Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Shareef Abdur-Rahim and Penny Hardaway

This is the detail of NBA games in which Shareef Abdur-Rahim and Penny Hardaway played against each other, including head-to-head record, stats average, game highs and game-by-game data both in the Regular Season and Playoffs.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Games against each other

They faced each other a total of 11 times in NBA games. Penny Hardaway has a 9-2 winning record over Shareef Abdur-Rahim. They never met in the Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2025-26
Shareef Abdur-Rahim:
1996-97 to 2007-08
Penny Hardaway:
1993-94 to 2007-08
11 Games played
11 in Regular Season
0 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

Games Won in
Regular Season
in
Playoffs
Shareef Abdur-Rahim
2
2
0
Penny Hardaway
9
9
0

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Shareef Abdur-Rahim 18.6 8.7 3.4 0.71.2
Penny Hardaway 11.4 4.5 3.21.40.7
Game Highs
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Shareef Abdur-Rahim 33 12 7 26
Penny Hardaway 22 8 6 43
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Shareef Abdur-Rahim 8

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10

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4

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2

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5

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Penny Hardaway 2

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0

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5

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6

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4

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Both had same stat 1

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Head To Head Games Played: One by One

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1996-97 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Mar. 16, 1997
1. Grizzlies 89   Shareef Abdur-Rahim 22 7 4 1 0 6 1 45 9-18 .500 0-2 .000 4-4 1.000
Magic 100   Penny Hardaway 14 6 6 2 0 3 1 38 3-11 .273 1-4 .250 7-8 .875
1997-98 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 03, 1997
2. Grizzlies 97   Shareef Abdur-Rahim 24 9 7 2 0 4 3 45 11-18 .611 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Magic 101   Penny Hardaway 22 5 4 4 1 1 1 40 7-19 .368 1-3 .333 7-8 .875
1999-00 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Feb. 08, 2000
3. Grizzlies 76   Shareef Abdur-Rahim 13 10 3 1 1 1 1 33 5-16 .313 0-0 - 3-3 1.000
Suns 94   Penny Hardaway 13 8 4 1 3 2 2 31 6-7 .857 0-0 - 1-1 1.000
Mar. 17, 2000
4. Grizzlies 86   Shareef Abdur-Rahim 14 8 3 0 6 2 2 39 5-13 .385 0-2 .000 4-5 .800
Suns 101   Penny Hardaway 6 2 4 2 1 3 2 33 3-8 .375 0-1 .000 0-0 -
Apr. 12, 2000
5. Grizzlies 116   Shareef Abdur-Rahim 18 10 4 0 3 1 5 46 6-15 .400 0-0 - 6-8 .750
OT Suns 122   Penny Hardaway 17 4 4 3 1 1 5 34 6-13 .462 0-1 .000 5-6 .833
2001-02 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 08, 2001
6. Hawks 80   Shareef Abdur-Rahim 5 10 1 0 0 2 2 28 2-12 .167 0-0 - 1-1 1.000
Suns 108   Penny Hardaway 13 6 3 0 1 1 2 34 5-15 .333 0-4 .000 3-4 .750
Mar. 15, 2002
7. Hawks 104   Shareef Abdur-Rahim 33 12 2 1 1 3 3 43 11-21 .524 2-3 .667 9-10 .900
Suns 89   Penny Hardaway 4 3 1 0 0 1 1 13 1-8 .125 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
2002-03 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 06, 2002
8. Hawks 88   Shareef Abdur-Rahim 19 7 5 0 1 1 3 39 9-17 .529 0-1 .000 1-2 .500
Suns 93   Penny Hardaway 20 7 6 1 0 3 3 40 7-13 .538 3-3 1.000 3-4 .750
Dec. 14, 2002
9. Hawks 88   Shareef Abdur-Rahim 16 9 5 0 0 4 3 40 7-13 .538 0-0 - 2-4 .500
Suns 102   Penny Hardaway 9 4 1 0 1 0 0 26 4-6 .667 1-1 1.000 0-0 -
2003-04 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 12, 2003
10. Hawks 99   Shareef Abdur-Rahim 16 8 2 2 1 1 3 37 7-10 .700 0-1 .000 2-2 1.000
Suns 94   Penny Hardaway 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 16 0-4 .000 0-0 - 0-0 -
Jan. 23, 2004
11. Hawks 94   Shareef Abdur-Rahim 25 6 1 1 0 1 1 41 10-14 .714 1-1 1.000 4-4 1.000
Knicks 96   Penny Hardaway 7 4 1 2 0 0 0 26 1-6 .167 0-0 - 5-6 .833