Tony Allen vs. Jamal Murray Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jamal Murray and Tony Allen, 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.

Tony Allen played 14 years in the NBA, 6 more than Jamal Murray, who played 8. Tony Allen had the first of his seasons in 2004-05, 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.

Rookie Season
	Tony Allen	Jamal Murray
Season	2004-05	2016-17
Team	Boston Celtics	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Celtics 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		%
Tony Allen	77	16.4	6.4	1.1	1.8	2.9	0.8	1.0	0.3	1.0	2.0	2.4	5.0	.475	0.2	0.4	.387	1.5	2.0	.737
difference:	+5	+5.1	+3.5	+0.6	+0.3	+0.3	+1.3	+0.4		-0.4	-0.5	+1.2	+3.9	+.071	+1.2	+3.8	+.053	+0.2	+0.5	+.146
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		%
Tony Allen	7	12.4	2.7	0.6	1.1	1.7	0.3	0.4	0.3	0.7	2.4	1.1	2.6	.444	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	1.0	.429
Jamal Murray	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Tony Allen	Jamal Murray
Season	2007-08	2019-20
Team	Boston Celtics	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Tony Allen	75	18.3	6.6	0.5	1.8	2.2	1.5	0.8	0.3	1.5	2.2	2.3	5.2	.434	0.2	0.8	.316	1.8	2.4	.762
difference:	+16	+14.0	+11.9	+0.3	+1.4	+1.8	+3.3	+0.3		-0.7	-0.5	+4.6	+10.0	+.022	+1.7	+4.7	+.030	+1.0	+0.7	+.119
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		%
Tony Allen	15	4.3	1.3	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.3	0.6	1.1	.563	0.0	0.1	.000	0.1	0.3	.400
difference:	+4	+35.3	+25.2	+1.0	+3.7	+4.6	+6.4	+0.8	+0.3	-2.7	-1.9	+9.2	+18.3	+.058	+3.3	+7.1	+.453	+3.6	+3.8	+.497
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

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

Season 6
	Tony Allen	Jamal Murray
Season	2009-10	2022-23
Team	Boston Celtics	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Tony Allen	54	16.5	6.1	1.0	1.7	2.7	1.3	1.1	0.4	1.2	2.0	2.4	4.7	.510	0.0	0.1	.000	1.3	2.2	.605
difference:	+11	+16.3	+13.9	+0.3	+1.5	+1.3	+4.9	+0.1	+0.2	-1.0	-0.4	+4.9	+11.3	+.056	+2.6	+6.5	+.398	+1.5	+1.1	+.228
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		%
Tony Allen	24	16.3	5.1	0.5	1.2	1.7	0.7	1.0	0.6	1.0	2.4	2.0	4.1	.480	0.0	0.2	.000	1.2	1.5	.778
difference:	+4	+23.7	+21.0	+0.3	+3.7	+4.0	+6.4	+0.5	+0.3	-1.5	-0.3	+7.7	+16.4	+.007	+3.0	+7.3	+.396	+2.6	+2.6	+.148
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
	Tony Allen	Jamal Murray
Season	2010-11	2023-24
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West 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		%
Tony Allen	72	20.8	8.9	1.0	1.7	2.7	1.4	1.8	0.6	1.2	2.2	3.5	6.8	.510	0.1	0.3	.174	1.9	2.5	.753
difference:	+13	+10.7	+12.3	+0.3	+1.7	+1.4	+5.1	+0.8	+0.1	-0.9	-0.4	+4.5	+9.9	+.029	+2.4	+5.5	+.251	+0.8	+0.6	+.100
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		%
Tony Allen	13	26.9	8.8	1.2	1.8	2.9	1.5	1.9	0.4	1.8	3.3	3.3	7.8	.426	0.1	0.5	.143	2.1	3.2	.659
difference:	+1	+11.6	+11.8	+0.4	+1.8	+1.4	+4.1	+1.1	+0.1	-0.8	-1.0	+5.0	+13.0	+.024	+1.8	+5.6	+.172	+0.1	+1.0	+.264
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
	Tony Allen	Jamal Murray
Season	2011-12	2024-25
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Grizzlies 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		%
Tony Allen	58	26.3	9.8	1.7	2.3	4.0	1.4	1.8	0.6	1.6	2.4	3.6	7.7	.469	0.1	0.4	.308	2.4	3.0	.800
difference:	+9	+9.8	+11.6	+1.0	+0.9	+0.1	+4.6	+0.4	+0.1	-0.5	-0.5	+4.3	+9.0	+.005	+2.2	+5.5	+.085	+0.9	+0.7	+.086
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		%
Tony Allen	7	24.3	6.9	1.1	2.0	3.1	0.7	1.3	1.0	1.4	3.0	2.6	6.4	.400	0.0	0.7	.000	1.7	2.4	.706
difference:	+7	+17.0	+14.9	+0.5	+2.2	+1.8	+4.5	+0.1	+0.2	-1.7	-0.8	+5.3	+11.5	+.044	+2.4	+6.2	+.354	+1.8	+1.6	+.169
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
* Tony Allen played 6 seasons more than Jamal Murray in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 9 to 14, from 2013 to 2018—Tony Allen played in 4 Playoffs. In those 6 extra years over Jamal Murray, Tony Allen got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-Defensive First Team 2 All-Defensive Second Team