Stephen Curry vs. Steve Francis Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Steve Francis 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 / Stats Rankings

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, 7 more than Steve Francis, who played 9. Stephen Curry had the first of his seasons in 2009-10, 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Stephen Curry	16	10	2009-10 to 2024-25
Steve Francis	9	1	1999-00 to 2007-08

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Stephen Curry	Steve Francis
Season	2009-10	1999-00
Team	Golden State Warriors	Houston Rockets
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:	+3	+0.1	+0.5	+1.4	+0.6	+0.8	+0.7	+0.4	+0.2	-1.0	-0.2	+0.1	+0.2	+.017	+0.7	+0.8	+.092	+1.5	+2.2	+.099
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
* Neiher Stephen Curry nor Steve Francis played in the postseason in their season 1


Season 2
	Stephen Curry	Steve Francis
Season	2010-11	2000-01
Team	Golden State Warriors	Houston Rockets
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:	+6	+6.3	+1.3	+1.7	+1.3	+3.0	+0.7	+0.3	+0.1	-0.2	-0.3	+0.1	+1.0	+.029	+0.3	+0.4	+.046	+1.6	+2.4	+.117
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 Stephen Curry nor Steve Francis played in the postseason in their season 2


Season 3
	Stephen Curry	Steve Francis
Season	2011-12	2001-02
Team	Golden State Warriors	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
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:	+31	+12.9	+6.9	+1.2	+2.4	+3.6	+1.1	+0.3	+0.1	-1.4	-0.6	+1.8	+6.3	+.073	+0.9	+1.0	+.131	+4.2	+5.6	+.036
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
* Neiher Stephen Curry nor Steve Francis played in the postseason in their season 3


Season 4
	Stephen Curry	Steve Francis
Season	2012-13	2002-03
Team	Golden State Warriors	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
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:	+3	+2.8	+1.9	+1.2	+0.9	+2.2	+0.7	+0.1	+0.3	-0.6	-0.6	+1.0	+1.6	+.016	+2.5	+4.7	+.099	+2.5	+3.6	+.100
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
	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
Steve Francis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Stephen Curry	Steve Francis
Season	2013-14	2003-04
Team	Golden State Warriors	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West 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		%
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	+3.9	+7.4	+0.9	+0.3	+1.2	+2.3	+0.2	+0.2	-0.1	-0.8	+2.7	+3.6	+.068	+2.4	+4.7	+.132	+0.4	+1.0	+.110
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		%
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:	+2	+2.3	+3.8	+0.6	+4.2	+4.8	+0.8	+0.3	+0.1	-0.5	-1.0	+1.3	+2.6	+.011	+1.7	+4.7	+.026	+0.5	+2.0	+.156
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
	Stephen Curry	Steve Francis
Season	2014-15	2004-05
Team	Golden State Warriors	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
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	+5.5	+2.5	+0.9	+0.6	+1.5	+0.7	+0.6	+0.2	-1.0	-1.5	+1.0	+0.3	+.064	+3.1	+6.5	+.144	+2.5	+3.6	+.091
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
	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
Steve Francis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Stephen Curry	Steve Francis
Season	2015-16	2005-06
Team	Golden State Warriors	Orlando Magic, New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	Steals Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost NBA Finals	Did Not Play

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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:	+9		+15.7	+0.2	+1.5	+1.3	+1.8	+1.0		-0.2	-0.9	+5.4	+9.3	+.069	+4.7	+10.0	+.153	+0.1	+0.6	+.121
Steve Francis	70	34.2	14.4	1.1	3.1	4.1	4.9	1.1	0.2	3.1	2.9	4.8	10.9	.435	0.4	1.2	.301	4.5	5.7	.787

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
Steve Francis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Stephen Curry	Steve Francis
Season	2016-17	2006-07
Team	Golden State Warriors	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	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:	+35	+5.3	+14.0		+0.9	+0.9	+2.7	+0.9	+0.1	-0.7	-0.6	+5.3	+10.5	+.060	+3.1	+7.5	+.033	+0.1	+0.2	+.069
Steve Francis	44	28.1	11.3	0.8	2.8	3.6	3.9	0.9	0.3	2.3	2.9	3.2	7.8	.408	1.0	2.5	.378	4.0	4.8	.829

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
Steve Francis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Stephen Curry	Steve Francis
Season	2017-18	2007-08
Team	Golden State Warriors	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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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:	+41	+12.1	+20.9	+0.1	+2.9	+2.8	+3.1	+0.7	+0.3	-1.6	-0.3	+6.5	+11.2	+.162	+3.8	+8.1	+.188	+4.2	+3.6	+.356
Steve Francis	10	19.9	5.5	0.8	1.5	2.3	3.0	0.9	0.5	1.4	2.5	1.9	5.7	.333	0.4	1.7	.235	1.3	2.3	.565

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
Steve Francis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Additional Years
* Stephen Curry played 7 seasons more than Steve Francis in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 10 to 16, from 2019 to 2025—Stephen Curry played in 4 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 7 extra years over Steve Francis, Stephen Curry got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Finals MVP 2 All-NBA First Team 3 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-NBA Third Team 1 Clutch Player of the Year 1 Scoring Leader 6 All-Star Game 2 All-Star Game MVP

Stephen Curry vs. Steve Francis Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Steve Francis 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

7th Season Stats Comparison

Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Season 9

9th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years