Gilbert Arenas vs. Steve Francis Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Steve Francis and Gilbert Arenas, 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.

Gilbert Arenas played 11 years in the NBA, 2 more than Steve Francis, who played 9. Gilbert Arenas had the first of his seasons in 2001-02, 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
	Gilbert Arenas	Steve Francis
Season	2001-02	1999-00
Team	Golden State Warriors	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	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		%
Gilbert Arenas	47	24.6	10.9	0.9	1.9	2.8	3.7	1.5	0.2	2.1	2.4	3.7	8.2	.453	0.8	2.4	.345	2.6	3.4	.775
difference:	+30	+11.5	+7.1	+1.1	+1.4	+2.5	+2.9		+0.2	-1.9	-0.6	+2.8	+6.3	+.008	+0.6	+1.6		+1.1	+1.3	+.011
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 Gilbert Arenas nor Steve Francis played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Gilbert Arenas	Steve Francis
Season	2002-03	2000-01
Team	Golden State Warriors	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	Most Improved Player	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gilbert Arenas	82	35.0	18.3	1.2	3.5	4.7	6.3	1.5	0.2	3.5	3.2	6.2	14.4	.431	1.3	3.8	.348	4.5	5.7	.791
difference:	+2	+4.9	+1.6	+1.2	+1.0	+2.2	+0.2	+0.3	+0.2	-0.2	-0.2	+0.7	+0.8	+.020	+0.4	+0.4	+.048		+0.2	+.026
Steve Francis	80	39.9	19.9	2.4	4.5	6.9	6.5	1.8	0.4	3.3	3.4	6.9	15.2	.451	1.7	4.2	.396	4.5	5.5	.817
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Gilbert Arenas nor Steve Francis played in the postseason in their season 2

Season 3
	Gilbert Arenas	Steve Francis
Season	2003-04	2001-02
Team	Washington Wizards	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		%
Gilbert Arenas	55	37.6	19.6	1.0	3.6	4.6	5.0	1.9	0.2	4.1	3.2	6.5	16.6	.392	2.3	6.1	.375	4.3	5.8	.748
difference:	+2	+3.5	+2.0	+0.8	+1.6	+2.4	+1.4	+0.7	+0.2	-0.2	-0.2	+0.9	+1.1	+.025	+1.1	+2.4	+.051	+1.4	+1.6	+.025
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 Gilbert Arenas nor Steve Francis played in the postseason in their season 3

Season 4
	Gilbert Arenas	Steve Francis
Season	2004-05	2002-03
Team	Washington Wizards	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Wizards Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Gilbert Arenas	80	40.9	25.5	1.0	3.7	4.7	5.1	1.7	0.3	3.0	3.1	8.2	19.0	.431	2.6	7.0	.365	6.5	8.0	.814
difference:	+1	+0.1	+4.5	+1.0	+0.5	+1.5	+1.1		+0.2	-0.7		+1.2	+2.8	+.004	+1.6	+4.0	+.011	+0.6	+0.7	+.014
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gilbert Arenas	10	45.1	23.6	0.8	4.4	5.2	6.2	2.1	0.6	3.9	3.4	7.3	19.4	.376	1.8	7.7	.234	7.2	9.4	.766
Steve Francis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Gilbert Arenas	Steve Francis
Season	2005-06	2003-04
Team	Washington Wizards	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Wizards Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Gilbert Arenas	80	42.3	29.3	0.7	2.8	3.5	6.1	2.0	0.3	3.7	3.6	9.3	20.9	.447	2.5	6.8	.369	8.2	10.0	.820
difference:	+1	+1.9	+12.7	+0.8	+1.2	+2.0	+0.1	+0.2	+0.1		-0.3	+3.6	+6.8	+.044	+1.6	+3.6	+.077	+3.9	+4.5	+.045
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		%
Gilbert Arenas	6	47.3	34.0	1.2	4.3	5.5	5.3	2.2	0.7	3.3	3.5	10.8	23.3	.464	3.3	7.7	.435	9.0	11.7	.771
difference:	+1	+2.7	+14.8		+2.9	+2.9	+2.3	+0.8	+0.5	-0.9	-0.1	+4.8	+9.3	+.035	+1.9	+4.3	+.023	+3.2	+3.7	+.046
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
	Gilbert Arenas	Steve Francis
Season	2006-07	2004-05
Team	Washington Wizards	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		%
Gilbert Arenas	74	39.8	28.4	0.8	3.7	4.6	6.0	1.9	0.2	3.2	3.4	8.7	20.9	.418	2.8	7.9	.351	8.2	9.7	.844
difference:	+4	+1.6	+7.1	+0.8	+0.5	+1.2	+1.0	+0.5	+0.2	-0.9	-0.1	+1.5	+3.8	+.005	+2.3	+6.3	+.052	+1.8	+1.9	+.021
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 Gilbert Arenas nor Steve Francis played in the postseason in their season 6