Grant Hill vs. Jeremy Lin Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jeremy Lin 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, 9 more than Jeremy Lin, who played 9. Grant Hill had the first of his seasons in 1994-95, while Jeremy Lin had his rookie season in 2010-11. 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.

Rookie Season
	Grant Hill	Jeremy Lin
Season	1994-95	2010-11
Team	Detroit Pistons	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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:	+41	+28.5	+17.3	+1.4	+3.8	+5.2	+3.6	+0.7	+0.6	-2.3	-1.8	+6.3	+12.7	+.088	+0.1	+0.2	+.052	+4.6	+6.4	+.028
Jeremy Lin	29	9.8	2.6	0.4	0.8	1.2	1.4	1.1	0.3	0.6	1.1	1.0	2.5	.389	0.0	0.2	.200	0.7	0.9	.760
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Grant Hill nor Jeremy Lin played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Grant Hill	Jeremy Lin
Season	1995-96	2011-12
Team	Detroit Pistons	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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:	+45	+13.9	+5.6	+1.1	+5.7	+6.7	+0.7	+0.3	+0.3	-0.3	-0.8	+2.2	+4.4	+.016	+0.6	+1.8	+.128	+1.9	+2.9	+.047
Jeremy Lin	35	26.9	14.6	0.5	2.5	3.1	6.2	1.6	0.3	3.6	2.2	4.9	10.9	.446	0.7	2.1	.320	4.2	5.2	.798
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
Jeremy Lin	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Grant Hill	Jeremy Lin
Season	1996-97	2012-13
Team	Detroit Pistons	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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	+7.1	+8.0	+1.1	+4.9	+6.0	+1.2	+0.2	+0.2	-0.3	-0.2	+3.0	+4.8	+.055	+1.0	+2.7	+.036	+3.0	+4.5	+.074
Jeremy Lin	82	32.2	13.4	0.4	2.6	3.0	6.1	1.6	0.4	2.9	2.5	4.8	10.9	.441	1.1	3.1	.339	2.6	3.4	.785
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:	+1	+19.8	+19.6	+2.6	+2.2	+4.8	+3.4	+0.3	+0.7	-1.8	-0.5	+7.5	+14.6	+.187	+0.5	+3.0		+5.1	+7.3	+.282
Jeremy Lin	4	21.0	4.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	0.5	0.3	2.0	2.3	1.5	6.0	.250	0.5	3.0	.167	0.5	0.5	1.000

Season 4
	Grant Hill	Jeremy Lin
Season	1997-98	2013-14
Team	Detroit Pistons	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Rockets 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:	+10	+11.8	+8.6	+0.6	+4.3	+5.1	+2.7	+0.8	+0.3	-1.0	-0.1	+3.4	+7.5	+.006	+1.2	+2.9	+.215	+2.8	+4.3	+.083
Jeremy Lin	71	28.9	12.5	0.5	2.2	2.6	4.1	1.0	0.4	2.5	2.3	4.2	9.3	.446	1.2	3.2	.358	3.1	3.7	.823
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Grant Hill	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jeremy Lin	6	29.5	11.3	1.2	2.5	3.7	4.3	0.5	0.2	2.2	2.5	4.2	10.2	.410	0.8	3.8	.217	2.2	2.7	.813

Season 5
	Grant Hill	Jeremy Lin
Season	1998-99	2014-15
Team	Detroit Pistons	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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:	+24	+11.2	+9.9	+0.9	+3.5	+4.5	+1.4	+0.5	+0.1	-1.5	-0.3	+4.0	+7.2	+.055	+0.9	+2.1	+.369	+2.8	+4.0	+.043
Jeremy Lin	74	25.8	11.2	0.4	2.3	2.6	4.6	1.1	0.4	2.2	2.6	3.7	8.8	.424	0.9	2.4	.369	2.9	3.6	.795
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
Jeremy Lin	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Grant Hill	Jeremy Lin
Season	1999-00	2015-16
Team	Detroit Pistons	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Hornets Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+4	+11.2	+14.1	+0.8	+2.6	+3.4	+2.2	+0.7	+0.1	-1.3	-0.5	+5.6	+9.9	+.077	+0.5	+1.6	+.011	+3.4	+4.5	+.020
Jeremy Lin	78	26.3	11.7	0.5	2.7	3.2	3.0	0.7	0.5	1.9	2.1	3.8	9.3	.412	1.0	2.9	.336	3.1	3.7	.815
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:	+5	+1.0	+1.4	+0.4	+3.6	+3.2	+1.9	+0.2		-3.4	-0.5	+0.7	+1.0	+.038	+0.1	+1.0	+.286	+0.1	+0.6	+.079
Jeremy Lin	7	27.0	12.4	0.4	1.9	2.3	2.6	0.7	0.0	1.6	3.0	3.7	9.0	.413	0.4	2.0	.214	4.6	5.6	.821

Season 7
	Grant Hill	Jeremy Lin
Season	2000-01	2016-17
Team	Orlando Magic	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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:	+32	+8.8	+0.7	+1.7	+0.9	+2.5	+1.2	+0.1	+0.1	-0.4	-0.1	+0.1	+0.3	+.004	+1.3	+4.0	+.628	+0.8	+2.6	+.201
Jeremy Lin	36	24.5	14.5	0.3	3.4	3.8	5.1	1.2	0.4	2.4	2.2	4.9	11.1	.438	1.6	4.3	.372	3.2	3.9	.816
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Grant Hill nor Jeremy Lin played in the postseason in their season 7

Season 9
	Grant Hill	Jeremy Lin
Season	2002-03	2018-19
Team	Orlando Magic	Atlanta Hawks, Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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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:	+45	+9.7	+4.9	+1.1	+3.6	+4.7	+1.1	+0.4	+0.2	-1.2	-0.3	+2.0	+3.3	+.052	+0.7	+2.4	+.044	+1.7	+2.2	+.019
Jeremy Lin	74	19.4	9.6	0.3	2.1	2.4	3.1	0.6	0.2	1.7	1.9	3.2	7.3	.440	0.7	2.5	.294	2.4	2.8	.838
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Grant Hill	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jeremy Lin	8	3.4	1.1	0.0	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.1	0.0	0.6	0.3	0.3	1.1	.222	0.1	0.3	.500	0.5	0.5	1.000

Additional Years
* Grant Hill played 9 seasons more than Jeremy Lin in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 10 to 18, from 2005 to 2013—Grant Hill played in 4 Playoffs. In those 9 extra years over Jeremy Lin, Grant Hill got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Star Game