Lonzo Ball vs. Steve Francis Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Steve Francis and Lonzo Ball, 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.

Lonzo Ball played 6 years in the NBA, 3 less than Steve Francis, who played 9. Lonzo Ball had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, 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
	Lonzo Ball	Steve Francis
Season	2017-18	1999-00
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	All-Rookie Second 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		%
Lonzo Ball	52	34.2	10.2	1.3	5.6	6.9	7.2	1.7	0.8	2.6	2.3	3.9	10.8	.360	1.7	5.7	.305	0.6	1.4	.451
difference:	+25	+1.9	+7.8	+0.7	+2.3	+1.6	+0.6	+0.2	+0.4	-1.4	-0.7	+2.6	+3.7	+.085	+0.3	+1.7	+.040	+3.1	+3.3	+.335
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 Lonzo Ball nor Steve Francis played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Lonzo Ball	Steve Francis
Season	2019-20	2001-02
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	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		%
Lonzo Ball	63	32.1	11.8	1.1	5.0	6.1	7.0	1.4	0.6	3.1	2.0	4.4	10.9	.403	2.3	6.3	.375	0.7	1.2	.566
difference:	+6	+9.0	+9.8	+0.7	+0.2	+0.9	+0.6	+0.2	+0.2	-0.8	-1.0	+3.0	+6.8	+.014	+1.1	+2.6	+.051	+5.0	+6.2	+.207
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 Lonzo Ball nor Steve Francis played in the postseason in their season 3

Season 4
	Lonzo Ball	Steve Francis
Season	2020-21	2002-03
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	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		%
Lonzo Ball	55	31.8	14.6	0.6	4.2	4.8	5.7	1.5	0.6	2.2	1.9	5.3	12.7	.414	3.1	8.3	.378	0.9	1.2	.781
difference:	+26	+9.2	+6.4	+1.4		+1.4	+0.5	+0.2	+0.1	-1.5	-1.2	+1.7	+3.5	+.021	+2.1	+5.3	+.024	+5.0	+6.1	+.019
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 Lonzo Ball nor Steve Francis played in the postseason in their season 4

Season 5
	Lonzo Ball	Steve Francis
Season	2021-22	2003-04
Team	Chicago Bulls	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	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		%
Lonzo Ball	35	34.6	13.0	1.0	4.4	5.4	5.1	1.8	0.9	2.3	2.4	4.6	10.9	.423	3.1	7.4	.423	0.6	0.8	.750
difference:	+44	+5.8	+3.6	+0.5	+0.4	+0.1	+1.1		+0.5	-1.4	-0.9	+1.1	+3.2	+.020	+2.2	+4.2	+.131	+3.7	+4.7	+.025
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		%
Lonzo Ball	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

Note: Lonzo Ball didn't play in 2022-23 and 2023-24.