Steve Francis vs. Alperen Sengun Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Alperen Sengun and Steve Francis, 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.

Steve Francis played 9 years in the NBA, 5 more than Alperen Sengun, who played 4. Steve Francis had the first of his seasons in 1999-00, while Alperen Sengun had his rookie season in 2021-22. 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
	Steve Francis	Alperen Sengun
Season	1999-00	2021-22
Team	Houston Rockets	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	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		%
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
difference:	+5	+15.4	+8.4	+0.1	+0.2	+0.2	+4.0	+0.7	+0.5	-2.0		+3.0	+7.2	+.029	+1.0	+2.4	+.097	+1.4	+1.5	+.075
Alperen Sengun	72	20.7	9.6	1.9	3.5	5.5	2.6	0.8	0.9	2.0	3.0	3.5	7.3	.474	0.4	1.6	.248	2.3	3.2	.711
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Steve Francis nor Alperen Sengun played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Steve Francis	Alperen Sengun
Season	2001-02	2023-24
Team	Houston Rockets	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		%
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
difference:	+6	+8.6	+0.5	+1.1	+1.2	+2.3	+1.4		+0.3	-1.3	-0.3	+1.0	+2.1	+.120	+0.7	+1.9	+.027	+1.8	+1.8	+.080
Alperen Sengun	63	32.5	21.1	2.9	6.4	9.3	5.0	1.2	0.7	2.6	3.3	8.4	15.6	.537	0.5	1.8	.297	3.9	5.6	.693
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Steve Francis nor Alperen Sengun played in the postseason in their season 3

Season 4
	Steve Francis	Alperen Sengun
Season	2002-03	2024-25
Team	Houston Rockets	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	Cup All-Tournament Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Rockets 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		%
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
difference:	+5	+9.5	+1.9	+1.4	+2.7	+4.1	+1.3	+0.6	+0.3	-1.1	-0.3	+0.5	+1.2	+.061	+0.7	+1.8	+.121	+2.0	+1.7	+.108
Alperen Sengun	76	31.5	19.1	3.4	6.9	10.3	4.9	1.1	0.8	2.6	2.8	7.5	15.0	.496	0.3	1.2	.233	3.9	5.6	.692
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Francis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Alperen Sengun	7	36.6	20.9	3.0	8.9	11.9	5.3	1.9	0.4	2.1	3.7	8.4	18.7	.450	0.4	1.1	.375	3.6	5.7	.625

Additional Years
* Steve Francis played 5 seasons more than Alperen Sengun in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 5 to 9, from 2004 to 2008—Steve Francis played in one postseason. In those 5 extra years over Alperen Sengun, Steve Francis got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Star Game