Horace Grant vs. Jalen Williams Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jalen Williams 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, 14 more than Jalen Williams, who played 3. Horace Grant had the first of his seasons in 1987-88, while Jalen Williams had his rookie season in 2022-23. 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
	Horace Grant	Jalen Williams
Season	1987-88	2022-23
Team	Chicago Bulls	Oklahoma City Thunder
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:	+6	+7.7	+6.4	+0.8	+0.2	+1.0	+2.2	+0.8	+0.2	-0.5	-0.2	+2.4	+4.3	+.020	+1.0	+2.7		+0.7	+0.3	+.186
Jalen Williams	75	30.3	14.1	1.1	3.4	4.5	3.3	1.4	0.5	1.6	2.5	5.5	10.6	.521	1.0	2.7	.356	2.1	2.5	.812
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
Jalen Williams	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Horace Grant	Jalen Williams
Season	1989-90	2024-25
Team	Chicago Bulls	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Finals	NBA Champion

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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:	+11	+2.0	+8.2	+2.1	+0.4	+2.6	+2.3	+0.4	+0.4	-0.8	-0.6	+2.6	+6.2	+.039	+1.8	+4.9		+1.2	+1.1	+.090
Jalen Williams	69	32.4	21.6	0.9	4.5	5.3	5.1	1.6	0.7	2.2	2.3	8.2	16.9	.484	1.8	4.9	.365	3.4	4.3	.789
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:	+7	+3.9	+9.2	+3.6	+0.9	+4.4	+2.3	+0.3	+0.7	-0.2	-1.0	+2.6	+7.3	+.060	+1.5	+4.9	+.304	+2.3	+2.3	+.166
Jalen Williams	23	34.6	21.4	1.0	4.5	5.5	4.8	1.4	0.4	1.8	2.2	7.7	17.2	.449	1.5	5.0	.304	4.4	5.6	.789

Additional Years
* Horace Grant played 14 seasons more than Jalen Williams in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 4 to 17, from 1991 to 2004—Horace Grant played in 10 Playoffs and won 4 NBA Championships. In those 14 extra years over Jalen Williams, Horace Grant got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	4 All-Defensive Second Team 1 All-Star Game