Steve Francis vs. DeAndre Jordan Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of DeAndre Jordan 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, 8 less than DeAndre Jordan, who played 17. Steve Francis had the first of his seasons in 1999-00, while DeAndre Jordan had his rookie season in 2008-09. 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	DeAndre Jordan
Season	1999-00	2008-09
Team	Houston Rockets	Los Angeles Clippers
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:	+24	+21.6	+13.7	+0.6	+0.2	+0.8	+6.4	+1.3	+0.7	-3.2	-1.2	+4.7	+11.7	+.188	+1.4	+4.0		+2.9	+2.6	+.401
DeAndre Jordan	53	14.5	4.3	1.4	3.1	4.5	0.2	0.2	1.1	0.8	1.8	1.8	2.8	.633	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	2.1	.385
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Steve Francis nor DeAndre Jordan played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Steve Francis	DeAndre Jordan
Season	2001-02	2010-11
Team	Houston Rockets	Los Angeles Clippers
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:	+23	+15.5	+14.5	+0.8	+0.6	+0.2	+5.9	+0.7	+1.4	-2.6	-0.2	+4.5	+13.4	+.269	+1.2	+3.7		+4.5	+4.7	+.321
DeAndre Jordan	80	25.6	7.1	2.6	4.6	7.2	0.5	0.5	1.8	1.3	3.2	2.9	4.3	.686	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	2.7	.452
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Steve Francis nor DeAndre Jordan played in the postseason in their season 3

Season 4
	Steve Francis	DeAndre Jordan
Season	2002-03	2011-12
Team	Houston Rockets	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Clippers Lost West Conf Semis

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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:	+15	+13.8	+13.6	+1.1	+1.0	+2.1	+5.9	+1.2	+1.5	-2.6	-0.2	+3.9	+11.3	+.197	+1.0	+3.0		+4.8	+5.2	+.275
DeAndre Jordan	66	27.2	7.4	3.1	5.2	8.3	0.3	0.5	2.0	1.1	2.9	3.1	4.9	.632	0.0	0.0	-	1.1	2.1	.525
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Francis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
DeAndre Jordan	11	22.6	4.5	1.6	3.6	5.3	0.4	0.6	1.6	0.6	1.8	1.9	3.6	.525	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	2.2	.333

Season 5
	Steve Francis	DeAndre Jordan
Season	2003-04	2012-13
Team	Houston Rockets	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Clippers 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		%
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:	+3	+15.9	+7.8	+1.1	+0.7	+1.7	+5.9	+1.2	+1.0	-2.5	-1.0	+1.9	+8.1	+.240	+0.9	+3.2		+3.1	+2.5	+.389
DeAndre Jordan	82	24.5	8.8	2.6	4.7	7.2	0.3	0.6	1.4	1.2	2.3	3.8	6.0	.643	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	3.0	.386
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:	+1	+20.6	+15.5	+1.3	+3.4	+2.1	+7.4	+1.2	+1.5	-2.7	-0.6	+4.3	+10.3	+.026	+1.4	+3.4		+5.5	+6.5	+.503
DeAndre Jordan	6	24.0	3.7	2.5	3.8	6.3	0.2	0.2	1.7	1.5	3.0	1.7	3.7	.455	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	1.5	.222

Season 6
	Steve Francis	DeAndre Jordan
Season	2004-05	2013-14
Team	Orlando Magic	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	-	Rebounds Leader
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Clippers Lost West Conf Semis

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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:	+4	+3.2	+10.9	+2.4	+5.3	+7.8	+6.1	+0.4	+2.1	-2.6	-0.3	+3.0	+10.8	+.253	+0.5	+1.6		+4.4	+3.2	+.395
DeAndre Jordan	82	35.0	10.4	4.0	9.5	13.6	0.9	1.0	2.5	1.5	3.2	4.2	6.3	.676	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	4.6	.428
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Francis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
DeAndre Jordan	13	34.0	9.6	3.3	9.2	12.5	0.8	0.9	2.5	1.8	3.5	3.5	4.8	.730	0.0	0.0	-	2.5	5.8	.434

Season 7
	Steve Francis	DeAndre Jordan
Season	2005-06	2014-15
Team	Orlando Magic, New York Knicks	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Clippers Lost West Conf Semis

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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:	+12	+0.2	+2.9	+3.7	+7.0	+10.9	+4.2	+0.1	+2.0	-1.8	-0.1	+0.2	+4.4	+.275	+0.4	+1.2		+2.2		+.390
DeAndre Jordan	82	34.4	11.5	4.8	10.1	15.0	0.7	1.0	2.2	1.3	3.0	4.6	6.5	.710	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	5.7	.397
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Francis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
DeAndre Jordan	14	34.4	13.1	3.5	9.9	13.4	1.1	1.1	2.4	1.2	3.0	4.1	5.8	.716	0.0	0.0	-	4.8	11.2	.427

Season 8
	Steve Francis	DeAndre Jordan
Season	2006-07	2015-16
Team	New York Knicks	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+33	+5.6	+1.4	+2.7	+7.5	+10.2	+2.7	+0.2	+2.0	-0.9	-0.2	+1.4	+1.2	+.295	+1.0	+2.5		+0.5	+3.2	+.399
DeAndre Jordan	77	33.7	12.7	3.5	10.3	13.8	1.2	0.7	2.3	1.4	2.7	4.6	6.6	.703	0.0	0.0	-	3.5	8.0	.430
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Francis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
DeAndre Jordan	6	33.0	11.7	5.0	11.3	16.3	1.8	1.2	2.7	1.2	2.8	4.0	6.3	.632	0.0	0.0	-	3.7	9.8	.373

Season 9
	Steve Francis	DeAndre Jordan
Season	2007-08	2016-17
Team	Houston Rockets	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+71	+11.8	+7.2	+2.9	+8.6	+11.5	+1.8	+0.3	+1.2		-0.1	+3.2	+1.4	+.381	+0.4	+1.7		+1.2	+2.9	+.083
DeAndre Jordan	81	31.7	12.7	3.7	10.1	13.8	1.2	0.6	1.7	1.4	2.6	5.1	7.1	.714	0.0	0.0	-	2.5	5.2	.482
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Francis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
DeAndre Jordan	7	37.7	15.4	3.6	10.9	14.4	0.7	0.4	0.9	2.4	4.1	6.1	8.7	.705	0.0	0.1	.000	3.1	8.0	.393