Jalen Duren vs. Grant Hill Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Grant Hill and Jalen Duren, 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.

Jalen Duren played 4 years in the NBA, 14 less than Grant Hill, who played 18. Jalen Duren had the first of his seasons in 2022-23, while Grant Hill had his rookie season in 1994-95. 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
	Jalen Duren	Grant Hill
Season	2022-23	1994-95
Team	Detroit Pistons	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	All-Rookie Second 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		%
Jalen Duren	67	24.9	9.1	3.4	5.5	8.9	1.1	0.7	0.9	1.4	2.7	3.9	5.9	.648	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	2.3	.611
difference:	+3	+13.4	+10.8	+1.6	+0.9	+2.5	+3.9	+1.1		-1.5	-0.2	+3.4	+9.3	+.171	+0.1	+0.4		+3.9	+5.0	+.121
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
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Jalen Duren nor Grant Hill played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Jalen Duren	Grant Hill
Season	2023-24	1995-96
Team	Detroit Pistons	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pistons 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		%
Jalen Duren	61	29.1	13.8	3.1	8.5	11.6	2.4	0.5	0.8	2.1	3.1	5.7	9.2	.619	0.0	0.1	.000	2.3	3.0	.790
difference:	+19	+11.7	+6.4	+1.5	+0.3	+1.8	+4.5	+0.8	+0.2	-1.2	-0.1	+1.4	+6.1	+.157	+0.1	+0.2	+.192	+3.8	+5.1	+.039
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jalen Duren	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Season 3
	Jalen Duren	Grant Hill
Season	2024-25	1996-97
Team	Detroit Pistons	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Jalen Duren	78	26.1	11.8	3.6	6.8	10.3	2.7	0.7	1.1	1.7	3.2	4.8	7.0	.692	0.0	0.0	-	2.1	3.1	.669
difference:	+2	+13.2	+9.6	+2.1	+0.7	+1.3	+4.6	+1.1	+0.5	-1.5	-0.9	+3.0	+8.7	+.196	+0.1	+0.4		+3.5	+4.8	+.042
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jalen Duren	6	33.8	11.8	4.3	6.3	10.7	3.5	0.3	1.7	1.7	4.3	4.3	6.7	.650	0.0	0.0	-	3.2	3.8	.826
difference:	+1	+7.0	+11.8	+1.7	+2.1	+3.9	+1.9	+0.5	+0.7	-2.1	-1.5	+4.7	+13.9	+.213				+2.4	+4.0	+.108
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

Season 4
	Jalen Duren	Grant Hill
Season	2025-26	1997-98
Team	Detroit Pistons	Detroit Pistons
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		%
Jalen Duren	11	29.0	19.4	4.5	7.5	12.0	1.6	1.1	1.2	2.5	3.4	7.0	10.8	.647	0.0	0.0	-	5.4	6.6	.808
difference:	+70	+11.7	+1.7	+3.4	+1.0	+4.3	+5.2	+0.7	+0.5	-1.0	-1.0	+0.6	+6.0	+.195		+0.3		+0.5	+1.4	+.068
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
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Jalen Duren nor Grant Hill played in the postseason in their season 4

Additional Years
* Grant Hill played 14 seasons more than Jalen Duren in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 5 to 18, from 1999 to 2013—Grant Hill played in 6 Playoffs. In those 14 extra years over Jalen Duren, Grant Hill got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-NBA Second Team 3 All-Star Game