Larry Johnson vs. Jamal Murray Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jamal Murray and Larry Johnson, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season / Scoring / Stats / Stats Rankings

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.

Larry Johnson played 10 years in the NBA, 2 more than Jamal Murray, who played 8. Larry Johnson had the first of his seasons in 1991-92, 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Larry Johnson	10	6	1991-92 to 2000-01
Jamal Murray	8	5	2016-17 to 2024-25

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8


Rookie Season
	Larry Johnson	Jamal Murray
Season	1991-92	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		%
Larry Johnson	82	37.2	19.2	3.9	7.0	11.0	3.6	1.0	0.6	2.0	2.7	7.5	15.3	.490	0.1	0.3	.227	4.1	5.0	.829
difference:		+15.7	+9.3	+3.4	+4.9	+8.4	+1.5	+0.4	+0.3	-0.6	-1.2	+3.9	+6.4	+.086	+1.3	+3.9	+.107	+2.8	+3.5	+.054
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 Larry Johnson nor Jamal Murray played in the postseason in their season 1


Season 2
	Larry Johnson	Jamal Murray
Season	1992-93	2017-18
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hornets Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Larry Johnson	82	40.5	22.1	3.4	7.1	10.5	4.3	0.6	0.3	2.8	2.3	8.9	16.9	.526	0.2	0.9	.254	4.1	5.3	.767
difference:	+1	+8.8	+5.4	+2.4	+4.4	+6.8	+0.9	+0.4		-0.7	-0.2	+3.0	+3.8	+.075	+1.8	+4.5	+.124	+1.3	+2.2	+.138
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Johnson	9	38.7	19.8	2.1	4.8	6.9	3.3	0.6	0.2	2.1	3.0	7.6	13.6	.557	0.1	0.4	.250	4.6	5.8	.788
Jamal Murray	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Larry Johnson	Jamal Murray
Season	1993-94	2018-19
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
Larry Johnson	51	34.5	16.4	2.8	6.0	8.8	3.6	0.6	0.3	2.3	2.6	6.8	13.2	.515	0.1	0.4	.238	2.7	3.9	.695
difference:	+24	+1.9	+1.8	+1.9	+2.6	+4.6	+1.2	+0.3	+0.1	-0.2	-0.6		+2.4	+.078	+1.9	+5.1	+.129	+0.2	+0.9	+.153
Jamal Murray	75	32.6	18.2	0.9	3.4	4.2	4.8	0.9	0.4	2.1	2.0	6.8	15.6	.437	2.0	5.5	.367	2.5	3.0	.848

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Johnson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jamal Murray	14	36.3	21.3	1.4	3.0	4.4	4.7	1.0	0.1	1.6	1.7	7.6	18.0	.425	2.0	5.9	.337	4.0	4.4	.903


Season 4
	Larry Johnson	Jamal Murray
Season	1994-95	2019-20
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hornets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Larry Johnson	81	39.9	18.8	2.3	4.9	7.2	4.6	1.0	0.3	2.6	2.1	7.2	15.0	.480	1.0	2.6	.386	3.4	4.4	.774
difference:	+22	+7.6	+0.3	+1.5	+1.7	+3.2	+0.2	+0.1		-0.4	-0.4	+0.3	+0.2	+.024	+0.9	+2.9	+.040	+0.6	+1.3	+.107
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		%
Larry Johnson	4	43.0	20.8	2.5	3.3	5.8	2.8	1.0	0.5	1.5	1.8	7.8	16.3	.477	0.3	2.3	.111	5.0	6.3	.800
difference:	+15	+3.4	+5.7	+1.4	+0.5	+1.0	+3.8	+0.1	+0.2	-1.3	-0.4	+2.0	+3.1	+.028	+3.0	+4.9	+.342	+1.3	+2.2	+.097
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


Season 5
	Larry Johnson	Jamal Murray
Season	1995-96	2020-21
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Larry Johnson	81	40.4	20.5	3.1	5.4	8.4	4.4	0.7	0.5	2.2	2.1	7.2	15.1	.476	0.8	2.3	.366	5.3	7.0	.757
difference:	+33	+4.9	+0.7	+2.3	+2.1	+4.4	+0.4	+0.6	+0.2	-0.1	-0.1	+0.7	+1.4	+.001	+1.9	+4.3	+.042	+2.5	+3.8	+.112
Jamal Murray	48	35.5	21.2	0.8	3.3	4.0	4.8	1.3	0.3	2.3	2.0	7.9	16.5	.477	2.7	6.6	.408	2.8	3.2	.869

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Larry Johnson nor Jamal Murray played in the postseason in their season 5

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


Season 6
	Larry Johnson	Jamal Murray
Season	1996-97	2022-23
Team	New York Knicks	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Larry Johnson	76	34.4	12.8	2.2	3.0	5.2	2.3	0.8	0.5	1.8	3.3	4.9	9.7	.512	0.4	1.4	.324	2.5	3.6	.693
difference:	+11	+1.6	+7.2	+1.5	+0.2	+1.2	+3.9	+0.2	+0.3	-0.4	-1.7	+2.4	+6.3	+.058	+2.2	+5.2	+.074	+0.3	+0.3	+.140
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		%
Larry Johnson	9	32.6	13.8	1.2	2.8	4.0	2.6	0.8	0.1	1.7	3.0	4.8	8.6	.558	0.7	1.9	.353	3.6	4.2	.842
difference:	+11	+7.4	+12.3	+0.4	+2.1	+1.7	+4.5	+0.7	+0.2	-0.8	-0.9	+4.9	+11.9	+.085	+2.3	+5.6	+.043	+0.2	+0.1	+.084
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


Season 7
	Larry Johnson	Jamal Murray
Season	1997-98	2023-24
Team	New York Knicks	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
Larry Johnson	70	34.5	15.5	2.5	3.2	5.7	2.1	0.6	0.2	1.8	2.8	6.1	12.6	.485	0.2	0.9	.238	3.1	4.0	.756
difference:	+11	+3.0	+5.7	+1.8	+0.2	+1.6	+4.4	+0.4	+0.5	-0.3	-1.0	+1.9	+4.1	+.004	+2.3	+4.9	+.187	+0.4	+0.9	+.097
Jamal Murray	59	31.5	21.2	0.7	3.4	4.1	6.5	1.0	0.7	2.1	1.8	8.0	16.7	.481	2.5	5.8	.425	2.7	3.1	.853

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Johnson	8	38.8	17.9	3.1	3.5	6.6	1.6	1.3	0.4	3.1	3.8	6.5	13.4	.486	0.3	1.3	.200	4.6	6.3	.740
difference:	+4	+0.3	+2.7	+2.3	+0.1	+2.3	+4.0	+0.5	+0.1	-0.5	-1.5	+1.8	+7.4	+.084	+1.6	+4.8	+.115	+2.6	+4.1	+.183
Jamal Murray	12	38.5	20.6	0.8	3.6	4.3	5.6	0.8	0.5	2.6	2.3	8.3	20.8	.402	1.9	6.1	.315	2.0	2.2	.923


Season 8
	Larry Johnson	Jamal Murray
Season	1998-99	2024-25
Team	New York Knicks	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost NBA Finals	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
Larry Johnson	49	33.4	12.0	1.9	3.9	5.8	2.4	0.7	0.2	1.8	3.0	4.3	9.3	.459	0.7	1.9	.359	2.7	3.3	.817
difference:	+18	+2.7	+9.4	+1.2	+0.7	+1.9	+3.6	+0.7	+0.3	-0.3	-1.1	+3.6	+7.4	+.015	+1.6	+4.0	+.034	+0.6	+0.4	+.069
Jamal Murray	67	36.1	21.4	0.7	3.2	3.9	6.0	1.4	0.5	2.1	1.9	7.9	16.7	.474	2.3	5.9	.393	3.3	3.7	.886

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Johnson	20	34.1	11.5	1.1	3.8	4.9	1.6	1.1	0.1	1.7	3.2	4.4	10.2	.426	1.2	4.1	.293	1.6	2.3	.674
difference:	+6	+7.2	+10.3	+0.5	+0.4		+3.6	+0.1	+0.7	-1.4	-1.0	+3.5	+7.7	+.018	+1.2	+2.8	+.061	+1.9	+1.7	+.201
Jamal Murray	14	41.3	21.8	0.6	4.2	4.9	5.2	1.2	0.8	3.1	2.2	7.9	17.9	.444	2.4	6.9	.354	3.5	4.0	.875

Additional Years

* Larry Johnson played 2 seasons more than Jamal Murray in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 9 to 10, from 2000 to 2001—Larry Johnson played in one postseason.

Larry Johnson vs. Jamal Murray Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jamal Murray and Larry Johnson, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years