Josh Hart vs. Paul Millsap Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Paul Millsap 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, 7 less than Paul Millsap, who played 16. Josh Hart had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, 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 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	Paul Millsap
Season	2017-18	2006-07
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Jazz Lost West Conf Finals

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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:	+19	+5.2	+1.1	+1.5	+0.6	+1.0	+0.5	+0.1	+0.6	-0.4	-1.2	+0.3	+1.1	+.056	+1.2	+3.1		+0.7	+1.0	+.029
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	-	1.7	2.5	.673
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Josh Hart	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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 8
	Josh Hart	Paul Millsap
Season	2024-25	2013-14
Team	New York Knicks	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Josh Hart	77	37.6	13.6	2.1	7.5	9.6	5.9	1.5	0.4	2.1	2.6	5.2	10.0	.525	1.1	3.3	.333	2.1	2.7	.776
difference:	+3	+4.1	+4.3		+1.1	+1.1	+2.8	+0.2	+0.7	-0.4	-0.2	+1.3	+4.1	+.064	+0.1	+0.4	+.025	+1.8	+2.6	+.045
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		%
Josh Hart	18	35.7	11.6	2.4	6.3	8.8	4.4	1.1	0.6	1.9	3.4	3.8	8.0	.472	1.1	3.0	.370	2.9	3.7	.776
difference:	+11	+2.4	+7.8	+0.6	+1.6	+2.1	+1.5	+0.3	+1.3	-1.0	-0.2	+2.1	+6.7	+.074	+0.2	+0.9	+.037	+3.5	+4.3	+.028
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
	Josh Hart	Paul Millsap
Season	2025-26	2014-15
Team	New York Knicks	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks Lost East Conf Finals

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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		%
Josh Hart	12	25.5	9.2	1.6	5.0	6.6	4.7	0.9	0.2	2.1	2.0	3.6	7.6	.473	1.0	3.1	.324	1.0	1.3	.750
difference:	+61	+7.2	+7.5	+0.3	+0.9	+1.2	+1.6	+0.9	+0.7	-0.2	-0.8	+2.5	+5.1	+.003	+0.1	+0.1	+.032	+2.5	+3.3	+.007
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		%
Josh Hart	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Additional Years
* Paul Millsap played 7 seasons more than Josh Hart in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 10 to 16, from 2016 to 2022—Paul Millsap played in 6 Playoffs. In those 7 extra years over Josh Hart, Paul Millsap got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Defensive Second Team 2 All-Star Game