George Hill vs. Norm Nixon Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Norm Nixon 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.

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, 5 more than Norm Nixon, who played 10. George Hill had the first of his seasons in 2008-09, while Norm Nixon had his rookie season in 1977-78. 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	George Hill	Norm Nixon
Season	2008-09	1977-78
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Lakers 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		%
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
Norm Nixon	81	34.3	13.7	0.5	2.4	3.0	6.8	1.7	0.1	3.1	3.2	6.1	12.3	.497	-	-	-	1.4	2.0	.714
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
Norm Nixon	3	30.7	8.0	1.3	1.7	3.0	5.3	1.3	0.3	1.7	4.3	3.7	8.0	.458	-	-	-	0.7	1.0	.667

Season 3
	George Hill	Norm Nixon
Season	2010-11	1979-80
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
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	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
Norm Nixon	82	39.3	17.6	0.6	2.2	2.8	7.8	1.8	0.2	3.5	2.9	7.6	14.7	.516	0.0	0.1	.125	2.4	3.1	.779
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
Norm Nixon	16	40.5	16.9	0.8	2.7	3.5	7.8	2.0	0.2	3.1	3.7	7.1	14.9	.477	0.1	0.3	.200	2.6	3.2	.804

Season 5
	George Hill	Norm Nixon
Season	2012-13	1981-82
Team	Indiana Pacers	Los Angeles Lakers
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	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
Norm Nixon	82	36.9	17.6	0.5	1.7	2.1	8.0	1.6	0.1	2.9	3.2	7.7	15.5	.493	0.0	0.1	.250	2.2	2.7	.808
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
Norm Nixon	14	39.2	20.4	0.9	2.1	3.1	8.1	1.6	0.1	2.4	3.1	8.6	18.1	.478	0.1	0.2	.333	3.1	4.1	.754

Season 8
	George Hill	Norm Nixon
Season	2015-16	1984-85
Team	Indiana Pacers	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East 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	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
Norm Nixon	81	35.7	17.2	0.7	2.0	2.7	8.8	1.2	0.0	3.4	2.2	7.4	15.8	.465	0.4	1.2	.333	2.1	2.7	.780
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
Norm Nixon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Norm Nixon didn't play in 1986-87 and 1987-88.