Mike Bibby vs. Ernie Grunfeld Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ernie Grunfeld and Mike Bibby, 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

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.

Mike Bibby played 14 years in the NBA, 5 more than Ernie Grunfeld, who played 9. Mike Bibby had the first of his seasons in 1998-99, while Ernie Grunfeld had his rookie season in 1977-78. 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
Mike Bibby	14	10	1998-99 to 2011-12
Ernie Grunfeld	9	5	1977-78 to 1985-86

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Mike Bibby	Ernie Grunfeld
Season	1998-99	1977-78
Team	Vancouver Grizzlies	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bucks 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		%
Mike Bibby	50	35.2	13.2	0.6	2.1	2.7	6.5	1.6	0.1	2.9	2.4	5.2	12.1	.430	0.3	1.5	.203	2.5	3.4	.751
Ernie Grunfeld	73	17.3	6.9	1.0	1.7	2.7	2.0	0.7	0.3	1.3	2.1	2.8	6.3	.443	-	-	-	1.3	2.0	.657

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Bibby	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ernie Grunfeld	7	11.0	5.4	0.6	1.0	1.6	2.4	0.4	0.1	1.0	0.9	2.4	4.6	.531	-	-	-	0.6	0.7	.800


Season 2
	Mike Bibby	Ernie Grunfeld
Season	1999-00	1978-79
Team	Vancouver Grizzlies	Milwaukee Bucks
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		%
Mike Bibby	82	38.5	14.5	0.9	2.8	3.7	8.1	1.6	0.2	3.0	2.1	5.6	12.6	.445	0.9	2.6	.363	2.4	3.0	.780
Ernie Grunfeld	82	21.7	10.3	1.5	2.9	4.4	2.6	0.7	0.2	1.7	2.7	4.0	8.1	.493	-	-	-	2.3	3.1	.761

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Bibby	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ernie Grunfeld	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Mike Bibby	Ernie Grunfeld
Season	2000-01	1979-80
Team	Vancouver Grizzlies	Kansas City Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Kings 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		%
Mike Bibby	82	38.9	15.9	0.6	3.1	3.7	8.4	1.3	0.1	3.0	1.8	6.4	14.1	.454	1.3	3.5	.379	1.7	2.3	.761
Ernie Grunfeld	80	17.5	5.9	1.1	1.8	2.9	1.4	0.7	0.1	1.0	1.9	2.3	5.3	.443	0.0	0.0	.500	1.3	1.6	.771

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Bibby	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ernie Grunfeld	3	10.7	3.7	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.7	3.0	.556	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	1.0	.333


Season 4
	Mike Bibby	Ernie Grunfeld
Season	2001-02	1980-81
Team	Sacramento Kings	Kansas City Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Kings Lost West Conf Finals	Kings Lost West Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Bibby	80	33.2	13.7	0.5	2.3	2.8	5.0	1.1	0.2	1.7	1.7	5.6	12.3	.453	0.6	1.7	.370	1.9	2.4	.803
Ernie Grunfeld	79	20.1	7.5	0.4	2.2	2.6	2.6	0.8	0.2	1.1	2.0	3.3	6.2	.535	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.3	.743

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Bibby	16	41.3	20.3	0.9	2.9	3.8	5.0	1.4	0.2	2.3	1.9	7.1	16.1	.444	1.6	3.7	.424	4.4	5.4	.826
Ernie Grunfeld	15	42.2	16.8	0.7	3.5	4.2	5.9	2.0	0.6	2.9	3.4	6.5	13.4	.488	0.1	0.3	.500	3.6	4.5	.806


Season 5
	Mike Bibby	Ernie Grunfeld
Season	2002-03	1981-82
Team	Sacramento Kings	Kansas City Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Kings Lost West 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		%
Mike Bibby	55	33.4	15.9	0.6	2.1	2.7	5.2	1.3	0.1	2.3	1.7	6.0	12.7	.470	1.0	2.5	.409	2.9	3.4	.861
Ernie Grunfeld	81	23.4	12.7	0.7	1.6	2.2	3.4	0.9	0.5	1.8	2.4	5.2	10.1	.511	0.0	0.2	.143	2.3	2.8	.821

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Bibby	12	33.5	12.7	0.7	1.9	2.6	5.0	1.2	0.4	1.5	2.6	4.8	11.3	.422	0.9	3.3	.282	2.3	2.8	.794
Ernie Grunfeld	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Mike Bibby	Ernie Grunfeld
Season	2003-04	1982-83
Team	Sacramento Kings	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Kings Lost West Conf Semis	Knicks Lost East 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		%
Mike Bibby	82	36.3	18.4	0.8	2.6	3.4	5.4	1.4	0.2	2.1	1.8	6.4	14.3	.450	1.8	4.6	.392	3.7	4.5	.815
Ernie Grunfeld	77	18.5	5.4	0.5	1.6	2.1	1.8	0.5	0.1	1.1	2.2	2.2	4.9	.443	0.0	0.1	.000	1.1	1.3	.827

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Bibby	12	41.7	20.0	0.8	3.4	4.2	7.0	1.9	0.4	2.9	3.3	7.0	16.3	.429	2.0	4.6	.436	4.0	4.6	.873
Ernie Grunfeld	6	19.7	8.0	0.3	1.0	1.3	1.7	1.2	0.3	1.5	2.8	2.5	5.7	.441	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	3.2	.947


Season 7
	Mike Bibby	Ernie Grunfeld
Season	2004-05	1983-84
Team	Sacramento Kings	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Kings Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Knicks Lost East 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		%
Mike Bibby	80	38.6	19.6	1.0	3.2	4.2	6.8	1.6	0.4	2.5	2.4	7.0	15.8	.443	1.6	4.6	.360	4.0	5.2	.775
Ernie Grunfeld	76	14.7	5.2	0.3	1.3	1.6	1.4	0.6	0.1	0.9	2.0	2.2	4.8	.459	0.0	0.1	.222	0.8	1.1	.771

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Bibby	5	40.4	19.6	1.0	3.4	4.4	6.6	1.4	0.4	2.6	2.2	7.2	18.4	.391	1.0	4.6	.217	4.2	5.4	.778
Ernie Grunfeld	11	7.6	2.4	0.1	0.7	0.8	0.5	0.2	0.0	0.4	1.1	1.0	2.1	.478	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.4	1.000


Season 8
	Mike Bibby	Ernie Grunfeld
Season	2005-06	1984-85
Team	Sacramento Kings	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Kings Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Mike Bibby	82	38.6	21.1	0.4	2.6	2.9	5.4	1.0	0.1	2.4	2.1	7.3	16.9	.432	2.3	6.1	.386	4.2	4.9	.849
Ernie Grunfeld	69	15.4	6.6	0.6	1.6	2.2	1.5	0.7	0.1	0.6	1.9	2.7	5.6	.490	0.0	0.1	.250	1.1	1.5	.740

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Bibby	6	42.5	16.7	1.0	2.8	3.8	5.2	1.5	0.0	3.0	2.8	5.3	15.3	.348	1.5	4.3	.346	4.5	5.0	.900
Ernie Grunfeld	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Mike Bibby	Ernie Grunfeld
Season	2006-07	1985-86
Team	Sacramento Kings	New York Knicks
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		%
Mike Bibby	82	34.0	17.1	0.5	2.7	3.2	4.7	1.1	0.1	2.4	1.7	5.7	14.2	.404	2.1	5.9	.360	3.5	4.2	.830
Ernie Grunfeld	76	18.4	5.4	0.6	2.2	2.7	1.6	0.5	0.2	0.7	2.5	1.9	4.7	.417	0.3	0.8	.426	1.2	1.4	.833

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Bibby	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ernie Grunfeld	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Mike Bibby	Ernie Grunfeld
Season	2007-08	-
Team	Atlanta Hawks, Sacramento Kings, Atlanta Hawks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks 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		%
Mike Bibby	48	32.8	13.9	0.3	3.0	3.3	6.0	1.1	0.1	2.5	2.0	5.2	12.6	.411	1.9	5.2	.375	1.6	2.1	.780
Ernie Grunfeld	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Bibby	7	36.0	10.3	0.4	2.7	3.1	3.1	0.6	0.3	1.9	1.7	3.1	9.3	.338	1.0	3.4	.292	3.0	4.6	.656
Ernie Grunfeld	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Mike Bibby	Ernie Grunfeld
Season	2008-09	-
Team	Atlanta Hawks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East 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		%
Mike Bibby	79	34.7	14.9	0.5	3.0	3.5	5.0	1.2	0.1	1.6	1.8	5.5	12.7	.435	2.1	5.4	.390	1.7	2.2	.789
Ernie Grunfeld	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Bibby	11	35.5	13.2	0.5	2.8	3.4	4.2	0.9	0.2	2.2	3.1	4.5	9.6	.462	2.4	4.4	.542	1.9	2.0	.955
Ernie Grunfeld	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Mike Bibby	Ernie Grunfeld
Season	2009-10	-
Team	Atlanta Hawks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East 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		%
Mike Bibby	80	27.4	9.1	0.3	2.1	2.3	3.9	0.8	0.0	1.1	2.0	3.4	8.1	.416	1.6	4.1	.389	0.9	1.0	.861
Ernie Grunfeld	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Bibby	11	26.5	8.5	0.5	2.1	2.5	2.5	0.8	0.0	1.1	2.4	3.3	7.3	.450	1.3	3.1	.412	0.6	0.9	.700
Ernie Grunfeld	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Mike Bibby	Ernie Grunfeld
Season	2010-11	-
Team	Atlanta Hawks, Washington Wizards, Miami Heat	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Heat Lost NBA Finals	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Bibby	80	28.6	8.6	0.2	2.2	2.4	3.3	0.6	0.1	1.3	2.2	3.1	7.2	.431	1.9	4.4	.440	0.5	0.8	.629
Ernie Grunfeld	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Bibby	20	20.8	3.7	0.3	1.6	1.8	1.2	0.6	0.3	0.9	1.5	1.4	4.8	.281	0.9	3.3	.258	0.1	0.2	.500
Ernie Grunfeld	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Mike Bibby	Ernie Grunfeld
Season	2011-12	-
Team	New York Knicks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks 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		%
Mike Bibby	39	14.3	2.6	0.1	1.4	1.5	2.1	0.5	0.1	0.5	1.2	0.9	3.2	.282	0.7	2.2	.318	0.2	0.2	.750
Ernie Grunfeld	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Bibby	5	23.6	5.4	0.6	3.6	4.2	2.6	0.2	0.0	0.8	1.4	1.8	4.6	.391	1.4	3.4	.412	0.4	0.6	.667
Ernie Grunfeld	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Mike Bibby vs. Ernie Grunfeld Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ernie Grunfeld and Mike Bibby, 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