Horace Grant vs. Bob Love Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bob Love and Horace Grant, 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

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.

Horace Grant played 17 years in the NBA, 6 more than Bob Love, who played 11. Horace Grant had the first of his seasons in 1987-88, while Bob Love had his rookie season in 1966-67. 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
Horace Grant	17	13	1987-88 to 2003-04
Bob Love	11	6	1966-67 to 1976-77

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
	Horace Grant	Bob Love
Season	1987-88	1966-67
Team	Chicago Bulls	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
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
Bob Love	66	16.3	6.7	-	-	3.9	0.7	-	-	-	2.3	2.6	6.1	.429	-	-	-	1.4	2.2	.633

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Bob Love	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Horace Grant	Bob Love
Season	1988-89	1967-68
Team	Chicago Bulls	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls 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		%
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
Bob Love	72	14.8	6.4	-	-	2.9	0.8	-	-	-	2.0	2.7	6.3	.424	-	-	-	1.1	1.6	.684

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Bob Love	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Horace Grant	Bob Love
Season	1989-90	1968-69
Team	Chicago Bulls	Milwaukee Bucks, Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls 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		%
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
Bob Love	49	11.1	5.9	-	-	3.1	0.3	-	-	-	1.2	2.2	5.6	.397	-	-	-	1.4	2.0	.740

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Bob Love	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Horace Grant	Bob Love
Season	1990-91	1969-70
Team	Chicago Bulls	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Bulls Lost West Div 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		%
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
Bob Love	82	38.1	21.0	-	-	8.7	1.8	-	-	-	3.2	7.8	16.7	.466	-	-	-	5.4	6.4	.842

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Bob Love	5	34.4	11.8	-	-	9.2	0.8	-	-	-	2.4	4.0	10.4	.385	-	-	-	3.8	4.8	.792


Season 5
	Horace Grant	Bob Love
Season	1991-92	1970-71
Team	Chicago Bulls	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Bulls Lost West 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		%
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
Bob Love	81	43.0	25.2	-	-	8.5	2.3	-	-	-	3.2	9.4	21.1	.447	-	-	-	6.3	7.6	.829

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Bob Love	7	47.1	26.7	-	-	7.3	1.4	-	-	-	3.7	11.3	23.0	.491	-	-	-	4.1	5.1	.806


Season 6
	Horace Grant	Bob Love
Season	1992-93	1971-72
Team	Chicago Bulls	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Bulls Lost West 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		%
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
Bob Love	79	39.3	25.8	-	-	6.6	1.6	-	-	-	3.0	10.4	23.5	.442	-	-	-	5.1	6.4	.784

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Bob Love	4	43.3	18.8	-	-	6.8	1.8	-	-	-	4.3	8.0	22.3	.360	-	-	-	2.8	3.3	.846


Season 7
	Horace Grant	Bob Love
Season	1993-94	1972-73
Team	Chicago Bulls	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis	Bulls Lost West 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		%
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
Bob Love	82	37.0	23.1	-	-	6.5	1.5	-	-	-	2.9	9.4	21.9	.431	-	-	-	4.2	5.1	.824

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Bob Love	7	44.9	23.7	-	-	9.6	3.3	-	-	-	2.9	9.7	21.1	.459	-	-	-	4.3	5.9	.732


Season 8
	Horace Grant	Bob Love
Season	1994-95	1973-74
Team	Orlando Magic	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Magic Lost NBA Finals	Bulls Lost West 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		%
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
Bob Love	82	40.1	21.8	2.2	3.8	6.0	1.6	1.0	0.3	-	2.7	8.9	21.4	.417	-	-	-	3.9	4.8	.818

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Bob Love	11	44.5	23.0	2.5	3.3	5.7	2.2	1.3	0.5	-	2.5	9.5	23.4	.405	-	-	-	4.1	5.4	.763


Season 9
	Horace Grant	Bob Love
Season	1995-96	1974-75
Team	Orlando Magic	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf Finals	Bulls Lost West 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		%
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
Bob Love	61	39.4	22.0	1.6	4.7	6.3	1.7	1.0	0.2	-	3.4	8.8	20.6	.429	-	-	-	4.3	5.2	.830

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Bob Love	13	44.8	25.8	2.4	5.2	7.5	1.5	0.8	0.4	-	3.2	10.6	24.3	.437	-	-	-	4.6	5.9	.779


Season 10
	Horace Grant	Bob Love
Season	1996-97	1975-76
Team	Orlando Magic	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
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
Bob Love	76	37.1	19.1	2.5	4.2	6.7	1.9	0.8	0.1	-	3.1	7.1	18.3	.390	-	-	-	4.8	5.9	.801

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


Season 11
	Horace Grant	Bob Love
Season	1997-98	1976-77
Team	Orlando Magic	Chicago Bulls, New York Nets, Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
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
Bob Love	59	19.9	7.3	1.3	2.0	3.4	0.8	0.4	0.1	-	2.0	2.7	7.3	.379	-	-	-	1.8	2.2	.826

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


Season 12
	Horace Grant	Bob Love
Season	1998-99	-
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		%
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
Bob Love	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Bob Love	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Horace Grant	Bob Love
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		%
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
Bob Love	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Bob Love	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Horace Grant	Bob Love
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		%
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
Bob Love	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Bob Love	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Horace Grant	Bob Love
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		%
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
Bob Love	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Bob Love	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 16
	Horace Grant	Bob Love
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		%
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	-
Bob Love	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 17
	Horace Grant	Bob Love
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		%
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
Bob Love	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Horace Grant vs. Bob Love Season by Season Comparison

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

Their Careers

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