Background: Grain weight and grain shape are crucial agronomic traitsthat affect grain yield potential and grain quality of rice. Both Grain weight and grain shape are controlled by multiple genes known as quantitative trait locus/loci (QTL).The 3,000 Rice Genomes Project enables the discovery of valuable genetic variants and resources for grain weight and grain shape.Results:2445 rice accessions were classified into 12 sub-populations which showeddiversevariations in grain weight and grain shape.Genome-wide association study (GWAS) revealedthreenovel QTL (qTGW3.1,qTGW9and qTGW11) forgrain weight and four novel QTL(qGL4/qRLW4,qGL10, qGL11andqRLW1) forgrain shape. We finally predicted eightcandidate genes (Os03g0186600, Os09g0544400,Os11g0163600,Os04g0580700, Os10g0399700, Os10g0400100, Os11g0143700 and Os01g0171000) for the seven novel QTL by gene-based association, haplotype and bioinformatics analyses.The accessions with excellent haplotypes at the eight candidate genes and five previously cloned genes were also identified.Conclusion: The identified candidate genes and accessions provided valuable sources for future functional characterization and genetic improvement of rice grain yield and grain quality.