Zelmo Beaty vs. Jamal Murray Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jamal Murray and Zelmo Beaty, 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.

Zelmo Beaty played 8 years in the NBA, 1 more than Jamal Murray, who played 7. Zelmo Beaty had the first of his seasons in 1962-63, 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
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Rookie Season
	Zelmo Beaty	Jamal Murray
Season	1962-63	2016-17
Team	St. Louis Hawks	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Hawks Lost West Div 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		%
Zelmo Beaty	80	24.0	10.2	-	-	8.3	1.1	-	-	-	3.9	3.7	8.5	.439	-	-	-	2.8	3.8	.717
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		%
Zelmo Beaty	11	27.9	10.3	-	-	7.6	1.0	-	-	-	4.3	3.9	8.8	.443	-	-	-	2.5	3.3	.750
Jamal Murray	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Zelmo Beaty	Jamal Murray
Season	1965-66	2019-20
Team	St. Louis Hawks	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost West Div Finals	Nuggets Lost West Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zelmo Beaty	80	38.4	20.7	-	-	13.6	1.6	-	-	-	4.3	7.7	16.3	.473	-	-	-	5.3	7.0	.758
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		%
Zelmo Beaty	10	41.8	19.0	-	-	13.1	2.2	-	-	-	3.8	7.3	14.8	.493	-	-	-	4.4	5.8	.759
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
	Zelmo Beaty	Jamal Murray
Season	1967-68	2022-23
Team	St. Louis Hawks	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost West 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		%
Zelmo Beaty	82	37.4	21.1	-	-	11.7	2.1	-	-	-	3.6	7.8	16.0	.488	-	-	-	5.5	7.0	.794
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		%
Zelmo Beaty	6	39.8	21.5	-	-	13.5	2.5	-	-	-	4.3	7.2	15.3	.467	-	-	-	7.2	9.2	.782
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

Note: Zelmo Beaty didn't play in 1969-70, 1970-71, 1971-72, 1972-73 and 1973-74.