Danilo Gallinari vs. Penny Hardaway Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Penny Hardaway and Danilo Gallinari, 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.

Danilo Gallinari and Penny Hardaway both played 14 years in the NBA. Danilo Gallinari had the first of his seasons in 2008-09, 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.

Rookie Season
	Danilo Gallinari	Penny Hardaway
Season	2008-09	1993-94
Team	New York Knicks	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Danilo Gallinari	28	14.7	6.1	0.5	1.5	2.0	0.5	0.5	0.1	0.5	1.7	2.0	4.5	.448	1.1	2.6	.444	0.9	1.0	.963
difference:	+54	+22.1	+9.9	+1.8	+1.5	+3.4	+6.1	+1.8	+0.5	-3.1	-0.8	+4.2	+8.8	+.018	+0.5	+0.3	+.177	+2.1	+3.0	+.221
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		%
Danilo Gallinari	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Danilo Gallinari	Penny Hardaway
Season	2009-10	1994-95
Team	New York Knicks	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Danilo Gallinari	81	33.9	15.1	0.8	4.1	4.9	1.7	0.9	0.7	1.4	2.4	4.8	11.4	.423	2.3	6.0	.381	3.1	3.8	.818
difference:	+4	+3.8	+5.8	+1.0	+1.5	+0.5	+5.5	+0.8	+0.4	-2.0	-0.3	+2.8	+3.4	+.089	+1.2	+2.8	+.032	+1.5	+2.2	+.049
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		%
Danilo Gallinari	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Danilo Gallinari	Penny Hardaway
Season	2010-11	1995-96
Team	New York Knicks, Denver Nuggets	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Danilo Gallinari	62	33.9	15.6	1.0	4.0	4.9	1.7	0.8	0.4	1.3	2.3	4.3	10.3	.414	1.7	4.7	.352	5.4	6.3	.862
difference:	+20	+2.9	+6.1	+0.6	+1.3	+0.6	+5.4	+1.2	+0.1	-1.5	-0.3	+3.3	+4.5	+.099	+0.6	+1.2	+.038		+0.8	+.095
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		%
Danilo Gallinari	5	29.6	12.0	0.2	3.2	3.4	2.0	0.8	0.0	1.4	3.4	3.8	8.8	.432	1.4	3.0	.467	3.0	4.2	.714
difference:	+7	+9.8	+11.3	+1.5	+0.2	+1.3	+4.0	+0.9	+0.3	-0.8	-1.1	+4.6	+9.3	+.033	+0.3	+1.6	+.103	+1.8	+2.3	+.030
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
	Danilo Gallinari	Penny Hardaway
Season	2011-12	1996-97
Team	Denver Nuggets	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West 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		%
Danilo Gallinari	43	31.4	14.6	0.7	4.0	4.7	2.7	1.0	0.5	1.6	2.0	4.5	10.8	.414	1.4	4.3	.328	4.2	4.9	.871
difference:	+16	+6.2	+5.9	+0.7	+0.9	+0.2	+2.9	+0.6	+0.1	-0.9	-0.1	+2.6	+5.1	+.033		+0.2	+.010	+0.6	+0.9	+.051
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		%
Danilo Gallinari	7	31.7	13.4	1.3	3.9	5.1	2.4	0.7	0.6	1.3	2.1	4.9	13.4	.362	0.6	3.3	.174	3.1	3.4	.917
difference:	+2	+12.7	+17.6	+0.1	+0.7	+0.9	+1.0	+1.7	+0.8	-0.5	-0.7	+5.5	+8.8	+.106	+1.6	+2.7	+.193	+4.9	+7.4	+.176
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
	Danilo Gallinari	Penny Hardaway
Season	2012-13	1997-98
Team	Denver Nuggets	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
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		%
Danilo Gallinari	71	32.5	16.2	0.9	4.3	5.2	2.5	0.9	0.5	1.6	1.8	5.1	12.3	.418	1.9	5.1	.373	4.0	4.9	.822
difference:	+52	+0.4	+0.2	+0.5	+0.7	+1.2	+1.1	+0.6	+0.3	-0.8	-0.6	+0.3	+2.1	+.041	+1.1	+2.5	+.073	+0.7	+1.3	+.059
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
* Neiher Danilo Gallinari nor Penny Hardaway played in the postseason in their season 5

Note: Danilo Gallinari didn't play in 2013-14.

Note: Danilo Gallinari didn't play in 2022-23.

Note: Penny Hardaway didn't play in 2006-07.