Charles Barkley vs. Quentin Grimes Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Quentin Grimes and Charles Barkley, 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.

Charles Barkley played 16 years in the NBA, 12 more than Quentin Grimes, who played 4. Charles Barkley had the first of his seasons in 1984-85, while Quentin Grimes had his rookie season in 2021-22. 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
	Charles Barkley	Quentin Grimes
Season	1984-85	2021-22
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Charles Barkley	82	28.6	14.0	3.2	5.3	8.6	1.9	1.2	1.0	2.5	3.7	5.2	9.5	.545	0.0	0.1	.167	3.6	4.9	.733
difference:	+36	+11.5	+8.0	+2.7	+3.8	+6.6	+0.9	+0.5	+0.8	-1.9	-2.1	+3.1	+4.4	+.141	+1.6	+4.0	+.214	+3.3	+4.5	+.049
Quentin Grimes	46	17.1	6.0	0.5	1.5	2.0	1.0	0.7	0.2	0.6	1.6	2.1	5.1	.404	1.6	4.1	.381	0.3	0.4	.684
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Charles Barkley	13	31.4	14.9	4.0	7.1	11.1	2.0	1.8	1.2	2.7	3.8	5.8	10.7	.540	0.3	0.5	.667	3.1	4.8	.635
Quentin Grimes	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Charles Barkley	Quentin Grimes
Season	1985-86	2022-23
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
Charles Barkley	80	36.9	20.0	4.4	8.4	12.8	3.9	2.2	1.6	4.4	4.2	7.4	13.0	.572	0.2	0.9	.227	5.0	7.2	.685
difference:	+9	+7.0	+8.7	+3.7	+5.9	+9.6	+1.8	+1.5	+1.2	-3.4	-1.7	+3.4	+4.5	+.104	+2.0	+4.8	+.159	+3.9	+5.8	+.111
Quentin Grimes	71	29.9	11.3	0.7	2.5	3.2	2.1	0.7	0.4	1.0	2.5	4.0	8.5	.468	2.2	5.7	.386	1.1	1.4	.796
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Charles Barkley	12	41.4	25.0	5.0	10.8	15.8	5.6	2.3	1.3	5.4	4.3	8.7	15.0	.578	0.1	1.3	.067	7.6	10.9	.695
difference:	+3	+14.5	+19.9	+4.7	+8.4	+13.0	+4.2	+1.3	+0.7	-4.3	-2.4	+7.1	+9.9	+.274	+0.9	+2.8	+.176	+6.6	+9.7	+.123
Quentin Grimes	9	26.9	5.1	0.3	2.4	2.8	1.4	1.0	0.6	1.1	1.9	1.6	5.1	.304	1.0	4.1	.243	1.0	1.2	.818

Season 3
	Charles Barkley	Quentin Grimes
Season	1986-87	2023-24
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	New York Knicks, Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Charles Barkley	68	40.3	23.0	5.7	8.9	14.6	4.9	1.8	1.5	4.7	3.7	8.2	13.8	.594	0.3	1.5	.202	6.3	8.3	.761
difference:	+17	+20.2	+16.0	+5.4	+7.2	+12.6	+3.6	+1.1	+1.4	-4.2	-2.2	+5.8	+7.4	+.222	+1.3	+3.2	+.136	+5.6	+7.4	+.005
Quentin Grimes	51	20.1	7.0	0.3	1.7	2.0	1.3	0.7	0.1	0.5	1.5	2.4	6.4	.372	1.6	4.7	.338	0.7	0.9	.756
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Charles Barkley	5	42.0	24.6	5.4	7.2	12.6	2.4	0.8	1.6	4.4	4.2	8.6	15.0	.573	0.2	1.6	.125	7.2	9.0	.800
Quentin Grimes	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Charles Barkley	Quentin Grimes
Season	1987-88	2024-25
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Dallas Mavericks, Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	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		%
Charles Barkley	80	39.6	28.3	4.8	7.1	11.9	3.2	1.3	1.3	3.8	3.5	9.4	16.0	.587	0.6	2.0	.280	8.9	11.9	.751
difference:	+5	+12.8	+13.7	+4.0	+3.6	+7.6	+0.2	+0.3	+1.0	-1.9	-1.7	+4.3	+5.0	+.120	+1.6	+3.6	+.105	+6.7	+9.0	+.006
Quentin Grimes	75	26.8	14.6	0.8	3.5	4.3	3.0	1.0	0.3	1.9	1.8	5.1	11.0	.467	2.2	5.6	.385	2.2	2.9	.757
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Charles Barkley nor Quentin Grimes played in the postseason in their season 4

Additional Years
* Charles Barkley played 12 seasons more than Quentin Grimes in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 5 to 16, from 1989 to 2000—Charles Barkley played in 10 Playoffs. In those 12 extra years over Quentin Grimes, Charles Barkley got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Season MVP 4 All-NBA First Team 3 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-NBA Third Team 9 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP