Quentin Grimes vs. LeBron James Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of LeBron James 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, 17 less than LeBron James, who played 22. Quentin Grimes had the first of his seasons in 2021-22, while LeBron James had his rookie season in 2003-04. 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	LeBron James
Season	2021-22	2003-04
Team	New York Knicks	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	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:	+33	+22.4	+14.9	+0.8	+2.7	+3.5	+4.9	+0.9	+0.5	-2.9	-0.3	+5.8	+13.8	+.013	+0.8	+1.4	+.091	+4.1	+5.4	+.070
LeBron James	79	39.5	20.9	1.3	4.2	5.5	5.9	1.6	0.7	3.5	1.9	7.9	18.9	.417	0.8	2.7	.290	4.4	5.8	.754
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Quentin Grimes nor LeBron James played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Quentin Grimes	LeBron James
Season	2022-23	2004-05
Team	New York Knicks	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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:	+9	+12.5	+15.9	+0.7	+3.5	+4.2	+5.1	+1.5	+0.3	-2.3	-0.7	+5.9	+12.6	+.004	+0.8	+1.8	+.035	+4.9	+6.6	+.046
LeBron James	80	42.4	27.2	1.4	6.0	7.4	7.2	2.2	0.7	3.3	1.8	9.9	21.1	.472	1.4	3.9	.351	6.0	8.0	.750
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
LeBron James	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Quentin Grimes	LeBron James
Season	2023-24	2005-06
Team	New York Knicks, Detroit Pistons	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Cavaliers Lost East 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:	+28	+22.4	+24.4	+0.6	+4.4	+5.0	+5.3	+0.9	+0.7	-2.8	-0.8	+8.7	+16.7	+.108		+0.1	+.003	+6.9	+9.4	+.018
LeBron James	79	42.5	31.4	0.9	6.1	7.0	6.6	1.6	0.8	3.3	2.3	11.1	23.1	.480	1.6	4.8	.335	7.6	10.3	.738
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Quentin Grimes	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
LeBron James	13	46.5	30.8	1.7	6.4	8.1	5.8	1.4	0.7	5.0	3.4	11.2	23.6	.476	1.6	4.8	.333	6.7	9.1	.737

Season 4
	Quentin Grimes	LeBron James
Season	2024-25	2006-07
Team	Dallas Mavericks, Philadelphia 76ers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals

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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:	+3	+14.1	+12.7	+0.3	+2.2	+2.4	+3.0	+0.6	+0.4	-1.3	-0.4	+4.8	+9.8	+.009	+0.9	+1.6	+.066	+4.1	+6.1	+.059
LeBron James	78	40.9	27.3	1.1	5.7	6.7	6.0	1.6	0.7	3.2	2.2	9.9	20.8	.476	1.3	4.0	.319	6.3	9.0	.698
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Quentin Grimes	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
LeBron James	20	44.7	25.1	1.3	6.8	8.1	8.0	1.7	0.5	3.3	2.0	8.3	20.0	.416	1.1	3.8	.280	7.4	9.8	.755

Season 5
	Quentin Grimes	LeBron James
Season	2025-26	2007-08
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis

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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:	+68	+8.8	+13.0	+1.2	+2.2	+3.5	+2.2	+0.5	+0.5	-0.3	-0.5	+5.3	+9.9	+.044	+1.2	+1.9	+.089	+3.6	+5.4	+.053
LeBron James	75	40.4	30.0	1.8	6.1	7.9	7.2	1.8	1.1	3.4	2.2	10.6	21.9	.484	1.5	4.8	.315	7.3	10.3	.712
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Quentin Grimes	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
LeBron James	13	42.5	28.2	1.2	6.6	7.8	7.6	1.8	1.3	4.2	2.5	8.7	21.2	.411	1.4	5.4	.257	9.4	12.8	.731

Additional Years
* LeBron James played 17 seasons more than Quentin Grimes in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 6 to 22, from 2009 to 2025—LeBron James played in 15 Playoffs and won 4 NBA Championships and one NBA Cup. In those 17 extra years over Quentin Grimes, LeBron James got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	4 Finals MVP 4 Season MVP 11 All-NBA First Team 2 All-NBA Second Team 4 All-NBA Third Team 5 All-Defensive First Team 1 All-Defensive Second Team 1 Assists Leader 1 Cup MVP 1 Cup All-Tournament Team 17 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP