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Jamal Murray
Nuggets · G · 29
Jamal Murray
vs
2025-26
Karl-Anthony Towns
Knicks · C-F · 30
Karl-Anthony Towns
Head to head · 2025-26 regular season · stats.nba.com

Jamal Murray vs Karl-Anthony Towns

10-6categories
Murray · Towns
MurrayTowns
75Games
availability
75
35.4Minutes
per game
31.0
25.4Points
per game
20.1
4.4Rebounds
per game
11.9
7.1Assists
per game
3.0
1.3Steals + blocks
per game
1.4
2.3Turnovers
per game · lower is better
2.5
48.3%Field goal %50.1%
43.5%Three-point %
7.5 vs 4.1 attempts
36.8%
88.7%Free throw %85.8%
62.2%True shooting
TS%
61.9%
26.9%Usage
USG%
25.1%
29.8%Assist %
of teammates' baskets
14.2%
6.3%Rebound %
of available
19.2%
+6.8Net rating
on court
+7.0
14.2%PIE
player impact estimate
15.4%
+5.8Plus-minus
per game
+5.0

Where the gap is

from the numbers above

Jamal Murray scored more in 2025-26, 5.3 points a game apart (25.4 vs 20.1), on Murray's heavier usage (26.9% vs 25.1%).

Efficiency is a wash: true shooting within a point of each other (62.2% vs 61.9%).

Playmaking goes to Murray (7.1 vs 3.0 assists), the glass to Towns (11.9 vs 4.4 rebounds).

With Towns on the floor his team outscored opponents by +7.0 per 100 possessions, against +6.8 for Murray; 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, Towns $57.1M through 2027-28. Whether either fits a trade is a Trade Machine question, not a stat one.

Splits

2025-26 · from the game logs
MurrayTowns
48-27Record when playing49-26
23.7Points at home20.4
27.1Points on the road19.8
26.5Points in wins20.1
23.4Points in losses20.0
53Season high40
2330-point games7
18Double-doubles56
Murray · last 5
Thu, Apr 30 at MIN12 pts · 6 reb · 4 ast
Mon, Apr 27 vs MIN24 pts · 4 reb · 7 ast
Sat, Apr 25 at MIN30 pts · 5 reb · 5 ast
Thu, Apr 23 at MIN16 pts · 3 reb · 4 ast
Mon, Apr 20 vs MIN30 pts · 7 reb · 7 ast
Towns · last 5
Sat, Jun 13 at SAS2 pts · 10 reb · 1 ast
Wed, Jun 10 vs SAS13 pts · 10 reb · 2 ast
Mon, Jun 8 vs SAS11 pts · 8 reb · 1 ast
Fri, Jun 5 at SAS21 pts · 13 reb · 4 ast
Wed, Jun 3 at SAS18 pts · 12 reb · 4 ast
Murray · contract
2026-27$50.1M
2027-28$53.8M
2028-29$57.5M
Towns · contract
2026-27$57.1M
2027-28player option$61.0M

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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).