Grant Long vs. Paul Millsap Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Paul Millsap and Grant Long, 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

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 Long played 15 years in the NBA, 1 less than Paul Millsap, who played 16. Grant Long had the first of his seasons in 1988-89, while Paul Millsap had his rookie season in 2006-07. 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 achivements, 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 Long	15	7	1988-89 to 2002-03
Paul Millsap	16	13	2006-07 to 2021-22

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


Rookie Season
	Grant Long	Paul Millsap
Season	1988-89	2006-07
Team	Miami Heat	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Jazz Lost West Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Grant Long	82	29.7	11.9	2.9	3.7	6.7	1.8	1.5	0.6	2.5	4.1	4.1	8.4	.486	0.0	0.1	.000	3.7	5.0	.749
Paul Millsap	82	18.0	6.8	2.2	2.9	5.2	0.8	0.8	0.9	1.1	2.9	2.5	4.9	.525	0.0	0.0	.333	1.7	2.5	.673

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Grant Long	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul Millsap	17	15.5	5.9	2.2	2.2	4.4	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.8	2.3	2.5	4.7	.525	0.0	0.1	.000	0.9	1.4	.667


Season 2
	Grant Long	Paul Millsap
Season	1989-90	2007-08
Team	Miami Heat	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Grant Long	81	22.9	8.5	1.9	3.0	5.0	1.2	1.1	0.5	1.7	3.7	3.2	6.6	.483	0.0	0.0	.000	2.1	3.0	.714
Paul Millsap	82	20.8	8.1	2.0	3.6	5.6	1.0	0.9	0.9	1.1	3.3	3.1	6.1	.504	0.0	0.0	.000	1.9	2.8	.677

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Grant Long	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul Millsap	12	17.5	6.4	1.9	2.0	3.9	0.3	0.6	1.3	0.8	3.1	2.7	5.2	.516	0.0	0.1	.000	1.1	2.1	.520


Season 3
	Grant Long	Paul Millsap
Season	1990-91	2008-09
Team	Miami Heat	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Grant Long	80	31.4	9.2	2.8	4.3	7.1	2.2	1.5	0.5	2.0	3.7	3.5	7.0	.492	0.0	0.1	.167	2.3	2.9	.787
Paul Millsap	76	30.1	13.5	3.3	5.3	8.6	1.8	1.0	1.0	1.7	3.8	5.3	9.9	.534	0.0	0.1	.000	3.0	4.3	.699

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Grant Long	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul Millsap	5	31.0	11.8	4.0	4.0	8.0	1.6	0.8	1.0	1.2	3.4	5.0	9.8	.510	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	3.6	.500


Season 4
	Grant Long	Paul Millsap
Season	1991-92	2009-10
Team	Miami Heat	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Grant Long	82	37.4	14.8	3.2	5.3	8.4	2.7	1.7	0.5	2.3	3.0	5.4	10.9	.494	0.1	0.3	.273	4.0	4.9	.807
Paul Millsap	82	27.8	11.6	2.3	4.5	6.8	1.6	0.8	1.2	1.4	3.5	4.7	8.7	.538	0.0	0.1	.111	2.2	3.2	.693

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Grant Long	3	40.0	12.3	2.3	2.7	5.0	2.7	1.7	0.0	1.7	3.7	5.0	12.0	.417	0.0	1.3	.000	2.3	3.3	.700
Paul Millsap	10	32.3	18.0	3.4	5.4	8.8	2.2	1.1	1.4	1.3	3.6	7.0	12.2	.574	0.0	0.2	.000	4.0	5.8	.690


Season 5
	Grant Long	Paul Millsap
Season	1992-93	2010-11
Team	Miami Heat	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Grant Long	76	35.9	14.0	2.6	4.9	7.5	2.4	1.4	0.4	1.8	3.5	5.2	11.1	.469	0.1	0.3	.231	3.4	4.5	.765
Paul Millsap	76	34.3	17.3	2.2	5.5	7.6	2.5	1.4	0.9	1.9	3.6	6.9	13.0	.531	0.1	0.3	.391	3.4	4.4	.757

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Grant Long	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul Millsap	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Grant Long	Paul Millsap
Season	1993-94	2011-12
Team	Miami Heat	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Grant Long	69	31.9	11.4	2.8	4.4	7.2	2.5	1.3	0.4	1.8	3.5	4.3	9.7	.446	0.0	0.1	.167	2.7	3.4	.786
Paul Millsap	64	32.8	16.6	2.8	6.0	8.8	2.3	1.8	0.8	1.8	3.5	6.7	13.5	.495	0.1	0.5	.226	3.2	4.0	.792

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Grant Long	4	27.5	12.3	2.5	2.0	4.5	1.8	0.8	0.5	2.5	4.0	3.5	9.0	.389	0.0	0.0	-	5.3	6.8	.778
Paul Millsap	4	34.8	12.0	4.3	6.8	11.0	0.5	0.3	2.5	2.3	2.8	5.0	13.5	.370	0.0	0.8	.000	2.0	4.0	.500


Season 7
	Grant Long	Paul Millsap
Season	1994-95	2012-13
Team	Miami Heat, Atlanta Hawks	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Grant Long	81	32.6	11.6	2.4	5.1	7.5	1.6	1.3	0.4	1.9	3.0	4.2	8.8	.478	0.1	0.4	.355	3.0	4.0	.751
Paul Millsap	78	30.4	14.6	2.3	4.8	7.1	2.6	1.3	1.0	1.8	3.0	5.5	11.2	.490	0.2	0.5	.333	3.4	4.6	.742

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Grant Long	3	36.7	13.7	4.3	7.0	11.3	1.3	1.3	0.3	2.7	3.7	4.7	9.3	.500	0.0	0.3	.000	4.3	6.0	.722
Paul Millsap	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Grant Long	Paul Millsap
Season	1995-96	2013-14
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Grant Long	82	36.7	13.1	3.0	6.6	9.6	2.2	1.3	0.4	1.9	2.8	4.8	10.2	.471	0.4	1.0	.360	3.1	4.1	.763
Paul Millsap	74	33.5	17.9	2.1	6.4	8.5	3.1	1.7	1.1	2.5	2.8	6.5	14.1	.461	1.0	2.9	.358	3.9	5.3	.731

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Grant Long	10	36.2	11.4	3.0	5.6	8.6	2.8	0.7	0.3	1.9	2.7	4.4	11.1	.396	0.6	2.4	.250	2.0	2.5	.800
Paul Millsap	7	38.1	19.4	3.0	7.9	10.9	2.9	1.4	1.9	2.9	3.6	5.9	14.7	.398	1.3	3.9	.333	6.4	8.0	.804


Season 9
	Grant Long	Paul Millsap
Season	1996-97	2014-15
Team	Detroit Pistons	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Hawks Lost East Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Grant Long	65	17.9	5.0	1.4	2.1	3.4	0.6	0.7	0.1	0.7	1.6	1.9	4.2	.447	0.3	0.7	.362	1.0	1.3	.750
Paul Millsap	73	32.7	16.7	1.9	5.9	7.8	3.1	1.8	0.9	2.3	2.8	6.1	12.7	.476	1.1	3.0	.356	3.5	4.6	.757

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Grant Long	5	17.4	5.0	0.8	1.4	2.2	0.6	0.8	0.0	0.0	2.2	1.6	3.6	.444	0.0	0.4	.000	1.8	2.2	.818
Paul Millsap	16	35.4	15.2	2.3	6.4	8.7	3.4	1.6	0.9	2.1	3.3	5.3	13.1	.407	0.9	3.1	.306	3.6	4.9	.744


Season 10
	Grant Long	Paul Millsap
Season	1997-98	2015-16
Team	Detroit Pistons	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Grant Long	40	18.5	3.5	1.4	2.3	3.8	0.6	0.7	0.3	0.6	2.3	1.3	2.9	.427	0.0	0.1	.000	1.0	1.4	.719
Paul Millsap	81	32.7	17.1	2.4	6.6	9.0	3.3	1.8	1.7	2.4	2.9	6.2	13.2	.470	0.9	2.9	.319	3.8	5.0	.757

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Grant Long	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul Millsap	10	36.5	16.7	2.8	6.6	9.4	2.7	1.3	2.3	2.6	2.9	5.9	13.7	.431	0.8	3.3	.242	4.1	5.5	.745


Season 11
	Grant Long	Paul Millsap
Season	1998-99	2016-17
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Grant Long	50	27.6	9.8	2.0	3.9	5.9	1.1	1.1	0.3	1.5	2.9	3.0	7.2	.421	0.1	0.4	.167	3.7	4.7	.783
Paul Millsap	69	34.0	18.1	1.6	6.1	7.7	3.7	1.3	0.9	2.3	2.7	6.2	14.1	.442	1.1	3.5	.311	4.5	5.9	.768

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Grant Long	9	39.8	11.7	3.1	5.1	8.2	0.9	2.0	0.4	2.6	3.0	4.0	9.8	.409	0.1	0.4	.250	3.6	4.9	.727
Paul Millsap	6	36.5	24.3	1.5	7.8	9.3	4.3	1.7	0.7	3.8	3.2	8.3	16.5	.505	0.5	2.8	.176	7.2	8.8	.811


Season 12
	Grant Long	Paul Millsap
Season	1999-00	2017-18
Team	Vancouver Grizzlies	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Grant Long	42	21.9	4.8	2.0	3.5	5.6	1.0	1.1	0.2	1.2	2.6	1.8	4.0	.443	0.0	0.1	.000	1.3	1.7	.775
Paul Millsap	38	30.1	14.6	1.7	4.7	6.4	2.8	1.0	1.2	1.9	2.6	5.3	11.4	.464	1.0	3.0	.345	2.9	4.2	.696

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Grant Long	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul Millsap	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Grant Long	Paul Millsap
Season	2000-01	2018-19
Team	Vancouver Grizzlies	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Grant Long	66	22.8	6.0	1.2	3.0	4.2	1.3	1.1	0.2	0.9	2.4	2.1	4.8	.439	0.1	0.2	.267	1.7	2.4	.713
Paul Millsap	70	27.1	12.6	2.2	5.0	7.2	2.0	1.2	0.8	1.4	2.6	4.6	9.5	.484	0.8	2.3	.365	2.6	3.6	.727

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Grant Long	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul Millsap	14	33.5	14.6	1.7	5.0	6.7	0.8	0.9	1.1	1.3	3.4	5.2	11.1	.468	0.9	2.7	.316	3.4	4.4	.770


Season 14
	Grant Long	Paul Millsap
Season	2001-02	2019-20
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nuggets Lost West Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Grant Long	66	28.3	6.3	0.5	3.0	3.5	2.1	1.0	0.2	1.6	1.9	2.5	5.8	.426	0.0	0.3	.176	1.3	1.9	.699
Paul Millsap	51	24.3	11.6	1.9	3.8	5.7	1.6	0.9	0.6	1.4	2.9	4.1	8.6	.482	1.1	2.4	.435	2.3	2.8	.816

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Grant Long	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul Millsap	19	24.2	8.0	1.4	3.3	4.7	1.2	0.6	0.5	1.3	2.6	2.5	6.2	.398	0.8	2.3	.341	2.3	2.8	.796


Season 15
	Grant Long	Paul Millsap
Season	2002-03	2020-21
Team	Boston Celtics	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Grant Long	41	11.9	1.8	0.6	1.4	2.0	0.6	0.2	0.0	0.5	1.5	0.7	1.7	.386	0.0	0.1	.000	0.4	0.6	.783
Paul Millsap	56	20.8	9.0	1.4	3.3	4.7	1.8	0.9	0.6	0.9	2.0	3.4	7.2	.476	0.9	2.6	.343	1.3	1.8	.724

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Grant Long	8	4.4	0.3	0.4	0.3	0.6	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.5	.250	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Paul Millsap	9	12.1	6.4	1.0	2.9	3.9	1.7	0.3	0.7	0.9	1.6	2.4	5.6	.440	0.7	2.6	.261	0.9	1.4	.615


Season 16
	Grant Long	Paul Millsap
Season	-	2021-22
Team	-	Brooklyn Nets, Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	76ers Lost East Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Grant Long	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul Millsap	33	11.4	3.5	1.2	2.2	3.5	0.9	0.3	0.4	0.6	2.0	1.4	3.5	.391	0.2	1.1	.229	0.5	0.7	.708

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Grant Long	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul Millsap	1	6.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Grant Long vs. Paul Millsap Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Paul Millsap and Grant Long, 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

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14

Season 15

Season 16