Desmond Bane vs. Stephen Curry Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Stephen Curry and Desmond Bane, 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.

Desmond Bane played 6 years in the NBA, 11 less than Stephen Curry, who played 17. Desmond Bane had the first of his seasons in 2020-21, while Stephen Curry had his rookie season in 2009-10. 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
	Desmond Bane	Stephen Curry
Season	2020-21	2009-10
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Grizzlies 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		%
Desmond Bane	68	22.3	9.2	0.5	2.6	3.1	1.7	0.6	0.2	0.9	1.8	3.4	7.3	.469	1.7	4.0	.432	0.6	0.7	.816
difference:	+12	+13.9	+8.3	+0.1	+1.3	+1.4	+4.2	+1.3		-2.1	-1.4	+3.2	+7.0	+.007	+0.4	+0.8	+.005	+1.6	+1.8	+.069
Stephen Curry	80	36.2	17.5	0.6	3.9	4.5	5.9	1.9	0.2	3.0	3.2	6.6	14.3	.462	2.1	4.8	.437	2.2	2.5	.885
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Desmond Bane	5	19.8	5.6	0.4	3.0	3.4	2.0	0.8	0.4	0.6	1.2	2.2	3.8	.579	1.2	2.4	.500	0.0	0.0	-
Stephen Curry	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Desmond Bane	Stephen Curry
Season	2024-25	2013-14
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Warriors 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		%
Desmond Bane	69	32.0	19.2	0.9	5.2	6.1	5.3	1.2	0.4	2.4	2.4	7.1	14.8	.484	2.4	6.1	.392	2.6	2.9	.894
difference:	+9	+4.5	+4.8	+0.3	+1.5	+1.8	+3.2	+0.4	+0.2	-1.4	-0.1	+1.3	+2.9	+.013	+0.9	+1.8	+.032	+1.3	+1.6	+.009
Stephen Curry	78	36.5	24.0	0.6	3.7	4.3	8.5	1.6	0.2	3.8	2.5	8.4	17.7	.471	3.3	7.9	.424	3.9	4.5	.885
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Desmond Bane	4	34.8	15.3	1.3	5.5	6.8	3.3	0.8	0.5	3.8	2.3	5.0	15.8	.317	1.8	8.0	.219	3.5	3.8	.933
difference:	+3	+7.5	+7.7	+0.7	+2.5	+3.2	+5.1	+0.9	+0.4	-0.1	-0.3	+2.3	+0.8	+.123	+1.3	+0.1	+.167	+1.8	+2.2	+.052
Stephen Curry	7	42.3	23.0	0.6	3.0	3.6	8.4	1.7	0.1	3.7	2.6	7.3	16.6	.440	3.1	8.1	.386	5.3	6.0	.881

Season 6
	Desmond Bane	Stephen Curry
Season	2025-26	2014-15
Team	Orlando Magic	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	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		%
Desmond Bane	26	33.4	19.0	1.3	3.2	4.5	4.6	0.8	0.3	2.1	3.2	6.8	15.3	.446	1.8	5.1	.353	3.5	3.7	.938
difference:	+54	+0.7	+4.8	+0.6	+0.4	+0.2	+3.1	+1.2	+0.1	-1.0	-1.2	+1.4	+1.5	+.041	+1.8	+3.0	+.090	+0.4	+0.5	+.024
Stephen Curry	80	32.7	23.8	0.7	3.6	4.3	7.7	2.0	0.2	3.1	2.0	8.2	16.8	.487	3.6	8.1	.443	3.9	4.2	.914
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Desmond Bane	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Stephen Curry	21	39.3	28.3	1.0	4.0	5.0	6.4	1.9	0.1	3.9	2.2	9.5	20.9	.456	4.7	11.0	.422	4.6	5.5	.835

Additional Years
* Stephen Curry played 11 seasons more than Desmond Bane in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 7 to 17, from 2016 to 2026—Stephen Curry played in 7 Playoffs and won 3 NBA Championships. In those 11 extra years over Desmond Bane, Stephen Curry got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Finals MVP 1 Season MVP 3 All-NBA First Team 4 All-NBA Second Team 2 All-NBA Third Team 1 Clutch Player of the Year 2 Scoring Leader 1 Steals Leader 9 All-Star Game 2 All-Star Game MVP