Steve Francis vs. Daniel Gafford Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Daniel Gafford 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, 2 more than Daniel Gafford, who played 7. Steve Francis had the first of his seasons in 1999-00, while Daniel Gafford had his rookie season in 2019-20. 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	Daniel Gafford
Season	1999-00	2019-20
Team	Houston Rockets	Chicago Bulls
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:	+34	+21.9	+12.9	+0.8	+2.0	+2.8	+6.1	+1.2	+0.9	-3.3	-0.7	+4.3	+11.4	+.256	+1.4	+4.0		+3.0	+3.3	+.253
Daniel Gafford	43	14.2	5.1	1.2	1.3	2.5	0.5	0.3	1.3	0.7	2.3	2.2	3.1	.701	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.4	.533
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Steve Francis nor Daniel Gafford played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Steve Francis	Daniel Gafford
Season	2001-02	2021-22
Team	Houston Rockets	Washington Wizards
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:	+15	+21.0	+12.2	+0.4	+1.7	+1.3	+5.5	+0.8	+1.0	-3.0	-0.6	+3.4	+12.0	+.276	+1.2	+3.7		+4.2	+5.3	+.074
Daniel Gafford	72	20.1	9.4	2.2	3.5	5.7	0.9	0.4	1.4	0.9	2.4	4.0	5.7	.693	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.1	.699
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Steve Francis nor Daniel Gafford played in the postseason in their season 3

Season 4
	Steve Francis	Daniel Gafford
Season	2002-03	2022-23
Team	Houston Rockets	Washington Wizards
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:	+3	+20.4	+12.0	+0.1	+0.7	+0.6	+5.1	+1.3	+0.8	-2.6	-0.7	+3.3	+11.1	+.297	+1.0	+3.0		+4.3	+4.9	+.121
Daniel Gafford	78	20.6	9.0	2.1	3.5	5.6	1.1	0.4	1.3	1.1	2.4	3.7	5.1	.732	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	2.4	.679
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Steve Francis nor Daniel Gafford played in the postseason in their season 4

Season 5
	Steve Francis	Daniel Gafford
Season	2003-04	2023-24
Team	Houston Rockets	Washington Wizards, Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Mavericks 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		%
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:	+5	+15.9	+5.6	+1.1	+1.0	+2.1	+4.6	+0.9	+1.7	-2.7	-0.2	+1.0	+7.6	+.322	+0.9	+3.2		+2.7	+3.1	+.101
Daniel Gafford	74	24.5	11.0	2.6	5.0	7.6	1.6	0.9	2.1	1.0	3.1	4.7	6.5	.725	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	2.4	.674
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
difference:	+17	+24.4	+10.2	+0.7	+3.6	+2.9	+6.9	+1.1	+1.3	-3.3	-1.9	+2.5	+8.4	+.205	+1.4	+3.4		+3.9	+5.0	+.094
Daniel Gafford	22	20.2	9.0	1.9	3.6	5.5	0.7	0.3	1.5	0.9	1.7	3.5	5.6	.634	0.0	0.0	-	1.9	3.0	.631