Grant Hill vs. T.J. McConnell Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of T.J. McConnell 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 T.J. McConnell, who played 11. Grant Hill had the first of his seasons in 1994-95, while T.J. McConnell had his rookie season in 2015-16. 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	T.J. McConnell
Season	1994-95	2015-16
Team	Detroit Pistons	Philadelphia 76ers
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:	+11	+18.5	+13.8	+1.3	+2.0	+3.3	+0.5	+0.6	+0.8	-1.2	-1.5	+4.6	+9.5	+.007	+0.3	+0.7	+.200	+5.0	+6.8	+.098
T.J. McConnell	81	19.8	6.1	0.5	2.6	3.1	4.5	1.2	0.1	1.7	1.4	2.7	5.7	.470	0.4	1.1	.348	0.3	0.5	.634
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Grant Hill nor T.J. McConnell played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Grant Hill	T.J. McConnell
Season	1995-96	2016-17
Team	Detroit Pistons	Philadelphia 76ers
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:	+1	+14.5	+13.3	+1.1	+5.6	+6.7	+0.3	+0.4	+0.5	-1.3	-1.3	+4.2	+9.0	+.001		+0.4	+.008	+5.2	+7.0	+.060
T.J. McConnell	81	26.3	6.9	0.5	2.6	3.1	6.6	1.7	0.1	2.0	1.7	2.9	6.3	.461	0.1	0.7	.200	0.9	1.1	.811
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
T.J. McConnell	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Grant Hill	T.J. McConnell
Season	1996-97	2017-18
Team	Detroit Pistons	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	76ers Lost East Conf Semis

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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:	+4	+16.9	+15.1	+1.0	+5.0	+6.0	+3.3	+0.6	+0.4	-1.7	-0.7	+5.0	+10.2	+.003	+0.3	+0.4	+.132	+5.2	+7.4	+.084
T.J. McConnell	76	22.4	6.3	0.5	2.5	3.0	4.0	1.2	0.2	1.5	1.6	2.8	5.5	.499	0.4	0.8	.435	0.4	0.5	.795
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:	+5	+25.3	+18.1	+2.0	+2.2	+4.2	+3.1	+0.2	+1.0	-3.2	-1.5	+6.5	+17.0	+.257	+0.2	+0.3		+5.3	+7.3	+.118
T.J. McConnell	10	15.5	5.5	0.6	2.0	2.6	2.3	0.6	0.0	0.6	1.3	2.5	3.6	.694	0.2	0.3	.667	0.3	0.5	.600

Season 4
	Grant Hill	T.J. McConnell
Season	1997-98	2018-19
Team	Detroit Pistons	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did not play	76ers Lost East Conf Semis

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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:	+5	+21.4	+14.7	+0.7	+4.6	+5.4	+3.4	+0.8	+0.5	-2.3	-1.0	+4.7	+11.3	+.073	+0.2	+0.3	+.190	+5.5	+7.5	+.044
T.J. McConnell	76	19.3	6.4	0.4	1.9	2.3	3.4	1.0	0.2	1.2	1.4	2.9	5.5	.525	0.2	0.6	.333	0.4	0.5	.784
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Grant Hill	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
T.J. McConnell	9	8.3	2.7	0.1	0.6	0.7	1.2	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.4	1.3	3.0	.444	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Season 5
	Grant Hill	T.J. McConnell
Season	1998-99	2019-20
Team	Detroit Pistons	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+21	+18.3	+14.6	+0.8	+3.7	+4.4	+1.0	+0.8	+0.3	-2.3	-1.3	+4.7	+10.2	+.037	+0.1	+0.1	+.294	+5.2	+7.0	+.081
T.J. McConnell	71	18.7	6.5	0.5	2.1	2.7	5.0	0.8	0.2	1.4	1.0	3.0	5.8	.516	0.1	0.2	.294	0.5	0.6	.833
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:	+2	+25.7	+17.1	+1.4	+3.8	+5.2	+5.1	+2.0	+0.4	-1.7	-1.1	+7.4	+15.7	+.082		+0.2		+2.3	+2.5	+.313
T.J. McConnell	3	9.3	2.3	0.0	2.0	2.0	2.3	0.0	0.0	0.7	1.3	1.0	2.7	.375	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.7	.500

Season 6
	Grant Hill	T.J. McConnell
Season	1999-00	2020-21
Team	Detroit Pistons	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did not play

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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:	+5	+11.5	+17.2	+0.5	+2.4	+2.9	+1.4	+0.5	+0.3	-1.2	-1.0	+5.4	+12.1	+.070	+0.3	+0.6	+.034	+6.0	+7.5	+.107
T.J. McConnell	69	26.0	8.6	0.8	2.9	3.7	6.6	1.9	0.3	2.0	1.6	4.0	7.1	.559	0.2	0.7	.313	0.5	0.7	.688
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
T.J. McConnell	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Grant Hill	T.J. McConnell
Season	2000-01	2021-22
Team	Orlando Magic	Indiana Pacers
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:	+23	+9.2	+5.3	+1.3	+1.7	+3.0	+1.4	+0.2	+0.1	-1.7	-0.3	+1.1	+3.1	+.039	+0.1	+0.9	+.697	+3.3	+5.6	+.211
T.J. McConnell	27	24.1	8.5	0.7	2.6	3.3	4.9	1.1	0.4	1.1	2.0	3.7	7.7	.481	0.4	1.2	.303	0.7	0.9	.826
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Grant Hill nor T.J. McConnell played in the postseason in their season 7

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

Season 10
	Grant Hill	T.J. McConnell
Season	2004-05	2024-25
Team	Orlando Magic	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did not play	Pacers Lost NBA Finals

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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:	+12	+17.0	+10.6	+0.5	+1.7	+2.3	+1.1	+0.3	+0.1	-1.0	-1.1	+3.6	+7.2	+.010	+0.2	+0.4	+.075	+3.5	+4.1	+.081
T.J. McConnell	79	17.9	9.1	0.6	1.9	2.4	4.4	1.1	0.3	1.4	1.0	4.1	7.9	.519	0.2	0.6	.306	0.7	1.0	.740
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Grant Hill	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
T.J. McConnell	23	17.5	9.5	0.5	2.7	3.3	4.0	0.9	0.1	1.9	1.1	4.1	7.6	.537	0.3	0.8	.421	1.0	1.2	.815