Tim Duncan vs. Jerami Grant Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jerami Grant and Tim Duncan, 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.

Tim Duncan played 19 years in the NBA, 7 more than Jerami Grant, who played 12. Tim Duncan had the first of his seasons in 1997-98, while Jerami Grant had his rookie season in 2014-15. 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
	Tim Duncan	Jerami Grant
Season	1997-98	2014-15
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Tim Duncan	82	39.1	21.1	3.3	8.6	11.9	2.7	0.7	2.5	3.4	3.1	8.6	15.7	.549	0.0	0.1	.000	3.9	5.9	.662
difference:	+17	+17.9	+14.8	+2.5	+6.3	+8.9	+1.5	+0.1	+1.5	-2.1	-0.9	+6.7	+10.3	+.197	+0.8	+2.3	+.314	+2.1	+2.9	+.071
Jerami Grant	65	21.2	6.3	0.8	2.3	3.0	1.2	0.6	1.0	1.3	2.2	1.9	5.4	.352	0.8	2.4	.314	1.8	3.0	.591
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Duncan	9	41.6	20.7	2.2	6.8	9.0	1.9	0.6	2.6	2.8	2.7	8.1	15.6	.521	0.0	0.1	.000	4.4	6.7	.667
Jerami Grant	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Tim Duncan	Jerami Grant
Season	1998-99	2015-16
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Tim Duncan	50	39.3	21.7	3.2	8.2	11.4	2.4	0.9	2.5	2.9	2.9	8.4	16.9	.495	0.0	0.1	.143	4.9	7.2	.690
difference:	+27	+12.5	+12.0	+1.9	+4.8	+6.7	+0.6	+0.2	+0.9	-1.5	-0.1	+5.1	+9.1	+.076	+0.5	+1.8	+.097	+2.1	+3.0	+.032
Jerami Grant	77	26.8	9.7	1.3	3.4	4.7	1.8	0.7	1.6	1.4	2.8	3.3	7.8	.419	0.5	1.9	.240	2.8	4.2	.658
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Duncan	17	43.1	23.2	3.2	8.2	11.5	2.8	0.8	2.6	3.1	2.9	8.5	16.6	.511	0.0	0.2	.000	6.3	8.4	.748
Jerami Grant	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Tim Duncan	Jerami Grant
Season	1999-00	2016-17
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Philadelphia 76ers, Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Thunder Lost West 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		%
Tim Duncan	74	38.9	23.2	3.5	8.9	12.4	3.2	0.9	2.2	3.3	2.8	8.5	17.3	.490	0.0	0.1	.091	6.2	8.1	.761
difference:	+6	+19.8	+17.7	+3.0	+6.8	+9.8	+2.6	+0.5	+1.2	-2.7	-0.9	+6.6	+13.2	+.027	+0.5	+1.4	+.280	+5.1	+6.3	+.149
Jerami Grant	80	19.1	5.5	0.5	2.1	2.6	0.6	0.4	1.0	0.6	1.9	1.9	4.1	.463	0.5	1.5	.371	1.1	1.8	.612
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Duncan	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jerami Grant	5	22.2	9.2	1.4	2.4	3.8	0.8	0.2	0.4	0.6	1.4	3.8	6.2	.613	0.4	1.2	.333	1.2	1.4	.857

Season 4
	Tim Duncan	Jerami Grant
Season	2000-01	2017-18
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	Thunder 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		%
Tim Duncan	82	38.7	22.2	3.2	9.0	12.2	3.0	0.9	2.3	3.0	3.0	8.6	17.1	.499	0.1	0.3	.259	5.0	8.1	.618
difference:	+1	+18.4	+13.8	+2.1	+6.1	+8.3	+2.3	+0.5	+1.3	-2.3	-1.1	+5.6	+11.5	+.036	+0.3	+1.1	+.032	+3.0	+5.1	+.057
Jerami Grant	81	20.3	8.4	1.1	2.9	3.9	0.7	0.4	1.0	0.7	1.9	3.0	5.6	.535	0.4	1.4	.291	2.0	3.0	.675
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Duncan	13	40.5	24.4	4.2	10.3	14.5	3.8	1.1	2.7	3.8	3.3	9.2	18.9	.488	0.1	0.1	1.000	5.8	9.2	.639
difference:	+7	+18.3	+17.2	+2.9	+8.3	+11.2	+2.8	+0.4	+2.2	-2.8	-0.8	+6.2	+13.1	+.026	+0.2	+1.2	+.750	+5.0	+7.4	+.184
Jerami Grant	6	22.2	7.2	1.3	2.0	3.3	1.0	0.7	0.5	1.0	2.5	3.0	5.8	.514	0.3	1.3	.250	0.8	1.8	.455

Season 5
	Tim Duncan	Jerami Grant
Season	2001-02	2018-19
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	Thunder Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Tim Duncan	82	40.6	25.5	3.3	9.4	12.7	3.7	0.7	2.5	3.2	2.6	9.3	18.3	.508	0.0	0.1	.100	6.8	8.5	.799
difference:	+2	+7.9	+11.9	+2.1	+5.4	+7.5	+2.7	+0.1	+1.2	-2.4	-0.1	+4.2	+8.0	+.011	+1.4	+3.6	+.292	+4.8	+5.7	+.089
Jerami Grant	80	32.7	13.6	1.2	4.0	5.2	1.0	0.8	1.3	0.8	2.7	5.1	10.3	.497	1.4	3.7	.392	2.0	2.8	.710
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Duncan	9	42.2	27.6	3.1	11.3	14.4	5.0	0.7	4.3	4.1	2.4	9.1	20.1	.453	0.1	0.3	.333	9.2	11.2	.822
difference:	+4	+7.0	+16.0	+1.9	+7.1	+9.0	+4.2	+0.1	+2.3	-3.3	-0.2	+5.1	+12.1	+.047	+1.7	+3.7	+.117	+7.4	+8.6	+.130
Jerami Grant	5	35.2	11.6	1.2	4.2	5.4	0.8	0.6	2.0	0.8	2.6	4.0	8.0	.500	1.8	4.0	.450	1.8	2.6	.692

Season 6
	Tim Duncan	Jerami Grant
Season	2002-03	2019-20
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Nuggets Lost West Conf Finals

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6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Duncan	81	39.3	23.3	3.2	9.7	12.9	3.9	0.7	2.9	3.1	2.9	8.8	17.2	.513	0.1	0.3	.273	5.6	7.8	.710
difference:	+10	+12.7	+11.3	+2.4	+7.0	+9.4	+2.7		+2.1	-2.2	-0.7	+4.5	+8.3	+.035	+1.3	+3.2	+.116	+3.5	+5.0	+.040
Jerami Grant	71	26.6	12.0	0.8	2.7	3.5	1.2	0.7	0.8	0.9	2.2	4.3	8.9	.478	1.4	3.5	.389	2.1	2.8	.750
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Duncan	24	42.5	24.7	4.0	11.4	15.4	5.3	0.6	3.3	3.2	3.3	9.1	17.2	.529	0.0	0.3	.000	6.5	9.7	.677
difference:	+5	+8.1	+13.1	+3.6	+8.5	+12.1	+4.0		+2.5	-1.9	-0.2	+5.4	+8.0	+.123	+1.6	+4.7	+.326	+4.0	+6.9	+.212
Jerami Grant	19	34.4	11.6	0.4	2.9	3.3	1.3	0.6	0.8	1.3	3.1	3.7	9.2	.406	1.6	5.0	.326	2.5	2.8	.889

Season 7
	Tim Duncan	Jerami Grant
Season	2003-04	2020-21
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Duncan	69	36.6	22.3	3.3	9.2	12.4	3.1	0.9	2.7	2.7	2.4	8.6	17.1	.501	0.0	0.2	.167	5.1	8.5	.599
difference:	+15	+2.7		+2.7	+5.2	+7.8	+0.3	+0.3	+1.6	-0.7	-0.1	+1.2	+0.2	+.072	+2.1	+5.9	+.183	+0.3	+2.1	+.246
Jerami Grant	54	33.9	22.3	0.6	4.0	4.6	2.8	0.6	1.1	2.0	2.3	7.4	17.3	.429	2.1	6.1	.350	5.4	6.4	.845
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Duncan	10	40.4	22.1	3.3	8.0	11.3	3.2	0.8	2.0	4.2	3.4	8.3	15.9	.522	0.0	0.1	.000	5.5	8.7	.632
Jerami Grant	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Tim Duncan	Jerami Grant
Season	2004-05	2021-22
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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8th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Duncan	66	33.4	20.3	3.1	8.0	11.1	2.7	0.7	2.6	1.9	2.2	7.8	15.8	.496	0.0	0.1	.333	4.6	6.9	.670
difference:	+19	+1.5	+1.1	+2.5	+4.5	+7.0	+0.3	+0.2	+1.6	-0.1	-0.1	+1.5	+0.9	+.070	+1.9	+5.3	+.025		+1.4	+.168
Jerami Grant	47	31.9	19.2	0.6	3.5	4.1	2.4	0.9	1.0	1.8	2.3	6.3	14.9	.426	1.9	5.4	.358	4.6	5.5	.838
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Duncan	23	37.7	23.6	3.8	8.7	12.4	2.7	0.3	2.3	2.7	2.9	8.6	18.5	.464	0.0	0.2	.200	6.4	8.9	.717
Jerami Grant	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Tim Duncan	Jerami Grant
Season	2005-06	2022-23
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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9th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Duncan	80	34.8	18.6	2.9	8.1	11.0	3.2	0.9	2.0	2.5	2.7	7.2	14.8	.484	0.0	0.1	.400	4.2	6.7	.629
difference:	+17	+0.9	+1.9	+2.1	+4.4	+6.5	+0.8	+0.1	+1.2	-0.7	-0.3	+0.3	+0.3	+.009	+2.3	+5.6	+.001	+0.2	+1.3	+.184
Jerami Grant	63	35.7	20.5	0.8	3.7	4.5	2.4	0.8	0.8	1.8	2.4	6.9	14.5	.475	2.3	5.7	.401	4.4	5.4	.813
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Duncan	13	37.9	25.8	2.5	8.0	10.5	3.3	0.8	1.9	2.6	3.8	9.3	16.2	.573	0.0	0.2	.000	7.2	10.1	.718
Jerami Grant	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 10
	Tim Duncan	Jerami Grant
Season	2006-07	2023-24
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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10th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Duncan	80	34.1	20.0	2.7	7.9	10.6	3.4	0.8	2.4	2.8	2.5	7.7	14.1	.546	0.0	0.1	.111	4.5	7.1	.637
difference:	+26	+0.2	+1.0	+2.0	+5.0	+7.1	+0.6		+1.8	-0.7	-0.3	+0.6	+1.6	+.095	+2.1	+5.0	+.291	+0.2	+1.3	+.180
Jerami Grant	54	33.9	21.0	0.7	2.9	3.5	2.8	0.8	0.6	2.1	2.2	7.1	15.7	.451	2.1	5.1	.402	4.7	5.8	.817
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Duncan	20	36.8	22.2	3.7	7.8	11.5	3.3	0.7	3.1	3.0	3.0	8.7	16.7	.521	0.0	0.0	-	4.8	7.5	.644
Jerami Grant	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 11
	Tim Duncan	Jerami Grant
Season	2007-08	2024-25
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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11th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Duncan	78	34.0	19.3	3.0	8.3	11.3	2.8	0.7	1.9	2.3	2.4	7.5	15.1	.497	0.0	0.1	.000	4.3	5.9	.730
difference:	+31	+1.6	+4.9	+2.4	+5.4	+7.8	+0.7	+0.2	+0.9	-0.9	-0.1	+2.9	+2.9	+.124	+2.3	+6.2	+.365	+1.3	+2.4	+.119
Jerami Grant	47	32.4	14.4	0.6	2.9	3.5	2.1	0.9	1.0	1.4	2.3	4.6	12.2	.373	2.3	6.3	.365	3.0	3.5	.849
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Duncan	17	39.2	20.2	3.6	10.9	14.5	3.3	0.9	2.1	2.4	2.4	7.9	17.7	.449	0.1	0.3	.200	4.2	6.8	.626
Jerami Grant	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 12
	Tim Duncan	Jerami Grant
Season	2008-09	2025-26
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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12th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Duncan	75	33.7	19.3	2.7	8.0	10.7	3.5	0.5	1.7	2.2	2.3	7.4	14.8	.504	0.0	0.0	-	4.5	6.4	.692
difference:	+68	+5.1	+1.0	+1.8	+5.9	+7.7	+1.9	+1.1	+1.1	-0.3	-0.7	+1.5	+3.4	+.009	+2.4	+5.6		+1.6	+0.9	+.151
Jerami Grant	7	28.6	20.3	0.9	2.1	3.0	1.6	1.6	0.6	1.9	3.0	5.9	11.4	.513	2.4	5.6	.436	6.1	7.3	.843
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Duncan	5	32.8	19.8	2.4	5.6	8.0	3.2	0.6	1.2	1.4	2.2	8.2	15.4	.532	0.0	0.0	-	3.4	5.6	.607
Jerami Grant	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Tim Duncan played 7 seasons more than Jerami Grant in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 13 to 19, from 2010 to 2016—Tim Duncan played in 7 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 7 extra years over Jerami Grant, Tim Duncan got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA First Team 2 All-NBA Third Team 3 All-Defensive Second Team 4 All-Star Game