Horace Grant vs Shawn Kemp

Horace GrantShawn Kemp

Horace Grant and Shawn Kemp compared on their NBA careers: Horace Grant played 17 seasons, 1987-88 to 2003-04, Shawn Kemp 14 seasons, 1989-90 to 2002-03. Horace Grant averaged 11.2 points a game to Shawn Kemp's 14.6. Horace Grant won 4 titles.

Who has the better career numbers?

Horace Grant and Shawn Kemp career per game
1,165GP1,051
33.2MIN27.9
11.2PTS14.6
8.1REB8.4
2.2AST1.6
1STL1.1
1BLK1.2
50.9FG%48.8
6.33P%27.7
69.2FT%74.1
54TS%55.5

Career totals

Horace Grant and Shawn Kemp career totals
12,996PTS15,347
9,443REB8,834
2,575AST1,704
1,143STL1,185
1,136BLK1,279
50.9FG%48.8
6.33P%27.7
69.2FT%74.1
54TS%55.5

How do they compare in the playoffs?

Horace Grant and Shawn Kemp postseason
170GP88
36.3MIN33.4
11.2PTS17.3
8.6REB9.7
2.1AST1.8
1STL1.1
1BLK1.6
53FG%49.8
12.53P%20
71.4FT%79.7
56.5TS%58.4

Where each stands all time

Horace Grant and Shawn Kemp all-time places
194th (12,996)Points133rd (15,347)
35th (9,443)Rebounds43rd (8,834)
244th (2,575)Assists—
102nd (1,143)Steals92nd (1,185)
67th (1,136)Blocks52nd (1,279)

Among the NBA players with a career line on file, regular season, counting stats only — the same lists the records pages run on.

Titles and awards

  • Horace Grant: 4 championships; All-Defensive Second Team ×4
  • Shawn Kemp: 0 championships; All-NBA Second Team ×3

Awards come from the league’s published winner lists; a championship counts a season played for the club that won it.

Season by season

Lined up by career year, not by calendar: each row is the players’ nth season.

Horace Grant and Shawn Kemp season by season
PTS: Points scored — a free throw is worth 1, a shot inside the arc 2, beyond it 3.REB: Missed shots the player collected, at either end of the floor.AST: Passes that led directly to a team-mate's basket.PTS: Points scored — a free throw is worth 1, a shot inside the arc 2, beyond it 3.REB: Missed shots the player collected, at either end of the floor.AST: Passes that led directly to a team-mate's basket.
1st1987-887.75.51.11989-906.54.30.3
2nd1988-89128.62.11990-91158.41.8
3rd1989-9013.47.92.81991-9215.510.41.3
4th1990-9112.88.42.31992-9317.810.72
5th1991-9214.2102.71993-9418.110.82.6
6th1992-9313.29.52.61994-9518.710.91.8
7th1993-9415.1113.41995-9619.611.42.2
8th1994-9512.89.72.31996-9718.7101.9
9th1995-9613.49.22.71997-98189.32.5
10th1996-9712.692.41998-9920.59.22.4
11th1997-9812.18.12.31999-0017.88.81.7
12th1998-998.971.82000-016.53.81
13th1999-008.17.82.52001-026.13.80.7
14th2000-018.57.11.62002-036.85.70.7
15th2001-0286.31.4————
16th2002-035.21.61.4————
17th2003-044.14.21.3————

What the columns mean: PTS · REB · AST