Grant Hill vs. Kevin Love: Career Scoring Comparison

We break down the scoring legacies of Kevin Love and Grant Hill 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.

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Career comparison / Season by season / Scoring / Stats / Stats Rankings / Games against each other

By taking a look at their career numbers for points, the first conclusion one can arrive at is that Grant Hill has better scoring averages both in the regular season and Playoffs and also scored more total points during the season while Kevin Love scored more points in the postseason. 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.

On this page we compare:

Who has better scoring stats? Career Numbers
Games of 30+ points, 40+, 50+, etc
Shooting Stats
Points Year by Year

Career Numbers
Who has the better scoring stats?

Points in the Regular Season

In his 18 NBA regular seasons played, Grant Hill averages 0.5 points more than Kevin Love in his 17 seasons (16.7 points against 16.2), and he also scored a total of 1,716 points more (17,137 vs. 15,421).

Points Per Game

Seasons
Grant Hill 16.7
+0.5
18
Kevin Love 16.2
17

Total Points

Seasons
Grant Hill 17,137
+1,716
18
Kevin Love 15,421
17

Points in the Playoffs

In the NBA postseason Grant Hill has a better career point average than Kevin Love (+0.8 points per game) while Kevin Love scored more points (+589).

Points Per Game

Playoffs
Grant Hill 13.4
+0.8
8
Kevin Love 12.6
6

Total Points

Playoffs
Grant Hill 523
8
Kevin Love 1,112
+589
6

Points by Thresholds

Regular Season

50+ Point Games

Grant Hill 0
Kevin Love 1
+1

40+ Point Games

Grant Hill 5
Kevin Love 11
+6

30+ Point Games

Grant Hill 71
Kevin Love 72
+1

20+ Point Games

Grant Hill 366
+45
Kevin Love 321

10+ Point Games

Grant Hill 819
+97
Kevin Love 722

1+ Point Games (games with points)

Grant Hill 1,005
+76
Kevin Love 929

0 Point Games (games without points)

Grant Hill 21
Kevin Love 23
+2

Playoffs

30+ Point Games

Grant Hill 0
Kevin Love 2
+2

20+ Point Games

Grant Hill 12
Kevin Love 20
+8

10+ Point Games

Grant Hill 22
Kevin Love 49
+27

1+ Point Games (games with points)

Grant Hill 38
Kevin Love 83
+45

0 Point Games (games without points)

Grant Hill 1
Kevin Love 5
+4

Career Shooting Stats Comparison

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Regular Season

Stats Per Game

Pts FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A% Yrs Gms
Grant Hill 16.7 6.2 12.8 48.3 0.2 0.7 31.4 4.1 5.4 76.9 18 1,026
difference:+0.5+0.9+0.6+4.5+1.6+4.1+5.5+0.3+0.8+5.9+1+74
Kevin Love 16.2 5.3 12.2 43.8 1.8 4.8 36.9 3.8 4.6 82.8 17 952

Total Stats

Pts FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A% Yrs Gms
Grant Hill 17,137 6,345 13,126 48.3 219 697 31.4 4,228 5,498 76.9 18 1,026
difference:+1,716+1,271+1,542+4.5+1,455+3,845+5.5+629+1,152+5.9+1+74
Kevin Love 15,421 5,074 11,584 43.8 1,674 4,542 36.9 3,599 4,346 82.8 17 952

Playoffs

Stats Per Game

Pts FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A% Yrs Gms
Grant Hill 13.4 5.1 10.9 46.9 0.1 0.5 23.8 3.0 3.9 78.1 8 39
difference:+0.8+1.0+0.6+6.9+1.9+4.5+15.9+0.6+1.1+7.4+2+49
Kevin Love 12.6 4.1 10.3 40.0 2.0 5.0 39.7 2.4 2.8 85.5 6 88

Total Stats

Pts FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A% Yrs Gms
Grant Hill 523 200 426 46.9 5 21 23.8 118 151 78.1 8 39
difference:+589+162+478+6.9+170+420+15.9+95+98+7.4+2+49
Kevin Love 1,112 362 904 40.0 175 441 39.7 213 249 85.5 6 88

Year by Year Points Average Comparison

NBA Champion = NBA Champion

Regular Season

Rookie Season

Points per gameYearGames
Grant Hill 19.9
+8.8
199570
Kevin Love 11.1
200981

Season 2

Points per gameYearGames
Grant Hill 20.2
+6.2
199680
Kevin Love 14.0
201060

Season 3

Points per gameYearGames
Grant Hill 21.4
+1.2
199780
Kevin Love 20.2
201173

Season 4

Points per gameYearGames
Grant Hill 21.1
199881
Kevin Love 26.0
+4.9
201255

Season 5

Points per gameYearGames
Grant Hill 21.1
+2.8
199950
Kevin Love 18.3
201318

Season 6

Points per gameYearGames
Grant Hill 25.8
200074
Kevin Love 26.1
+0.3
201477

Season 7

Points per gameYearGames
Grant Hill 13.8
20014
Kevin Love 16.4
+2.6
201575

Season 8

Points per gameYearGames
Grant Hill 16.8
+0.8
200214
Kevin Love 16.0
2016NBA Champion77

Season 9

Points per gameYearGames
Grant Hill 14.5
200329
Kevin Love 19.0
+4.5
201760

Season 10

Points per gameYearGames
Grant Hill 19.7
+2.1
200567
Kevin Love 17.6
201859

Season 11

Points per gameYearGames
Grant Hill 15.1
200621
Kevin Love 17.0
+1.9
201922

Season 12

Points per gameYearGames
Grant Hill 14.4
200765
Kevin Love 17.6
+3.2
202056

Season 13

Points per gameYearGames
Grant Hill 13.1
+0.9
200870
Kevin Love 12.2
202125

Season 14

Points per gameYearGames
Grant Hill 12.0
200982
Kevin Love 13.6
+1.6
202274

Season 15

Points per gameYearGames
Grant Hill 11.3
+3.1
201081
Kevin Love 8.2
202362

Season 16

Points per gameYearGames
Grant Hill 13.2
+4.4
201180
Kevin Love 8.8
202455

Season 17

Points per gameYearGames
Grant Hill 10.2
+4.9
201249
Kevin Love 5.3
202523

Grant Hill's additional seasons:

* Grant Hill played 1 season more than Kevin Love in the NBA.

In that year—his season 18 in 2013—he averaged 3.2 points in a total of 29 regular season games.

Playoffs

Rookie Season

Points per gameYearGames
Grant Hill -
DNP
19950
Kevin Love -
DNP
20090

Season 2

Points per gameYearGames
Grant Hill 19.0
+19.0
19963
Kevin Love -
DNP
20100

Season 3

Points per gameYearGames
Grant Hill 23.6
+23.6
19975
Kevin Love -
DNP
20110

Season 4

Points per gameYearGames
Grant Hill -
DNP
19980
Kevin Love -
DNP
20120

Season 5

Points per gameYearGames
Grant Hill 19.4
+19.4
19995
Kevin Love -
DNP
20130

Season 6

Points per gameYearGames
Grant Hill 11.0
+11.0
20002
Kevin Love -
DNP
20140

Season 7

Points per gameYearGames
Grant Hill -
DNP
20010
Kevin Love 14.3
+14.3
20154

Season 8

Points per gameYearGames
Grant Hill -
DNP
20020
Kevin Love 14.7
+14.7
2016NBA Champion20

Season 9

Points per gameYearGames
Grant Hill -
DNP
20030
Kevin Love 16.8
+16.8
201718

Season 10

Points per gameYearGames
Grant Hill -
DNP
20050
Kevin Love 14.9
+14.9
201821

Season 11

Points per gameYearGames
Grant Hill -
DNP
20060
Kevin Love -
DNP
20190

Season 12

Points per gameYearGames
Grant Hill 15.0
+15.0
20074
Kevin Love -
DNP
20200

Season 13

Points per gameYearGames
Grant Hill 3.7
+3.7
20083
Kevin Love -
DNP
20210

Season 14

Points per gameYearGames
Grant Hill -
DNP
20090
Kevin Love -
DNP
20220

Season 15

Points per gameYearGames
Grant Hill 9.6
+2.7
201016
Kevin Love 6.9
202320

Season 16

Points per gameYearGames
Grant Hill -
DNP
20110
Kevin Love 1.8
+1.8
20245

Season 17

Points per gameYearGames
Grant Hill -
DNP
20120
Kevin Love -
DNP
20250

Grant Hill's additional Playoffs:

* In his additional NBA year, Grant Hill played in the Playoffs. In those postseasons he averaged 4.0 points in a total of 1 games.

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