George Hill vs. Dennis Smith Jr. Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dennis Smith Jr. and George Hill, 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.

George Hill played 15 years in the NBA, 8 more than Dennis Smith Jr., who played 7. George Hill had the first of his seasons in 2008-09, while Dennis Smith Jr. had his rookie season in 2017-18. 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
George Hill	15	13	2008-09 to 2022-23
Dennis Smith Jr.	7	0	2017-18 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	George Hill	Dennis Smith Jr.
Season	2008-09	2017-18
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
George Hill	77	16.5	5.7	0.4	1.7	2.1	1.8	0.6	0.3	1.0	1.9	1.9	4.8	.403	0.3	0.9	.329	1.5	1.9	.781
Dennis Smith Jr.	69	29.7	15.2	0.7	3.0	3.8	5.2	1.0	0.3	2.8	2.2	5.9	14.8	.395	1.5	4.9	.313	1.9	2.8	.694

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Hill	4	19.0	5.8	0.8	1.3	2.0	0.5	0.5	0.3	0.5	1.5	1.8	5.3	.333	0.8	2.0	.375	1.5	1.8	.857
Dennis Smith Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	George Hill	Dennis Smith Jr.
Season	2009-10	2018-19
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Dallas Mavericks, New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West 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		%
George Hill	78	29.2	12.4	0.5	2.1	2.6	2.9	0.9	0.3	1.3	2.8	4.5	9.5	.478	1.0	2.4	.399	2.3	3.0	.772
Dennis Smith Jr.	53	28.5	13.6	0.6	2.3	2.9	4.8	1.3	0.4	2.9	2.4	5.2	12.3	.428	1.3	3.9	.322	1.9	2.9	.635

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Hill	10	34.4	13.4	0.5	2.6	3.1	0.7	1.0	0.2	0.8	2.1	4.6	10.2	.451	1.1	2.9	.379	3.1	3.7	.838
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Season 3
	George Hill	Dennis Smith Jr.
Season	2010-11	2019-20
Team	San Antonio Spurs	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
George Hill	76	28.3	11.6	0.3	2.3	2.6	2.5	0.9	0.3	1.3	2.0	3.8	8.3	.453	1.0	2.7	.377	3.1	3.6	.863
Dennis Smith Jr.	34	15.8	5.5	0.6	1.7	2.3	2.9	0.8	0.2	1.7	1.9	2.1	6.2	.341	0.5	1.6	.296	0.8	1.6	.509

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Hill	6	31.5	11.7	0.8	4.2	5.0	2.3	1.5	0.3	1.3	2.5	3.3	8.3	.400	0.7	2.5	.267	4.3	5.0	.867
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Season 4
	George Hill	Dennis Smith Jr.
Season	2011-12	2020-21
Team	Indiana Pacers	New York Knicks, Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers 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		%
George Hill	50	25.5	9.6	0.6	2.4	3.0	2.9	0.8	0.3	1.0	2.0	3.4	7.6	.442	1.1	2.9	.367	1.8	2.3	.778
Dennis Smith Jr.	23	18.3	6.7	0.5	1.9	2.4	3.3	1.0	0.6	1.1	1.6	2.5	6.3	.400	0.8	2.5	.328	0.8	1.1	.731

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Hill	11	31.5	13.5	0.8	1.5	2.3	2.9	1.2	0.3	2.0	1.9	4.3	9.5	.448	1.4	3.6	.375	3.5	4.2	.848
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Season 5
	George Hill	Dennis Smith Jr.
Season	2012-13	2021-22
Team	Indiana Pacers	Portland Trail Blazers
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		%
George Hill	76	34.5	14.2	0.6	3.1	3.7	4.7	1.1	0.3	1.5	1.8	5.1	11.5	.443	1.7	4.6	.368	2.3	2.8	.817
Dennis Smith Jr.	37	17.2	5.6	0.5	1.8	2.4	3.6	1.2	0.3	1.4	1.4	2.1	5.1	.418	0.2	0.7	.222	1.1	1.7	.656

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Hill	18	38.1	14.6	0.3	3.4	3.7	4.3	1.2	0.2	2.2	2.3	4.6	11.5	.401	1.9	5.3	.358	3.5	4.2	.829
Dennis Smith Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	George Hill	Dennis Smith Jr.
Season	2013-14	2022-23
Team	Indiana Pacers	Charlotte Hornets
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		%
George Hill	76	32.0	10.3	0.7	3.0	3.7	3.5	1.0	0.3	1.2	2.1	3.6	8.1	.442	1.3	3.4	.365	1.9	2.3	.807
Dennis Smith Jr.	54	25.7	8.8	0.5	2.6	3.1	4.8	1.4	0.5	1.5	2.3	3.4	8.4	.412	0.4	2.1	.216	1.4	2.0	.736

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Hill	19	36.2	12.1	0.7	3.1	3.8	3.0	1.2	0.2	1.5	2.3	4.2	9.4	.444	1.5	4.1	.364	2.3	3.2	.721
Dennis Smith Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	George Hill	Dennis Smith Jr.
Season	2014-15	2023-24
Team	Indiana Pacers	Brooklyn Nets
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		%
George Hill	43	29.5	16.1	0.6	3.6	4.2	5.1	1.0	0.3	1.6	2.6	5.9	12.4	.477	1.6	4.5	.358	2.6	3.3	.790
Dennis Smith Jr.	56	18.9	6.6	0.9	2.0	2.9	3.6	1.2	0.2	1.2	2.2	2.6	6.0	.435	0.6	1.9	.294	0.8	1.0	.741

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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Dennis Smith Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	George Hill	Dennis Smith Jr.
Season	2015-16	-
Team	Indiana Pacers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers 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		%
George Hill	74	34.1	12.1	0.8	3.2	4.0	3.5	1.1	0.2	1.4	2.0	4.4	10.0	.441	1.7	4.2	.408	1.5	2.0	.760
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Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Hill	7	33.6	13.6	0.9	1.9	2.7	2.1	0.9	0.1	1.1	2.3	4.6	8.1	.561	1.9	3.9	.481	2.6	3.1	.818
Dennis Smith Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	George Hill	Dennis Smith Jr.
Season	2016-17	-
Team	Utah Jazz	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Jazz 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		%
George Hill	49	31.5	16.9	0.5	2.9	3.4	4.2	1.0	0.2	1.7	2.3	5.9	12.4	.477	1.9	4.8	.403	3.2	4.0	.801
Dennis Smith Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Hill	8	35.1	15.6	1.0	3.1	4.1	3.6	0.3	0.1	1.6	3.1	5.8	12.3	.469	1.5	3.9	.387	2.6	3.6	.724
Dennis Smith Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	George Hill	Dennis Smith Jr.
Season	2017-18	-
Team	Sacramento Kings, Cleveland Cavaliers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Cavaliers 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		%
George Hill	67	27.0	10.0	0.6	2.1	2.7	2.8	0.9	0.4	1.3	1.9	3.5	7.7	.460	1.3	3.1	.415	1.6	2.1	.786
Dennis Smith Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Hill	19	29.3	9.2	0.7	1.5	2.2	2.2	0.5	0.4	1.2	2.7	3.1	6.9	.450	0.8	2.7	.314	2.2	2.8	.774
Dennis Smith Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	George Hill	Dennis Smith Jr.
Season	2018-19	-
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers, Milwaukee Bucks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks 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		%
George Hill	60	21.7	7.6	0.7	1.8	2.5	2.3	0.9	0.1	0.9	1.7	2.8	6.3	.452	0.8	2.6	.314	1.2	1.4	.824
Dennis Smith Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Hill	15	26.3	11.5	1.0	2.5	3.5	2.8	0.8	0.3	0.4	2.3	4.2	7.9	.534	1.3	3.2	.417	1.8	2.2	.818
Dennis Smith Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	George Hill	Dennis Smith Jr.
Season	2019-20	-
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks 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		%
George Hill	59	21.5	9.4	0.8	2.2	3.0	3.1	0.8	0.1	1.0	1.4	3.3	6.4	.516	1.4	3.0	.460	1.4	1.7	.842
Dennis Smith Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Hill	10	26.8	9.5	0.5	1.9	2.4	3.1	0.6	0.0	1.6	1.7	3.2	6.7	.478	1.0	2.8	.357	2.1	2.6	.808
Dennis Smith Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	George Hill	Dennis Smith Jr.
Season	2020-21	-
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder, Philadelphia 76ers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	76ers 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		%
George Hill	30	22.4	8.7	0.5	1.5	2.0	2.4	0.8	0.2	1.0	1.0	3.2	6.6	.482	1.0	2.7	.388	1.3	1.7	.800
Dennis Smith Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Hill	12	17.1	4.7	0.4	0.9	1.3	1.5	0.7	0.3	0.8	1.5	1.6	3.6	.442	0.7	1.6	.421	0.8	1.1	.769
Dennis Smith Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	George Hill	Dennis Smith Jr.
Season	2021-22	-
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks 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		%
George Hill	54	23.2	6.2	0.7	2.2	2.9	2.2	0.8	0.1	0.8	1.3	2.2	5.1	.429	0.8	2.5	.306	1.1	1.1	.919
Dennis Smith Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Hill	5	15.2	1.0	0.2	1.0	1.2	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.2	2.0	0.2	1.0	.200	0.2	0.4	.500	0.4	0.4	1.000
Dennis Smith Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	George Hill	Dennis Smith Jr.
Season	2022-23	-
Team	Milwaukee Bucks, Indiana Pacers	-
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		%
George Hill	46	18.1	5.0	0.3	1.5	1.8	2.4	0.6	0.1	0.7	1.2	1.7	3.6	.470	0.7	2.1	.358	0.9	1.2	.764
Dennis Smith Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Hill	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dennis Smith Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

George Hill vs. Dennis Smith Jr. Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dennis Smith Jr. and George Hill, 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