Ernie Grunfeld vs. Shawn Marion Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Shawn Marion and Ernie Grunfeld, 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.

Ernie Grunfeld played 9 years in the NBA, 7 less than Shawn Marion, who played 16. Ernie Grunfeld had the first of his seasons in 1977-78, while Shawn Marion 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 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
Ernie Grunfeld	9	5	1977-78 to 1985-86
Shawn Marion	16	11	1999-00 to 2014-15

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
	Ernie Grunfeld	Shawn Marion
Season	1977-78	1999-00
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Bucks Lost West Conf Semis	Suns 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		%
Ernie Grunfeld	73	17.3	6.9	1.0	1.7	2.7	2.0	0.7	0.3	1.3	2.1	2.8	6.3	.443	-	-	-	1.3	2.0	.657
Shawn Marion	51	24.7	10.2	2.1	4.5	6.5	1.4	0.7	1.0	1.0	2.2	4.4	9.2	.471	0.1	0.4	.182	1.4	1.7	.847

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ernie Grunfeld	7	11.0	5.4	0.6	1.0	1.6	2.4	0.4	0.1	1.0	0.9	2.4	4.6	.531	-	-	-	0.6	0.7	.800
Shawn Marion	9	31.3	9.1	2.3	6.4	8.8	0.8	0.7	1.6	0.8	1.9	4.0	9.6	.419	0.1	0.7	.167	1.0	1.2	.818


Season 2
	Ernie Grunfeld	Shawn Marion
Season	1978-79	2000-01
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ernie Grunfeld	82	21.7	10.3	1.5	2.9	4.4	2.6	0.7	0.2	1.7	2.7	4.0	8.1	.493	-	-	-	2.3	3.1	.761
Shawn Marion	79	36.2	17.3	2.8	7.9	10.7	2.0	1.7	1.4	1.6	2.7	7.1	14.7	.480	0.3	1.0	.256	3.0	3.7	.810

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ernie Grunfeld	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shawn Marion	4	34.8	14.8	2.5	5.8	8.3	0.8	1.5	1.5	1.5	3.3	5.8	15.5	.371	0.3	0.3	1.000	3.0	3.5	.857


Season 3
	Ernie Grunfeld	Shawn Marion
Season	1979-80	2001-02
Team	Kansas City Kings	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Kings Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ernie Grunfeld	80	17.5	5.9	1.1	1.8	2.9	1.4	0.7	0.1	1.0	1.9	2.3	5.3	.443	0.0	0.0	.500	1.3	1.6	.771
Shawn Marion	81	38.4	19.1	2.6	7.3	9.9	2.0	1.8	1.1	1.8	2.6	8.1	17.2	.469	0.6	1.5	.393	2.4	2.8	.845

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ernie Grunfeld	3	10.7	3.7	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.7	3.0	.556	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	1.0	.333
Shawn Marion	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Ernie Grunfeld	Shawn Marion
Season	1980-81	2002-03
Team	Kansas City Kings	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Kings Lost West Conf Finals	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ernie Grunfeld	79	20.1	7.5	0.4	2.2	2.6	2.6	0.8	0.2	1.1	2.0	3.3	6.2	.535	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.3	.743
Shawn Marion	81	41.6	21.2	2.5	7.1	9.5	2.4	2.3	1.2	1.9	2.6	8.2	18.1	.452	1.7	4.5	.387	3.1	3.6	.851

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ernie Grunfeld	15	42.2	16.8	0.7	3.5	4.2	5.9	2.0	0.6	2.9	3.4	6.5	13.4	.488	0.1	0.3	.500	3.6	4.5	.806
Shawn Marion	6	47.2	18.5	3.5	8.2	11.7	2.0	1.8	1.8	2.2	2.8	6.7	17.8	.374	1.5	4.7	.321	3.7	4.3	.846


Season 5
	Ernie Grunfeld	Shawn Marion
Season	1981-82	2003-04
Team	Kansas City Kings	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ernie Grunfeld	81	23.4	12.7	0.7	1.6	2.2	3.4	0.9	0.5	1.8	2.4	5.2	10.1	.511	0.0	0.2	.143	2.3	2.8	.821
Shawn Marion	79	40.7	19.0	2.7	6.6	9.3	2.7	2.1	1.3	2.0	2.6	7.5	17.0	.440	1.1	3.4	.340	2.9	3.4	.851

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ernie Grunfeld	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shawn Marion	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Ernie Grunfeld	Shawn Marion
Season	1982-83	2004-05
Team	New York Knicks	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Suns 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		%
Ernie Grunfeld	77	18.5	5.4	0.5	1.6	2.1	1.8	0.5	0.1	1.1	2.2	2.2	4.9	.443	0.0	0.1	.000	1.1	1.3	.827
Shawn Marion	81	38.8	19.4	2.9	8.4	11.3	1.9	2.0	1.5	1.5	2.5	7.6	15.9	.476	1.4	4.2	.334	2.8	3.4	.833

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ernie Grunfeld	6	19.7	8.0	0.3	1.0	1.3	1.7	1.2	0.3	1.5	2.8	2.5	5.7	.441	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	3.2	.947
Shawn Marion	15	42.3	17.6	3.1	8.7	11.8	1.5	1.4	1.7	1.4	3.1	7.2	14.9	.484	1.2	2.9	.419	2.0	2.6	.769


Season 7
	Ernie Grunfeld	Shawn Marion
Season	1983-84	2005-06
Team	New York Knicks	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Suns 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		%
Ernie Grunfeld	76	14.7	5.2	0.3	1.3	1.6	1.4	0.6	0.1	0.9	2.0	2.2	4.8	.459	0.0	0.1	.222	0.8	1.1	.771
Shawn Marion	81	40.3	21.8	3.1	8.8	11.8	1.8	2.0	1.7	1.5	2.8	8.8	16.9	.525	1.2	3.6	.331	3.0	3.7	.809

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ernie Grunfeld	11	7.6	2.4	0.1	0.7	0.8	0.5	0.2	0.0	0.4	1.1	1.0	2.1	.478	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.4	1.000
Shawn Marion	20	42.5	20.4	2.9	8.8	11.7	1.6	1.9	1.2	1.1	3.3	8.2	16.7	.489	1.1	3.5	.314	3.0	3.4	.881


Season 8
	Ernie Grunfeld	Shawn Marion
Season	1984-85	2006-07
Team	New York Knicks	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Suns 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		%
Ernie Grunfeld	69	15.4	6.6	0.6	1.6	2.2	1.5	0.7	0.1	0.6	1.9	2.7	5.6	.490	0.0	0.1	.250	1.1	1.5	.740
Shawn Marion	80	37.6	17.5	2.2	7.7	9.8	1.7	2.0	1.5	1.4	2.7	7.0	13.4	.524	1.0	3.2	.317	2.5	3.1	.810

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ernie Grunfeld	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shawn Marion	11	41.4	16.9	2.5	7.9	10.4	1.2	1.5	1.7	1.1	2.5	6.9	13.8	.500	1.1	3.1	.353	2.0	3.0	.667


Season 9
	Ernie Grunfeld	Shawn Marion
Season	1985-86	2007-08
Team	New York Knicks	Phoenix Suns, Miami Heat, Phoenix Suns, Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ernie Grunfeld	76	18.4	5.4	0.6	2.2	2.7	1.6	0.5	0.2	0.7	2.5	1.9	4.7	.417	0.3	0.8	.426	1.2	1.4	.833
Shawn Marion	63	36.7	15.4	2.2	8.0	10.2	2.2	2.0	1.3	1.4	2.4	6.3	12.5	.508	1.0	3.1	.333	1.7	2.4	.707

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ernie Grunfeld	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shawn Marion	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Ernie Grunfeld	Shawn Marion
Season	-	2008-09
Team	-	Miami Heat, Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ernie Grunfeld	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shawn Marion	69	35.8	12.9	2.6	5.9	8.5	2.0	1.3	1.0	1.5	1.9	5.5	11.4	.485	0.1	0.8	.189	1.7	2.1	.796

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ernie Grunfeld	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shawn Marion	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Ernie Grunfeld	Shawn Marion
Season	-	2009-10
Team	-	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ernie Grunfeld	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shawn Marion	75	31.8	12.0	2.1	4.3	6.4	1.4	0.9	0.8	1.3	1.9	5.3	10.4	.508	0.0	0.3	.158	1.4	1.9	.755

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ernie Grunfeld	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shawn Marion	6	24.7	8.7	1.2	3.0	4.2	1.0	0.2	0.5	1.3	2.0	4.0	9.8	.407	0.0	0.7	.000	0.7	0.8	.800


Season 12
	Ernie Grunfeld	Shawn Marion
Season	-	2010-11
Team	-	Dallas Mavericks
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		%
Ernie Grunfeld	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shawn Marion	80	28.2	12.5	2.1	4.8	6.9	1.4	0.9	0.6	1.6	1.8	5.4	10.4	.520	0.1	0.4	.152	1.6	2.1	.768

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ernie Grunfeld	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shawn Marion	21	32.9	11.9	2.2	4.1	6.3	2.1	1.0	0.9	1.7	2.5	5.0	10.7	.467	0.0	0.2	.000	1.9	2.2	.851


Season 13
	Ernie Grunfeld	Shawn Marion
Season	-	2011-12
Team	-	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ernie Grunfeld	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shawn Marion	63	30.5	10.6	2.3	5.1	7.4	2.1	1.1	0.6	1.6	1.4	4.6	10.3	.446	0.3	1.1	.294	1.2	1.5	.796

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ernie Grunfeld	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shawn Marion	4	35.0	11.8	2.3	5.8	8.0	1.0	0.3	1.3	2.5	3.5	4.3	10.0	.425	1.0	3.5	.286	2.3	2.5	.900


Season 14
	Ernie Grunfeld	Shawn Marion
Season	-	2012-13
Team	-	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ernie Grunfeld	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shawn Marion	67	30.0	12.1	2.2	5.7	7.8	2.4	1.1	0.7	1.5	1.7	5.3	10.3	.514	0.3	1.1	.315	1.2	1.5	.782

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ernie Grunfeld	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shawn Marion	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Ernie Grunfeld	Shawn Marion
Season	-	2013-14
Team	-	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ernie Grunfeld	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shawn Marion	76	31.7	10.4	1.7	4.8	6.5	1.6	1.2	0.5	1.3	1.6	4.5	9.3	.482	0.8	2.1	.358	0.7	0.9	.785

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ernie Grunfeld	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shawn Marion	7	27.6	8.4	2.0	3.3	5.3	1.9	0.9	0.1	0.7	1.6	3.4	8.4	.407	0.6	2.6	.222	1.0	1.6	.636


Season 16
	Ernie Grunfeld	Shawn Marion
Season	-	2014-15
Team	-	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Cavaliers Lost NBA 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		%
Ernie Grunfeld	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shawn Marion	57	19.3	4.8	1.1	2.4	3.5	0.9	0.5	0.5	0.6	1.0	2.1	4.7	.446	0.2	0.8	.261	0.5	0.6	.765

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ernie Grunfeld	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shawn Marion	6	4.2	0.3	0.3	0.7	1.0	0.2	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.2	1.0	.167	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Ernie Grunfeld vs. Shawn Marion Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Shawn Marion and Ernie Grunfeld, 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