Nickeil Alexander-Walker vs. Steve Francis Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Steve Francis and Nickeil Alexander-Walker, 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.

Nickeil Alexander-Walker played 6 years in the NBA, 3 less than Steve Francis, who played 9. Nickeil Alexander-Walker had the first of his seasons in 2019-20, 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
	Nickeil Alexander-Walker	Steve Francis
Season	2019-20	1999-00
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	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		%
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	47	12.6	5.7	0.2	1.6	1.8	1.9	0.4	0.2	1.1	1.2	2.1	5.7	.368	1.0	2.8	.346	0.5	0.8	.676
difference:	+30	+23.5	+12.3	+1.8	+1.7	+3.5	+4.7	+1.1	+0.2	-2.9	-1.8	+4.4	+8.8	+.077	+0.4	+1.2	+.001	+3.2	+3.9	+.110
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 Nickeil Alexander-Walker nor Steve Francis played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Nickeil Alexander-Walker	Steve Francis
Season	2021-22	2001-02
Team	New Orleans Pelicans, Utah Jazz	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	65	22.6	10.6	0.6	2.3	2.9	2.4	0.7	0.4	1.4	1.6	3.9	10.5	.372	1.6	5.2	.311	1.2	1.7	.743
difference:	+8	+18.5	+11.0	+1.2	+2.9	+4.1	+4.0	+0.5		-2.5	-1.4	+3.5	+7.2	+.045	+0.4	+1.5	+.013	+4.5	+5.7	+.030
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	1	5.0	5.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	1.000	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.0	1.000
Steve Francis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Nickeil Alexander-Walker	Steve Francis
Season	2022-23	2002-03
Team	Utah Jazz, Minnesota Timberwolves	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	59	15.0	6.2	0.3	1.5	1.7	1.8	0.5	0.4	0.9	1.5	2.2	5.0	.444	1.0	2.7	.384	0.7	1.0	.667
difference:	+22	+26.0	+14.8	+1.7	+2.7	+4.5	+4.4	+1.2	+0.1	-2.8	-1.6	+4.8	+11.2	+.009		+0.3	+.030	+5.2	+6.3	+.133
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		%
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	5	29.6	8.4	0.2	1.8	2.0	1.4	0.6	0.2	0.8	1.8	3.0	7.0	.429	2.0	5.0	.400	0.4	0.6	.667
Steve Francis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Nickeil Alexander-Walker	Steve Francis
Season	2023-24	2003-04
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	82	23.4	8.0	0.4	1.6	2.0	2.5	0.8	0.5	0.9	1.7	2.9	6.6	.439	1.6	4.1	.391	0.6	0.8	.800
difference:	+3	+17.0	+8.6	+1.1	+2.4	+3.5	+3.7	+1.0	+0.1	-2.8	-1.6	+2.8	+7.5	+.036	+0.7	+0.9	+.099	+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		%
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	16	23.6	7.3	0.3	1.4	1.8	2.3	0.6	0.4	0.9	1.5	2.6	7.0	.366	1.5	5.1	.296	0.6	0.6	1.000
difference:	+11	+21.0	+11.9	+0.9	+5.8	+6.6	+5.3	+0.8	+0.2	-3.3	-2.1	+3.4	+7.0	+.063	+0.1	+1.7	+.116	+5.2	+7.4	+.275
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