Paolo Banchero vs. Grant Hill Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Grant Hill and Paolo Banchero, 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.

Paolo Banchero played 4 years in the NBA, 14 less than Grant Hill, who played 18. Paolo Banchero 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
	Paolo Banchero	Grant Hill
Season	2022-23	1994-95
Team	Orlando Magic	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	Rookie of the Year
	All-Rookie First Team	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		%
Paolo Banchero	72	33.8	20.0	1.2	5.7	6.9	3.7	0.8	0.5	2.8	2.2	6.7	15.6	.427	1.2	4.0	.298	5.5	7.4	.738
difference:	+2	+4.5	+0.1	+0.6	+1.1	+0.5	+1.3	+1.0	+0.4	-0.1	-0.7	+0.6	+0.4	+.050	+1.1	+3.6	+.150	+0.2	+0.1	+.006
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 Paolo Banchero nor Grant Hill played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Paolo Banchero	Grant Hill
Season	2023-24	1995-96
Team	Orlando Magic	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Paolo Banchero	80	35.0	22.6	1.0	5.9	6.9	5.4	0.9	0.6	3.1	1.9	8.0	17.6	.455	1.5	4.4	.339	5.1	7.0	.725
difference:		+5.8	+2.4	+0.6	+2.3	+2.9	+1.5	+0.4		-0.2	-1.1	+0.9	+2.3	+.007	+1.4	+4.1	+.147	+1.0	+1.1	+.026
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		%
Paolo Banchero	7	37.4	27.0	2.0	6.6	8.6	4.0	1.1	0.6	4.6	2.0	9.7	21.3	.456	2.3	5.7	.400	5.3	7.0	.755
difference:	+4	+0.9	+8.0	+0.7	+0.6	+1.3	+0.3	+0.1	+0.6	-1.9	-2.3	+2.4	+8.3	+.108	+2.0	+5.0	+.100	+1.3	+2.3	+.102
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
	Paolo Banchero	Grant Hill
Season	2024-25	1996-97
Team	Orlando Magic	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Magic 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		%
Paolo Banchero	46	34.4	25.9	1.1	6.4	7.5	4.8	0.8	0.6	3.0	2.1	9.0	19.8	.452	1.9	5.9	.320	6.1	8.4	.727
difference:	+34	+4.9	+4.5	+0.4	+1.1	+1.5	+2.5	+1.0		-0.2	-0.2	+1.2	+4.1	+.044	+1.8	+5.5	+.017	+0.5	+0.5	+.016
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		%
Paolo Banchero	5	39.4	29.4	2.4	6.0	8.4	4.2	0.6	0.8	3.0	3.6	10.8	24.8	.435	2.4	5.4	.444	5.4	8.2	.659
difference:		+1.4	+5.8	+0.2	+1.8	+1.6	+1.2	+0.2	+0.2	-0.8	-0.8	+1.8	+4.2	+.002	+2.4	+5.4		+0.2	+0.4	+.059
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
	Paolo Banchero	Grant Hill
Season	2025-26	1997-98
Team	Orlando Magic	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		%
Paolo Banchero	5	36.0	23.0	1.2	7.8	9.0	3.0	0.6	1.4	2.8	2.4	7.0	17.4	.402	0.6	3.8	.158	8.4	11.2	.750
difference:	+76	+4.7	+1.9	+0.1	+1.3	+1.3	+3.8	+1.2	+0.7	-0.7		+0.6	+0.6	+.050	+0.6	+3.5	+.015	+2.5	+3.2	+.010
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 Paolo Banchero nor Grant Hill played in the postseason in their season 4

Additional Years
* Grant Hill played 14 seasons more than Paolo Banchero 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 Paolo Banchero, Grant Hill got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-NBA Second Team 3 All-Star Game