Quentin Grimes vs. Hakeem Olajuwon Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Hakeem Olajuwon 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 4 years in the NBA, 14 less than Hakeem Olajuwon, who played 18. Quentin Grimes had the first of his seasons in 2021-22, while Hakeem Olajuwon had his rookie season in 1984-85. 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	Hakeem Olajuwon
Season	2021-22	1984-85
Team	New York Knicks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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	+18.4	+14.6	+4.9	+5.0	+9.9	+0.4	+0.5	+2.5	-2.3	-2.6	+6.2	+10.2	+.134	+1.6	+4.1		+3.8	+6.3	+.071
Hakeem Olajuwon	82	35.5	20.6	5.4	6.5	11.9	1.4	1.2	2.7	2.9	4.2	8.3	15.3	.538	0.0	0.0	-	4.1	6.7	.613
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Quentin Grimes	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hakeem Olajuwon	5	37.4	21.2	6.6	6.4	13.0	1.4	1.4	2.6	2.2	4.4	8.4	17.6	.477	0.0	0.0	-	4.4	9.2	.478

Season 2
	Quentin Grimes	Hakeem Olajuwon
Season	2022-23	1985-86
Team	New York Knicks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Rockets Lost NBA Finals

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2nd 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	71	29.9	11.3	0.7	2.5	3.2	2.1	0.7	0.4	1.0	2.5	4.0	8.5	.468	2.2	5.7	.386	1.1	1.4	.796
difference:	+3	+6.4	+12.2	+4.2	+4.1	+8.3	+0.1	+1.3	+3.0	-1.9	-1.5	+5.2	+9.0	+.058	+2.2	+5.7		+4.0	+6.5	+.151
Hakeem Olajuwon	68	36.3	23.5	4.9	6.6	11.5	2.0	2.0	3.4	2.9	4.0	9.2	17.5	.526	0.0	0.0	-	5.1	7.9	.645
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Quentin Grimes	9	26.9	5.1	0.3	2.4	2.8	1.4	1.0	0.6	1.1	1.9	1.6	5.1	.304	1.0	4.1	.243	1.0	1.2	.818
difference:	+11	+11.4	+21.8	+4.8	+4.4	+9.0	+0.6	+1.0	+2.9	-1.1	-2.5	+8.7	+14.3	+.226	+1.0	+4.0	+.243	+5.4	+8.8	+.180
Hakeem Olajuwon	20	38.3	26.9	5.1	6.8	11.8	2.0	2.0	3.5	2.2	4.4	10.3	19.4	.530	0.0	0.1	.000	6.4	10.0	.638

Season 3
	Quentin Grimes	Hakeem Olajuwon
Season	2023-24	1986-87
Team	New York Knicks, Detroit Pistons	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis

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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:	+24	+16.7	+16.4	+3.9	+5.5	+9.4	+1.6	+1.2	+3.3	-2.5	-2.4	+6.6	+11.4	+.136	+1.6	+4.6	+.138	+4.6	+6.7	+.054
Hakeem Olajuwon	75	36.8	23.4	4.2	7.2	11.4	2.9	1.9	3.4	3.0	3.9	9.0	17.8	.508	0.0	0.1	.200	5.3	7.6	.702
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Quentin Grimes	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hakeem Olajuwon	10	38.9	29.2	3.9	7.4	11.3	2.5	1.3	4.3	3.6	4.4	11.0	17.9	.615	0.0	0.1	.000	7.2	9.7	.742

Season 4
	Quentin Grimes	Hakeem Olajuwon
Season	2024-25	1987-88
Team	Dallas Mavericks, Philadelphia 76ers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Rockets Lost West 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		%
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:	+4	+9.0	+8.2	+3.0	+4.8	+7.8	+0.9	+1.1	+2.4	-1.2	-2.3	+3.9	+6.5	+.047	+2.2	+5.5	+.385	+2.6	+4.0	+.062
Hakeem Olajuwon	79	35.8	22.8	3.8	8.3	12.1	2.1	2.1	2.7	3.1	4.1	9.0	17.5	.514	0.0	0.1	.000	4.8	6.9	.695
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Quentin Grimes	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hakeem Olajuwon	4	40.5	37.5	5.0	11.8	16.8	1.8	2.3	2.8	2.3	3.5	14.0	24.5	.571	0.0	0.3	.000	9.5	10.8	.884

Additional Years
* Hakeem Olajuwon played 14 seasons more than Quentin Grimes in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 5 to 18, from 1989 to 2002—Hakeem Olajuwon played in 11 Playoffs and won two NBA Championships. In those 14 extra years over Quentin Grimes, Hakeem Olajuwon got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 Finals MVP 1 Season MVP 4 All-NBA First Team 2 All-NBA Second Team 3 All-NBA Third Team 3 All-Defensive First Team 3 All-Defensive Second Team 2 Defensive Player of the Year 2 Rebounds Leader 3 Blocks Leader 8 All-Star Game