Steve Francis vs. Nick Young Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Nick Young 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, 3 less than Nick Young, who played 12. Steve Francis had the first of his seasons in 1999-00, while Nick Young had his rookie season in 2007-08. 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	Nick Young
Season	1999-00	2007-08
Team	Houston Rockets	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Wizards Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+2	+20.7	+10.5	+1.7	+2.1	+3.8	+5.8	+1.0	+0.3	-2.7	-1.3	+3.7	+8.1	+.006	+0.9	+2.7	+.055	+2.4	+3.0	+.029
Nick Young	75	15.4	7.5	0.3	1.2	1.5	0.8	0.5	0.1	1.3	1.7	2.8	6.4	.439	0.5	1.3	.400	1.3	1.7	.815
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Francis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nick Young	4	4.3	1.3	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.3	0.5	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	2.3	.111	0.0	0.5	.000	0.8	1.0	.750

Season 3
	Steve Francis	Nick Young
Season	2001-02	2009-10
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:	+17	+21.9	+13.0	+1.5	+4.1	+5.6	+5.8	+0.8	+0.3	-3.1	-1.0	+4.3	+10.2	+.001	+0.3	+1.4	+.082	+4.3	+5.6	+.027
Nick Young	74	19.2	8.6	0.3	1.1	1.4	0.6	0.4	0.1	0.8	2.0	3.1	7.5	.418	0.9	2.3	.406	1.4	1.8	.800
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Steve Francis nor Nick Young played in the postseason in their season 3

Season 4
	Steve Francis	Nick Young
Season	2002-03	2010-11
Team	Houston Rockets	Washington Wizards
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:	+17	+9.2	+3.6	+1.6	+1.9	+3.5	+5.0	+1.0	+0.2	-2.3	-0.8	+0.6	+1.6	+.006	+0.6	+1.2	+.033	+3.0	+3.7	+.016
Nick Young	64	31.8	17.4	0.4	2.3	2.7	1.2	0.7	0.3	1.4	2.3	6.4	14.6	.441	1.6	4.2	.387	2.9	3.6	.816
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Steve Francis nor Nick Young played in the postseason in their season 4

Season 5
	Steve Francis	Nick Young
Season	2003-04	2011-12
Team	Houston Rockets	Washington Wizards, Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Clippers Lost West 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:	+17	+12.5	+2.4	+1.0	+2.4	+3.4	+5.3	+1.1	+0.1	-2.4	-1.0	+0.6	+1.5		+0.8	+1.3	+.073	+2.0	+2.8	+.077
Nick Young	62	27.9	14.2	0.5	1.6	2.1	0.9	0.7	0.3	1.3	2.3	5.1	12.6	.403	1.7	4.5	.365	2.3	2.7	.852
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:	+6	+26.4	+10.9	+1.1	+6.2	+7.3	+7.3	+1.1	+0.2	-3.6	-1.8	+3.4	+7.9	+.004	+0.1	+0.4	+.103	+4.3	+6.4	+.164
Nick Young	11	18.2	8.3	0.1	1.0	1.1	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.6	1.8	2.6	6.1	.433	1.5	3.0	.515	1.5	1.6	.889