Seth Curry vs. Bernard King Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bernard King and Seth Curry, 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.

Seth Curry played 11 years in the NBA, 3 less than Bernard King, who played 14. Seth Curry had the first of his seasons in 2013-14, while Bernard King had his rookie season in 1977-78. 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
	Seth Curry	Bernard King
Season	2013-14	1977-78
Team	Memphis Grizzlies, Cleveland Cavaliers	New Jersey Nets
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		%
Seth Curry	2	6.5	1.5	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.5	.333	0.5	0.5	1.000	0.0	0.0	-
difference:	+77	+32.6	+22.7	+3.4	+5.7	+9.0	+2.4	+0.5	+0.5	-3.9	-3.8	+9.6	+19.6	+.146				+4.0	+5.8
Bernard King	79	39.1	24.2	3.4	6.2	9.5	2.4	1.5	0.5	3.9	3.8	10.1	21.1	.479	-	-	-	4.0	5.8	.677
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Seth Curry nor Bernard King played in the postseason in their season 1

Note: Seth Curry didn't play in 2017-18.

Season 5
	Seth Curry	Bernard King
Season	2018-19	1981-82
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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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		%
Seth Curry	74	18.9	7.9	0.4	1.3	1.6	0.9	0.5	0.2	0.8	1.3	2.9	6.3	.456	1.5	3.4	.450	0.6	0.7	.846
difference:	+5	+17.3	+15.3	+1.4	+2.9	+4.3	+2.7	+0.5	+0.1	-2.6	-2.3	+6.5	+10.2	+.110	+1.5	+3.3	+.250	+3.9	+5.6	+.141
Bernard King	79	36.2	23.2	1.8	4.2	5.9	3.6	1.0	0.3	3.4	3.6	9.4	16.5	.566	0.0	0.1	.200	4.5	6.3	.705
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Seth Curry	16	20.4	5.6	0.3	1.3	1.6	0.8	0.8	0.3	0.4	1.7	1.9	5.1	.366	1.3	3.3	.404	0.6	0.7	.818
Bernard King	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Seth Curry	Bernard King
Season	2020-21	1983-84
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
Seth Curry	57	28.7	12.5	0.2	2.2	2.4	2.7	0.8	0.1	1.1	1.7	4.5	9.7	.467	2.2	4.9	.450	1.2	1.4	.896
difference:	+20	+5.9	+13.8	+1.4	+1.3	+2.7	+0.6	+0.2	+0.1	-1.5	-1.8	+5.8	+8.4	+.105	+2.2	+4.8	+.450	+4.5	+5.9	+.117
Bernard King	77	34.6	26.3	1.6	3.5	5.1	2.1	1.0	0.2	2.6	3.5	10.3	18.1	.572	0.0	0.1	.000	5.7	7.3	.779
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Seth Curry	12	31.8	18.8	0.3	2.0	2.3	2.3	0.8	0.3	0.8	2.8	7.1	12.3	.578	3.4	6.8	.506	1.3	1.6	.789
difference:		+8.0	+16.0	+2.0	+1.8	+3.9	+0.7	+0.4	+0.2	-1.8	-1.2	+6.4	+11.2	+.004	+3.4	+6.7	+.506	+6.5	+8.7	+.033
Bernard King	12	39.8	34.8	2.3	3.8	6.2	3.0	1.2	0.5	2.6	4.0	13.5	23.5	.574	0.0	0.1	.000	7.8	10.3	.756

Season 8
	Seth Curry	Bernard King
Season	2021-22	1984-85
Team	Philadelphia 76ers, Brooklyn Nets	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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		%
Seth Curry	64	33.3	15.0	0.3	2.8	3.1	3.6	0.8	0.2	1.7	2.3	5.6	11.5	.487	2.5	5.8	.422	1.3	1.5	.872
difference:	+9	+4.2	+17.9	+1.8	+0.9	+2.7	+0.1	+0.5	+0.1	-2.0	-1.2	+7.0	+12.2	+.043	+2.5	+5.6	+.322	+6.4	+8.5	+.100
Bernard King	55	37.5	32.9	2.1	3.7	5.8	3.7	1.3	0.3	3.7	3.5	12.6	23.7	.530	0.0	0.2	.100	7.7	10.0	.772
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Seth Curry	4	33.0	14.5	0.5	2.0	2.5	3.0	0.3	0.8	0.8	3.8	5.5	9.8	.564	3.0	5.8	.522	0.5	0.8	.667
Bernard King	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Bernard King didn't play in 1985-86.

Additional Years
* Bernard King played 3 seasons more than Seth Curry in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 12 to 14, from 1990 to 1993—Bernard King played in one postseason. In those 3 extra years over Seth Curry, Bernard King got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Third Team 1 All-Star Game