Stephen Curry vs. Chris Paul Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Chris Paul and Stephen 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 / Scoring / Stats / Stats Rankings / 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.

Stephen Curry played 17 years in the NBA, 4 less than Chris Paul, who played 21. Stephen Curry had the first of his seasons in 2009-10, while Chris Paul had his rookie season in 2005-06. 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
Stephen Curry	17	10	2009-10 to 2025-26
Chris Paul	21	15	2005-06 to 2025-26

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17


Rookie Season
	Stephen Curry	Chris Paul
Season	2009-10	2005-06
Team	Golden State Warriors	New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	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		%
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
difference:	+2	+0.2	+1.4	+0.2	+0.4	+0.6	+1.9	+0.3	+0.1	-0.7	-0.4	+1.4	+2.2	+.032	+1.5	+2.5	+.155	+2.9	+3.5	+.038
Chris Paul	78	36.0	16.1	0.8	4.3	5.1	7.8	2.2	0.1	2.3	2.8	5.2	12.1	.430	0.6	2.3	.282	5.1	6.0	.847

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Stephen Curry nor Chris Paul played in the postseason in their season 1


Season 2
	Stephen Curry	Chris Paul
Season	2010-11	2006-07
Team	Golden State Warriors	New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets
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		%
Stephen Curry	74	33.6	18.6	0.7	3.2	3.9	5.8	1.5	0.3	3.1	3.1	6.8	14.2	.480	2.0	4.6	.442	2.9	3.1	.934
difference:	+10	+3.2	+1.3	+0.1	+0.3	+0.5	+3.1	+0.3	+0.3	-0.6	-0.7	+0.8	+0.6	+.043	+1.2	+2.4	+.092	+1.7	+2.5	+.116
Chris Paul	64	36.8	17.3	0.8	3.5	4.4	8.9	1.8	0.0	2.5	2.4	6.0	13.6	.437	0.8	2.2	.350	4.6	5.6	.818

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Stephen Curry nor Chris Paul played in the postseason in their season 2


Season 3
	Stephen Curry	Chris Paul
Season	2011-12	2007-08
Team	Golden State Warriors	New Orleans Hornets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	Steals Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hornets Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
Stephen Curry	26	28.2	14.7	0.6	2.8	3.4	5.3	1.5	0.3	2.5	2.4	5.6	11.4	.490	2.1	4.7	.455	1.5	1.8	.809
difference:	+54	+9.4	+6.4	+0.2	+0.4	+0.6	+6.3	+1.2	+0.2		-0.1	+2.3	+4.7	+.002	+0.9	+1.6	+.086	+2.7	+3.1	+.042
Chris Paul	80	37.6	21.1	0.8	3.2	4.0	11.6	2.7	0.1	2.5	2.3	7.9	16.1	.488	1.2	3.1	.369	4.2	4.9	.851

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Stephen Curry	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chris Paul	12	40.5	24.1	1.3	3.6	4.9	11.3	2.3	0.2	1.8	3.6	9.3	18.4	.502	0.4	1.8	.238	5.2	6.6	.785


Season 4
	Stephen Curry	Chris Paul
Season	2012-13	2008-09
Team	Golden State Warriors	New Orleans Hornets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	Steals Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis	Hornets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Stephen Curry	78	38.2	22.9	0.8	3.3	4.0	6.9	1.6	0.2	3.1	2.5	8.0	17.8	.451	3.5	7.7	.453	3.4	3.7	.900
difference:		+0.3	+0.1	+0.1	+1.4	+1.5	+4.1	+1.2	+0.1	-0.1	-0.2	+0.1	+1.7	+.052	+2.7	+5.4	+.089	+2.4	+3.0	+.032
Chris Paul	78	38.5	22.8	0.9	4.7	5.5	11.0	2.8	0.1	3.0	2.7	8.1	16.1	.503	0.8	2.3	.364	5.8	6.7	.868

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Stephen Curry	12	41.4	23.4	0.4	3.4	3.8	8.1	1.7	0.2	3.3	2.9	8.5	19.6	.434	3.5	8.8	.396	2.9	3.2	.921
difference:	+7	+1.2	+6.8	+0.4	+0.2	+0.6	+2.3	+0.1	+0.2	-1.5	-1.3	+2.5	+5.0	+.023	+2.5	+5.6	+.083	+0.7	+1.0	+.064
Chris Paul	5	40.2	16.6	0.8	3.6	4.4	10.4	1.6	0.0	4.8	1.6	6.0	14.6	.411	1.0	3.2	.313	3.6	4.2	.857


Season 5
	Stephen Curry	Chris Paul
Season	2013-14	2009-10
Team	Golden State Warriors	New Orleans Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
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
difference:	+33	+1.5	+5.3	+0.2	+0.1	+0.1	+2.2	+0.5		-1.3	-0.1	+1.4	+3.5	+.022	+2.1	+5.1	+.015	+0.3	+0.3	+.038
Chris Paul	45	38.0	18.7	0.4	3.8	4.2	10.7	2.1	0.2	2.5	2.6	7.0	14.2	.493	1.2	2.8	.409	3.6	4.2	.847

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Chris Paul	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Stephen Curry	Chris Paul
Season	2014-15	2010-11
Team	Golden State Warriors	New Orleans Hornets
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Steals Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Hornets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
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
difference:		+3.3	+7.9	+0.2		+0.2	+2.1	+0.4	+0.1	-0.9	-0.5	+2.8	+5.2	+.024	+2.7	+5.8	+.055	+0.3	+0.6	+.036
Chris Paul	80	36.0	15.9	0.5	3.6	4.1	9.8	2.4	0.1	2.2	2.5	5.4	11.6	.463	0.9	2.3	.388	4.2	4.8	.878

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+15	+2.4	+6.3	+0.5	+2.2	+1.7	+5.1	+0.1	+0.1	-0.2	-0.4	+2.5	+8.1	+.089	+3.2	+7.8	+.052	+1.9	+2.7	+.039
Chris Paul	6	41.7	22.0	0.5	6.2	6.7	11.5	1.8	0.0	3.7	1.8	7.0	12.8	.545	1.5	3.2	.474	6.5	8.2	.796


Season 7
	Stephen Curry	Chris Paul
Season	2015-16	2011-12
Team	Golden State Warriors	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	Scoring Leader	-
	Steals Leader	Steals Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Warriors Lost NBA Finals	Clippers Lost West 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		%
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
difference:	+19	+2.2	+10.3	+0.2	+1.7	+1.8	+2.4	+0.4	+0.1	-1.2	-0.3	+3.1	+5.4	+.026	+3.8	+7.6	+.083	+0.3	+0.1	+.047
Chris Paul	60	36.4	19.8	0.7	2.9	3.6	9.1	2.5	0.1	2.1	2.3	7.1	14.8	.478	1.3	3.6	.371	4.3	5.0	.861

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+7	+4.4	+7.5	+0.3	+0.2	+0.4	+2.7	+1.3	+0.2	-0.3	-0.5	+1.8	+3.9	+.011	+3.2	+7.5	+.071	+0.5	+0.3	+.044
Chris Paul	11	38.5	17.6	0.5	4.5	5.1	7.9	2.7	0.1	3.9	2.7	6.4	14.9	.427	1.2	3.5	.333	3.7	4.3	.872


Season 8
	Stephen Curry	Chris Paul
Season	2016-17	2012-13
Team	Golden State Warriors	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Steals Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
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
difference:	+9		+8.4		+0.7	+0.8	+3.1	+0.6	+0.1	-0.7	-0.3	+2.6	+6.1	+.013	+3.0	+6.7	+.083			+.013
Chris Paul	70	33.4	16.9	0.8	3.0	3.7	9.7	2.4	0.1	2.3	2.0	5.9	12.2	.481	1.1	3.3	.328	4.1	4.6	.885

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+11	+1.9	+5.3	+0.8	+1.4	+2.2	+0.4	+0.2	+0.2	-1.9	-0.6	+0.7	+3.1	+.049	+3.2	+6.9	+.103	+0.6	+0.5	+.012
Chris Paul	6	37.3	22.8	0.5	3.5	4.0	6.3	1.8	0.0	1.5	2.8	8.2	15.3	.533	1.0	3.2	.316	5.5	6.2	.892


Season 9
	Stephen Curry	Chris Paul
Season	2017-18	2013-14
Team	Golden State Warriors	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Third Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	Steals Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Clippers Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
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
difference:	+11	+3.0	+7.3	+0.1	+0.7	+0.8	+4.6	+0.9	+0.1	-0.7	-0.3	+1.9	+2.9	+.028	+2.9	+6.4	+.055	+0.7	+0.3	+.066
Chris Paul	62	35.0	19.1	0.6	3.7	4.3	10.7	2.5	0.1	2.3	2.5	6.5	14.0	.467	1.3	3.4	.368	4.8	5.6	.855

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+2	+0.7	+5.7	+0.3	+2.2	+1.9	+4.9	+1.1	+0.7	-0.1	-1.3	+2.0	+5.1	+.016	+1.8	+5.4	+.062	+0.2	+1.0	+.183
Chris Paul	13	36.3	19.8	0.9	3.3	4.2	10.3	2.8	0.0	3.0	3.8	7.1	15.2	.467	2.5	5.4	.457	3.2	4.1	.774


Season 10
	Stephen Curry	Chris Paul
Season	2018-19	2014-15
Team	Golden State Warriors	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Assists Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Warriors Lost NBA Finals	Clippers Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
Stephen Curry	69	33.8	27.3	0.7	4.7	5.3	5.2	1.3	0.4	2.8	2.4	9.2	19.4	.472	5.1	11.7	.437	3.8	4.2	.916
difference:	+13	+1.0	+8.2	+0.1	+0.7	+0.7	+5.0	+0.6	+0.2	-0.5	-0.1	+2.3	+5.1	+.013	+3.4	+7.4	+.039	+0.3	+0.3	+.016
Chris Paul	82	34.8	19.1	0.6	4.0	4.6	10.2	1.9	0.2	2.3	2.5	6.9	14.3	.485	1.7	4.3	.398	3.5	3.9	.900

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Stephen Curry	22	38.5	28.2	0.8	5.2	6.0	5.7	1.1	0.2	3.0	3.1	8.6	19.6	.441	4.2	11.1	.377	6.7	7.1	.943
difference:	+10	+1.4	+6.1	+0.2	+1.4	+1.6	+3.1	+0.7	+0.1	-0.8		+0.7	+3.8	+.062	+1.9	+5.7	+.038	+2.7	+2.8	+.002
Chris Paul	12	37.1	22.1	0.6	3.8	4.4	8.8	1.8	0.3	2.2	3.1	7.9	15.8	.503	2.3	5.4	.415	4.0	4.3	.941


Season 11
	Stephen Curry	Chris Paul
Season	2019-20	2015-16
Team	Golden State Warriors	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Stephen Curry	5	27.8	20.8	0.8	4.4	5.2	6.6	1.0	0.4	3.2	2.2	6.6	16.4	.402	2.4	9.8	.245	5.2	5.2	1.000
difference:	+69	+4.9	+1.3	+0.3	+0.7	+1.0	+3.4	+1.1	+0.2	-0.6	-0.3	+0.4	+1.3	+.060	+0.8	+5.4	+.126	+1.2	+0.8	+.104
Chris Paul	74	32.7	19.5	0.5	3.7	4.2	10.0	2.1	0.2	2.6	2.5	7.0	15.1	.462	1.6	4.4	.371	4.0	4.4	.896

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Stephen Curry	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chris Paul	4	31.3	23.8	1.0	3.0	4.0	7.3	2.3	0.0	1.0	3.0	9.3	19.0	.487	1.5	5.0	.300	3.8	3.8	1.000


Season 12
	Stephen Curry	Chris Paul
Season	2020-21	2016-17
Team	Golden State Warriors	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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12th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Stephen Curry	63	34.2	32.0	0.5	5.0	5.5	5.8	1.2	0.1	3.4	1.9	10.4	21.7	.482	5.3	12.7	.421	5.7	6.3	.916
difference:	+2	+2.7	+13.9	+0.2	+0.7	+0.5	+3.4	+0.8		-1.0	-0.5	+4.3	+8.8	+.006	+3.3	+7.7	+.010	+1.9	+2.0	+.024
Chris Paul	61	31.5	18.1	0.7	4.3	5.0	9.2	2.0	0.1	2.4	2.4	6.1	12.9	.476	2.0	5.0	.411	3.8	4.3	.892

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Stephen Curry	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chris Paul	7	37.1	25.3	0.6	4.4	5.0	9.9	1.7	0.1	2.7	3.4	9.6	19.3	.496	2.0	5.4	.368	4.1	4.7	.879


Season 13
	Stephen Curry	Chris Paul
Season	2021-22	2017-18
Team	Golden State Warriors	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Rockets Lost West Conf Finals

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13th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Stephen Curry	64	34.5	25.5	0.5	4.7	5.2	6.3	1.3	0.4	3.2	2.0	8.4	19.1	.437	4.5	11.7	.380	4.3	4.7	.923
difference:	+6	+2.7	+6.9	+0.1	+0.1	+0.2	+1.6	+0.4	+0.2	-1.0	-0.4	+2.1	+5.3	+.023	+2.0	+5.2		+0.8	+0.9	+.004
Chris Paul	58	31.8	18.6	0.6	4.8	5.4	7.9	1.7	0.2	2.2	2.4	6.3	13.8	.460	2.5	6.5	.380	3.5	3.8	.919

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Stephen Curry	22	34.7	27.4	0.5	4.7	5.2	5.9	1.3	0.4	2.6	2.7	9.2	20.0	.459	4.1	10.4	.397	4.9	5.9	.829
difference:	+7	+0.2	+6.3	+0.1	+0.6	+0.7	+0.1	+0.7	+0.1	-0.7	-0.4	+1.3	+2.9		+1.6	+3.8	+.023	+2.0	+2.4	+.001
Chris Paul	15	34.5	21.1	0.6	5.3	5.9	5.8	2.0	0.3	1.9	3.1	7.9	17.1	.459	2.5	6.6	.374	2.9	3.5	.830


Season 14
	Stephen Curry	Chris Paul
Season	2022-23	2018-19
Team	Golden State Warriors	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis

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14th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Stephen Curry	56	34.7	29.4	0.7	5.4	6.1	6.3	0.9	0.4	3.2	2.1	10.0	20.2	.493	4.9	11.4	.427	4.6	5.0	.915
difference:	+2	+2.7	+13.8	+0.1	+1.5	+1.5	+1.9	+1.1	+0.1	-0.6	-0.4	+4.8	+7.8	+.074	+2.7	+5.3	+.069	+1.6	+1.5	+.053
Chris Paul	58	32.0	15.6	0.6	3.9	4.6	8.2	2.0	0.3	2.6	2.5	5.2	12.4	.419	2.2	6.1	.358	3.0	3.5	.862

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Stephen Curry	13	37.9	30.5	0.7	4.5	5.2	6.1	1.0	0.5	3.2	2.6	11.2	23.9	.466	4.4	12.1	.363	3.8	4.5	.845
difference:	+2	+1.8	+13.5	+0.6	+0.6	+1.2	+0.6	+1.2	+0.1	-0.2	-0.7	+5.2	+10.4	+.020	+2.9	+6.4	+.093	+0.3	+0.4	+.001
Chris Paul	11	36.1	17.0	1.3	5.1	6.4	5.5	2.2	0.6	3.4	3.3	6.0	13.5	.446	1.5	5.7	.270	3.5	4.1	.844


Season 15
	Stephen Curry	Chris Paul
Season	2023-24	2019-20
Team	Golden State Warriors	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-NBA Third Team	-
	Clutch Player of the Year	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Thunder Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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15th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Stephen Curry	74	32.7	26.4	0.5	4.0	4.5	5.1	0.7	0.4	2.8	1.6	8.8	19.5	.450	4.8	11.8	.408	4.0	4.4	.923
difference:	+4	+1.2	+8.8	+0.1	+0.6	+0.5	+1.6	+0.9	+0.2	-0.5	-0.7	+2.6	+6.8	+.039	+3.2	+7.5	+.043	+0.4	+0.4	+.016
Chris Paul	70	31.5	17.6	0.4	4.6	5.0	6.7	1.6	0.2	2.3	2.3	6.2	12.7	.489	1.6	4.3	.365	3.6	4.0	.907

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Stephen Curry	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chris Paul	7	37.3	21.3	0.4	7.0	7.4	5.3	1.6	0.4	3.3	2.6	7.9	16.0	.491	2.3	6.1	.372	3.3	3.7	.885


Season 16
	Stephen Curry	Chris Paul
Season	2024-25	2020-21
Team	Golden State Warriors	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis	Suns Lost NBA Finals

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16th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Stephen Curry	70	32.2	24.5	0.6	3.9	4.4	6.0	1.1	0.4	2.9	1.4	8.1	18.0	.448	4.4	11.2	.397	4.0	4.3	.933
difference:		+0.8	+8.1	+0.2	+0.2	+0.1	+2.9	+0.3	+0.1	-0.7	-1.0	+1.8	+5.4	+.051	+2.9	+7.5	+.002	+1.6	+1.7	+.001
Chris Paul	70	31.4	16.4	0.4	4.1	4.5	8.9	1.4	0.3	2.2	2.4	6.3	12.6	.499	1.5	3.7	.395	2.4	2.6	.934

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Stephen Curry	8	35.1	22.6	0.3	5.0	5.3	5.1	1.0	0.8	3.4	1.6	7.8	16.3	.477	4.0	10.0	.400	3.1	3.5	.893
difference:	+12	+0.9	+3.4	+0.2	+1.9	+1.8	+3.5	+0.2	+0.6	-1.2	-0.8	+0.3	+1.3	+.020	+2.5	+6.7	+.046	+0.2	+0.2	+.016
Chris Paul	20	34.2	19.2	0.5	3.1	3.5	8.6	1.2	0.2	2.2	2.4	7.5	15.0	.497	1.5	3.3	.446	2.9	3.3	.877


Season 17
	Stephen Curry	Chris Paul
Season	2025-26	2021-22
Team	Golden State Warriors	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Suns Lost West Conf Semis

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17th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Stephen Curry	10	30.3	27.1	0.2	3.3	3.5	3.9	1.5	0.5	2.5	2.2	8.6	19.0	.453	4.1	11.1	.369	5.8	6.2	.935
difference:	+55	+2.6	+12.4	+0.1	+0.7	+0.9	+6.9	+0.4	+0.2	-0.1	-0.1	+3.0	+7.7	+.040	+3.1	+8.0	+.052	+3.2	+3.1	+.098
Chris Paul	65	32.9	14.7	0.3	4.0	4.4	10.8	1.9	0.3	2.4	2.1	5.6	11.3	.493	1.0	3.1	.317	2.6	3.1	.837

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Stephen Curry	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chris Paul	13	34.5	17.5	0.5	3.6	4.2	8.3	1.5	0.2	2.4	3.1	6.7	11.9	.561	1.5	3.8	.388	2.7	2.8	.946

Additional Years

* Chris Paul played 4 seasons more than Stephen Curry in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 18 to 21, from 2023 to 2026—Chris Paul played in one postseason.

Stephen Curry vs. Chris Paul Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Chris Paul and Stephen 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.

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