Joe Dumars vs. Dejounte Murray Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dejounte Murray and Joe Dumars, 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.

Joe Dumars played 14 years in the NBA, 6 more than Dejounte Murray, who played 8. Joe Dumars had the first of his seasons in 1985-86, while Dejounte Murray had his rookie season in 2016-17. 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
	Joe Dumars	Dejounte Murray
Season	1985-86	2016-17
Team	Detroit Pistons	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals

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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		%
Joe Dumars	82	23.9	9.4	0.7	0.7	1.5	4.8	0.8	0.1	1.9	2.4	3.5	7.3	.481	0.1	0.2	.313	2.3	2.9	.798
difference:	+44	+15.4	+6.0	+0.5	+0.2	+0.4	+3.5	+0.6	+0.1	-0.9	-1.6	+2.2	+4.2	+.050	+0.1	+0.4	+.078	+1.7	+2.1	+.098
Dejounte Murray	38	8.5	3.4	0.2	0.9	1.1	1.3	0.2	0.2	1.0	0.8	1.3	3.1	.431	0.2	0.6	.391	0.6	0.8	.700
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Dumars	4	36.8	15.0	1.5	1.8	3.3	6.3	1.0	0.0	1.8	4.0	6.3	10.3	.610	0.0	0.0	-	2.5	3.8	.667
difference:	+7	+21.5	+9.3	+1.1	+0.3	+0.8	+3.8	+0.5	+0.1	-0.3	-2.7	+4.2	+4.8	+.233		+0.3		+1.0	+1.5	+.013
Dejounte Murray	11	15.3	5.7	0.4	2.1	2.5	2.5	1.5	0.1	1.5	1.3	2.1	5.5	.377	0.0	0.3	.000	1.5	2.3	.680

Season 2
	Joe Dumars	Dejounte Murray
Season	1986-87	2017-18
Team	Detroit Pistons	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf Finals	Spurs Lost West 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		%
Joe Dumars	79	30.9	11.8	0.6	1.5	2.1	4.5	1.1	0.1	2.2	2.5	4.7	9.5	.493	0.1	0.3	.409	2.3	3.1	.748
difference:	+2	+9.4	+3.7	+0.8	+2.8	+3.6	+1.6	+0.1	+0.3	-0.5	-0.6	+1.4	+2.0	+.050		+0.1	+.144	+1.0	+1.3	+.039
Dejounte Murray	81	21.5	8.1	1.4	4.3	5.7	2.9	1.2	0.4	1.7	1.9	3.3	7.5	.443	0.1	0.4	.265	1.3	1.8	.709
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Dumars	15	31.5	12.7	0.5	0.7	1.3	4.8	0.8	0.1	1.8	1.7	5.2	9.7	.538	0.1	0.2	.667	2.1	2.7	.780
difference:	+10	+12.3	+4.9	+0.3	+2.7	+2.9	+3.0	+0.2	+0.3	-0.8	-0.5	+2.4	+3.5	+.086	+0.7	+1.0		+0.7	+0.9	+.002
Dejounte Murray	5	19.2	7.8	0.8	3.4	4.2	1.8	1.0	0.4	1.0	2.2	2.8	6.2	.452	0.8	1.2	.667	1.4	1.8	.778

Note: Dejounte Murray didn't play in 2018-19.

Season 4
	Joe Dumars	Dejounte Murray
Season	1988-89	2020-21
Team	Detroit Pistons	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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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		%
Joe Dumars	69	34.9	17.2	0.8	1.7	2.5	5.7	0.9	0.1	2.6	1.5	6.6	13.1	.505	0.2	0.4	.483	3.8	4.4	.850
difference:	+2	+3.0	+1.5	+0.1	+4.5	+4.6	+0.3	+0.6		-0.9	-0.5		+1.4	+.052	+0.7	+2.6	+.166	+2.2	+2.4	+.059
Dejounte Murray	67	31.9	15.7	0.9	6.2	7.1	5.4	1.5	0.1	1.7	2.0	6.6	14.5	.453	0.9	3.0	.317	1.6	2.0	.791
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Dumars	17	36.5	17.6	0.6	1.9	2.6	5.6	0.7	0.1	1.8	1.8	6.2	13.7	.455	0.1	0.7	.083	5.1	5.9	.861
Dejounte Murray	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Joe Dumars	Dejounte Murray
Season	1989-90	2021-22
Team	Detroit Pistons	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	Steals Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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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		%
Joe Dumars	75	34.4	17.8	0.8	2.0	2.8	4.9	0.8	0.0	1.9	1.7	6.8	14.1	.480	0.3	0.7	.400	4.0	4.4	.900
difference:	+7	+0.4	+3.3	+0.4	+5.1	+5.5	+4.3	+1.2	+0.3	-0.7	-0.3	+1.6	+4.2	+.018	+1.1	+3.6	+.073	+1.1	+0.8	+.106
Dejounte Murray	68	34.8	21.1	1.2	7.1	8.3	9.2	2.0	0.3	2.6	2.0	8.4	18.3	.462	1.4	4.3	.327	2.9	3.6	.794
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Dumars	20	37.7	18.2	0.9	1.3	2.2	4.8	1.1	0.0	2.7	1.9	6.5	14.2	.458	0.3	1.0	.263	5.0	5.7	.876
Dejounte Murray	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Joe Dumars	Dejounte Murray
Season	1990-91	2022-23
Team	Detroit Pistons	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf Finals	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Joe Dumars	80	38.1	20.4	0.8	1.6	2.3	5.5	1.1	0.1	2.4	1.7	7.8	16.2	.481	0.2	0.6	.311	4.6	5.2	.890
difference:	+6	+1.7	+0.1	+0.1	+2.9	+3.0	+0.6	+0.4	+0.2	-0.2	-0.3	+0.5	+1.6	+.017	+1.6	+4.6	+.033	+2.5	+2.6	+.058
Dejounte Murray	74	36.4	20.5	0.7	4.5	5.3	6.1	1.5	0.3	2.2	1.4	8.3	17.8	.464	1.8	5.2	.344	2.1	2.6	.832
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Dumars	15	39.2	20.6	1.4	1.9	3.3	4.1	1.1	0.1	1.1	2.2	7.0	16.3	.429	1.1	2.8	.405	5.5	6.5	.845
difference:	+10	+1.2	+2.4	+0.4	+3.5	+3.9	+2.7	+0.9	+0.1	-0.9	-0.8	+2.2	+4.3	+.018	+1.7	+4.6	+.027	+3.7	+4.7	+.155
Dejounte Murray	5	38.0	23.0	1.8	5.4	7.2	6.8	2.0	0.2	2.0	1.4	9.2	20.6	.447	2.8	7.4	.378	1.8	1.8	1.000

Season 7
	Joe Dumars	Dejounte Murray
Season	1991-92	2023-24
Team	Detroit Pistons	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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		%
Joe Dumars	82	38.9	19.9	1.0	1.3	2.3	4.6	0.9	0.1	2.4	1.8	7.2	16.0	.448	0.6	1.5	.408	5.0	5.8	.867
difference:	+4	+3.2	+2.6	+0.2	+3.2	+3.0	+1.8	+0.5	+0.2	-0.2		+1.4	+2.8	+.011	+2.0	+5.6	+.045	+2.3	+2.4	+.073
Dejounte Murray	78	35.7	22.5	0.8	4.5	5.3	6.4	1.4	0.3	2.6	1.8	8.6	18.8	.459	2.6	7.1	.363	2.7	3.4	.794
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Dumars	5	44.2	16.8	1.0	0.6	1.6	3.2	1.0	0.2	1.4	2.2	6.4	13.6	.471	1.0	2.0	.500	3.0	3.8	.789
Dejounte Murray	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Joe Dumars	Dejounte Murray
Season	1992-93	2024-25
Team	Detroit Pistons	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
Joe Dumars	77	40.2	23.5	0.8	1.1	1.9	4.0	1.0	0.1	1.8	1.8	8.8	18.9	.466	1.5	3.9	.375	4.5	5.2	.864
difference:	+46	+7.6	+6.0	+0.3	+4.8	+4.6	+3.4	+1.0	+0.3	-1.6	-0.2	+2.5	+3.0	+.073	+0.2	+1.7	+.076	+1.2	+1.2	+.041
Dejounte Murray	31	32.6	17.5	0.5	5.9	6.5	7.4	2.0	0.4	3.4	2.0	6.3	15.9	.393	1.7	5.6	.299	3.3	4.0	.823
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Joe Dumars nor Dejounte Murray played in the postseason in their season 8

Additional Years
* Joe Dumars played 6 seasons more than Dejounte Murray in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 9 to 14, from 1994 to 1999—Joe Dumars played in 3 Playoffs. In those 6 extra years over Dejounte Murray, Joe Dumars got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-Star Game