Horace Grant vs. Tim Hardaway Jr. Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tim Hardaway Jr. 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 Tim Hardaway Jr., who played 13. Horace Grant had the first of his seasons in 1987-88, while Tim Hardaway Jr. had his rookie season in 2013-14. 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	Tim Hardaway Jr.
Season	1987-88	2013-14
Team	Chicago Bulls	New York Knicks
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:		+0.5	+2.5	+1.7	+2.3	+4.0	+0.3	+0.1	+0.6	-0.5	-0.9	+0.5	+2.2	+.073	+1.6	+4.4		+0.1	+0.6	+.202
Tim Hardaway Jr.	81	23.1	10.2	0.2	1.3	1.5	0.8	0.5	0.1	0.6	1.8	3.6	8.5	.428	1.6	4.4	.363	1.3	1.6	.828
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
Tim Hardaway Jr.	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Horace Grant	Tim Hardaway Jr.
Season	1990-91	2016-17
Team	Chicago Bulls	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Hawks 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:	+1	+6.6	+1.7	+3.0	+2.6	+5.6		+0.5	+0.7	-0.1	-1.3	+0.2	+2.1	+.092	+1.9	+5.2	+.190	+0.4	+0.9	+.055
Tim Hardaway Jr.	79	27.3	14.5	0.4	2.4	2.8	2.3	0.7	0.2	1.3	1.3	5.3	11.5	.455	1.9	5.3	.357	2.1	2.7	.766
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:	+11	+5.9	+0.5	+2.8	+2.6	+5.4	+1.0	+0.4	+0.4	-0.5	-0.4	+0.9	+4.5	+.254	+1.8	+7.0		+0.6	+0.3	+.101
Tim Hardaway Jr.	6	33.3	12.8	0.5	2.2	2.7	1.2	0.5	0.0	1.7	2.2	4.5	13.7	.329	1.8	7.0	.262	2.0	3.2	.632

Season 5
	Horace Grant	Tim Hardaway Jr.
Season	1991-92	2017-18
Team	Chicago Bulls	New York Knicks
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:	+24	+2.2	+3.3	+3.6	+2.3	+6.1		+0.1	+1.4	-0.4	-0.2	+0.7	+5.2	+.157	+2.3	+7.2		+0.3	+0.8	+.075
Tim Hardaway Jr.	57	33.1	17.5	0.6	3.4	3.9	2.7	1.1	0.2	1.6	2.2	6.3	15.0	.421	2.3	7.2	.317	2.6	3.1	.816
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
Tim Hardaway Jr.	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Horace Grant	Tim Hardaway Jr.
Season	1992-93	2018-19
Team	Chicago Bulls	New York Knicks, Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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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:	+12	+4.0	+4.9	+3.9	+2.1	+6.1	+0.2	+0.4	+1.1	-0.2	-0.6	+0.5	+4.5	+.115	+2.5	+7.2	+.140	+1.3	+0.6	+.222
Tim Hardaway Jr.	65	31.6	18.1	0.5	2.9	3.4	2.4	0.8	0.1	1.6	2.2	6.0	15.3	.393	2.5	7.3	.340	3.6	4.2	.841
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
Tim Hardaway Jr.	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Horace Grant	Tim Hardaway Jr.
Season	1993-94	2019-20
Team	Chicago Bulls	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+1	+7.2	+0.7	+4.0	+3.7	+7.7	+1.5	+0.5	+1.1	-0.6	-0.5	+1.2		+.090	+2.9	+7.1	+.398	+0.1	+0.7	+.223
Tim Hardaway Jr.	71	29.5	15.8	0.4	2.9	3.3	1.9	0.6	0.1	1.0	1.8	5.4	12.5	.434	2.9	7.2	.398	2.1	2.6	.819
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:	+4	+5.3	+1.6	+2.5	+1.4	+3.9	+0.8	+0.7	+1.8	-0.5	-0.4	+0.2	+3.8	+.121	+3.1	+8.9	+.648	+1.8	+2.4	+.011
Tim Hardaway Jr.	6	34.0	17.8	0.5	3.0	3.5	1.8	0.3	0.0	0.5	2.7	6.7	15.8	.421	3.2	9.0	.352	1.3	1.8	.727

Season 8
	Horace Grant	Tim Hardaway Jr.
Season	1994-95	2020-21
Team	Orlando Magic	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Magic Lost NBA Finals	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+4	+8.0	+3.8	+2.7	+3.6	+6.4	+0.5	+0.6	+1.0	-0.2	-1.1	+0.4	+3.4	+.120	+3.0	+7.5	+.391		+0.4	+.124
Tim Hardaway Jr.	70	28.4	16.6	0.3	3.0	3.3	1.8	0.4	0.2	0.9	1.6	5.8	13.0	.447	3.0	7.6	.391	2.0	2.5	.816
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:	+14	+4.0	+3.3	+2.8	+4.3	+7.1	+0.5	+0.6	+1.1	-0.3	-0.8	+0.2	+3.7	+.124	+3.3	+8.0	+.404	+0.4	+0.5	+.013
Tim Hardaway Jr.	7	37.4	17.0	0.7	2.6	3.3	1.4	0.4	0.0	0.9	2.4	6.0	14.4	.416	3.3	8.1	.404	1.7	2.3	.750

Season 9
	Horace Grant	Tim Hardaway Jr.
Season	1995-96	2021-22
Team	Orlando Magic	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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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:	+21	+6.7	+0.8	+2.5	+3.0	+5.5	+0.5	+0.1	+1.1	-0.2	-0.5	+0.5	+1.9	+.119	+2.4	+7.1	+.169	+0.5	+0.8	+.023
Tim Hardaway Jr.	42	29.6	14.2	0.3	3.4	3.7	2.2	0.9	0.1	0.8	1.8	5.0	12.6	.394	2.4	7.2	.336	1.9	2.5	.757
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
Tim Hardaway Jr.	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-