Paul George vs. Jamal Murray Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jamal Murray and Paul George, 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 / Games against each other

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.

Paul George played 15 years in the NBA, 7 more than Jamal Murray, who played 8. Paul George had the first of his seasons in 2010-11, 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
Paul George	15	11	2010-11 to 2024-25
Jamal Murray	8	5	2016-17 to 2024-25

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Paul George	Jamal Murray
Season	2010-11	2016-17
Team	Indiana Pacers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Paul George	61	20.7	7.8	0.6	3.1	3.7	1.1	1.0	0.4	1.1	2.1	2.9	6.5	.453	0.7	2.3	.297	1.3	1.7	.762
difference:	+21	+0.8	+2.1	+0.1	+1.0	+1.1	+1.0	+0.4	+0.1	-0.3	-0.6	+0.7	+2.4	+.049	+0.7	+1.9	+.037		+0.2	+.121
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		%
Paul George	5	26.6	6.0	1.0	4.0	5.0	1.0	1.4	2.0	1.4	2.2	2.0	6.6	.303	0.6	2.6	.231	1.4	1.6	.875
Jamal Murray	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Paul George	Jamal Murray
Season	2011-12	2017-18
Team	Indiana Pacers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers 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		%
Paul George	66	29.7	12.1	0.8	4.8	5.6	2.4	1.6	0.6	1.8	2.9	4.3	9.7	.440	1.4	3.5	.385	2.2	2.8	.802
difference:	+15	+2.0	+4.6	+0.2	+2.1	+1.9	+1.0	+0.6	+0.3	-0.3	-0.8	+1.6	+3.4	+.011	+0.6	+1.9	+.007	+0.6	+0.3	+.103
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		%
Paul George	11	33.7	9.7	1.4	5.3	6.6	2.4	1.6	0.4	1.9	2.9	3.4	8.6	.389	1.0	3.7	.268	2.0	2.5	.786
Jamal Murray	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Paul George	Jamal Murray
Season	2012-13	2018-19
Team	Indiana Pacers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Most Improved Player	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Paul George	79	37.6	17.4	1.1	6.5	7.6	4.1	1.8	0.6	2.9	2.9	6.2	14.9	.419	2.2	5.9	.362	2.8	3.5	.807
difference:	+4	+5.0	+0.8	+0.2	+3.1	+3.4	+0.7	+0.9	+0.2	-0.8	-0.9	+0.6	+0.7	+.018	+0.2	+0.4	+.005	+0.3	+0.5	+.041
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		%
Paul George	19	41.1	19.2	0.8	6.6	7.4	5.1	1.3	0.5	3.9	3.8	6.3	14.6	.430	1.8	5.5	.327	4.9	6.7	.727
difference:	+5	+4.8	+2.1	+0.6	+3.6	+3.0	+0.4	+0.3	+0.4	-2.3	-2.1	+1.3	+3.4	+.005	+0.2	+0.4	+.010	+0.9	+2.3	+.176
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
	Paul George	Jamal Murray
Season	2013-14	2019-20
Team	Indiana Pacers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Paul George	80	36.2	21.7	0.8	6.0	6.8	3.5	1.9	0.3	2.8	2.5	7.2	17.0	.424	2.3	6.3	.364	5.0	5.8	.864
difference:	+21	+3.9	+3.2		+2.8	+2.8	+1.3	+0.8		-0.6	-0.8	+0.3	+1.8	+.032	+0.4	+0.8	+.018	+2.2	+2.7	+.017
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		%
Paul George	19	41.1	22.6	0.7	6.9	7.6	3.8	2.2	0.4	2.6	2.9	7.3	16.6	.438	2.7	6.8	.403	5.3	6.7	.789
difference:		+1.5	+3.9	+0.4	+3.1	+2.8	+2.8	+1.3	+0.1	-0.2	-0.7	+2.5	+2.8	+.067	+0.6	+0.4	+.050	+1.6	+2.6	+.108
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
	Paul George	Jamal Murray
Season	2014-15	2020-21
Team	Indiana Pacers	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		%
Paul George	6	15.2	8.8	0.7	3.0	3.7	1.0	0.8	0.2	2.0	1.8	3.0	8.2	.367	1.5	3.7	.409	1.3	1.8	.727
difference:	+42	+20.3	+12.4	+0.1	+0.3	+0.3	+3.8	+0.5	+0.1	-0.3	-0.2	+4.9	+8.3	+.110	+1.2	+2.9	+.001	+1.5	+1.4	+.142
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 Paul George nor Jamal Murray played in the postseason in their season 5

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


Season 6
	Paul George	Jamal Murray
Season	2015-16	2022-23
Team	Indiana Pacers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East 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		%
Paul George	81	34.8	23.1	1.0	6.0	7.0	4.1	1.9	0.4	3.3	2.8	7.5	17.9	.418	2.6	7.0	.371	5.6	6.5	.860
difference:	+16	+2.0	+3.1	+0.3	+2.8	+3.0	+2.1	+0.9	+0.2	-1.1	-1.2	+0.2	+1.9	+.036		+0.4	+.027	+2.8	+3.2	+.027
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		%
Paul George	7	39.3	27.3	1.3	6.3	7.6	4.3	2.0	0.7	3.3	3.4	8.0	17.6	.455	2.6	6.1	.419	8.7	9.1	.953
difference:	+13	+0.7	+1.2	+0.5	+1.4	+1.9	+2.8	+0.5	+0.4	-0.8	-1.3	+1.7	+2.9	+.018	+0.4	+1.4	+.023	+4.9	+5.0	+.027
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
	Paul George	Jamal Murray
Season	2016-17	2023-24
Team	Indiana Pacers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Paul George	75	35.9	23.7	0.8	5.8	6.6	3.3	1.6	0.4	2.9	2.7	8.3	18.0	.461	2.6	6.6	.393	4.5	5.0	.898
difference:	+16	+4.4	+2.5	+0.1	+2.4	+2.5	+3.2	+0.6	+0.3	-0.8	-0.9	+0.3	+1.3	+.020	+0.1	+0.8	+.032	+1.8	+1.9	+.045
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		%
Paul George	4	43.0	28.0	1.3	7.5	8.8	7.3	1.8	0.5	3.3	3.3	8.5	22.0	.386	4.5	10.5	.429	6.5	7.5	.867
difference:	+8	+4.5	+7.4	+0.5	+3.9	+4.5	+1.7	+1.0		-0.7	-1.0	+0.2	+1.2	+.016	+2.6	+4.4	+.114	+4.5	+5.3	+.056
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
	Paul George	Jamal Murray
Season	2017-18	2024-25
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Paul George	79	36.6	21.9	0.9	4.7	5.7	3.3	2.0	0.5	2.7	2.9	7.3	17.0	.430	3.1	7.7	.401	4.3	5.2	.822
difference:	+12	+0.5	+0.5	+0.2	+1.5	+1.8	+2.7	+0.6		-0.6	-1.0	+0.6	+0.3	+.044	+0.8	+1.8	+.008	+1.0	+1.5	+.064
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		%
Paul George	6	41.8	24.7	0.7	5.3	6.0	2.7	1.3	0.7	4.0	2.8	8.2	20.0	.408	3.2	8.7	.365	5.2	6.0	.861
difference:	+8	+0.5	+2.9	+0.1	+1.1	+1.1	+2.5	+0.1	+0.1	-0.9	-0.6	+0.3	+2.1	+.036	+0.8	+1.8	+.011	+1.7	+2.0	+.014
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
* Paul George played 7 seasons more than Jamal Murray in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 9 to 15, from 2019 to 2025—Paul George played in 4 Playoffs. In those 7 extra years over Jamal Murray, Paul George got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA First Team 1 All-NBA Third Team 1 All-Defensive First Team 1 Steals Leader 4 All-Star Game

Paul George vs. Jamal Murray Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jamal Murray and Paul George, 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