Jrue Holiday vs. Jamal Murray Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jamal Murray and Jrue Holiday, 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.

Jrue Holiday played 16 years in the NBA, 8 more than Jamal Murray, who played 8. Jrue Holiday had the first of his seasons in 2009-10, while Jamal 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
	Jrue Holiday	Jamal Murray
Season	2009-10	2016-17
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	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		%
Jrue Holiday	73	24.2	8.0	0.8	1.8	2.6	3.8	1.1	0.2	2.1	2.1	3.2	7.1	.442	0.8	2.2	.390	0.9	1.2	.756
difference:	+9	+2.7	+1.9	+0.3	+0.3		+1.7	+0.5	+0.1	-0.7	-0.6	+0.4	+1.8	+.038	+0.6	+2.0	+.056	+0.4	+0.3	+.127
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
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Jrue Holiday nor Jamal Murray played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 4
	Jrue Holiday	Jamal Murray
Season	2012-13	2019-20
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nuggets Lost West Conf Finals

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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		%
Jrue Holiday	78	37.5	17.7	1.1	3.1	4.2	8.0	1.6	0.4	3.7	2.2	7.1	16.5	.431	1.2	3.2	.368	2.3	3.1	.752
difference:	+19	+5.2	+0.8	+0.3	+0.1	+0.2	+3.2	+0.5	+0.1	-1.5	-0.5	+0.2	+1.3	+.025	+0.7	+2.3	+.022	+0.5		+.129
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jrue Holiday	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

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

Season 6
	Jrue Holiday	Jamal Murray
Season	2014-15	2022-23
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pelicans Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Jrue Holiday	40	32.6	14.8	0.8	2.6	3.4	6.9	1.6	0.6	2.3	2.8	6.0	13.4	.446	1.3	3.4	.378	1.6	1.9	.855
difference:	+25	+0.2	+5.2	+0.1	+0.6	+0.6	+0.7	+0.6	+0.4	-0.1	-1.2	+1.3	+2.6	+.008	+1.3	+3.2	+.020	+1.2	+1.4	+.022
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jrue Holiday	3	18.3	6.3	0.7	0.3	1.0	4.3	0.7	0.3	1.7	1.0	2.3	6.3	.368	0.3	1.3	.250	1.3	1.3	1.000
difference:	+17	+21.7	+19.8	+0.1	+4.6	+4.7	+2.8	+0.8		-0.8	-1.1	+7.4	+14.2	+.105	+2.7	+6.2	+.146	+2.5	+2.8	+.074
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

Additional Years
* Jrue Holiday played 8 seasons more than Jamal Murray in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 9 to 16, from 2018 to 2025—Jrue Holiday played in 6 Playoffs and won two NBA Championships. In those 8 extra years over Jamal Murray, Jrue Holiday got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	3 All-Defensive First Team 3 All-Defensive Second Team 1 All-Star Game