Josh Hart vs. Grant Hill Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Grant Hill and Josh Hart, 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.

Josh Hart played 9 years in the NBA, 9 less than Grant Hill, who played 18. Josh Hart had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, 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
	Josh Hart	Grant Hill
Season	2017-18	1994-95
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Detroit Pistons
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		%
Josh Hart	63	23.2	7.9	0.7	3.5	4.2	1.3	0.7	0.3	0.7	1.7	2.8	6.0	.469	1.2	3.1	.396	1.0	1.5	.702
difference:	+7	+15.1	+12.0	+1.1	+1.1	+2.2	+3.7	+1.1	+0.6	-2.2	-1.2	+4.5	+9.2	+.008	+1.1	+2.7	+.248	+4.3	+5.8	+.030
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 Josh Hart nor Grant Hill played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Josh Hart	Grant Hill
Season	2018-19	1995-96
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	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		%
Josh Hart	67	25.6	7.8	0.5	3.2	3.7	1.4	1.0	0.6	0.9	2.2	2.8	6.9	.407	1.4	4.1	.336	0.8	1.2	.688
difference:	+13	+15.2	+12.4	+1.1	+5.0	+6.1	+5.5	+0.3		-2.4	-0.8	+4.3	+8.4	+.055	+1.3	+3.8	+.144	+5.3	+6.9	+.063
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		%
Josh Hart	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
	Josh Hart	Grant Hill
Season	2019-20	1996-97
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Josh Hart	65	27.0	10.1	0.9	5.6	6.5	1.7	1.0	0.4	1.2	2.5	3.5	8.2	.423	1.9	5.4	.342	1.3	1.8	.739
difference:	+15	+12.3	+11.3	+0.6	+1.9	+2.5	+5.6	+0.8	+0.2	-2.0	-0.2	+4.3	+7.5	+.073	+1.8	+5.0	+.039	+4.3	+6.1	+.028
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		%
Josh Hart	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Josh Hart	Grant Hill
Season	2020-21	1997-98
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	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		%
Josh Hart	47	28.7	9.2	1.1	6.9	8.0	2.3	0.8	0.3	1.0	2.4	3.2	7.3	.439	1.3	4.1	.326	1.5	1.9	.775
difference:	+34	+12.0	+11.9		+0.4	+0.3	+4.5	+1.0	+0.4	-2.5		+4.4	+9.5	+.013	+1.3	+3.8	+.183	+4.4	+6.1	+.035
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 Josh Hart nor Grant Hill played in the postseason in their season 4

Season 5
	Josh Hart	Grant Hill
Season	2021-22	1998-99
Team	New Orleans Pelicans, Portland Trail Blazers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pistons 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		%
Josh Hart	54	33.2	14.9	1.1	6.0	7.2	4.1	1.1	0.2	2.1	2.8	5.3	10.5	.504	1.4	3.9	.343	3.0	3.9	.758
difference:	+4	+3.8	+6.2	+0.2	+0.2	+0.1	+1.9	+0.5	+0.3	-1.6	-0.5	+2.4	+5.5	+.025	+1.4	+3.6	+.343	+2.7	+3.7	+.006
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Josh Hart	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Season 6
	Josh Hart	Grant Hill
Season	2022-23	1999-00
Team	Portland Trail Blazers, New York Knicks	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Josh Hart	76	32.3	9.8	1.9	5.9	7.8	3.8	1.2	0.3	1.5	2.6	3.6	6.8	.529	0.8	2.2	.372	1.7	2.3	.750
difference:	+2	+5.2	+16.0	+0.6	+0.6	+1.2	+1.4	+0.2	+0.3	-1.7		+5.8	+12.4	+.040	+0.3	+0.9	+.025	+4.8	+5.9	+.045
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Josh Hart	11	32.1	10.4	1.6	5.7	7.4	2.2	0.8	0.3	1.9	3.5	4.1	8.5	.479	0.9	2.9	.313	1.3	2.0	.636
difference:	+9	+4.1	+0.6	+1.6	+0.2	+1.9	+2.3	+0.3	+0.3	-3.1		+1.1	+0.5	+.104	+0.4	+1.9	+.187	+3.2	+3.0	+.264
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

Season 7
	Josh Hart	Grant Hill
Season	2023-24	2000-01
Team	New York Knicks	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Josh Hart	81	33.4	9.4	1.6	6.8	8.3	4.1	0.9	0.3	1.5	2.1	3.6	8.4	.434	1.0	3.2	.310	1.1	1.4	.791
difference:	+77	+0.1	+4.4	+0.4	+2.5	+2.0	+2.2	+0.4	+0.2	-1.3	-0.2	+1.2	+2.4	+.008	+0.7	+2.9	+.690	+2.9	+5.1	+.176
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Josh Hart	13	42.2	14.5	2.8	8.7	11.5	4.5	1.0	0.8	2.6	3.2	5.1	11.5	.440	1.7	4.5	.373	2.7	3.7	.729
Grant Hill	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Grant Hill played 9 seasons more than Josh Hart in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 10 to 18, from 2005 to 2013—Grant Hill played in 4 Playoffs. In those 9 extra years over Josh Hart, Grant Hill got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Star Game