Penny Hardaway vs. Fred Schaus Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Fred Schaus and Penny Hardaway, 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.

Penny Hardaway played 14 years in the NBA, 9 more than Fred Schaus, who played 5. Penny Hardaway had the first of his seasons in 1993-94, while Fred Schaus had his rookie season in 1949-50. 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Penny Hardaway	Fred Schaus
Season	1993-94	1949-50
Team	Orlando Magic	Fort Wayne Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Pistons Lost Cent Div 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		%
Penny Hardaway	82	36.8	16.0	2.3	3.0	5.4	6.6	2.3	0.6	3.6	2.5	6.2	13.3	.466	0.6	2.3	.267	3.0	4.0	.742
Fred Schaus	68	-	14.3	-	-	-	2.6	-	-	-	3.4	5.2	14.6	.352	-	-	-	4.0	4.9	.818
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Penny Hardaway	3	44.3	18.7	2.7	4.0	6.7	7.0	1.7	2.0	6.7	3.3	7.3	16.7	.440	1.7	3.7	.455	2.3	3.3	.700
Fred Schaus	4	-	18.5	-	-	-	2.8	-	-	-	2.3	6.0	16.5	.364	-	-	-	6.5	7.8	.839

Season 2
	Penny Hardaway	Fred Schaus
Season	1994-95	1950-51
Team	Orlando Magic	Fort Wayne Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Magic Lost NBA Finals	Pistons Lost West Div 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		%
Penny Hardaway	77	37.7	20.9	1.8	2.6	4.4	7.2	1.7	0.3	3.4	2.1	7.6	14.8	.512	1.1	3.2	.349	4.6	6.0	.769
Fred Schaus	68	-	15.1	-	-	7.3	2.7	-	-	-	3.5	4.6	13.5	.340	-	-	-	5.9	7.1	.835
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Penny Hardaway	21	40.4	19.6	1.4	2.3	3.8	7.7	1.9	0.7	3.5	3.3	6.9	14.5	.472	1.9	4.7	.404	4.0	5.3	.757
Fred Schaus	3	-	14.3	-	-	5.3	3.3	-	-	-	3.3	5.7	14.7	.386	-	-	-	3.0	3.7	.818

Season 3
	Penny Hardaway	Fred Schaus
Season	1995-96	1951-52
Team	Orlando Magic	Fort Wayne Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf Finals	Pistons Lost West Div 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		%
Penny Hardaway	82	36.8	21.7	1.6	2.7	4.3	7.1	2.0	0.5	2.8	2.0	7.6	14.8	.513	1.1	3.5	.314	5.4	7.1	.767
Fred Schaus	62	41.6	14.1	-	-	7.0	4.0	-	-	-	3.6	4.5	12.5	.361	-	-	-	5.0	6.0	.833
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Penny Hardaway	12	39.4	23.3	1.7	3.0	4.7	6.0	1.7	0.3	2.2	2.3	8.4	18.1	.465	1.7	4.6	.364	4.8	6.5	.744
Fred Schaus	2	45.0	15.5	-	-	7.5	7.0	-	-	-	4.5	6.0	17.5	.343	-	-	-	3.5	4.0	.875

Season 4
	Penny Hardaway	Fred Schaus
Season	1996-97	1952-53
Team	Orlando Magic	Fort Wayne Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Pistons Lost West Div 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		%
Penny Hardaway	59	37.6	20.5	1.4	3.1	4.5	5.6	1.6	0.6	2.5	2.1	7.1	15.9	.447	1.4	4.5	.318	4.8	5.8	.820
Fred Schaus	69	36.8	10.5	-	-	6.0	3.6	-	-	-	3.8	3.5	10.4	.334	-	-	-	3.5	4.3	.821
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Penny Hardaway	5	44.4	31.0	1.4	4.6	6.0	3.4	2.4	1.4	1.8	2.8	10.4	22.2	.468	2.2	6.0	.367	8.0	10.8	.741
Fred Schaus	8	30.5	8.9	-	-	5.3	1.5	-	-	-	5.0	2.3	7.5	.300	-	-	-	4.4	5.8	.761

Season 5
	Penny Hardaway	Fred Schaus
Season	1997-98	1953-54
Team	Orlando Magic	Fort Wayne Pistons, New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks Lost E Div Round Robin

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Penny Hardaway	19	32.9	16.4	0.4	3.6	4.0	3.6	1.5	0.8	2.4	2.4	5.4	14.4	.377	0.8	2.6	.300	4.7	6.2	.763
Fred Schaus	67	22.6	7.1	-	-	4.0	1.6	-	-	-	2.6	2.4	6.2	.388	-	-	-	2.3	2.9	.785
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Penny Hardaway	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Fred Schaus	4	29.8	7.0	-	-	3.0	2.0	-	-	-	4.5	1.8	6.3	.280	-	-	-	3.5	3.8	.933

Note: Penny Hardaway didn't play in 2006-07.