Dell Curry vs. Bernard King Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bernard King 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.

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, 2 more than Bernard King, who played 14. Dell Curry had the first of his seasons in 1986-87, while Bernard King had his rookie season in 1977-78. 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 achievements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Rookie Season
	Dell Curry	Bernard King
Season	1986-87	1977-78
Team	Utah Jazz	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+12	+29.6	+19.3	+3.0	+5.5	+8.3	+1.5	+1.1	+0.4	-3.2	-2.5	+8.0	+16.2	+.053				+3.6	+5.2	+.112
Bernard King	79	39.1	24.2	3.4	6.2	9.5	2.4	1.5	0.5	3.9	3.8	10.1	21.1	.479	-	-	-	4.0	5.8	.677
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	-
Bernard King	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Dell Curry	Bernard King
Season	1990-91	1981-82
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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5th Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+3	+16.3	+12.6	+1.2	+2.2	+3.3	+1.4			-2.3	-2.0	+5.0	+7.1	+.095	+0.4	+1.0	+.172	+3.2	+4.8	+.137
Bernard King	79	36.2	23.2	1.8	4.2	5.9	3.6	1.0	0.3	3.4	3.6	9.4	16.5	.566	0.0	0.1	.200	4.5	6.3	.705
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Dell Curry nor Bernard King played in the postseason in their season 5

Season 7
	Dell Curry	Bernard King
Season	1992-93	1983-84
Team	Charlotte Hornets	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hornets Lost East Conf Semis	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis

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7th Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+3	+8.4	+11.0	+1.0	+0.6	+1.5	+0.2	+0.1	+0.1	-1.0	-1.6	+4.1	+4.3	+.120	+1.2	+2.9	+.401	+4.0	+5.3	+.087
Bernard King	77	34.6	26.3	1.6	3.5	5.1	2.1	1.0	0.2	2.6	3.5	10.3	18.1	.572	0.0	0.1	.000	5.7	7.3	.779
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
difference:	+3	+15.1	+23.8	+1.1	+1.5	+2.6	+1.0	+0.2	+0.5	-1.2	-1.9	+8.8	+12.7	+.141	+0.7	+2.2	+.286	+6.8	+9.1	+.062
Bernard King	12	39.8	34.8	2.3	3.8	6.2	3.0	1.2	0.5	2.6	4.0	13.5	23.5	.574	0.0	0.1	.000	7.8	10.3	.756

Season 8
	Dell Curry	Bernard King
Season	1993-94	1984-85
Team	Charlotte Hornets	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	Sixth Man of the Year	-
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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8th Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+27	+11.0	+16.6	+1.2	+1.4	+2.6	+1.0	+0.1		-2.2	-1.5	+6.1	+9.4	+.075	+1.9	+4.4	+.302	+6.3	+8.4	+.101
Bernard King	55	37.5	32.9	2.1	3.7	5.8	3.7	1.3	0.3	3.7	3.5	12.6	23.7	.530	0.0	0.2	.100	7.7	10.0	.772
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Dell Curry nor Bernard King played in the postseason in their season 8

Note: Bernard King didn't play in 1985-86.

Season 13
	Dell Curry	Bernard King
Season	1998-99	1990-91
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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13th Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+22	+16.9	+18.3	+1.4	+1.6	+3.0	+3.5		+0.2	-2.9	-1.9	+7.2	+15.6	+.013	+1.5	+2.9	+.260	+5.3	+6.8	+.034
Bernard King	64	37.5	28.4	1.8	3.2	5.0	4.6	0.9	0.3	4.0	2.9	11.1	23.6	.472	0.1	0.6	.216	6.0	7.6	.790
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
Bernard King	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Bernard King didn't play in 1991-92.