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Denver Nuggets | #27 | Guard

Jamal Murray

PPG

24.0

RPG

4.5

APG

7.5

HEIGHT

6'4" (1.93m)

WEIGHT

215lb (98kg)

COUNTRY

Canada

LAST ATTENDED

Kentucky

AGE

28 years

BIRTHDATE

February 23, 1997

DRAFT

2016 R1 Pick 7

EXPERIENCE

9 Years

6'4" | 215lb | 28 years

DRAFT

2016 R1 Pick 7

BIRTHDATE

February 23, 1997

COUNTRY

Canada

LAST ATTENDED

Kentucky

EXPERIENCE

9 Years

Player Bio

PROFESSIONAL CAREER

 

Appeared in 59 games (all starts) while shooting career-bests 48.1% from the field and 42.5% 3FG … Averaged a career-best 21.2 points (also done in 2020-21), career-best 6.5 assists, 4.1 rebounds (with his career-best being 4.2, done in 2018-19), and 1.0 steal per game … Finished with 20+ points 35 times and 30+ points in eight games … Had five games with 3+ steals … Became the first player in franchise history to have 900+ career threes and holds the franchise record for most career threes with 990 … Finished 10 games with 10+ assists, marking more than his last three seasons combined … Recorded a season-high 37 points (14-24 FG, 6-7 FT), five rebounds, four assists, one steal, and one block in 30 minutes vs. DET on 1/7 … Tied his season-high in points after finishing with 37 points, three rebounds, seven assists, and two steals in 37 minutes vs. UTA on 3/9 … Posted a career-high four blocks with 28 points, two rebounds, four assists, and four steals in 27 minutes at UTA on 4/9 … Finished with 35 points (13-22 FG, 9-10 FT), two rebounds, five assists, and two steals in 35 minutes on 1/29 vs. MIL, including 21 points in the first half, marking the fourth time in the season he finished the first half with 20+ points.

NBA: NBA Champion (2023) … Holds career averages of 17.5 points, 3.7 rebounds, 4.5 assists, and 1.0 steal in 30.7 minutes … Has played in 469 career NBA games (395 starts) … Owns 26 career double-doubles and one career triple-double… Earned All-Rookie Second Team honors for the 2016-17 season … Named MVP of the BBVA Rising Stars Challenge at All-Star Weekend in New Orleans in 2017 … Earned Rookie of the Month honors in November 2016 

Career: Appeared in 65 games (all starts), averaging 24.2 points, 4.9 rebounds, 6.2 assists, and 1.1 steals in 38.8 minutes … Recorded nine career playoff double-doubles and one triple-double … Owns career playoff shooting percentages of 45.9% from the field, 38.8% from the three, and 91.1% from the free-throw line … Has posted two 50-point playoff games (both vs. UTA on 8/23/20 and 8/30/20) … Has scored 40+ playoff points five times … Recorded career-playoff-high 12 assists twice with the most recent coming in Game 4 of the NBA Finals vs. MIA on 6/9 … Holds the record for most 20+ point fourth quarter playoff performances in the NBA since 1997 with four (the next closest being Michael Jordan and Allen Iverson with two each)

 

BEFORE NBA

2015-16 (Kentucky): Played in 36 games (all starts), while averaging 20.0 points, 5.2 rebounds, 2.2 assists, and 1.0 steal in 35.2 minutes … All-SEC First Team and AP Third Team All-America selection in 2015-16 … Led all major conference freshmen in scoring … His 113 threes made were second most by any freshman in NCAA history, trailing only Stephen Curry’s record of 122 … Set a UK freshman scoring record with 720 points … Led the Wildcats in scoring (20.0 ppg), the highest individual scoring average at Kentucky in the John Calipari era and good for eighth all-time in UK history … All-SEC First Team by the coaches and media, SEC All-Freshman Team, NABC and USBWA All-District … Captured Second Team All-American accolades by USA Today and Scout.com and Third Team by AP … Garnered Freshman All-America laurels by the USBWA and Sporting News … A finalist for the Wayman Tisdale Award, recognizing the nation’s top freshman … Posted three 30-point games, the most by a freshman in Kentucky history … His 35 points vs. Florida tied for the school scoring record for a freshman … Had a three-pointer in every game and set a SEC freshman record with 113 on the year, ranking second all-time in Kentucky history and second in NCAA freshman history.

PERSONAL LIFE

Son of Roger and Sylvia Murray ... Born on Feb. 23, 1997 ... Has a brother, Lamar ... Chose Kentucky over Oregon, Michigan, Michigan State, Maryland, NC State and Indiana ... If he wasn’t a basketball player, he’d compete in track and field ... Points to his dad as his greatest influence in life ... Chose No. 23 growing up because it represents the date of his birthday ... Does not have a most memorable basketball moment because there are too many to list ... He meditates before every game.