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

Keyonte George vs Trey Murphy III

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George · Murphy III
Keyonte George
George
Jazz
2025-26
Murphy III
Pelicans
25
54
Games
availability
66
33.1
Minutes
per game
35.5
23.6
Points
per game
21.5
3.7
Rebounds
per game
5.7
6.1
Assists
per game
3.8
1.4
Steals + blocks
per game
1.9
3.1
Turnovers
per game · lower is better
1.8
45.6%
Field goal %
47.0%
37.1%
Three-point %
6.7 vs 8.6 attempts
37.9%
89.2%
Free throw %
88.6%
60.9%
True shooting
TS%
61.3%
27.5%
Usage
USG%
22.3%
28.6%
Assist %
of teammates' baskets
16.0%
5.4%
Rebound %
of available
7.8%
-8.6
Net rating
on court
-3.6
12.2%
PIE
player impact estimate
12.2%
-6.2
Plus-minus
per game
-2.6
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

Keyonte George scored more in 2025-26, 2.1 points a game apart (23.6 vs 21.5), on George's heavier usage (27.5% vs 22.3%).

Efficiency is a wash: true shooting within a point of each other (60.9% vs 61.3%).

Playmaking goes to George (6.1 vs 3.8 assists), the glass to Murphy III (5.7 vs 3.7 rebounds).

Availability is part of the comparison: Murphy III played 12 more games (66 vs 54 of 82).

With Murphy III on the floor his team outscored opponents by -3.6 per 100 possessions, against -8.6 for George; on-court net rating carries the teammates with it, so read it next to PIE.

On the books for 2026-27: George $6.6M through 2031-32, Murphy III $27.0M through 2028-29. Whether either fits a trade is a Trade Machine question, not a stat one.

Splits

2025-26 · from the game logs
George
2025-26
Murphy III
16-38
Record when playing
21-45
23.3
Points at home
22.1
24.0
Points on the road
20.9
28.0
Points in wins
22.1
21.8
Points in losses
21.2
43
Season high
44
14
30-point games
10
4
Double-doubles
4
George · last 5
Wed, Oct 21 at MEM22 pts · 3 reb · 5 ast
Fri, Oct 16 at PHX13 pts · 1 reb · 3 ast
Mon, Oct 12 vs SAS13 pts · 2 reb · 1 ast
Tue, Oct 6 vs DEN6 pts · 0 reb · 4 ast
Sun, Oct 4 at DEN15 pts · 4 reb · 3 ast
Murphy III · last 5
Wed, Oct 21 vs IND11 pts · 4 reb · 1 ast
Fri, Oct 16 vs WAS11 pts · 5 reb · 3 ast
Wed, Oct 14 at DAL5 pts · 3 reb · 3 ast
Thu, Oct 8 at MIA11 pts · 1 reb · 2 ast
Tue, Oct 6 at OKC11 pts · 3 reb · 2 ast
George · contract
2026-27$6.6M
2027-28$28.7M
2028-29$29.8M
2029-30$31.0M
2030-31$32.3M
2031-32$33.6M
Murphy III · contract
2026-27$27.0M
2027-28$29.0M
2028-29$31.0M

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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).