Devin Booker vs. Steve Francis Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Steve Francis and Devin Booker, 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.

Devin Booker played 10 years in the NBA, 1 more than Steve Francis, who played 9. Devin Booker had the first of his seasons in 2015-16, 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
	Devin Booker	Steve Francis
Season	2015-16	1999-00
Team	Phoenix Suns	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		%
Devin Booker	76	27.7	13.8	0.4	2.1	2.5	2.6	0.6	0.3	2.1	3.0	4.8	11.4	.423	1.3	3.8	.343	2.8	3.4	.840
difference:	+1	+8.4	+4.2	+1.6	+1.2	+2.8	+4.0	+0.9	+0.1	-1.9		+1.7	+3.1	+.022	+0.1	+0.2	+.002	+0.9	+1.3	+.054
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 Devin Booker nor Steve Francis played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Devin Booker	Steve Francis
Season	2017-18	2001-02
Team	Phoenix Suns	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		%
Devin Booker	54	34.5	24.9	0.5	4.0	4.5	4.7	0.9	0.3	3.6	3.1	8.4	19.5	.432	2.7	7.1	.383	5.4	6.1	.878
difference:	+3	+6.6	+3.3	+1.3	+1.2	+2.5	+1.7	+0.3	+0.1	-0.3	-0.1	+1.0	+1.8	+.015	+1.5	+3.4	+.059	+0.3	+1.3	+.105
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 Devin Booker nor Steve Francis played in the postseason in their season 3

Season 4
	Devin Booker	Steve Francis
Season	2018-19	2002-03
Team	Phoenix Suns	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		%
Devin Booker	64	35.0	26.6	0.6	3.5	4.1	6.8	0.9	0.2	4.1	3.1	9.2	19.6	.467	2.1	6.5	.326	6.1	7.1	.866
difference:	+17	+6.0	+5.6	+1.4	+0.7	+2.1	+0.6	+0.8	+0.3	-0.4		+2.2	+3.4	+.032	+1.1	+3.5	+.028	+0.2	+0.2	+.066
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 Devin Booker nor Steve Francis played in the postseason in their season 4

Season 5
	Devin Booker	Steve Francis
Season	2019-20	2003-04
Team	Phoenix Suns	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	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		%
Devin Booker	70	35.9	26.6	0.4	3.8	4.2	6.5	0.7	0.3	3.8	3.0	9.0	18.3	.489	2.0	5.7	.354	6.7	7.3	.919
difference:	+9	+4.5	+10.0	+1.1	+0.2	+1.3	+0.3	+1.1	+0.1	-0.1	-0.3	+3.3	+4.2	+.086	+1.1	+2.5	+.062	+2.4	+1.8	+.144
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		%
Devin Booker	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
	Devin Booker	Steve Francis
Season	2020-21	2004-05
Team	Phoenix Suns	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Suns Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Devin Booker	67	33.9	25.6	0.5	3.7	4.2	4.3	0.8	0.2	3.1	2.7	9.3	19.2	.484	1.9	5.5	.340	5.1	5.9	.867
difference:	+11	+4.3	+4.3	+1.1	+0.5	+1.6	+2.7	+0.6	+0.2	-1.0	-0.8	+2.1	+2.1	+.061	+1.4	+3.9	+.041	+1.3	+1.9	+.044
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Devin Booker	22	40.4	27.3	0.7	5.0	5.6	4.5	0.8	0.2	3.7	3.5	9.6	21.5	.447	2.0	6.2	.321	6.0	6.7	.905
Steve Francis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Devin Booker	Steve Francis
Season	2021-22	2005-06
Team	Phoenix Suns	Orlando Magic, New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Devin Booker	68	34.5	26.8	0.7	4.4	5.0	4.8	1.1	0.4	2.4	2.6	9.7	20.9	.466	2.7	7.0	.383	4.6	5.3	.868
difference:	+2	+0.3	+12.4	+0.4	+1.3	+0.9	+0.1		+0.2	-0.7	-0.3	+4.9	+10.0	+.031	+2.3	+5.8	+.082	+0.1	+0.4	+.081
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Devin Booker	10	36.6	23.3	1.0	3.8	4.8	4.4	0.5	0.4	3.2	2.5	7.9	17.5	.451	2.8	6.5	.431	4.7	5.3	.887
Steve Francis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Devin Booker	Steve Francis
Season	2023-24	2007-08
Team	Phoenix Suns	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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		%
Devin Booker	68	36.0	27.1	0.8	3.7	4.5	6.9	0.9	0.4	2.6	3.0	9.4	19.2	.492	2.2	6.1	.364	6.0	6.7	.886
difference:	+58	+16.1	+21.6		+2.2	+2.2	+3.9		+0.1	-1.2	-0.5	+7.5	+13.5	+.159	+1.8	+4.4	+.129	+4.7	+4.4	+.321
Steve Francis	10	19.9	5.5	0.8	1.5	2.3	3.0	0.9	0.5	1.4	2.5	1.9	5.7	.333	0.4	1.7	.235	1.3	2.3	.565
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Devin Booker	4	41.5	27.5	0.3	3.0	3.3	6.0	1.8	0.3	2.8	4.5	8.0	16.3	.492	1.8	5.0	.350	9.8	10.3	.951
Steve Francis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-