Horace Grant vs. Larry Johnson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Larry Johnson 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, 7 more than Larry Johnson, who played 10. Horace Grant had the first of his seasons in 1987-88, while Larry Johnson had his rookie season in 1991-92. 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	Larry Johnson
Season	1987-88	1991-92
Team	Chicago Bulls	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	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	+14.6	+11.5	+2.0	+3.4	+5.5	+2.5	+0.4	+0.1	-0.9		+4.4	+9.0	+.011	+0.1	+0.3		+2.7	+2.8	+.203
Larry Johnson	82	37.2	19.2	3.9	7.0	11.0	3.6	1.0	0.6	2.0	2.7	7.5	15.3	.490	0.1	0.3	.227	4.1	5.0	.829
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
Larry Johnson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Horace Grant	Larry Johnson
Season	1988-89	1992-93
Team	Chicago Bulls	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Finals	Hornets Lost East Conf Semis

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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	+4.9	+10.1	+0.4	+1.5	+1.9	+2.2	+0.5	+0.5	-1.2	-0.9	+3.8	+7.0	+.007	+0.2	+0.8	+.254	+2.3	+2.8	+.063
Larry Johnson	82	40.5	22.1	3.4	7.1	10.5	4.3	0.6	0.3	2.8	2.3	8.9	16.9	.526	0.2	0.9	.254	4.1	5.3	.767
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
difference:	+8	+1.9	+9.0	+1.0	+1.9	+2.9	+1.2		+0.7	-0.3	-1.0	+3.4	+5.4	+.039	+0.1	+0.4		+2.2	+2.9	+.012
Larry Johnson	9	38.7	19.8	2.1	4.8	6.9	3.3	0.6	0.2	2.1	3.0	7.6	13.6	.557	0.1	0.4	.250	4.6	5.8	.788

Season 4
	Horace Grant	Larry Johnson
Season	1990-91	1994-95
Team	Chicago Bulls	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Hornets Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+3	+6.0	+6.0	+1.1	+0.1	+1.2	+2.3	+0.2	+0.6	-1.4	-0.5	+2.1	+5.6	+.067	+1.0	+2.5	+.219	+0.9	+0.8	+.063
Larry Johnson	81	39.9	18.8	2.3	4.9	7.2	4.6	1.0	0.3	2.6	2.1	7.2	15.0	.480	1.0	2.6	.386	3.4	4.4	.774
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:	+13	+3.8	+7.5	+0.8	+1.5	+2.3	+0.6	+0.1	+0.1	-0.3	-0.8	+2.4	+7.1	+.106	+0.3	+2.3		+2.4	+2.8	+.067
Larry Johnson	4	43.0	20.8	2.5	3.3	5.8	2.8	1.0	0.5	1.5	1.8	7.8	16.3	.477	0.3	2.3	.111	5.0	6.3	.800

Season 5
	Horace Grant	Larry Johnson
Season	1991-92	1995-96
Team	Chicago Bulls	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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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:		+5.1	+6.3	+1.1	+0.3	+1.6	+1.7	+0.5	+1.1	-1.0	-0.3	+1.6	+5.3	+.102	+0.8	+2.3		+2.4	+3.1	+.016
Larry Johnson	81	40.4	20.5	3.1	5.4	8.4	4.4	0.7	0.5	2.2	2.1	7.2	15.1	.476	0.8	2.3	.366	5.3	7.0	.757
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
Larry Johnson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Horace Grant	Larry Johnson
Season	1992-93	1996-97
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:	+1	+1.2	+0.4	+2.2	+2.0	+4.3	+0.3	+0.4	+0.7	-0.4	-0.5	+0.6	+1.1	+.004	+0.4	+1.3	+.124	+0.2		+.074
Larry Johnson	76	34.4	12.8	2.2	3.0	5.2	2.3	0.8	0.5	1.8	3.3	4.9	9.7	.512	0.4	1.4	.324	2.5	3.6	.693
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:	+10	+1.7	+3.1	+2.0	+2.2	+4.2	+0.3	+0.4	+1.1	-0.8	-0.2	+0.4	+0.6	+.012	+0.7	+1.9		+1.7	+1.4	+.157
Larry Johnson	9	32.6	13.8	1.2	2.8	4.0	2.6	0.8	0.1	1.7	3.0	4.8	8.6	.558	0.7	1.9	.353	3.6	4.2	.842

Season 7
	Horace Grant	Larry Johnson
Season	1993-94	1997-98
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:		+2.2	+0.4	+1.9	+3.4	+5.3	+1.3	+0.5	+1.0	-0.2	-0.5	+0.5	+0.1	+.039	+0.2	+0.8	+.238	+1.1	+0.7	+.160
Larry Johnson	70	34.5	15.5	2.5	3.2	5.7	2.1	0.6	0.2	1.8	2.8	6.1	12.6	.485	0.2	0.9	.238	3.1	4.0	.756
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	+0.5	+1.7	+0.1	+0.9	+0.8	+1.0	+0.3	+1.4	-2.1	-1.5		+1.4	+.056	+0.2	+1.2	+.800	+1.5	+2.1	+.002
Larry Johnson	8	38.8	17.9	3.1	3.5	6.6	1.6	1.3	0.4	3.1	3.8	6.5	13.4	.486	0.3	1.3	.200	4.6	6.3	.740

Season 8
	Horace Grant	Larry Johnson
Season	1994-95	1998-99
Team	Orlando Magic	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Magic Lost NBA Finals	Knicks Lost NBA Finals

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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:	+25	+3.0	+0.8	+1.1	+2.7	+3.9	+0.1	+0.3	+1.0	-0.7	-0.3	+1.1	+0.3	+.108	+0.7	+1.8	+.359	+0.7	+0.4	+.125
Larry Johnson	49	33.4	12.0	1.9	3.9	5.8	2.4	0.7	0.2	1.8	3.0	4.3	9.3	.459	0.7	1.9	.359	2.7	3.3	.817
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:	+1	+7.3	+2.2	+2.4	+3.1	+5.5	+0.3	+0.1	+1.0	-0.5		+1.4	+0.5	+.114	+1.2	+4.0	+.293	+0.5	+0.5	+.089
Larry Johnson	20	34.1	11.5	1.1	3.8	4.9	1.6	1.1	0.1	1.7	3.2	4.4	10.2	.426	1.2	4.1	.293	1.6	2.3	.674

Season 9
	Horace Grant	Larry Johnson
Season	1995-96	1999-00
Team	Orlando Magic	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf Finals	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals

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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:	+7	+3.7	+2.7	+1.6	+2.2	+3.8	+0.2	+0.4	+1.1	-0.3	-0.6	+1.5	+1.4	+.080	+0.8	+2.4	+.166	+0.6	+0.9	+.032
Larry Johnson	70	32.6	10.7	1.2	4.2	5.4	2.5	0.6	0.1	1.3	2.9	4.0	9.3	.433	0.8	2.5	.333	1.8	2.4	.766
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:	+7	+0.3	+3.7	+2.5	+2.9	+5.4	+0.2	+0.3	+0.6	-0.7	-0.3	+2.4	+0.9	+.188	+0.8	+2.1		+0.3	+0.4	+.073
Larry Johnson	16	36.8	11.3	0.9	4.1	5.0	1.6	0.5	0.1	1.4	2.9	4.4	9.5	.461	0.8	2.1	.394	1.7	2.1	.794