.6	4.2	4.9	5.2	1.2	0.8	3.1	2.2	7.9	17.9	.444	2.4	6.9	.354	3.5	4.0	.875
difference:	+9	+5.1	+6.8	+0.4	+0.2	+0.7	+1.6		+0.6	-1.1	-0.4	+3.9	+3.7	+.102	+1.8	+4.1	+.140	+0.9	+2.2	+.165
Tony Parker	5	36.2	28.6	0.2	4.0	4.2	6.8	1.2	0.2	4.2	2.6	11.8	21.6	.546	0.6	2.8	.214	4.4	6.2	.710


Additional Years
* Tony Parker played 10 seasons more than Jamal Murray in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 9 to 18, from 2010 to 2019—Tony Parker played in 9 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 10 extra years over Jamal Murray, Tony Parker got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	3 All-NBA Second Team 3 All-Star Game

Jamal Murray vs. Tony Parker Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tony Parker 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

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years