Steve Francis vs. Glen Rice Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Glen Rice 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 / 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 Glen Rice, who played 15. Steve Francis had the first of his seasons in 1999-00, while Glen Rice had his rookie season in 1989-90. 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
Glen Rice	15	7	1989-90 to 2003-04

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9


Rookie Season
	Steve Francis	Glen Rice
Season	1999-00	1989-90
Team	Houston Rockets	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
	-	All-Rookie Second 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:		+6.1	+4.4	+0.7		+0.7	+4.8	+0.6		-2.5	-0.4	+0.4	+0.6	+.006	+1.2	+3.1	+.099	+2.5	+3.1	+.052
Glen Rice	77	30.0	13.6	1.3	3.3	4.6	1.8	0.9	0.4	1.5	2.6	6.1	13.9	.439	0.2	0.9	.246	1.2	1.6	.734

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Steve Francis nor Glen Rice played in the postseason in their season 1


Season 2
	Steve Francis	Glen Rice
Season	2000-01	1990-91
Team	Houston Rockets	Miami Heat
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:	+3	+5.5	+2.5	+1.3	+0.7	+2.0	+4.0	+0.5	+0.1	-1.1	-0.6	+0.2	+0.3	+.010	+0.8	+1.8	+.010	+2.3	+2.8	+.001
Glen Rice	77	34.4	17.4	1.1	3.8	4.9	2.5	1.3	0.3	2.2	2.8	7.1	15.5	.461	0.9	2.4	.386	2.2	2.7	.818

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Steve Francis nor Glen Rice played in the postseason in their season 2


Season 3
	Steve Francis	Glen Rice
Season	2001-02	1991-92
Team	Houston Rockets	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+22	+3.0	+0.7	+0.7	+1.3	+2.0	+4.1	+0.1		-2.1	-0.8	+1.1	+0.4	+.052	+0.8	+1.3	+.067	+2.3	+3.4	+.063
Glen Rice	79	38.1	22.3	1.1	3.9	5.0	2.3	1.1	0.4	1.8	2.2	8.5	18.1	.469	2.0	5.0	.391	3.4	4.0	.836

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Francis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Glen Rice	3	39.7	19.0	1.0	2.3	3.3	1.7	0.7	0.0	2.0	2.3	8.0	21.3	.375	1.0	4.0	.250	2.0	2.3	.857


Season 4
	Steve Francis	Glen Rice
Season	2002-03	1992-93
Team	Houston Rockets	Miami Heat
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:	+1	+3.4	+2.0	+0.9	+0.2	+1.0	+4.0	+0.6	+0.2	-1.8	-0.6	+0.1	+0.1	+.005	+0.8	+1.7	+.029	+2.9	+3.7	+.020
Glen Rice	82	37.6	19.0	1.1	4.0	5.2	2.2	1.1	0.3	1.9	2.5	7.1	16.1	.440	1.8	4.7	.383	3.0	3.6	.820

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Steve Francis nor Glen Rice played in the postseason in their season 4


Season 5
	Steve Francis	Glen Rice
Season	2003-04	1993-94
Team	Houston Rockets	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Heat Lost East 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:	+2	+3.4	+4.5	+0.6	+0.4	+0.1	+3.9	+0.4		-2.1	-1.0	+2.5	+3.4	+.064	+0.7	+1.1	+.090	+1.2	+2.0	+.105
Glen Rice	81	37.0	21.1	0.9	4.4	5.4	2.3	1.4	0.4	1.6	2.3	8.2	17.5	.467	1.6	4.3	.382	3.1	3.5	.880

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:		+5.6	+6.2		+1.2	+1.2	+5.6	+0.8	+0.2	-1.4	-0.8	+0.8	+0.4	+.047		+1.2	+.108	+4.6	+6.4	+.025
Glen Rice	5	39.0	13.0	1.2	6.0	7.2	2.0	2.2	0.4	2.8	2.8	5.2	13.6	.382	1.4	4.6	.304	1.2	1.6	.750


Season 6
	Steve Francis	Glen Rice
Season	2004-05	1994-95
Team	Orlando Magic	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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	+1.4	+1.0	+0.4	+0.8	+1.2	+4.7		+0.2	-2.2	-1.0	+0.9		+.052	+1.8	+3.9	+.111	+2.6	+3.3	+.032
Glen Rice	82	36.8	22.3	1.2	3.4	4.6	2.3	1.4	0.2	1.9	2.5	8.1	17.1	.475	2.3	5.5	.410	3.8	4.5	.855

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Steve Francis nor Glen Rice played in the postseason in their season 6


Season 7
	Steve Francis	Glen Rice
Season	2005-06	1995-96
Team	Orlando Magic, New York Knicks	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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:	+9	+5.6	+7.2		+0.6	+0.7	+2.0	+0.1		-1.0	-0.2	+2.9	+5.5	+.036	+1.8	+3.9	+.123	+0.5	+0.9	+.050
Glen Rice	79	39.8	21.6	1.1	3.7	4.8	2.9	1.2	0.2	2.1	2.7	7.7	16.4	.471	2.2	5.1	.424	4.0	4.8	.837

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Steve Francis nor Glen Rice played in the postseason in their season 7


Season 8
	Steve Francis	Glen Rice
Season	2006-07	1996-97
Team	New York Knicks	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hornets Lost East 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:	+35	+14.5	+15.5		+0.4	+0.4	+1.9			-0.1	-0.5	+5.9	+11.4	+.069	+1.6	+3.1	+.092	+1.9	+2.0	+.038
Glen Rice	79	42.6	26.8	0.8	3.2	4.0	2.0	0.9	0.3	2.2	2.4	9.1	19.2	.477	2.6	5.6	.470	5.9	6.8	.867

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Francis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Glen Rice	3	45.7	27.7	0.3	3.3	3.7	3.7	1.3	0.3	1.3	3.7	9.3	19.0	.491	2.0	5.3	.375	7.0	7.7	.913


Season 9
	Steve Francis	Glen Rice
Season	2007-08	1997-98
Team	Houston Rockets	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hornets Lost East Conf Semis

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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:	+72	+20.3	+16.8	+0.3	+1.7	+2.0	+0.8		+0.2	-0.8	-0.1	+5.8	+11.2	+.124	+1.2	+2.0	+.198	+3.9	+3.8	+.284
Glen Rice	82	40.2	22.3	1.1	3.2	4.3	2.2	0.9	0.3	2.2	2.4	7.7	16.9	.457	1.6	3.7	.433	5.2	6.1	.849

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Francis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Glen Rice	9	41.0	22.8	1.2	4.4	5.7	1.4	0.6	0.3	1.4	2.9	9.1	19.2	.474	1.2	4.0	.306	3.3	4.0	.833

Additional Years

* Glen Rice played 6 seasons more than Steve Francis in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 10 to 15, from 1999 to 2004—Glen Rice played in 3 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship.

Steve Francis vs. Glen Rice Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Glen Rice 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