Lew Hitch vs. Jamal Murray Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jamal Murray and Lew Hitch, 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.

Lew Hitch played 6 years in the NBA, 1 less than Jamal Murray, who played 7. Lew Hitch had the first of his seasons in 1951-52, 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 achivements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7
Rookie Season
	Lew Hitch	Jamal Murray
Season	1951-52	2016-17
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lew Hitch	61	13.9	3.6	-	-	4.0	0.8	-	-	-	1.5	1.3	3.5	.358	-	-	-	1.0	1.5	.670
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lew Hitch	13	11.7	1.8	-	-	3.4	0.7	-	-	-	1.2	0.7	1.9	.360	-	-	-	0.5	1.6	.286
Jamal Murray	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Lew Hitch	Jamal Murray
Season	1952-53	2017-18
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lew Hitch	70	14.7	3.7	-	-	3.9	0.9	-	-	-	1.7	1.3	3.6	.349	-	-	-	1.2	1.9	.610
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		%
Lew Hitch	12	15.8	4.1	-	-	5.3	0.9	-	-	-	2.7	1.3	3.8	.348	-	-	-	1.4	2.7	.531
Jamal Murray	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Season 6
	Lew Hitch	Jamal Murray
Season	1956-57	2022-23
Team	Rochester Royals, Philadelphia Warriors	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Warriors Lost East Div Semis	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lew Hitch	68	16.7	4.2	-	-	3.7	0.6	-	-	-	1.5	1.6	4.4	.375	-	-	-	0.9	1.3	.716
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		%
Lew Hitch	2	1.5	1.0	-	-	1.0	0.0	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	0.5	.000	-	-	-	1.0	1.0	1.000
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