Dell Curry vs. Nick Van Exel Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Nick Van Exel and Dell Curry, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season / Games against each other

Who had the better rookie season? Who had best stats in their 10th season? Who won a championship first? These questions and many others, are answered here.

Dell Curry played 16 years in the NBA, 3 more than Nick Van Exel, who played 13. Dell Curry had the first of his seasons in 1986-87, while Nick Van Exel had his rookie season in 1993-94. With that starting point, here you can take a look at each of their seasons side by side and compare how their careers evolved in achivements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Dell Curry	16	10	1986-87 to 2001-02
Nick Van Exel	13	7	1993-94 to 2005-06

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16


Rookie Season
	Dell Curry	Nick Van Exel
Season	1986-87	1993-94
Team	Utah Jazz	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dell Curry	67	9.5	4.9	0.4	0.7	1.2	0.9	0.4	0.1	0.7	1.3	2.1	4.9	.426	0.3	0.9	.283	0.4	0.6	.789
Nick Van Exel	81	33.3	13.6	0.6	2.4	2.9	5.8	1.0	0.1	1.8	1.9	5.1	13.0	.394	1.5	4.5	.338	1.9	2.4	.781

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dell Curry	2	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	1.5	.000	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0	-
Nick Van Exel	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Dell Curry	Nick Van Exel
Season	1987-88	1994-95
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dell Curry	79	19.0	10.0	0.5	1.6	2.1	1.9	1.2	0.3	1.4	1.6	4.3	9.4	.458	0.4	1.0	.346	1.0	1.3	.782
Nick Van Exel	80	36.8	16.9	0.3	2.5	2.8	8.3	1.2	0.1	2.8	2.0	5.8	13.8	.420	2.3	6.4	.358	2.9	3.8	.783

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dell Curry	2	8.5	1.0	0.5	0.0	0.5	1.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.5	2.0	.250	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0	-
Nick Van Exel	10	46.4	20.0	0.9	2.9	3.8	7.3	2.1	0.3	2.2	3.3	6.7	16.2	.414	2.1	6.6	.318	4.5	5.9	.763


Season 3
	Dell Curry	Nick Van Exel
Season	1988-89	1995-96
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dell Curry	48	16.9	11.9	0.5	1.6	2.2	1.0	0.9	0.1	0.9	1.4	5.3	10.9	.491	0.4	1.1	.345	0.8	1.0	.870
Nick Van Exel	74	34.0	14.9	0.4	2.1	2.4	6.9	0.9	0.1	2.1	1.6	5.4	12.8	.417	1.9	5.4	.357	2.2	2.8	.799

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dell Curry	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nick Van Exel	4	34.3	11.8	1.0	3.0	4.0	6.8	0.5	0.0	2.8	2.5	4.0	13.5	.296	1.3	4.0	.313	2.5	3.3	.769


Season 4
	Dell Curry	Nick Van Exel
Season	1989-90	1996-97
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dell Curry	67	27.8	16.0	0.5	2.0	2.5	2.4	1.5	0.4	1.5	2.2	6.9	14.8	.466	0.8	2.2	.354	1.4	1.6	.923
Nick Van Exel	79	37.2	15.3	0.6	2.3	2.9	8.5	0.9	0.1	2.7	1.4	5.5	13.6	.402	2.2	5.9	.378	2.1	2.5	.825

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dell Curry	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nick Van Exel	9	39.2	14.4	0.7	2.8	3.4	6.4	1.1	0.0	2.0	2.1	5.0	13.2	.378	1.3	4.9	.273	3.1	3.8	.824


Season 5
	Dell Curry	Nick Van Exel
Season	1990-91	1997-98
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dell Curry	76	19.9	10.6	0.6	2.0	2.6	2.2	1.0	0.3	1.1	1.6	4.4	9.4	.471	0.4	1.1	.372	1.3	1.5	.842
Nick Van Exel	64	32.1	13.8	0.5	2.5	3.0	6.9	1.0	0.1	1.6	1.9	4.9	11.6	.419	1.9	4.9	.389	2.1	2.7	.791

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dell Curry	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nick Van Exel	13	28.3	11.6	0.7	1.8	2.5	4.2	0.6	0.1	1.7	2.3	3.8	11.6	.331	1.7	5.4	.314	2.2	3.1	.725


Season 6
	Dell Curry	Nick Van Exel
Season	1991-92	1998-99
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dell Curry	77	26.2	15.7	0.7	2.6	3.4	2.3	1.2	0.3	1.7	2.0	6.5	13.5	.486	1.0	2.4	.404	1.6	2.0	.836
Nick Van Exel	50	36.0	16.5	0.3	2.0	2.3	7.4	0.8	0.1	2.4	1.8	6.1	15.4	.398	1.4	4.7	.308	2.8	3.5	.811

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dell Curry	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nick Van Exel	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Dell Curry	Nick Van Exel
Season	1992-93	1999-00
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hornets Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dell Curry	80	26.2	15.3	0.6	2.9	3.6	2.3	1.1	0.3	1.6	1.9	6.2	13.8	.452	1.2	3.0	.401	1.7	2.0	.866
Nick Van Exel	79	37.3	16.1	0.4	3.5	3.9	9.0	0.9	0.1	2.8	1.9	6.0	15.4	.390	1.7	5.1	.332	2.5	3.0	.817

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dell Curry	9	24.7	11.0	1.2	2.3	3.6	2.0	1.4	0.0	1.4	2.1	4.7	10.8	.433	0.7	2.3	.286	1.0	1.2	.818
Nick Van Exel	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Dell Curry	Nick Van Exel
Season	1993-94	2000-01
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	Sixth Man of the Year	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dell Curry	82	26.5	16.3	0.9	2.3	3.2	2.7	1.2	0.3	1.5	2.0	6.5	14.3	.455	1.9	4.6	.402	1.4	1.6	.873
Nick Van Exel	71	37.9	17.7	0.6	2.8	3.4	8.5	0.9	0.3	2.3	1.5	6.5	15.7	.414	1.9	5.0	.377	2.9	3.5	.819

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dell Curry	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nick Van Exel	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Dell Curry	Nick Van Exel
Season	1994-95	2001-02
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Denver Nuggets, Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hornets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Mavericks Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dell Curry	69	24.9	13.6	0.6	1.8	2.4	1.6	0.8	0.3	1.4	2.1	5.0	11.3	.441	2.2	5.2	.427	1.4	1.6	.856
Nick Van Exel	72	34.7	18.4	0.4	3.1	3.5	6.6	0.6	0.2	2.2	1.4	7.0	17.0	.409	1.7	4.9	.340	2.8	3.5	.801

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dell Curry	4	26.8	12.8	1.3	1.0	2.3	1.5	0.0	0.0	1.5	2.8	4.0	8.5	.471	2.3	5.3	.429	2.5	2.8	.909
Nick Van Exel	8	32.8	11.1	0.9	2.1	3.0	3.9	1.0	0.0	1.5	3.3	4.6	12.6	.366	0.9	4.3	.206	1.0	1.5	.667


Season 10
	Dell Curry	Nick Van Exel
Season	1995-96	2002-03
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Mavericks Lost West Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dell Curry	82	28.9	14.5	0.8	2.4	3.2	2.1	1.3	0.3	1.6	2.1	5.4	11.9	.453	2.0	5.0	.404	1.8	2.1	.854
Nick Van Exel	73	27.8	12.5	0.5	2.4	2.8	4.3	0.6	0.1	1.7	1.2	4.7	11.4	.412	1.6	4.3	.378	1.5	2.0	.764

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dell Curry	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nick Van Exel	20	33.7	19.5	0.9	2.5	3.4	4.1	0.6	0.0	2.0	2.4	7.5	16.3	.460	2.2	5.6	.393	2.3	3.2	.703


Season 11
	Dell Curry	Nick Van Exel
Season	1996-97	2003-04
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hornets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dell Curry	68	30.6	14.8	0.6	2.5	3.1	1.7	0.9	0.2	1.4	2.2	5.6	12.3	.459	1.9	4.4	.426	1.7	2.1	.803
Nick Van Exel	39	32.2	12.6	0.4	2.3	2.7	5.3	0.5	0.1	2.0	1.5	4.8	12.3	.390	1.2	3.8	.307	1.8	2.5	.707

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dell Curry	3	17.0	4.7	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.7	1.3	0.0	0.3	1.7	1.7	5.7	.294	0.3	1.3	.250	1.0	1.0	1.000
Nick Van Exel	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Dell Curry	Nick Van Exel
Season	1997-98	2004-05
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hornets Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dell Curry	52	18.7	9.4	0.5	1.4	1.9	1.3	0.6	0.1	1.0	1.6	3.7	8.3	.447	1.2	2.8	.421	0.8	1.0	.788
Nick Van Exel	53	30.5	11.1	0.4	2.7	3.0	4.3	0.8	0.0	1.7	1.3	4.0	10.6	.381	1.9	4.8	.389	1.1	1.4	.784

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dell Curry	9	18.8	5.8	0.7	1.4	2.1	1.1	0.8	0.3	0.6	2.3	2.3	5.8	.404	0.4	1.8	.250	0.7	0.8	.857
Nick Van Exel	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Dell Curry	Nick Van Exel
Season	1998-99	2005-06
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dell Curry	42	20.6	10.1	0.4	1.6	2.0	1.1	0.9	0.1	1.1	1.0	3.9	8.0	.485	1.6	3.5	.476	0.7	0.8	.824
Nick Van Exel	65	15.2	5.5	0.1	1.3	1.4	1.9	0.2	0.0	0.9	0.9	2.1	5.3	.397	0.8	2.4	.357	0.4	0.6	.683

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dell Curry	3	16.3	3.0	0.0	1.3	1.3	0.3	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.7	0.7	5.0	.133	0.3	2.7	.125	1.3	1.3	1.000
Nick Van Exel	12	11.1	2.2	0.1	0.9	1.0	1.4	0.3	0.2	0.4	1.2	0.6	2.7	.219	0.3	0.8	.300	0.8	0.8	1.000


Season 14
	Dell Curry	Nick Van Exel
Season	1999-00	-
Team	Toronto Raptors	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf 1st Rd	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dell Curry	67	16.3	7.6	0.2	1.3	1.5	1.3	0.5	0.1	0.6	1.0	2.9	6.8	.427	1.4	3.6	.393	0.4	0.5	.750
Nick Van Exel	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dell Curry	3	10.0	2.3	0.3	0.3	0.7	0.3	0.7	0.0	0.7	1.3	0.7	1.3	.500	0.7	1.0	.667	0.3	0.7	.500
Nick Van Exel	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Dell Curry	Nick Van Exel
Season	2000-01	-
Team	Toronto Raptors	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf Semis	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dell Curry	71	13.5	6.0	0.2	1.0	1.2	1.1	0.4	0.1	0.5	0.9	2.3	5.4	.424	0.9	2.0	.428	0.6	0.7	.843
Nick Van Exel	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dell Curry	12	15.1	6.5	0.2	1.0	1.2	0.8	0.5	0.1	0.9	0.8	2.3	5.3	.422	1.2	3.1	.378	0.8	1.0	.833
Nick Van Exel	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 16
	Dell Curry	Nick Van Exel
Season	2001-02	-
Team	Toronto Raptors	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf 1st Rd	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dell Curry	56	15.8	6.4	0.4	1.0	1.4	1.1	0.4	0.1	0.7	0.9	2.5	6.2	.406	0.8	2.3	.344	0.6	0.7	.892
Nick Van Exel	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dell Curry	4	15.0	7.0	0.0	1.3	1.3	1.0	1.3	0.5	0.8	1.0	2.5	6.3	.400	1.0	1.3	.800	1.0	1.0	1.000
Nick Van Exel	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Dell Curry vs. Nick Van Exel Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Nick Van Exel and Dell Curry, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14

Season 15

Season 16