Kentavious Caldwell-Pope vs. Calvin Murphy Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Calvin Murphy and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, 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.

Kentavious Caldwell-Pope played 11 years in the NBA, 2 less than Calvin Murphy, who played 13. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope had the first of his seasons in 2013-14, while Calvin Murphy had his rookie season in 1970-71. 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
	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	Calvin Murphy
Season	2013-14	1970-71
Team	Detroit Pistons	San Diego Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First 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		%
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	80	19.8	5.9	0.5	1.5	2.0	0.7	0.9	0.2	0.4	1.8	2.3	5.8	.396	0.7	2.3	.319	0.6	0.8	.770
Calvin Murphy	82	24.6	15.8	-	-	3.0	4.0	-	-	-	3.2	5.7	12.5	.458	-	-	-	4.3	5.3	.820
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Calvin Murphy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	Calvin Murphy
Season	2019-20	1976-77
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	69	25.5	9.3	0.6	1.5	2.1	1.6	0.8	0.2	0.9	1.9	3.4	7.3	.467	1.3	3.5	.385	1.1	1.5	.775
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	21	29.0	10.7	0.4	1.7	2.1	1.3	1.0	0.2	0.7	1.9	3.8	9.0	.418	2.1	5.7	.378	1.0	1.3	.815
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

Season 9
	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	Calvin Murphy
Season	2021-22	1978-79
Team	Washington Wizards	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	77	30.2	13.2	0.5	2.9	3.4	1.9	1.1	0.3	1.3	1.8	4.7	10.8	.435	2.1	5.3	.390	1.8	2.0	.890
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Season 10
	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	Calvin Murphy
Season	2022-23	1979-80
Team	Denver Nuggets	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	76	31.3	10.8	0.5	2.3	2.7	2.4	1.5	0.5	1.1	1.9	3.8	8.3	.462	1.8	4.2	.423	1.4	1.6	.824
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	20	33.6	10.6	0.7	2.6	3.3	1.6	1.3	0.7	0.8	2.4	3.7	8.1	.457	1.8	4.6	.380	1.5	1.8	.829
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