Danny Granger vs. Tom Heinsohn Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tom Heinsohn and Danny Granger, 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.

Danny Granger played 10 years in the NBA, 1 more than Tom Heinsohn, who played 9. Danny Granger had the first of his seasons in 2005-06, while Tom Heinsohn had his rookie season in 1956-57. 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Danny Granger	Tom Heinsohn
Season	2005-06	1956-57
Team	Indiana Pacers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	All-Rookie Second Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Danny Granger	78	22.6	7.5	1.7	3.2	4.9	1.2	0.7	0.8	1.0	2.7	2.8	6.1	.462	0.4	1.2	.323	1.5	1.9	.777
Tom Heinsohn	72	29.9	16.2	-	-	9.8	1.6	-	-	-	4.2	6.2	15.6	.397	-	-	-	3.8	4.8	.790
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Granger	6	27.0	8.2	1.2	4.0	5.2	1.7	0.7	1.2	1.2	3.3	3.0	5.7	.529	1.5	2.7	.563	0.7	0.7	1.000
Tom Heinsohn	10	37.0	22.9	-	-	11.7	2.0	-	-	-	4.0	9.0	23.1	.390	-	-	-	4.9	6.9	.710

Season 3
	Danny Granger	Tom Heinsohn
Season	2007-08	1958-59
Team	Indiana Pacers	Boston Celtics
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		%
Danny Granger	80	36.0	19.6	1.2	4.9	6.1	2.1	1.2	1.1	2.1	3.6	6.7	15.1	.446	2.1	5.3	.404	4.0	4.7	.852
Tom Heinsohn	66	31.7	18.8	-	-	9.7	2.5	-	-	-	4.1	7.0	18.1	.390	-	-	-	4.7	5.9	.798
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Granger	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tom Heinsohn	11	31.6	19.9	-	-	8.9	2.9	-	-	-	3.7	8.3	20.0	.414	-	-	-	3.4	5.1	.661

Season 4
	Danny Granger	Tom Heinsohn
Season	2008-09	1959-60
Team	Indiana Pacers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	Most Improved Player	-
	All-Star Game	-
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		%
Danny Granger	67	36.2	25.8	0.7	4.4	5.1	2.7	1.0	1.4	2.5	3.1	8.5	19.1	.447	2.7	6.7	.404	6.0	6.9	.878
Tom Heinsohn	75	32.3	21.7	-	-	10.6	2.3	-	-	-	3.7	9.0	21.2	.423	-	-	-	3.8	5.1	.733
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Granger	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tom Heinsohn	13	32.5	21.8	-	-	9.7	2.1	-	-	-	4.1	8.6	20.5	.419	-	-	-	4.6	6.2	.750

Season 5
	Danny Granger	Tom Heinsohn
Season	2009-10	1960-61
Team	Indiana Pacers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
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		%
Danny Granger	62	36.7	24.1	1.1	4.4	5.5	2.8	1.5	0.8	2.5	3.0	7.9	18.4	.428	2.5	7.1	.361	5.9	6.9	.848
Tom Heinsohn	74	30.5	21.3	-	-	9.9	1.9	-	-	-	3.5	8.5	21.2	.400	-	-	-	4.4	5.7	.767
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Granger	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tom Heinsohn	10	29.1	19.7	-	-	9.9	2.0	-	-	-	3.6	8.2	20.1	.408	-	-	-	3.3	4.3	.767

Season 6
	Danny Granger	Tom Heinsohn
Season	2010-11	1961-62
Team	Indiana Pacers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Danny Granger	79	35.0	20.5	1.1	4.3	5.4	2.6	1.1	0.8	2.6	2.7	6.8	15.9	.425	2.0	5.2	.386	5.0	5.9	.848
Tom Heinsohn	79	30.2	22.1	-	-	9.5	2.1	-	-	-	3.5	8.8	20.4	.429	-	-	-	4.5	5.5	.819
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Granger	5	36.6	21.6	1.2	4.4	5.6	3.2	1.2	0.2	1.4	2.4	8.6	18.0	.478	1.6	4.6	.348	2.8	3.2	.875
Tom Heinsohn	14	31.8	20.7	-	-	8.2	2.4	-	-	-	4.1	8.3	20.8	.399	-	-	-	4.1	5.4	.763

Season 7
	Danny Granger	Tom Heinsohn
Season	2011-12	1962-63
Team	Indiana Pacers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Danny Granger	62	33.3	18.7	1.3	3.7	5.0	1.8	1.0	0.6	1.8	2.3	6.3	15.2	.416	2.0	5.2	.381	4.1	4.7	.873
Tom Heinsohn	76	26.4	18.9	-	-	7.5	1.3	-	-	-	3.6	7.2	17.1	.423	-	-	-	4.5	5.4	.835
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Granger	11	38.2	17.0	1.4	4.3	5.6	2.5	0.5	0.4	2.6	2.8	6.3	15.8	.397	2.4	6.6	.356	2.1	2.5	.821
Tom Heinsohn	13	31.8	24.7	-	-	8.9	1.2	-	-	-	4.2	9.5	20.8	.456	-	-	-	5.8	7.5	.765

Season 8
	Danny Granger	Tom Heinsohn
Season	2012-13	1963-64
Team	Indiana Pacers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
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		%
Danny Granger	5	14.8	5.4	0.6	1.2	1.8	0.6	0.4	0.2	0.8	1.2	2.0	7.0	.286	0.4	2.0	.200	1.0	1.6	.625
Tom Heinsohn	76	26.8	16.5	-	-	6.1	2.4	-	-	-	3.5	6.4	16.1	.398	-	-	-	3.7	4.5	.827
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Granger	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tom Heinsohn	10	30.8	17.4	-	-	8.0	2.6	-	-	-	3.6	7.0	18.0	.389	-	-	-	3.4	4.2	.810

Season 9
	Danny Granger	Tom Heinsohn
Season	2013-14	1964-65
Team	Indiana Pacers, Los Angeles Clippers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Danny Granger	41	20.7	8.2	0.8	2.5	3.2	1.0	0.3	0.4	1.1	1.5	2.8	7.5	.378	1.0	3.1	.336	1.5	1.6	.940
Tom Heinsohn	67	25.5	13.6	-	-	6.0	2.3	-	-	-	3.8	5.4	14.2	.383	-	-	-	2.7	3.4	.795
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Granger	13	10.3	2.6	0.2	1.4	1.5	0.2	0.5	0.1	0.2	1.8	0.8	3.1	.275	0.4	1.7	.227	0.5	0.7	.778
Tom Heinsohn	12	23.0	12.7	-	-	7.0	1.9	-	-	-	3.8	5.5	15.1	.365	-	-	-	1.7	2.7	.625