Grant Hill vs. Nate Robinson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Nate Robinson 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, 7 more than Nate Robinson, who played 11. Grant Hill had the first of his seasons in 1994-95, while Nate Robinson had his rookie season in 2005-06. 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	Nate Robinson
Season	1994-95	2005-06
Team	Detroit Pistons	New York Knicks
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:	+2	+16.9	+10.6	+1.0	+3.1	+4.1	+3.0	+1.0	+0.9	-1.3	-0.1	+4.1	+7.4	+.070	+0.7	+1.6	+.249	+3.2	+4.5	+.020
Nate Robinson	72	21.4	9.3	0.8	1.5	2.3	2.0	0.8	0.0	1.6	2.8	3.2	7.8	.407	0.8	2.0	.397	2.1	2.8	.752
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Grant Hill nor Nate Robinson played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Grant Hill	Nate Robinson
Season	1995-96	2006-07
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:	+16	+19.6	+10.1	+0.7	+6.7	+7.4	+5.5	+0.5	+0.5	-2.2	-0.5	+3.6	+7.1	+.028	+1.2	+3.0	+.198	+4.4	+5.9	+.026
Nate Robinson	64	21.2	10.1	0.9	1.5	2.4	1.4	0.8	0.1	1.1	2.5	3.5	8.2	.434	1.3	3.3	.390	1.7	2.2	.777
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
Nate Robinson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Grant Hill	Nate Robinson
Season	1996-97	2007-08
Team	Detroit Pistons	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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:	+8	+13.1	+8.7	+0.8	+5.1	+5.9	+4.4	+1.0	+0.6	-1.8	-0.3	+3.2	+4.8	+.073	+1.2	+3.7	+.029	+3.5	+5.2	+.075
Nate Robinson	72	26.2	12.7	0.7	2.4	3.1	2.9	0.8	0.0	1.4	2.6	4.6	10.9	.423	1.3	4.1	.332	2.1	2.7	.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
Nate Robinson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Grant Hill	Nate Robinson
Season	1997-98	2008-09
Team	Detroit Pistons	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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:	+7	+10.8	+3.9	+0.2	+3.9	+3.8	+2.7	+0.5	+0.6	-1.6	-0.4	+1.5	+2.9	+.015	+1.7	+4.9	+.182	+2.5	+4.0	+.101
Nate Robinson	74	29.9	17.2	1.3	2.6	3.9	4.1	1.3	0.1	1.9	2.8	6.1	13.9	.437	1.7	5.2	.325	3.4	4.0	.841
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Grant Hill nor Nate Robinson played in the postseason in their season 4

Season 5
	Grant Hill	Nate Robinson
Season	1998-99	2009-10
Team	Detroit Pistons	New York Knicks, Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Celtics Lost NBA Finals

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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:	+6	+17.1	+11.0	+0.8	+4.3	+5.1	+3.1	+0.7	+0.4	-2.4	-0.2	+3.9	+7.2	+.043	+1.6	+3.7	+.390	+4.8	+6.4	+.006
Nate Robinson	56	19.9	10.1	0.5	1.5	2.0	2.9	0.9	0.1	1.3	2.1	3.8	8.8	.436	1.6	4.0	.390	0.9	1.2	.746
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:	+12	+27.5	+15.2	+1.2	+5.2	+6.4	+6.3	+1.6	+0.3	-2.0	-1.5	+7.0	+14.6	+.082	+0.6	+1.7	+.333	+1.9	+2.3	+.013
Nate Robinson	17	7.5	4.2	0.2	0.6	0.8	1.1	0.4	0.1	0.4	0.9	1.4	3.8	.375	0.6	1.9	.333	0.7	0.9	.800

Season 6
	Grant Hill	Nate Robinson
Season	1999-00	2010-11
Team	Detroit Pistons	Boston Celtics, Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Thunder Lost West Conf 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:	+15	+20.3	+19.0	+1.0	+4.0	+5.1	+3.3	+0.9	+0.5	-2.0	-0.7	+6.9	+12.8	+.090	+0.6	+2.1	+.022	+5.9	+7.5	+.023
Nate Robinson	59	17.2	6.8	0.3	1.3	1.5	1.9	0.5	0.1	1.2	1.9	2.5	6.4	.399	1.1	3.4	.325	0.6	0.7	.818
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:	+1	+24.0	+8.3		+5.5	+5.5	+4.2	+0.5		-5.0	-3.2	+2.3	+5.7	+.089	+0.2	+1.0	+.167	+3.8	+4.3	+.100
Nate Robinson	3	4.0	2.7	0.0	0.0	0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.7	2.3	.286	0.7	2.0	.333	0.7	0.7	1.000

Season 7
	Grant Hill	Nate Robinson
Season	2000-01	2011-12
Team	Orlando Magic	Golden State Warriors
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:	+47	+9.9	+2.6	+1.7	+2.6	+4.3	+1.8	+0.1	+0.5	-1.3		+0.8	+1.3	+.018	+1.0	+3.2	+.635	+2.2	+4.3	+.217
Nate Robinson	51	23.4	11.2	0.3	1.7	2.0	4.5	1.2	0.0	1.5	2.3	4.0	9.5	.424	1.3	3.5	.365	1.8	2.2	.832
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Grant Hill nor Nate Robinson played in the postseason in their season 7

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

Season 10
	Grant Hill	Nate Robinson
Season	2004-05	2014-15
Team	Orlando Magic	Denver Nuggets, Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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:	+25	+20.8	+14.0	+0.7	+2.8	+3.5	+1.0	+0.9	+0.3	-1.7	-0.3	+5.6	+9.0	+.164	+0.7	+2.5	+.046	+3.5	+4.0	+.147
Nate Robinson	42	14.1	5.7	0.4	0.8	1.2	2.3	0.5	0.1	0.7	1.8	2.1	6.1	.345	0.7	2.7	.277	0.7	1.1	.674
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Grant Hill nor Nate Robinson played in the postseason in their season 10