Quentin Grimes vs. Trae Young Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Trae Young 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, 3 less than Trae Young, who played 8. Quentin Grimes had the first of his seasons in 2021-22, while Trae Young had his rookie season in 2018-19. 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	Trae Young
Season	2021-22	2018-19
Team	New York Knicks	Atlanta Hawks
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:	+35	+13.8	+13.1	+0.3	+1.4	+1.7	+7.1	+0.2		-3.2	-0.1	+4.4	+10.4	+.014	+0.3	+1.9	+.057	+3.9	+4.7	+.145
Trae Young	81	30.9	19.1	0.8	2.9	3.7	8.1	0.9	0.2	3.8	1.7	6.5	15.5	.418	1.9	6.0	.324	4.2	5.1	.829
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Quentin Grimes nor Trae Young played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Quentin Grimes	Trae Young
Season	2022-23	2019-20
Team	New York Knicks	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	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:	+11	+5.4	+18.3	+0.2	+1.2	+1.1	+7.2	+0.4	+0.3	-3.8	-0.8	+5.1	+12.3	+.031	+1.2	+3.8	+.025	+6.9	+7.9	+.064
Trae Young	60	35.3	29.6	0.5	3.7	4.3	9.3	1.1	0.1	4.8	1.7	9.1	20.8	.437	3.4	9.5	.361	8.0	9.3	.860
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
Trae Young	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Quentin Grimes	Trae Young
Season	2024-25	2021-22
Team	Dallas Mavericks, Philadelphia 76ers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks 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		%
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:	+1	+8.1	+13.8	+0.1	+0.4	+0.6	+6.7	+0.1	+0.2	-2.1	-0.1	+4.3	+9.3	+.007	+0.9	+2.4	+.003	+4.4	+4.4	+.147
Trae Young	76	34.9	28.4	0.7	3.1	3.7	9.7	0.9	0.1	4.0	1.7	9.4	20.3	.460	3.1	8.0	.382	6.6	7.3	.904
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Quentin Grimes	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Trae Young	5	37.2	15.4	1.0	4.0	5.0	6.0	0.6	0.0	6.2	2.6	4.4	13.8	.319	1.4	7.6	.184	5.2	6.6	.788

Additional Years
* Trae Young played 3 seasons more than Quentin Grimes in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 6 to 8, from 2024 to 2026—Trae Young didn't play in the postseason. In those 3 extra years over Quentin Grimes, Trae Young got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Assists Leader 1 Cup All-Tournament Team 2 All-Star Game