Horace Grant vs. Dwight Howard Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dwight Howard and Horace Grant, 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 / Stats Rankings

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.

Horace Grant played 17 years in the NBA, 1 less than Dwight Howard, who played 18. Horace Grant had the first of his seasons in 1987-88, while Dwight Howard had his rookie season in 2004-05. 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
Horace Grant	17	13	1987-88 to 2003-04
Dwight Howard	18	12	2004-05 to 2021-22

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17


Rookie Season
	Horace Grant	Dwight Howard
Season	1987-88	2004-05
Team	Chicago Bulls	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Horace Grant	81	22.6	7.7	1.9	3.6	5.5	1.1	0.6	0.7	1.1	2.7	3.1	6.3	.501	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	2.2	.626
difference:	+1	+10.0	+4.3	+1.6	+2.9	+4.5	+0.2	+0.3	+1.0	-0.9	-0.1	+1.2	+2.0	+.019				+2.0	+2.8	+.045
Dwight Howard	82	32.6	12.0	3.5	6.5	10.0	0.9	0.9	1.7	2.0	2.8	4.3	8.3	.520	0.0	0.0	-	3.4	5.0	.671

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Horace Grant	10	29.9	10.1	2.5	4.5	7.0	1.6	1.4	0.2	0.7	3.5	4.6	8.1	.568	0.0	0.1	.000	0.9	1.5	.600
Dwight Howard	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Horace Grant	Dwight Howard
Season	1988-89	2005-06
Team	Chicago Bulls	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Horace Grant	79	35.6	12.0	3.0	5.6	8.6	2.1	1.1	0.8	1.6	3.2	5.1	9.9	.519	0.0	0.1	.000	1.8	2.5	.704
difference:	+3	+1.2	+3.8	+0.5	+3.4	+3.9	+0.6	+0.3	+0.6	-1.0	-0.2	+0.6	+0.8	+.012		+0.1		+2.5	+4.8	+.109
Dwight Howard	82	36.8	15.8	3.5	9.0	12.5	1.5	0.8	1.4	2.6	3.4	5.7	10.7	.531	0.0	0.0	-	4.3	7.3	.595

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Horace Grant	17	36.8	10.8	3.1	6.7	9.8	2.1	0.6	0.9	1.8	4.0	4.2	8.2	.518	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	2.9	.800
Dwight Howard	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Horace Grant	Dwight Howard
Season	1989-90	2006-07
Team	Chicago Bulls	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Finals	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Horace Grant	80	34.4	13.4	3.0	4.9	7.9	2.8	1.2	1.1	1.4	2.9	5.6	10.7	.523	0.0	0.0	-	2.2	3.2	.699
difference:	+2	+2.5	+4.2	+0.5	+3.9	+4.4	+0.9	+0.3	+0.8	-2.5	-0.1	+0.8	+0.1	+.080				+2.6	+4.9	+.113
Dwight Howard	82	36.9	17.6	3.5	8.8	12.3	1.9	0.9	1.9	3.9	3.0	6.4	10.6	.603	0.0	0.0	-	4.8	8.1	.586

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Horace Grant	16	38.5	12.2	4.6	5.4	9.9	2.5	1.1	1.1	1.6	3.2	5.1	9.9	.509	0.0	0.1	.000	2.1	3.3	.623
difference:	+12	+3.3	+3.1	+0.6	+5.4	+4.9	+0.7	+0.6	+0.1	-2.7	-0.1	+0.7	+0.6	+.039		+0.1		+1.7	+5.0	+.168
Dwight Howard	4	41.8	15.3	4.0	10.8	14.8	1.8	0.5	1.0	4.3	3.3	5.8	10.5	.548	0.0	0.0	-	3.8	8.3	.455


Season 4
	Horace Grant	Dwight Howard
Season	1990-91	2007-08
Team	Chicago Bulls	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Magic Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
Horace Grant	78	33.9	12.8	3.4	5.0	8.4	2.3	1.2	0.9	1.2	2.6	5.1	9.4	.547	0.0	0.1	.167	2.5	3.6	.711
difference:	+4	+3.8	+7.9		+5.8	+5.8	+1.0	+0.3	+1.2	-2.0	-0.7	+2.0	+2.5	+.052		+0.1		+4.0	+7.3	+.121
Dwight Howard	82	37.7	20.7	3.4	10.8	14.2	1.3	0.9	2.1	3.2	3.3	7.1	11.9	.599	0.0	0.0	-	6.5	10.9	.590

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Horace Grant	17	39.2	13.3	3.3	4.8	8.1	2.2	0.9	0.4	1.2	2.6	5.4	9.2	.583	0.0	0.0	-	2.6	3.5	.733
difference:	+7	+2.9	+5.6	+2.7	+5.0	+7.7	+1.3	+0.1	+3.0	-2.0	-1.2	+1.8	+3.2	+.002				+1.9	+4.8	+.191
Dwight Howard	10	42.1	18.9	6.0	9.8	15.8	0.9	0.8	3.4	3.2	3.8	7.2	12.4	.581	0.0	0.0	-	4.5	8.3	.542


Season 5
	Horace Grant	Dwight Howard
Season	1991-92	2008-09
Team	Chicago Bulls	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	Blocks Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Magic Lost NBA Finals

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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		%
Horace Grant	81	35.3	14.2	4.2	5.7	10.0	2.7	1.2	1.6	1.2	2.4	5.6	9.8	.578	0.0	0.0	-	2.9	3.9	.741
difference:	+2	+0.4	+6.4	+0.1	+3.9	+3.8	+1.3	+0.2	+1.3	-1.8	-1.0	+1.5	+2.6	+.006				+3.5	+6.8	+.147
Dwight Howard	79	35.7	20.6	4.3	9.6	13.8	1.4	1.0	2.9	3.0	3.4	7.1	12.4	.572	0.0	0.0	-	6.4	10.7	.594

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Horace Grant	22	38.9	11.3	3.5	5.4	8.8	3.0	1.1	1.8	1.0	3.1	4.5	8.3	.541	0.0	0.1	.000	2.3	3.5	.671
difference:	+1	+0.4	+9.0	+0.8	+5.6	+6.5	+1.1	+0.2	+0.8	-1.9	-1.3	+2.5	+3.4	+.060				+4.0	+6.4	+.035
Dwight Howard	23	39.3	20.3	4.3	11.0	15.3	1.9	0.9	2.6	2.9	4.4	7.0	11.7	.601	0.0	0.1	.000	6.3	9.9	.636


Season 6
	Horace Grant	Dwight Howard
Season	1992-93	2009-10
Team	Chicago Bulls	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	Blocks Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Magic Lost East Conf Finals

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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		%
Horace Grant	77	35.6	13.2	4.4	5.0	9.5	2.6	1.2	1.2	1.4	2.8	5.5	10.8	.508	0.0	0.1	.200	2.3	3.6	.619
difference:	+5	+0.9	+5.1	+0.9	+4.7	+3.7	+0.8	+0.3	+1.6	-1.9	-0.7	+0.7	+0.6	+.104			+.200	+3.6	+6.4	+.027
Dwight Howard	82	34.7	18.3	3.5	9.7	13.2	1.8	0.9	2.8	3.3	3.5	6.2	10.2	.612	0.0	0.1	.000	5.9	10.0	.592

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Horace Grant	19	34.3	10.7	3.2	5.0	8.2	2.3	1.2	1.2	0.9	3.2	4.4	8.0	.546	0.0	0.0	-	1.9	2.8	.685
difference:	+5	+1.2	+7.4	+0.5	+3.4	+2.9	+0.9	+0.4	+2.3	-2.7	-1.0	+1.7	+2.0	+.068				+4.0	+8.5	+.166
Dwight Howard	14	35.5	18.1	2.7	8.4	11.1	1.4	0.8	3.5	3.6	4.2	6.1	10.0	.614	0.0	0.0	-	5.9	11.3	.519


Season 7
	Horace Grant	Dwight Howard
Season	1993-94	2010-11
Team	Chicago Bulls	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Horace Grant	70	36.7	15.1	4.4	6.6	11.0	3.4	1.1	1.2	1.6	2.3	6.6	12.5	.524	0.0	0.1	.000	2.0	3.3	.596
difference:	+8	+0.9	+7.8	+0.4	+3.5	+3.1	+2.0	+0.3	+1.2	-2.0	-1.0	+1.3	+0.9	+.069				+5.0	+8.4
Dwight Howard	78	37.6	22.9	4.0	10.1	14.1	1.4	1.4	2.4	3.6	3.3	7.9	13.4	.593	0.0	0.1	.000	7.0	11.7	.596

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Horace Grant	10	39.3	16.2	3.0	4.4	7.4	2.6	1.0	1.8	1.0	2.3	6.5	12.0	.542	0.1	0.1	1.000	3.1	4.2	.738
difference:	+4	+3.7	+10.8	+1.5	+6.6	+8.1	+2.1	+0.3		-4.5	-1.9	+2.0	+1.5	+.088	+0.1	+0.1	+1.000	+6.9	+10.5	+.056
Dwight Howard	6	43.0	27.0	4.5	11.0	15.5	0.5	0.7	1.8	5.5	4.2	8.5	13.5	.630	0.0	0.2	.000	10.0	14.7	.682


Season 8
	Horace Grant	Dwight Howard
Season	1994-95	2011-12
Team	Orlando Magic	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Magic Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Horace Grant	74	36.4	12.8	3.0	6.6	9.7	2.3	1.0	1.2	1.1	2.7	5.4	9.6	.567	0.0	0.1	.000	2.0	2.9	.692
difference:	+20	+1.9	+7.8	+0.7	+4.2	+4.8	+0.4	+0.5	+0.9	-2.1	-0.2	+2.3	+3.8	+.006				+3.2	+7.7	+.201
Dwight Howard	54	38.3	20.6	3.7	10.8	14.5	1.9	1.5	2.1	3.2	2.9	7.7	13.4	.573	0.0	0.1	.000	5.2	10.6	.491

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Horace Grant	21	41.4	13.7	3.5	6.9	10.4	1.9	1.0	1.1	1.2	3.2	5.8	10.7	.540	0.0	0.1	.000	2.1	2.8	.763
Dwight Howard	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Horace Grant	Dwight Howard
Season	1995-96	2012-13
Team	Orlando Magic	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf Finals	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Horace Grant	63	36.3	13.4	2.8	6.4	9.2	2.7	1.0	1.2	1.0	2.3	5.5	10.7	.513	0.0	0.1	.167	2.4	3.3	.734
difference:	+13	+0.5	+3.7	+0.5	+2.7	+3.2	+1.3	+0.1	+1.2	-2.0	-1.5	+0.7		+.065				+2.3	+6.2	+.242
Dwight Howard	76	35.8	17.1	3.3	9.1	12.4	1.4	1.1	2.4	3.0	3.8	6.2	10.7	.578	0.0	0.1	.167	4.7	9.5	.492

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Horace Grant	9	37.1	15.0	3.4	7.0	10.4	1.4	0.8	0.7	0.7	2.6	6.8	10.4	.649	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	1.7	.867
difference:	+5	+5.6	+2.0	+0.9	+1.3	+0.4	+0.4	+0.3	+1.3	-3.3	-1.7	+0.3	+0.1	+.030				+2.6	+7.3	+.423
Dwight Howard	4	31.5	17.0	2.5	8.3	10.8	1.0	0.5	2.0	4.0	4.3	6.5	10.5	.619	0.0	0.0	-	4.0	9.0	.444


Season 10
	Horace Grant	Dwight Howard
Season	1996-97	2013-14
Team	Orlando Magic	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did not play	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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10th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Horace Grant	67	37.3	12.6	3.1	5.9	9.0	2.4	1.5	1.0	1.5	2.3	5.3	10.4	.515	0.0	0.1	.167	1.9	2.7	.715
difference:	+4	+3.6	+5.7	+0.2	+3.0	+3.2	+0.6	+0.7	+0.8	-1.7	-1.1	+1.4	+0.9	+.076			+.119	+3.0	+6.3	+.168
Dwight Howard	71	33.7	18.3	3.3	8.9	12.2	1.8	0.8	1.8	3.2	3.4	6.7	11.3	.591	0.0	0.1	.286	4.9	9.0	.547

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Horace Grant	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dwight Howard	6	38.5	26.0	4.5	9.2	13.7	1.8	0.7	2.8	3.2	4.2	9.7	17.7	.547	0.0	0.0	-	6.7	10.7	.625


Season 11
	Horace Grant	Dwight Howard
Season	1997-98	2014-15
Team	Orlando Magic	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did not play	Rockets Lost West Conf Finals

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11th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Horace Grant	76	36.9	12.1	3.0	5.1	8.1	2.3	1.1	1.0	1.2	2.4	5.2	11.3	.459	0.0	0.1	.000	1.8	2.6	.678
difference:	+35	+7.1	+3.7	+0.3	+2.7	+2.4	+1.1	+0.4	+0.3	-1.6	-0.9	+0.9	+1.0	+.134		+0.1		+1.7	+4.0	+.150
Dwight Howard	41	29.8	15.8	2.7	7.8	10.5	1.2	0.7	1.3	2.8	3.3	6.1	10.3	.593	0.0	0.0	-	3.5	6.6	.528

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Horace Grant	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dwight Howard	17	33.8	16.4	3.6	10.4	14.0	1.2	1.4	2.3	2.2	3.5	6.2	10.7	.577	0.0	0.0	-	4.0	9.7	.412


Season 12
	Horace Grant	Dwight Howard
Season	1998-99	2015-16
Team	Orlando Magic	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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12th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Horace Grant	50	33.2	8.9	2.3	4.7	7.0	1.8	0.9	1.2	0.9	2.0	4.0	9.1	.434	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.4	.671
difference:	+21	+1.1	+4.8	+1.1	+3.7	+4.8	+0.4	+0.1	+0.4	-1.4	-1.1	+1.2	+0.6	+.186		+0.1		+2.4	+5.3	+.182
Dwight Howard	71	32.1	13.7	3.4	8.4	11.8	1.4	1.0	1.6	2.3	3.1	5.2	8.5	.620	0.0	0.1	.000	3.3	6.7	.489

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Horace Grant	4	32.0	6.8	3.5	3.5	7.0	1.3	0.5	0.5	0.5	3.0	2.8	7.5	.367	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	2.0	.625
difference:	+1	+4.0	+6.4	+1.7	+5.3	+7.0	+0.3	+0.3	+0.9	-1.9	-1.2	+2.4	+2.1	+.175		+0.2		+1.5	+5.6	+.257
Dwight Howard	5	36.0	13.2	5.2	8.8	14.0	1.6	0.8	1.4	2.4	4.2	5.2	9.6	.542	0.0	0.2	.000	2.8	7.6	.368


Season 13
	Horace Grant	Dwight Howard
Season	1999-00	2016-17
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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13th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Horace Grant	76	35.4	8.1	2.2	5.6	7.8	2.5	0.7	0.8	0.8	2.5	3.5	7.9	.444	0.0	0.1	.000	1.1	1.5	.721
difference:	+2	+5.7	+5.4	+1.8	+3.1	+4.9	+1.1	+0.2	+0.4	-1.5	-0.2	+1.7	+0.4	+.189		+0.1		+2.0	+4.2	+.188
Dwight Howard	74	29.7	13.5	4.0	8.7	12.7	1.4	0.9	1.2	2.3	2.7	5.2	8.3	.633	0.0	0.0	-	3.1	5.7	.533

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Horace Grant	5	37.0	4.8	1.6	4.6	6.2	2.0	1.6	1.0	0.2	2.4	2.2	5.4	.407	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.8	.500
difference:	+1	+10.8	+3.2	+1.4	+3.1	+4.5	+0.7	+0.6	+0.2	-1.6	-1.1	+0.8	+0.6	+.093				+1.6	+2.4	+.132
Dwight Howard	6	26.2	8.0	3.0	7.7	10.7	1.3	1.0	0.8	1.8	3.5	3.0	6.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	3.2	.632


Season 14
	Horace Grant	Dwight Howard
Season	2000-01	2017-18
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did not play

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14th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Horace Grant	77	31.0	8.5	2.9	4.2	7.1	1.6	0.7	0.8	0.6	2.4	3.4	7.4	.462	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	2.2	.775
difference:	+4	+0.6	+8.1	+0.2	+5.1	+5.4	+0.3	+0.1	+0.8	-2.0	-0.7	+2.8	+3.8	+.093		+0.1		+2.4	+5.0	+.201
Dwight Howard	81	30.4	16.6	3.1	9.3	12.5	1.3	0.6	1.6	2.6	3.1	6.2	11.2	.555	0.0	0.1	.143	4.1	7.2	.574

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Horace Grant	16	26.6	6.0	2.5	3.5	6.0	1.2	0.9	0.8	0.9	2.7	2.3	6.0	.385	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	1.9	.733
Dwight Howard	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Horace Grant	Dwight Howard
Season	2001-02	2018-19
Team	Orlando Magic	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did not play

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15th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Horace Grant	76	29.1	8.0	2.1	4.2	6.3	1.4	0.8	0.6	0.7	1.6	3.5	6.8	.513	0.0	0.0	-	1.1	1.5	.721
difference:	+67	+3.5	+4.8	+0.6	+2.4	+2.9	+1.0		+0.2	-1.1	-2.2	+1.3	+0.9	+.110				+2.1	+3.8	+.117
Dwight Howard	9	25.6	12.8	2.7	6.6	9.2	0.4	0.8	0.4	1.8	3.8	4.8	7.7	.623	0.0	0.0	-	3.2	5.3	.604

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Horace Grant	4	31.8	4.5	2.0	5.8	7.8	2.3	0.8	0.3	0.5	1.8	2.0	5.5	.364	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.5	1.000
Dwight Howard	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 16
	Horace Grant	Dwight Howard
Season	2002-03	2019-20
Team	Orlando Magic	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did not play	NBA Champion

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16th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Horace Grant	5	17.0	5.2	0.4	1.2	1.6	1.4	0.6	0.0	0.2	1.0	2.6	5.0	.520	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
difference:	+64	+1.9	+2.3	+2.1	+3.7	+5.7	+0.7	+0.2	+1.1	-1.0	-2.2	+0.3	+1.0	+.209		+0.1		+1.6	+3.1
Dwight Howard	69	18.9	7.5	2.5	4.9	7.3	0.7	0.4	1.1	1.2	3.2	2.9	4.0	.729	0.0	0.1	.600	1.6	3.1	.514

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Horace Grant	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dwight Howard	18	15.7	5.8	1.8	2.8	4.6	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.9	3.1	2.2	3.2	.684	0.1	0.1	.500	1.4	2.5	.556


Season 17
	Horace Grant	Dwight Howard
Season	2003-04	2020-21
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did not play	76ers Lost East Conf Semis

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17th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Horace Grant	55	20.1	4.1	1.4	2.8	4.2	1.3	0.4	0.4	0.5	1.3	1.7	4.1	.411	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.0	.722
difference:	+14	+2.8	+2.9	+1.4	+2.9	+4.2	+0.4		+0.5	-1.1	-1.6	+0.9	+0.3	+.176	+0.1	+0.3		+1.1	+2.0	+.146
Dwight Howard	69	17.3	7.0	2.8	5.7	8.4	0.9	0.4	0.9	1.6	2.9	2.6	4.4	.587	0.1	0.3	.250	1.8	3.0	.576

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Horace Grant	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dwight Howard	12	12.4	4.7	2.2	4.1	6.3	0.7	0.2	0.5	1.0	2.6	1.3	2.5	.533	0.0	0.1	.000	2.0	3.3	.600

Additional Years

* Dwight Howard played 1 season more than Horace Grant in the NBA.

In that period—his season 18 in 2022—Dwight Howard didn't play in the postseason.

Horace Grant vs. Dwight Howard Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dwight Howard and Horace Grant, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

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Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

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Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

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Season 7

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Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Season 9

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Season 10

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Season 11

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Season 12

12th Season Stats Comparison

Season 13

13th Season Stats Comparison

Season 14

14th Season Stats Comparison

Season 15

15th Season Stats Comparison

Season 16

16th Season Stats Comparison

Season 17

17th Season Stats Comparison

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