Spencer Haywood vs. George Hill Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of George Hill and Spencer Haywood, 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.

Spencer Haywood played 12 years in the NBA, 3 less than George Hill, who played 15. Spencer Haywood had the first of his seasons in 1970-71, while George Hill had his rookie season in 2008-09. 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
Spencer Haywood	12	4	1970-71 to 1982-83
George Hill	15	13	2008-09 to 2022-23

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15


Rookie Season
	Spencer Haywood	George Hill
Season	1970-71	2008-09
Team	Seattle Supersonics	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Spurs 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		%
Spencer Haywood	33	35.2	20.6	-	-	12.0	1.5	-	-	-	2.5	7.9	17.5	.449	-	-	-	4.8	6.6	.734
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

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


Season 2
	Spencer Haywood	George Hill
Season	1971-72	2009-10
Team	Seattle Supersonics	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Spurs 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		%
Spencer Haywood	73	43.4	26.2	-	-	12.7	2.0	-	-	-	2.8	9.8	21.3	.461	-	-	-	6.6	8.0	.819
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

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


Season 3
	Spencer Haywood	George Hill
Season	1972-73	2010-11
Team	Seattle Supersonics	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Spurs 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		%
Spencer Haywood	77	42.3	29.2	-	-	12.9	2.5	-	-	-	2.8	11.5	24.3	.476	-	-	-	6.1	7.3	.839
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

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


Season 4
	Spencer Haywood	George Hill
Season	1973-74	2011-12
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pacers 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		%
Spencer Haywood	75	40.5	23.5	4.2	9.2	13.4	3.2	0.9	1.4	-	2.6	9.3	20.3	.457	-	-	-	5.0	6.1	.814
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

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


Season 5
	Spencer Haywood	George Hill
Season	1974-75	2012-13
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf Semis	Pacers 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		%
Spencer Haywood	68	37.2	22.4	2.9	6.4	9.3	2.0	0.8	1.6	-	2.5	8.9	19.5	.459	-	-	-	4.5	5.6	.811
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	9	37.4	15.7	2.2	6.8	9.0	2.0	0.8	1.2	-	3.2	5.2	14.6	.359	-	-	-	5.2	6.8	.770
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


Season 6
	Spencer Haywood	George Hill
Season	1975-76	2013-14
Team	New York Knicks	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pacers 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		%
Spencer Haywood	78	37.1	19.9	3.0	8.3	11.3	1.2	0.7	1.0	-	3.3	7.8	17.4	.445	-	-	-	4.3	5.7	.757
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

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


Season 7
	Spencer Haywood	George Hill
Season	1976-77	2014-15
Team	New York Knicks	Indiana Pacers
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		%
Spencer Haywood	31	32.9	16.5	2.5	6.5	9.0	1.6	0.5	0.9	-	2.3	6.5	14.5	.450	-	-	-	3.5	4.2	.832
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

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


Season 8
	Spencer Haywood	George Hill
Season	1977-78	2015-16
Team	New York Knicks	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Spencer Haywood	67	26.3	13.7	2.1	4.5	6.6	1.9	0.6	1.1	2.1	2.8	6.1	12.7	.484	-	-	-	1.4	2.0	.711
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	6	29.5	16.2	3.2	3.8	7.0	2.0	0.3	0.8	1.7	4.0	7.2	14.2	.506	-	-	-	1.8	1.8	1.000
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


Season 9
	Spencer Haywood	George Hill
Season	1978-79	2016-17
Team	New York Knicks, New Orleans Jazz	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Spencer Haywood	68	34.7	20.9	2.5	5.3	7.8	1.9	0.6	1.2	2.9	3.5	8.8	17.7	.494	-	-	-	3.4	4.3	.791
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

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


Season 10
	Spencer Haywood	George Hill
Season	1979-80	2017-18
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Sacramento Kings, Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Spencer Haywood	76	20.3	9.7	1.7	2.8	4.6	1.2	0.5	0.8	1.8	2.6	3.8	7.8	.487	0.0	0.1	.250	2.1	2.7	.772
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	11	13.2	5.7	1.3	1.1	2.4	0.4	0.0	0.5	1.8	1.5	2.3	4.8	.472	0.0	0.1	.000	1.2	1.5	.813
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

Note: Spencer Haywood didn't play in 1980-81.


Season 11
	Spencer Haywood	George Hill
Season	1981-82	2018-19
Team	Washington Bullets	Cleveland Cavaliers, Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Spencer Haywood	76	27.4	13.3	1.9	3.7	5.6	0.8	0.6	0.9	2.3	3.3	5.2	10.9	.476	0.0	0.0	.000	2.9	3.4	.842
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	7	33.0	20.0	2.3	3.3	5.6	1.0	0.6	2.0	2.1	4.0	8.1	16.4	.496	0.0	0.0	-	3.7	5.0	.743
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


Season 12
	Spencer Haywood	George Hill
Season	1982-83	2019-20
Team	Washington Bullets	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Spencer Haywood	38	20.4	8.2	2.0	2.8	4.8	0.8	0.3	0.7	1.8	2.5	3.3	8.2	.401	0.0	0.0	.000	1.7	2.3	.724
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

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


Season 13
	Spencer Haywood	George Hill
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		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

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


Season 14
	Spencer Haywood	George Hill
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		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

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


Season 15
	Spencer Haywood	George Hill
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		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

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

Spencer Haywood vs. George Hill Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of George Hill and Spencer Haywood, 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