Horace Grant vs. Franz Wagner Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Franz Wagner 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.
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, 13 more than Franz Wagner, who played 4. Horace Grant had the first of his seasons in 1987-88, while Franz Wagner 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.
Their Careers |
| Player |
Total Seasons |
Playoffs Played |
NBA Years |
| Horace Grant |
17 |
13 |
1987-88 to 2003-04 |
| Franz Wagner |
4 |
2 |
2021-22 to 2024-25 |
Comparison Season by Season |
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Rookie Season Stats Comparison |
| Regular Season Stats |
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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: | +2 | +8.1 | +7.5 | +0.8 | +0.2 | +1.0 | +1.8 | +0.3 | +0.3 | -0.4 | -0.6 | +2.7 | +6.0 | +.033 | +1.2 | +3.4 | | +1.0 | +0.6 | +.237 |
| Franz Wagner |
79 |
30.7 |
15.2 |
1.1 |
3.4 |
4.5 |
2.9 |
0.9 |
0.4 |
1.5 |
2.1 |
5.8 |
12.3 |
.468 |
1.2 |
3.4 |
.354 |
2.4 |
2.8 |
.863 |
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| Playoffs Stats |
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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 |
| Franz Wagner |
DNP | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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2nd Season Stats Comparison |
| Regular Season Stats |
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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: | +1 | +3.0 | +6.6 | +2.1 | +2.4 | +4.5 | +1.4 | +0.1 | +0.6 | -0.5 | -0.9 | +1.7 | +4.1 | +.034 | +1.6 | +4.4 | +.361 | +1.6 | +1.5 | +.138 |
| Franz Wagner |
80 |
32.6 |
18.6 |
0.9 |
3.2 |
4.1 |
3.5 |
1.0 |
0.2 |
2.1 |
2.3 |
6.8 |
14.0 |
.485 |
1.6 |
4.5 |
.361 |
3.4 |
4.0 |
.842 |
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| Playoffs Stats |
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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 |
| Franz Wagner |
DNP | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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3rd Season Stats Comparison |
| Regular Season Stats |
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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: | +8 | +1.9 | +6.3 | +2.0 | +0.6 | +2.6 | +0.9 | +0.1 | +0.7 | -0.5 | -0.6 | +1.7 | +4.5 | +.041 | +1.3 | +4.6 | | +1.6 | +1.2 | +.151 |
| Franz Wagner |
72 |
32.5 |
19.7 |
1.0 |
4.3 |
5.3 |
3.7 |
1.1 |
0.4 |
1.9 |
2.3 |
7.3 |
15.2 |
.482 |
1.3 |
4.6 |
.281 |
3.8 |
4.4 |
.850 |
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| Playoffs Stats |
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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: | +9 | +1.5 | +6.7 | +3.2 | | +3.0 | +1.9 | +0.4 | +0.2 | -0.3 | -0.3 | +0.9 | +4.8 | +.101 | +1.3 | +4.8 | +.265 | +3.5 | +3.0 | +.263 |
| Franz Wagner |
7 |
37.0 |
18.9 |
1.4 |
5.4 |
6.9 |
4.4 |
0.7 |
1.3 |
1.3 |
2.9 |
6.0 |
14.7 |
.408 |
1.3 |
4.9 |
.265 |
5.6 |
6.3 |
.886 |
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4th Season Stats Comparison |
| Regular Season Stats |
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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: | +18 | +0.2 | +11.4 | +2.5 | +0.2 | +2.7 | +2.4 | +0.1 | +0.5 | -1.1 | -0.1 | +3.9 | +10.0 | +.084 | +1.7 | +5.8 | +.128 | +2.0 | +1.6 | +.160 |
| Franz Wagner |
60 |
33.7 |
24.2 |
0.9 |
4.8 |
5.7 |
4.7 |
1.3 |
0.4 |
2.3 |
2.5 |
9.0 |
19.4 |
.463 |
1.7 |
5.9 |
.295 |
4.5 |
5.2 |
.871 |
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| Playoffs Stats |
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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: | +12 | +0.2 | +12.5 | +2.7 | +0.6 | +3.3 | +3.4 | +0.3 | | -0.8 | -0.6 | +4.8 | +13.8 | +.140 | +1.4 | +7.4 | | +1.4 | +1.7 | +.036 |
| Franz Wagner |
5 |
39.0 |
25.8 |
0.6 |
4.2 |
4.8 |
5.6 |
1.2 |
0.4 |
2.0 |
3.2 |
10.2 |
23.0 |
.443 |
1.4 |
7.4 |
.189 |
4.0 |
5.2 |
.769 |
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Additional Years |
* Horace Grant played 13 seasons more than Franz Wagner in the NBA.
In that period—his seasons 5 to 17, from 1992 to 2004—Horace Grant played in 9 Playoffs and won 3 NBA Championships. In those 13 extra years over Franz Wagner, Horace Grant got these achievements: |
| Honors & Awards |  4 All-Defensive Second Team
1 All-Star Game
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NBA Champion