Carmelo Anthony vs. Grant Hill: Career Scoring Comparison

We break down the scoring legacies of Grant Hill and Carmelo Anthony to determine who has the better numbers. Here you can compare their career totals, points per game, games of 40+ points, 50+, etc. and their year-by-year scoring averages side by side, both in the Regular Season and Playoffs.

Carmelo Anthony is among the NBA's all-time leaders in points and also has one of the highest career averages in league history, and here we compare his scoring stats with those recorded by Grant Hill.

By taking a look at their career numbers for points, the first conclusion one can arrive at is that Carmelo Anthony has better scoring stats than Grant Hill in averages and totals, both in the regular season and Playoffs. However, we won't stop there and we'll go into detail to analyze what these statistics are made up of, from how many games they had in each threshold (30+ points, 40+, 50+, etc.) to their season-by-season scoring averages.

Career Numbers
Who has the better scoring stats?

Points in the Regular Season

In his 19 NBA regular seasons played, Carmelo Anthony averages 5.8 points more than Grant Hill in his 18 seasons (22.5 points against 16.7), and he also scored a total of 11,152 points more (28,289 vs. 17,137).

Points Per Game			Seasons
Carmelo Anthony	22.5	+5.8	19
Grant Hill	16.7		18

Total Points			Seasons
Carmelo Anthony	28,289	+11,152	19
Grant Hill	17,137		18

Scoring Titles
Carmelo Anthony	1	+1
Grant Hill	0

Points by Thresholds

Career Shooting Stats Comparison

Year by Year Points Average Comparison

= NBA Scoring Leader

Regular Season

Rookie Season	Points per game		Year	Games
Carmelo Anthony	21.0	+1.1	2004	82
Grant Hill	19.9		1995	70

Season 2	Points per game		Year	Games
Carmelo Anthony	20.8	+0.6	2005	75
Grant Hill	20.2		1996	80

Season 3	Points per game		Year	Games
Carmelo Anthony	26.5	+5.1	2006	80
Grant Hill	21.4		1997	80

Season 4	Points per game		Year	Games
Carmelo Anthony	28.9	+7.8	2007	65
Grant Hill	21.1		1998	81

Season 5	Points per game		Year	Games
Carmelo Anthony	25.7	+4.6	2008	77
Grant Hill	21.1		1999	50

Season 6	Points per game		Year	Games
Carmelo Anthony	22.8		2009	66
Grant Hill	25.8	+3.0	2000	74

Season 7	Points per game		Year	Games
Carmelo Anthony	28.2	+14.4	2010	69
Grant Hill	13.8		2001	4

Season 8	Points per game		Year	Games
Carmelo Anthony	25.6	+8.8	2011	77
Grant Hill	16.8		2002	14

Season 9	Points per game		Year	Games
Carmelo Anthony	22.6	+8.1	2012	55
Grant Hill	14.5		2003	29

Season 10	Points per game		Year	Games
Carmelo Anthony	28.7	+9.0	2013	67
Grant Hill	19.7		2005	67

Season 11	Points per game		Year	Games
Carmelo Anthony	27.4	+12.3	2014	77
Grant Hill	15.1		2006	21

Season 12	Points per game		Year	Games
Carmelo Anthony	24.2	+9.8	2015	40
Grant Hill	14.4		2007	65

Season 13	Points per game		Year	Games
Carmelo Anthony	21.8	+8.7	2016	72
Grant Hill	13.1		2008	70

Season 14	Points per game		Year	Games
Carmelo Anthony	22.4	+10.4	2017	74
Grant Hill	12.0		2009	82

Season 15	Points per game		Year	Games
Carmelo Anthony	16.2	+4.9	2018	78
Grant Hill	11.3		2010	81

Season 16	Points per game		Year	Games
Carmelo Anthony	13.4	+0.2	2019	10
Grant Hill	13.2		2011	80

Season 17	Points per game		Year	Games
Carmelo Anthony	15.4	+5.2	2020	58
Grant Hill	10.2		2012	49

Season 18	Points per game		Year	Games
Carmelo Anthony	13.4	+10.2	2021	69
Grant Hill	3.2		2013	29

Carmelo Anthony's additional seasons:

* Carmelo Anthony played 1 season more than Grant Hill in the NBA. In that year—his season 19 in 2022—he averaged 13.3 points in a total of 69 regular season games.