Sam Jones vs. Trey Murphy III Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Trey Murphy III and Sam Jones, 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.

Sam Jones played 12 years in the NBA, 7 more than Trey Murphy III, who played 5. Sam Jones had the first of his seasons in 1957-58, while Trey Murphy III had his rookie season in 2021-22. 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.

Season 2
	Sam Jones	Trey Murphy III
Season	1958-59	2022-23
Team	Boston Celtics	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Sam Jones	71	20.6	10.7	-	-	6.0	1.4	-	-	-	1.4	4.3	9.9	.434	-	-	-	2.1	2.8	.770
difference:	+8	+10.4	+3.8			+2.4					-0.6	+0.6	+0.2	+.050				+0.1	+0.4	+.135
Trey Murphy III	79	31.0	14.5	0.7	2.8	3.6	1.4	1.1	0.5	0.8	2.0	4.9	10.1	.484	2.6	6.3	.406	2.2	2.4	.905
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Jones	11	17.5	10.3	-	-	5.7	1.5	-	-	-	1.3	3.6	9.8	.370	-	-	-	3.0	3.5	.846
Trey Murphy III	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Sam Jones	Trey Murphy III
Season	1959-60	2023-24
Team	Boston Celtics	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Pelicans Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Sam Jones	74	20.4	11.9	-	-	5.1	1.7	-	-	-	1.4	4.8	10.6	.454	-	-	-	2.3	3.0	.764
difference:	+17	+9.2	+2.9			+0.2	+0.5				-0.2		+0.3	+.011				+0.1	+0.4	+.051
Trey Murphy III	57	29.6	14.8	0.7	4.2	4.9	2.2	0.9	0.5	0.6	1.2	4.8	10.9	.443	3.0	7.8	.380	2.2	2.6	.815
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Jones	13	15.2	8.2	-	-	3.2	1.4	-	-	-	1.2	3.5	9.0	.385	-	-	-	1.3	1.6	.810
difference:	+9	+26.8	+3.3			+3.3	+0.9				-1.8	+1.0	+3.0	+.010				+1.3	+1.6
Trey Murphy III	4	42.0	11.5	0.8	5.8	6.5	2.3	1.3	1.5	2.0	3.0	4.5	12.0	.375	2.5	7.5	.333	0.0	0.0	-

Season 4
	Sam Jones	Trey Murphy III
Season	1960-61	2024-25
Team	Boston Celtics	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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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		%
Sam Jones	78	26.0	15.0	-	-	5.4	2.8	-	-	-	1.9	6.2	13.7	.449	-	-	-	2.7	3.4	.787
difference:	+25	+9.0	+6.2			+0.3	+0.7				-0.2	+1.0	+2.1	+.005				+1.1	+0.9	+.100
Trey Murphy III	53	35.0	21.2	0.9	4.2	5.1	3.5	1.1	0.7	1.9	2.1	7.2	15.8	.454	3.0	8.3	.361	3.8	4.3	.887
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Jones	10	25.8	13.1	-	-	5.4	2.2	-	-	-	2.2	5.0	11.2	.446	-	-	-	3.1	3.5	.886
Trey Murphy III	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Sam Jones	Trey Murphy III
Season	1961-62	2025-26
Team	Boston Celtics	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Sam Jones	78	30.6	18.4	-	-	5.9	3.0	-	-	-	1.9	7.6	16.5	.464	-	-	-	3.1	3.8	.818
difference:	+61	+4.7	+1.8			+0.5					-0.3	+0.8	+1.9					+0.6	+0.1	+.122
Trey Murphy III	17	35.3	20.2	1.5	4.9	6.4	3.0	1.7	0.2	2.2	2.2	6.8	14.6	.464	2.9	7.9	.370	3.7	3.9	.940
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Jones	14	36.0	20.6	-	-	7.1	3.1	-	-	-	2.1	8.8	19.8	.444	-	-	-	3.0	4.3	.700
Trey Murphy III	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Sam Jones played 7 seasons more than Trey Murphy III in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 6 to 12, from 1963 to 1969—Sam Jones played in 7 Playoffs and won 6 NBA Championships. In those 7 extra years over Trey Murphy III, Sam Jones got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	3 All-NBA Second Team 4 All-Star Game