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Bobby Portis Jr.
Heat · F · 31
Bobby Portis Jr.
vs
2025-26
Keegan Murray
Kings · F · 26
Keegan Murray
Head to head · 2025-26 regular season · stats.nba.com

Bobby Portis Jr. vs Keegan Murray

12-5categories
Portis Jr. · Murray
Bobby Portis Jr.
Portis Jr.
Heat
2025-26
Murray
Kings
Keegan Murray
67
Games
availability
23
24.2
Minutes
per game
34.5
13.7
Points
per game
14.0
6.4
Rebounds
per game
5.7
1.6
Assists
per game
1.7
0.8
Steals + blocks
per game
2.6
1.0
Turnovers
per game · lower is better
1.2
48.8%
Field goal %
42.0%
45.6%
Three-point %
4.4 vs 4.9 attempts
27.7%
70.6%
Free throw %
77.6%
58.7%
True shooting
TS%
49.9%
22.5%
Usage
USG%
18.2%
10.3%
Assist %
of teammates' baskets
7.0%
12.9%
Rebound %
of available
7.9%
-8.2
Net rating
on court
-10.7
12.2%
PIE
player impact estimate
7.8%
-4.0
Plus-minus
per game
-7.1
Bars show each player's share of the pair's total; the better number is in the club's color (turnovers: fewer is better).

Where the gap is

from the numbers above

Keegan Murray scored more in 2025-26, 0.3 points a game apart (14.0 vs 13.7), on Portis Jr.'s heavier usage (22.5% vs 18.2%).

Portis Jr. is the more efficient scorer by true shooting, 58.7% to 49.9%; TS% folds threes and free throws into one number, so the gap survives shot-diet differences.

Playmaking goes to Murray (1.7 vs 1.6 assists), the glass to Portis Jr. (6.4 vs 5.7 rebounds).

Availability is part of the comparison: Portis Jr. played 44 more games (67 vs 23 of 82).

With Portis Jr. on the floor his team outscored opponents by -8.2 per 100 possessions, against -10.7 for Murray; on-court net rating carries the teammates with it, so read it next to PIE.

On the books for 2026-27: Portis Jr. — through —, Murray $24.1M through 2030-31. Whether either fits a trade is a Trade Machine question, not a stat one.

Splits

2025-26 · from the game logs
Portis Jr.
2025-26
Murray
26-41
Record when playing
5-18
15.1
Points at home
14.9
12.3
Points on the road
13.2
14.3
Points in wins
18.6
13.3
Points in losses
12.7
29
Season high
26
0
30-point games
0
11
Double-doubles
2

Last games & contracts

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Portis Jr. · last 5
Fri, Oct 16 at ORL12 pts · 5 reb · 1 ast
Wed, Oct 14 vs BKN12 pts · 2 reb · 3 ast
Sat, Oct 10 vs MIN0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Thu, Oct 8 vs NOP11 pts · 6 reb · 2 ast
Sat, Oct 3 at TOR4 pts · 3 reb · 2 ast
Murray · last 5
Fri, Oct 16 at SAS3 pts · 1 reb · 0 ast
Tue, Oct 13 vs POR10 pts · 3 reb · 0 ast
Sat, Oct 10 at GSW5 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Mon, Oct 5 vs LAL0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Wed, Feb 25 at HOU3 pts · 1 reb · 0 ast
Portis Jr. · contract
No contract on file (free agent, two-way, or not yet signed).
Murray · contract
2026-27$24.1M
2027-28$26.1M
2028-29$28.0M
2029-30$29.9M
2030-31$31.9M

More comparisons

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Portis Jr. vs
De'Andre Hunter · John Collins · Ace Bailey · Toumani Camara
Murray vs
Santi Aldama · Kelly Oubre Jr. · P.J. Washington · Ace Bailey

Per-game numbers and percentages are 2025-26 regular season from stats.nba.com; splits and last games from our own game logs; contract figures are cap hits from public salary data and can lag a signing by a day. Bold marks the better number in each row (turnovers: fewer is better).