Anthony Davis vs. Tim Hardaway Jr. Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tim Hardaway Jr. and Anthony Davis, 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 / Games against each other

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.

Anthony Davis played 14 years in the NBA, 1 more than Tim Hardaway Jr., who played 13. Anthony Davis had the first of his seasons in 2012-13, while Tim Hardaway Jr. had his rookie season in 2013-14. 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
Anthony Davis	14	6	2012-13 to 2025-26
Tim Hardaway Jr.	13	6	2013-14 to 2025-26

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13


Rookie Season
	Anthony Davis	Tim Hardaway Jr.
Season	2012-13	2013-14
Team	New Orleans Hornets	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	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		%
Anthony Davis	64	28.8	13.5	2.6	5.6	8.2	1.0	1.2	1.8	1.4	2.5	5.5	10.6	.516	0.0	0.1	.000	2.6	3.5	.751
difference:	+17	+5.7	+3.3	+2.4	+4.3	+6.7	+0.2	+0.7	+1.7	-0.8	-0.7	+1.9	+2.1	+.088	+1.6	+4.3	+.363	+1.3	+1.9	+.077
Tim Hardaway Jr.	81	23.1	10.2	0.2	1.3	1.5	0.8	0.5	0.1	0.6	1.8	3.6	8.5	.428	1.6	4.4	.363	1.3	1.6	.828

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Anthony Davis nor Tim Hardaway Jr. played in the postseason in their season 1


Season 2
	Anthony Davis	Tim Hardaway Jr.
Season	2013-14	2014-15
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	Blocks Leader	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
Anthony Davis	67	35.2	20.8	3.1	7.0	10.0	1.6	1.3	2.8	1.6	3.0	7.8	15.0	.519	0.0	0.1	.222	5.2	6.6	.791
difference:	+3	+11.2	+9.3	+2.9	+4.9	+7.8	+0.2	+1.0	+2.6	-0.4	-1.3	+3.8	+4.8	+.130	+1.7	+5.0	+.120	+3.4	+4.4	+.010
Tim Hardaway Jr.	70	24.0	11.5	0.2	2.1	2.2	1.8	0.3	0.2	1.2	1.7	4.0	10.2	.389	1.7	5.1	.342	1.8	2.2	.801

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Anthony Davis nor Tim Hardaway Jr. played in the postseason in their season 2


Season 3
	Anthony Davis	Tim Hardaway Jr.
Season	2014-15	2015-16
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Blocks Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pelicans Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
Anthony Davis	68	36.1	24.4	2.5	7.7	10.2	2.2	1.5	2.9	1.4	2.1	9.4	17.6	.535	0.0	0.2	.083	5.5	6.8	.805
difference:	+17	+19.2	+18.0	+2.4	+6.2	+8.5	+1.2	+1.1	+2.8	-0.9	-1.2	+7.2	+12.4	+.105	+0.9	+2.6	+.253	+4.5	+5.7	+.088
Tim Hardaway Jr.	51	16.9	6.4	0.1	1.5	1.7	1.0	0.4	0.1	0.5	0.9	2.2	5.2	.430	0.9	2.8	.336	1.0	1.1	.893

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Davis	4	43.0	31.5	2.3	8.8	11.0	2.0	1.3	3.0	3.3	3.0	11.8	21.8	.540	0.0	0.5	.000	8.0	9.0	.889
difference:	+5	+33.3	+29.3	+2.3	+7.8	+10.0	+1.2	+1.3	+2.9	-3.0	-2.8	+11.0	+18.9	+.271	+0.2	+1.1	+.143	+7.6	+8.3	+.222
Tim Hardaway Jr.	9	9.7	2.2	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.8	0.0	0.1	0.3	0.2	0.8	2.9	.269	0.2	1.6	.143	0.4	0.7	.667


Season 4
	Anthony Davis	Tim Hardaway Jr.
Season	2015-16	2016-17
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Anthony Davis	61	35.5	24.3	2.1	8.1	10.3	1.9	1.3	2.0	2.0	2.4	9.2	18.6	.493	0.6	1.8	.324	5.3	7.0	.758
difference:	+18	+8.2	+9.8	+1.7	+5.7	+7.5	+0.4	+0.6	+1.8	-0.7	-1.1	+3.9	+7.1	+.038	+1.3	+3.5	+.033	+3.2	+4.3	+.008
Tim Hardaway Jr.	79	27.3	14.5	0.4	2.4	2.8	2.3	0.7	0.2	1.3	1.3	5.3	11.5	.455	1.9	5.3	.357	2.1	2.7	.766

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Davis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tim Hardaway Jr.	6	33.3	12.8	0.5	2.2	2.7	1.2	0.5	0.0	1.7	2.2	4.5	13.7	.329	1.8	7.0	.262	2.0	3.2	.632


Season 5
	Anthony Davis	Tim Hardaway Jr.
Season	2016-17	2017-18
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Anthony Davis	75	36.1	28.0	2.3	9.5	11.8	2.1	1.3	2.2	2.4	2.2	10.3	20.3	.505	0.5	1.8	.299	6.9	8.6	.802
difference:	+18	+3.0	+10.5	+1.7	+6.1	+7.9	+0.6	+0.2	+2.0	-0.8		+4.0	+5.3	+.084	+1.8	+5.4	+.018	+4.3	+5.5	+.014
Tim Hardaway Jr.	57	33.1	17.5	0.6	3.4	3.9	2.7	1.1	0.2	1.6	2.2	6.3	15.0	.421	2.3	7.2	.317	2.6	3.1	.816

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Anthony Davis nor Tim Hardaway Jr. played in the postseason in their season 5


Season 6
	Anthony Davis	Tim Hardaway Jr.
Season	2017-18	2018-19
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	New York Knicks, Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Blocks Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pelicans Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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		%
Anthony Davis	75	36.4	28.1	2.5	8.6	11.1	2.3	1.5	2.6	2.2	2.1	10.4	19.5	.534	0.7	2.2	.340	6.6	8.0	.828
difference:	+10	+4.8	+10.0	+2.0	+5.7	+7.7	+0.1	+0.7	+2.5	-0.6	-0.1	+4.4	+4.2	+.141	+1.8	+5.1		+3.0	+3.8	+.013
Tim Hardaway Jr.	65	31.6	18.1	0.5	2.9	3.4	2.4	0.8	0.1	1.6	2.2	6.0	15.3	.393	2.5	7.3	.340	3.6	4.2	.841

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Davis	9	39.8	30.1	2.7	10.8	13.4	1.7	2.0	2.3	2.6	3.3	11.8	22.7	.520	0.7	2.4	.273	5.9	7.1	.828
Tim Hardaway Jr.	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Anthony Davis	Tim Hardaway Jr.
Season	2018-19	2019-20
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Anthony Davis	56	33.0	25.9	3.1	8.9	12.0	3.9	1.6	2.4	2.0	2.4	9.5	18.3	.517	0.9	2.6	.331	6.1	7.7	.794
difference:	+15	+3.5	+10.1	+2.7	+6.0	+8.7	+2.0	+1.0	+2.3	-1.0	-0.6	+4.1	+5.8	+.083	+2.0	+4.6	+.067	+4.0	+5.1	+.025
Tim Hardaway Jr.	71	29.5	15.8	0.4	2.9	3.3	1.9	0.6	0.1	1.0	1.8	5.4	12.5	.434	2.9	7.2	.398	2.1	2.6	.819

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Davis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tim Hardaway Jr.	6	34.0	17.8	0.5	3.0	3.5	1.8	0.3	0.0	0.5	2.7	6.7	15.8	.421	3.2	9.0	.352	1.3	1.8	.727


Season 8
	Anthony Davis	Tim Hardaway Jr.
Season	2019-20	2020-21
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Mavericks Lost West 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		%
Anthony Davis	62	34.4	26.1	2.3	7.0	9.3	3.2	1.5	2.3	2.5	2.5	8.9	17.7	.503	1.2	3.5	.330	7.2	8.5	.846
difference:	+8	+6.0	+9.5	+2.0	+4.0	+6.0	+1.4	+1.1	+2.1	-1.6	-0.9	+3.1	+4.7	+.056	+1.8	+4.1	+.061	+5.2	+6.0	+.030
Tim Hardaway Jr.	70	28.4	16.6	0.3	3.0	3.3	1.8	0.4	0.2	0.9	1.6	5.8	13.0	.447	3.0	7.6	.391	2.0	2.5	.816

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Davis	21	36.6	27.7	2.6	7.1	9.7	3.5	1.2	1.4	2.5	2.7	9.8	17.1	.571	1.1	2.9	.383	7.1	8.5	.832
difference:	+14	+0.8	+10.7	+1.9	+4.5	+6.4	+2.1	+0.8	+1.4	-1.6	-0.3	+3.8	+2.7	+.155	+2.2	+5.2	+.021	+5.4	+6.2	+.082
Tim Hardaway Jr.	7	37.4	17.0	0.7	2.6	3.3	1.4	0.4	0.0	0.9	2.4	6.0	14.4	.416	3.3	8.1	.404	1.7	2.3	.750


Season 9
	Anthony Davis	Tim Hardaway Jr.
Season	2020-21	2021-22
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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		%
Anthony Davis	36	32.3	21.8	1.7	6.2	7.9	3.1	1.3	1.6	2.1	1.7	8.4	17.0	.491	0.7	2.8	.260	4.4	5.9	.738
difference:	+6	+2.7	+7.6	+1.4	+2.8	+4.2	+0.9	+0.4	+1.5	-1.3	-0.1	+3.4	+4.4	+.097	+1.7	+4.4	+.076	+2.5	+3.4	+.019
Tim Hardaway Jr.	42	29.6	14.2	0.3	3.4	3.7	2.2	0.9	0.1	0.8	1.8	5.0	12.6	.394	2.4	7.2	.336	1.9	2.5	.757

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Davis	5	28.8	17.4	1.4	5.2	6.6	2.6	0.6	1.6	1.2	1.8	5.0	12.4	.403	0.4	2.2	.182	7.0	8.4	.833
Tim Hardaway Jr.	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Anthony Davis	Tim Hardaway Jr.
Season	2021-22	2022-23
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
Anthony Davis	40	35.1	23.2	2.7	7.2	9.9	3.1	1.2	2.3	2.1	2.4	9.3	17.4	.532	0.3	1.8	.186	4.4	6.1	.713
difference:	+31	+4.8	+8.8	+2.4	+4.0	+6.4	+1.3	+0.5	+2.1	-1.3	-0.7	+4.5	+5.5	+.131	+2.7	+5.9	+.199	+2.6	+3.8	+.057
Tim Hardaway Jr.	71	30.3	14.4	0.3	3.2	3.5	1.8	0.7	0.2	0.8	1.7	4.8	11.9	.401	3.0	7.7	.385	1.8	2.3	.770

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Anthony Davis nor Tim Hardaway Jr. played in the postseason in their season 10


Season 11
	Anthony Davis	Tim Hardaway Jr.
Season	2022-23	2023-24
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals	Mavericks Lost NBA Finals

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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		%
Anthony Davis	56	34.0	25.9	3.5	9.1	12.5	2.6	1.1	2.0	2.2	2.6	9.7	17.2	.563	0.3	1.3	.257	6.2	7.9	.784
difference:	+23	+7.2	+11.5	+3.2	+6.2	+9.3	+0.8	+0.6	+1.9	-1.3	-1.3	+4.7	+4.8	+.161	+2.4	+6.3	+.096	+4.4	+5.8	+.068
Tim Hardaway Jr.	79	26.8	14.4	0.3	2.9	3.2	1.8	0.5	0.1	0.9	1.3	5.0	12.4	.402	2.7	7.6	.353	1.8	2.1	.852

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Davis	16	38.0	22.6	2.4	11.7	14.1	2.6	1.4	3.1	2.1	2.9	8.3	15.9	.520	0.3	0.9	.333	5.8	6.8	.852
difference:	+2	+25.3	+18.2	+2.3	+10.1	+12.3	+2.2	+1.0	+3.0	-2.0	-2.2	+6.7	+11.8	+.141	+0.6	+1.7	+.018	+5.5	+6.2	+.352
Tim Hardaway Jr.	14	12.7	4.4	0.1	1.6	1.8	0.4	0.4	0.1	0.1	0.7	1.6	4.1	.379	0.9	2.6	.351	0.3	0.6	.500


Season 12
	Anthony Davis	Tim Hardaway Jr.
Season	2023-24	2024-25
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Cup All-Tournament Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd
Others	NBA Cup Champion	-

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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		%
Anthony Davis	76	35.5	24.7	3.1	9.5	12.6	3.5	1.2	2.3	2.1	2.3	9.4	16.9	.556	0.4	1.4	.271	5.5	6.8	.816
difference:	+1	+7.5	+13.7	+2.9	+7.4	+10.2	+1.9	+0.7	+2.2	-1.5	-1.1	+5.8	+8.1	+.150	+1.8	+4.5	+.097	+3.9	+4.9	+.039
Tim Hardaway Jr.	77	28.0	11.0	0.2	2.1	2.4	1.6	0.5	0.1	0.6	1.2	3.6	8.8	.406	2.2	5.9	.368	1.6	1.9	.855

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Davis	5	41.6	27.8	3.0	12.6	15.6	4.0	0.4	1.6	2.2	3.8	11.8	18.6	.634	0.0	1.0	.000	4.2	5.2	.808
difference:	+1	+10.3	+15.8	+2.7	+10.1	+12.8	+2.8	+0.1	+1.6	-0.7	-2.1	+7.8	+6.8	+.296	+2.7	+7.7	+.308	+2.9	+3.5	+.008
Tim Hardaway Jr.	6	31.3	12.0	0.3	2.5	2.8	1.2	0.3	0.0	1.5	1.7	4.0	11.8	.338	2.7	8.7	.308	1.3	1.7	.800


Season 13
	Anthony Davis	Tim Hardaway Jr.
Season	2024-25	2025-26
Team	Los Angeles Lakers, Dallas Mavericks	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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13th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Davis	51	33.5	24.7	2.6	8.9	11.6	3.5	1.2	2.2	2.2	1.9	9.2	17.8	.516	0.7	2.4	.282	5.6	7.2	.775
difference:	+38	+10.7	+13.3	+2.3	+7.3	+9.7	+2.0	+0.6	+2.1	-2.0	-0.6	+5.4	+9.6	+.054	+1.8	+3.0	+.189	+4.3	+5.8	+.169
Tim Hardaway Jr.	13	22.8	11.4	0.3	1.6	1.9	1.5	0.6	0.1	0.2	1.3	3.8	8.2	.462	2.5	5.4	.471	1.3	1.4	.944

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Anthony Davis nor Tim Hardaway Jr. played in the postseason in their season 13

Additional Years

* Anthony Davis played 1 season more than Tim Hardaway Jr. in the NBA.

In that period—his season 14 in 2026—Anthony Davis didn't play in the postseason.

Anthony Davis vs. Tim Hardaway Jr. Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tim Hardaway Jr. and Anthony Davis, 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

Season 13

13th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years