Grant Hill vs. Gary Payton Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Gary Payton 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.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season / Scoring / Stats / Stats Rankings / 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.

Grant Hill played 18 years in the NBA, 1 more than Gary Payton, who played 17. Grant Hill had the first of his seasons in 1994-95, while Gary Payton had his rookie season in 1990-91. 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 achievements, 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
Gary Payton	17	15	1990-91 to 2006-07

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17


Rookie Season
	Grant Hill	Gary Payton
Season	1994-95	1990-91
Team	Detroit Pistons	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
	-	All-Rookie Second Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Supersonics Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Grant Hill	70	38.3	19.9	1.8	4.6	6.4	5.0	1.8	0.9	2.9	2.9	7.3	15.2	.477	0.1	0.4	.148	5.3	7.3	.732
difference:	+12	+10.9	+12.7	+0.5	+3.0	+3.4	+1.4	+0.2	+0.7	-0.7	-0.1	+4.1	+8.2	+.027	+0.1	+0.2	+.071	+4.5	+6.1	+.021
Gary Payton	82	27.4	7.2	1.3	1.6	3.0	6.4	2.0	0.2	2.2	3.0	3.2	7.0	.450	0.0	0.2	.077	0.8	1.2	.711

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Grant Hill	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gary Payton	5	27.0	4.8	1.0	1.6	2.6	6.4	1.6	0.2	1.8	3.2	2.2	5.4	.407	0.0	0.2	.000	0.4	0.4	1.000


Season 2
	Grant Hill	Gary Payton
Season	1995-96	1991-92
Team	Detroit Pistons	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Supersonics Lost West Conf Semis

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+1	+9.3	+10.8	+0.1	+6.1	+6.2	+0.7	+0.5	+0.3	-1.2	-0.1	+3.0	+6.2	+.011	+0.1		+.062	+4.9	+6.3	+.082
Gary Payton	81	31.5	9.4	1.5	2.1	3.6	6.2	1.8	0.3	2.1	3.1	4.1	9.1	.451	0.0	0.3	.130	1.2	1.8	.669

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
difference:	+5	+10.7	+11.4	+0.5	+4.1	+4.7	+1.1		+0.3	-1.4	-1.0	+3.9	+5.7	+.098	+0.3	+0.4	+.500	+3.1	+3.2	+.274
Gary Payton	8	27.6	7.6	0.8	1.9	2.6	4.8	1.0	0.3	1.3	3.3	3.4	7.3	.466	0.0	0.3	.000	0.9	1.5	.583


Season 3
	Grant Hill	Gary Payton
Season	1996-97	1992-93
Team	Detroit Pistons	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Supersonics Lost West Conf Finals

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+2	+8.2	+7.9	+0.3	+5.2	+5.6	+2.4	+0.4	+0.3	-1.4	-0.7	+2.0	+4.0	+.002			+.097	+3.8	+5.5	+.059
Gary Payton	82	31.1	13.5	1.2	2.3	3.4	4.9	2.2	0.3	1.8	3.0	5.8	11.7	.494	0.1	0.4	.206	1.8	2.4	.770

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
difference:	+14	+9.0	+11.3	+1.4	+2.0	+3.5	+1.7	+1.0	+0.8	-2.0	-0.6	+3.5	+8.2	+.006	+0.1	+0.3		+4.3	+5.9	+.042
Gary Payton	19	31.8	12.3	1.2	2.2	3.3	3.7	1.8	0.2	1.8	3.4	5.5	12.4	.443	0.1	0.3	.167	1.3	1.9	.676


Season 4
	Grant Hill	Gary Payton
Season	1997-98	1993-94
Team	Detroit Pistons	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Supersonics Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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4th Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+1	+5.6	+4.6	+0.2	+4.5	+4.4	+0.8	+0.5	+0.5	-1.4	-0.4	+0.5	+2.7	+.052	+0.2	+0.4	+.135	+3.9	+4.6	+.145
Gary Payton	82	35.1	16.5	1.3	2.0	3.3	6.0	2.3	0.2	2.1	2.8	7.1	14.1	.504	0.2	0.7	.278	2.0	3.4	.595

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Grant Hill	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gary Payton	5	36.2	15.8	1.2	2.2	3.4	5.6	1.6	0.4	1.6	3.0	6.8	13.8	.493	0.6	1.8	.333	1.6	3.8	.421


Season 5
	Grant Hill	Gary Payton
Season	1998-99	1994-95
Team	Detroit Pistons	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Supersonics Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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5th Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+32	+0.2	+0.5		+3.7	+3.7	+1.1	+0.9	+0.3	-1.2	-0.2	+0.7	+0.4	+.030	+0.9	+2.5	+.302	+2.7	+3.4	+.036
Gary Payton	82	36.8	20.6	1.3	2.1	3.4	7.1	2.5	0.2	2.5	2.5	8.4	16.4	.509	0.9	2.8	.302	3.0	4.2	.716

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
difference:	+1	+8.0	+1.6	+0.1	+4.8	+4.7	+2.1	+0.7	+0.4	-0.4	-0.9	+0.4	+1.6	+.021	+0.5	+2.3	+.200	+1.3	+0.2	+.396
Gary Payton	4	43.0	17.8	1.5	1.0	2.5	5.3	1.3	0.0	2.0	3.3	8.0	16.8	.478	0.5	2.5	.200	1.3	3.0	.417


Season 6
	Grant Hill	Gary Payton
Season	1999-00	1995-96
Team	Detroit Pistons	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	Steals Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Supersonics Lost NBA Finals

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6th Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+7	+1.5	+6.5		+2.4	+2.4	+2.3	+1.5	+0.4		-0.1	+1.8	+3.4	+.005	+0.7	+2.4	+.019	+3.7	+4.4	+.047
Gary Payton	81	39.0	19.3	1.3	2.9	4.2	7.5	2.9	0.2	3.2	2.7	7.6	15.8	.484	1.2	3.7	.328	2.8	3.8	.748

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
difference:	+19	+15.4	+9.7	+0.9	+1.3	+0.4	+2.3	+1.3	+0.3	-2.0	-0.2	+4.7	+7.9	+.110	+1.5	+3.8	+.090	+1.2	+0.2	+.267
Gary Payton	21	43.4	20.7	0.9	4.2	5.1	6.8	1.8	0.3	3.0	3.3	7.7	15.9	.485	2.0	4.8	.410	3.3	5.2	.633


Season 7
	Grant Hill	Gary Payton
Season	2000-01	1996-97
Team	Orlando Magic	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Supersonics Lost West Conf Semis

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7th Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+78	+5.9	+8.0	+0.7	+1.0	+1.7	+0.8	+1.1	+0.3	-0.2	-0.2	+3.8	+7.3	+.034	+1.2	+4.3	+.687	+0.9	+2.2	+.100
Gary Payton	82	39.2	21.8	1.3	3.3	4.6	7.1	2.4	0.2	2.6	2.5	8.6	18.1	.476	1.5	4.6	.313	3.1	4.3	.715

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Grant Hill	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gary Payton	12	45.6	23.8	1.7	3.8	5.4	8.7	2.2	0.3	2.9	2.2	8.8	21.3	.412	2.1	6.3	.333	4.2	5.1	.820


Season 8
	Grant Hill	Gary Payton
Season	2001-02	1997-98
Team	Orlando Magic	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Supersonics Lost West Conf Semis

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8th Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+68	+1.8	+2.4	+1.2	+3.3	+4.3	+3.7	+1.7	+0.1	-0.2	-0.5	+1.2	+1.7	+.027	+1.6	+4.7	+.338	+1.5	+1.1	+.119
Gary Payton	82	38.4	19.2	0.9	3.6	4.6	8.3	2.3	0.2	2.8	2.4	7.1	15.6	.453	1.6	4.8	.338	3.4	4.6	.744

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Grant Hill	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gary Payton	10	42.7	24.0	0.9	2.5	3.4	7.0	1.8	0.1	2.6	3.1	8.7	18.3	.475	1.9	5.0	.380	4.7	5.0	.940


Season 9
	Grant Hill	Gary Payton
Season	2002-03	1998-99
Team	Orlando Magic	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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9th Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+21	+11.1	+7.2	+0.2	+2.1	+2.2	+4.5	+1.2	+0.2	-0.2	-0.7	+2.8	+7.9	+.058	+1.7	+5.5	+.045	+0.1	+0.5	+.098
Gary Payton	50	40.2	21.7	1.2	3.6	4.9	8.7	2.2	0.2	3.1	2.3	8.0	18.5	.434	1.7	5.6	.295	4.0	5.5	.721

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Grant Hill nor Gary Payton played in the postseason in their season 9

Note: Grant Hill didn't play in 2003-04.


Season 10
	Grant Hill	Gary Payton
Season	2004-05	1999-00
Team	Orlando Magic	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Supersonics Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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10th Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+15	+6.9	+4.5	+0.1	+1.6	+1.8	+5.6	+0.5	+0.2	-0.3	-0.1	+1.4	+5.2	+.061	+2.2	+6.1	+.109	+0.4	+0.1	+.086
Gary Payton	82	41.8	24.2	1.2	5.2	6.5	8.9	1.9	0.2	2.7	2.2	9.1	20.3	.448	2.2	6.3	.340	3.8	5.2	.735

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Grant Hill	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gary Payton	5	44.2	25.8	1.6	6.0	7.6	7.4	1.8	0.2	3.6	3.2	10.0	22.6	.442	1.8	4.6	.391	4.0	5.2	.769


Season 11
	Grant Hill	Gary Payton
Season	2005-06	2000-01
Team	Orlando Magic	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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11th Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+58	+11.9	+8.0	+0.2	+0.5	+0.8	+5.8	+0.5		-0.9	-0.1	+3.5	+8.5	+.034	+1.2	+3.0	+.125	+0.3	+0.4	+.001
Gary Payton	79	41.1	23.1	0.9	3.6	4.6	8.1	1.6	0.3	2.6	2.3	9.2	20.1	.456	1.3	3.4	.375	3.4	4.5	.766

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Grant Hill nor Gary Payton played in the postseason in their season 11


Season 12
	Grant Hill	Gary Payton
Season	2006-07	2001-02
Team	Orlando Magic	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Supersonics Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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12th Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+17	+9.4	+7.7	+0.2	+1.1	+1.2	+6.9	+0.7	+0.1	-0.3		+3.7	+9.0	+.051	+0.9	+2.7	+.147	+0.5	+0.9	+.032
Gary Payton	82	40.3	22.1	1.0	3.9	4.8	9.0	1.6	0.3	2.5	2.2	9.0	19.2	.467	0.9	2.9	.314	3.3	4.1	.797

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
difference:	+1	+5.4	+7.2	+1.5	+1.6	+3.1	+2.0	+0.1	+0.1	-0.1	-0.4	+4.2	+11.7	+.075	+0.8	+3.0		+2.1	+2.5	+.081
Gary Payton	5	41.2	22.2	2.0	6.6	8.6	5.8	0.6	0.4	2.6	2.4	9.0	21.2	.425	0.8	3.0	.267	3.4	5.8	.586


Season 13
	Grant Hill	Gary Payton
Season	2007-08	2002-03
Team	Phoenix Suns	Seattle Supersonics, Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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13th Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+10	+8.4	+7.3	+0.1	+0.8	+0.8	+5.4	+0.8	+0.5	-0.9	-0.1	+3.2	+8.1	+.049	+0.2	+0.8	+.020	+0.7	+1.6	+.157
Gary Payton	80	40.1	20.4	1.0	3.2	4.2	8.3	1.7	0.3	2.3	2.3	8.3	18.3	.454	0.7	2.3	.297	3.1	4.4	.710

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
difference:	+3	+19.1	+14.8	+0.3	+2.0	+2.3	+7.7	+0.6	+0.1	-2.2	-2.0	+6.3	+15.0	+.026	+0.2	+2.5		+2.0	+3.0	+.300
Gary Payton	6	41.8	18.5	0.7	2.3	3.0	8.7	1.3	0.2	2.2	3.0	8.0	18.7	.429	0.2	2.5	.067	2.3	3.3	.700


Season 14
	Grant Hill	Gary Payton
Season	2008-09	2003-04
Team	Phoenix Suns	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost NBA Finals

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14th Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:		+4.7	+2.6	+0.1	+0.9	+0.7	+3.2	+0.1	+0.5	-0.3	-0.1	+1.1	+3.4	+.052	+0.4	+1.1	+.017		+0.4	+.094
Gary Payton	82	34.5	14.6	0.9	3.3	4.2	5.5	1.2	0.2	1.8	2.1	5.9	12.5	.471	0.7	2.0	.333	2.2	3.1	.714

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Grant Hill	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gary Payton	22	35.0	7.8	0.9	2.4	3.3	5.3	1.0	0.2	1.3	2.7	3.1	8.5	.366	0.6	2.5	.250	1.0	1.3	.750


Season 15
	Grant Hill	Gary Payton
Season	2009-10	2004-05
Team	Phoenix Suns	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Finals	Celtics Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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15th Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+4	+3.0		+0.3	+2.2	+2.4	+3.7	+0.4	+0.2	-0.6	-0.4	+0.3	+0.7	+.010	+0.1	+0.7	+.112	+0.5	+0.5	+.056
Gary Payton	77	33.0	11.3	0.6	2.4	3.1	6.1	1.1	0.2	1.9	1.6	4.4	9.4	.468	0.5	1.7	.326	2.0	2.6	.761

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
difference:	+9	+5.8	+0.7	+0.3	+2.1	+1.7	+2.3	+0.1	+0.5	-0.4	-1.5	+1.0	+2.9	+.034	+0.1	+1.0	+.117	+1.4	+1.5	+.035
Gary Payton	7	34.1	10.3	1.1	3.0	4.1	4.6	0.9	0.1	1.6	1.4	4.7	10.6	.446	0.1	2.0	.071	0.7	0.9	.833


Season 16
	Grant Hill	Gary Payton
Season	2010-11	2005-06
Team	Phoenix Suns	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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16th Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+1	+1.6	+5.5	+0.6	+0.8	+1.3	+0.7	+0.1	+0.3	-0.4	-0.2	+2.2	+3.5	+.064	+0.2	+1.4	+.108	+1.5	+1.6	+.035
Gary Payton	81	28.5	7.7	0.4	2.5	2.9	3.2	0.9	0.1	1.3	2.1	2.8	6.8	.420	0.8	2.8	.287	1.2	1.6	.794

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Grant Hill	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gary Payton	23	24.3	5.8	0.3	1.5	1.7	1.6	1.0	0.1	0.8	2.4	2.1	5.0	.422	0.7	2.5	.293	0.8	1.1	.720


Season 17
	Grant Hill	Gary Payton
Season	2011-12	2006-07
Team	Phoenix Suns	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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17th Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+19	+6.0	+4.9	+0.3	+1.2	+1.6	+0.8	+0.2	+0.6	-0.3	-0.1	+2.0	+3.8	+.053	+0.2	+0.7	+.004	+1.1	+1.4	+.094
Gary Payton	68	22.1	5.3	0.3	1.7	1.9	3.0	0.6	0.0	1.0	1.7	2.1	5.4	.393	0.5	1.8	.260	0.6	0.8	.667

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Grant Hill	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gary Payton	2	16.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	1.5	0.0	0.0	2.0	1.5	0.0	1.5	.000	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0	-

Additional Years

* Grant Hill played 1 season more than Gary Payton in the NBA.

In that period—his season 18 in 2013—Grant Hill played in the Playoffs.

Grant Hill vs. Gary Payton Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Gary Payton 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.

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Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

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Season 2

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Season 3

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Season 4

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Season 5

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Season 6

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Season 7

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Season 8

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Season 9

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Season 10

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Season 11

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Season 12

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Season 13

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Season 14

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Season 15

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Season 16

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Season 17

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