Steve Francis vs. Cameron Thomas Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Cameron Thomas 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 Cameron Thomas, who played 4. Steve Francis had the first of his seasons in 1999-00, while Cameron Thomas 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	Cameron Thomas
Season	1999-00	2021-22
Team	Houston Rockets	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+10	+18.5	+9.5	+1.8	+1.1	+2.9	+5.4	+1.0	+0.3	-3.2	-2.0	+3.2	+7.0	+.012	+0.7	+1.4	+.075	+2.4	+3.1	+.043
Cameron Thomas	67	17.6	8.5	0.2	2.2	2.4	1.2	0.5	0.1	0.8	1.0	3.3	7.5	.433	0.7	2.6	.270	1.3	1.6	.829
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Francis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cameron Thomas	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Season 3
	Steve Francis	Cameron Thomas
Season	2001-02	2023-24
Team	Houston Rockets	Brooklyn Nets
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:	+9	+9.7	+0.9	+1.4	+2.4	+3.8	+3.5	+0.5	+0.2	-2.0	-0.9	+0.6	+0.3	+.025	+1.0	+2.3	+.040	+1.4	+2.3	+.083
Cameron Thomas	66	31.4	22.5	0.4	2.8	3.2	2.9	0.7	0.2	1.9	2.1	8.0	18.0	.442	2.2	6.0	.364	4.3	5.1	.856
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Steve Francis nor Cameron Thomas played in the postseason in their season 3

Season 4
	Steve Francis	Cameron Thomas
Season	2002-03	2024-25
Team	Houston Rockets	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
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:	+56	+9.8	+3.0	+1.4	+1.5	+2.9	+2.4	+1.1	+0.4	-1.2	-1.3	+1.0	+2.0	+.003	+1.7	+4.8	+.005	+0.6	+1.3	+.081
Cameron Thomas	25	31.2	24.0	0.6	2.7	3.3	3.8	0.6	0.1	2.5	1.8	8.0	18.2	.438	2.7	7.8	.349	5.3	6.0	.881
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Steve Francis nor Cameron Thomas played in the postseason in their season 4

Additional Years
* Steve Francis played 5 seasons more than Cameron Thomas 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 Cameron Thomas, Steve Francis got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Star Game