Steve Francis vs. Lamar Odom Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Lamar Odom 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 less than Lamar Odom, who played 14. Steve Francis had the first of his seasons in 1999-00, while Lamar Odom 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	Lamar Odom
Season	1999-00	1999-00
Team	Houston Rockets	Los Angeles Clippers
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:	+1	+0.3	+1.4	+0.1	+2.4	+2.5	+2.4	+0.3	+0.9	-0.6	-0.8	+0.6	+1.0	+.007	+0.6	+1.8	+.015	+0.3	+0.8	+.067
Lamar Odom	76	36.4	16.6	2.1	5.7	7.8	4.2	1.2	1.3	3.4	3.8	5.9	13.5	.438	0.8	2.2	.360	4.0	5.5	.719
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Steve Francis nor Lamar Odom played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Steve Francis	Lamar Odom
Season	2001-02	2001-02
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:	+28	+6.7	+8.5	+0.7	+0.2	+0.9	+0.5	+0.4	+0.8	-0.6	-0.1	+2.2	+5.3	+.002	+0.6	+0.8	+.134	+3.6	+4.2	+.117
Lamar Odom	29	34.4	13.1	1.1	5.0	6.1	5.9	0.8	1.2	3.3	3.1	5.2	12.4	.419	0.6	2.9	.190	2.1	3.2	.656
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Steve Francis nor Lamar Odom played in the postseason in their season 3

Season 4
	Steve Francis	Lamar Odom
Season	2002-03	2002-03
Team	Houston Rockets	Los Angeles Clippers
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:	+32	+6.7	+6.4	+0.8	+1.2	+0.5	+2.6	+0.8	+0.3	-0.8	-0.6	+1.5	+3.7	+.004	+0.1	+0.4	+.028	+3.1	+3.7	+.023
Lamar Odom	49	34.3	14.6	1.2	5.4	6.7	3.6	0.9	0.8	2.9	3.7	5.5	12.5	.439	0.9	2.6	.326	2.8	3.6	.777
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Steve Francis nor Lamar Odom played in the postseason in their season 4

Season 5
	Steve Francis	Lamar Odom
Season	2003-04	2003-04
Team	Houston Rockets	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Heat 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:	+1	+2.9	+0.5	+0.5	+3.7	+4.2	+2.1	+0.7	+0.5	-0.7	-0.1	+0.4		+.027	+0.1	+0.6	+.006		+0.2	+.033
Lamar Odom	80	37.5	17.1	2.0	7.7	9.7	4.1	1.1	0.9	3.0	3.4	6.1	14.1	.430	0.8	2.6	.298	4.3	5.7	.742
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:	+8	+5.4	+2.4	+1.3	+1.4	+0.1	+4.8	+0.2	+0.6	-1.0	-0.9	+0.2		+.016	+0.8	+1.4	+.104	+2.0	+2.5	+.044
Lamar Odom	13	39.2	16.8	2.5	5.8	8.3	2.8	1.2	0.8	3.2	4.5	6.2	14.0	.445	0.6	2.0	.308	3.8	5.5	.681

Additional Years
* Lamar Odom played 5 seasons more than Steve Francis in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 10 to 14, from 2009 to 2013—Lamar Odom played in 4 Playoffs and won two NBA Championships. In those 5 extra years over Steve Francis, Lamar Odom got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Sixth Man of the Year