Steve Francis vs. Quentin Grimes Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Quentin Grimes and Steve Francis, 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.

Steve Francis played 9 years in the NBA, 5 more than Quentin Grimes, who played 4. Steve Francis had the first of his seasons in 1999-00, while Quentin Grimes had his rookie season in 2021-22. 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
	Steve Francis	Quentin Grimes
Season	1999-00	2021-22
Team	Houston Rockets	New York Knicks
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		%
Steve Francis	77	36.1	18.0	2.0	3.3	5.3	6.6	1.5	0.4	4.0	3.0	6.5	14.5	.445	1.4	4.0	.345	3.7	4.7	.786
difference:	+31	+19.0	+12.0	+1.5	+1.8	+3.3	+5.6	+0.8	+0.2	-3.4	-1.4	+4.4	+9.4	+.041	+0.2	+0.1	+.036	+3.4	+4.3	+.102
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
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Steve Francis nor Quentin Grimes played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Steve Francis	Quentin Grimes
Season	2001-02	2023-24
Team	Houston Rockets	New York Knicks, Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
Steve Francis	57	41.1	21.6	1.8	5.2	7.0	6.4	1.2	0.4	3.9	3.0	7.4	17.7	.417	1.2	3.7	.324	5.7	7.4	.773
difference:	+6	+21.0	+14.6	+1.5	+3.5	+5.0	+5.1	+0.5	+0.3	-3.4	-1.5	+5.0	+11.3	+.045	+0.4	+1.0	+.014	+5.0	+6.5	+.017
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
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Steve Francis nor Quentin Grimes played in the postseason in their season 3

Season 4
	Steve Francis	Quentin Grimes
Season	2002-03	2024-25
Team	Houston Rockets	Dallas Mavericks, Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
Steve Francis	81	41.0	21.0	2.0	4.2	6.2	6.2	1.7	0.5	3.7	3.1	7.0	16.2	.435	1.0	3.0	.354	5.9	7.3	.800
difference:	+6	+14.2	+6.4	+1.2	+0.7	+1.9	+3.2	+0.7	+0.2	-1.8	-1.3	+1.9	+5.2	+.032	+1.2	+2.6	+.031	+3.7	+4.4	+.043
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
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Steve Francis nor Quentin Grimes played in the postseason in their season 4

Additional Years
* Steve Francis played 5 seasons more than Quentin Grimes in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 5 to 9, from 2004 to 2008—Steve Francis played in one postseason. In those 5 extra years over Quentin Grimes, Steve Francis got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Star Game