Jalen Duren vs. Horace Grant Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Horace Grant and Jalen Duren, 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.

Jalen Duren played 4 years in the NBA, 13 less than Horace Grant, who played 17. Jalen Duren had the first of his seasons in 2022-23, while Horace Grant had his rookie season in 1987-88. 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
	Jalen Duren	Horace Grant
Season	2022-23	1987-88
Team	Detroit Pistons	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
Jalen Duren	67	24.9	9.1	3.4	5.5	8.9	1.1	0.7	0.9	1.4	2.7	3.9	5.9	.648	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	2.3	.611
difference:	+14	+2.3	+1.4	+1.5	+1.9	+3.4		+0.1	+0.2	-0.3		+0.8	+0.4	+.147					+0.1	+.015
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jalen Duren	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Season 4
	Jalen Duren	Horace Grant
Season	2025-26	1990-91
Team	Detroit Pistons	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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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		%
Jalen Duren	21	29.2	18.8	4.2	7.3	11.5	1.8	0.8	1.0	2.6	3.3	6.9	10.5	.655	0.0	0.0	-	5.1	6.8	.754
difference:	+57	+4.7	+6.0	+0.8	+2.3	+3.1	+0.5	+0.4	+0.1	-1.4	-0.7	+1.8	+1.1	+.108		+0.1		+2.6	+3.2	+.043
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jalen Duren	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Additional Years
* Horace Grant played 13 seasons more than Jalen Duren in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 5 to 17, from 1992 to 2004—Horace Grant played in 9 Playoffs and won 3 NBA Championships. In those 13 extra years over Jalen Duren, Horace Grant got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	4 All-Defensive Second Team 1 All-Star Game