Jamal Murray vs. Eduardo Najera Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Eduardo Najera and Jamal 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.

Jamal Murray played 7 years in the NBA, 5 less than Eduardo Najera, who played 12. Jamal Murray had the first of his seasons in 2016-17, while Eduardo Najera had his rookie season in 2000-01. 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
Jamal Murray	7	4	2016-17 to 2023-24
Eduardo Najera	12	9	2000-01 to 2011-12

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Jamal Murray	Eduardo Najera
Season	2016-17	2000-01
Team	Denver Nuggets	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Mavericks Lost West 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		%
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
Eduardo Najera	40	10.8	3.3	1.0	1.4	2.4	0.7	0.3	0.2	0.4	1.2	1.5	2.8	.523	0.0	0.1	.333	0.4	0.8	.424

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jamal Murray	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Eduardo Najera	7	6.0	3.0	1.0	1.1	2.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	1.1	1.3	2.4	.529	0.4	0.6	.750	0.0	0.0	-


Season 2
	Jamal Murray	Eduardo Najera
Season	2017-18	2001-02
Team	Denver Nuggets	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Mavericks Lost West 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		%
Jamal Murray	81	31.7	16.7	1.0	2.7	3.7	3.4	1.0	0.3	2.1	2.1	5.9	13.1	.451	2.0	5.4	.378	2.8	3.1	.905
Eduardo Najera	62	21.9	6.5	2.4	3.1	5.5	0.6	0.9	0.5	0.6	2.5	2.4	4.8	.500	0.0	0.0	.000	1.6	2.4	.676

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jamal Murray	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Eduardo Najera	8	15.4	4.6	0.4	1.3	1.6	0.1	0.4	0.0	0.3	2.8	2.0	2.9	.696	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	1.0	.625


Season 3
	Jamal Murray	Eduardo Najera
Season	2018-19	2002-03
Team	Denver Nuggets	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	Mavericks 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		%
Jamal Murray	75	32.6	18.2	0.9	3.4	4.2	4.8	0.9	0.4	2.1	2.0	6.8	15.6	.437	2.0	5.5	.367	2.5	3.0	.848
Eduardo Najera	48	23.0	6.7	1.9	2.8	4.6	1.0	0.8	0.5	0.5	2.7	2.7	4.8	.558	0.0	0.0	.000	1.3	1.9	.681

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jamal Murray	14	36.3	21.3	1.4	3.0	4.4	4.7	1.0	0.1	1.6	1.7	7.6	18.0	.425	2.0	5.9	.337	4.0	4.4	.903
Eduardo Najera	19	20.8	6.1	1.9	2.0	3.9	0.8	0.7	0.2	0.8	2.8	2.1	4.5	.453	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.5	.792


Season 4
	Jamal Murray	Eduardo Najera
Season	2019-20	2003-04
Team	Denver Nuggets	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Finals	Mavericks 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		%
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
Eduardo Najera	58	12.4	3.0	1.2	1.5	2.7	0.4	0.6	0.3	0.5	1.6	1.2	2.8	.444	0.0	0.1	.500	0.5	0.8	.652

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Eduardo Najera	5	11.2	2.4	2.0	1.4	3.4	0.6	0.6	0.4	0.4	2.4	1.0	2.2	.455	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.4	1.000


Season 5
	Jamal Murray	Eduardo Najera
Season	2020-21	2004-05
Team	Denver Nuggets	Golden State Warriors, Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nuggets 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		%
Jamal Murray	48	35.5	21.2	0.8	3.3	4.0	4.8	1.3	0.3	2.3	2.0	7.9	16.5	.477	2.7	6.6	.408	2.8	3.2	.869
Eduardo Najera	68	17.4	5.2	1.5	2.1	3.6	1.0	0.6	0.4	0.9	2.2	2.1	4.7	.450	0.1	0.3	.286	0.9	1.3	.637

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jamal Murray	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Eduardo Najera	2	6.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	1.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

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


Season 6
	Jamal Murray	Eduardo Najera
Season	2022-23	2005-06
Team	Denver Nuggets	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Nuggets 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		%
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
Eduardo Najera	64	22.6	5.4	2.0	3.1	5.1	0.8	0.8	0.5	0.8	2.6	2.0	4.7	.422	0.1	0.2	.333	1.4	1.8	.781

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Eduardo Najera	4	22.3	2.0	1.0	2.8	3.8	0.5	0.8	0.0	1.0	3.3	0.8	3.5	.214	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	1.0	.500


Season 7
	Jamal Murray	Eduardo Najera
Season	2023-24	2006-07
Team	Denver Nuggets	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets TBD	Nuggets 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		%
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
Eduardo Najera	75	22.1	6.6	1.7	2.4	4.1	0.9	1.0	0.3	0.7	2.8	2.7	4.7	.576	0.0	0.2	.083	1.2	1.6	.715

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jamal Murray	10	38.7	20.2	0.9	3.8	4.7	5.9	0.9	0.6	2.5	2.3	8.3	20.4	.407	1.7	5.4	.315	1.9	2.1	.905
Eduardo Najera	5	19.2	1.8	2.2	3.4	5.6	0.4	0.4	0.2	0.4	2.0	0.8	3.4	.235	0.0	0.6	.000	0.2	0.4	.500


Season 8
	Jamal Murray	Eduardo Najera
Season	-	2007-08
Team	-	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Nuggets 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		%
Jamal Murray	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Eduardo Najera	78	21.3	5.9	1.4	2.9	4.3	1.2	0.9	0.5	0.8	2.6	2.2	4.7	.473	0.7	1.9	.361	0.8	1.1	.708

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jamal Murray	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Eduardo Najera	4	19.5	4.0	1.3	2.0	3.3	1.5	0.8	0.3	1.3	3.8	1.8	3.5	.500	0.5	1.3	.400	0.0	0.0	-


Season 9
	Jamal Murray	Eduardo Najera
Season	-	2008-09
Team	-	New Jersey Nets
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		%
Jamal Murray	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Eduardo Najera	27	11.8	2.9	0.6	1.9	2.5	0.7	0.4	0.1	0.7	1.9	1.2	2.7	.446	0.2	0.9	.200	0.3	0.8	.364

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jamal Murray	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Eduardo Najera	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Jamal Murray	Eduardo Najera
Season	-	2009-10
Team	-	New Jersey Nets, Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Mavericks 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		%
Jamal Murray	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Eduardo Najera	46	14.9	3.4	0.7	1.8	2.5	0.6	0.6	0.3	0.5	2.0	1.3	3.2	.425	0.4	1.4	.297	0.3	0.5	.583

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jamal Murray	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Eduardo Najera	5	7.2	0.8	1.0	0.8	1.8	0.0	0.4	0.0	0.2	1.6	0.4	1.6	.250	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-


Season 11
	Jamal Murray	Eduardo Najera
Season	-	2010-11
Team	-	Charlotte Bobcats
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		%
Jamal Murray	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Eduardo Najera	31	12.0	2.2	0.5	1.0	1.4	0.6	0.4	0.2	0.4	1.7	0.8	2.3	.361	0.4	1.1	.324	0.2	0.4	.545

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jamal Murray	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Eduardo Najera	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Jamal Murray	Eduardo Najera
Season	-	2011-12
Team	-	Charlotte Bobcats
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		%
Jamal Murray	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Eduardo Najera	22	12.3	2.6	0.5	1.8	2.3	0.5	0.9	0.2	0.3	1.8	1.1	2.9	.375	0.4	1.3	.276	0.1	0.2	.500

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jamal Murray	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Eduardo Najera	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Jamal Murray vs. Eduardo Najera Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Eduardo Najera and Jamal 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

Season 11

Season 12