Steve Francis vs. Jalen Suggs Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jalen Suggs 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 Jalen Suggs, who played 4. Steve Francis had the first of his seasons in 1999-00, while Jalen Suggs 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	Jalen Suggs
Season	1999-00	2021-22
Team	Houston Rockets	Orlando Magic
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:	+29	+8.9	+6.2	+1.5	+0.3	+1.7	+2.2	+0.3		-1.0		+2.4	+3.1	+.084	+0.5	+0.1	+.131	+1.1	+1.3	+.013
Jalen Suggs	48	27.2	11.8	0.5	3.0	3.6	4.4	1.2	0.4	3.0	3.0	4.1	11.4	.361	0.9	4.1	.214	2.6	3.4	.773
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Steve Francis nor Jalen Suggs played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Steve Francis	Jalen Suggs
Season	2001-02	2023-24
Team	Houston Rockets	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Magic 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:	+18	+14.1	+9.0	+1.2	+2.8	+3.9	+3.7	+0.2	+0.2	-2.1	-0.3	+2.9	+8.2	+.054	+0.8	+1.4	+.073	+4.1	+5.3	+.017
Jalen Suggs	75	27.0	12.6	0.6	2.4	3.1	2.7	1.4	0.6	1.8	2.7	4.5	9.5	.471	2.0	5.1	.397	1.6	2.1	.756
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Francis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jalen Suggs	7	33.1	14.7	1.6	3.6	5.1	3.3	1.3	0.4	2.9	2.6	4.7	11.7	.402	2.0	6.9	.292	3.3	4.3	.767

Season 4
	Steve Francis	Jalen Suggs
Season	2002-03	2024-25
Team	Houston Rockets	Orlando Magic
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:	+46	+12.4	+4.8	+1.3	+0.8	+2.2	+2.5	+0.2	+0.4	-0.8	-0.3	+1.4	+2.5	+.025	+1.2	+3.9	+.040	+3.1	+4.2	+.082
Jalen Suggs	35	28.6	16.2	0.7	3.4	4.0	3.7	1.5	0.9	2.9	2.8	5.6	13.7	.410	2.2	6.9	.314	2.8	3.1	.882
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Steve Francis nor Jalen Suggs played in the postseason in their season 4

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