Jeff Hornacek vs. Tracy McGrady Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tracy McGrady 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, 2 less than Tracy McGrady, who played 16. Jeff Hornacek had the first of his seasons in 1986-87, while Tracy McGrady had his rookie season in 1997-98. 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.

Season 4
	Jeff Hornacek	Tracy McGrady
Season	1989-90	2000-01
Team	Phoenix Suns	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Most Improved Player
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Finals	Magic 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		%
Jeff Hornacek	67	34.0	17.6	1.3	3.4	4.7	5.0	1.7	0.2	1.9	2.1	7.2	13.4	.536	0.6	1.5	.408	2.6	3.0	.856
difference:	+10	+6.1	+9.2	+1.2	+1.6	+2.8	+0.4	+0.2	+1.3	-0.7		+3.0	+9.0	+.079	+0.2	+0.7	+.053	+3.0	+4.6	+.123
Tracy McGrady	77	40.1	26.8	2.5	5.0	7.5	4.6	1.5	1.5	2.6	2.1	10.2	22.4	.457	0.8	2.2	.355	5.6	7.6	.733
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Hornacek	16	36.4	18.6	0.8	3.1	3.9	4.6	1.5	0.0	2.1	2.7	7.0	13.7	.511	0.4	1.5	.250	4.3	4.6	.932
difference:	+12	+7.9	+15.2	+0.7	+1.9	+2.6	+3.7	+0.3	+1.3	-0.1	-0.1	+5.8	+17.1	+.096	+0.1	+1.0	+.050	+3.5	+4.9	+.116
Tracy McGrady	4	44.3	33.8	1.5	5.0	6.5	8.3	1.8	1.3	2.0	2.8	12.8	30.8	.415	0.5	2.5	.200	7.8	9.5	.816

Season 5
	Jeff Hornacek	Tracy McGrady
Season	1990-91	2001-02
Team	Phoenix Suns	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Jeff Hornacek	80	34.2	16.9	0.9	3.1	4.0	5.1	1.4	0.2	1.6	2.3	6.8	13.1	.518	0.8	1.8	.418	2.5	2.8	.897
difference:	+4	+4.1	+8.7	+1.1	+2.8	+3.9	+0.2	+0.2	+0.8	-0.9	-0.5	+2.6	+7.8	+.067	+0.6	+1.9	+.054	+3.0	+4.5	+.149
Tracy McGrady	76	38.3	25.6	2.0	5.9	7.9	5.3	1.6	1.0	2.5	1.8	9.4	20.9	.451	1.4	3.7	.364	5.5	7.3	.748
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Hornacek	4	36.3	18.3	0.8	5.5	6.3	2.0	0.8	0.5	0.8	3.3	5.5	12.8	.431	0.8	1.5	.500	6.5	7.0	.929
difference:		+8.2	+12.5	+0.7	+0.7		+3.5	+0.3	+1.3	-2.5	-0.5	+5.0	+10.0	+.031	+0.5	+2.5	+.187	+2.0	+4.5	+.190
Tracy McGrady	4	44.5	30.8	1.5	4.8	6.3	5.5	0.5	1.8	3.3	2.8	10.5	22.8	.462	1.3	4.0	.313	8.5	11.5	.739

Season 6
	Jeff Hornacek	Tracy McGrady
Season	1991-92	2002-03
Team	Phoenix Suns	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Jeff Hornacek	81	38.0	20.1	1.3	3.7	5.0	5.1	2.0	0.4	2.1	2.7	7.8	15.3	.512	1.0	2.3	.439	3.4	3.9	.886
difference:	+6	+1.4	+12.0	+0.3	+1.2	+1.5	+0.4	+0.3	+0.4	-0.5	-0.6	+3.3	+8.9	+.055	+1.3	+3.7	+.053	+4.3	+5.8	+.093
Tracy McGrady	75	39.4	32.1	1.6	4.9	6.5	5.5	1.7	0.8	2.6	2.1	11.1	24.2	.457	2.3	6.0	.386	7.7	9.7	.793
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Hornacek	8	42.9	20.4	1.5	4.9	6.4	5.3	1.8	0.3	2.4	2.9	7.8	16.0	.484	1.0	2.1	.471	3.9	4.3	.912
difference:	+1	+1.2	+11.3	+0.1	+0.4	+0.3	+0.6	+0.2	+0.6	-1.3	-0.6	+2.8	+7.6	+.036	+1.3	+4.6	+.131	+4.4	+6.4	+.139
Tracy McGrady	7	44.1	31.7	1.4	5.3	6.7	4.7	2.0	0.9	3.7	2.3	10.6	23.6	.448	2.3	6.7	.340	8.3	10.7	.773

Season 7
	Jeff Hornacek	Tracy McGrady
Season	1992-93	2003-04
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
Jeff Hornacek	79	36.2	19.1	1.1	3.3	4.3	6.9	1.7	0.3	2.8	2.6	7.4	15.7	.470	1.2	3.2	.390	3.2	3.7	.865
difference:	+12	+3.7	+8.9	+0.3	+1.3	+1.7	+1.4	+0.3	+0.3	-0.1	-0.7	+2.3	+7.7	+.053	+1.4	+4.5	+.051	+2.7	+3.8	+.069
Tracy McGrady	67	39.9	28.0	1.4	4.6	6.0	5.5	1.4	0.6	2.7	1.9	9.7	23.4	.417	2.6	7.7	.339	5.9	7.5	.796
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Jeff Hornacek nor Tracy McGrady played in the postseason in their season 7

Season 8
	Jeff Hornacek	Tracy McGrady
Season	1993-94	2004-05
Team	Philadelphia 76ers, Utah Jazz	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Finals	Rockets 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		%
Jeff Hornacek	80	35.3	15.9	0.8	2.7	3.5	5.2	1.6	0.2	2.1	2.3	5.9	12.6	.470	0.9	2.6	.337	3.3	3.7	.878
difference:	+2	+5.5	+9.8	+0.1	+2.6	+2.7	+0.5	+0.1	+0.5	-0.5	-0.2	+3.3	+8.7	+.039	+0.9	+3.0	+.011	+2.2	+3.4	+.104
Tracy McGrady	78	40.8	25.7	0.9	5.3	6.2	5.7	1.7	0.7	2.6	2.1	9.2	21.3	.431	1.8	5.6	.326	5.5	7.1	.774
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Hornacek	16	34.9	15.4	0.7	1.8	2.4	4.0	1.5	0.4	1.8	2.8	5.3	11.2	.475	0.9	2.1	.441	3.9	4.3	.912
difference:	+9	+8.2	+15.3	+1.0	+3.9	+5.0	+2.7	+0.1	+1.0	-1.9	-0.1	+5.8	+13.2	+.019	+1.5	+4.5	+.071	+2.1	+3.0	+.088
Tracy McGrady	7	43.1	30.7	1.7	5.7	7.4	6.7	1.6	1.4	3.7	2.9	11.1	24.4	.456	2.4	6.6	.370	6.0	7.3	.824

Season 9
	Jeff Hornacek	Tracy McGrady
Season	1994-95	2005-06
Team	Utah Jazz	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Jeff Hornacek	81	33.3	16.5	0.7	1.9	2.6	4.3	1.6	0.2	1.8	2.2	6.0	11.6	.514	1.1	2.7	.406	3.5	4.0	.882
difference:	+34	+3.8	+7.9	+0.3	+3.7	+3.9	+0.5	+0.3	+0.7	-0.8	-0.3	+2.7	+9.9	+.108	+0.5	+2.3	+.094	+1.9	+3.2	+.135
Tracy McGrady	47	37.1	24.4	1.0	5.6	6.5	4.8	1.3	0.9	2.6	1.9	8.7	21.5	.406	1.6	5.0	.312	5.4	7.2	.747
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Hornacek	5	35.6	14.0	0.6	0.6	1.2	4.0	1.6	0.2	1.4	3.8	5.2	10.2	.510	1.4	2.6	.538	2.2	2.8	.786
Tracy McGrady	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 10
	Jeff Hornacek	Tracy McGrady
Season	1995-96	2006-07
Team	Utah Jazz	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Finals	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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10th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Hornacek	82	31.6	15.2	0.8	1.8	2.5	4.1	1.3	0.2	1.5	2.1	5.4	10.7	.502	1.3	2.7	.466	3.2	3.5	.893
difference:	+11	+4.2	+9.4		+2.7	+2.8	+2.4		+0.3	-1.5	-0.2	+3.6	+10.1	+.071	+0.5	+2.7	+.135	+1.7	+3.4	+.186
Tracy McGrady	71	35.8	24.6	0.8	4.5	5.3	6.5	1.3	0.5	3.0	1.9	9.0	20.8	.431	1.8	5.4	.331	4.9	6.9	.707
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Hornacek	18	35.8	17.5	1.2	2.4	3.6	3.3	1.1	0.2	1.5	2.3	5.8	11.5	.502	1.9	3.2	.586	4.1	4.6	.890
difference:	+11	+4.2	+7.8	+0.5	+2.7	+2.3	+4.0	+0.4	+0.7	-1.5	-0.6	+3.2	+11.4	+.108	+0.6	+1.9	+.336	+1.9	+3.5	+.153
Tracy McGrady	7	40.0	25.3	0.7	5.1	5.9	7.3	0.7	0.9	3.0	1.7	9.0	22.9	.394	1.3	5.1	.250	6.0	8.1	.737

Season 11
	Jeff Hornacek	Tracy McGrady
Season	1996-97	2007-08
Team	Utah Jazz	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Playoffs	Jazz Lost NBA Finals	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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11th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Hornacek	82	31.6	14.5	0.7	2.2	2.9	4.4	1.5	0.3	1.6	2.3	5.0	10.4	.482	0.9	2.4	.369	3.6	4.0	.899
difference:	+16	+5.4	+7.1	+0.1	+2.3	+2.2	+1.5	+0.5	+0.2	-0.8	-0.9	+3.3	+9.4	+.063	+0.4	+2.1	+.077	+0.1	+1.4	+.215
Tracy McGrady	66	37.0	21.6	0.6	4.5	5.1	5.9	1.0	0.5	2.4	1.4	8.3	19.8	.419	1.3	4.5	.292	3.7	5.4	.684
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Hornacek	20	35.2	14.6	1.1	3.4	4.5	3.7	1.1	0.2	1.8	2.7	4.5	10.4	.433	1.0	2.7	.358	4.6	5.3	.876
difference:	+14	+6.0	+12.4	+0.1	+3.6	+3.7	+3.1	+0.4	+0.6	-1.2	-1.4	+5.8	+13.9	+.008	+0.2	+1.3	+.150	+0.9	+3.5	+.253
Tracy McGrady	6	41.2	27.0	1.2	7.0	8.2	6.8	1.5	0.8	3.0	1.3	10.3	24.3	.425	0.8	4.0	.208	5.5	8.8	.623