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Game state source: whynba · Retrieved Oct 9, 5:36 pm EDTNBA legend. Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Biography, honors and career statistics below.
Grant Hill
Career at a glance
Grant Hill played 18 NBA regular seasons between 1994 and 2013, appearing in 1,026 games and averaging 16.7 points, 6.0 rebounds and 4.1 assists per game. He played for 4 teams: Detroit (1994–00, 435 games), Orlando (6 seasons between 2000 and 2007, 200 games), Phoenix (2007–12, 362 games), L.A. Clippers (2012–13, 29 games). His best scoring season was 1999–00 with Detroit: 25.8 points per game over 74 games.
He rebounded best in 1995–96 at 9.8 per game. In the playoffs he appeared in 8 postseason runs (39 games, 13.4 points per game). Multiplying each season’s games by its scoring average gives roughly 17,100 regular-season points (an estimate from per-game figures, not an official total).
whynba analysis of the season-by-season statistics below (Wikipedia revision, CC BY-SA 4.0). Totals are estimates from per-game averages.
About Grant Hill
Grant Henry Hill (born October 5, 1972) is an American professional basketball executive and former player who is a co-owner of the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and a part-owner of Orlando City SC of Major League Soccer (MLS) and Orlando Pride of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). He is also part of an ownership group that purchased the Baltimore Orioles in 2024. Hill also works as a basketball analyst for CBS, NBC and Turner Sports.
A four-year player at Duke University, Hill was touted as one of the greatest college basketball players ever. In the NBA, he played for the Detroit Pistons, the Orlando Magic, the Phoenix Suns, and the Los Angeles Clippers, mostly at the small forward position. Hill is a seven-time NBA All-Star, a five-time All-NBA selection, and a three-time winner of the NBA Sportsmanship Award. In 2018, he was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame.
The 1994 ACC Player of the Year, a two-time NCAA All-American, and a two-time NCAA champion, Hill is generally considered one of the best ever to play for the Duke Blue Devils.
- Born
- October 5, 1972 (age 54) Dallas, Texas, U.S.
- Listed height
- 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
- Listed weight
- 225 lb (102 kg)
- Position
- Small forward
- High school
- South Lakes (Reston, Virginia)
- College
- Duke (1990–1994)
- NBA draft
- 1994: 1st round, 3rd overall pick
- Playing career
- 1994–2013
Career highlights and awards
- 7× NBA All-Star (1995–1998, 2000, 2001, 2005)
- All-NBA First Team (1997)
- 4× All-NBA Second Team (1996, 1998–2000)
- NBA Rookie of the Year (1995)
- NBA All-Rookie First Team (1995)
- 2× NCAA champion (1991, 1992)
- Consensus first-team All-American (1994)
- Consensus second-team All-American (1993)
- NABC Defensive Player of the Year (1993)
- ACC Player of the Year (1994)
- 2× First-team All-ACC (1993, 1994)
- Second-team All-ACC (1992)
- No. 33 retired by Duke Blue Devils
- Third-team Parade All-American (1990)
- McDonald's All-American (1990)
- Virginia Mr. Basketball (1990)
- NCAA Gerald R. Ford Award (2017)
Career statistics
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994–95 | Detroit | 70 | 69 | 38.3 | .477 | .148 | .732 | 6.4 | 5.0 | 1.8 | .9 | 19.9 |
| 1995–96 | Detroit | 80 | 80 | 40.8 | .462 | .192 | .751 | 9.8 | 6.9 | 1.3 | .6 | 20.2 |
| 1996–97 | Detroit | 80 | 80 | 39.3 | .496 | .303 | .711 | 9.0 | 7.3 | 1.8 | .6 | 21.4 |
| 1997–98 | Detroit | 81 | 81 | 40.7 | .452 | .143 | .740 | 7.7 | 6.8 | 1.8 | .7 | 21.1 |
| 1998–99 | Detroit | 50* | 50* | 37.0 | .479 | .000 | .752 | 7.1 | 6.0 | 1.6 | .5 | 21.1 |
| 1999–00 | Detroit | 74 | 74 | 37.5 | .489 | .347 | .795 | 6.6 | 5.2 | 1.4 | .6 | 25.8 |
| 2000–01 | Orlando | 4 | 4 | 33.3 | .442 | 1.000 | .615 | 6.3 | 6.3 | 1.3 | .5 | 13.8 |
| 2001–02 | Orlando | 14 | 14 | 36.6 | .426 | .000 | .863 | 8.9 | 4.6 | .6 | .3 | 16.8 |
| 2002–03 | Orlando | 29 | 29 | 29.1 | .492 | .250 | .819 | 7.1 | 4.2 | 1.0 | .4 | 14.5 |
| 2004–05 | Orlando | 67 | 67 | 34.9 | .509 | .231 | .821 | 4.7 | 3.3 | 1.4 | .4 | 19.7 |
| 2005–06 | Orlando | 21 | 17 | 29.2 | .490 | .250 | .765 | 3.8 | 2.3 | 1.1 | .3 | 15.1 |
| 2006–07 | Orlando | 65 | 64 | 30.9 | .518 | .167 | .765 | 3.6 | 2.1 | .9 | .4 | 14.4 |
| 2007–08 | Phoenix | 70 | 68 | 31.7 | .503 | .317 | .867 | 5.0 | 2.9 | .9 | .8 | 13.1 |
| 2008–09 | Phoenix | 82* | 68 | 29.8 | .523 | .316 | .808 | 4.9 | 2.3 | 1.1 | .7 | 12.0 |
| 2009–10 | Phoenix | 81 | 81 | 30.0 | .478 | .438 | .817 | 5.5 | 2.4 | .7 | .4 | 11.3 |
| 2010–11 | Phoenix | 80 | 80 | 30.1 | .484 | .395 | .829 | 4.2 | 2.5 | .8 | .4 | 13.2 |
| 2011–12 | Phoenix | 49 | 46 | 28.1 | .446 | .264 | .761 | 3.5 | 2.2 | .8 | .6 | 10.2 |
| 2012–13 | L.A. Clippers | 29 | 0 | 15.1 | .388 | .273 | .583 | 1.7 | .9 | .4 | .2 | 3.2 |
| Career | 1026 | 972 | 33.9 | .483 | .314 | .769 | 6.0 | 4.1 | 1.2 | .6 | 16.7 | |
| All-Star | 6 | 6 | 22.2 | .571 | .500 | .545 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 1.2 | .2 | 10.5 |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Detroit | 3 | 3 | 38.3 | .564 | .500 | .857 | 7.3 | 3.7 | 1.0 | .0 | 19.0 |
| 1997 | Detroit | 5 | 5 | 40.6 | .437 | .000 | .718 | 6.8 | 5.4 | .8 | 1.0 | 23.6 |
| 1999 | Detroit | 5 | 5 | 35.2 | .457 | .000 | .813 | 7.2 | 7.4 | 2.0 | .4 | 19.4 |
| 2000 | Detroit | 2 | 2 | 27.5 | .375 | .500 | .900 | 5.5 | 4.5 | .5 | .0 | 11.0 |
| 2007 | Orlando | 4 | 4 | 35.8 | .500 | .000 | .667 | 5.5 | 3.8 | .5 | .3 | 15.0 |
| 2008 | Phoenix | 3 | 2 | 22.7 | .455 | .000 | 1.000 | 5.3 | 1.0 | .7 | .3 | 3.7 |
| 2010 | Phoenix | 16 | 16 | 28.3 | .480 | .188 | .868 | 5.8 | 2.3 | .8 | .6 | 9.6 |
| 2013 | L.A. Clippers | 1 | 0 | 20.0 | .500 | .000 | .000 | 4.0 | 2.0 | .0 | .0 | 4.0 |
| Career | 39 | 37 | 31.6 | .469 | .238 | .781 | 6.1 | 3.6 | .9 | .5 | 13.4 |
Per-game averages. † won an NBA championship · * led the league · ‡ NBA record (as marked).
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- Height
- 6′ 8″
- Weight
- 225 lb
- Position
- Small forward
- Jersey
- Not listed
- Country
- USA
- School / last affiliation
- Not listed
- Draft year
- 1994
- Draft pick
- Round 1 · Pick 3
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