Earl Cureton vs. Robert Horry Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Robert Horry and Earl Cureton, 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 / Games against each other

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.

Earl Cureton played 12 years in the NBA, 4 less than Robert Horry, who played 16. Earl Cureton had the first of his seasons in 1980-81, while Robert Horry had his rookie season in 1992-93. 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 achivements, 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
Earl Cureton	12	7	1980-81 to 1996-97
Robert Horry	16	16	1992-93 to 2007-08

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16


Rookie Season
	Earl Cureton	Robert Horry
Season	1980-81	1992-93
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Finals	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Earl Cureton	52	10.2	4.2	1.0	2.0	3.0	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.6	1.3	1.8	3.9	.454	0.0	0.0	.000	0.6	1.2	.516
Robert Horry	79	29.5	10.1	1.4	3.5	5.0	2.4	1.0	1.1	2.0	2.7	4.1	8.6	.474	0.2	0.6	.255	1.8	2.5	.715

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Earl Cureton	9	4.0	1.3	0.1	0.9	1.0	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.3	0.7	2.0	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.2	.000
Robert Horry	12	31.2	10.3	1.2	4.0	5.2	3.2	1.5	1.3	2.3	2.5	3.9	8.4	.465	0.8	2.5	.300	1.7	2.3	.741


Season 2
	Earl Cureton	Robert Horry
Season	1981-82	1993-94
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	76ers Lost NBA Finals	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Earl Cureton	66	14.5	5.3	1.4	2.7	4.1	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.7	2.2	2.3	4.6	.487	0.0	0.0	.000	0.8	1.4	.543
Robert Horry	81	29.3	9.9	1.6	3.9	5.4	2.9	1.5	0.9	1.7	2.3	4.0	8.7	.459	0.5	1.7	.324	1.4	1.9	.732

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Earl Cureton	12	6.3	2.7	1.0	1.2	2.2	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.4	1.0	1.1	3.4	.317	0.0	0.1	.000	0.5	0.8	.667
Robert Horry	23	33.8	11.7	1.8	4.3	6.1	3.6	1.5	0.9	1.2	3.0	4.3	9.8	.434	1.5	3.9	.382	1.7	2.2	.765


Season 3
	Earl Cureton	Robert Horry
Season	1982-83	1994-95
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Earl Cureton	73	13.5	3.4	1.2	2.5	3.7	0.6	0.5	0.3	1.0	2.0	1.5	3.5	.419	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.9	.493
Robert Horry	64	32.4	10.2	1.3	3.8	5.1	3.4	1.5	1.2	1.9	2.5	3.8	8.4	.447	1.3	3.5	.379	1.3	1.8	.761

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Earl Cureton	5	5.0	0.4	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.2	0.4	0.0	0.6	1.0	0.2	0.8	.250	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Robert Horry	22	38.2	13.1	1.8	5.2	7.0	3.5	1.5	1.2	1.1	3.1	4.2	9.5	.445	2.0	5.0	.400	2.6	3.5	.744


Season 4
	Earl Cureton	Robert Horry
Season	1983-84	1995-96
Team	Detroit Pistons	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Earl Cureton	73	12.4	2.6	1.2	2.8	3.9	0.5	0.3	0.4	0.8	2.0	1.1	2.4	.458	0.0	0.0	.000	0.4	0.8	.525
Robert Horry	71	37.1	12.0	1.4	4.4	5.8	4.0	1.6	1.5	2.3	2.8	4.2	10.3	.410	2.0	5.5	.366	1.6	2.0	.776

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Earl Cureton	5	18.6	6.4	2.8	3.8	6.6	0.4	0.4	0.2	1.0	1.8	3.0	6.2	.484	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	1.2	.333
Robert Horry	8	38.5	13.1	1.9	5.3	7.1	3.0	2.6	1.6	1.9	3.6	4.6	11.4	.407	2.6	6.6	.396	1.3	2.9	.435


Season 5
	Earl Cureton	Robert Horry
Season	1984-85	1996-97
Team	Detroit Pistons	Phoenix Suns, Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf Semis	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Earl Cureton	81	20.3	6.1	2.1	3.1	5.2	1.0	0.7	0.5	1.4	2.7	2.6	5.3	.484	0.0	0.0	.000	1.0	1.8	.569
Robert Horry	54	25.8	7.8	1.3	3.1	4.4	2.0	1.2	1.0	1.3	2.8	2.9	6.7	.436	0.9	2.9	.318	1.1	1.7	.667

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Earl Cureton	9	14.8	4.1	1.1	3.4	4.6	0.4	1.0	0.2	0.4	2.2	1.8	3.8	.471	0.0	0.1	.000	0.6	1.0	.556
Robert Horry	9	31.1	6.7	1.3	4.0	5.3	1.4	1.1	0.8	1.2	3.0	1.9	4.2	.447	1.3	3.1	.429	1.6	2.0	.778


Season 6
	Earl Cureton	Robert Horry
Season	1985-86	1997-98
Team	Detroit Pistons	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Earl Cureton	80	25.2	8.6	2.5	3.8	6.3	1.7	0.7	0.7	1.9	3.0	3.6	7.1	.505	0.0	0.0	.000	1.5	2.6	.555
Robert Horry	72	30.4	7.4	2.6	4.9	7.5	2.3	1.6	1.3	1.4	3.3	2.8	5.8	.476	0.3	1.3	.204	1.6	2.3	.692

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Earl Cureton	4	31.5	9.0	3.0	4.5	7.5	2.3	0.8	0.0	1.3	3.5	4.3	7.8	.548	0.0	0.3	.000	0.5	2.0	.250
Robert Horry	13	32.4	8.6	2.6	3.8	6.5	3.1	1.1	1.1	1.4	3.5	3.0	5.4	.557	0.5	1.3	.353	2.2	3.2	.683


Season 7
	Earl Cureton	Robert Horry
Season	1986-87	1998-99
Team	Chicago Bulls, Los Angeles Clippers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Earl Cureton	78	25.3	7.3	2.7	3.1	5.8	1.6	0.4	0.7	1.0	2.4	3.1	6.5	.476	0.0	0.0	.000	1.1	1.9	.539
Robert Horry	38	19.6	4.9	1.5	2.5	4.0	1.5	0.9	1.0	1.3	2.7	1.8	3.8	.459	0.5	1.2	.444	0.9	1.2	.739

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Earl Cureton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Robert Horry	8	22.1	5.0	1.3	3.3	4.5	1.4	0.8	0.8	0.9	3.6	1.5	3.3	.462	0.6	1.5	.417	1.4	1.8	.786


Season 8
	Earl Cureton	Robert Horry
Season	1987-88	1999-00
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Earl Cureton	69	16.3	4.3	1.4	2.5	3.9	0.9	0.5	0.5	0.8	2.0	1.9	4.5	.429	0.0	0.0	.000	0.5	0.9	.524
Robert Horry	76	22.2	5.7	1.8	3.0	4.8	1.6	1.1	1.1	1.0	2.5	2.1	4.8	.438	0.4	1.2	.309	1.2	1.5	.788

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Earl Cureton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Robert Horry	23	27.0	7.6	1.7	3.7	5.3	2.5	0.9	0.8	1.3	3.8	2.6	6.3	.407	0.7	2.6	.288	1.7	2.5	.702


Season 9
	Earl Cureton	Robert Horry
Season	1988-89	2000-01
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Earl Cureton	82	25.0	6.5	2.3	3.7	6.0	1.6	0.6	0.7	1.4	2.8	2.8	5.7	.501	0.0	0.0	.000	0.8	1.5	.537
Robert Horry	79	20.1	5.2	1.2	2.6	3.7	1.6	0.7	0.7	1.0	2.7	1.9	4.8	.387	0.7	2.0	.346	0.7	1.1	.711

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Earl Cureton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Robert Horry	16	23.9	5.9	1.9	3.3	5.2	1.9	1.4	1.0	1.1	3.1	2.0	5.4	.368	1.1	2.9	.362	0.8	1.4	.591

Note: Earl Cureton didn't play in 1989-90.


Season 10
	Earl Cureton	Robert Horry
Season	1990-91	2001-02
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Earl Cureton	9	17.7	1.9	0.7	3.3	4.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.7	1.8	0.9	2.7	.333	0.0	0.1	.000	0.1	0.3	.333
Robert Horry	81	26.4	6.8	1.6	4.3	5.9	2.9	1.0	1.1	1.1	2.6	2.3	5.7	.398	0.9	2.5	.374	1.3	1.7	.783

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Earl Cureton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Robert Horry	19	37.1	9.3	1.9	6.2	8.1	3.2	1.7	0.8	1.6	3.5	3.2	7.2	.449	1.3	3.3	.387	1.6	2.0	.789

Note: Earl Cureton didn't play in 1991-92 and 1992-93.


Season 11
	Earl Cureton	Robert Horry
Season	1993-94	2002-03
Team	Houston Rockets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Earl Cureton	2	15.0	2.0	2.0	4.0	6.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	2.0	1.0	4.0	.250	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	1.0	.000
Robert Horry	80	29.3	6.5	2.3	4.2	6.4	2.9	1.2	0.8	1.4	3.1	2.3	6.0	.387	0.6	2.2	.288	1.3	1.7	.769

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Earl Cureton	10	10.0	1.8	0.6	2.3	2.9	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.3	2.0	0.8	1.0	.800	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.2	1.000
Robert Horry	12	31.0	5.6	1.9	4.8	6.7	3.1	1.3	1.0	1.4	3.1	2.5	7.8	.319	0.2	3.2	.053	0.4	0.8	.556

Note: Earl Cureton didn't play in 1994-95 and 1995-96.


Season 12
	Earl Cureton	Robert Horry
Season	1996-97	2003-04
Team	Toronto Raptors	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Earl Cureton	9	5.1	0.8	0.4	0.6	1.0	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.1	1.1	0.3	0.9	.375	0.0	0.0	-	0.1	0.3	.333
Robert Horry	81	15.9	4.8	1.3	2.0	3.4	1.2	0.6	0.6	0.7	2.0	1.7	4.3	.405	0.5	1.3	.380	0.9	1.3	.645

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Earl Cureton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Robert Horry	10	20.9	6.1	2.5	3.8	6.3	0.9	0.8	0.2	1.0	3.1	2.0	4.3	.465	0.8	2.2	.364	1.3	1.4	.929


Season 13
	Earl Cureton	Robert Horry
Season	-	2004-05
Team	-	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Earl Cureton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Robert Horry	75	18.6	6.0	1.2	2.4	3.6	1.1	0.9	0.8	0.9	1.8	2.1	5.0	.419	0.7	1.8	.370	1.1	1.5	.789

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Earl Cureton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Robert Horry	23	27.1	9.3	2.0	3.4	5.4	2.0	0.9	0.9	0.9	2.3	3.2	7.1	.448	1.7	3.7	.447	1.3	1.8	.732


Season 14
	Earl Cureton	Robert Horry
Season	-	2005-06
Team	-	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Earl Cureton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Robert Horry	63	18.8	5.1	1.1	2.7	3.8	1.3	0.7	0.8	0.7	1.8	1.8	4.6	.384	0.8	2.3	.368	0.7	1.1	.647

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Earl Cureton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Robert Horry	13	17.2	4.2	1.5	2.2	3.7	0.8	0.4	0.7	0.8	2.4	1.2	2.8	.405	0.5	1.3	.353	1.5	2.0	.731


Season 15
	Earl Cureton	Robert Horry
Season	-	2006-07
Team	-	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Earl Cureton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Robert Horry	68	16.5	3.9	1.1	2.3	3.4	1.1	0.7	0.6	0.6	1.5	1.3	3.7	.359	0.7	2.2	.336	0.6	0.9	.594

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Earl Cureton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Robert Horry	18	20.1	4.3	0.9	3.0	3.9	1.6	0.6	1.3	0.8	1.7	1.4	3.3	.417	0.7	2.1	.351	0.8	0.9	.824


Season 16
	Earl Cureton	Robert Horry
Season	-	2007-08
Team	-	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Earl Cureton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Robert Horry	45	13.0	2.5	0.8	1.6	2.4	1.0	0.5	0.4	0.5	1.2	0.8	2.6	.319	0.4	1.6	.257	0.4	0.6	.643

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Earl Cureton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Robert Horry	15	10.3	1.5	0.7	1.4	2.1	0.5	0.3	0.3	0.1	2.3	0.5	2.4	.194	0.3	1.5	.227	0.3	0.4	.667

Earl Cureton vs. Robert Horry Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Robert Horry and Earl Cureton, 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

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14

Season 15

Season 16