Grant Hill vs. Karl Malone Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Karl Malone 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 / 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 less than Karl Malone, who played 19. Grant Hill had the first of his seasons in 1994-95, while Karl Malone had his rookie season in 1985-86. 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
Karl Malone	19	19	1985-86 to 2003-04

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18


Rookie Season
	Grant Hill	Karl Malone
Season	1994-95	1985-86
Team	Detroit Pistons	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd

more >>

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:	+11	+7.7	+5.0	+0.3	+2.1	+2.5	+2.1	+0.5	+0.4	-0.5	-0.7	+1.1	+2.7	+.019	+0.1	+0.4		+2.9	+2.3	+.251
Karl Malone	81	30.6	14.9	2.1	6.7	8.9	2.9	1.3	0.5	3.4	3.6	6.2	12.5	.496	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	5.0	.481

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Grant Hill	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Karl Malone	4	36.0	21.8	1.5	6.0	7.5	1.0	2.0	0.0	1.5	4.5	9.5	18.0	.528	0.0	0.0	-	2.8	6.5	.423


Season 2
	Grant Hill	Karl Malone
Season	1995-96	1986-87
Team	Detroit Pistons	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd

more >>

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:	+2	+6.0	+1.5	+1.8	+1.2	+0.6	+5.0		+0.1	-0.4	-0.9	+1.8	+2.0	+.050	+0.1	+0.2	+.192	+2.2	+1.5	+.153
Karl Malone	82	34.8	21.7	3.4	7.0	10.4	1.9	1.3	0.7	2.9	3.9	8.9	17.3	.512	0.0	0.1	.000	3.9	6.6	.598

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:	+2	+1.7	+1.0	+1.7	+0.6	+2.3	+2.5	+1.2	+0.8	-0.7	-0.3	+0.1	+4.6	+.144	+0.3	+0.7		+1.2	+2.5	+.135
Karl Malone	5	40.0	20.0	3.0	6.6	9.6	1.2	2.2	0.8	3.4	4.0	7.4	17.6	.420	0.0	0.0	-	5.2	7.2	.722


Season 3
	Grant Hill	Karl Malone
Season	1996-97	1987-88
Team	Detroit Pistons	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis

more >>

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	+0.3	+6.3	+1.9	+1.1	+3.0	+4.9	+0.4		-0.8	-1.3	+2.7	+4.4	+.024	+0.1	+0.3	+.303	+1.1	+1.7	+.011
Karl Malone	82	39.0	27.7	3.4	8.6	12.0	2.4	1.4	0.6	4.0	3.6	10.5	20.1	.520	0.0	0.1	.000	6.7	9.6	.700

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:	+6	+4.1	+6.1	+0.4	+4.6	+5.0	+3.9	+0.4	+0.4	-0.3	-0.4	+2.2	+2.6	+.045		+0.1		+1.8	+2.4	+.005
Karl Malone	11	44.9	29.7	3.0	8.8	11.8	1.5	1.2	0.6	3.5	3.2	11.2	23.2	.482	0.0	0.1	.000	7.4	10.2	.723


Season 4
	Grant Hill	Karl Malone
Season	1997-98	1988-89
Team	Detroit Pistons	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd

more >>

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	+1.6	+8.0	+2.1	+0.9	+3.0	+4.1		+0.2	-0.1	-1.2	+2.5	+2.7	+.067	+0.1	+0.1	+.170	+2.9	+3.5	+.026
Karl Malone	80	39.1	29.1	3.2	7.4	10.7	2.7	1.8	0.9	3.6	3.6	10.1	19.5	.519	0.1	0.2	.313	8.8	11.5	.766

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Grant Hill	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Karl Malone	3	45.3	30.7	7.3	9.0	16.3	1.3	1.0	0.3	4.3	5.3	11.0	22.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	8.7	10.7	.813


Season 5
	Grant Hill	Karl Malone
Season	1998-99	1989-90
Team	Detroit Pistons	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd

more >>

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	+1.1	+9.9	+1.5	+2.5	+4.0	+3.2	+0.1	+0.1		-0.9	+3.4	+3.8	+.083	+0.2	+0.2	+.372	+2.8	+3.5	+.010
Karl Malone	82	38.1	31.0	2.8	8.3	11.1	2.8	1.5	0.6	3.7	3.2	11.1	19.8	.562	0.2	0.5	.372	8.5	11.1	.762

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:		+5.6	+5.8	+1.8	+1.2	+3.0	+5.2	+0.2	+0.6		-2.0	+0.8	+2.6	+.019				+4.2	+5.8	+.057
Karl Malone	5	40.6	25.2	3.2	7.0	10.2	2.2	2.2	1.0	2.4	4.4	9.2	21.0	.438	0.0	0.2	.000	6.8	9.0	.756


Season 6
	Grant Hill	Karl Malone
Season	1999-00	1990-91
Team	Detroit Pistons	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis

more >>

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:	+8	+2.8	+3.2	+1.6	+3.6	+5.2	+1.9	+0.3	+0.4	-0.2	-0.7	+0.9	+0.4	+.038	+0.5	+1.1	+.061	+1.8	+2.6	+.025
Karl Malone	82	40.3	29.0	2.9	8.9	11.8	3.3	1.1	1.0	3.0	3.3	10.3	19.6	.527	0.0	0.2	.286	8.3	10.8	.770

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:	+7	+14.6	+18.7	+2.6	+5.3	+7.8	+1.3	+0.5	+1.2	-2.1	-0.4	+7.6	+15.2	+.080	+0.5	+0.1	+.500	+4.1	+5.1	+.054
Karl Malone	9	42.6	29.7	2.6	10.8	13.3	3.2	1.0	1.2	2.9	3.9	10.6	23.2	.455	0.0	0.9	.000	8.6	10.1	.846


Season 7
	Grant Hill	Karl Malone
Season	2000-01	1991-92
Team	Orlando Magic	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Jazz Lost West Conf Finals

more >>

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:	+77	+4.4	+14.2	+0.8	+4.1	+4.9	+3.3		+0.1	-0.3	-0.5	+5.1	+7.9	+.084	+0.3	+0.1	+.824	+4.3	+4.2	+.163
Karl Malone	81	37.7	28.0	2.8	8.4	11.2	3.0	1.3	0.6	3.1	2.8	9.9	18.7	.526	0.0	0.2	.176	8.3	10.7	.778

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Grant Hill	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Karl Malone	16	43.0	29.1	2.7	8.6	11.3	2.6	1.4	1.2	2.9	3.6	9.3	17.8	.521	0.0	0.1	.000	10.6	13.1	.805


Season 8
	Grant Hill	Karl Malone
Season	2001-02	1992-93
Team	Orlando Magic	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd

more >>

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	+1.2	+10.2	+0.7	+1.5	+2.3	+0.8	+0.9	+0.7	-0.3	-0.3	+3.8	+3.7	+.126		+0.1	+.200	+2.6	+4.5	+.123
Karl Malone	82	37.8	27.0	2.8	8.4	11.2	3.8	1.5	1.0	2.9	3.2	9.7	17.6	.552	0.0	0.2	.200	7.5	10.2	.740

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Grant Hill	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Karl Malone	5	43.2	24.0	2.4	8.0	10.4	2.0	1.2	0.4	4.0	4.2	8.8	19.4	.454	0.2	0.4	.500	6.2	7.6	.816


Season 9
	Grant Hill	Karl Malone
Season	2002-03	1993-94
Team	Orlando Magic	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Jazz Lost West Conf Finals

more >>

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:	+53	+11.5	+10.7	+1.5	+2.9	+4.4	+0.2	+0.5	+1.1		-1.7	+4.2	+8.3	+.005	+0.1	+0.3		+2.1	+4.0	+.125
Karl Malone	82	40.6	25.2	2.9	8.6	11.5	4.0	1.5	1.5	2.9	3.3	9.4	18.9	.497	0.1	0.4	.250	6.2	9.0	.694

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Grant Hill	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Karl Malone	16	43.9	27.1	3.3	9.1	12.4	3.4	1.4	0.8	2.1	3.7	9.9	21.1	.467	0.0	0.3	.000	7.4	10.0	.738

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


Season 10
	Grant Hill	Karl Malone
Season	2004-05	1994-95
Team	Orlando Magic	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd

more >>

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	+3.2	+7.0	+0.8	+5.1	+5.9	+0.2	+0.2	+0.6	-0.5	-1.2	+2.4	+3.8	+.027	+0.1	+0.3	+.037	+2.1	+3.4	+.079
Karl Malone	82	38.1	26.7	1.9	8.7	10.6	3.5	1.6	1.0	2.9	3.3	10.1	18.9	.536	0.1	0.5	.268	6.3	8.5	.742

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Grant Hill	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Karl Malone	5	43.2	30.2	3.0	10.2	13.2	3.8	1.4	0.4	2.8	3.6	9.6	20.6	.466	0.2	0.6	.333	10.8	15.6	.692


Season 11
	Grant Hill	Karl Malone
Season	2005-06	1995-96
Team	Orlando Magic	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Jazz Lost West Conf Finals

more >>

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:	+61	+8.8	+10.6	+1.4	+4.6	+6.0	+1.9	+0.6	+0.4	-0.7	-0.6	+3.9	+6.9	+.029	+0.1	+0.1	+.150	+2.5	+3.7	+.042
Karl Malone	82	38.0	25.7	2.1	7.7	9.8	4.2	1.7	0.7	2.4	3.0	9.6	18.5	.519	0.2	0.5	.400	6.2	8.6	.723

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Grant Hill	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Karl Malone	18	40.3	26.5	2.6	7.7	10.3	4.4	1.9	0.6	2.5	3.4	10.4	22.3	.469	0.0	0.2	.000	5.6	9.8	.574


Season 12
	Grant Hill	Karl Malone
Season	2006-07	1996-97
Team	Orlando Magic	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Jazz Lost NBA Finals

more >>

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	+5.7	+13.0	+1.6	+4.7	+6.3	+2.4	+0.5	+0.2	-0.6	-0.4	+5.2	+9.0	+.032			+.167	+2.6	+3.4	+.010
Karl Malone	82	36.6	27.4	2.4	7.5	9.9	4.5	1.4	0.6	2.8	2.6	10.5	19.2	.550	0.0	0.2	.000	6.4	8.4	.755

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:	+16	+5.0	+11.0	+2.5	+3.4	+5.9	+0.9	+0.9	+0.5	-0.2	-1.0	+4.6	+12.0	+.065	+0.1	+0.1		+1.7	+1.7	+.053
Karl Malone	20	40.8	26.0	3.0	8.4	11.4	2.9	1.4	0.8	2.7	3.0	9.4	21.5	.435	0.1	0.1	.500	7.2	10.0	.720


Season 13
	Grant Hill	Karl Malone
Season	2007-08	1997-98
Team	Phoenix Suns	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Jazz Lost NBA Finals

more >>

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	+5.7	+13.9	+1.2	+4.0	+5.3	+1.0	+0.3	+0.1	-1.6	-0.7	+4.5	+8.0	+.027	+0.5	+1.4	+.016	+5.4	+7.4	+.106
Karl Malone	81	37.4	27.0	2.3	8.0	10.3	3.9	1.2	0.9	3.0	2.9	9.6	18.2	.530	0.0	0.1	.333	7.8	10.2	.761

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:	+17	+17.1	+22.6	+1.4	+4.2	+5.6	+2.4	+0.4	+0.7	-3.0	-2.5	+8.2	+17.3	+.016		+0.2		+6.2	+8.0	+.212
Karl Malone	20	39.8	26.3	2.4	8.5	10.9	3.4	1.1	1.0	3.0	3.5	9.9	21.0	.471	0.0	0.2	.000	6.5	8.3	.788


Season 14
	Grant Hill	Karl Malone
Season	2008-09	1998-99
Team	Phoenix Suns	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis

more >>

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:	+33	+7.6	+11.8	+1.4	+3.1	+4.5	+1.8	+0.2	+0.1	-1.8	-0.5	+3.2	+7.2	+.030	+0.3	+0.9		+5.5	+7.1	+.020
Karl Malone	49	37.4	23.8	2.2	7.3	9.4	4.1	1.3	0.6	3.3	2.7	8.0	16.3	.493	0.0	0.0	-	7.7	9.8	.788

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Grant Hill	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Karl Malone	11	41.0	21.8	3.3	8.0	11.3	4.7	1.2	0.7	3.6	3.4	7.8	18.7	.417	0.0	0.1	.000	6.2	7.8	.791


Season 15
	Grant Hill	Karl Malone
Season	2009-10	1999-00
Team	Phoenix Suns	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Finals	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis

more >>

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:	+1	+5.9	+14.2	+1.2	+2.8	+4.0	+1.3	+0.3	+0.5	-1.5	-0.8	+5.1	+9.3	+.031	+0.4	+0.9	+.188	+4.7	+5.9	+.020
Karl Malone	82	35.9	25.5	2.1	7.4	9.5	3.7	1.0	0.9	2.8	2.8	9.2	18.0	.509	0.0	0.1	.250	7.2	9.0	.797

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:	+6	+10.3	+17.6	+1.1	+1.9	+3.1	+0.8	+0.1	+0.1	-1.5	-0.2	+6.6	+12.1	+.040		+0.8	+.812	+4.3	+5.5	+.058
Karl Malone	10	38.6	27.2	1.9	7.0	8.9	3.1	0.7	0.7	2.7	3.1	10.3	19.8	.520	0.2	0.2	1.000	6.4	7.9	.810


Season 16
	Grant Hill	Karl Malone
Season	2010-11	2000-01
Team	Phoenix Suns	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd

more >>

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	+5.6	+10.0	+0.4	+3.6	+4.1	+2.0	+0.3	+0.4	-1.3	-0.4	+3.3	+6.3	+.014	+0.6	+1.3	+.005	+3.9	+5.1	+.036
Karl Malone	81	35.7	23.2	1.4	6.9	8.3	4.5	1.1	0.8	3.0	2.7	8.3	16.6	.498	0.0	0.1	.400	6.6	8.3	.793

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Grant Hill	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Karl Malone	5	40.0	27.6	1.8	7.0	8.8	3.4	1.0	0.8	3.8	2.6	9.8	24.2	.405	0.2	0.4	.500	7.8	9.8	.796


Season 17
	Grant Hill	Karl Malone
Season	2011-12	2001-02
Team	Phoenix Suns	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd

more >>

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:	+31	+9.9	+12.2	+1.2	+3.9	+5.1	+2.1	+1.1	+0.1	-2.0	-1.1	+3.8	+8.3	+.008	+0.2	+0.8	+.096	+4.7	+5.8	+.036
Karl Malone	80	38.0	22.4	1.8	6.8	8.6	4.3	1.9	0.7	3.3	2.9	7.9	17.5	.454	0.1	0.3	.360	6.4	8.0	.797

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Grant Hill	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Karl Malone	4	40.8	20.0	0.8	6.8	7.5	4.5	1.3	0.8	2.8	2.8	7.5	18.3	.411	0.0	0.3	.000	5.0	7.0	.714


Season 18
	Grant Hill	Karl Malone
Season	2012-13	2002-03
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd

more >>

18th 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	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
difference:	+52	+21.1	+17.4	+1.2	+4.9	+6.1	+3.8	+1.3	+0.2	-1.7	-1.2	+6.0	+12.5	+.074	+0.1	+0.2	+.059	+5.4	+6.9	+.180
Karl Malone	81	36.2	20.6	1.4	6.4	7.8	4.7	1.7	0.4	2.6	2.5	7.3	15.9	.462	0.0	0.2	.214	5.9	7.7	.763

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	-
difference:	+4	+18.2	+15.6	+0.6	+3.4	+2.8	+2.0	+1.6	+0.4	-3.0	-2.0	+4.8	+12.8	+.095		+0.2		+6.0	+8.2
Karl Malone	5	38.2	19.6	1.4	5.4	6.8	4.0	1.6	0.4	4.0	3.0	6.8	16.8	.405	0.0	0.2	.000	6.0	8.2	.732

Additional Years

* Karl Malone played 1 season more than Grant Hill in the NBA.

In that period—his season 19 in 2004—Karl Malone played in the Playoffs.

Grant Hill vs. Karl Malone Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Karl Malone 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

Season 15

15th Season Stats Comparison

Season 16

16th Season Stats Comparison

Season 17

17th Season Stats Comparison

Season 18

18th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years