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

Jamal Murray vs Shaedon Sharpe

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Murray · Sharpe

Shaedon Sharpe: Out (Right knee).

Jamal Murray
Murray
Nuggets
2025-26
Sharpe
Trail Blazers
Shaedon Sharpe
75
Games
availability
50
35.4
Minutes
per game
29.4
25.4
Points
per game
20.8
4.4
Rebounds
per game
4.3
7.1
Assists
per game
2.6
1.3
Steals + blocks
per game
1.5
2.3
Turnovers
per game · lower is better
2.9
48.3%
Field goal %
45.2%
43.5%
Three-point %
7.5 vs 6.1 attempts
33.7%
88.7%
Free throw %
78.7%
62.2%
True shooting
TS%
54.6%
26.9%
Usage
USG%
29.3%
29.8%
Assist %
of teammates' baskets
15.1%
6.3%
Rebound %
of available
6.8%
+6.8
Net rating
on court
-1.3
14.2%
PIE
player impact estimate
10.8%
+5.8
Plus-minus
per game
-1.0
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, 4.6 points a game apart (25.4 vs 20.8), on Sharpe's heavier usage (29.3% vs 26.9%).

Murray is the more efficient scorer by true shooting, 62.2% to 54.6%; TS% folds threes and free throws into one number, so the gap survives shot-diet differences.

Playmaking goes to Murray (7.1 vs 2.6 assists), the glass to Murray (4.4 vs 4.3 rebounds).

Availability is part of the comparison: Murray played 25 more games (75 vs 50 of 82).

With Murray on the floor his team outscored opponents by +6.8 per 100 possessions, against -1.3 for Sharpe; 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, Sharpe $20.1M through 2029-30. Whether either fits a trade is a Trade Machine question, not a stat one.

Splits

2025-26 · from the game logs
Murray
2025-26
Sharpe
48-27
Record when playing
24-26
23.7
Points at home
20.0
27.1
Points on the road
21.9
26.5
Points in wins
20.7
23.4
Points in losses
21.0
53
Season high
36
23
30-point games
5
18
Double-doubles
0
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
Sharpe · last 5
Wed, Oct 7 vs GSW0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Tue, Apr 28 at SAS5 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Sun, Apr 26 vs SAS8 pts · 3 reb · 0 ast
Fri, Apr 24 vs SAS4 pts · 3 reb · 1 ast
Tue, Apr 21 at SAS9 pts · 1 reb · 0 ast
Murray · contract
2026-27$50.1M
2027-28$53.8M
2028-29$57.5M
Sharpe · contract
2026-27$20.1M
2027-28$21.7M
2028-29$23.3M
2029-30$24.9M

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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).