Seth Curry vs. Dwight Howard Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dwight Howard 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.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season / Games against each other

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, 7 less than Dwight Howard, who played 18. Seth Curry had the first of his seasons in 2013-14, while Dwight Howard had his rookie season in 2004-05. 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Seth Curry	11	5	2013-14 to 2024-25
Dwight Howard	18	12	2004-05 to 2021-22

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11


Rookie Season
	Seth Curry	Dwight Howard
Season	2013-14	2004-05
Team	Memphis Grizzlies, Cleveland Cavaliers	Orlando Magic
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:	+80	+26.1	+10.5	+3.5	+6.0	+9.5	+0.9	+0.1	+1.7	-2.0	-2.8	+3.8	+6.8	+.187	+0.5	+0.5		+3.4	+5.0
Dwight Howard	82	32.6	12.0	3.5	6.5	10.0	0.9	0.9	1.7	2.0	2.8	4.3	8.3	.520	0.0	0.0	-	3.4	5.0	.671

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Seth Curry nor Dwight Howard played in the postseason in their season 1


Season 2
	Seth Curry	Dwight Howard
Season	2014-15	2005-06
Team	Phoenix Suns	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Seth Curry	2	4.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.5	.000	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0	-
difference:	+80	+32.8	+15.8	+3.5	+8.0	+11.5	+1.0	+0.8	+1.4	-2.6	-2.4	+5.7	+9.2	+.531		+0.5		+4.3	+7.3
Dwight Howard	82	36.8	15.8	3.5	9.0	12.5	1.5	0.8	1.4	2.6	3.4	5.7	10.7	.531	0.0	0.0	-	4.3	7.3	.595

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Seth Curry nor Dwight Howard played in the postseason in their season 2


Season 3
	Seth Curry	Dwight Howard
Season	2015-16	2006-07
Team	Sacramento Kings	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Seth Curry	44	15.7	6.8	0.2	1.2	1.4	1.5	0.5	0.1	0.8	0.9	2.3	5.1	.455	1.1	2.5	.450	1.0	1.2	.833
difference:	+38	+21.2	+10.8	+3.3	+7.6	+10.9	+0.4	+0.4	+1.8	-3.1	-2.1	+4.1	+5.5	+.148	+1.1	+2.5		+3.8	+6.9	+.247
Dwight Howard	82	36.9	17.6	3.5	8.8	12.3	1.9	0.9	1.9	3.9	3.0	6.4	10.6	.603	0.0	0.0	-	4.8	8.1	.586

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Seth Curry	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dwight Howard	4	41.8	15.3	4.0	10.8	14.8	1.8	0.5	1.0	4.3	3.3	5.8	10.5	.548	0.0	0.0	-	3.8	8.3	.455


Season 4
	Seth Curry	Dwight Howard
Season	2016-17	2007-08
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Magic Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
Seth Curry	70	29.0	12.8	0.4	2.2	2.6	2.7	1.1	0.1	1.3	1.8	4.8	10.0	.481	2.0	4.6	.425	1.2	1.4	.850
difference:	+12	+8.7	+7.9	+3.0	+8.6	+11.6	+1.4	+0.2	+2.0	-1.9	-1.5	+2.3	+1.9	+.118	+2.0	+4.6		+5.3	+9.5	+.260
Dwight Howard	82	37.7	20.7	3.4	10.8	14.2	1.3	0.9	2.1	3.2	3.3	7.1	11.9	.599	0.0	0.0	-	6.5	10.9	.590

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Seth Curry	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dwight Howard	10	42.1	18.9	6.0	9.8	15.8	0.9	0.8	3.4	3.2	3.8	7.2	12.4	.581	0.0	0.0	-	4.5	8.3	.542

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


Season 5
	Seth Curry	Dwight Howard
Season	2018-19	2008-09
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	Blocks Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Finals	Magic Lost NBA Finals

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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	+16.8	+12.7	+3.9	+8.3	+12.2	+0.5	+0.5	+2.7	-2.2	-2.1	+4.2	+6.1	+.116	+1.5	+3.4		+5.8	+10.0	+.252
Dwight Howard	79	35.7	20.6	4.3	9.6	13.8	1.4	1.0	2.9	3.0	3.4	7.1	12.4	.572	0.0	0.0	-	6.4	10.7	.594

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
difference:	+7	+18.9	+14.7	+4.0	+9.7	+13.7	+1.1	+0.1	+2.3	-2.5	-2.7	+5.1	+6.6	+.235	+1.3	+3.2	+.404	+5.7	+9.2	+.182
Dwight Howard	23	39.3	20.3	4.3	11.0	15.3	1.9	0.9	2.6	2.9	4.4	7.0	11.7	.601	0.0	0.1	.000	6.3	9.9	.636


Season 6
	Seth Curry	Dwight Howard
Season	2019-20	2009-10
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	Blocks Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Magic Lost East Conf Finals

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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		%
Seth Curry	64	24.6	12.4	0.4	1.8	2.3	1.9	0.6	0.1	1.0	1.8	4.4	9.0	.495	2.3	5.0	.452	1.3	1.5	.825
difference:	+18	+10.1	+5.9	+3.1	+7.9	+10.9	+0.1	+0.3	+2.7	-2.3	-1.7	+1.8	+1.2	+.117	+2.3	+4.9	+.452	+4.6	+8.5	+.233
Dwight Howard	82	34.7	18.3	3.5	9.7	13.2	1.8	0.9	2.8	3.3	3.5	6.2	10.2	.612	0.0	0.1	.000	5.9	10.0	.592

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Seth Curry	6	28.8	12.8	0.3	1.5	1.8	1.3	1.0	0.0	1.3	2.3	5.2	8.8	.585	1.7	3.5	.476	0.8	0.8	1.000
difference:	+8	+6.7	+5.3	+2.4	+6.9	+9.3	+0.1	+0.2	+3.5	-2.3	-1.9	+0.9	+1.2	+.029	+1.7	+3.5		+5.1	+10.5	+.481
Dwight Howard	14	35.5	18.1	2.7	8.4	11.1	1.4	0.8	3.5	3.6	4.2	6.1	10.0	.614	0.0	0.0	-	5.9	11.3	.519


Season 7
	Seth Curry	Dwight Howard
Season	2020-21	2010-11
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+21	+8.9	+10.4	+3.8	+7.9	+11.7	+1.3	+0.6	+2.3	-2.5	-1.6	+3.4	+3.7	+.126	+2.2	+4.8	+.450	+5.8	+10.3	+.300
Dwight Howard	78	37.6	22.9	4.0	10.1	14.1	1.4	1.4	2.4	3.6	3.3	7.9	13.4	.593	0.0	0.1	.000	7.0	11.7	.596

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:	+6	+11.2	+8.2	+4.2	+9.0	+13.2	+1.8	+0.1	+1.5	-4.7	-1.4	+1.4	+1.2	+.052	+3.4	+6.6	+.506	+8.7	+13.1	+.107
Dwight Howard	6	43.0	27.0	4.5	11.0	15.5	0.5	0.7	1.8	5.5	4.2	8.5	13.5	.630	0.0	0.2	.000	10.0	14.7	.682


Season 8
	Seth Curry	Dwight Howard
Season	2021-22	2011-12
Team	Philadelphia 76ers, Brooklyn Nets	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Rebounds 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:	+10	+5.0	+5.6	+3.4	+8.0	+11.4	+1.7	+0.7	+1.9	-1.5	-0.6	+2.1	+1.9	+.086	+2.5	+5.7	+.422	+3.9	+9.1	+.381
Dwight Howard	54	38.3	20.6	3.7	10.8	14.5	1.9	1.5	2.1	3.2	2.9	7.7	13.4	.573	0.0	0.1	.000	5.2	10.6	.491

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
Dwight Howard	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Seth Curry	Dwight Howard
Season	2022-23	2012-13
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Seth Curry	61	19.9	9.2	0.2	1.4	1.6	1.6	0.6	0.1	0.8	1.6	3.4	7.4	.463	1.5	3.8	.405	0.8	0.9	.927
difference:	+15	+15.9	+7.9	+3.1	+7.7	+10.8	+0.2	+0.5	+2.3	-2.2	-2.2	+2.8	+3.3	+.115	+1.5	+3.7	+.238	+3.9	+8.6	+.435
Dwight Howard	76	35.8	17.1	3.3	9.1	12.4	1.4	1.1	2.4	3.0	3.8	6.2	10.7	.578	0.0	0.1	.167	4.7	9.5	.492

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Seth Curry	3	19.3	8.3	0.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.7	3.3	6.3	.526	1.0	3.0	.333	0.7	1.0	.667
difference:	+1	+12.2	+8.7	+2.5	+7.3	+9.8	+1.0	+0.5	+2.0	-3.7	-3.6	+3.2	+4.2	+.093	+1.0	+3.0		+3.3	+8.0	+.223
Dwight Howard	4	31.5	17.0	2.5	8.3	10.8	1.0	0.5	2.0	4.0	4.3	6.5	10.5	.619	0.0	0.0	-	4.0	9.0	.444


Season 10
	Seth Curry	Dwight Howard
Season	2023-24	2013-14
Team	Dallas Mavericks, Charlotte Hornets	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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10th 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	44	14.0	5.1	0.4	1.1	1.5	1.0	0.5	0.1	0.5	0.9	1.8	4.6	.392	0.9	2.5	.352	0.6	0.7	.903
difference:	+27	+19.7	+13.2	+2.9	+7.8	+10.7	+0.8	+0.3	+1.7	-2.7	-2.5	+4.9	+6.7	+.199	+0.9	+2.4	+.066	+4.3	+8.3	+.356
Dwight Howard	71	33.7	18.3	3.3	8.9	12.2	1.8	0.8	1.8	3.2	3.4	6.7	11.3	.591	0.0	0.1	.286	4.9	9.0	.547

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Seth Curry	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dwight Howard	6	38.5	26.0	4.5	9.2	13.7	1.8	0.7	2.8	3.2	4.2	9.7	17.7	.547	0.0	0.0	-	6.7	10.7	.625


Season 11
	Seth Curry	Dwight Howard
Season	2024-25	2014-15
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Rockets Lost West Conf Finals

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11th 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	68	15.6	6.5	0.4	1.3	1.7	0.9	0.4	0.1	0.5	0.9	2.4	5.0	.478	1.2	2.7	.456	0.5	0.6	.846
difference:	+27	+14.2	+9.3	+2.3	+6.5	+8.8	+0.3	+0.3	+1.2	-2.3	-2.4	+3.7	+5.3	+.115	+1.2	+2.7		+3.0	+6.0	+.318
Dwight Howard	41	29.8	15.8	2.7	7.8	10.5	1.2	0.7	1.3	2.8	3.3	6.1	10.3	.593	0.0	0.0	-	3.5	6.6	.528

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Seth Curry	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dwight Howard	17	33.8	16.4	3.6	10.4	14.0	1.2	1.4	2.3	2.2	3.5	6.2	10.7	.577	0.0	0.0	-	4.0	9.7	.412

Additional Years

* Dwight Howard played 7 seasons more than Seth Curry in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 12 to 18, from 2016 to 2022—Dwight Howard played in 4 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship.

Seth Curry vs. Dwight Howard Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dwight Howard 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.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Season 9

9th Season Stats Comparison

Season 10

10th Season Stats Comparison

Season 11

11th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years