Calvin Murphy vs. Coby White Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Coby White and Calvin Murphy, 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.

Calvin Murphy played 13 years in the NBA, 8 more than Coby White, who played 5. Calvin Murphy had the first of his seasons in 1970-71, while Coby White had his rookie season in 2019-20. 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
Calvin Murphy	13	6	1970-71 to 1982-83
Coby White	5	1	2019-20 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13


Rookie Season
	Calvin Murphy	Coby White
Season	1970-71	2019-20
Team	San Diego Rockets	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
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		%
Calvin Murphy	82	24.6	15.8	-	-	3.0	4.0	-	-	-	3.2	5.7	12.5	.458	-	-	-	4.3	5.3	.820
Coby White	65	25.8	13.2	0.4	3.1	3.5	2.7	0.8	0.1	1.7	1.8	4.8	12.2	.394	2.0	5.8	.354	1.6	2.0	.791

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Calvin Murphy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Coby White	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Calvin Murphy	Coby White
Season	1971-72	2020-21
Team	Houston Rockets	Chicago Bulls
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		%
Calvin Murphy	82	31.0	18.2	-	-	3.1	4.8	-	-	-	3.6	7.0	15.3	.455	-	-	-	4.3	4.8	.890
Coby White	69	31.2	15.1	0.4	3.7	4.1	4.8	0.6	0.2	2.3	2.6	5.4	13.1	.416	2.4	6.6	.359	1.9	2.1	.901

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Calvin Murphy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Coby White	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Calvin Murphy	Coby White
Season	1972-73	2021-22
Team	Houston Rockets	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bulls Lost East 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		%
Calvin Murphy	77	22.0	13.0	-	-	1.9	3.4	-	-	-	2.7	4.9	10.6	.465	-	-	-	3.1	3.5	.888
Coby White	61	27.4	12.7	0.3	2.7	3.0	2.9	0.5	0.2	1.1	2.2	4.6	10.6	.433	2.2	5.8	.385	1.3	1.5	.857

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Calvin Murphy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Coby White	5	19.6	8.4	0.0	3.4	3.4	1.8	0.2	0.0	1.2	1.0	3.0	9.0	.333	1.6	5.8	.276	0.8	1.0	.800


Season 4
	Calvin Murphy	Coby White
Season	1973-74	2022-23
Team	Houston Rockets	Chicago Bulls
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		%
Calvin Murphy	81	36.1	20.4	0.6	1.7	2.3	7.4	1.9	0.0	-	3.8	8.3	15.9	.522	-	-	-	3.8	4.4	.868
Coby White	74	23.4	9.7	0.2	2.6	2.9	2.8	0.7	0.1	1.0	1.6	3.6	8.0	.443	1.7	4.6	.372	0.8	0.9	.871

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Calvin Murphy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Coby White	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Calvin Murphy	Coby White
Season	1974-75	2023-24
Team	Houston Rockets	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Calvin Murphy	78	32.2	18.7	0.7	1.6	2.2	4.9	1.6	0.1	-	3.6	7.1	14.8	.484	-	-	-	4.4	4.9	.883
Coby White	79	36.5	19.1	0.6	4.0	4.5	5.1	0.7	0.2	2.1	2.4	6.8	15.3	.447	2.6	7.0	.376	2.8	3.3	.838

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Calvin Murphy	8	38.1	24.4	1.1	1.3	2.4	5.6	1.8	0.1	-	4.5	9.0	19.5	.462	-	-	-	6.4	7.1	.895
Coby White	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Calvin Murphy	Coby White
Season	1975-76	-
Team	Houston Rockets	-
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		%
Calvin Murphy	82	36.5	21.0	0.6	1.9	2.5	7.3	1.8	0.1	-	3.6	8.2	16.7	.493	-	-	-	4.5	5.0	.907
Coby White	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Calvin Murphy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Coby White	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Calvin Murphy	Coby White
Season	1976-77	-
Team	Houston Rockets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets Lost East 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		%
Calvin Murphy	82	33.7	17.9	0.7	1.4	2.1	4.7	1.8	0.1	-	3.4	7.3	14.8	.490	-	-	-	3.3	3.7	.886
Coby White	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Calvin Murphy	12	35.0	19.3	0.6	1.0	1.6	6.3	1.6	0.2	-	3.9	8.5	17.8	.479	-	-	-	2.3	2.5	.933
Coby White	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Calvin Murphy	Coby White
Season	1977-78	-
Team	Houston Rockets	-
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		%
Calvin Murphy	76	38.2	25.6	0.8	1.4	2.2	3.4	1.5	0.0	2.3	3.2	11.2	22.9	.491	-	-	-	3.2	3.5	.918
Coby White	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Calvin Murphy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Coby White	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Calvin Murphy	Coby White
Season	1978-79	-
Team	Houston Rockets	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost East 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		%
Calvin Murphy	82	35.9	20.2	1.0	1.2	2.1	4.3	1.4	0.1	2.3	3.5	8.6	17.4	.496	-	-	-	3.0	3.2	.928
Coby White	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Calvin Murphy	2	36.5	13.0	1.0	0.5	1.5	3.0	4.0	0.5	1.0	4.5	4.5	15.5	.290	-	-	-	4.0	4.5	.889
Coby White	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Calvin Murphy	Coby White
Season	1979-80	-
Team	Houston Rockets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets Lost East Conf Semis	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Calvin Murphy	76	35.2	20.0	0.9	1.1	2.0	3.9	1.9	0.1	2.1	3.5	8.2	16.7	.493	0.0	0.3	.040	3.6	4.0	.897
Coby White	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Calvin Murphy	7	37.9	18.7	0.6	0.9	1.4	3.7	1.6	0.0	2.3	4.1	8.3	15.4	.537	0.3	0.6	.500	1.9	1.9	1.000
Coby White	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Calvin Murphy	Coby White
Season	1980-81	-
Team	Houston Rockets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets Lost NBA 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		%
Calvin Murphy	76	26.5	16.7	0.4	0.7	1.1	2.9	1.5	0.1	1.7	2.8	6.9	14.1	.492	0.1	0.2	.235	2.7	2.8	.958
Coby White	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Calvin Murphy	19	28.4	18.1	0.4	0.9	1.3	3.0	1.4	0.0	2.2	3.6	7.5	15.1	.495	0.1	0.4	.286	3.1	3.2	.967
Coby White	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Calvin Murphy	Coby White
Season	1981-82	-
Team	Houston Rockets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets 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		%
Calvin Murphy	64	18.8	10.2	0.3	0.6	1.0	2.5	0.7	0.0	1.3	2.2	4.3	10.1	.427	0.0	0.3	.063	1.6	1.7	.909
Coby White	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Calvin Murphy	3	19.0	5.7	0.7	0.3	1.0	1.3	0.3	0.0	1.3	2.3	1.7	7.3	.227	0.0	1.0	.000	2.3	2.7	.875
Coby White	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Calvin Murphy	Coby White
Season	1982-83	-
Team	Houston Rockets	-
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		%
Calvin Murphy	64	22.2	12.8	0.5	0.6	1.2	2.5	0.9	0.1	1.4	2.5	5.3	11.8	.447	0.1	0.2	.286	2.2	2.3	.920
Coby White	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Calvin Murphy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Coby White	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Calvin Murphy vs. Coby White Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Coby White and Calvin Murphy, 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

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13