Grant Hill vs. Jonas Valanciunas Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jonas Valanciunas 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 / 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, 4 more than Jonas Valanciunas, who played 14. Grant Hill had the first of his seasons in 1994-95, while Jonas Valanciunas had his rookie season in 2012-13. 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
Jonas Valanciunas	14	8	2012-13 to 2025-26

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


Rookie Season
	Grant Hill	Jonas Valanciunas
Season	1994-95	2012-13
Team	Detroit Pistons	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
	-	All-Rookie Second 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:	+8	+14.4	+11.0	+0.2	+0.6	+0.4	+4.3	+1.5	+0.4	-1.4	-0.1	+4.0	+9.3	+.080	+0.1	+0.4		+2.9	+4.3	+.057
Jonas Valanciunas	62	23.9	8.9	2.0	4.0	6.0	0.7	0.3	1.3	1.5	3.0	3.3	5.9	.557	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	3.0	.789

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Grant Hill nor Jonas Valanciunas played in the postseason in their season 1


Season 2
	Grant Hill	Jonas Valanciunas
Season	1995-96	2013-14
Team	Detroit Pistons	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Raptors Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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	+12.6	+8.9	+1.2	+2.2	+1.0	+6.2	+1.0	+0.3	-1.6	-0.1	+2.7	+7.0	+.069	+0.1	+0.3		+3.7	+4.9	+.011
Jonas Valanciunas	81	28.2	11.3	2.8	6.0	8.8	0.7	0.3	0.9	1.7	3.1	4.4	8.3	.531	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	3.2	.762

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:	+4	+9.7	+8.1	+1.4	+1.0	+2.4	+3.4	+1.0	+1.0		-1.2	+2.9	+6.0	+.069	+0.3	+0.7		+2.0	+1.6	+.221
Jonas Valanciunas	7	28.6	10.9	2.7	7.0	9.7	0.3	0.0	1.0	2.7	3.1	4.4	7.0	.633	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	3.1	.636


Season 3
	Grant Hill	Jonas Valanciunas
Season	1996-97	2014-15
Team	Detroit Pistons	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Raptors Lost East 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:		+13.1	+9.4	+1.2	+1.5	+0.3	+6.8	+1.4	+0.6	-1.8	-0.5	+3.1	+7.5	+.076	+0.1	+0.4		+2.9	+4.4	+.075
Jonas Valanciunas	80	26.2	12.0	2.7	6.0	8.7	0.5	0.4	1.2	1.4	2.8	4.7	8.2	.572	0.0	0.0	-	2.7	3.5	.786

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	+14.3	+12.3	+0.3	+2.8	+2.5	+4.9	+0.3	+0.7	-2.8	-1.0	+4.2	+11.1	+.063				+3.8	+5.8	+.157
Jonas Valanciunas	4	26.5	11.3	2.3	7.0	9.3	0.5	0.5	0.3	1.0	1.8	4.8	9.5	.500	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	2.0	.875


Season 4
	Grant Hill	Jonas Valanciunas
Season	1997-98	2015-16
Team	Detroit Pistons	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Raptors Lost East Conf Finals

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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:	+21	+14.7	+8.3	+2.0	+0.4	+1.4	+6.1	+1.4	+0.6	-2.1	-0.2	+2.5	+7.9	+.113		+0.3		+3.2	+4.4	+.021
Jonas Valanciunas	60	26.0	12.8	3.1	6.1	9.1	0.7	0.4	1.3	1.4	2.6	5.1	8.9	.565	0.0	0.0	-	2.7	3.6	.761

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Grant Hill	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jonas Valanciunas	12	26.8	13.8	4.0	6.8	10.8	0.9	0.8	1.2	1.5	2.7	5.7	10.0	.567	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	3.3	.744


Season 5
	Grant Hill	Jonas Valanciunas
Season	1998-99	2016-17
Team	Detroit Pistons	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Raptors Lost East Conf Semis

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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:	+30	+11.2	+9.1	+1.5	+0.9	+2.4	+5.3	+1.1	+0.3	-2.4	-0.4	+2.8	+7.2	+.078		+0.3		+3.5	+4.9	+.059
Jonas Valanciunas	80	25.8	12.0	2.8	6.7	9.5	0.7	0.5	0.8	1.3	2.7	4.9	8.8	.557	0.0	0.0	-	2.2	2.7	.811

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:	+5	+12.4	+8.2	+0.5		+0.5	+7.2	+1.8	+0.2	-1.1	-0.2	+4.0	+10.3	+.086		+0.1		+0.2	+0.1	+.086
Jonas Valanciunas	10	22.6	11.2	0.9	5.8	6.7	0.2	0.2	0.6	1.3	2.2	4.4	8.1	.543	0.0	0.1	.000	2.4	3.3	.727


Season 6
	Grant Hill	Jonas Valanciunas
Season	1999-00	2017-18
Team	Detroit Pistons	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Raptors Lost East Conf Semis

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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:	+3	+15.1	+13.1	+1.1	+0.9	+2.0	+4.1	+1.0	+0.3	-1.7	-0.1	+4.3	+10.3	+.079	+0.1	+0.3	+.058	+4.3	+5.5	+.011
Jonas Valanciunas	77	22.4	12.7	2.4	6.2	8.6	1.1	0.4	0.9	1.5	2.5	5.1	8.9	.568	0.4	1.0	.405	2.2	2.7	.806

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:	+8	+3.6	+3.6	+3.0	+2.0	+5.0	+3.3	+0.1	+1.5	-3.1	-1.3	+2.8	+2.7	+.167	+0.3	+0.5	+.100	+1.7	+1.6	+.076
Jonas Valanciunas	10	24.4	14.6	3.0	7.5	10.5	1.2	0.4	1.5	1.9	2.2	5.8	10.7	.542	0.2	0.5	.400	2.8	3.4	.824


Season 7
	Grant Hill	Jonas Valanciunas
Season	2000-01	2018-19
Team	Orlando Magic	Toronto Raptors, Memphis Grizzlies
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:	+45	+11.0	+1.8	+0.2	+2.1	+2.3	+4.9	+0.9	+0.6	-1.0	-0.7	+1.3	+0.2	+.117		+0.7	+.708	+1.0	+2.7	+.180
Jonas Valanciunas	49	22.3	15.6	2.2	6.4	8.6	1.4	0.4	1.1	1.8	3.0	6.1	11.0	.559	0.3	1.0	.292	3.0	3.8	.795

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Grant Hill nor Jonas Valanciunas played in the postseason in their season 7


Season 8
	Grant Hill	Jonas Valanciunas
Season	2001-02	2019-20
Team	Orlando Magic	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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:	+56	+10.2	+1.9	+0.9	+1.3	+2.4	+2.7	+0.2	+0.8	-0.8	-0.3	+0.3	+3.3	+.159	+0.5	+1.2	+.352	+2.8	+2.8	+.123
Jonas Valanciunas	70	26.4	14.9	3.0	8.2	11.3	1.9	0.4	1.1	1.8	2.6	6.2	10.6	.585	0.5	1.3	.352	2.1	2.9	.740

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Grant Hill nor Jonas Valanciunas played in the postseason in their season 8


Season 9
	Grant Hill	Jonas Valanciunas
Season	2002-03	2020-21
Team	Orlando Magic	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+33	+0.8	+2.6	+2.7	+2.7	+5.4	+2.4	+0.4	+0.5	-1.3	-1.3	+1.9	+1.4	+.100	+0.3	+0.8	+.118	+1.6	+1.7	+.046
Jonas Valanciunas	62	28.3	17.1	4.1	8.4	12.5	1.8	0.6	0.9	1.6	2.9	7.1	12.0	.592	0.3	0.9	.368	2.5	3.3	.773

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Grant Hill	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jonas Valanciunas	5	33.2	15.0	4.0	5.8	9.8	2.6	0.6	0.6	2.0	3.6	6.6	11.6	.569	0.4	1.6	.250	1.4	1.6	.875

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


Season 10
	Grant Hill	Jonas Valanciunas
Season	2004-05	2021-22
Team	Orlando Magic	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pelicans 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:	+7	+4.6	+1.9	+2.0	+4.7	+6.7	+0.7	+0.8	+0.4		-1.2	+0.8	+2.4	+.035	+0.8	+1.9	+.130	+1.0	+1.2	+.001
Jonas Valanciunas	74	30.3	17.8	3.1	8.3	11.4	2.6	0.6	0.8	2.4	3.3	6.9	12.7	.544	0.8	2.1	.361	3.2	3.9	.820

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Grant Hill	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jonas Valanciunas	6	29.2	14.5	5.5	8.8	14.3	3.0	0.7	0.2	2.0	2.8	5.5	11.3	.485	0.2	1.0	.167	3.3	4.3	.769


Season 11
	Grant Hill	Jonas Valanciunas
Season	2005-06	2022-23
Team	Orlando Magic	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards
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	+4.3	+1.0	+2.1	+4.2	+6.4	+0.5	+0.8	+0.4	-0.3	-0.7	+0.1	+1.3	+.057	+0.4	+1.0	+.099	+1.4	+2.1	+.061
Jonas Valanciunas	79	24.9	14.1	2.8	7.3	10.2	1.8	0.3	0.7	2.0	3.1	5.6	10.3	.547	0.5	1.4	.349	2.3	2.8	.826

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Grant Hill nor Jonas Valanciunas played in the postseason in their season 11


Season 12
	Grant Hill	Jonas Valanciunas
Season	2006-07	2023-24
Team	Orlando Magic	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Pelicans 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	+7.4	+2.2	+1.5	+3.7	+5.2		+0.5	+0.4	-0.8	-0.5	+0.4	+1.4	+.041	+0.5	+1.3	+.141	+1.8	+2.5	+.020
Jonas Valanciunas	82	23.5	12.2	2.3	6.5	8.8	2.1	0.4	0.8	1.4	2.7	4.9	8.8	.559	0.5	1.5	.308	2.0	2.5	.785

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:		+13.3	+0.5	+4.0	+1.5	+5.5	+2.5		+0.3		-0.3	+0.7	+1.0	+.024		+0.3		+2.0	+4.0	+.157
Jonas Valanciunas	4	22.5	14.5	4.5	6.5	11.0	1.3	0.5	0.0	2.5	2.3	5.5	10.5	.524	0.0	0.3	.000	3.5	4.3	.824


Season 13
	Grant Hill	Jonas Valanciunas
Season	2007-08	2024-25
Team	Phoenix Suns	Washington Wizards, Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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:	+11	+12.9	+2.7	+1.2	+1.4	+2.7	+0.9	+0.4	+0.2	-0.1		+0.8	+2.5	+.047	+0.4	+1.0	+.101	+0.6	+0.8	+.012
Jonas Valanciunas	81	18.8	10.4	2.3	5.4	7.7	2.0	0.5	0.6	1.5	2.2	4.3	7.7	.550	0.1	0.5	.216	1.8	2.0	.879

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
Jonas Valanciunas	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Grant Hill	Jonas Valanciunas
Season	2008-09	2025-26
Team	Phoenix Suns	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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:	+60	+17.3	+3.8	+0.6	+0.9	+0.3	+1.2	+1.0	+0.2	-0.5	-0.4	+1.5	+3.4	+.053	+0.2	+0.5	+.094	+0.7	+0.7	+.035
Jonas Valanciunas	22	12.5	8.2	1.4	3.3	4.6	1.1	0.1	0.5	1.0	1.8	3.3	5.7	.576	0.1	0.4	.222	1.5	2.0	.773

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Grant Hill nor Jonas Valanciunas played in the postseason in their season 14

Additional Years

* Grant Hill played 4 seasons more than Jonas Valanciunas in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 15 to 18, from 2010 to 2013—Grant Hill played in two Playoffs.

Grant Hill vs. Jonas Valanciunas Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jonas Valanciunas 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.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Season 9

9th Season Stats Comparison

Season 10

10th Season Stats Comparison

Season 11

11th Season Stats Comparison

Season 12

12th Season Stats Comparison

Season 13

13th Season Stats Comparison

Season 14

14th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years