Steve Francis vs. Jason Terry Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jason Terry 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, 10 less than Jason Terry, who played 19. Steve Francis had the first of his seasons in 1999-00, while Jason Terry had his rookie season in 1999-00. 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	Jason Terry
Season	1999-00	1999-00
Team	Houston Rockets	Atlanta Hawks
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:	+4	+12.8	+9.9	+1.7	+1.5	+3.3	+2.3	+0.4	+0.3	-2.1	-1.4	+3.4	+7.1	+.030	+0.8	+2.1	+.052	+2.3	+3.0	+.021
Jason Terry	81	23.3	8.1	0.3	1.8	2.0	4.3	1.1	0.1	1.9	1.6	3.1	7.4	.415	0.6	1.9	.293	1.4	1.7	.807
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Steve Francis nor Jason Terry played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Steve Francis	Jason Terry
Season	2001-02	2001-02
Team	Houston Rockets	Atlanta Hawks
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:	+21	+3.1	+2.3	+1.3	+2.3	+3.5	+0.7	+0.6	+0.2	-1.6	-1.0	+0.7	+2.1	+.013	+1.0	+2.0	+.063	+2.1	+3.0	+.062
Jason Terry	78	38.0	19.3	0.5	2.9	3.5	5.7	1.8	0.2	2.3	2.0	6.7	15.6	.430	2.2	5.7	.387	3.6	4.4	.835
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Steve Francis nor Jason Terry played in the postseason in their season 3

Season 4
	Steve Francis	Jason Terry
Season	2002-03	2002-03
Team	Houston Rockets	Atlanta Hawks
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:		+3.0	+3.8	+1.5	+1.2	+2.8	+1.2	+0.1	+0.3	-0.6	-0.9	+1.0	+2.1	+.007	+1.0	+2.3	+.017	+2.7	+3.7	+.087
Jason Terry	81	38.0	17.2	0.5	3.0	3.4	7.4	1.6	0.2	3.1	2.2	6.0	14.1	.428	2.0	5.3	.371	3.2	3.6	.887
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Steve Francis nor Jason Terry played in the postseason in their season 4

Season 5
	Steve Francis	Jason Terry
Season	2003-04	2003-04
Team	Houston Rockets	Atlanta Hawks
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:	+2	+3.1	+0.2	+0.9	+0.5	+1.4	+0.8	+0.3	+0.2	-0.9	-0.9	+0.5	+0.7	+.014	+0.9	+2.0	+.055	+1.6	+2.3	+.052
Jason Terry	81	37.3	16.8	0.6	3.5	4.1	5.4	1.5	0.2	2.8	2.4	6.2	14.8	.417	1.8	5.2	.347	2.7	3.2	.827
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
Jason Terry	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Jason Terry played 10 seasons more than Steve Francis in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 10 to 19, from 2009 to 2018—Jason Terry played in 9 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 10 extra years over Steve Francis, Jason Terry got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Sixth Man of the Year