Head to head · 2025-26 regular season · stats.nba.com

Jamal Murray vs James Harden

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Murray · Harden

Murray

Nuggets

2025-26

Harden

Cavaliers

Games

availability

35.4

Minutes

per game

34.8

25.4

Points

per game

23.6

4.4

Rebounds

per game

4.8

7.1

Assists

per game

8.0

1.3

Steals + blocks

per game

1.5

2.3

Turnovers

per game · lower is better

3.5

48.3%

Field goal %

43.4%

43.5%

Three-point %

7.5 vs 8.2 attempts

37.5%

88.7%

Free throw %

88.4%

62.2%

True shooting

TS%

61.0%

26.9%

Usage

USG%

27.9%

29.8%

Assist %

of teammates' baskets

34.7%

6.3%

Rebound %

of available

7.0%

+6.8

Net rating

on court

+1.8

14.2%

PIE

player impact estimate

14.3%

+5.8

Plus-minus

per game

+1.4

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

Jamal Murray scored more in 2025-26, 1.8 points a game apart (25.4 vs 23.6), on Harden's heavier usage (27.9% vs 26.9%).

Murray is the more efficient scorer by true shooting, 62.2% to 61.0%; TS% folds threes and free throws into one number, so the gap survives shot-diet differences.

Playmaking goes to Harden (8.0 vs 7.1 assists), the glass to Harden (4.8 vs 4.4 rebounds).

With Murray on the floor his team outscored opponents by +6.8 per 100 possessions, against +1.8 for Harden; on-court net rating carries the teammates with it, so read it next to PIE.

On the books for 2026-27: Murray $50.1M through 2028-29, Harden $30.6M through 2028-29. Whether either fits a trade is a Trade Machine question, not a stat one.

Splits

2025-26 · from the game logs

Murray

2025-26

Harden

48-27

Record when playing

40-30

23.7

Points at home

21.9

27.1

Points on the road

25.1

26.5

Points in wins

24.3

23.4

Points in losses

22.7

Season high

30-point games

Double-doubles

Last games & contracts

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Murray · last 5

Fri, Oct 16 at LAL21 pts · 3 reb · 6 ast

Wed, Oct 14 at LAC14 pts · 4 reb · 1 ast

Sun, Oct 11 vs CHI13 pts · 3 reb · 5 ast

Tue, Oct 6 at UTA4 pts · 2 reb · 3 ast

Sun, Oct 4 vs UTA0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast

Harden · last 5

Tue, Oct 13 at ORL13 pts · 0 reb · 2 ast

Sun, Oct 11 vs ORL24 pts · 4 reb · 2 ast

Thu, Oct 8 vs BOS0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast

Mon, May 25 vs NYK12 pts · 4 reb · 2 ast

Sat, May 23 vs NYK19 pts · 5 reb · 5 ast

Murray · contract

2026-27$50.1M

2027-28$53.8M

2028-29$57.5M

Harden · contract

2026-27$30.6M

2027-28$32.2M

2028-29player option$33.7M

More comparisons

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Murray vs
Jalen Brunson · Devin Booker · Stephen Curry · Cade Cunningham

Harden vs
Keyonte George · Cade Cunningham · Austin Reaves · Jamal Murray

Murray vs the top 40 scorers of 2025-26
Luka Doncic · Shai Gilgeous-Alexander · Anthony Edwards · Jaylen Brown · Tyrese Maxey · Kawhi Leonard · Donovan Mitchell · Nikola Jokic · Lauri Markkanen · Stephen Curry · Devin Booker · Jalen Brunson · Kevin Durant · Victor Wembanyama · Michael Porter Jr. · Deni Avdija · Pascal Siakam · Cade Cunningham · Keyonte George · James Harden · Austin Reaves · Jalen Johnson · Paolo Banchero · Norman Powell · Brandon Ingram · Trey Murphy III · Julius Randle · Cooper Flagg · Zion Williamson · LeBron James · Nickeil Alexander-Walker · Shaedon Sharpe · Alperen Sengun · Brandon Miller · Dillon Brooks · LaMelo Ball · Bam Adebayo · Karl-Anthony Towns · Desmond Bane

Harden vs the top 40 scorers of 2025-26
Luka Doncic · Shai Gilgeous-Alexander · Anthony Edwards · Jaylen Brown · Tyrese Maxey · Kawhi Leonard · Donovan Mitchell · Nikola Jokic · Lauri Markkanen · Stephen Curry · Devin Booker · Jalen Brunson · Kevin Durant · Jamal Murray · Victor Wembanyama · Michael Porter Jr. · Deni Avdija · Pascal Siakam · Cade Cunningham · Keyonte George · Austin Reaves · Jalen Johnson · Paolo Banchero · Norman Powell · Brandon Ingram · Trey Murphy III · Julius Randle · Cooper Flagg · Zion Williamson · LeBron James · Nickeil Alexander-Walker · Shaedon Sharpe · Alperen Sengun · Brandon Miller · Dillon Brooks · LaMelo Ball · Bam Adebayo · Karl-Anthony Towns · Desmond Bane

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).