Ronald Murray vs. Jusuf Nurkic Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jusuf Nurkic and Ronald Murray, 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

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.

Ronald Murray played 8 years in the NBA, 2 less than Jusuf Nurkic, who played 10. Ronald Murray had the first of his seasons in 2002-03, while Jusuf Nurkic had his rookie season in 2014-15. 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Ronald Murray	8	5	2002-03 to 2009-10
Jusuf Nurkic	10	5	2014-15 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Ronald Murray	Jusuf Nurkic
Season	2002-03	2014-15
Team	Milwaukee Bucks, Seattle Supersonics	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Ronald Murray	14	4.4	1.9	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.3	0.0	0.6	0.0	0.8	2.2	.355	0.0	0.4	.000	0.4	0.6	.625
Jusuf Nurkic	62	17.8	6.9	2.0	4.1	6.2	0.8	0.8	1.1	1.4	3.3	2.8	6.2	.446	0.0	0.0	.000	1.4	2.1	.636

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ronald Murray	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jusuf Nurkic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Ronald Murray	Jusuf Nurkic
Season	2003-04	2015-16
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Ronald Murray	82	24.6	12.4	0.5	1.9	2.5	2.5	1.0	0.3	1.8	1.9	4.7	11.2	.425	0.8	2.8	.293	2.0	2.9	.715
Jusuf Nurkic	32	17.1	8.2	2.0	3.4	5.5	1.3	0.8	1.4	1.7	2.8	3.2	7.6	.417	0.0	0.1	.000	1.9	3.1	.616

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ronald Murray	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jusuf Nurkic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Ronald Murray	Jusuf Nurkic
Season	2004-05	2016-17
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Denver Nuggets, Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf Semis	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ronald Murray	49	18.0	7.0	0.3	1.7	2.0	1.3	0.6	0.2	1.2	1.2	2.7	7.4	.361	0.5	1.9	.253	1.2	1.6	.738
Jusuf Nurkic	65	21.4	10.2	2.4	4.8	7.2	1.9	0.8	1.1	2.2	2.5	4.2	8.2	.507	0.0	0.0	.000	1.8	3.2	.571

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ronald Murray	4	16.0	3.0	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.3	0.0	0.5	0.5	2.0	1.0	4.8	.211	0.0	0.5	.000	1.0	1.8	.571
Jusuf Nurkic	1	17.0	2.0	0.0	11.0	11.0	4.0	0.0	1.0	3.0	1.0	1.0	3.0	.333	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-


Season 4
	Ronald Murray	Jusuf Nurkic
Season	2005-06	2017-18
Team	Seattle Supersonics, Cleveland Cavaliers	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ronald Murray	76	27.8	11.2	0.4	1.6	2.0	2.6	0.9	0.1	1.8	1.8	4.2	10.1	.418	0.5	1.9	.262	2.3	3.2	.711
Jusuf Nurkic	79	26.4	14.3	2.4	6.6	9.0	1.8	0.8	1.4	2.3	3.1	6.1	12.0	.505	0.0	0.1	.000	2.2	3.5	.630

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ronald Murray	13	30.7	8.1	0.8	2.4	3.2	1.6	0.7	0.2	0.7	2.1	2.8	8.6	.330	0.4	1.8	.208	2.0	2.5	.813
Jusuf Nurkic	4	23.5	11.8	3.0	5.0	8.0	1.0	1.5	1.3	0.8	3.5	4.8	9.8	.487	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	2.8	.818


Season 5
	Ronald Murray	Jusuf Nurkic
Season	2006-07	2018-19
Team	Detroit Pistons	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Ronald Murray	69	21.4	6.7	0.4	1.3	1.6	2.7	0.7	0.2	1.3	1.4	2.6	6.3	.404	0.3	1.2	.289	1.3	1.7	.725
Jusuf Nurkic	72	27.4	15.6	3.4	7.0	10.4	3.2	1.0	1.4	2.3	3.5	5.8	11.5	.508	0.0	0.4	.103	3.9	5.1	.773

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ronald Murray	12	11.3	2.5	0.2	0.6	0.8	1.2	0.3	0.1	0.7	1.0	0.9	2.6	.355	0.0	0.2	.000	0.7	0.9	.727
Jusuf Nurkic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Ronald Murray	Jusuf Nurkic
Season	2007-08	2019-20
Team	Detroit Pistons, Indiana Pacers	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ronald Murray	42	20.8	9.4	0.5	1.4	2.0	3.4	0.9	0.1	2.0	1.2	3.7	8.7	.420	0.5	1.5	.317	1.6	2.3	.694
Jusuf Nurkic	8	31.6	17.6	2.9	7.4	10.3	4.0	1.4	2.0	2.4	4.9	6.8	13.6	.495	0.3	1.3	.200	3.9	4.4	.886

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ronald Murray	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jusuf Nurkic	5	32.2	14.2	2.8	7.6	10.4	3.6	1.4	0.2	2.6	4.2	5.0	11.4	.439	0.6	2.2	.273	3.6	4.6	.783


Season 7
	Ronald Murray	Jusuf Nurkic
Season	2008-09	2020-21
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ronald Murray	80	24.7	12.2	0.3	1.8	2.1	2.0	1.1	0.2	1.6	2.2	4.4	9.9	.447	1.1	3.0	.360	2.2	2.9	.760
Jusuf Nurkic	37	23.8	11.5	2.3	6.6	9.0	3.4	1.0	1.1	2.0	2.8	4.6	9.0	.514	0.3	0.8	.400	1.9	3.1	.619

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ronald Murray	11	31.0	11.8	0.5	2.2	2.7	2.5	1.1	0.3	1.3	1.5	3.8	11.2	.341	1.3	4.5	.280	2.9	3.4	.865
Jusuf Nurkic	6	28.8	13.2	3.0	7.3	10.3	2.7	0.5	1.2	2.3	5.0	5.0	9.2	.545	0.2	0.8	.200	3.0	4.2	.720


Season 8
	Ronald Murray	Jusuf Nurkic
Season	2009-10	2021-22
Team	Charlotte Bobcats, Chicago Bulls	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Ronald Murray	75	22.3	9.9	0.4	2.1	2.4	1.8	0.6	0.2	1.2	1.7	3.6	9.1	.392	0.9	2.9	.312	1.9	2.6	.727
Jusuf Nurkic	56	28.2	15.0	3.0	8.1	11.1	2.8	1.1	0.6	2.6	3.4	5.7	10.7	.535	0.3	1.0	.268	3.3	4.8	.690

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ronald Murray	5	19.4	8.4	0.8	1.8	2.6	2.0	0.4	0.0	0.2	0.6	3.0	7.4	.405	0.8	2.4	.333	1.6	1.6	1.000
Jusuf Nurkic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Ronald Murray	Jusuf Nurkic
Season	-	2022-23
Team	-	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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		%
Ronald Murray	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jusuf Nurkic	52	26.8	13.3	2.2	6.9	9.1	2.9	0.8	0.8	2.3	3.6	5.0	9.7	.519	0.8	2.3	.361	2.4	3.7	.661

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ronald Murray	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jusuf Nurkic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Ronald Murray	Jusuf Nurkic
Season	-	2023-24
Team	-	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ronald Murray	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jusuf Nurkic	76	27.3	10.9	2.9	8.1	11.0	4.0	1.1	1.1	2.3	3.3	4.2	8.3	.510	0.3	1.2	.244	2.2	3.4	.640

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ronald Murray	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jusuf Nurkic	4	26.0	7.8	3.3	5.0	8.3	2.8	1.5	1.5	1.5	3.8	3.3	6.5	.500	0.0	0.5	.000	1.3	2.8	.455

Ronald Murray vs. Jusuf Nurkic Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jusuf Nurkic and Ronald Murray, 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

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10