Kirk Hinrich vs. Jamal Murray Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jamal Murray and Kirk Hinrich, 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.

Kirk Hinrich played 13 years in the NBA, 6 more than Jamal Murray, who played 7. Kirk Hinrich had the first of his seasons in 2003-04, 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.

Their Careers

Player
Total Seasons Playoffs Played NBA Years
Kirk Hinrich 13 11 2003-04 to 2015-16
Jamal Murray 7 4 2016-17 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season

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Rookie Season

Kirk Hinrich Jamal Murray
Season 2003-042016-17
Team Chicago BullsDenver Nuggets
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Rookie First Team-
-Achievement All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs Did Not PlayDid 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 %
Kirk Hinrich 76 35.6 12.0 0.6 2.9 3.4 6.8 1.3 0.3 2.7 3.6 4.2 10.8 .386 1.9 4.9 .390 1.8 2.2 .804
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 %
Kirk Hinrich ------- --- ----------
Jamal Murray ------- --- ----------

Season 2

Kirk Hinrich Jamal Murray
Season 2004-052017-18
Team Chicago BullsDenver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Bulls Lost East Conf 1st RdDid 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 %
Kirk Hinrich 77 36.4 15.7 0.4 3.5 3.9 6.4 1.6 0.3 2.3 3.2 5.8 14.6 .397 1.9 5.3 .355 2.2 2.8 .792
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
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Kirk Hinrich 6 35.8 21.2 0.7 3.0 3.7 5.8 2.0 0.7 2.3 3.0 7.5 16.7 .450 2.8 5.5 .515 3.3 4.8 .690
Jamal Murray ------- --- ----------

Season 3

Kirk Hinrich Jamal Murray
Season 2005-062018-19
Team Chicago BullsDenver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Bulls Lost East Conf 1st RdNuggets 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 %
Kirk Hinrich 81 36.5 15.9 0.4 3.2 3.6 6.3 1.2 0.3 2.3 3.1 5.6 13.3 .418 1.6 4.2 .370 3.2 3.9 .815
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
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Kirk Hinrich 6 39.0 20.5 0.0 3.3 3.3 7.7 1.3 0.3 4.0 3.7 6.5 15.7 .415 1.5 4.3 .346 6.0 7.0 .857
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

Season 4

Kirk Hinrich Jamal Murray
Season 2006-072019-20
Team Chicago BullsDenver Nuggets
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Defensive Second Team-
Playoffs Bulls Lost East Conf SemisNuggets 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 %
Kirk Hinrich 80 35.5 16.6 0.4 3.0 3.4 6.3 1.3 0.3 2.4 3.4 5.9 13.3 .448 1.8 4.2 .415 3.0 3.6 .835
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 %
Kirk Hinrich 10 36.2 12.1 0.4 3.8 4.2 7.5 0.9 0.3 2.3 3.7 4.4 11.7 .376 1.3 4.3 .302 2.0 2.6 .769
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

Season 5

Kirk Hinrich Jamal Murray
Season 2007-082020-21
Team Chicago BullsDenver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Did Not PlayDid 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 %
Kirk Hinrich 75 31.7 11.5 0.4 2.9 3.3 6.0 1.2 0.3 2.1 3.0 4.4 10.6 .414 1.1 3.2 .350 1.6 1.9 .831
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
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Kirk Hinrich ------- --- ----------
Jamal Murray ------- --- ----------

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

Season 6

Kirk Hinrich Jamal Murray
Season 2008-092022-23
Team Chicago BullsDenver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Bulls Lost East Conf 1st RdNBA Champion 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 %
Kirk Hinrich 51 26.3 9.9 0.3 2.1 2.4 3.9 1.3 0.4 1.7 2.5 3.6 8.2 .437 1.4 3.3 .408 1.3 1.7 .791
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 %
Kirk Hinrich 7 30.0 12.6 0.3 2.4 2.7 2.9 1.7 0.4 1.1 2.6 4.1 8.9 .468 1.9 4.3 .433 2.4 3.6 .680
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

Kirk Hinrich Jamal Murray
Season 2009-102023-24
Team Chicago BullsDenver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Bulls Lost East Conf 1st RdNuggets TBD
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Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Kirk Hinrich 74 33.5 10.9 0.3 3.2 3.5 4.5 1.1 0.3 1.5 2.8 4.2 10.2 .409 1.4 3.8 .371 1.1 1.5 .752
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 %
Kirk Hinrich 5 39.2 12.4 0.2 4.2 4.4 4.0 1.4 0.0 0.4 2.8 4.4 10.4 .423 1.6 3.2 .500 2.0 2.8 .714
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

Season 8

Kirk Hinrich Jamal Murray
Season 2010-11-
Team Washington Wizards, Atlanta Hawks-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Hawks 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 %
Kirk Hinrich 72 30.0 10.2 0.3 2.2 2.5 4.0 1.0 0.2 1.7 2.6 3.9 8.7 .446 1.0 2.6 .399 1.5 1.8 .841
Jamal Murray ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Kirk Hinrich 6 28.8 10.2 0.2 2.2 2.3 2.7 1.2 0.3 0.7 3.5 4.3 8.7 .500 1.3 3.2 .421 0.2 0.2 1.000
Jamal Murray ------- --- ----------

Season 9

Kirk Hinrich Jamal Murray
Season 2011-12-
Team Atlanta Hawks-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Hawks 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 %
Kirk Hinrich 48 25.8 6.6 0.2 1.9 2.1 2.8 0.8 0.2 1.2 2.1 2.5 6.1 .414 1.0 2.8 .346 0.5 0.7 .781
Jamal Murray ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Kirk Hinrich 6 23.5 5.7 0.7 1.3 2.0 1.0 0.7 0.0 0.3 1.5 2.2 5.0 .433 1.0 2.7 .375 0.3 0.3 1.000
Jamal Murray ------- --- ----------

Season 10

Kirk Hinrich Jamal Murray
Season 2012-13-
Team Chicago Bulls-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Bulls 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 %
Kirk Hinrich 60 29.4 7.7 0.3 2.4 2.6 5.2 1.1 0.4 1.7 3.2 2.7 7.0 .377 1.2 3.0 .390 1.2 1.6 .714
Jamal Murray ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Kirk Hinrich 4 40.5 11.3 0.3 2.5 2.8 5.8 2.0 0.3 2.0 3.5 4.0 9.3 .432 1.0 2.8 .364 2.3 3.5 .643
Jamal Murray ------- --- ----------

Season 11

Kirk Hinrich Jamal Murray
Season 2013-14-
Team Chicago Bulls-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs 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 %
Kirk Hinrich 73 29.0 9.1 0.4 2.2 2.6 3.9 1.1 0.4 1.6 2.8 3.3 8.5 .393 1.2 3.3 .351 1.3 1.7 .760
Jamal Murray ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Kirk Hinrich 5 33.4 11.0 0.2 2.8 3.0 4.4 0.8 0.2 2.2 4.4 4.6 11.2 .411 1.4 3.8 .368 0.4 0.8 .500
Jamal Murray ------- --- ----------

Season 12

Kirk Hinrich Jamal Murray
Season 2014-15-
Team Chicago Bulls-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Bulls 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 %
Kirk Hinrich 66 24.4 5.7 0.3 1.5 1.8 2.2 0.7 0.2 1.1 2.2 2.2 5.8 .373 0.9 2.5 .345 0.5 0.8 .700
Jamal Murray ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Kirk Hinrich 10 12.6 2.6 0.0 0.5 0.5 1.1 0.3 0.1 0.1 1.4 0.9 1.9 .474 0.6 1.0 .600 0.2 0.3 .667
Jamal Murray ------- --- ----------

Season 13

Kirk Hinrich Jamal Murray
Season 2015-16-
Team Chicago Bulls, Atlanta Hawks-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Hawks 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 %
Kirk Hinrich 46 13.7 3.0 0.2 1.3 1.5 1.6 0.3 0.0 0.7 1.4 1.1 2.8 .380 0.5 1.3 .387 0.3 0.3 .938
Jamal Murray ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Kirk Hinrich 6 4.5 0.8 0.0 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.3 1.2 .286 0.2 0.5 .333 0.0 0.0 -
Jamal Murray ------- --- ----------