Horace Grant vs. John Starks Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of John Starks 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, 4 more than John Starks, who played 13. Horace Grant had the first of his seasons in 1987-88, while John Starks had his rookie season in 1988-89. 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.

Note: John Starks didn't play in 1989-90.

Season 4
	Horace Grant	John Starks
Season	1990-91	1992-93
Team	Chicago Bulls	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals

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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:	+2	+2.9	+4.7	+2.7	+3.1	+5.8	+2.8	+0.1	+0.7	-1.0	-0.3	+1.3	+5.6	+.119	+1.4	+4.1	+.154	+0.8	+0.5	+.084
John Starks	80	31.0	17.5	0.7	1.9	2.6	5.1	1.1	0.2	2.2	2.9	6.4	15.0	.428	1.4	4.2	.321	3.3	4.1	.795
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:	+2	+0.9	+3.2	+3.0	+1.6	+4.6	+4.2	+0.1	+0.2	-2.5	-1.2	+0.5	+4.1	+.143	+1.9	+5.0		+0.3	+0.5	+.016
John Starks	15	38.3	16.5	0.3	3.2	3.5	6.4	1.0	0.2	3.7	3.8	5.9	13.3	.440	1.9	5.0	.373	2.9	4.0	.717

Season 5
	Horace Grant	John Starks
Season	1991-92	1993-94
Team	Chicago Bulls	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Knicks 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:	+22	+0.4	+4.8	+3.6	+3.2	+6.9	+3.2	+0.4	+1.5	-1.9	-0.8	+1.3	+6.8	+.158	+1.9	+5.7		+0.3	+0.3	+.013
John Starks	59	34.9	19.0	0.6	2.5	3.1	5.9	1.6	0.1	3.1	3.2	6.9	16.6	.420	1.9	5.7	.335	3.2	4.2	.754
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:	+3	+5.3	+3.3	+3.1	+3.4	+6.5	+1.6	+0.3	+1.7	-1.3	-0.3	+0.1	+3.3	+.160	+1.9	+5.2	+.356	+1.6	+1.5	+.099
John Starks	25	33.6	14.6	0.4	2.0	2.3	4.6	1.4	0.1	2.3	3.4	4.4	11.6	.381	1.9	5.3	.356	3.9	5.0	.770

Season 6
	Horace Grant	John Starks
Season	1992-93	1994-95
Team	Chicago Bulls	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis

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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:	+3	+1.5	+2.1	+4.0	+2.7	+6.8	+2.5		+1.1	-0.6	-0.4	+0.3	+2.5	+.113	+2.7	+7.5	+.155	+0.2	+0.7	+.118
John Starks	80	34.1	15.3	0.4	2.3	2.7	5.1	1.2	0.1	2.0	3.2	5.2	13.3	.395	2.7	7.6	.355	2.1	2.9	.737
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:	+8	+0.2	+4.9	+3.0	+2.9	+5.9	+2.9		+1.1	-1.5	-0.4	+0.9	+3.7	+.096	+2.7	+6.6		+0.5	+1.0	+.066
John Starks	11	34.5	15.6	0.2	2.1	2.3	5.2	1.2	0.1	2.4	3.6	5.3	11.7	.450	2.7	6.6	.411	2.4	3.8	.619

Season 7
	Horace Grant	John Starks
Season	1993-94	1995-96
Team	Chicago Bulls	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis

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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:	+11	+5.9	+2.5	+4.0	+4.1	+8.1	+0.5	+0.2	+1.1	-0.3	-0.5	+2.0	+2.1	+.081	+1.8	+4.8	+.361	+0.4	+1.2	+.157
John Starks	81	30.8	12.6	0.4	2.5	2.9	3.9	1.3	0.1	1.9	2.8	4.6	10.4	.443	1.8	4.9	.361	1.6	2.1	.753
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:	+2		+0.2	+2.6	+1.1	+3.8	+1.5	+0.6	+1.7	-2.1	-1.0	+1.6	+1.1	+.094	+2.5	+5.5	+.533	+0.5	+0.7	+.006
John Starks	8	39.3	16.0	0.4	3.3	3.6	4.1	1.6	0.1	3.1	3.3	4.9	10.9	.448	2.6	5.6	.467	3.6	4.9	.744

Season 8
	Horace Grant	John Starks
Season	1994-95	1996-97
Team	Orlando Magic	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	Sixth Man of the Year
Playoffs	Magic Lost NBA Finals	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis

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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:	+3	+9.9	+1.0	+2.5	+4.4	+7.0	+0.5	+0.2	+1.1	-1.0	-0.2	+0.6	+1.5	+.136	+1.9	+5.2	+.369	+0.2		+.077
John Starks	77	26.5	13.8	0.5	2.2	2.7	2.8	1.2	0.1	2.1	2.5	4.8	11.1	.431	1.9	5.3	.369	2.2	2.9	.769
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
difference:	+12	+13.1	+0.3	+2.7	+4.2	+7.0	+0.9	+0.1	+1.1	-1.0	-0.4	+0.9	+0.3	+.096	+1.4	+4.5	+.317	+0.7	+0.6	+.043
John Starks	9	28.3	14.0	0.8	2.7	3.4	2.8	1.1	0.0	2.2	2.8	4.9	11.0	.444	1.4	4.6	.317	2.8	3.4	.806

Season 9
	Horace Grant	John Starks
Season	1995-96	1997-98
Team	Orlando Magic	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf Finals	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis

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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:	+19	+9.6	+0.5	+2.2	+4.2	+6.4			+1.1	-0.7	-0.2	+1.0	+0.8	+.120	+1.6	+4.8	+.160	+0.1	+0.4	+.053
John Starks	82	26.7	12.9	0.6	2.2	2.8	2.7	1.0	0.1	1.7	2.5	4.5	11.5	.393	1.6	4.9	.327	2.3	2.9	.787
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:	+1	+5.7	+1.4	+3.0	+3.4	+6.4	+0.9	+0.8	+0.6	-0.4	-0.9	+0.9	+2.1	+.177	+2.5	+5.9		+0.7	+0.7	+.008
John Starks	10	31.4	16.4	0.4	3.6	4.0	2.3	1.6	0.1	1.1	3.5	5.9	12.5	.472	2.5	5.9	.424	2.1	2.4	.875