Grant Hill vs. Stephon Marbury: Career Scoring Comparison

We break down the scoring legacies of Stephon Marbury 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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By taking a look at their career numbers for points, the first conclusion one can arrive at is that Grant Hill scored more total points both in the regular season and Playoffs and also has a better playoff average while Stephon Marbury has a better scoring average in the regular season. 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 13 NBA regular seasons played, Stephon Marbury averages 2.6 points more than Grant Hill in his 18 seasons (19.3 points against 16.7). On the other hand Grant Hill scored a total of 840 points more than Stephon Marbury (17,137 vs. 16,297).

Points Per Game

Seasons
Grant Hill 16.7
18
Stephon Marbury 19.3
+2.6
13

Total Points

Seasons
Grant Hill 17,137
+840
18
Stephon Marbury 16,297
13

Points in the Playoffs

In the NBA postseason Grant Hill has a better career point average than Stephon Marbury (+0.8 points per game) and he also scored more points (+121).

Points Per Game

Playoffs
Grant Hill 13.4
+0.8
8
Stephon Marbury 12.6
5

Total Points

Playoffs
Grant Hill 523
+121
8
Stephon Marbury 402
5

Points by Thresholds

Regular Season

50+ Point Games

Grant Hill 0
Stephon Marbury 1
+1

40+ Point Games

Grant Hill 5
Stephon Marbury 16
+11

30+ Point Games

Grant Hill 71
Stephon Marbury 117
+46

20+ Point Games

Grant Hill 366
Stephon Marbury 401
+35

10+ Point Games

Grant Hill 819
+85
Stephon Marbury 734

1+ Point Games (games with points)

Grant Hill 1,005
+167
Stephon Marbury 838

0 Point Games (games without points)

Grant Hill 21
+13
Stephon Marbury 8

Playoffs

30+ Point Games

Grant Hill 0
Stephon Marbury 2
+2

20+ Point Games

Grant Hill 12
+4
Stephon Marbury 8

10+ Point Games

Grant Hill 22
+3
Stephon Marbury 19

1+ Point Games (games with points)

Grant Hill 38
+9
Stephon Marbury 29

0 Point Games (games without points)

Grant Hill 1
Stephon Marbury 3
+2

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:+2.6+0.6+2.9+5.0+1.0+2.9+1.1+0.4+0.3+1.5+5+180
Stephon Marbury 19.3 6.8 15.7 43.3 1.2 3.6 32.5 4.5 5.7 78.4 13 846

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:+840+576+198+5.0+772+2,351+1.1+460+694+1.5+5+180
Stephon Marbury 16,297 5,769 13,324 43.3 991 3,048 32.5 3,768 4,804 78.4 13 846

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+0.4+2.3+11.4+0.7+2.6+3.5+0.7+0.8+3.1+3+7
Stephon Marbury 12.6 4.7 13.2 35.5 0.8 3.1 27.3 2.3 3.1 75.0 5 32

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:+121+50+4+11.4+22+78+3.5+43+51+3.1+3+7
Stephon Marbury 402 150 422 35.5 27 99 27.3 75 100 75.0 5 32

Year by Year Points Average Comparison

Regular Season

Rookie Season

Points per gameYearGames
Grant Hill 19.9
+4.1
199570
Stephon Marbury 15.8
199767

Season 2

Points per gameYearGames
Grant Hill 20.2
+2.5
199680
Stephon Marbury 17.7
199882

Season 3

Points per gameYearGames
Grant Hill 21.4
+0.1
199780
Stephon Marbury 21.3
199949

Season 4

Points per gameYearGames
Grant Hill 21.1
199881
Stephon Marbury 22.2
+1.1
200074

Season 5

Points per gameYearGames
Grant Hill 21.1
199950
Stephon Marbury 23.9
+2.8
200167

Season 6

Points per gameYearGames
Grant Hill 25.8
+5.4
200074
Stephon Marbury 20.4
200282

Season 7

Points per gameYearGames
Grant Hill 13.8
20014
Stephon Marbury 22.3
+8.5
200381

Season 8

Points per gameYearGames
Grant Hill 16.8
200214
Stephon Marbury 20.2
+3.4
200481

Season 9

Points per gameYearGames
Grant Hill 14.5
200329
Stephon Marbury 21.7
+7.2
200582

Season 10

Points per gameYearGames
Grant Hill 19.7
+3.4
200567
Stephon Marbury 16.3
200660

Season 11

Points per gameYearGames
Grant Hill 15.1
200621
Stephon Marbury 16.4
+1.3
200774

Season 12

Points per gameYearGames
Grant Hill 14.4
+0.5
200765
Stephon Marbury 13.9
200824

Season 13

Points per gameYearGames
Grant Hill 13.1
+9.3
200870
Stephon Marbury 3.8
200923

Grant Hill's additional seasons:

* Grant Hill played 5 seasons more than Stephon Marbury in the NBA.

In those years—his seasons 14 to 18, from 2009 to 2013—he averaged 11.0 points in a total of 321 regular season games. During that period, his highest average was 13.2 ppg and his lowest 3.2.

Playoffs

Rookie Season

Points per gameYearGames
Grant Hill -
DNP
19950
Stephon Marbury 21.3
+21.3
19973

Season 2

Points per gameYearGames
Grant Hill 19.0
+5.2
19963
Stephon Marbury 13.8
19985

Season 3

Points per gameYearGames
Grant Hill 23.6
+23.6
19975
Stephon Marbury -
DNP
19990

Season 4

Points per gameYearGames
Grant Hill -
DNP
19980
Stephon Marbury -
DNP
20000

Season 5

Points per gameYearGames
Grant Hill 19.4
+19.4
19995
Stephon Marbury -
DNP
20010

Season 6

Points per gameYearGames
Grant Hill 11.0
+11.0
20002
Stephon Marbury -
DNP
20020

Season 7

Points per gameYearGames
Grant Hill -
DNP
20010
Stephon Marbury 22.0
+22.0
20036

Season 8

Points per gameYearGames
Grant Hill -
DNP
20020
Stephon Marbury 21.3
+21.3
20044

Season 9

Points per gameYearGames
Grant Hill -
DNP
20030
Stephon Marbury -
DNP
20050

Season 10

Points per gameYearGames
Grant Hill -
DNP
20050
Stephon Marbury -
DNP
20060

Season 11

Points per gameYearGames
Grant Hill -
DNP
20060
Stephon Marbury -
DNP
20070

Season 12

Points per gameYearGames
Grant Hill 15.0
+15.0
20074
Stephon Marbury -
DNP
20080

Season 13

Points per gameYearGames
Grant Hill 3.7
20083
Stephon Marbury 3.7
200914

Grant Hill's additional Playoffs:

* During his 5 additional NBA seasons, Grant Hill played in two Playoffs. In those postseasons he averaged 9.3 points in a total of 17 games. His highest playoff average during that period was 9.6 ppg and his lowest 4.

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