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

Jamal Murray vs Paolo Banchero

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Murray · Banchero
Jamal Murray
Murray
Nuggets
2025-26
Banchero
Magic
Paolo Banchero
75
Games
availability
72
35.4
Minutes
per game
34.7
25.4
Points
per game
22.2
4.4
Rebounds
per game
8.4
7.1
Assists
per game
5.2
1.3
Steals + blocks
per game
1.3
2.3
Turnovers
per game · lower is better
3.1
48.3%
Field goal %
45.9%
43.5%
Three-point %
7.5 vs 3.8 attempts
30.5%
88.7%
Free throw %
77.5%
62.2%
True shooting
TS%
56.6%
26.9%
Usage
USG%
27.4%
29.8%
Assist %
of teammates' baskets
23.5%
6.3%
Rebound %
of available
11.9%
+6.8
Net rating
on court
-0.2
14.2%
PIE
player impact estimate
13.8%
+5.8
Plus-minus
per game
0.0
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, 3.2 points a game apart (25.4 vs 22.2), on Banchero's heavier usage (27.4% vs 26.9%).

Murray is the more efficient scorer by true shooting, 62.2% to 56.6%; TS% folds threes and free throws into one number, so the gap survives shot-diet differences.

Playmaking goes to Murray (7.1 vs 5.2 assists), the glass to Banchero (8.4 vs 4.4 rebounds).

With Murray on the floor his team outscored opponents by +6.8 per 100 possessions, against -0.2 for Banchero; 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, Banchero $41.5M through 2030-31. Whether either fits a trade is a Trade Machine question, not a stat one.

Splits

2025-26 · from the game logs
Murray
2025-26
Banchero
48-27
Record when playing
38-34
23.7
Points at home
21.5
27.1
Points on the road
22.9
26.5
Points in wins
22.3
23.4
Points in losses
22.1
53
Season high
39
23
30-point games
14
18
Double-doubles
26
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
Banchero · last 5
Wed, Oct 21 vs ATL35 pts · 7 reb · 10 ast
Fri, Oct 16 vs MIA24 pts · 7 reb · 4 ast
Tue, Oct 13 vs CLE24 pts · 8 reb · 3 ast
Sun, Oct 11 at CLE10 pts · 7 reb · 2 ast
Wed, Oct 7 at MEM11 pts · 1 reb · 5 ast
Murray · contract
2026-27$50.1M
2027-28$53.8M
2028-29$57.5M
Banchero · contract
2026-27$41.5M
2027-28$44.8M
2028-29$48.1M
2029-30$51.5M
2030-31player option$54.8M

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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).