Francisco Elson vs. Walt Frazier Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Walt Frazier 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, 4 less than Walt Frazier, who played 13. Francisco Elson had the first of his seasons in 2003-04, while Walt Frazier had his rookie season in 1967-68. 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: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13
Rookie Season
	Francisco Elson	Walt Frazier
Season	2003-04	1967-68
Team	Denver Nuggets	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Knicks Lost East Div 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
Walt Frazier	74	21.5	9.0	-	-	4.2	4.1	-	-	-	2.7	3.5	7.7	.451	-	-	-	2.1	3.2	.655
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
Walt Frazier	4	29.8	9.5	-	-	5.5	6.3	-	-	-	3.0	3.0	8.3	.364	-	-	-	3.5	4.5	.778

Season 2
	Francisco Elson	Walt Frazier
Season	2004-05	1968-69
Team	Denver Nuggets	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Knicks Lost East Div Finals

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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	67	14.0	3.7	0.9	2.1	3.0	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.6	1.9	1.5	3.2	.468	0.0	0.0	.333	0.7	1.2	.570
Walt Frazier	80	36.9	17.5	-	-	6.2	7.9	-	-	-	3.1	6.6	13.2	.505	-	-	-	4.3	5.7	.746
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Francisco Elson	1	6.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Walt Frazier	10	41.5	21.2	-	-	7.4	9.1	-	-	-	3.0	8.9	17.7	.503	-	-	-	3.4	5.7	.596

Season 3
	Francisco Elson	Walt Frazier
Season	2005-06	1969-70
Team	Denver Nuggets	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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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
Walt Frazier	77	39.5	20.9	-	-	6.0	8.2	-	-	-	2.6	7.8	15.0	.518	-	-	-	5.3	7.1	.748
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	-
Walt Frazier	19	43.9	16.0	-	-	7.8	8.2	-	-	-	2.8	6.2	13.0	.478	-	-	-	3.6	4.7	.764

Season 4
	Francisco Elson	Walt Frazier
Season	2006-07	1970-71
Team	San Antonio Spurs	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals

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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
Walt Frazier	80	43.2	21.7	-	-	6.8	6.7	-	-	-	3.0	8.1	16.5	.494	-	-	-	5.4	7.0	.779
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
Walt Frazier	12	41.8	22.6	-	-	5.8	4.5	-	-	-	3.8	9.0	17.0	.529	-	-	-	4.6	6.3	.733

Season 5
	Francisco Elson	Walt Frazier
Season	2007-08	1971-72
Team	San Antonio Spurs, Seattle Supersonics	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks Lost NBA Finals

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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	63	12.9	3.3	0.8	2.4	3.2	0.4	0.2	0.3	0.7	1.5	1.5	3.7	.390	0.0	0.0	.000	0.4	0.6	.703
Walt Frazier	77	40.6	23.2	-	-	6.7	5.8	-	-	-	2.4	8.7	17.0	.512	-	-	-	5.8	7.2	.808
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Francisco Elson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Walt Frazier	16	44.0	24.3	-	-	7.0	6.1	-	-	-	3.0	9.3	17.3	.536	-	-	-	5.8	7.8	.736

Season 6
	Francisco Elson	Walt Frazier
Season	2008-09	1972-73
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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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
Walt Frazier	78	40.8	21.1	-	-	7.3	5.9	-	-	-	2.4	8.7	17.8	.490	-	-	-	3.7	4.5	.817
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Francisco Elson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Walt Frazier	17	45.0	21.9	-	-	7.3	6.2	-	-	-	3.1	8.8	17.2	.514	-	-	-	4.3	5.5	.777

Season 7
	Francisco Elson	Walt Frazier
Season	2009-10	1973-74
Team	Milwaukee Bucks, Philadelphia 76ers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals

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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
Walt Frazier	80	41.7	20.5	1.5	5.2	6.7	6.9	2.0	0.2	-	2.7	8.4	17.9	.472	-	-	-	3.7	4.4	.838
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Francisco Elson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Walt Frazier	12	40.9	22.5	1.8	6.2	7.9	4.0	1.8	0.3	-	3.4	9.4	18.8	.502	-	-	-	3.7	4.1	.898

Season 8
	Francisco Elson	Walt Frazier
Season	2010-11	1974-75
Team	Utah Jazz	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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
Walt Frazier	78	41.1	21.5	1.2	4.8	6.0	6.1	2.4	0.2	-	2.6	8.6	17.8	.483	-	-	-	4.2	5.1	.828
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Francisco Elson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Walt Frazier	3	41.3	23.7	1.0	5.7	6.7	7.0	3.7	0.0	-	1.3	9.7	15.3	.630	-	-	-	4.3	5.3	.813

Season 9
	Francisco Elson	Walt Frazier
Season	2011-12	1975-76
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	New York Knicks
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	-
Walt Frazier	59	41.1	19.1	1.3	5.4	6.8	5.9	1.8	0.2	-	2.8	8.0	16.4	.485	-	-	-	3.2	3.8	.823
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Francisco Elson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Walt Frazier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-