Tim Duncan vs. Grant Hill: Career Scoring Comparison

We break down the scoring legacies of Grant Hill and Tim Duncan 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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Tim Duncan is among the NBA's all-time leaders in points 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 Tim Duncan 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.

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 19 NBA regular seasons played, Tim Duncan averages 2.3 points more than Grant Hill in his 18 seasons (19.0 points against 16.7), and he also scored a total of 9,359 points more (26,496 vs. 17,137).

Points Per Game

Seasons
Tim Duncan 19.0
+2.3
19
Grant Hill 16.7
18

Total Points

Seasons
Tim Duncan 26,496
+9,359
19
Grant Hill 17,137
18

Points in the Playoffs

Similar to what happens in the regular season, in the NBA postseason Tim Duncan has a better career point average than Grant Hill (+7.2 points per game) and he also scored more points (+4,649).

Points Per Game

Playoffs
Tim Duncan 20.6
+7.2
18
Grant Hill 13.4
8

Total Points

Playoffs
Tim Duncan 5,172
+4,649
18
Grant Hill 523
8

Points by Thresholds

Regular Season

50+ Point Games

Tim Duncan 1
+1
Grant Hill 0

40+ Point Games

Tim Duncan 5
Grant Hill 5

30+ Point Games

Tim Duncan 122
+51
Grant Hill 71

20+ Point Games

Tim Duncan 639
+273
Grant Hill 366

10+ Point Games

Tim Duncan 1,256
+437
Grant Hill 819

1+ Point Games (games with points)

Tim Duncan 1,390
+385
Grant Hill 1,005

0 Point Games (games without points)

Tim Duncan 2
Grant Hill 21
+19

Playoffs

40+ Point Games

Tim Duncan 4
+4
Grant Hill 0

30+ Point Games

Tim Duncan 36
+36
Grant Hill 0

20+ Point Games

Tim Duncan 137
+125
Grant Hill 12

10+ Point Games

Tim Duncan 232
+210
Grant Hill 22

1+ Point Games (games with points)

Tim Duncan 250
+212
Grant Hill 38

0 Point Games (games without points)

Tim Duncan 1
Grant Hill 1

Career Shooting Stats Comparison

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Regular Season

Stats Per Game

Pts FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A% Yrs Gms
Tim Duncan 19.0 7.4 14.6 50.6 0.0 0.1 17.9 4.2 6.1 69.6 19 1,392
difference:+2.3+1.2+1.8+2.2+0.2+0.6+13.5+0.1+0.7+7.3+1+366
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

Total Stats

Pts FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A% Yrs Gms
Tim Duncan 26,496 10,285 20,334 50.6 30 168 17.9 5,896 8,468 69.6 19 1,392
difference:+9,359+3,940+7,208+2.2+189+529+13.5+1,668+2,970+7.3+1+366
Grant Hill 17,137 6,345 13,126 48.3 219 697 31.4 4,228 5,498 76.9 18 1,026

Playoffs

Stats Per Game

Pts FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A% Yrs Gms
Tim Duncan 20.6 7.9 15.7 50.1 0.0 0.1 14.3 4.8 7.0 68.9 18 251
difference:+7.2+2.8+4.8+3.2+0.1+0.4+9.5+1.8+3.1+9.2+10+212
Grant Hill 13.4 5.1 10.9 46.9 0.1 0.5 23.8 3.0 3.9 78.1 8 39

Total Stats

Pts FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A% Yrs Gms
Tim Duncan 5,172 1,975 3,939 50.1 5 35 14.3 1,217 1,766 68.9 18 251
difference:+4,649+1,775+3,513+3.2+14+9.5+1,099+1,615+9.2+10+212
Grant Hill 523 200 426 46.9 5 21 23.8 118 151 78.1 8 39

Year by Year Points Average Comparison

NBA Champion = NBA Champion

Regular Season

Rookie Season

Points per gameYearGames
Tim Duncan 21.1
+1.2
199882
Grant Hill 19.9
199570

Season 2

Points per gameYearGames
Tim Duncan 21.7
+1.5
1999NBA Champion50
Grant Hill 20.2
199680

Season 3

Points per gameYearGames
Tim Duncan 23.2
+1.8
200074
Grant Hill 21.4
199780

Season 4

Points per gameYearGames
Tim Duncan 22.2
+1.1
200182
Grant Hill 21.1
199881

Season 5

Points per gameYearGames
Tim Duncan 25.5
+4.4
200282
Grant Hill 21.1
199950

Season 6

Points per gameYearGames
Tim Duncan 23.3
2003NBA Champion81
Grant Hill 25.8
+2.5
200074

Season 7

Points per gameYearGames
Tim Duncan 22.3
+8.5
200469
Grant Hill 13.8
20014

Season 8

Points per gameYearGames
Tim Duncan 20.3
+3.5
2005NBA Champion66
Grant Hill 16.8
200214

Season 9

Points per gameYearGames
Tim Duncan 18.6
+4.1
200680
Grant Hill 14.5
200329

Season 10

Points per gameYearGames
Tim Duncan 20.0
+0.3
2007NBA Champion80
Grant Hill 19.7
200567

Season 11

Points per gameYearGames
Tim Duncan 19.3
+4.2
200878
Grant Hill 15.1
200621

Season 12

Points per gameYearGames
Tim Duncan 19.3
+4.9
200975
Grant Hill 14.4
200765

Season 13

Points per gameYearGames
Tim Duncan 17.9
+4.8
201078
Grant Hill 13.1
200870

Season 14

Points per gameYearGames
Tim Duncan 13.4
+1.4
201176
Grant Hill 12.0
200982

Season 15

Points per gameYearGames
Tim Duncan 15.4
+4.1
201258
Grant Hill 11.3
201081

Season 16

Points per gameYearGames
Tim Duncan 17.8
+4.6
201369
Grant Hill 13.2
201180

Season 17

Points per gameYearGames
Tim Duncan 15.1
+4.9
2014NBA Champion74
Grant Hill 10.2
201249

Season 18

Points per gameYearGames
Tim Duncan 13.9
+10.7
201577
Grant Hill 3.2
201329

Tim Duncan's additional seasons:

* Tim Duncan played 1 season more than Grant Hill in the NBA.

In that year—his season 19 in 2016—he averaged 8.6 points in a total of 61 regular season games.

Playoffs

Rookie Season

Points per gameYearGames
Tim Duncan 20.7
+20.7
19989
Grant Hill -
DNP
19950

Season 2

Points per gameYearGames
Tim Duncan 23.2
+4.2
1999NBA Champion17
Grant Hill 19.0
19963

Season 3

Points per gameYearGames
Tim Duncan -
DNP
20000
Grant Hill 23.6
+23.6
19975

Season 4

Points per gameYearGames
Tim Duncan 24.4
+24.4
200113
Grant Hill -
DNP
19980

Season 5

Points per gameYearGames
Tim Duncan 27.6
+8.2
20029
Grant Hill 19.4
19995

Season 6

Points per gameYearGames
Tim Duncan 24.7
+13.7
2003NBA Champion24
Grant Hill 11.0
20002

Season 7

Points per gameYearGames
Tim Duncan 22.1
+22.1
200410
Grant Hill -
DNP
20010

Season 8

Points per gameYearGames
Tim Duncan 23.6
+23.6
2005NBA Champion23
Grant Hill -
DNP
20020

Season 9

Points per gameYearGames
Tim Duncan 25.8
+25.8
200613
Grant Hill -
DNP
20030

Season 10

Points per gameYearGames
Tim Duncan 22.2
+22.2
2007NBA Champion20
Grant Hill -
DNP
20050

Season 11

Points per gameYearGames
Tim Duncan 20.2
+20.2
200817
Grant Hill -
DNP
20060

Season 12

Points per gameYearGames
Tim Duncan 19.8
+4.8
20095
Grant Hill 15.0
20074

Season 13

Points per gameYearGames
Tim Duncan 19.0
+15.3
201010
Grant Hill 3.7
20083

Season 14

Points per gameYearGames
Tim Duncan 12.7
+12.7
20116
Grant Hill -
DNP
20090

Season 15

Points per gameYearGames
Tim Duncan 17.4
+7.8
201214
Grant Hill 9.6
201016

Season 16

Points per gameYearGames
Tim Duncan 18.1
+18.1
201321
Grant Hill -
DNP
20110

Season 17

Points per gameYearGames
Tim Duncan 16.3
+16.3
2014NBA Champion23
Grant Hill -
DNP
20120

Season 18

Points per gameYearGames
Tim Duncan 17.9
+13.9
20157
Grant Hill 4.0
20131

Tim Duncan's additional Playoffs:

* In his additional NBA year, Tim Duncan played in the Playoffs. In those postseasons he averaged 5.9 points in a total of 10 games.

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