Larry Costello vs. George Hill Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of George Hill and Larry Costello, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Who had the better rookie season? Who had best stats in their 10th season? Who won a championship first? These questions and many others, are answered here.

Larry Costello played 12 years in the NBA, 3 less than George Hill, who played 15. Larry Costello had the first of his seasons in 1954-55, while George Hill had his rookie season in 2008-09. With that starting point, here you can take a look at each of their seasons side by side and compare how their careers evolved in achivements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Note: Larry Costello didn't play in 1955-56.

Season 3
	Larry Costello	George Hill
Season	1957-58	2010-11
Team	Syracuse Nationals	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nationals Lost East Div Semis	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Costello	72	38.1	14.9	-	-	5.3	4.4	-	-	-	3.4	5.3	12.3	.426	-	-	-	4.4	5.3	.847
George Hill	76	28.3	11.6	0.3	2.3	2.6	2.5	0.9	0.3	1.3	2.0	3.8	8.3	.453	1.0	2.7	.377	3.1	3.6	.863
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Costello	3	44.7	11.3	-	-	8.3	4.0	-	-	-	2.0	3.3	11.3	.294	-	-	-	4.7	4.7	1.000
George Hill	6	31.5	11.7	0.8	4.2	5.0	2.3	1.5	0.3	1.3	2.5	3.3	8.3	.400	0.7	2.5	.267	4.3	5.0	.867

Season 4
	Larry Costello	George Hill
Season	1958-59	2011-12
Team	Syracuse Nationals	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nationals Lost East Div Finals	Pacers Lost East Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Costello	70	39.3	15.8	-	-	5.2	5.4	-	-	-	3.8	5.9	13.5	.437	-	-	-	4.0	5.0	.802
George Hill	50	25.5	9.6	0.6	2.4	3.0	2.9	0.8	0.3	1.0	2.0	3.4	7.6	.442	1.1	2.9	.367	1.8	2.3	.778
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Costello	9	40.1	17.7	-	-	5.9	6.0	-	-	-	4.4	6.0	13.4	.446	-	-	-	5.7	6.8	.836
George Hill	11	31.5	13.5	0.8	1.5	2.3	2.9	1.2	0.3	2.0	1.9	4.3	9.5	.448	1.4	3.6	.375	3.5	4.2	.848

Season 5
	Larry Costello	George Hill
Season	1959-60	2012-13
Team	Syracuse Nationals	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nationals Lost East Div Semis	Pacers Lost East Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Costello	71	34.8	14.0	-	-	5.5	6.3	-	-	-	3.3	5.2	11.6	.453	-	-	-	3.5	4.1	.862
George Hill	76	34.5	14.2	0.6	3.1	3.7	4.7	1.1	0.3	1.5	1.8	5.1	11.5	.443	1.7	4.6	.368	2.3	2.8	.817
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Costello	3	40.7	16.7	-	-	4.7	6.7	-	-	-	5.0	6.7	15.7	.426	-	-	-	3.3	4.0	.833
George Hill	18	38.1	14.6	0.3	3.4	3.7	4.3	1.2	0.2	2.2	2.3	4.6	11.5	.401	1.9	5.3	.358	3.5	4.2	.829

Season 6
	Larry Costello	George Hill
Season	1960-61	2013-14
Team	Syracuse Nationals	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nationals Lost East Div Finals	Pacers Lost East Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Costello	75	28.9	14.5	-	-	3.9	5.5	-	-	-	3.8	5.4	11.3	.482	-	-	-	3.6	4.5	.799
George Hill	76	32.0	10.3	0.7	3.0	3.7	3.5	1.0	0.3	1.2	2.1	3.6	8.1	.442	1.3	3.4	.365	1.9	2.3	.807
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Costello	8	33.6	16.4	-	-	4.4	6.5	-	-	-	4.9	5.3	12.9	.408	-	-	-	5.9	6.9	.855
George Hill	19	36.2	12.1	0.7	3.1	3.8	3.0	1.2	0.2	1.5	2.3	4.2	9.4	.444	1.5	4.1	.364	2.3	3.2	.721

Season 7
	Larry Costello	George Hill
Season	1961-62	2014-15
Team	Syracuse Nationals	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nationals Lost East Div Semis	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Costello	63	29.4	13.8	-	-	3.9	5.7	-	-	-	3.5	4.9	11.5	.427	-	-	-	3.9	4.7	.837
George Hill	43	29.5	16.1	0.6	3.6	4.2	5.1	1.0	0.3	1.6	2.6	5.9	12.4	.477	1.6	4.5	.358	2.6	3.3	.790
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Costello	5	33.4	14.6	-	-	3.2	5.6	-	-	-	4.2	4.4	10.2	.431	-	-	-	5.8	6.6	.879
George Hill	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 10
	Larry Costello	George Hill
Season	1964-65	2017-18
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Sacramento Kings, Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div Finals	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Costello	64	30.7	13.5	-	-	2.6	4.3	-	-	-	3.8	4.8	10.9	.445	-	-	-	3.8	4.3	.877
George Hill	67	27.0	10.0	0.6	2.1	2.7	2.8	0.9	0.4	1.3	1.9	3.5	7.7	.460	1.3	3.1	.415	1.6	2.1	.786
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Costello	10	20.7	5.5	-	-	1.2	2.0	-	-	-	4.3	2.2	5.3	.415	-	-	-	1.1	1.6	.688
George Hill	19	29.3	9.2	0.7	1.5	2.2	2.2	0.5	0.4	1.2	2.7	3.1	6.9	.450	0.8	2.7	.314	2.2	2.8	.774

Note: Larry Costello didn't play in 1965-66.

Season 11
	Larry Costello	George Hill
Season	1966-67	2018-19
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Cleveland Cavaliers, Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Bucks Lost East Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Costello	49	19.9	7.8	-	-	2.1	2.9	-	-	-	2.9	2.7	6.0	.444	-	-	-	2.4	2.7	.902
George Hill	60	21.7	7.6	0.7	1.8	2.5	2.3	0.9	0.1	0.9	1.7	2.8	6.3	.452	0.8	2.6	.314	1.2	1.4	.824
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Costello	2	12.5	8.5	-	-	2.0	1.5	-	-	-	1.0	3.0	4.0	.750	-	-	-	2.5	2.5	1.000
George Hill	15	26.3	11.5	1.0	2.5	3.5	2.8	0.8	0.3	0.4	2.3	4.2	7.9	.534	1.3	3.2	.417	1.8	2.2	.818