George Hill vs. Kevin McHale Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kevin McHale 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

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, 2 more than Kevin McHale, who played 13. George Hill had the first of his seasons in 2008-09, while Kevin McHale had his rookie season in 1980-81. 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
Kevin McHale	13	13	1980-81 to 1992-93

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	George Hill	Kevin McHale
Season	2008-09	1980-81
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West 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		%
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
Kevin McHale	82	20.1	10.0	1.9	2.5	4.4	0.7	0.3	1.8	1.3	3.2	4.3	8.1	.533	0.0	0.0	.000	1.3	1.9	.679

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
Kevin McHale	17	17.4	8.5	1.7	1.8	3.5	0.8	0.2	1.5	0.9	3.0	3.6	6.6	.540	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	2.1	.639


Season 2
	George Hill	Kevin McHale
Season	2009-10	1981-82
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	Celtics 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	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
Kevin McHale	82	28.4	13.6	2.3	4.5	6.8	1.1	0.4	2.3	1.7	3.2	5.7	10.7	.531	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	3.0	.754

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
Kevin McHale	12	28.7	16.2	3.4	3.7	7.1	0.9	0.4	2.3	1.3	3.7	6.4	11.2	.575	0.0	0.0	-	3.3	4.4	.755


Season 3
	George Hill	Kevin McHale
Season	2010-11	1982-83
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Celtics 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	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
Kevin McHale	82	28.6	14.1	2.6	4.1	6.7	1.3	0.4	2.3	1.9	2.9	5.9	10.9	.541	0.0	0.0	.000	2.4	3.3	.717

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
Kevin McHale	7	25.3	11.1	2.1	3.9	6.0	0.7	0.4	1.0	1.4	2.3	4.9	8.9	.548	0.0	0.1	.000	1.4	2.6	.556


Season 4
	George Hill	Kevin McHale
Season	2011-12	1983-84
Team	Indiana Pacers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	Sixth Man of the Year
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
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
Kevin McHale	82	31.4	18.4	2.5	4.9	7.4	1.3	0.3	1.5	1.8	3.0	7.2	12.9	.556	0.0	0.0	.333	4.1	5.4	.765

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
Kevin McHale	23	30.5	14.8	2.7	3.5	6.2	1.2	0.1	1.5	1.7	3.3	5.3	10.6	.504	0.0	0.1	.000	4.1	5.3	.777


Season 5
	George Hill	Kevin McHale
Season	2012-13	1984-85
Team	Indiana Pacers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	Sixth Man of the Year
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf Finals	Celtics 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	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
Kevin McHale	79	33.6	19.8	2.9	6.1	9.0	1.8	0.4	1.5	2.0	3.0	7.7	13.4	.570	0.0	0.1	.000	4.5	5.9	.760

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
Kevin McHale	21	39.9	22.1	3.5	6.4	9.9	1.5	0.6	2.2	2.9	3.5	8.2	14.4	.568	0.0	0.0	-	5.8	7.1	.807


Season 6
	George Hill	Kevin McHale
Season	2013-14	1985-86
Team	Indiana Pacers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
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
Kevin McHale	68	35.3	21.3	2.5	5.6	8.1	2.7	0.4	2.0	2.2	2.8	8.3	14.4	.574	0.0	0.0	-	4.8	6.2	.776

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
Kevin McHale	18	39.7	24.9	2.8	5.8	8.6	2.7	0.4	2.4	2.7	3.6	9.3	16.1	.579	0.0	0.1	.000	6.2	7.8	.794


Season 7
	George Hill	Kevin McHale
Season	2014-15	1986-87
Team	Indiana Pacers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics 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	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
Kevin McHale	77	39.7	26.1	3.2	6.7	9.9	2.6	0.5	2.2	2.6	3.1	10.3	17.0	.604	0.0	0.1	.000	5.6	6.6	.836

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Hill	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kevin McHale	21	39.4	21.1	3.1	6.1	9.2	1.9	0.3	1.4	2.6	3.4	8.3	14.2	.584	0.0	0.0	-	4.6	6.0	.762


Season 8
	George Hill	Kevin McHale
Season	2015-16	1987-88
Team	Indiana Pacers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Celtics 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	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
Kevin McHale	64	37.3	22.6	2.5	5.9	8.4	2.7	0.4	1.4	2.2	2.8	8.6	14.2	.604	0.0	0.0	-	5.4	6.8	.797

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
Kevin McHale	17	42.1	25.4	3.2	4.8	8.0	2.4	0.4	1.8	2.3	3.8	9.3	15.4	.603	0.1	0.1	1.000	6.8	8.1	.839


Season 9
	George Hill	Kevin McHale
Season	2016-17	1988-89
Team	Utah Jazz	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	Celtics 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	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
Kevin McHale	78	36.9	22.5	2.9	5.3	8.2	2.2	0.3	1.2	2.5	2.9	8.5	15.5	.546	0.0	0.1	.000	5.6	6.8	.818

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
Kevin McHale	3	38.3	19.0	2.3	5.7	8.0	3.0	0.3	0.7	1.3	4.3	6.7	13.7	.488	0.0	0.0	-	5.7	7.7	.739


Season 10
	George Hill	Kevin McHale
Season	2017-18	1989-90
Team	Sacramento Kings, Cleveland Cavaliers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals	Celtics 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	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
Kevin McHale	82	33.2	20.9	2.5	5.8	8.3	2.1	0.4	1.9	2.2	3.0	7.9	14.4	.549	0.3	0.8	.333	4.8	5.4	.893

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
Kevin McHale	5	38.4	22.0	1.6	6.2	7.8	2.6	0.4	2.0	2.8	3.4	8.4	13.8	.609	0.2	0.6	.333	5.0	5.8	.862


Season 11
	George Hill	Kevin McHale
Season	2018-19	1990-91
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers, Milwaukee Bucks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Finals	Celtics 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	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
Kevin McHale	68	30.4	18.4	2.1	4.9	7.1	1.9	0.4	2.1	2.1	2.9	7.4	13.4	.553	0.2	0.5	.405	3.4	4.0	.829

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
Kevin McHale	11	34.2	20.7	1.6	4.9	6.5	1.8	0.5	1.3	1.3	3.8	7.1	13.5	.527	0.5	1.0	.545	6.0	7.3	.825


Season 12
	George Hill	Kevin McHale
Season	2019-20	1991-92
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Semis	Celtics 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
Kevin McHale	56	25.0	13.9	2.1	3.8	5.9	1.5	0.2	1.1	1.5	2.0	5.8	11.3	.509	0.0	0.2	.000	2.4	2.9	.822

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
Kevin McHale	10	30.6	16.5	2.1	4.6	6.7	1.3	0.5	0.5	0.9	3.4	6.5	12.6	.516	0.0	0.1	.000	3.5	4.4	.795


Season 13
	George Hill	Kevin McHale
Season	2020-21	1992-93
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder, Philadelphia 76ers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Celtics 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	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
Kevin McHale	71	23.3	10.7	1.3	3.7	5.0	1.0	0.2	0.8	1.3	1.8	4.2	9.1	.459	0.0	0.3	.111	2.3	2.7	.841

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
Kevin McHale	4	28.3	19.0	2.3	5.0	7.3	0.8	0.5	1.8	1.3	1.5	8.0	13.8	.582	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	3.5	.857


Season 14
	George Hill	Kevin McHale
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
Kevin McHale	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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
Kevin McHale	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	George Hill	Kevin McHale
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
Kevin McHale	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Hill	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kevin McHale	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

George Hill vs. Kevin McHale Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kevin McHale 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