Baron Davis vs. Penny Hardaway Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Penny Hardaway and Baron 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 / Scoring / Stats / Stats Rankings / 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.

Baron Davis played 13 years in the NBA, 1 less than Penny Hardaway, who played 14. Baron Davis had the first of his seasons in 1999-00, while Penny Hardaway had his rookie season in 1993-94. 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
Baron Davis	13	7	1999-00 to 2011-12
Penny Hardaway	14	8	1993-94 to 2007-08

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


Rookie Season
	Baron Davis	Penny Hardaway
Season	1999-00	1993-94
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Hornets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Baron Davis	82	18.6	5.9	0.6	1.4	2.0	3.8	1.2	0.2	1.7	2.5	2.2	5.3	.420	0.3	1.4	.225	1.2	1.9	.634
difference:		+18.2	+10.1	+1.7	+1.6	+3.4	+2.8	+1.1	+0.4	-1.9		+4.0	+8.0	+.046	+0.3	+0.9	+.042	+1.8	+2.1	+.108
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Baron Davis	4	14.5	5.8	0.8	0.8	1.5	1.5	1.0	0.0	0.8	1.5	2.5	5.8	.435	0.3	1.5	.167	0.5	1.0	.500
difference:	+1	+29.8	+12.9	+1.9	+3.2	+5.2	+5.5	+0.7	+2.0	-5.9	-1.8	+4.8	+10.9	+.005	+1.4	+2.2	+.288	+1.8	+2.3	+.200
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


Season 2
	Baron Davis	Penny Hardaway
Season	2000-01	1994-95
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hornets Lost East Conf Semis	Magic Lost NBA Finals

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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		%
Baron Davis	82	38.9	13.8	1.6	3.4	5.0	7.3	2.1	0.4	2.8	3.3	5.0	11.7	.427	1.0	3.3	.310	2.8	4.1	.677
difference:	+5	+1.2	+7.1	+0.2	+0.8	+0.6	+0.1	+0.4	+0.1	-0.6	-1.2	+2.6	+3.1	+.085	+0.1	+0.1	+.039	+1.8	+1.9	+.092
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Baron Davis	10	39.8	17.8	0.9	3.5	4.4	5.8	2.8	0.5	2.2	3.3	5.9	12.3	.480	2.0	5.0	.400	4.0	5.6	.714
difference:	+11	+0.6	+1.8	+0.5	+1.2	+0.6	+1.9	+0.9	+0.2	-1.3		+1.0	+2.2	+.008	+0.1	+0.3	+.004		+0.3	+.043
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


Season 3
	Baron Davis	Penny Hardaway
Season	2001-02	1995-96
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hornets Lost East Conf Semis	Magic Lost East Conf Finals

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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		%
Baron Davis	82	40.5	18.1	1.1	3.1	4.3	8.5	2.1	0.6	3.0	2.9	6.8	16.4	.417	2.1	5.8	.356	2.4	4.1	.580
difference:		+3.7	+3.6	+0.5	+0.4		+1.4	+0.1	+0.1	-0.2	-0.9	+0.8	+1.6	+.096	+1.0	+2.3	+.042	+3.0	+3.0	+.187
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Baron Davis	9	44.7	22.6	1.8	5.2	7.0	7.9	3.6	0.6	3.0	4.0	7.9	20.9	.378	2.3	6.9	.339	4.4	7.4	.597
difference:	+3	+5.3	+0.7	+0.1	+2.2	+2.3	+1.9	+1.9	+0.3	-0.8	-1.7	+0.5	+2.8	+.087	+0.6	+2.3	+.025	+0.4	+0.9	+.147
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


Season 4
	Baron Davis	Penny Hardaway
Season	2002-03	1996-97
Team	New Orleans Hornets	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hornets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Magic 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		%
Baron Davis	50	37.8	17.1	1.1	2.6	3.7	6.4	1.8	0.4	2.8	3.0	6.6	16.0	.416	2.0	5.7	.350	1.9	2.6	.710
difference:	+9	+0.2	+3.4	+0.3	+0.5	+0.8	+0.8	+0.2	+0.2	-0.3	-0.9	+0.5	+0.1	+.031	+0.6	+1.2	+.032	+2.9	+3.2	+.110
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Baron Davis	5	38.8	20.4	0.8	2.8	3.6	8.4	1.4	0.4	3.0	4.0	7.4	16.6	.446	2.4	7.0	.343	3.2	4.4	.727
difference:		+5.6	+10.6	+0.6	+1.8	+2.4	+5.0	+1.0	+1.0	-1.2	-1.2	+3.0	+5.6	+.022	+0.2	+1.0	+.024	+4.8	+6.4	+.014
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


Season 5
	Baron Davis	Penny Hardaway
Season	2003-04	1997-98
Team	New Orleans Hornets	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	Steals Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hornets 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		%
Baron Davis	67	40.1	22.9	1.0	3.3	4.3	7.5	2.4	0.4	3.2	2.7	8.3	20.9	.395	2.8	8.7	.321	3.5	5.3	.673
difference:	+48	+7.2	+6.5	+0.6	+0.3	+0.3	+3.9	+0.9	+0.4	-0.8	-0.3	+2.9	+6.5	+.018	+2.0	+6.1	+.021	+1.2	+0.9	+.090
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Baron Davis	7	37.4	18.1	0.9	3.3	4.1	7.0	1.6	0.7	2.7	3.0	6.1	16.3	.377	2.3	7.0	.327	3.6	4.7	.758
Penny Hardaway	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Baron Davis	Penny Hardaway
Season	2004-05	1998-99
Team	New Orleans Hornets, Golden State Warriors	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Magic 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		%
Baron Davis	46	34.4	19.2	0.7	3.1	3.8	7.9	1.8	0.3	2.8	2.7	6.3	16.3	.387	2.6	7.7	.333	4.0	5.3	.761
difference:	+4	+4.5	+3.4	+0.8	+1.1	+1.9	+2.6	+0.4	+0.2	-0.2	-0.5	+0.3	+2.0	+.033	+1.8	+4.9	+.047	+1.0	+1.1	+.055
Penny Hardaway	50	38.9	15.8	1.5	4.2	5.7	5.3	2.2	0.5	3.0	2.2	6.0	14.3	.420	0.8	2.8	.286	3.0	4.2	.706

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Baron Davis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Penny Hardaway	4	41.8	19.0	2.3	2.8	5.0	5.5	2.3	0.3	3.0	3.3	5.0	14.3	.351	1.5	3.3	.462	7.5	9.8	.769


Season 7
	Baron Davis	Penny Hardaway
Season	2005-06	1999-00
Team	Golden State Warriors	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Suns Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
Baron Davis	54	36.5	17.9	0.8	3.5	4.4	8.9	1.6	0.3	2.9	3.1	6.2	15.9	.389	1.9	6.0	.315	3.6	5.4	.675
difference:	+6	+1.1	+1.0	+0.7	+0.8	+1.4	+3.6		+0.3	-0.3	-0.4	+0.1	+2.6	+.085	+1.3	+4.3	+.009	+0.2	+0.6	+.115
Penny Hardaway	60	37.6	16.9	1.5	4.3	5.8	5.3	1.6	0.6	2.6	2.7	6.3	13.3	.474	0.6	1.7	.324	3.8	4.8	.790

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Baron Davis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Penny Hardaway	9	42.8	20.3	1.6	3.3	4.9	5.7	1.6	1.0	2.8	3.2	7.4	16.1	.462	0.6	2.1	.263	4.9	6.9	.710


Season 8
	Baron Davis	Penny Hardaway
Season	2006-07	2000-01
Team	Golden State Warriors	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	Steals Leader	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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		%
Baron Davis	63	35.3	20.1	0.8	3.6	4.4	8.1	2.1	0.5	3.1	2.9	7.2	16.3	.439	1.3	4.4	.304	4.4	5.9	.745
difference:	+59	+7.3	+10.3	+0.5	+0.3	+0.1	+4.3	+0.6	+0.2	-2.3	-1.4	+3.4	+7.3	+.022	+0.8	+2.4	+.054	+2.6	+3.1	+.109
Penny Hardaway	4	28.0	9.8	1.3	3.3	4.5	3.8	1.5	0.3	0.8	1.5	3.8	9.0	.417	0.5	2.0	.250	1.8	2.8	.636

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Baron Davis	11	40.5	25.3	1.0	3.5	4.5	6.5	2.9	0.6	2.9	4.2	8.9	17.4	.513	2.3	6.1	.373	5.2	6.7	.770
Penny Hardaway	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Baron Davis	Penny Hardaway
Season	2007-08	2001-02
Team	Golden State Warriors	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Baron Davis	82	39.0	21.8	1.2	3.5	4.7	7.6	2.3	0.5	2.8	3.0	7.9	18.6	.426	2.1	6.4	.330	3.9	5.2	.750
difference:	+2	+8.2	+9.8		+0.3	+0.3	+3.5	+0.8	+0.1	-0.4	-0.7	+3.0	+7.0	+.008	+1.8	+5.4	+.053	+1.9	+2.8	+.060
Penny Hardaway	80	30.8	12.0	1.2	3.2	4.4	4.1	1.5	0.4	2.4	2.3	4.9	11.6	.418	0.3	1.0	.277	2.0	2.4	.810

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Baron Davis nor Penny Hardaway played in the postseason in their season 9


Season 10
	Baron Davis	Penny Hardaway
Season	2008-09	2002-03
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Baron Davis	65	34.6	14.9	0.7	3.0	3.7	7.7	1.7	0.5	3.0	3.0	5.5	14.8	.370	1.5	5.0	.302	2.4	3.2	.757
difference:	+7	+4.0	+4.3	+0.4	+0.3	+0.7	+3.6	+0.6	+0.1	-0.5	-0.4	+1.1	+4.9	+.077	+1.1	+3.7	+.054	+1.1	+1.5	+.037
Penny Hardaway	58	30.6	10.6	1.1	3.3	4.4	4.1	1.1	0.4	2.5	2.6	4.4	9.9	.447	0.4	1.3	.356	1.3	1.7	.794

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Baron Davis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Penny Hardaway	6	40.7	12.7	1.5	4.5	6.0	4.3	2.2	0.8	2.2	4.3	4.5	11.7	.386	1.5	4.2	.360	2.2	3.0	.722


Season 11
	Baron Davis	Penny Hardaway
Season	2009-10	2003-04
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Phoenix Suns, New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks 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		%
Baron Davis	75	33.6	15.3	0.7	2.9	3.5	8.0	1.7	0.6	2.8	2.8	5.5	13.5	.406	1.1	3.9	.277	3.2	3.9	.821
difference:	+1	+6.0	+6.1	+0.2		+0.3	+5.7	+0.8	+0.3	-1.4	-0.9	+1.8	+4.6	+.005	+0.7	+2.9	+.103	+1.7	+2.1	+.017
Penny Hardaway	76	27.6	9.2	0.9	2.9	3.8	2.3	0.9	0.3	1.4	1.9	3.7	8.9	.411	0.4	1.0	.380	1.5	1.8	.804

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Baron Davis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Penny Hardaway	4	42.0	16.5	1.0	3.5	4.5	5.8	1.5	0.3	2.5	2.0	5.8	15.8	.365	1.3	3.5	.357	3.8	4.5	.833


Season 12
	Baron Davis	Penny Hardaway
Season	2010-11	2004-05
Team	Los Angeles Clippers, Cleveland Cavaliers	New York Knicks
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		%
Baron Davis	58	28.4	13.1	0.6	2.1	2.7	6.7	1.3	0.5	2.5	2.5	5.0	11.9	.417	1.4	4.1	.339	1.7	2.3	.771
difference:	+21	+4.2	+5.8	+0.1	+0.2	+0.3	+4.7	+0.5	+0.4	-1.1	-0.4	+2.0	+4.9	+.006	+1.0	+2.7	+.039	+0.8	+1.1	+.032
Penny Hardaway	37	24.2	7.3	0.5	1.9	2.4	2.0	0.8	0.1	1.4	2.1	3.0	7.0	.423	0.4	1.4	.300	0.9	1.2	.739

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Baron Davis nor Penny Hardaway played in the postseason in their season 12


Season 13
	Baron Davis	Penny Hardaway
Season	2011-12	2005-06
Team	New York Knicks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Baron Davis	29	20.5	6.1	0.4	1.5	1.9	4.7	1.2	0.1	2.6	2.1	2.3	6.3	.370	0.9	2.9	.306	0.6	0.8	.667
difference:	+25	+2.5	+3.6	+0.4	+1.0	+0.6	+2.7	+0.7	+0.1	-1.1	-0.3	+1.3	+2.8	+.084	+0.9	+2.6	+.306	+0.1	+0.3	+.333
Penny Hardaway	4	18.0	2.5	0.0	2.5	2.5	2.0	0.5	0.0	1.5	1.8	1.0	3.5	.286	0.0	0.3	.000	0.5	0.5	1.000

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Baron Davis	4	24.3	7.8	0.0	0.8	0.8	3.3	0.0	0.0	3.3	3.8	2.8	5.8	.478	1.0	3.5	.286	1.3	1.3	1.000
Penny Hardaway	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years

* Penny Hardaway played 1 season more than Baron Davis in the NBA.

In that period—his season 14 in 2008—Penny Hardaway didn't play in the postseason.

Baron Davis vs. Penny Hardaway Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Penny Hardaway and Baron 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.

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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