Aaron Gordon vs. Tim Hardaway Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tim Hardaway and Aaron Gordon, 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 / Scoring / Stats / Stats Rankings

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.

Aaron Gordon played 12 years in the NBA, 1 less than Tim Hardaway, who played 13. Aaron Gordon had the first of his seasons in 2014-15, 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 achievements, 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
Aaron Gordon	12	6	2014-15 to 2025-26
Tim Hardaway	13	9	1989-90 to 2002-03

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12


Rookie Season
	Aaron Gordon	Tim Hardaway
Season	2014-15	1989-90
Team	Orlando Magic	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron Gordon	47	17.0	5.2	1.0	2.6	3.6	0.7	0.4	0.5	0.8	1.8	2.0	4.4	.447	0.3	1.0	.271	0.9	1.3	.721
difference:	+32	+16.7	+9.5	+0.3	+0.6	+0.3	+8.0	+1.7	+0.3	-2.5	-1.1	+3.9	+8.1	+.024		+0.1	+.003	+1.8	+2.2	+.043
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
* Neiher Aaron Gordon nor Tim Hardaway played in the postseason in their season 1


Season 2
	Aaron Gordon	Tim Hardaway
Season	2015-16	1990-91
Team	Orlando Magic	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron Gordon	78	23.9	9.2	2.0	4.5	6.5	1.6	0.8	0.7	0.8	2.0	3.5	7.4	.473	0.5	1.8	.296	1.7	2.5	.668
difference:	+4	+15.3	+13.7	+0.9	+1.5	+2.5	+8.1	+1.8	+0.6	-2.5	-0.8	+5.5	+11.5	+.003	+0.7	+1.3	+.089	+2.0	+2.1	+.135
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		%
Aaron Gordon	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Aaron Gordon	Tim Hardaway
Season	2016-17	1991-92
Team	Orlando Magic	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Warriors Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron Gordon	80	28.7	12.7	1.5	3.6	5.1	1.9	0.8	0.5	1.1	2.2	4.9	10.8	.454	1.0	3.3	.288	2.0	2.7	.719
difference:	+1	+12.4	+10.7	+0.5	+0.8	+1.3	+8.1	+1.2	+0.3	-2.2	-0.4	+4.2	+8.9	+.007	+0.6	+1.3	+.050	+1.7	+2.1	+.047
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		%
Aaron Gordon	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Aaron Gordon	Tim Hardaway
Season	2017-18	1992-93
Team	Orlando Magic	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron Gordon	58	32.9	17.6	1.5	6.4	7.9	2.3	1.0	0.8	1.8	1.9	6.5	14.9	.434	2.0	5.9	.336	2.7	3.9	.698
difference:	+8	+6.6	+3.9	+0.6	+3.3	+3.9	+8.3	+0.8	+0.6	-1.5	-0.4	+1.4	+2.8	+.013	+0.5	+1.2	+.006	+1.4	+1.7	+.046
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
* Neiher Aaron Gordon nor Tim Hardaway played in the postseason in their season 4

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


Season 5
	Aaron Gordon	Tim Hardaway
Season	2018-19	1994-95
Team	Orlando Magic	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron Gordon	78	33.8	16.0	1.7	5.7	7.4	3.7	0.7	0.7	2.1	2.2	6.0	13.4	.449	1.6	4.4	.349	2.4	3.2	.731
difference:	+16	+3.6	+4.1	+1.0	+3.4	+4.3	+5.6	+0.7	+0.5	-1.4	-0.3	+0.9	+2.8	+.022	+1.1	+2.8	+.029	+1.1	+1.4	+.029
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		%
Aaron Gordon	5	32.8	15.2	2.2	5.0	7.2	3.6	1.2	0.2	2.6	3.2	5.8	12.4	.468	1.6	4.0	.400	2.0	3.8	.526
Tim Hardaway	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Aaron Gordon	Tim Hardaway
Season	2019-20	1995-96
Team	Orlando Magic	Golden State Warriors, Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron Gordon	62	32.5	14.4	1.7	5.9	7.7	3.7	0.8	0.6	1.6	2.0	5.4	12.4	.437	1.2	3.8	.308	2.4	3.6	.674
difference:	+18	+0.8	+0.8	+1.3	+3.5	+4.8	+4.3	+0.9	+0.4	-1.3	-0.5	+0.2		+.015	+0.5	+0.9	+.056	+0.6	+0.2	+.116
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		%
Aaron Gordon	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Aaron Gordon	Tim Hardaway
Season	2020-21	1996-97
Team	Orlando Magic, Denver Nuggets	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	Heat Lost East Conf Finals

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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron Gordon	50	27.7	12.4	1.5	4.1	5.7	3.2	0.7	0.7	1.9	1.8	4.6	10.0	.463	1.2	3.5	.335	1.9	3.0	.651
difference:	+31	+11.0	+7.9	+0.9	+1.3	+2.3	+5.4	+1.2	+0.6	-0.9	-0.2	+2.5	+7.1	+.048	+1.3	+3.8	+.009	+1.7	+1.5	+.148
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		%
Aaron Gordon	10	29.9	11.1	2.1	3.3	5.4	2.0	0.5	0.3	1.4	2.3	4.3	9.9	.434	0.9	2.3	.391	1.6	2.5	.640
difference:	+7	+11.3	+7.6	+1.3		+1.3	+5.0	+1.1	+0.2	-1.7	-0.1	+1.8	+7.0	+.075	+1.6	+5.6	+.078	+2.5	+2.7	+.155
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
	Aaron Gordon	Tim Hardaway
Season	2021-22	1997-98
Team	Denver Nuggets	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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8th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron Gordon	75	31.7	15.0	1.7	4.2	5.9	2.5	0.6	0.6	1.8	2.0	5.8	11.1	.520	1.2	3.5	.335	2.3	3.1	.743
difference:	+6	+5.7	+3.9	+1.1	+1.1	+2.2	+5.8	+1.1	+0.4	-1.0	-0.5	+1.1	+4.9	+.089	+0.7	+2.0	+.016	+0.9	+1.0	+.038
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		%
Aaron Gordon	5	32.0	13.8	3.6	3.6	7.2	2.6	0.4	1.2	1.6	2.8	4.6	10.8	.426	0.6	3.0	.200	4.0	5.6	.714
difference:		+12.4	+12.2	+3.0	+0.8	+3.8	+4.0	+0.8	+1.2	-2.0	-1.0	+3.8	+8.0	+.021	+2.8	+4.8	+.236	+1.8	+1.8	+.070
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
	Aaron Gordon	Tim Hardaway
Season	2022-23	1998-99
Team	Denver Nuggets	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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9th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron Gordon	68	30.2	16.3	2.4	4.1	6.6	3.0	0.8	0.8	1.4	1.9	6.3	11.2	.564	0.9	2.5	.347	2.8	4.6	.608
difference:	+20	+6.7	+1.1	+2.1	+1.2	+3.4	+4.3	+0.4	+0.7	-1.3	-0.2		+4.5	+.164	+1.4	+4.0	+.013	+0.3	+1.5	+.204
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		%
Aaron Gordon	20	35.7	13.3	2.5	3.6	6.0	2.6	0.6	0.7	1.0	2.9	5.1	9.8	.518	0.9	2.3	.391	2.3	3.5	.652
difference:	+15	+0.7	+4.3	+1.9	+1.4	+3.2	+3.8	+0.4	+0.5	-2.6	-0.1	+2.1	+1.4	+.250	+0.1	+2.7	+.191	+0.3	+0.3	+.027
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
	Aaron Gordon	Tim Hardaway
Season	2023-24	1999-00
Team	Denver Nuggets	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	Heat Lost East Conf Semis

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10th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron Gordon	73	31.5	13.9	2.4	4.1	6.5	3.5	0.8	0.6	1.4	1.9	5.5	9.8	.556	0.5	1.9	.290	2.4	3.7	.658
difference:	+21	+0.7	+0.5	+1.9	+1.7	+3.6	+3.9	+0.1	+0.5	-0.9	-0.3	+0.8	+2.5	+.170	+1.3	+3.0	+.077	+0.3	+1.1	+.169
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		%
Aaron Gordon	12	37.1	14.3	3.0	4.3	7.3	4.4	0.8	0.6	1.5	2.3	5.8	9.8	.585	0.9	2.3	.407	1.9	2.3	.821
difference:	+5	+11.1	+6.6	+2.9	+2.3	+5.2	+0.3	+0.1	+0.6	-0.1	-0.9	+2.9	+0.1	+.291	+0.1	+2.6	+.201	+0.9	+0.9	+.121
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
	Aaron Gordon	Tim Hardaway
Season	2024-25	2000-01
Team	Denver Nuggets	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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11th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron Gordon	51	28.4	14.7	1.6	3.3	4.8	3.2	0.5	0.3	1.4	1.6	5.2	9.7	.531	1.5	3.4	.436	2.8	3.5	.810
difference:	+26	+5.5	+0.2	+1.3	+1.0	+2.2	+3.1	+0.7	+0.2	-1.1	-0.4	+0.1	+3.8	+.139	+1.0	+3.3	+.070	+0.9	+1.1	+.009
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		%
Aaron Gordon	14	37.3	16.2	3.6	4.0	7.6	2.7	0.6	0.4	1.9	2.4	5.8	11.9	.485	1.6	4.1	.379	3.1	3.6	.860
difference:	+12	+19.3	+13.7	+3.1	+3.5	+6.6	+1.8	+0.6	+0.4	-2.1	-0.4	+4.8	+7.4	+.263	+1.1	+2.6	+.046	+3.1	+3.6
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
	Aaron Gordon	Tim Hardaway
Season	2025-26	2001-02
Team	Denver Nuggets	Dallas Mavericks, Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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12th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron Gordon	4	29.8	21.3	0.3	5.3	5.5	2.3	0.8	0.3	1.5	1.5	6.8	11.8	.574	3.0	5.8	.522	4.8	4.8	1.000
difference:	+64	+6.3	+11.7	+0.1	+3.7	+3.7	+1.8		+0.2	-0.1	-0.1	+3.5	+2.7	+.209	+1.2	+0.6	+.175	+3.7	+3.4	+.206
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
* Neiher Aaron Gordon nor Tim Hardaway played in the postseason in their season 12

Additional Years

* Tim Hardaway played 1 season more than Aaron Gordon in the NBA.

In that period—his season 13 in 2003—Tim Hardaway played in the Playoffs.

Aaron Gordon vs. Tim Hardaway Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tim Hardaway and Aaron Gordon, 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

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Season 9

9th Season Stats Comparison

Season 10

10th Season Stats Comparison

Season 11

11th Season Stats Comparison

Season 12

12th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years