OG Anunoby vs. Steve Francis Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Steve Francis and OG Anunoby, 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.

OG Anunoby played 8 years in the NBA, 1 less than Steve Francis, who played 9. OG Anunoby 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
	OG Anunoby	Steve Francis
Season	2017-18	1999-00
Team	Toronto Raptors	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
OG Anunoby	74	20.0	5.9	0.6	1.9	2.5	0.7	0.7	0.2	0.6	1.8	2.2	4.7	.471	1.0	2.7	.371	0.5	0.8	.629
difference:	+3	+16.1	+12.1	+1.4	+1.4	+2.8	+5.9	+0.8	+0.2	-3.4	-1.2	+4.3	+9.8	+.026	+0.4	+1.3	+.026	+3.2	+3.9	+.157
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
OG Anunoby	10	23.8	7.9	0.9	1.2	2.1	0.7	0.6	0.4	0.6	2.3	2.9	5.2	.558	1.3	2.9	.448	0.8	1.1	.727
Steve Francis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	OG Anunoby	Steve Francis
Season	2018-19	2000-01
Team	Toronto Raptors	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
OG Anunoby	67	20.2	7.0	0.9	2.1	2.9	0.7	0.7	0.3	0.8	2.1	2.7	6.0	.453	1.0	3.0	.332	0.5	0.9	.581
difference:	+13	+19.7	+12.9	+1.5	+2.4	+4.0	+5.8	+1.1	+0.1	-2.5	-1.3	+4.2	+9.2	+.002	+0.7	+1.2	+.064	+4.0	+4.6	+.236
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 OG Anunoby nor Steve Francis played in the postseason in their season 2

Season 3
	OG Anunoby	Steve Francis
Season	2019-20	2001-02
Team	Toronto Raptors	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
OG Anunoby	69	29.9	10.6	1.2	4.1	5.3	1.6	1.4	0.7	1.1	2.4	4.1	8.2	.505	1.3	3.3	.390	1.0	1.5	.706
difference:	+12	+11.2	+11.0	+0.6	+1.1	+1.7	+4.8	+0.2	+0.3	-2.8	-0.6	+3.3	+9.5	+.088	+0.1	+0.4	+.066	+4.7	+5.9	+.067
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		%
OG Anunoby	11	35.7	10.5	2.4	4.5	6.9	1.2	1.0	1.2	1.5	2.5	3.6	8.0	.455	1.5	3.7	.415	1.6	2.5	.643
Steve Francis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	OG Anunoby	Steve Francis
Season	2020-21	2002-03
Team	Toronto Raptors	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		%
OG Anunoby	43	33.3	15.9	1.3	4.3	5.5	2.2	1.5	0.7	1.7	2.7	5.8	12.1	.480	2.4	6.1	.398	1.9	2.4	.784
difference:	+38	+7.7	+5.1	+0.7	+0.1	+0.7	+4.0	+0.2	+0.2	-2.0	-0.4	+1.2	+4.1	+.045	+1.4	+3.1	+.044	+4.0	+4.9	+.016
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 OG Anunoby nor Steve Francis played in the postseason in their season 4

Season 5
	OG Anunoby	Steve Francis
Season	2021-22	2003-04
Team	Toronto Raptors	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Raptors 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		%
OG Anunoby	48	36.0	17.1	1.5	4.0	5.5	2.6	1.5	0.5	1.7	2.7	6.4	14.5	.443	2.4	6.6	.363	1.9	2.5	.754
difference:	+31	+4.4	+0.5				+3.6	+0.3	+0.1	-2.0	-0.6	+0.7	+0.4	+.040	+1.5	+3.4	+.071	+2.4	+3.0	+.021
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		%
OG Anunoby	6	36.2	17.3	1.2	2.8	4.0	2.5	1.0	0.2	1.7	3.0	6.5	13.7	.476	2.3	6.8	.341	2.0	2.7	.750
difference:	+1	+8.4	+1.9		+4.4	+4.4	+5.1	+0.4		-2.5	-0.6	+0.5	+0.3	+.047	+0.9	+3.4	+.071	+3.8	+5.3	+.025
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
	OG Anunoby	Steve Francis
Season	2022-23	2004-05
Team	Toronto Raptors	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Steals Leader	-
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		%
OG Anunoby	67	35.6	16.8	1.4	3.5	5.0	2.0	1.9	0.7	2.0	3.0	6.3	13.2	.476	2.1	5.5	.387	2.1	2.5	.838
difference:	+11	+2.6	+4.5	+0.2	+0.7	+0.8	+5.0	+0.5	+0.3	-2.1	-0.5	+0.9	+3.9	+.053	+1.6	+3.9	+.088	+4.3	+5.3	+.015
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 OG Anunoby nor Steve Francis played in the postseason in their season 6