LaMelo Ball vs. Jamal Murray Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jamal Murray and LaMelo Ball, 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.

LaMelo Ball played 6 years in the NBA, 3 less than Jamal Murray, who played 9. LaMelo Ball had the first of his seasons in 2020-21, 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
	LaMelo Ball	Jamal Murray
Season	2020-21	2016-17
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	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		%
LaMelo Ball	51	28.8	15.7	1.2	4.7	5.9	6.1	1.6	0.4	2.8	2.7	5.7	13.2	.436	1.8	5.1	.352	2.5	3.2	.758
difference:	+31	+7.3	+5.8	+0.7	+2.6	+3.3	+4.0	+1.0	+0.1	-1.4	-1.2	+2.1	+4.3	+.032	+0.4	+0.9	+.018	+1.2	+1.7	+.125
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 LaMelo Ball nor Jamal Murray played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	LaMelo Ball	Jamal Murray
Season	2021-22	2017-18
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
LaMelo Ball	75	32.3	20.1	1.4	5.2	6.7	7.6	1.6	0.4	3.3	3.2	7.2	16.7	.429	2.9	7.5	.389	2.8	3.2	.872
difference:	+6	+0.6	+3.4	+0.4	+2.5	+3.0	+4.2	+0.6	+0.1	-1.2	-1.1	+1.3	+3.6	+.022	+0.9	+2.1	+.011		+0.1	+.033
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
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher LaMelo Ball nor Jamal Murray played in the postseason in their season 2

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

Season 6
	LaMelo Ball	Jamal Murray
Season	2025-26	2022-23
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
LaMelo Ball	16	28.9	19.4	1.1	4.9	6.0	8.5	1.1	0.2	3.3	3.1	6.7	17.3	.386	2.4	8.6	.285	3.6	4.1	.877
difference:	+49	+3.9	+0.6	+0.4	+1.7	+2.0	+2.3	+0.1		-1.1	-1.5	+0.6	+1.3	+.068	+0.2	+2.0	+.113	+0.8	+0.8	+.044
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		%
LaMelo Ball	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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