Dell Curry vs. James Worthy Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of James Worthy 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, 4 more than James Worthy, who played 12. Dell Curry had the first of his seasons in 1986-87, while James Worthy had his rookie season in 1982-83. 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Dell Curry	16	10	1986-87 to 2001-02
James Worthy	12	9	1982-83 to 1993-94

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


Rookie Season
	Dell Curry	James Worthy
Season	1986-87	1982-83
Team	Utah Jazz	Los Angeles Lakers
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:	+10	+16.1	+8.5	+1.6	+2.4	+4.0	+0.8	+0.8	+0.7	-1.6	-1.6	+3.7	+5.1	+.153	+0.3	+0.8	+.033	+1.4	+2.3	+.165
James Worthy	77	25.6	13.4	2.0	3.1	5.2	1.7	1.2	0.8	2.3	2.9	5.8	10.0	.579	0.0	0.1	.250	1.8	2.9	.624

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	-
James Worthy	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Dell Curry	James Worthy
Season	1987-88	1983-84
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Lakers Lost NBA Finals

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2nd 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	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
difference:	+3	+10.5	+4.5	+1.4	+2.8	+4.2	+0.6	+0.3	+0.6	-0.8	-1.4	+1.7	+1.5	+.098	+0.4	+0.9	+.346	+1.4	+1.8	+.023
James Worthy	82	29.5	14.5	1.9	4.4	6.3	2.5	0.9	0.9	2.2	3.0	6.0	10.9	.556	0.0	0.1	.000	2.4	3.1	.759

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	-
difference:	+19	+25.2	+16.7	+1.2	+3.3	+4.5	+1.7	+1.3		-1.9	-2.2	+7.3	+11.0	+.349		+0.4	+.500	+2.0	+3.3
James Worthy	21	33.7	17.7	1.7	3.3	5.0	2.7	1.3	0.5	1.9	2.7	7.8	13.0	.599	0.0	0.1	.500	2.0	3.3	.609


Season 3
	Dell Curry	James Worthy
Season	1988-89	1984-85
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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3rd 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	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
difference:	+32	+16.8	+5.7	+1.6	+2.7	+4.2	+1.5	+0.2	+0.7	-1.6	-1.1	+2.3	+2.4	+.081	+0.4	+1.0	+.345	+1.6	+2.1	+.094
James Worthy	80	33.7	17.6	2.1	4.3	6.4	2.5	1.1	0.8	2.5	2.5	7.6	13.3	.572	0.0	0.1	.000	2.4	3.1	.776

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dell Curry	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Worthy	19	32.9	21.5	1.8	3.2	5.1	2.2	0.9	0.7	1.4	2.8	8.7	14.1	.622	0.1	0.1	.500	3.9	5.8	.676


Season 4
	Dell Curry	James Worthy
Season	1989-90	1985-86
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals

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4th 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	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
difference:	+8	+4.9	+4.0	+1.3	+1.3	+2.7	+0.3	+0.4	+0.6	-0.5	-0.4	+1.5	+0.3	+.113	+0.8	+2.0	+.354	+1.8	+2.6	+.152
James Worthy	75	32.7	20.0	1.8	3.3	5.2	2.7	1.1	1.0	2.0	2.6	8.4	14.5	.579	0.0	0.2	.000	3.2	4.2	.771

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dell Curry	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Worthy	14	38.5	19.6	1.6	3.1	4.6	3.2	1.1	0.7	2.6	3.1	8.6	15.5	.558	0.0	0.3	.000	2.3	3.4	.681


Season 5
	Dell Curry	James Worthy
Season	1990-91	1986-87
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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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:	+6	+14.5	+8.8	+1.3	+1.8	+3.1	+0.6	+0.3	+0.7	-0.9	-0.9	+3.5	+5.3	+.068	+0.4	+0.9	+.372	+2.3	+3.2	+.091
James Worthy	82	34.4	19.4	1.9	3.8	5.7	2.8	1.3	1.0	2.0	2.5	7.9	14.7	.539	0.0	0.2	.000	3.6	4.7	.751

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dell Curry	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Worthy	18	37.8	23.6	1.7	3.9	5.6	3.5	1.6	1.2	2.2	2.3	9.8	16.6	.591	0.0	0.1	.000	4.1	5.4	.753


Season 6
	Dell Curry	James Worthy
Season	1991-92	1987-88
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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6th 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	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
difference:	+2	+9.2	+4.0	+1.0	+0.7	+1.6	+1.6	+0.2	+0.4	-0.4	-0.3	+1.7	+2.0	+.045	+1.0	+2.2	+.279	+1.6	+2.1	+.040
James Worthy	75	35.4	19.7	1.7	3.3	5.0	3.9	1.0	0.7	2.1	2.3	8.2	15.5	.531	0.0	0.2	.125	3.2	4.1	.796

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dell Curry	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Worthy	24	37.3	21.1	2.2	3.6	5.8	4.4	1.4	0.8	2.3	2.4	8.5	16.3	.523	0.0	0.4	.111	4.0	5.3	.758


Season 7
	Dell Curry	James Worthy
Season	1992-93	1988-89
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hornets Lost East Conf Semis	Lakers Lost NBA Finals

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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:	+1	+10.3	+5.2	+1.5	+1.1	+2.4	+1.3	+0.2	+0.4	-0.6	-0.3	+2.5	+2.0	+.096	+1.2	+2.7	+.314	+1.4	+2.0	+.084
James Worthy	81	36.5	20.5	2.1	4.0	6.0	3.6	1.3	0.7	2.2	2.2	8.7	15.8	.548	0.0	0.3	.087	3.1	4.0	.782

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:	+6	+15.3	+13.8	+1.3	+2.0	+3.1	+0.8	+0.2	+1.1	-0.8	-0.3	+5.5	+7.2	+.134	+0.5	+1.8	+.089	+3.2	+4.1	+.030
James Worthy	15	40.0	24.8	2.5	4.3	6.7	2.8	1.2	1.1	2.2	2.4	10.2	18.0	.567	0.2	0.5	.375	4.2	5.3	.788


Season 8
	Dell Curry	James Worthy
Season	1993-94	1989-90
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	Sixth Man of the Year	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis

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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:	+2	+10.5	+4.8	+1.1	+1.7	+2.8	+0.9		+0.3	-0.5	-0.4	+2.4	+1.9	+.093	+1.7	+4.0	+.096	+1.7	+2.4	+.091
James Worthy	80	37.0	21.1	2.0	4.0	6.0	3.6	1.2	0.6	2.0	2.4	8.9	16.2	.548	0.2	0.6	.306	3.1	4.0	.782

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dell Curry	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Worthy	9	40.7	24.2	1.2	4.3	5.6	3.0	1.6	0.3	2.4	2.0	10.0	20.1	.497	0.2	0.9	.250	4.0	4.8	.837


Season 9
	Dell Curry	James Worthy
Season	1994-95	1990-91
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hornets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Lakers Lost NBA Finals

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9th 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	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
difference:	+9	+13.7	+7.8	+0.8	+1.4	+2.2	+1.9	+0.5	+0.1	-0.2	-0.6	+4.2	+7.4	+.051	+1.9	+4.0	+.138	+1.3	+1.8	+.059
James Worthy	78	38.6	21.4	1.4	3.2	4.6	3.5	1.3	0.4	1.6	1.5	9.2	18.7	.492	0.3	1.2	.289	2.7	3.4	.797

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
difference:	+14	+13.9	+8.3	+0.1	+1.7	+1.8	+2.4	+1.1	+0.1	-0.7	-0.9	+4.9	+10.7	+.006	+2.1	+4.0	+.262	+0.4	+1.2	+.173
James Worthy	18	40.7	21.1	1.4	2.7	4.1	3.9	1.1	0.1	2.2	1.9	8.9	19.2	.465	0.2	1.3	.167	2.9	4.0	.736


Season 10
	Dell Curry	James Worthy
Season	1995-96	1991-92
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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10th 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	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
difference:	+28	+10.1	+5.4	+1.0	+1.4	+2.4	+2.6	+0.1	+0.1	-0.8	-0.5	+2.9	+6.7	+.006	+1.8	+4.2	+.195	+1.3	+1.7	+.040
James Worthy	54	39.0	19.9	1.8	3.8	5.6	4.7	1.4	0.4	2.4	1.6	8.3	18.6	.447	0.2	0.8	.209	3.1	3.8	.814

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Dell Curry nor James Worthy played in the postseason in their season 10


Season 11
	Dell Curry	James Worthy
Season	1996-97	1992-93
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hornets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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11th 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	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
difference:	+14	+1.8	+0.1	+0.3	+0.4	+0.1	+1.7	+0.2	+0.1	-0.3	-1.1	+0.6	+1.6	+.012	+1.5	+3.0	+.156	+0.4	+0.5	+.007
James Worthy	82	28.8	14.9	0.9	2.1	3.0	3.4	1.1	0.3	1.7	1.1	6.2	13.9	.447	0.4	1.4	.270	2.1	2.6	.810

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
difference:	+2	+12.6	+9.1	+1.1	+2.0	+3.1	+0.9	+0.3		-1.1	-0.5	+4.7	+11.5	+.078	+0.1	+0.3		+0.4		+.400
James Worthy	5	29.6	13.8	1.4	2.0	3.4	2.6	1.0	0.0	1.4	2.2	6.4	17.2	.372	0.4	1.6	.250	0.6	1.0	.600


Season 12
	Dell Curry	James Worthy
Season	1997-98	1993-94
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hornets Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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12th 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	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
difference:	+28	+1.3	+0.8	+0.1	+0.3	+0.4	+0.6		+0.1	-0.2	-0.6	+0.6	+2.2	+.041	+0.8	+1.4	+.133	+0.5	+0.7	+.047
James Worthy	80	20.0	10.2	0.6	1.7	2.3	1.9	0.6	0.2	1.2	1.0	4.3	10.5	.406	0.4	1.4	.288	1.3	1.7	.741

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
James Worthy	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years

* Dell Curry played 4 seasons more than James Worthy in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 13 to 16, from 1999 to 2002—Dell Curry played in 4 Playoffs.

Dell Curry vs. James Worthy Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of James Worthy 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

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Season 9

9th Season Stats Comparison

Season 10

10th Season Stats Comparison

Season 11

11th Season Stats Comparison

Season 12

12th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years