Steve Francis vs. John Wall Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of John Wall 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 less than John Wall, who played 11. Steve Francis had the first of his seasons in 1999-00, while John Wall had his rookie season in 2010-11. 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	John Wall
Season	1999-00	2010-11
Team	Houston Rockets	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	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:	+8	+1.7	+1.6	+1.5	+0.8	+0.7	+1.7	+0.3	+0.1	-0.2	-0.5	+0.7	+0.4	+.036	+0.9	+2.3	+.049	+0.7	+1.0	+.020
John Wall	69	37.8	16.4	0.5	4.1	4.6	8.3	1.8	0.5	3.8	2.5	5.8	14.1	.409	0.5	1.7	.296	4.4	5.7	.766
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Steve Francis nor John Wall played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Steve Francis	John Wall
Season	2001-02	2012-13
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:	+8	+8.4	+3.1	+1.1	+1.9	+3.0	+1.2	+0.1	+0.4	-0.7	-0.6	+0.8	+2.7	+.024	+1.0	+2.8	+.057	+0.7	+1.2	+.031
John Wall	49	32.7	18.5	0.7	3.3	4.0	7.6	1.3	0.8	3.2	2.4	6.6	15.0	.441	0.2	0.9	.267	5.0	6.2	.804
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Steve Francis nor John Wall played in the postseason in their season 3

Season 4
	Steve Francis	John Wall
Season	2002-03	2013-14
Team	Houston Rockets	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Wizards Lost East 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:	+1	+4.7	+1.7	+1.5	+0.6	+2.1	+2.6	+0.1		-0.1	-0.4	+0.1	+0.1	+.002	+0.3	+0.8	+.003	+2.0	+2.5	+.005
John Wall	82	36.3	19.3	0.5	3.6	4.1	8.8	1.8	0.5	3.6	2.7	7.1	16.3	.433	1.3	3.8	.351	3.9	4.8	.805
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Francis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Wall	11	38.2	16.3	0.5	3.5	4.0	7.1	1.6	0.7	3.3	2.6	5.5	14.9	.366	0.6	2.9	.219	4.7	6.2	.765

Season 5
	Steve Francis	John Wall
Season	2003-04	2014-15
Team	Houston Rockets	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Wizards Lost East Conf Semis

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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:		+4.5	+1.0	+1.0	+0.2	+0.9	+3.8	+0.1	+0.2	-0.1	-1.0	+0.9	+0.7	+.042	+0.1	+0.5	+.008	+0.7	+0.9	+.010
John Wall	79	35.9	17.6	0.5	4.2	4.6	10.0	1.7	0.6	3.8	2.3	6.6	14.8	.445	0.8	2.7	.300	3.6	4.6	.785
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:	+2	+5.6	+1.8	+0.5	+3.2	+3.7	+4.3		+1.2	-0.3	-1.7	+0.1	+1.7	+.038	+1.0	+1.0	+.236	+1.1	+2.4	+.121
John Wall	7	39.0	17.4	0.7	4.0	4.7	11.9	1.4	1.4	3.9	1.9	6.1	15.7	.391	0.4	2.4	.176	4.7	5.6	.846

Season 6
	Steve Francis	John Wall
Season	2004-05	2015-16
Team	Orlando Magic	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
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:	+1	+2.0	+1.4	+1.1	+0.2	+0.9	+3.2	+0.5	+0.4		-1.4	+0.2	+0.4	+.001	+1.0	+2.7	+.052	+2.9	+3.3	+.032
John Wall	77	36.2	19.9	0.5	4.4	4.9	10.2	1.9	0.8	4.1	2.1	7.4	17.5	.424	1.5	4.3	.351	3.5	4.5	.791
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Steve Francis nor John Wall played in the postseason in their season 6

Season 7
	Steve Francis	John Wall
Season	2005-06	2016-17
Team	Orlando Magic, New York Knicks	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Wizards Lost East 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:	+8	+2.2	+8.7	+0.3	+0.3	+0.1	+5.8	+0.9	+0.4	-1.0	-1.0	+3.5	+7.5	+.016	+0.7	+2.3	+.026	+0.9	+1.1	+.014
John Wall	78	36.4	23.1	0.8	3.4	4.2	10.7	2.0	0.6	4.1	1.9	8.3	18.4	.451	1.1	3.5	.327	5.4	6.8	.801
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Francis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Wall	13	39.0	27.2	0.5	3.2	3.7	10.3	1.7	1.2	4.2	2.0	9.8	21.6	.452	1.6	4.7	.344	6.0	7.2	.839

Season 8
	Steve Francis	John Wall
Season	2006-07	2017-18
Team	New York Knicks	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Wizards 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:	+3	+6.3	+8.1	+0.3	+0.3	+0.1	+5.7	+0.5	+0.8	-1.6	-0.9	+3.6	+8.5	+.012	+0.5	+1.6	+.007	+0.3	+1.1	+.103
John Wall	41	34.4	19.4	0.5	3.1	3.7	9.6	1.4	1.1	3.9	2.0	6.8	16.3	.420	1.5	4.1	.371	4.3	5.9	.726
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Francis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Wall	6	39.0	26.0	0.5	5.2	5.7	11.5	2.3	1.3	4.5	2.7	9.3	21.2	.441	0.7	3.5	.190	6.7	7.8	.851