Grant Hill vs. Bill Smith Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bill Smith and Grant 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.
Grant Hill played 18 years in the NBA, 17 more than Bill Smith, who played 1. Grant Hill had the first of his seasons in 1994-95, while Bill Smith had his rookie season in 1961-62. 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 |
Grant Hill |
18 |
8 |
1994-95 to 2012-13 |
Bill Smith |
1 |
0 |
1961-62 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Grant Hill |
80 |
40.8 |
20.2 |
1.6 |
8.2 |
9.8 |
6.9 |
1.3 |
0.6 |
3.3 |
3.0 |
7.1 |
15.3 |
.462 |
0.1 |
0.3 |
.192 |
6.1 |
8.1 |
.751 |
Bill Smith |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Grant Hill |
3 |
38.3 |
19.0 |
1.3 |
6.0 |
7.3 |
3.7 |
1.0 |
0.0 |
2.7 |
4.3 |
7.3 |
13.0 |
.564 |
0.3 |
0.7 |
.500 |
4.0 |
4.7 |
.857 |
Bill Smith |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Grant Hill |
80 |
39.3 |
21.4 |
1.5 |
7.5 |
9.0 |
7.3 |
1.8 |
0.6 |
3.2 |
2.3 |
7.8 |
15.7 |
.496 |
0.1 |
0.4 |
.303 |
5.6 |
7.9 |
.711 |
Bill Smith |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Grant Hill |
5 |
40.8 |
23.6 |
2.6 |
4.2 |
6.8 |
5.4 |
0.8 |
1.0 |
3.8 |
2.8 |
9.0 |
20.6 |
.437 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
5.6 |
7.8 |
.718 |
Bill Smith |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Season 4 |
|
Grant Hill |
Bill Smith |
Season |
1997-98 | - |
Team |
Detroit Pistons | - |
Honors & Awards |
All-NBA Second Team | - |
All-Star Game | - |
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 |
% |
Grant Hill |
81 |
40.7 |
21.1 |
1.1 |
6.5 |
7.7 |
6.8 |
1.8 |
0.7 |
3.5 |
2.4 |
7.6 |
16.8 |
.452 |
0.0 |
0.3 |
.143 |
5.9 |
8.0 |
.740 |
Bill Smith |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Grant Hill |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Bill Smith |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Grant Hill |
50 |
37.0 |
21.1 |
1.3 |
5.8 |
7.1 |
6.0 |
1.6 |
0.5 |
3.7 |
2.3 |
7.7 |
16.0 |
.479 |
0.0 |
0.3 |
.000 |
5.7 |
7.6 |
.752 |
Bill Smith |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Grant Hill |
5 |
35.0 |
19.4 |
1.4 |
5.8 |
7.2 |
7.4 |
2.0 |
0.4 |
2.4 |
2.4 |
8.4 |
18.4 |
.457 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
.000 |
2.6 |
3.2 |
.813 |
Bill Smith |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Grant Hill |
74 |
37.5 |
25.8 |
1.3 |
5.3 |
6.6 |
5.2 |
1.4 |
0.6 |
3.2 |
2.6 |
9.4 |
19.2 |
.489 |
0.5 |
1.3 |
.347 |
6.5 |
8.2 |
.795 |
Bill Smith |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Grant Hill |
2 |
28.0 |
11.0 |
0.0 |
5.5 |
5.5 |
4.5 |
0.5 |
0.0 |
5.0 |
3.5 |
3.0 |
8.0 |
.375 |
0.5 |
1.0 |
.500 |
4.5 |
5.0 |
.900 |
Bill Smith |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Grant Hill |
4 |
33.3 |
13.8 |
2.0 |
4.3 |
6.3 |
6.3 |
1.3 |
0.5 |
2.8 |
2.3 |
4.8 |
10.8 |
.442 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
1.000 |
4.0 |
6.5 |
.615 |
Bill Smith |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Grant Hill |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Bill Smith |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Grant Hill |
14 |
36.6 |
16.8 |
2.1 |
6.9 |
8.9 |
4.6 |
0.6 |
0.3 |
2.6 |
2.9 |
5.9 |
13.9 |
.426 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
.000 |
4.9 |
5.7 |
.863 |
Bill Smith |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Grant Hill |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Bill Smith |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Grant Hill |
29 |
29.1 |
14.5 |
1.4 |
5.7 |
7.1 |
4.2 |
1.0 |
0.4 |
2.9 |
1.6 |
5.2 |
10.6 |
.492 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
.250 |
4.1 |
5.0 |
.819 |
Bill Smith |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Grant Hill |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Bill Smith |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Note: Grant Hill didn't play in 2003-04.
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Grant Hill |
67 |
34.9 |
19.7 |
1.1 |
3.6 |
4.7 |
3.3 |
1.4 |
0.4 |
2.4 |
2.1 |
7.7 |
15.1 |
.509 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
.231 |
4.2 |
5.1 |
.821 |
Bill Smith |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Grant Hill |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Bill Smith |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Grant Hill |
21 |
29.2 |
15.1 |
0.7 |
3.1 |
3.8 |
2.3 |
1.1 |
0.3 |
1.7 |
2.4 |
5.7 |
11.6 |
.490 |
0.1 |
0.4 |
.250 |
3.7 |
4.9 |
.765 |
Bill Smith |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Grant Hill |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Bill Smith |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Grant Hill |
65 |
30.9 |
14.4 |
0.8 |
2.8 |
3.6 |
2.1 |
0.9 |
0.4 |
2.2 |
2.2 |
5.3 |
10.2 |
.518 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
.167 |
3.8 |
5.0 |
.765 |
Bill Smith |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Grant Hill |
4 |
35.8 |
15.0 |
0.5 |
5.0 |
5.5 |
3.8 |
0.5 |
0.3 |
2.5 |
2.0 |
4.8 |
9.5 |
.500 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
5.5 |
8.3 |
.667 |
Bill Smith |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Grant Hill |
70 |
31.7 |
13.1 |
1.1 |
4.0 |
5.0 |
2.9 |
0.9 |
0.8 |
1.4 |
2.2 |
5.1 |
10.2 |
.503 |
0.5 |
1.5 |
.317 |
2.4 |
2.8 |
.867 |
Bill Smith |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Grant Hill |
3 |
22.7 |
3.7 |
1.0 |
4.3 |
5.3 |
1.0 |
0.7 |
0.3 |
0.0 |
1.0 |
1.7 |
3.7 |
.455 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
0.3 |
0.3 |
1.000 |
Bill Smith |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Grant Hill |
82 |
29.8 |
12.0 |
0.8 |
4.2 |
4.9 |
2.3 |
1.1 |
0.7 |
1.5 |
2.2 |
4.8 |
9.1 |
.523 |
0.3 |
0.9 |
.316 |
2.2 |
2.7 |
.808 |
Bill Smith |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Grant Hill |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Bill Smith |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Grant Hill |
81 |
30.0 |
11.3 |
0.9 |
4.6 |
5.5 |
2.4 |
0.7 |
0.4 |
1.3 |
2.0 |
4.1 |
8.7 |
.478 |
0.4 |
1.0 |
.438 |
2.5 |
3.1 |
.817 |
Bill Smith |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Grant Hill |
16 |
28.3 |
9.6 |
0.8 |
5.1 |
5.8 |
2.3 |
0.8 |
0.6 |
1.2 |
2.9 |
3.7 |
7.7 |
.480 |
0.2 |
1.0 |
.188 |
2.1 |
2.4 |
.868 |
Bill Smith |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Grant Hill |
80 |
30.1 |
13.2 |
1.0 |
3.3 |
4.2 |
2.5 |
0.8 |
0.4 |
1.7 |
2.3 |
5.0 |
10.3 |
.484 |
0.6 |
1.4 |
.395 |
2.7 |
3.2 |
.829 |
Bill Smith |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Grant Hill |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Bill Smith |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Grant Hill |
49 |
28.1 |
10.2 |
0.6 |
2.9 |
3.5 |
2.2 |
0.8 |
0.6 |
1.3 |
1.8 |
4.1 |
9.2 |
.446 |
0.3 |
1.1 |
.264 |
1.7 |
2.2 |
.761 |
Bill Smith |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Grant Hill |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Bill Smith |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Grant Hill |
29 |
15.1 |
3.2 |
0.2 |
1.5 |
1.7 |
0.9 |
0.4 |
0.2 |
0.9 |
1.3 |
1.3 |
3.4 |
.388 |
0.1 |
0.4 |
.273 |
0.5 |
0.8 |
.583 |
Bill Smith |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Grant Hill |
1 |
20.0 |
4.0 |
2.0 |
2.0 |
4.0 |
2.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
1.0 |
5.0 |
2.0 |
4.0 |
.500 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
Bill Smith |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |