Jeff Hornacek vs. Dalton Knecht Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dalton Knecht and Jeff Hornacek, 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.
Jeff Hornacek played 14 years in the NBA, 12 more than Dalton Knecht, who played 2. Jeff Hornacek had the first of his seasons in 1986-87, while Dalton Knecht had his rookie season in 2024-25. 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.
Their Careers |
| Player |
Total Seasons |
Playoffs Played |
NBA Years |
| Jeff Hornacek |
14 |
11 |
1986-87 to 1999-00 |
| Dalton Knecht |
2 |
1 |
2024-25 to 2025-26 |
Comparison Season by Season |
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Rookie Season Stats Comparison |
| Regular Season Stats |
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G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO | PF |
FGM / A | % |
3PM / A | % |
FTM / A | % |
| Jeff Hornacek |
80 |
19.5 |
5.3 |
0.5 |
1.8 |
2.3 |
4.5 |
0.9 |
0.1 |
1.9 |
1.6 |
2.0 |
4.4 |
.454 |
0.2 |
0.5 |
.279 |
1.2 |
1.5 |
.777 |
| difference: | +2 | +0.3 | +3.8 | | +0.5 | +0.5 | +3.7 | +0.6 | | -1.4 | -0.4 | +1.3 | +2.7 | +.007 | +1.4 | +3.9 | +.097 | +0.4 | +0.4 | +.015 |
| Dalton Knecht |
78 |
19.2 |
9.1 |
0.5 |
2.3 |
2.8 |
0.8 |
0.3 |
0.1 |
0.5 |
1.2 |
3.3 |
7.1 |
.461 |
1.6 |
4.4 |
.376 |
0.8 |
1.1 |
.762 |
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| Playoffs Stats |
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G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO | PF |
FGM / A | % |
3PM / A | % |
FTM / A | % |
| Jeff Hornacek |
DNP | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dalton Knecht |
2 |
2.0 |
2.5 |
1.0 |
0.5 |
1.5 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
1.0 |
2.5 |
.400 |
0.5 |
2.0 |
.250 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
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2nd Season Stats Comparison |
| Regular Season Stats |
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G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO | PF |
FGM / A | % |
3PM / A | % |
FTM / A | % |
| Jeff Hornacek |
82 |
27.4 |
9.5 |
0.9 |
2.3 |
3.2 |
6.6 |
1.3 |
0.1 |
1.9 |
1.8 |
3.7 |
7.4 |
.506 |
0.2 |
0.7 |
.293 |
1.9 |
2.3 |
.822 |
| difference: | +69 | +8.5 | +1.9 | +0.3 | +0.5 | +0.8 | +6.0 | +0.8 | +0.4 | -1.3 | -0.3 | +0.7 | +0.9 | +.042 | +1.0 | +2.8 | +.033 | +1.4 | +1.6 | +.155 |
| Dalton Knecht |
13 |
18.9 |
7.6 |
0.6 |
1.8 |
2.4 |
0.6 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
0.6 |
1.5 |
3.0 |
6.5 |
.464 |
1.2 |
3.5 |
.326 |
0.5 |
0.7 |
.667 |
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| Playoffs Stats |
| * Neiher Jeff Hornacek nor Dalton Knecht played in the postseason in their season 2 |
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Additional Years |
* Jeff Hornacek played 12 seasons more than Dalton Knecht in the NBA.
In that period—his seasons 3 to 14, from 1989 to 2000—Jeff Hornacek played in 11 Playoffs. In those 12 extra years over Dalton Knecht, Jeff Hornacek got these achievements: |
| Honors & Awards |  1 All-Star Game
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