Malik Beasley vs. Stephen Curry Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Stephen Curry and Malik Beasley, 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.

Malik Beasley played 9 years in the NBA, 8 less than Stephen Curry, who played 17. Malik Beasley had the first of his seasons in 2016-17, while Stephen Curry had his rookie season in 2009-10. 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
	Malik Beasley	Stephen Curry
Season	2016-17	2009-10
Team	Denver Nuggets	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	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		%
Malik Beasley	22	7.5	3.8	0.2	0.5	0.8	0.5	0.3	0.0	0.4	0.5	1.5	3.3	.452	0.4	1.3	.321	0.4	0.5	.800
difference:	+58	+28.7	+13.7	+0.4	+3.4	+3.7	+5.4	+1.6	+0.2	-2.6	-2.7	+5.1	+11.0	+.010	+1.7	+3.5	+.116	+1.8	+2.0	+.085
Stephen Curry	80	36.2	17.5	0.6	3.9	4.5	5.9	1.9	0.2	3.0	3.2	6.6	14.3	.462	2.1	4.8	.437	2.2	2.5	.885
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Malik Beasley nor Stephen Curry played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 5
	Malik Beasley	Stephen Curry
Season	2020-21	2013-14
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Warriors 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		%
Malik Beasley	37	32.8	19.6	0.8	3.6	4.4	2.4	0.8	0.2	1.6	1.7	7.1	16.2	.440	3.5	8.7	.399	1.8	2.2	.850
difference:	+41	+3.7	+4.4	+0.2	+0.1	+0.1	+6.1	+0.8		-2.2	-0.8	+1.3	+1.5	+.031	+0.2	+0.8	+.025	+2.1	+2.3	+.035
Stephen Curry	78	36.5	24.0	0.6	3.7	4.3	8.5	1.6	0.2	3.8	2.5	8.4	17.7	.471	3.3	7.9	.424	3.9	4.5	.885
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Malik Beasley	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Stephen Curry	7	42.3	23.0	0.6	3.0	3.6	8.4	1.7	0.1	3.7	2.6	7.3	16.6	.440	3.1	8.1	.386	5.3	6.0	.881

Season 6
	Malik Beasley	Stephen Curry
Season	2021-22	2014-15
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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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		%
Malik Beasley	79	25.0	12.1	0.3	2.5	2.9	1.5	0.5	0.2	0.5	1.1	4.2	10.8	.391	3.0	8.1	.377	0.6	0.8	.817
difference:	+1	+7.7	+11.7	+0.4	+1.1	+1.4	+6.2	+1.5		-2.6	-0.9	+4.0	+6.0	+.096	+0.6		+.066	+3.3	+3.4	+.097
Stephen Curry	80	32.7	23.8	0.7	3.6	4.3	7.7	2.0	0.2	3.1	2.0	8.2	16.8	.487	3.6	8.1	.443	3.9	4.2	.914
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Malik Beasley	6	19.8	8.5	0.3	3.0	3.3	0.7	0.3	0.2	1.2	1.5	3.2	7.3	.432	1.3	4.2	.320	0.8	1.0	.833
difference:	+15	+19.5	+19.8	+0.7	+1.0	+1.7	+5.7	+1.6	+0.1	-2.7	-0.7	+6.3	+13.6	+.024	+3.4	+6.8	+.102	+3.8	+4.5	+.002
Stephen Curry	21	39.3	28.3	1.0	4.0	5.0	6.4	1.9	0.1	3.9	2.2	9.5	20.9	.456	4.7	11.0	.422	4.6	5.5	.835

Season 7
	Malik Beasley	Stephen Curry
Season	2022-23	2015-16
Team	Utah Jazz, Los Angeles Lakers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	Steals Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals	Warriors Lost NBA Finals

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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		%
Malik Beasley	81	25.8	12.7	0.4	3.1	3.5	1.5	0.8	0.1	1.1	1.3	4.6	11.6	.395	2.9	8.1	.357	0.6	0.8	.769
difference:	+2	+8.4	+17.4	+0.5	+1.5	+1.9	+5.2	+1.3	+0.1	-2.2	-0.7	+5.6	+8.6	+.109	+2.2	+3.1	+.097	+4.0	+4.3	+.139
Stephen Curry	79	34.2	30.1	0.9	4.6	5.4	6.7	2.1	0.2	3.3	2.0	10.2	20.2	.504	5.1	11.2	.454	4.6	5.1	.908
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Malik Beasley	11	8.3	3.0	0.3	0.5	0.7	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.2	0.5	0.9	3.1	.294	0.6	2.4	.269	0.5	0.5	1.000
difference:	+7	+25.8	+22.1	+0.5	+4.2	+4.8	+5.0	+1.3	+0.3	-4.0	-1.7	+7.3	+15.7	+.144	+3.8	+8.6	+.135	+3.7	+4.1	+.084
Stephen Curry	18	34.1	25.1	0.8	4.7	5.5	5.2	1.4	0.3	4.2	2.2	8.2	18.8	.438	4.4	11.0	.404	4.2	4.6	.916

Season 8
	Malik Beasley	Stephen Curry
Season	2023-24	2016-17
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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8th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Malik Beasley	79	29.6	11.3	0.5	3.2	3.7	1.4	0.7	0.1	0.7	2.0	4.1	9.1	.443	2.8	6.9	.413	0.3	0.4	.714
difference:		+3.8	+14.0	+0.3	+0.5	+0.8	+5.2	+1.1	+0.1	-2.3	-0.3	+4.4	+9.2	+.025	+1.3	+3.1	+.002	+3.8	+4.2	+.184
Stephen Curry	79	33.4	25.3	0.8	3.7	4.5	6.6	1.8	0.2	3.0	2.3	8.5	18.3	.468	4.1	10.0	.411	4.1	4.6	.898
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Malik Beasley	6	21.8	8.8	0.2	2.3	2.5	0.7	0.7	0.0	0.5	1.5	3.5	6.8	.512	1.8	4.2	.440	0.0	0.0	-
difference:	+11	+13.6	+19.3	+1.1	+2.6	+3.7	+6.0	+1.3	+0.2	-2.9	-0.7	+5.4	+11.6	+.028	+2.4	+5.9	+.021	+6.1	+6.7
Stephen Curry	17	35.4	28.1	1.3	4.9	6.2	6.7	2.0	0.2	3.4	2.2	8.9	18.4	.484	4.2	10.1	.419	6.1	6.7	.904

Season 9
	Malik Beasley	Stephen Curry
Season	2024-25	2017-18
Team	Detroit Pistons	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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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		%
Malik Beasley	82	27.8	16.3	0.6	2.0	2.6	1.7	0.9	0.1	1.0	1.5	5.6	13.1	.430	3.9	9.3	.416	1.2	1.7	.679
difference:	+31	+4.2	+10.1	+0.1	+2.4	+2.5	+4.4	+0.7	+0.1	-2.0	-0.7	+2.8	+3.8	+.065	+0.3	+0.5	+.007	+4.3	+4.2	+.242
Stephen Curry	51	32.0	26.4	0.7	4.4	5.1	6.1	1.6	0.2	3.0	2.2	8.4	16.9	.495	4.2	9.8	.423	5.5	5.9	.921
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Malik Beasley	6	27.2	14.0	0.2	2.3	2.5	1.2	0.5	0.2	1.2	1.7	4.7	12.5	.373	3.3	9.8	.339	1.3	1.3	1.000
difference:	+9	+9.8	+11.5	+0.4	+3.2	+3.6	+4.2	+1.2	+0.5	-1.7	-0.8	+4.4	+7.8	+.078	+1.0	+1.0	+.056	+1.7	+1.8	+.043
Stephen Curry	15	37.0	25.5	0.6	5.5	6.1	5.4	1.7	0.7	2.9	2.5	9.1	20.3	.451	4.3	10.8	.395	3.0	3.1	.957

Additional Years
* Stephen Curry played 8 seasons more than Malik Beasley in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 10 to 17, from 2019 to 2026—Stephen Curry played in 4 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 8 extra years over Malik Beasley, Stephen Curry got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Finals MVP 2 All-NBA First Team 3 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-NBA Third Team 1 Clutch Player of the Year 1 Scoring Leader 6 All-Star Game 2 All-Star Game MVP