Steve Francis vs. Reggie Miller Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Reggie Miller 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, 9 less than Reggie Miller, who played 18. Steve Francis had the first of his seasons in 1999-00, while Reggie Miller had his rookie season in 1987-88. 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	Reggie Miller
Season	1999-00	1987-88
Team	Houston Rockets	Indiana Pacers
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:	+5	+13.7	+8.0	+0.8	+2.1	+3.0	+5.0	+0.9	+0.2	-2.8	-1.1	+2.8	+6.9	+.043	+0.7	+1.9	+.010	+1.9	+2.4	+.015
Reggie Miller	82	22.4	10.0	1.2	1.2	2.3	1.6	0.6	0.2	1.2	1.9	3.7	7.6	.488	0.7	2.1	.355	1.8	2.3	.801
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Steve Francis nor Reggie Miller played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Steve Francis	Reggie Miller
Season	2001-02	1989-90
Team	Houston Rockets	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pacers 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:	+25	+2.2	+3.0	+0.6	+2.8	+3.4	+2.6	+0.1	+0.2	-1.2	-0.9	+0.7	+2.0	+.097	+0.6	+0.7	+.090	+0.9	+0.2	+.095
Reggie Miller	82	38.9	24.6	1.2	2.4	3.6	3.8	1.3	0.2	2.7	2.1	8.1	15.7	.514	1.8	4.4	.414	6.6	7.6	.868
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Francis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Reggie Miller	3	41.7	20.7	0.3	3.7	4.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	6.7	11.7	.571	1.0	2.3	.429	6.3	7.0	.905

Season 4
	Steve Francis	Reggie Miller
Season	2002-03	1990-91
Team	Houston Rockets	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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	+4.8	+1.6	+1.0	+1.8	+2.8	+2.2	+0.4	+0.3	-1.7	-1.1	+0.3	+2.0	+.077	+0.4	+0.9	+.006	+0.8		+.118
Reggie Miller	82	36.2	22.6	1.0	2.4	3.4	4.0	1.3	0.2	2.0	2.0	7.3	14.2	.512	1.4	3.9	.348	6.7	7.3	.918
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Francis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Reggie Miller	5	38.6	21.6	1.0	2.2	3.2	2.8	1.6	0.4	2.4	2.8	6.8	14.0	.486	1.6	3.8	.421	6.4	7.4	.865

Season 5
	Steve Francis	Reggie Miller
Season	2003-04	1991-92
Team	Houston Rockets	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+3	+2.4	+4.1	+0.5	+1.1	+1.6	+2.4	+0.5	+0.1	-1.8	-0.7	+1.2	+0.4	+.098	+0.7	+1.0	+.086	+1.1	+0.8	+.083
Reggie Miller	82	38.0	20.7	1.0	2.9	3.9	3.8	1.3	0.3	1.9	2.6	6.9	13.7	.501	1.6	4.2	.378	5.4	6.3	.858
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	+1.3	+7.8	+0.1	+6.2	+6.1	+2.9	+0.1	+0.2	-2.9	-0.4	+2.3	+0.3	+.152	+0.9	+0.3	+.224	+2.2	+2.0	+.075
Reggie Miller	3	43.3	27.0	1.3	1.0	2.3	4.7	1.3	0.0	1.3	4.0	8.3	14.3	.581	2.3	3.7	.636	8.0	10.0	.800

Season 8
	Steve Francis	Reggie Miller
Season	2006-07	1994-95
Team	New York Knicks	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pacers Lost East Conf Finals

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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:	+37	+4.8	+8.3	+0.4	+0.6	+1.0	+0.9	+0.3	+0.1	-0.4	-1.0	+3.0	+5.7	+.054	+1.4	+3.3	+.037	+0.7	+0.5	+.068
Reggie Miller	81	32.9	19.6	0.4	2.2	2.6	3.0	1.2	0.2	1.9	1.9	6.2	13.5	.462	2.4	5.8	.415	4.7	5.3	.897
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Francis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Reggie Miller	17	37.7	25.5	0.5	3.1	3.6	2.1	0.9	0.2	2.3	2.1	8.1	17.1	.476	3.2	7.5	.422	6.1	7.1	.860

Season 9
	Steve Francis	Reggie Miller
Season	2007-08	1995-96
Team	Houston Rockets	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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9th 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	10	19.9	5.5	0.8	1.5	2.3	3.0	0.9	0.5	1.4	2.5	1.9	5.7	.333	0.4	1.7	.235	1.3	2.3	.565
difference:	+66	+14.6	+15.6	+0.3	+0.8	+0.5	+0.3	+0.1	+0.3	-1.1	-0.2	+4.7	+8.3	+.140	+1.8	+3.7	+.175	+4.4	+4.3	+.298
Reggie Miller	76	34.5	21.1	0.5	2.3	2.8	3.3	1.0	0.2	2.5	2.3	6.6	14.0	.473	2.2	5.4	.410	5.7	6.6	.863
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Francis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Reggie Miller	1	31.0	29.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	7.0	17.0	.412	2.0	6.0	.333	13.0	15.0	.867

Additional Years
* Reggie Miller played 9 seasons more than Steve Francis in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 10 to 18, from 1997 to 2005—Reggie Miller played in 8 Playoffs. In those 9 extra years over Steve Francis, Reggie Miller got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Third Team 2 All-Star Game