Grant Hill vs. Shaquille O'Neal Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Shaquille O'Neal 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 less than Shaquille O'Neal, who played 19. Grant Hill had the first of his seasons in 1994-95, while Shaquille O'Neal had his rookie season in 1992-93. 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
Shaquille O'Neal	19	17	1992-93 to 2010-11

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	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	1994-95	1992-93
Team	Detroit Pistons	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	Rookie of the Year
	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
	All-Star Game	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:	+11	+0.4	+3.5	+2.4	+5.0	+7.5	+3.1	+1.1	+2.6	-0.9	-1.1	+1.7	+0.9	+.085	+0.1	+0.4			+1.6	+.140
Shaquille O'Neal	81	37.9	23.4	4.2	9.6	13.9	1.9	0.7	3.5	3.8	4.0	9.0	16.1	.562	0.0	0.0	-	5.3	8.9	.592

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Grant Hill nor Shaquille O'Neal played in the postseason in their season 1


Season 2
	Grant Hill	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	1995-96	1993-94
Team	Detroit Pistons	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Magic 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	+1.0	+9.1	+3.1	+0.3	+3.4	+4.5	+0.4	+2.3	-0.6	-0.5	+4.7	+4.3	+.137	+0.1	+0.3		+0.3	+2.4	+.197
Shaquille O'Neal	81	39.8	29.3	4.7	8.5	13.2	2.4	0.9	2.9	2.7	3.5	11.8	19.6	.599	0.0	0.0	-	5.8	10.5	.554

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:		+3.7	+1.7	+4.4	+1.7	+6.0	+1.4	+0.3	+3.0	-0.6		+0.4	+2.0	+.053	+0.3	+0.7		+1.3	+6.6	+.386
Shaquille O'Neal	3	42.0	20.7	5.7	7.7	13.3	2.3	0.7	3.0	3.3	4.3	7.7	15.0	.511	0.0	0.0	-	5.3	11.3	.471


Season 3
	Grant Hill	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	1996-97	1994-95
Team	Detroit Pistons	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Magic Lost NBA 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:	+1	+2.3	+7.9	+2.7	+0.2	+2.4	+4.6	+0.9	+1.8	-0.6	-1.0	+4.0	+4.5	+.087	+0.1	+0.3	+.303	+0.2	+2.9	+.178
Shaquille O'Neal	79	37.0	29.3	4.2	7.3	11.4	2.7	0.9	2.4	2.6	3.3	11.8	20.2	.583	0.0	0.1	.000	5.8	10.8	.533

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:	+16	+2.5	+2.1	+1.9	+3.2	+5.1	+2.1	+0.1	+0.9	-0.3	-1.2	+0.3	+4.5	+.140				+1.5	+4.6	+.147
Shaquille O'Neal	21	38.3	25.7	4.5	7.4	11.9	3.3	0.9	1.9	3.5	4.0	9.3	16.1	.577	0.0	0.0	-	7.1	12.4	.571


Season 4
	Grant Hill	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	1997-98	1995-96
Team	Detroit Pistons	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Magic 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:	+27	+4.7	+5.5	+2.3	+1.2	+3.3	+3.9	+1.2	+1.4	-0.6	-1.2	+3.4	+2.3	+.121		+0.3		+1.3	+1.5	+.253
Shaquille O'Neal	54	36.0	26.6	3.4	7.7	11.0	2.9	0.6	2.1	2.9	3.6	11.0	19.1	.573	0.0	0.0	-	4.6	9.5	.487

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Grant Hill	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shaquille O'Neal	12	38.3	25.8	4.1	5.9	10.0	4.6	0.8	1.3	3.7	3.3	10.9	18.0	.606	0.0	0.0	-	4.0	10.2	.393


Season 5
	Grant Hill	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	1998-99	1996-97
Team	Detroit Pistons	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Lakers Lost West 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:	+1	+1.1	+5.1	+2.5	+2.9	+5.4	+2.9	+0.7	+2.4	-0.8	-1.2	+3.1	+3.4	+.078		+0.2		+1.2	+1.8	+.268
Shaquille O'Neal	51	38.1	26.2	3.8	8.7	12.5	3.1	0.9	2.9	2.9	3.5	10.8	19.4	.557	0.0	0.1	.000	4.5	9.4	.484

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:	+4	+1.2	+7.5	+2.8	+0.5	+3.4	+4.2	+1.4	+1.5		-1.7	+1.5	+0.8	+.057		+0.2		+4.5	+8.5	+.203
Shaquille O'Neal	9	36.2	26.9	4.2	6.3	10.6	3.2	0.6	1.9	2.4	4.1	9.9	19.2	.514	0.0	0.0	-	7.1	11.7	.610


Season 6
	Grant Hill	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	1999-00	1997-98
Team	Detroit Pistons	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Lakers 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:	+14	+1.2	+2.5	+2.2	+2.6	+4.8	+2.8	+0.7	+1.8	-0.3	-0.6	+1.8	+0.1	+.095	+0.5	+1.3		+0.5	+3.2	+.268
Shaquille O'Neal	60	36.3	28.3	3.5	7.9	11.4	2.4	0.7	2.4	2.9	3.2	11.2	19.1	.584	0.0	0.0	-	6.0	11.4	.527

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:	+11	+10.5	+19.5	+3.7	+1.0	+4.7	+1.6		+2.6	-1.7	-0.3	+9.2	+11.8	+.237	+0.5	+1.0		+1.7	+7.2	+.397
Shaquille O'Neal	13	38.5	30.5	3.7	6.5	10.2	2.9	0.5	2.6	3.3	3.2	12.2	19.8	.612	0.0	0.0	-	6.2	12.2	.503


Season 7
	Grant Hill	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2000-01	1998-99
Team	Orlando Magic	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers 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:	+45	+1.5	+12.5	+1.8	+2.6	+4.4	+4.0	+0.6	+1.2	-0.3	-0.9	+5.6	+7.3	+.134	+0.3	+0.3		+1.5	+3.7	+.075
Shaquille O'Neal	49	34.8	26.3	3.8	6.9	10.7	2.3	0.7	1.7	2.5	3.2	10.4	18.1	.576	0.0	0.0	-	5.5	10.2	.540

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Grant Hill	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shaquille O'Neal	8	39.4	26.6	5.5	6.1	11.6	2.3	0.9	2.9	2.3	3.6	9.9	19.4	.510	0.0	0.0	-	6.9	14.8	.466


Season 8
	Grant Hill	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2001-02	1999-00
Team	Orlando Magic	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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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:	+65	+3.4	+12.9	+2.2	+2.5	+4.7	+0.8	+0.1	+2.7	-0.2	-0.3	+6.2	+7.2	+.148		+0.1		+0.6	+4.7	+.339
Shaquille O'Neal	79	40.0	29.7	4.3	9.4	13.6	3.8	0.5	3.0	2.8	3.2	12.1	21.1	.574	0.0	0.0	-	5.5	10.4	.524

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Grant Hill	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shaquille O'Neal	23	43.5	30.7	5.2	10.3	15.4	3.1	0.6	2.4	2.4	2.9	12.4	22.0	.566	0.0	0.0	-	5.9	12.9	.456


Season 9
	Grant Hill	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2002-03	2000-01
Team	Orlando Magic	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
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	+10.4	+14.2	+2.5	+3.1	+5.6	+0.5	+0.4	+2.4		-1.9	+5.8	+8.6	+.080		+0.1		+2.6	+8.1	+.306
Shaquille O'Neal	74	39.5	28.7	3.9	8.8	12.7	3.7	0.6	2.8	2.9	3.5	11.0	19.2	.572	0.0	0.0	-	6.7	13.1	.513

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Grant Hill	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shaquille O'Neal	16	42.3	30.4	5.7	9.8	15.4	3.2	0.4	2.4	3.6	3.4	11.9	21.5	.555	0.0	0.0	-	6.6	12.5	.525

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


Season 10
	Grant Hill	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2004-05	2001-02
Team	Orlando Magic	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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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:		+1.2	+7.5	+2.4	+3.6	+6.0	+0.3	+0.8	+1.6	-0.2	-0.9	+2.9	+3.2	+.070		+0.2		+1.7	+5.6	+.266
Shaquille O'Neal	67	36.1	27.2	3.5	7.2	10.7	3.0	0.6	2.0	2.6	3.0	10.6	18.3	.579	0.0	0.0	-	5.9	10.7	.555

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Grant Hill	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shaquille O'Neal	19	40.8	28.5	3.5	9.1	12.6	2.8	0.5	2.5	3.3	3.3	10.7	20.2	.529	0.0	0.0	-	7.1	10.9	.649


Season 11
	Grant Hill	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2005-06	2002-03
Team	Orlando Magic	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis

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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:	+46	+8.6	+12.4	+3.2	+4.1	+7.3	+0.8	+0.5	+2.1	-1.2	-1.0	+4.7	+6.5	+.084	+0.1	+0.4		+3.0	+5.9	+.143
Shaquille O'Neal	67	37.8	27.5	3.9	7.2	11.1	3.1	0.6	2.4	2.9	3.4	10.4	18.1	.574	0.0	0.0	-	6.7	10.8	.622

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Grant Hill	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shaquille O'Neal	12	40.1	27.0	5.3	9.6	14.8	3.7	0.6	2.8	2.9	2.8	10.1	18.8	.535	0.0	0.0	-	6.8	11.0	.621


Season 12
	Grant Hill	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2006-07	2003-04
Team	Orlando Magic	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Lakers Lost NBA Finals

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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:	+2	+5.9	+7.1	+2.9	+5.0	+7.9	+0.8	+0.4	+2.1	-0.7	-1.2	+3.0	+3.9	+.066		+0.2		+1.1	+5.1	+.275
Shaquille O'Neal	67	36.8	21.5	3.7	7.8	11.5	2.9	0.5	2.5	2.9	3.4	8.3	14.1	.584	0.0	0.0	-	4.9	10.1	.490

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:	+18	+6.1	+6.5	+3.6	+4.1	+7.7	+1.3	+0.2	+2.5		-2.1	+3.5	+4.5	+.093				+0.5	+3.2	+.238
Shaquille O'Neal	22	41.9	21.5	4.1	9.1	13.2	2.5	0.3	2.8	2.5	4.1	8.3	14.0	.593	0.0	0.0	-	5.0	11.5	.429


Season 13
	Grant Hill	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2007-08	2004-05
Team	Phoenix Suns	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Heat Lost East Conf Finals

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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:	+3	+2.4	+9.8	+2.4	+2.9	+5.4	+0.2	+0.4	+1.5	-1.4	-1.4	+3.9	+4.8	+.098	+0.5	+1.5		+2.4	+7.7	+.406
Shaquille O'Neal	73	34.1	22.9	3.5	6.9	10.4	2.7	0.5	2.3	2.8	3.6	9.0	15.0	.601	0.0	0.0	-	4.8	10.5	.461

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:	+10	+10.3	+15.7	+0.5	+2.1	+2.5	+0.9	+0.3	+1.2	-3.2	-3.0	+6.1	+10.2	+.103				+3.5	+7.9	+.528
Shaquille O'Neal	13	33.0	19.4	1.5	6.4	7.8	1.9	0.4	1.5	3.2	4.0	7.8	13.9	.558	0.0	0.0	-	3.8	8.2	.472


Season 14
	Grant Hill	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2008-09	2005-06
Team	Phoenix Suns	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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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:	+23	+0.8	+8.0	+2.1	+2.1	+4.3	+0.4	+0.7	+1.1	-1.3	-1.7	+3.3	+4.5	+.077	+0.3	+0.9		+1.5	+5.3	+.339
Shaquille O'Neal	59	30.6	20.0	2.9	6.3	9.2	1.9	0.4	1.8	2.8	3.9	8.1	13.6	.600	0.0	0.0	-	3.7	8.0	.469

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Grant Hill	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shaquille O'Neal	23	33.0	18.4	3.3	6.5	9.8	1.7	0.5	1.5	3.7	3.7	7.7	12.7	.612	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	7.9	.374


Season 15
	Grant Hill	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2009-10	2006-07
Team	Phoenix Suns	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Finals	Heat 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:	+41	+1.6	+6.0	+1.5	+0.4	+1.9	+0.4	+0.5	+1.0	-1.1	-1.5	+3.0	+3.3	+.113	+0.4	+1.0		+0.6	+4.3	+.395
Shaquille O'Neal	40	28.4	17.3	2.4	5.0	7.4	2.0	0.2	1.4	2.4	3.5	7.1	12.0	.591	0.0	0.0	-	3.1	7.4	.422

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:	+12	+2.0	+9.2	+3.2	+0.6	+2.7	+1.0	+0.5	+0.9	-2.3	-0.9	+4.6	+7.1	+.079	+0.2	+1.0		+0.2	+4.4	+.535
Shaquille O'Neal	4	30.3	18.8	4.0	4.5	8.5	1.3	0.3	1.5	3.5	3.8	8.3	14.8	.559	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	6.8	.333


Season 16
	Grant Hill	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2010-11	2007-08
Team	Phoenix Suns	Miami Heat, Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+19	+1.4	+0.4	+1.7	+3.1	+4.9	+1.0	+0.3	+1.0	-1.3	-1.4	+0.4	+1.2	+.109	+0.6	+1.4		+0.1	+2.3	+.326
Shaquille O'Neal	61	28.7	13.6	2.7	6.4	9.1	1.5	0.5	1.4	3.0	3.7	5.4	9.1	.593	0.0	0.0	-	2.8	5.5	.503

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Grant Hill	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shaquille O'Neal	5	30.0	15.2	2.6	6.6	9.2	1.0	1.0	2.6	1.8	4.2	4.4	10.0	.440	0.0	0.0	-	6.4	12.8	.500


Season 17
	Grant Hill	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2011-12	2008-09
Team	Phoenix Suns	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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:	+26	+1.9	+7.6	+1.9	+3.0	+4.9	+0.5	+0.1	+0.8	-0.9	-1.6	+2.7	+2.0	+.163	+0.3	+1.1		+2.4	+4.7	+.166
Shaquille O'Neal	75	30.0	17.8	2.5	5.9	8.4	1.7	0.7	1.4	2.2	3.4	6.8	11.2	.609	0.0	0.0	-	4.1	6.9	.595

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Grant Hill nor Shaquille O'Neal played in the postseason in their season 17


Season 18
	Grant Hill	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2012-13	2009-10
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis

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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:	+24	+8.3	+8.8	+1.6	+3.4	+5.0	+0.6	+0.1	+1.0	-1.1	-1.9	+3.6	+5.3	+.178	+0.1	+0.4		+1.6	+3.5	+.087
Shaquille O'Neal	53	23.4	12.0	1.8	4.9	6.7	1.5	0.3	1.2	2.0	3.2	4.9	8.7	.566	0.0	0.0	-	2.1	4.3	.496

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:	+10	+2.1	+7.5	+0.1	+1.6	+1.5	+0.6	+0.2	+1.2	-1.2	-1.3	+2.4	+4.5	+.016				+2.8	+4.3
Shaquille O'Neal	11	22.1	11.5	1.9	3.6	5.5	1.4	0.2	1.2	2.2	3.7	4.4	8.5	.516	0.0	0.0	-	2.8	4.3	.660

Additional Years

* Shaquille O'Neal played 1 season more than Grant Hill in the NBA.

In that period—his season 19 in 2011—Shaquille O'Neal played in the Playoffs.

Grant Hill vs. Shaquille O'Neal Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Shaquille O'Neal 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

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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