Horace Grant vs. Ruben Patterson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ruben Patterson 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 / Games against each other

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 Ruben Patterson, who played 10. Horace Grant had the first of his seasons in 1987-88, while Ruben Patterson had his rookie season in 1998-99. 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 achivements, 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
Ruben Patterson	10	5	1998-99 to 2007-08

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	Ruben Patterson
Season	1987-88	1998-99
Team	Chicago Bulls	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis

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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	.000	1.4	2.2	.626
Ruben Patterson	24	6.0	2.7	0.7	0.5	1.3	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.5	0.7	0.9	2.1	.412	0.0	0.3	.167	0.9	1.3	.710

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
Ruben Patterson	3	1.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 2
	Horace Grant	Ruben Patterson
Season	1988-89	1999-00
Team	Chicago Bulls	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Finals	Supersonics Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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
Ruben Patterson	81	25.9	11.6	2.7	2.7	5.4	1.6	1.2	0.5	1.8	2.3	4.4	8.2	.536	0.1	0.3	.444	2.7	4.0	.692

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
Ruben Patterson	5	16.8	8.2	1.8	1.2	3.0	0.4	0.6	0.4	1.6	1.2	2.8	5.2	.538	0.0	0.4	.000	2.6	3.0	.867


Season 3
	Horace Grant	Ruben Patterson
Season	1989-90	2000-01
Team	Chicago Bulls	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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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
Ruben Patterson	76	27.1	13.0	2.4	2.6	5.0	2.1	1.4	0.6	2.0	2.3	4.9	9.9	.494	0.0	0.5	.056	3.2	4.8	.681

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
Ruben Patterson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Horace Grant	Ruben Patterson
Season	1990-91	2001-02
Team	Chicago Bulls	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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
Ruben Patterson	75	23.5	11.2	2.1	1.9	4.0	1.4	1.1	0.5	1.5	1.9	4.3	8.3	.515	0.1	0.5	.250	2.6	3.7	.701

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
Ruben Patterson	3	22.0	5.3	0.7	1.7	2.3	0.3	1.0	0.3	1.0	2.3	1.7	5.0	.333	0.0	0.3	.000	2.0	2.7	.750


Season 5
	Horace Grant	Ruben Patterson
Season	1991-92	2002-03
Team	Chicago Bulls	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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	.000	2.9	3.9	.741
Ruben Patterson	78	21.2	8.3	1.5	1.8	3.4	1.3	0.9	0.4	1.5	2.1	3.3	6.6	.492	0.0	0.3	.150	1.8	2.8	.627

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
Ruben Patterson	7	22.1	10.0	2.0	1.7	3.7	1.6	0.6	0.1	1.4	1.4	3.6	7.4	.481	0.0	0.6	.000	2.9	4.1	.690


Season 6
	Horace Grant	Ruben Patterson
Season	1992-93	2003-04
Team	Chicago Bulls	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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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
Ruben Patterson	73	22.6	6.9	1.8	1.9	3.7	1.9	1.2	0.3	1.4	2.1	2.7	5.4	.506	0.0	0.2	.167	1.4	2.6	.553

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
Ruben Patterson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Horace Grant	Ruben Patterson
Season	1993-94	2004-05
Team	Chicago Bulls	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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
Ruben Patterson	70	28.0	11.6	1.8	2.1	3.9	2.0	1.5	0.3	2.0	2.3	4.6	8.6	.531	0.0	0.4	.080	2.4	4.0	.599

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
Ruben Patterson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Horace Grant	Ruben Patterson
Season	1994-95	2005-06
Team	Orlando Magic	Portland Trail Blazers, Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Magic Lost NBA Finals	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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
Ruben Patterson	71	25.2	12.1	1.7	1.8	3.4	1.8	1.1	0.3	2.1	2.1	4.6	8.9	.515	0.0	0.2	.077	2.9	4.8	.601

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
Ruben Patterson	4	14.5	5.0	1.3	0.3	1.5	0.8	0.3	0.0	0.8	1.5	2.3	4.3	.529	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	1.3	.400


Season 9
	Horace Grant	Ruben Patterson
Season	1995-96	2006-07
Team	Orlando Magic	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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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
Ruben Patterson	81	31.0	14.7	2.3	3.1	5.4	2.9	1.4	0.3	2.5	2.9	5.9	10.7	.548	0.0	0.2	.158	3.0	4.6	.641

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
Ruben Patterson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Horace Grant	Ruben Patterson
Season	1996-97	2007-08
Team	Orlando Magic	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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
Ruben Patterson	20	16.4	5.1	1.2	2.0	3.2	0.9	1.1	0.4	1.4	1.9	2.0	4.3	.453	0.0	0.1	.000	1.2	2.2	.558

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Horace Grant	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ruben Patterson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Horace Grant	Ruben Patterson
Season	1997-98	-
Team	Orlando Magic	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	-

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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
Ruben Patterson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Horace Grant	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ruben Patterson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Horace Grant	Ruben Patterson
Season	1998-99	-
Team	Orlando Magic	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	-

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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	.000	0.9	1.4	.671
Ruben Patterson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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
Ruben Patterson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Horace Grant	Ruben Patterson
Season	1999-00	-
Team	Seattle Supersonics	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf 1st Rd	-

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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
Ruben Patterson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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
Ruben Patterson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Horace Grant	Ruben Patterson
Season	2000-01	-
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	-

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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	.000	1.7	2.2	.775
Ruben Patterson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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
Ruben Patterson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Horace Grant	Ruben Patterson
Season	2001-02	-
Team	Orlando Magic	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	-

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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
Ruben Patterson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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
Ruben Patterson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 16
	Horace Grant	Ruben Patterson
Season	2002-03	-
Team	Orlando Magic	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	-

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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	-
Ruben Patterson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Horace Grant	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ruben Patterson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 17
	Horace Grant	Ruben Patterson
Season	2003-04	-
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	-

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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	.000	0.7	1.0	.722
Ruben Patterson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Horace Grant	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ruben Patterson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Horace Grant vs. Ruben Patterson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ruben Patterson 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.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14

Season 15

Season 16

Season 17