Tiny Archibald vs. Steve Francis Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Steve Francis and Tiny Archibald, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

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.

Tiny Archibald played 13 years in the NBA, 4 more than Steve Francis, who played 9. Tiny Archibald had the first of his seasons in 1970-71, while Steve Francis 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Tiny Archibald	13	5	1970-71 to 1983-84
Steve Francis	9	1	1999-00 to 2007-08

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9


Rookie Season
	Tiny Archibald	Steve Francis
Season	1970-71	1999-00
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
Honors & Awards	-	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		%
Tiny Archibald	82	35.0	16.0	-	-	3.0	5.5	-	-	-	2.7	5.9	13.4	.444	-	-	-	4.1	5.4	.757
difference:	+5	+1.1	+2.0			+2.3	+1.1				-0.3	+0.6	+1.1	+.001				+0.4	+0.7	+.029
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

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Tiny Archibald nor Steve Francis played in the postseason in their season 1


Season 2
	Tiny Archibald	Steve Francis
Season	1971-72	2000-01
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tiny Archibald	76	43.1	28.2	-	-	2.9	9.2	-	-	-	2.6	9.7	19.9	.486	-	-	-	8.9	10.8	.822
difference:	+4	+3.2	+8.3			+4.0	+2.7				-0.8	+2.8	+4.7	+.035				+4.4	+5.3	+.005
Steve Francis	80	39.9	19.9	2.4	4.5	6.9	6.5	1.8	0.4	3.3	3.4	6.9	15.2	.451	1.7	4.2	.396	4.5	5.5	.817

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Tiny Archibald nor Steve Francis played in the postseason in their season 2


Season 3
	Tiny Archibald	Steve Francis
Season	1972-73	2001-02
Team	Kansas City-Omaha Kings	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	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		%
Tiny Archibald	80	46.0	34.0	-	-	2.8	11.4	-	-	-	2.6	12.9	26.3	.488	-	-	-	8.3	9.8	.847
difference:	+23	+4.9	+12.4			+4.2	+5.0				-0.4	+5.5	+8.6	+.071				+2.6	+2.4	+.074
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

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Tiny Archibald nor Steve Francis played in the postseason in their season 3


Season 4
	Tiny Archibald	Steve Francis
Season	1973-74	2002-03
Team	Kansas City-Omaha Kings	Houston Rockets
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		%
Tiny Archibald	35	36.3	17.6	0.6	1.8	2.4	7.6	1.6	0.2	-	2.2	6.3	14.1	.451	-	-	-	4.9	6.0	.820
difference:	+46	+4.7	+3.4	+1.4	+2.4	+3.8	+1.4	+0.1	+0.3		-0.9	+0.7	+2.1	+.016				+1.0	+1.3	+.020
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

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Tiny Archibald nor Steve Francis played in the postseason in their season 4


Season 5
	Tiny Archibald	Steve Francis
Season	1974-75	2003-04
Team	Kansas City-Omaha Kings	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Kings Lost West Conf Semis	Rockets Lost West 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		%
Tiny Archibald	82	39.6	26.5	0.6	2.1	2.7	6.8	1.5	0.1	-	2.3	9.3	20.3	.456	-	-	-	8.0	9.1	.872
difference:	+3	+0.8	+9.9	+0.9	+1.9	+2.8	+0.6	+0.3	+0.3		-1.0	+3.6	+6.2	+.053				+3.7	+3.6	+.097
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tiny Archibald	6	40.3	20.2	0.3	1.5	1.8	5.3	0.7	0.0	-	3.0	7.2	19.7	.364	-	-	-	5.8	7.2	.814
difference:	+1	+4.3	+1.0	+0.9	+5.7	+6.6	+2.3	+0.7	+0.2		-0.6	+1.2	+5.7	+.065					+0.8	+.089
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


Season 6
	Tiny Archibald	Steve Francis
Season	1975-76	2004-05
Team	Kansas City Kings	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
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		%
Tiny Archibald	78	40.8	24.8	0.9	1.9	2.7	7.9	1.6	0.2	-	2.2	9.2	20.3	.453	-	-	-	6.4	8.0	.802
difference:		+2.6	+3.5	+0.7	+2.3	+3.1	+0.9	+0.2	+0.2		-1.3	+2.0	+3.2	+.030					+0.2	+.021
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

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Tiny Archibald nor Steve Francis played in the postseason in their season 6


Season 7
	Tiny Archibald	Steve Francis
Season	1976-77	2005-06
Team	New York Nets	Orlando Magic, New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
Tiny Archibald	34	37.6	20.5	0.6	1.7	2.4	7.5	1.7	0.3	-	2.3	7.4	16.5	.446	-	-	-	5.8	7.4	.785
difference:	+36	+3.4	+6.1	+0.5	+1.4	+1.7	+2.6	+0.6	+0.1		-0.6	+2.6	+5.6	+.011				+1.3	+1.7	+.002
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

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Tiny Archibald nor Steve Francis played in the postseason in their season 7

Note: Tiny Archibald didn't play in 1977-78.


Season 8
	Tiny Archibald	Steve Francis
Season	1978-79	2006-07
Team	Boston Celtics	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
Tiny Archibald	69	24.1	11.0	0.4	1.1	1.5	4.7	0.8	0.1	2.9	1.9	3.8	8.3	.452	-	-	-	3.5	4.4	.788
difference:	+25	+4.0	+0.3	+0.4	+1.7	+2.1	+0.8	+0.1	+0.2	-0.6	-1.0	+0.6	+0.5	+.044				+0.5	+0.4	+.041
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

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Tiny Archibald nor Steve Francis played in the postseason in their season 8


Season 9
	Tiny Archibald	Steve Francis
Season	1979-80	2007-08
Team	Boston Celtics	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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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		%
Tiny Archibald	80	35.8	14.1	0.7	1.7	2.5	8.4	1.3	0.1	3.0	2.7	4.8	9.9	.482	0.1	0.2	.222	4.5	5.4	.830
difference:	+70	+15.9	+8.6	+0.1	+0.2	+0.2	+5.4	+0.4	+0.4	-1.6	-0.2	+2.9	+4.2	+.149	+0.3	+1.5	+.013	+3.2	+3.1	+.265
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tiny Archibald	9	36.9	14.2	0.3	0.9	1.2	7.9	1.1	0.0	4.2	3.1	5.0	9.9	.506	0.1	0.2	.500	4.1	4.7	.881
Steve Francis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Additional Years
* Tiny Archibald played 4 seasons more than Steve Francis in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 10 to 13, from 1981 to 1984—Tiny Archibald played in 3 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 4 extra years over Steve Francis, Tiny Archibald got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Second Team 2 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP

Tiny Archibald vs. Steve Francis Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Steve Francis and Tiny Archibald, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Season 9

9th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years