Al Bianchi vs. Tim Hardaway Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tim Hardaway and Al Bianchi, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

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.

Al Bianchi played 10 years in the NBA, 3 less than Tim Hardaway, who played 13. Al Bianchi had the first of his seasons in 1956-57, while Tim Hardaway had his rookie season in 1989-90. 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Al Bianchi	10	10	1956-57 to 1965-66
Tim Hardaway	13	9	1989-90 to 2002-03

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Al Bianchi	Tim Hardaway
Season	1956-57	1989-90
Team	Syracuse Nationals	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Nationals Lost East Div Finals	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		%
Al Bianchi	68	23.2	8.3	-	-	3.3	1.6	-	-	-	2.9	2.9	8.3	.351	-	-	-	2.4	3.5	.690
Tim Hardaway	79	33.7	14.7	0.7	3.2	3.9	8.7	2.1	0.2	3.3	2.9	5.9	12.5	.471	0.3	1.1	.274	2.7	3.5	.764

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Bianchi	5	19.4	6.4	-	-	3.0	1.6	-	-	-	3.2	2.4	7.6	.316	-	-	-	1.6	2.4	.667
Tim Hardaway	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Al Bianchi	Tim Hardaway
Season	1957-58	1990-91
Team	Syracuse Nationals	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nationals Lost East Div Semis	Warriors Lost West 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		%
Al Bianchi	69	20.6	8.3	-	-	3.2	1.7	-	-	-	2.7	3.1	9.1	.344	-	-	-	2.0	3.0	.683
Tim Hardaway	82	39.2	22.9	1.1	3.0	4.0	9.7	2.6	0.1	3.3	2.8	9.0	18.9	.476	1.2	3.1	.385	3.7	4.6	.803

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Bianchi	2	18.5	5.5	-	-	3.5	1.0	-	-	-	2.0	2.0	6.0	.333	-	-	-	1.5	4.0	.375
Tim Hardaway	9	44.0	25.2	0.6	3.1	3.7	11.2	3.1	0.8	2.8	2.4	10.0	20.6	.486	1.9	5.3	.354	3.3	4.2	.789


Season 3
	Al Bianchi	Tim Hardaway
Season	1958-59	1991-92
Team	Syracuse Nationals	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nationals Lost East Div Finals	Warriors 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		%
Al Bianchi	72	24.7	10.0	-	-	2.8	2.2	-	-	-	3.6	4.0	10.5	.377	-	-	-	2.1	2.9	.723
Tim Hardaway	81	41.1	23.4	1.0	2.8	3.8	10.0	2.0	0.2	3.3	2.6	9.1	19.7	.461	1.6	4.6	.338	3.7	4.8	.766

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Bianchi	9	21.3	9.1	-	-	3.2	2.8	-	-	-	4.6	3.8	8.2	.459	-	-	-	1.6	2.4	.636
Tim Hardaway	4	44.0	24.5	1.5	2.3	3.8	7.3	3.3	0.0	3.5	3.5	8.0	20.0	.400	2.5	7.3	.345	6.0	9.3	.649


Season 4
	Al Bianchi	Tim Hardaway
Season	1959-60	1992-93
Team	Syracuse Nationals	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
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		%
Al Bianchi	69	18.2	7.7	-	-	2.6	2.4	-	-	-	3.3	3.1	8.3	.366	-	-	-	1.6	2.2	.703
Tim Hardaway	66	39.5	21.5	0.9	3.1	4.0	10.6	1.8	0.2	3.3	2.3	7.9	17.7	.447	1.5	4.7	.330	4.1	5.6	.744

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Bianchi	2	9.0	0.0	-	-	1.5	1.5	-	-	-	1.0	0.0	4.0	.000	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-
Tim Hardaway	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Tim Hardaway didn't play in 1993-94.


Season 5
	Al Bianchi	Tim Hardaway
Season	1960-61	1994-95
Team	Syracuse Nationals	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nationals Lost East Div Finals	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		%
Al Bianchi	52	12.8	5.7	-	-	2.0	1.8	-	-	-	2.6	2.3	6.6	.345	-	-	-	1.2	1.7	.690
Tim Hardaway	62	37.4	20.1	0.7	2.3	3.1	9.3	1.4	0.2	3.5	2.5	6.9	16.2	.427	2.7	7.2	.378	3.5	4.6	.760

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Bianchi	7	12.9	6.0	-	-	1.0	0.7	-	-	-	2.9	2.4	6.6	.370	-	-	-	1.1	1.3	.889
Tim Hardaway	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Al Bianchi	Tim Hardaway
Season	1961-62	1995-96
Team	Syracuse Nationals	Golden State Warriors, Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nationals Lost East Div Semis	Heat Lost East 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		%
Al Bianchi	80	24.1	10.3	-	-	3.5	3.3	-	-	-	2.9	4.2	10.6	.397	-	-	-	1.9	2.8	.697
Tim Hardaway	80	31.7	15.2	0.4	2.4	2.9	8.0	1.7	0.2	2.9	2.5	5.2	12.4	.422	1.7	4.7	.364	3.0	3.8	.790

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Bianchi	5	36.8	14.2	-	-	5.2	3.6	-	-	-	3.4	5.4	13.8	.391	-	-	-	3.4	4.0	.850
Tim Hardaway	3	36.7	17.7	0.3	1.3	1.7	5.7	1.0	0.0	5.0	3.3	6.7	14.3	.465	2.7	7.3	.364	1.7	2.3	.714


Season 7
	Al Bianchi	Tim Hardaway
Season	1962-63	1996-97
Team	Syracuse Nationals	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nationals Lost East Div Semis	Heat 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		%
Al Bianchi	61	19.0	8.6	-	-	2.2	2.8	-	-	-	2.7	3.3	7.8	.424	-	-	-	2.0	2.7	.732
Tim Hardaway	81	38.7	20.3	0.6	2.8	3.4	8.6	1.9	0.1	2.8	2.0	7.1	17.1	.415	2.5	7.3	.344	3.6	4.5	.799

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Bianchi	5	15.4	6.8	-	-	1.6	0.4	-	-	-	3.4	3.0	6.8	.441	-	-	-	0.8	1.4	.571
Tim Hardaway	17	41.2	18.7	0.8	3.3	4.1	7.0	1.6	0.1	3.1	2.2	6.1	16.9	.359	2.5	7.9	.313	4.1	5.2	.795


Season 8
	Al Bianchi	Tim Hardaway
Season	1963-64	1997-98
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div Semis	Heat Lost East 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		%
Al Bianchi	78	18.4	8.0	-	-	1.9	1.9	-	-	-	3.2	3.3	8.8	.376	-	-	-	1.4	1.8	.773
Tim Hardaway	81	37.4	18.9	0.6	3.1	3.7	8.3	1.7	0.2	2.8	2.5	6.9	16.0	.431	1.9	5.5	.351	3.2	4.1	.781

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Bianchi	5	13.6	5.4	-	-	0.8	0.8	-	-	-	2.4	2.4	5.8	.414	-	-	-	0.6	0.8	.750
Tim Hardaway	5	44.4	26.0	0.6	2.8	3.4	6.6	1.2	0.0	3.6	1.8	8.4	18.8	.447	3.4	7.8	.436	5.8	7.4	.784


Season 9
	Al Bianchi	Tim Hardaway
Season	1964-65	1998-99
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div Finals	Heat Lost East 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		%
Al Bianchi	60	18.6	6.7	-	-	1.6	2.3	-	-	-	3.0	2.9	8.1	.360	-	-	-	0.9	1.3	.711
Tim Hardaway	48	36.9	17.4	0.3	2.9	3.2	7.3	1.2	0.1	2.7	2.1	6.3	15.7	.400	2.3	6.5	.360	2.5	3.1	.812

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Bianchi	11	28.0	9.5	-	-	1.5	2.7	-	-	-	4.1	4.1	10.7	.381	-	-	-	1.3	1.9	.667
Tim Hardaway	5	36.4	9.0	0.6	2.2	2.8	6.4	1.0	0.2	3.6	2.8	3.0	11.2	.268	1.0	5.0	.200	2.0	3.2	.625


Season 10
	Al Bianchi	Tim Hardaway
Season	1965-66	1999-00
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div Finals	Heat 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		%
Al Bianchi	78	16.8	6.3	-	-	1.7	1.7	-	-	-	3.0	2.7	7.2	.382	-	-	-	0.8	1.3	.673
Tim Hardaway	52	32.2	13.4	0.5	2.4	2.9	7.4	0.9	0.1	2.3	2.2	4.7	12.3	.386	1.8	4.9	.367	2.1	2.6	.827

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Bianchi	5	12.8	9.0	-	-	2.0	0.8	-	-	-	3.8	3.6	8.6	.419	-	-	-	1.8	2.4	.750
Tim Hardaway	7	26.0	7.7	0.1	2.0	2.1	4.7	0.7	0.0	1.6	1.4	2.9	9.7	.294	1.0	4.9	.206	1.0	1.4	.700


Season 11
	Al Bianchi	Tim Hardaway
Season	-	2000-01
Team	-	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Heat Lost East 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		%
Al Bianchi	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tim Hardaway	77	33.9	14.9	0.3	2.3	2.6	6.3	1.2	0.1	2.5	2.0	5.3	13.5	.392	2.5	6.7	.366	1.9	2.4	.801

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Bianchi	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tim Hardaway	2	18.0	2.5	0.5	0.5	1.0	4.5	0.0	0.0	4.0	2.0	1.0	4.5	.222	0.5	1.5	.333	0.0	0.0	-


Season 12
	Al Bianchi	Tim Hardaway
Season	-	2001-02
Team	-	Dallas Mavericks, Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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		%
Al Bianchi	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tim Hardaway	68	23.5	9.6	0.2	1.6	1.8	4.1	0.8	0.1	1.6	1.6	3.3	9.1	.365	1.8	5.2	.347	1.1	1.4	.794

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Bianchi	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tim Hardaway	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Al Bianchi	Tim Hardaway
Season	-	2002-03
Team	-	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Pacers Lost East 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		%
Al Bianchi	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tim Hardaway	10	12.7	4.9	0.1	1.4	1.5	2.4	0.9	0.0	1.1	0.8	1.8	4.9	.367	1.1	3.1	.355	0.2	0.4	.500

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Bianchi	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tim Hardaway	4	11.8	3.3	0.0	0.5	0.5	2.3	0.3	0.0	0.8	0.5	1.3	3.8	.333	0.8	2.5	.300	0.0	0.0	-

Al Bianchi vs. Tim Hardaway Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tim Hardaway and Al Bianchi, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13