Quentin Grimes vs. Dwight Howard Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dwight Howard and Quentin Grimes, 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.

Quentin Grimes played 5 years in the NBA, 13 less than Dwight Howard, who played 18. Quentin Grimes had the first of his seasons in 2021-22, while Dwight Howard had his rookie season in 2004-05. 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
	Quentin Grimes	Dwight Howard
Season	2021-22	2004-05
Team	New York Knicks	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Quentin Grimes	46	17.1	6.0	0.5	1.5	2.0	1.0	0.7	0.2	0.6	1.6	2.1	5.1	.404	1.6	4.1	.381	0.3	0.4	.684
difference:	+36	+15.5	+6.0	+3.0	+5.0	+8.0	+0.1	+0.2	+1.5	-1.4	-1.2	+2.2	+3.2	+.116	+1.6	+4.1		+3.1	+4.6	+.013
Dwight Howard	82	32.6	12.0	3.5	6.5	10.0	0.9	0.9	1.7	2.0	2.8	4.3	8.3	.520	0.0	0.0	-	3.4	5.0	.671
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Quentin Grimes nor Dwight Howard played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Quentin Grimes	Dwight Howard
Season	2023-24	2006-07
Team	New York Knicks, Detroit Pistons	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Quentin Grimes	51	20.1	7.0	0.3	1.7	2.0	1.3	0.7	0.1	0.5	1.5	2.4	6.4	.372	1.6	4.7	.338	0.7	0.9	.756
difference:	+31	+16.8	+10.6	+3.2	+7.1	+10.3	+0.6	+0.2	+1.8	-3.4	-1.5	+4.0	+4.2	+.231	+1.6	+4.7		+4.1	+7.2	+.170
Dwight Howard	82	36.9	17.6	3.5	8.8	12.3	1.9	0.9	1.9	3.9	3.0	6.4	10.6	.603	0.0	0.0	-	4.8	8.1	.586
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Quentin Grimes	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dwight Howard	4	41.8	15.3	4.0	10.8	14.8	1.8	0.5	1.0	4.3	3.3	5.8	10.5	.548	0.0	0.0	-	3.8	8.3	.455

Season 4
	Quentin Grimes	Dwight Howard
Season	2024-25	2007-08
Team	Dallas Mavericks, Philadelphia 76ers	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Magic Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
Quentin Grimes	75	26.8	14.6	0.8	3.5	4.3	3.0	1.0	0.3	1.9	1.8	5.1	11.0	.467	2.2	5.6	.385	2.2	2.9	.757
difference:	+7	+10.9	+6.1	+2.6	+7.3	+9.9	+1.7	+0.1	+1.8	-1.3	-1.5	+2.0	+0.9	+.132	+2.2	+5.6		+4.3	+8.0	+.167
Dwight Howard	82	37.7	20.7	3.4	10.8	14.2	1.3	0.9	2.1	3.2	3.3	7.1	11.9	.599	0.0	0.0	-	6.5	10.9	.590
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Quentin Grimes	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dwight Howard	10	42.1	18.9	6.0	9.8	15.8	0.9	0.8	3.4	3.2	3.8	7.2	12.4	.581	0.0	0.0	-	4.5	8.3	.542

Season 5
	Quentin Grimes	Dwight Howard
Season	2025-26	2008-09
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	Blocks Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Magic Lost NBA Finals

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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		%
Quentin Grimes	7	31.6	17.0	0.6	3.9	4.4	5.0	1.3	0.6	3.1	2.7	5.3	12.0	.440	2.7	6.7	.404	3.7	4.9	.765
difference:	+72	+4.1	+3.6	+3.7	+5.7	+9.4	+3.6	+0.3	+2.3	-0.1	-0.7	+1.8	+0.4	+.132	+2.7	+6.7		+2.7	+5.8	+.171
Dwight Howard	79	35.7	20.6	4.3	9.6	13.8	1.4	1.0	2.9	3.0	3.4	7.1	12.4	.572	0.0	0.0	-	6.4	10.7	.594
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Quentin Grimes	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dwight Howard	23	39.3	20.3	4.3	11.0	15.3	1.9	0.9	2.6	2.9	4.4	7.0	11.7	.601	0.0	0.1	.000	6.3	9.9	.636

Additional Years
* Dwight Howard played 13 seasons more than Quentin Grimes in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 6 to 18, from 2010 to 2022—Dwight Howard played in 9 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 13 extra years over Quentin Grimes, Dwight Howard got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	3 All-NBA First Team 1 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-NBA Third Team 3 All-Defensive First Team 2 Defensive Player of the Year 3 Rebounds Leader 1 Blocks Leader 5 All-Star Game