Francisco Elson vs. Pete Maravich Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Pete Maravich and Francisco Elson, 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.

Francisco Elson played 9 years in the NBA, 1 less than Pete Maravich, who played 10. Francisco Elson had the first of his seasons in 2003-04, while Pete Maravich had his rookie season in 1970-71. 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 achivements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10
Rookie Season
	Francisco Elson	Pete Maravich
Season	2003-04	1970-71
Team	Denver Nuggets	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Francisco Elson	62	14.1	3.5	1.0	2.2	3.3	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.6	2.3	1.5	3.2	.472	0.0	0.0	.000	0.5	0.7	.667
Pete Maravich	81	36.1	23.2	-	-	3.7	4.4	-	-	-	2.9	9.1	19.9	.458	-	-	-	5.0	6.2	.800
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Francisco Elson	4	14.3	3.8	0.3	2.0	2.3	0.5	0.5	0.3	0.8	3.5	1.8	3.0	.583	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.5	.500
Pete Maravich	5	39.8	22.0	-	-	5.2	4.8	-	-	-	2.8	9.2	24.4	.377	-	-	-	3.6	5.2	.692

Season 3
	Francisco Elson	Pete Maravich
Season	2005-06	1972-73
Team	Denver Nuggets	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Francisco Elson	72	21.9	4.9	1.4	3.3	4.7	0.7	0.8	0.6	0.9	2.9	2.1	3.9	.532	0.0	0.1	.200	0.7	1.0	.662
Pete Maravich	79	39.1	26.1	-	-	4.4	6.9	-	-	-	3.1	10.0	22.6	.441	-	-	-	6.1	7.7	.800
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Francisco Elson	5	15.0	1.2	1.0	1.2	2.2	0.4	0.8	0.0	0.6	2.6	0.6	1.0	.600	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Pete Maravich	6	39.0	26.2	-	-	4.8	6.7	-	-	-	4.0	10.8	25.8	.419	-	-	-	4.5	5.7	.794

Season 4
	Francisco Elson	Pete Maravich
Season	2006-07	1973-74
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Francisco Elson	70	19.0	5.0	1.2	3.6	4.8	0.8	0.4	0.8	1.2	2.6	2.1	4.0	.511	0.0	0.0	.000	0.9	1.1	.775
Pete Maravich	76	38.2	27.7	1.3	3.6	4.9	5.2	1.5	0.2	-	3.4	10.8	23.6	.457	-	-	-	6.2	7.5	.826
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Francisco Elson	20	11.5	3.3	1.1	2.0	3.1	0.1	0.4	0.3	1.0	2.1	1.3	2.2	.591	0.0	0.1	.000	0.7	1.0	.700
Pete Maravich	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Francisco Elson	Pete Maravich
Season	2008-09	1975-76
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	New Orleans Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Francisco Elson	59	16.6	3.4	1.7	2.2	3.9	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.8	2.4	1.4	2.9	.491	0.0	0.1	.250	0.6	0.7	.846
Pete Maravich	62	38.3	25.9	0.7	4.1	4.8	5.4	1.4	0.4	-	3.2	9.7	21.2	.459	-	-	-	6.4	7.9	.811
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Francisco Elson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pete Maravich	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Francisco Elson	Pete Maravich
Season	2009-10	1976-77
Team	Milwaukee Bucks, Philadelphia 76ers	New Orleans Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Francisco Elson	12	5.5	1.0	0.5	0.7	1.2	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.6	0.4	1.3	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.4	.400
Pete Maravich	73	41.7	31.1	1.2	3.9	5.1	5.4	1.2	0.3	-	2.6	12.1	28.0	.433	-	-	-	6.9	8.2	.835
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Francisco Elson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pete Maravich	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Francisco Elson	Pete Maravich
Season	2010-11	1977-78
Team	Utah Jazz	New Orleans Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Francisco Elson	62	9.8	2.2	0.6	1.3	1.9	0.5	0.3	0.2	0.5	1.4	0.9	1.8	.478	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.5	.839
Pete Maravich	50	40.8	27.0	1.0	2.6	3.6	6.7	2.0	0.2	5.0	2.3	11.1	25.1	.444	-	-	-	4.8	5.5	.870
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Francisco Elson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pete Maravich	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Francisco Elson	Pete Maravich
Season	2011-12	1978-79
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	New Orleans Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Francisco Elson	5	3.2	0.4	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.6	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Pete Maravich	49	37.2	22.6	0.7	1.8	2.5	5.0	1.2	0.4	4.1	2.1	8.9	21.1	.421	-	-	-	4.8	5.7	.841
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Francisco Elson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pete Maravich	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-