Vern Fleming vs. Horace Grant Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Horace Grant and Vern Fleming, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season / Games against each other

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.

Vern Fleming played 12 years in the NBA, 5 less than Horace Grant, who played 17. Vern Fleming had the first of his seasons in 1984-85, while Horace Grant had his rookie season in 1987-88. 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 achivements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Vern Fleming	12	7	1984-85 to 1995-96
Horace Grant	17	13	1987-88 to 2003-04

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17


Rookie Season
	Vern Fleming	Horace Grant
Season	1984-85	1987-88
Team	Indiana Pacers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vern Fleming	80	31.1	14.1	1.9	2.2	4.0	3.1	1.2	0.1	2.5	2.9	5.4	11.5	.470	0.0	0.1	.000	3.3	4.2	.767
Horace Grant	81	22.6	7.7	1.9	3.6	5.5	1.1	0.6	0.7	1.1	2.7	3.1	6.3	.501	0.0	0.0	.000	1.4	2.2	.626

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vern Fleming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Horace Grant	10	29.9	10.1	2.5	4.5	7.0	1.6	1.4	0.2	0.7	3.5	4.6	8.1	.568	0.0	0.1	.000	0.9	1.5	.600


Season 2
	Vern Fleming	Horace Grant
Season	1985-86	1988-89
Team	Indiana Pacers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bulls Lost East Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vern Fleming	80	35.9	14.2	1.3	3.6	4.8	6.3	1.6	0.1	2.6	2.9	5.5	10.8	.506	0.0	0.1	.167	3.3	4.4	.745
Horace Grant	79	35.6	12.0	3.0	5.6	8.6	2.1	1.1	0.8	1.6	3.2	5.1	9.9	.519	0.0	0.1	.000	1.8	2.5	.704

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vern Fleming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Horace Grant	17	36.8	10.8	3.1	6.7	9.8	2.1	0.6	0.9	1.8	4.0	4.2	8.2	.518	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	2.9	.800


Season 3
	Vern Fleming	Horace Grant
Season	1986-87	1989-90
Team	Indiana Pacers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Bulls Lost East Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vern Fleming	82	31.1	12.0	1.3	2.7	4.1	5.8	1.3	0.2	2.0	2.7	4.5	8.9	.509	0.0	0.1	.200	2.9	3.7	.788
Horace Grant	80	34.4	13.4	3.0	4.9	7.9	2.8	1.2	1.1	1.4	2.9	5.6	10.7	.523	0.0	0.0	-	2.2	3.2	.699

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vern Fleming	4	35.3	12.3	2.3	4.3	6.5	6.0	1.0	0.3	2.5	3.8	3.3	9.0	.361	0.0	0.3	.000	5.8	7.5	.767
Horace Grant	16	38.5	12.2	4.6	5.4	9.9	2.5	1.1	1.1	1.6	3.2	5.1	9.9	.509	0.0	0.1	.000	2.1	3.3	.623


Season 4
	Vern Fleming	Horace Grant
Season	1987-88	1990-91
Team	Indiana Pacers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vern Fleming	80	34.2	13.9	1.3	3.2	4.6	7.1	1.4	0.1	2.2	2.8	5.5	10.6	.523	0.0	0.2	.000	2.8	3.5	.802
Horace Grant	78	33.9	12.8	3.4	5.0	8.4	2.3	1.2	0.9	1.2	2.6	5.1	9.4	.547	0.0	0.1	.167	2.5	3.6	.711

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vern Fleming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Horace Grant	17	39.2	13.3	3.3	4.8	8.1	2.2	0.9	0.4	1.2	2.6	5.4	9.2	.583	0.0	0.0	-	2.6	3.5	.733


Season 5
	Vern Fleming	Horace Grant
Season	1988-89	1991-92
Team	Indiana Pacers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vern Fleming	76	33.6	14.3	1.1	3.0	4.1	6.5	1.0	0.2	2.5	2.8	5.5	10.7	.515	0.0	0.3	.130	3.2	4.0	.799
Horace Grant	81	35.3	14.2	4.2	5.7	10.0	2.7	1.2	1.6	1.2	2.4	5.6	9.8	.578	0.0	0.0	.000	2.9	3.9	.741

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vern Fleming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Horace Grant	22	38.9	11.3	3.5	5.4	8.8	3.0	1.1	1.8	1.0	3.1	4.5	8.3	.541	0.0	0.1	.000	2.3	3.5	.671


Season 6
	Vern Fleming	Horace Grant
Season	1989-90	1992-93
Team	Indiana Pacers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vern Fleming	82	35.1	14.3	1.4	2.5	3.9	7.4	1.1	0.1	2.5	2.6	5.7	11.2	.508	0.1	0.4	.353	2.8	3.6	.782
Horace Grant	77	35.6	13.2	4.4	5.0	9.5	2.6	1.2	1.2	1.4	2.8	5.5	10.8	.508	0.0	0.1	.200	2.3	3.6	.619

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vern Fleming	3	37.7	13.3	1.3	3.0	4.3	6.0	0.7	0.3	2.7	2.0	5.3	11.3	.471	0.0	0.7	.000	2.7	3.0	.889
Horace Grant	19	34.3	10.7	3.2	5.0	8.2	2.3	1.2	1.2	0.9	3.2	4.4	8.0	.546	0.0	0.0	-	1.9	2.8	.685


Season 7
	Vern Fleming	Horace Grant
Season	1990-91	1993-94
Team	Indiana Pacers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vern Fleming	69	28.0	12.7	1.2	1.9	3.1	5.3	1.1	0.2	2.0	1.7	5.2	9.7	.531	0.1	0.3	.222	2.3	3.2	.729
Horace Grant	70	36.7	15.1	4.4	6.6	11.0	3.4	1.1	1.2	1.6	2.3	6.6	12.5	.524	0.0	0.1	.000	2.0	3.3	.596

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vern Fleming	5	23.0	9.4	2.0	1.4	3.4	4.6	0.2	0.6	1.6	2.0	3.6	8.0	.450	0.0	0.2	.000	2.2	2.8	.786
Horace Grant	10	39.3	16.2	3.0	4.4	7.4	2.6	1.0	1.8	1.0	2.3	6.5	12.0	.542	0.1	0.1	1.000	3.1	4.2	.738


Season 8
	Vern Fleming	Horace Grant
Season	1991-92	1994-95
Team	Indiana Pacers	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Magic Lost NBA Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vern Fleming	82	21.2	8.9	0.8	1.7	2.5	3.2	0.7	0.1	1.7	1.6	3.6	7.4	.482	0.1	0.3	.222	1.6	2.2	.737
Horace Grant	74	36.4	12.8	3.0	6.6	9.7	2.3	1.0	1.2	1.1	2.7	5.4	9.6	.567	0.0	0.1	.000	2.0	2.9	.692

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vern Fleming	3	17.0	7.0	0.0	0.7	0.7	2.0	1.0	0.0	1.3	1.7	3.3	6.0	.556	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	1.0	.333
Horace Grant	21	41.4	13.7	3.5	6.9	10.4	1.9	1.0	1.1	1.2	3.2	5.8	10.7	.540	0.0	0.1	.000	2.1	2.8	.763


Season 9
	Vern Fleming	Horace Grant
Season	1992-93	1995-96
Team	Indiana Pacers	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Magic Lost East Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vern Fleming	75	20.0	9.5	0.8	1.4	2.3	3.0	0.8	0.1	1.6	1.7	3.7	7.4	.505	0.1	0.5	.194	1.9	2.6	.726
Horace Grant	63	36.3	13.4	2.8	6.4	9.2	2.7	1.0	1.2	1.0	2.3	5.5	10.7	.513	0.0	0.1	.167	2.4	3.3	.734

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vern Fleming	3	26.7	10.0	0.3	1.3	1.7	1.0	0.7	0.3	1.7	2.0	4.0	9.0	.444	0.7	1.3	.500	1.3	1.3	1.000
Horace Grant	9	37.1	15.0	3.4	7.0	10.4	1.4	0.8	0.7	0.7	2.6	6.8	10.4	.649	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	1.7	.867


Season 10
	Vern Fleming	Horace Grant
Season	1993-94	1996-97
Team	Indiana Pacers	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vern Fleming	55	19.1	6.5	0.5	1.7	2.2	3.1	0.7	0.1	1.6	1.8	2.7	5.8	.462	0.0	0.1	.000	1.2	1.6	.736
Horace Grant	67	37.3	12.6	3.1	5.9	9.0	2.4	1.5	1.0	1.5	2.3	5.3	10.4	.515	0.0	0.1	.167	1.9	2.7	.715

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vern Fleming	16	15.4	5.9	0.8	0.6	1.3	2.4	0.6	0.1	1.4	1.7	2.4	4.8	.513	0.0	0.3	.000	1.1	1.3	.850
Horace Grant	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Vern Fleming	Horace Grant
Season	1994-95	1997-98
Team	Indiana Pacers	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vern Fleming	55	12.5	4.6	0.4	1.2	1.6	2.0	0.5	0.0	0.8	1.5	1.7	3.4	.495	0.0	0.1	.000	1.2	1.6	.722
Horace Grant	76	36.9	12.1	3.0	5.1	8.1	2.3	1.1	1.0	1.2	2.4	5.2	11.3	.459	0.0	0.1	.000	1.8	2.6	.678

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vern Fleming	3	2.7	0.7	0.3	0.3	0.7	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	1.0	.333	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	1.0	.000
Horace Grant	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Vern Fleming	Horace Grant
Season	1995-96	1998-99
Team	New Jersey Nets	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vern Fleming	77	22.7	7.7	0.6	1.6	2.2	3.3	0.5	0.1	1.6	1.5	2.9	6.8	.433	0.0	0.4	.107	1.7	2.3	.751
Horace Grant	50	33.2	8.9	2.3	4.7	7.0	1.8	0.9	1.2	0.9	2.0	4.0	9.1	.434	0.0	0.0	.000	0.9	1.4	.671

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vern Fleming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Horace Grant	4	32.0	6.8	3.5	3.5	7.0	1.3	0.5	0.5	0.5	3.0	2.8	7.5	.367	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	2.0	.625


Season 13
	Vern Fleming	Horace Grant
Season	-	1999-00
Team	-	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Supersonics Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vern Fleming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Horace Grant	76	35.4	8.1	2.2	5.6	7.8	2.5	0.7	0.8	0.8	2.5	3.5	7.9	.444	0.0	0.1	.000	1.1	1.5	.721

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vern Fleming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Horace Grant	5	37.0	4.8	1.6	4.6	6.2	2.0	1.6	1.0	0.2	2.4	2.2	5.4	.407	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.8	.500


Season 14
	Vern Fleming	Horace Grant
Season	-	2000-01
Team	-	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vern Fleming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Horace Grant	77	31.0	8.5	2.9	4.2	7.1	1.6	0.7	0.8	0.6	2.4	3.4	7.4	.462	0.0	0.0	.000	1.7	2.2	.775

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vern Fleming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Horace Grant	16	26.6	6.0	2.5	3.5	6.0	1.2	0.9	0.8	0.9	2.7	2.3	6.0	.385	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	1.9	.733


Season 15
	Vern Fleming	Horace Grant
Season	-	2001-02
Team	-	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vern Fleming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Horace Grant	76	29.1	8.0	2.1	4.2	6.3	1.4	0.8	0.6	0.7	1.6	3.5	6.8	.513	0.0	0.0	-	1.1	1.5	.721

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vern Fleming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Horace Grant	4	31.8	4.5	2.0	5.8	7.8	2.3	0.8	0.3	0.5	1.8	2.0	5.5	.364	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.5	1.000


Season 16
	Vern Fleming	Horace Grant
Season	-	2002-03
Team	-	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vern Fleming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Horace Grant	5	17.0	5.2	0.4	1.2	1.6	1.4	0.6	0.0	0.2	1.0	2.6	5.0	.520	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vern Fleming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Horace Grant	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 17
	Vern Fleming	Horace Grant
Season	-	2003-04
Team	-	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vern Fleming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Horace Grant	55	20.1	4.1	1.4	2.8	4.2	1.3	0.4	0.4	0.5	1.3	1.7	4.1	.411	0.0	0.0	.000	0.7	1.0	.722

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vern Fleming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Horace Grant	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Vern Fleming vs. Horace Grant Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Horace Grant and Vern Fleming, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

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Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14

Season 15

Season 16

Season 17