Kenyon Martin vs. Jamal Murray Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jamal Murray and Kenyon Martin, 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.

Kenyon Martin played 15 years in the NBA, 6 more than Jamal Murray, who played 9. Kenyon Martin had the first of his seasons in 2000-01, 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
	Kenyon Martin	Jamal Murray
Season	2000-01	2016-17
Team	New Jersey Nets	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First 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		%
Kenyon Martin	68	33.4	12.0	2.0	5.4	7.4	1.9	1.1	1.7	2.0	4.1	5.1	11.4	.445	0.0	0.2	.091	1.8	2.8	.630
difference:	+14	+11.9	+2.1	+1.5	+3.3	+4.8	+0.2	+0.5	+1.4	-0.6	-2.6	+1.5	+2.5	+.041	+1.4	+4.0	+.243	+0.5	+1.3	+.253
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 Kenyon Martin nor Jamal Murray played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 4
	Kenyon Martin	Jamal Murray
Season	2003-04	2019-20
Team	New Jersey Nets	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Kenyon Martin	65	34.6	16.7	2.0	7.4	9.5	2.5	1.5	1.3	2.6	3.5	6.8	13.8	.488	0.1	0.4	.280	3.1	4.5	.684
difference:	+6	+2.3	+1.8	+1.2	+4.2	+5.5	+2.3	+0.4	+1.0	-0.4	-1.8	+0.1	+1.4	+.032	+1.8	+5.1	+.066	+0.3	+1.4	+.197
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		%
Kenyon Martin	11	37.1	19.1	2.3	8.7	11.0	1.1	1.2	1.3	2.9	4.5	7.4	13.8	.533	0.0	0.4	.000	4.4	5.8	.750
difference:	+8	+2.5	+7.4	+1.2	+4.9	+6.2	+5.5	+0.3	+1.0	-0.1	-2.3	+2.4	+5.6	+.028	+3.3	+6.8	+.453	+0.7	+1.7	+.147
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
	Kenyon Martin	Jamal Murray
Season	2005-06	2022-23
Team	Denver Nuggets	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets 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		%
Kenyon Martin	56	27.6	12.9	1.7	4.6	6.3	1.4	0.8	0.9	1.3	3.1	5.3	10.7	.495	0.1	0.4	.227	2.2	3.0	.712
difference:	+9	+5.2	+7.1	+1.0	+1.4	+2.3	+4.8	+0.2	+0.7	-0.9	-1.5	+2.0	+5.3	+.041	+2.5	+6.2	+.171	+0.6	+0.3	+.121
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		%
Kenyon Martin	2	17.5	4.5	3.0	1.5	4.5	0.5	2.0	1.0	1.5	2.5	2.0	6.5	.308	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	1.0	.500
difference:	+18	+22.5	+21.6	+2.2	+3.4	+1.2	+6.6	+0.5	+0.7	-1.0	-0.4	+7.7	+14.0	+.165	+3.0	+7.5		+3.3	+3.1	+.426
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