Daniel Gafford vs. Tim Hardaway Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tim Hardaway and Daniel Gafford, 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.

Daniel Gafford played 6 years in the NBA, 7 less than Tim Hardaway, who played 13. Daniel Gafford had the first of his seasons in 2019-20, 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.

Rookie Season
	Daniel Gafford	Tim Hardaway
Season	2019-20	1989-90
Team	Chicago Bulls	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		%
Daniel Gafford	43	14.2	5.1	1.2	1.3	2.5	0.5	0.3	1.3	0.7	2.3	2.2	3.1	.701	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.4	.533
difference:	+36	+19.5	+9.6	+0.5	+1.9	+1.4	+8.2	+1.8	+1.1	-2.6	-0.6	+3.7	+9.4	+.230	+0.3	+1.1		+2.0	+2.1	+.231
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 Daniel Gafford nor Tim Hardaway played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Daniel Gafford	Tim Hardaway
Season	2020-21	1990-91
Team	Chicago Bulls, Washington Wizards	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Wizards Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Daniel Gafford	54	14.6	7.0	1.7	2.5	4.3	0.5	0.5	1.4	0.8	1.8	2.9	4.2	.684	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	2.0	.667
difference:	+28	+24.6	+15.9	+0.6	+0.5	+0.3	+9.2	+2.1	+1.3	-2.5	-1.0	+6.1	+14.7	+.208	+1.2	+3.1		+2.4	+2.6	+.136
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		%
Daniel Gafford	5	23.4	11.8	2.8	3.0	5.8	0.6	1.0	2.0	0.6	3.4	4.4	5.2	.846	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	4.8	.625
difference:	+4	+20.6	+13.4	+2.2	+0.1	+2.1	+10.6	+2.1	+1.2	-2.2	-1.0	+5.6	+15.4	+.360	+1.9	+5.3		+0.3	+0.6	+.164
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
	Daniel Gafford	Tim Hardaway
Season	2021-22	1991-92
Team	Washington Wizards	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	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		%
Daniel Gafford	72	20.1	9.4	2.2	3.5	5.7	0.9	0.4	1.4	0.9	2.4	4.0	5.7	.693	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.1	.699
difference:	+9	+21.0	+14.0	+1.2	+0.7	+1.9	+9.1	+1.6	+1.2	-2.4	-0.2	+5.1	+14.0	+.232	+1.6	+4.6		+2.2	+2.7	+.067
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		%
Daniel Gafford	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
	Daniel Gafford	Tim Hardaway
Season	2022-23	1992-93
Team	Washington Wizards	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	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		%
Daniel Gafford	78	20.6	9.0	2.1	3.5	5.6	1.1	0.4	1.3	1.1	2.4	3.7	5.1	.732	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	2.4	.679
difference:	+12	+18.9	+12.5	+1.2	+0.4	+1.6	+9.5	+1.4	+1.1	-2.2	-0.1	+4.2	+12.6	+.285	+1.5	+4.7		+2.5	+3.2	+.065
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 Daniel Gafford nor Tim Hardaway played in the postseason in their season 4

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

Additional Years
* Tim Hardaway played 7 seasons more than Daniel Gafford in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 7 to 13, from 1997 to 2003—Tim Hardaway played in 6 Playoffs. In those 7 extra years over Daniel Gafford, Tim Hardaway got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA First Team 2 All-NBA Second Team 2 All-Star Game