Kevin Durant vs. Dejounte Murray Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dejounte Murray and Kevin Durant, 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.

Kevin Durant played 18 years in the NBA, 10 more than Dejounte Murray, who played 8. Kevin Durant had the first of his seasons in 2007-08, 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
	Kevin Durant	Dejounte Murray
Season	2007-08	2016-17
Team	Seattle Supersonics	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Kevin Durant	80	34.6	20.3	0.9	3.5	4.4	2.4	1.0	0.9	2.9	1.5	7.3	17.1	.430	0.7	2.6	.288	4.9	5.6	.873
difference:	+42	+26.1	+16.9	+0.7	+2.6	+3.3	+1.1	+0.8	+0.7	-1.9	-0.7	+6.0	+14.0	+.001	+0.5	+2.0	+.103	+4.3	+4.8	+.173
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		%
Kevin Durant	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Kevin Durant	Dejounte Murray
Season	2008-09	2017-18
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Kevin Durant	74	39.0	25.3	1.0	5.5	6.5	2.8	1.3	0.7	3.0	1.8	8.9	18.8	.476	1.3	3.1	.422	6.1	7.1	.863
difference:	+7	+17.5	+17.2	+0.4	+1.2	+0.8	+0.1	+0.1	+0.3	-1.3	-0.1	+5.6	+11.3	+.033	+1.2	+2.7	+.157	+4.8	+5.3	+.154
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		%
Kevin Durant	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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 3
	Kevin Durant	Dejounte Murray
Season	2009-10	2019-20
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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		%
Kevin Durant	82	39.5	30.1	1.3	6.3	7.6	2.8	1.4	1.0	3.3	2.1	9.7	20.3	.476	1.6	4.3	.365	9.2	10.2	.900
difference:	+16	+13.9	+19.2	+0.3	+1.5	+1.8	+1.3	+0.3	+0.7	-1.4	-0.1	+5.2	+10.6	+.014	+1.0	+2.6	+.004	+7.8	+8.5	+.102
Dejounte Murray	66	25.6	10.9	1.0	4.8	5.8	4.1	1.7	0.3	1.9	2.2	4.5	9.7	.462	0.6	1.7	.369	1.4	1.7	.798
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Durant	6	38.5	25.0	1.3	6.3	7.7	2.3	0.5	1.3	3.7	2.8	7.2	20.5	.350	1.7	5.8	.286	9.0	10.3	.871
Dejounte Murray	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Kevin Durant	Dejounte Murray
Season	2010-11	2020-21
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Kevin Durant	78	38.9	27.7	0.7	6.1	6.8	2.7	1.1	1.0	2.8	2.0	9.1	19.7	.462	1.9	5.3	.350	7.6	8.7	.880
difference:	+11	+7.0	+12.0	+0.2	+0.1	+0.3	+2.7	+0.4	+0.9	-1.1		+2.5	+5.2	+.009	+1.0	+2.3	+.033	+6.0	+6.7	+.089
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		%
Kevin Durant	17	42.5	28.6	1.1	7.1	8.2	2.8	0.9	1.1	2.5	3.1	9.1	20.3	.449	2.2	6.4	.339	8.2	9.8	.838
Dejounte Murray	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Kevin Durant	Dejounte Murray
Season	2011-12	2021-22
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	-	Steals Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	Thunder Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Kevin Durant	66	38.6	28.0	0.6	7.4	8.0	3.5	1.3	1.2	3.8	2.0	9.7	19.7	.496	2.0	5.2	.387	6.5	7.6	.860
difference:	+2	+3.8	+6.9	+0.6	+0.3	+0.3	+5.7	+0.7	+0.9	-1.2		+1.3	+1.4	+.034	+0.6	+0.9	+.060	+3.6	+4.0	+.066
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		%
Kevin Durant	20	41.9	28.5	0.7	6.8	7.4	3.7	1.5	1.2	3.2	2.6	9.9	19.2	.517	2.1	5.5	.373	6.7	7.7	.864
Dejounte Murray	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Kevin Durant	Dejounte Murray
Season	2012-13	2022-23
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Kevin Durant	81	38.5	28.1	0.6	7.3	7.9	4.6	1.4	1.3	3.5	1.8	9.0	17.7	.510	1.7	4.1	.416	8.4	9.3	.905
difference:	+7	+2.1	+7.6	+0.1	+2.8	+2.6	+1.5	+0.1	+1.0	-1.3	-0.4	+0.7	+0.1	+.046	+0.1	+1.1	+.072	+6.3	+6.7	+.073
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		%
Kevin Durant	11	44.1	30.8	0.6	8.4	9.0	6.3	1.3	1.1	3.9	2.4	10.2	22.4	.455	2.0	6.4	.314	8.5	10.2	.830
difference:	+6	+6.1	+7.8	+1.2	+3.0	+1.8	+0.5	+0.7	+0.9	-1.9	-1.0	+1.0	+1.8	+.008	+0.8	+1.0	+.064	+6.7	+8.4	+.170
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
	Kevin Durant	Dejounte Murray
Season	2013-14	2023-24
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Kevin Durant	81	38.5	32.0	0.7	6.7	7.4	5.5	1.3	0.7	3.5	2.1	10.5	20.8	.503	2.4	6.1	.391	8.7	9.9	.873
difference:	+3	+2.8	+9.5	+0.1	+2.2	+2.1	+0.9	+0.1	+0.4	-0.9	-0.3	+1.9	+2.0	+.044	+0.2	+1.0	+.028	+6.0	+6.5	+.079
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		%
Kevin Durant	19	42.9	29.6	1.3	7.6	8.9	3.9	1.0	1.3	3.8	2.2	10.2	22.2	.460	2.3	6.6	.344	6.9	8.6	.810
Dejounte Murray	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Kevin Durant	Dejounte Murray
Season	2014-15	2024-25
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	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		%
Kevin Durant	27	33.8	25.4	0.6	6.0	6.6	4.1	0.9	0.9	2.7	1.5	8.8	17.3	.510	2.4	5.9	.403	5.4	6.3	.854
difference:	+4	+1.2	+7.9	+0.1	+0.1	+0.1	+3.3	+1.1	+0.5	-0.7	-0.5	+2.5	+1.4	+.117	+0.7	+0.3	+.104	+2.1	+2.3	+.031
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 Kevin Durant nor Dejounte Murray played in the postseason in their season 8

Additional Years
* Kevin Durant played 10 seasons more than Dejounte Murray in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 9 to 18, from 2016 to 2026—Kevin Durant played in 8 Playoffs and won two NBA Championships. In those 10 extra years over Dejounte Murray, Kevin Durant got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 Finals MVP 1 All-NBA First Team 5 All-NBA Second Team 1 Cup All-Tournament Team 9 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP