Stephen Curry vs. Dwight Howard Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dwight Howard 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 16 years in the NBA, 2 less than Dwight Howard, who played 18. Stephen Curry had the first of his seasons in 2009-10, 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
Stephen Curry	16	10	2009-10 to 2024-25
Dwight Howard	18	12	2004-05 to 2021-22

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


Rookie Season
	Stephen Curry	Dwight Howard
Season	2009-10	2004-05
Team	Golden State Warriors	Orlando Magic
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	+3.6	+5.5	+2.9	+2.6	+5.5	+5.0	+1.0	+1.5	-1.0	-0.4	+2.3	+6.0	+.058	+2.1	+4.8		+1.2	+2.5	+.214
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 Stephen Curry nor Dwight Howard played in the postseason in their season 1


Season 2
	Stephen Curry	Dwight Howard
Season	2010-11	2005-06
Team	Golden State Warriors	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		%
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:	+8	+3.2	+2.8	+2.8	+5.8	+8.6	+4.3	+0.7	+1.1	-0.5	-0.3	+1.1	+3.5	+.051	+2.0	+4.6		+1.4	+4.2	+.339
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 Stephen Curry nor Dwight Howard played in the postseason in their season 2


Season 3
	Stephen Curry	Dwight Howard
Season	2011-12	2006-07
Team	Golden State Warriors	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		%
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:	+56	+8.7	+2.9	+2.9	+6.0	+8.9	+3.4	+0.6	+1.6	-1.4	-0.6	+0.8	+0.8	+.113	+2.1	+4.7		+3.3	+6.3	+.223
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		%
Stephen 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
	Stephen Curry	Dwight Howard
Season	2012-13	2007-08
Team	Golden State Warriors	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
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:	+4	+0.5	+2.2	+2.6	+7.5	+10.2	+5.6	+0.7	+1.9	-0.1	-0.8	+0.9	+5.9	+.148	+3.5	+7.7		+3.1	+7.2	+.310
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		%
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:	+2	+0.7	+4.5	+5.6	+6.4	+12.0	+7.2	+0.9	+3.2	-0.1	-0.9	+1.3	+7.2	+.147	+3.5	+8.8		+1.6	+5.1	+.379
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


Season 5
	Stephen Curry	Dwight Howard
Season	2013-14	2008-09
Team	Golden State Warriors	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	Blocks Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
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:	+1	+0.8	+3.4	+3.7	+5.9	+9.5	+7.1	+0.6	+2.7	-0.8	-0.9	+1.3	+5.3	+.101	+3.3	+7.9		+2.5	+6.2	+.291
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		%
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
difference:	+16	+3.0	+2.7	+3.7	+8.0	+11.7	+6.5	+0.8	+2.5	-0.8	-1.8	+0.3	+4.9	+.161	+3.1	+8.0	+.386	+1.0	+3.9	+.245
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
	Stephen Curry	Dwight Howard
Season	2014-15	2009-10
Team	Golden State Warriors	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	Blocks Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
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:	+2	+2.0	+5.5	+2.8	+6.1	+8.9	+5.9	+1.1	+2.6	-0.2	-1.5	+2.0	+6.6	+.125	+3.6	+8.0	+.443	+2.0	+5.8	+.322
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		%
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:	+7	+3.8	+10.2	+1.7	+4.4	+6.1	+5.0	+1.1	+3.4	-0.3	-2.0	+3.4	+10.9	+.158	+4.7	+11.0		+1.3	+5.8	+.316
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
	Stephen Curry	Dwight Howard
Season	2015-16	2010-11
Team	Golden State Warriors	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	Scoring Leader	-
	Steals Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Warriors Lost NBA Finals	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		%
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:	+1	+3.4	+7.2	+3.1	+5.5	+8.7	+5.3	+0.7	+2.2	-0.3	-1.3	+2.3	+6.8	+.089	+5.1	+11.1	+.454	+2.4	+6.6	+.312
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		%
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:	+12	+8.9	+1.9	+3.7	+6.3	+10.0	+4.7	+0.7	+1.5	-1.3	-2.0	+0.3	+5.3	+.192	+4.4	+10.8	+.404	+5.8	+10.1	+.234
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
	Stephen Curry	Dwight Howard
Season	2016-17	2011-12
Team	Golden State Warriors	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
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:	+25	+4.9	+4.7	+2.9	+7.1	+10.0	+4.7	+0.3	+1.9	-0.2	-0.6	+0.8	+4.9	+.105	+4.1	+9.9	+.411	+1.1	+6.0	+.407
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		%
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
Dwight Howard	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Stephen Curry	Dwight Howard
Season	2017-18	2012-13
Team	Golden State Warriors	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	All-NBA Third Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
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:	+25	+3.8	+9.3	+2.6	+4.7	+7.3	+4.7	+0.5	+2.2		-1.6	+2.2	+6.2	+.083	+4.2	+9.7	+.256	+0.8	+3.6	+.429
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		%
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:	+11	+5.5	+8.5	+1.9	+2.8	+4.7	+4.4	+1.2	+1.3	-1.1	-1.8	+2.6	+9.8	+.168	+4.3	+10.8		+1.0	+5.9	+.513
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
	Stephen Curry	Dwight Howard
Season	2018-19	2013-14
Team	Golden State Warriors	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Warriors Lost NBA Finals	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		%
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:	+2	+0.1	+9.0	+2.6	+4.2	+6.9	+3.4	+0.5	+1.4	-0.4	-1.0	+2.5	+8.1	+.119	+5.1	+11.6	+.151	+1.1	+4.8	+.369
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		%
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:	+16		+2.2	+3.7	+4.0	+7.7	+3.9	+0.4	+2.6	-0.2	-1.1	+1.1	+1.9	+.106	+4.2	+11.1			+3.6	+.318
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
	Stephen Curry	Dwight Howard
Season	2019-20	2014-15
Team	Golden State Warriors	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		%
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:	+36	+2.0	+5.0	+1.9	+3.4	+5.3	+5.4	+0.3	+0.9	-0.4	-1.1	+0.5	+6.1	+.191	+2.4	+9.8		+1.7	+1.4	+.472
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		%
Stephen 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


Season 12
	Stephen Curry	Dwight Howard
Season	2020-21	2015-16
Team	Golden State Warriors	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Rockets 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:	+8	+2.1	+18.3	+2.9	+3.4	+6.3	+4.4	+0.2	+1.5	-1.1	-1.2	+5.2	+13.2	+.138	+5.3	+12.6	+.421	+2.4	+0.4	+.427
Dwight Howard	71	32.1	13.7	3.4	8.4	11.8	1.4	1.0	1.6	2.3	3.1	5.2	8.5	.620	0.0	0.1	.000	3.3	6.7	.489

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Stephen Curry	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dwight Howard	5	36.0	13.2	5.2	8.8	14.0	1.6	0.8	1.4	2.4	4.2	5.2	9.6	.542	0.0	0.2	.000	2.8	7.6	.368


Season 13
	Stephen Curry	Dwight Howard
Season	2021-22	2016-17
Team	Golden State Warriors	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+10	+4.8	+12.0	+3.5	+4.0	+7.5	+4.9	+0.4	+0.8	-0.9	-0.7	+3.2	+10.8	+.196	+4.5	+11.7		+1.2	+1.0	+.390
Dwight Howard	74	29.7	13.5	4.0	8.7	12.7	1.4	0.9	1.2	2.3	2.7	5.2	8.3	.633	0.0	0.0	-	3.1	5.7	.533

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:	+16	+8.5	+19.4	+2.5	+3.0	+5.5	+4.6	+0.3	+0.4	-0.8	-0.8	+6.2	+14.0	+.041	+4.1	+10.4		+2.9	+2.7	+.197
Dwight Howard	6	26.2	8.0	3.0	7.7	10.7	1.3	1.0	0.8	1.8	3.5	3.0	6.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	3.2	.632


Season 14
	Stephen Curry	Dwight Howard
Season	2022-23	2017-18
Team	Golden State Warriors	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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:	+25	+4.3	+12.8	+2.4	+3.9	+6.4	+5.0	+0.3	+1.2	-0.6	-1.0	+3.8	+9.0	+.062	+4.9	+11.3	+.284	+0.5	+2.2	+.341
Dwight Howard	81	30.4	16.6	3.1	9.3	12.5	1.3	0.6	1.6	2.6	3.1	6.2	11.2	.555	0.0	0.1	.143	4.1	7.2	.574

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


Season 15
	Stephen Curry	Dwight Howard
Season	2023-24	2018-19
Team	Golden State Warriors	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	Clutch Player of the Year	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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:	+65	+7.1	+13.6	+2.2	+2.6	+4.7	+4.7	+0.1		-1.0	-2.2	+4.0	+11.8	+.173	+4.8	+11.8		+0.8	+0.9	+.319
Dwight Howard	9	25.6	12.8	2.7	6.6	9.2	0.4	0.8	0.4	1.8	3.8	4.8	7.7	.623	0.0	0.0	-	3.2	5.3	.604

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Stephen Curry nor Dwight Howard played in the postseason in their season 15


Season 16
	Stephen Curry	Dwight Howard
Season	2024-25	2019-20
Team	Golden State Warriors	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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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:	+1	+13.3	+17.0	+1.9	+1.0	+2.9	+5.3	+0.7	+0.7	-1.7	-1.8	+5.2	+14.0	+.281	+4.4	+11.1	+.203	+2.4	+1.2	+.419
Dwight Howard	69	18.9	7.5	2.5	4.9	7.3	0.7	0.4	1.1	1.2	3.2	2.9	4.0	.729	0.0	0.1	.600	1.6	3.1	.514

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:	+10	+19.4	+16.8	+1.5	+2.2	+0.7	+4.6	+0.6	+0.4	-2.5	-1.5	+5.6	+13.1	+.207	+3.9	+9.9	+.100	+1.7	+1.0	+.337
Dwight Howard	18	15.7	5.8	1.8	2.8	4.6	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.9	3.1	2.2	3.2	.684	0.1	0.1	.500	1.4	2.5	.556

Additional Years

* Dwight Howard played 2 seasons more than Stephen Curry in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 17 to 18, from 2021 to 2022—Dwight Howard played in one postseason.

Stephen Curry vs. Dwight Howard Season by Season Comparison

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

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

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Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Season 9

9th Season Stats Comparison

Season 10

10th Season Stats Comparison

Season 11

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Season 12

12th Season Stats Comparison

Season 13

13th Season Stats Comparison

Season 14

14th Season Stats Comparison

Season 15

15th Season Stats Comparison

Season 16

16th Season Stats Comparison

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