Steve Francis vs. Chris Webber Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Chris Webber 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.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season / 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.

Steve Francis played 9 years in the NBA, 6 less than Chris Webber, who played 15. Steve Francis had the first of his seasons in 1999-00, while Chris Webber had his rookie season in 1993-94. 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
Steve Francis	9	1	1999-00 to 2007-08
Chris Webber	15	10	1993-94 to 2007-08

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Steve Francis	Chris Webber
Season	1999-00	1993-94
Team	Houston Rockets	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	Rookie of the Year
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Warriors Lost West 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:	+1	+4.0	+0.5	+2.0	+1.8	+3.8	+3.0	+0.3	+1.8	-1.3	-0.3	+1.0	+0.9	+.107	+1.4	+3.8	+.345	+1.2		+.254
Chris Webber	76	32.1	17.5	4.0	5.1	9.1	3.6	1.2	2.2	2.7	3.3	7.5	13.6	.552	0.0	0.2	.000	2.5	4.7	.532

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Francis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chris Webber	3	36.3	15.7	4.3	4.3	8.7	9.0	1.0	3.0	3.0	3.7	7.3	13.3	.550	0.0	0.7	.000	1.0	3.3	.300


Season 2
	Steve Francis	Chris Webber
Season	2000-01	1994-95
Team	Houston Rockets	Washington Bullets
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		%
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
difference:	+26	+1.6	+0.2	+1.3	+1.4	+2.7	+1.8	+0.3	+1.2	-0.2		+1.7	+2.2	+.044	+1.0	+1.5	+.120	+2.3	+1.2	+.315
Chris Webber	54	38.3	20.1	3.7	5.9	9.6	4.7	1.5	1.6	3.1	3.4	8.6	17.4	.495	0.7	2.7	.276	2.2	4.3	.502

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Steve Francis nor Chris Webber played in the postseason in their season 2


Season 3
	Steve Francis	Chris Webber
Season	2001-02	1995-96
Team	Houston Rockets	Washington Bullets
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:	+42	+3.9	+2.1	+0.7	+0.1	+0.6	+1.4	+0.6	+0.2	-0.6	-0.4	+2.6	+0.7	+.126	+0.2	+1.4	+.117	+3.0	+2.8	+.179
Chris Webber	15	37.2	23.7	2.5	5.1	7.6	5.0	1.8	0.6	3.3	3.4	10.0	18.4	.543	1.0	2.3	.441	2.7	4.6	.594

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Steve Francis nor Chris Webber played in the postseason in their season 3


Season 4
	Steve Francis	Chris Webber
Season	2002-03	1996-97
Team	Houston Rockets	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bullets Lost East 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:	+9	+2.0	+0.9	+1.3	+2.8	+4.1	+1.6		+1.4	-0.5	-0.5	+1.4		+.083	+0.2	+0.9	+.043	+3.4	+3.0	+.235
Chris Webber	72	39.0	20.1	3.3	7.0	10.3	4.6	1.7	1.9	3.2	3.6	8.4	16.2	.518	0.8	2.1	.397	2.5	4.3	.565

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Francis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chris Webber	3	35.7	15.7	2.3	5.7	8.0	3.3	0.7	2.3	5.3	6.0	6.3	10.0	.633	1.7	3.7	.455	1.3	2.7	.500


Season 5
	Steve Francis	Chris Webber
Season	2003-04	1997-98
Team	Houston Rockets	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets 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		%
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
difference:	+8	+0.8	+5.3	+1.0	+3.0	+4.0	+2.4	+0.2	+1.3	-1.1	-0.5	+3.4	+4.8	+.079		+0.3	+.025	+1.5	+0.8	+.186
Chris Webber	71	39.6	21.9	2.5	7.0	9.5	3.8	1.6	1.7	2.6	3.8	9.1	18.9	.482	0.9	2.9	.317	2.8	4.7	.589

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


Season 6
	Steve Francis	Chris Webber
Season	2004-05	1998-99
Team	Orlando Magic	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	Rebounds Leader
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Kings 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		%
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
difference:	+36	+2.7	+1.3	+1.9	+5.2	+7.2	+2.9		+1.7	-0.6		+1.8	+1.4	+.063	+0.4	+0.8	+.181	+4.5	+3.7	+.369
Chris Webber	42	40.9	20.0	3.5	9.4	13.0	4.1	1.4	2.1	3.5	3.5	9.0	18.5	.486	0.1	0.8	.118	1.9	4.1	.454

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Francis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chris Webber	5	38.4	14.8	2.6	6.8	9.4	4.0	1.8	1.0	4.0	4.0	6.2	16.0	.388	0.4	1.4	.286	2.0	5.0	.400


Season 7
	Steve Francis	Chris Webber
Season	2005-06	1999-00
Team	Orlando Magic, New York Knicks	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Kings Lost West 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		%
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
difference:	+5	+4.2	+10.1	+1.4	+4.9	+6.4	+0.3	+0.5	+1.5	-0.2	-0.6	+5.2	+9.7	+.048		+0.1	+.017	+0.4	+0.2	+.036
Chris Webber	75	38.4	24.5	2.5	8.0	10.5	4.6	1.6	1.7	2.9	3.5	10.0	20.6	.483	0.4	1.3	.284	4.1	5.5	.751

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Francis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chris Webber	5	39.2	24.4	2.8	6.8	9.6	5.4	1.6	2.0	1.6	2.8	9.4	22.0	.427	0.2	1.0	.200	5.4	6.8	.794


Season 8
	Steve Francis	Chris Webber
Season	2006-07	2000-01
Team	New York Knicks	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Kings Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
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
difference:	+26	+12.4	+15.8	+1.8	+5.7	+7.5	+0.3	+0.4	+1.4	-0.5	-0.3	+8.0	+15.6	+.073	+1.0	+2.1	+.307	+0.6	+1.8	+.126
Chris Webber	70	40.5	27.1	2.6	8.5	11.1	4.2	1.3	1.7	2.8	3.2	11.2	23.4	.481	0.0	0.4	.071	4.6	6.6	.703

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Francis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chris Webber	8	43.5	23.3	4.3	7.3	11.5	3.1	1.1	1.0	3.9	3.6	9.5	24.5	.388	0.0	0.1	.000	4.3	6.1	.694


Season 9
	Steve Francis	Chris Webber
Season	2007-08	2001-02
Team	Houston Rockets	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Kings Lost West Conf Finals

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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		%
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
difference:	+44	+18.5	+19.0	+2.0	+5.8	+7.8	+1.8	+0.8	+0.9	-1.5	-0.9	+8.0	+14.2	+.162	+0.3	+1.3	+.028	+3.4	+4.0	+.184
Chris Webber	54	38.4	24.5	2.8	7.3	10.1	4.8	1.7	1.4	2.9	3.4	9.9	19.9	.495	0.1	0.4	.263	4.7	6.3	.749

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Francis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chris Webber	16	41.6	23.7	3.1	7.8	10.8	4.7	0.9	1.6	2.9	4.0	10.0	19.9	.502	0.0	0.3	.000	3.7	6.2	.596


Additional Years
* Chris Webber played 6 seasons more than Steve Francis in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 10 to 15, from 2003 to 2008—Chris Webber played in 4 Playoffs. In those 6 extra years over Steve Francis, Chris Webber got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-Star Game

Steve Francis vs. Chris Webber Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Chris Webber 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.

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