DeMarcus Cousins vs. Steve Francis Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Steve Francis and DeMarcus Cousins, 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.

DeMarcus Cousins played 11 years in the NBA, 2 more than Steve Francis, who played 9. DeMarcus Cousins had the first of his seasons in 2010-11, while Steve Francis had his rookie season in 1999-00. 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
	DeMarcus Cousins	Steve Francis
Season	2010-11	1999-00
Team	Sacramento Kings	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
DeMarcus Cousins	81	28.5	14.1	2.7	6.0	8.6	2.5	1.0	0.8	3.3	4.1	5.3	12.4	.430	0.0	0.2	.167	3.4	5.0	.687
difference:	+4	+7.6	+3.9	+0.7	+2.7	+3.3	+4.1	+0.5	+0.4	-0.7	-1.1	+1.2	+2.1	+.015	+1.4	+3.8	+.178	+0.3	+0.3	+.099
Steve Francis	77	36.1	18.0	2.0	3.3	5.3	6.6	1.5	0.4	4.0	3.0	6.5	14.5	.445	1.4	4.0	.345	3.7	4.7	.786
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher DeMarcus Cousins nor Steve Francis played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	DeMarcus Cousins	Steve Francis
Season	2012-13	2001-02
Team	Sacramento Kings	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
DeMarcus Cousins	75	30.5	17.1	3.0	7.0	9.9	2.7	1.4	0.7	3.0	3.6	6.4	13.8	.465	0.1	0.3	.182	4.2	5.6	.738
difference:	+18	+10.6	+4.5	+1.2	+1.8	+2.9	+3.7	+0.2	+0.3	-0.9	-0.6	+1.0	+3.9	+.048	+1.1	+3.4	+.142	+1.5	+1.8	+.035
Steve Francis	57	41.1	21.6	1.8	5.2	7.0	6.4	1.2	0.4	3.9	3.0	7.4	17.7	.417	1.2	3.7	.324	5.7	7.4	.773
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher DeMarcus Cousins nor Steve Francis played in the postseason in their season 3

Season 4
	DeMarcus Cousins	Steve Francis
Season	2013-14	2002-03
Team	Sacramento Kings	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
DeMarcus Cousins	71	32.4	22.7	3.1	8.6	11.7	2.9	1.5	1.3	3.5	3.8	8.3	16.8	.496	0.0	0.1	.000	6.1	8.4	.726
difference:	+10	+8.6	+1.7	+1.1	+4.4	+5.5	+3.3	+0.2	+0.8	-0.2	-0.7	+1.3	+0.6	+.061	+1.0	+2.9	+.354	+0.2	+1.1	+.074
Steve Francis	81	41.0	21.0	2.0	4.2	6.2	6.2	1.7	0.5	3.7	3.1	7.0	16.2	.435	1.0	3.0	.354	5.9	7.3	.800
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher DeMarcus Cousins nor Steve Francis played in the postseason in their season 4

Season 5
	DeMarcus Cousins	Steve Francis
Season	2014-15	2003-04
Team	Sacramento Kings	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
DeMarcus Cousins	59	34.1	24.1	3.1	9.5	12.7	3.6	1.5	1.7	4.3	4.1	8.4	18.1	.467	0.0	0.1	.250	7.2	9.2	.782
difference:	+20	+6.3	+7.5	+1.6	+5.5	+7.2	+2.6	+0.3	+1.3	-0.6	-0.8	+2.7	+4.0	+.064	+0.9	+3.1	+.042	+2.9	+3.7	+.007
Steve Francis	79	40.4	16.6	1.5	4.0	5.5	6.2	1.8	0.4	3.7	3.3	5.7	14.1	.403	0.9	3.2	.292	4.3	5.5	.775
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeMarcus Cousins	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Steve Francis	5	44.6	19.2	1.2	7.2	8.4	7.6	1.4	0.2	4.2	3.6	6.0	14.0	.429	1.4	3.4	.412	5.8	8.0	.725

Season 6
	DeMarcus Cousins	Steve Francis
Season	2015-16	2004-05
Team	Sacramento Kings	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
DeMarcus Cousins	65	34.6	26.9	2.4	9.1	11.5	3.3	1.6	1.4	3.8	3.6	9.2	20.5	.451	1.1	3.2	.333	7.3	10.2	.718
difference:	+13	+3.6	+5.6	+0.8	+4.9	+5.7	+3.7	+0.2	+1.0	-0.3	-0.1	+2.0	+3.4	+.028	+0.6	+1.6	+.034	+0.9	+2.4	+.105
Steve Francis	78	38.2	21.3	1.6	4.2	5.8	7.0	1.4	0.4	4.1	3.5	7.2	17.1	.423	0.5	1.6	.299	6.4	7.8	.823
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher DeMarcus Cousins nor Steve Francis played in the postseason in their season 6

Season 7
	DeMarcus Cousins	Steve Francis
Season	2016-17	2005-06
Team	Sacramento Kings, New Orleans Pelicans	Orlando Magic, New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
DeMarcus Cousins	72	34.2	27.0	2.1	8.9	11.0	4.6	1.4	1.3	3.7	3.9	9.0	19.9	.452	1.8	5.0	.361	7.2	9.3	.772
difference:	+2		+12.6	+1.0	+5.8	+6.9	+0.3	+0.3	+1.1	-0.6	-1.0	+4.2	+9.0	+.017	+1.4	+3.8	+.060	+2.7	+3.6	+.015
Steve Francis	70	34.2	14.4	1.1	3.1	4.1	4.9	1.1	0.2	3.1	2.9	4.8	10.9	.435	0.4	1.2	.301	4.5	5.7	.787
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher DeMarcus Cousins nor Steve Francis played in the postseason in their season 7

Season 8
	DeMarcus Cousins	Steve Francis
Season	2017-18	2006-07
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	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		%
DeMarcus Cousins	48	36.2	25.2	2.2	10.7	12.9	5.4	1.6	1.6	5.0	3.8	8.5	18.0	.470	2.2	6.1	.354	6.1	8.2	.746
difference:	+4	+8.1	+13.9	+1.4	+7.9	+9.3	+1.5	+0.7	+1.3	-2.7	-0.9	+5.3	+10.2	+.062	+1.2	+3.6	+.024	+2.1	+3.4	+.083
Steve Francis	44	28.1	11.3	0.8	2.8	3.6	3.9	0.9	0.3	2.3	2.9	3.2	7.8	.408	1.0	2.5	.378	4.0	4.8	.829
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher DeMarcus Cousins nor Steve Francis played in the postseason in their season 8