De'Aaron Fox vs. Tim Hardaway Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tim Hardaway and De'Aaron Fox, 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.

De'Aaron Fox played 8 years in the NBA, 5 less than Tim Hardaway, who played 13. De'Aaron Fox had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, 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
	De'Aaron Fox	Tim Hardaway
Season	2017-18	1989-90
Team	Sacramento Kings	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		%
De'Aaron Fox	73	27.8	11.6	0.5	2.3	2.8	4.4	1.0	0.3	2.4	2.2	4.5	10.9	.412	0.6	2.1	.307	1.9	2.7	.723
difference:	+6	+5.9	+3.1	+0.2	+0.9	+1.1	+4.3	+1.1	+0.1	-0.9	-0.7	+1.4	+1.6	+.059	+0.3	+1.0	+.033	+0.8	+0.8	+.041
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 De'Aaron Fox nor Tim Hardaway played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	De'Aaron Fox	Tim Hardaway
Season	2018-19	1990-91
Team	Sacramento Kings	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		%
De'Aaron Fox	81	31.4	17.3	0.5	3.2	3.8	7.3	1.6	0.6	2.8	2.5	6.2	13.6	.458	1.1	2.9	.371	3.7	5.1	.727
difference:	+1	+7.8	+5.6	+0.6	+0.2	+0.2	+2.4	+1.0	+0.5	-0.5	-0.3	+2.8	+5.3	+.018	+0.1	+0.2	+.014		+0.5	+.076
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		%
De'Aaron Fox	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
	De'Aaron Fox	Tim Hardaway
Season	2019-20	1991-92
Team	Sacramento Kings	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		%
De'Aaron Fox	51	32.0	21.1	0.7	3.2	3.8	6.8	1.5	0.5	3.1	2.8	7.7	16.0	.480	1.1	3.6	.292	4.7	6.7	.705
difference:	+30	+9.1	+2.3	+0.3	+0.4		+3.2	+0.5	+0.3	-0.2	-0.2	+1.4	+3.7	+.019	+0.5	+1.0	+.046	+1.0	+1.9	+.061
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		%
De'Aaron Fox	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
	De'Aaron Fox	Tim Hardaway
Season	2020-21	1992-93
Team	Sacramento Kings	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		%
De'Aaron Fox	58	35.1	25.2	0.6	2.9	3.5	7.2	1.5	0.5	3.0	2.9	9.1	19.1	.477	1.8	5.5	.322	5.2	7.2	.719
difference:	+8	+4.4	+3.7	+0.3	+0.2	+0.5	+3.4	+0.3	+0.3	-0.3	-0.6	+1.2	+1.4	+.030	+0.3	+0.8	+.008	+1.1	+1.6	+.025
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 De'Aaron Fox nor Tim Hardaway played in the postseason in their season 4

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

Season 6
	De'Aaron Fox	Tim Hardaway
Season	2022-23	1995-96
Team	Sacramento Kings	Golden State Warriors, Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	Clutch Player of the Year	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Kings Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
De'Aaron Fox	73	33.4	25.0	0.5	3.6	4.2	6.1	1.1	0.3	2.5	2.4	9.3	18.2	.512	1.6	5.0	.324	4.7	6.0	.780
difference:	+7	+1.7	+9.8	+0.1	+1.2	+1.3	+1.9	+0.6	+0.1	-0.4	-0.1	+4.1	+5.8	+.090	+0.1	+0.3	+.040	+1.7	+2.2	+.010
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		%
De'Aaron Fox	7	38.6	27.4	1.7	3.7	5.4	7.7	2.1	0.6	4.0	3.3	10.0	23.6	.424	3.0	9.0	.333	4.4	5.9	.756
difference:	+4	+1.9	+9.7	+1.4	+2.4	+3.7	+2.0	+1.1	+0.6	-1.0		+3.3	+9.3	+.041	+0.3	+1.7	+.031	+2.7	+3.6	+.042
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
	De'Aaron Fox	Tim Hardaway
Season	2023-24	1996-97
Team	Sacramento Kings	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
De'Aaron Fox	74	35.9	26.6	0.9	3.7	4.6	5.6	2.0	0.4	2.6	2.6	9.7	20.9	.465	2.9	7.8	.369	4.2	5.7	.738
difference:	+7	+2.8	+6.3	+0.3	+0.9	+1.2	+3.0	+0.1	+0.3	-0.2	-0.6	+2.6	+3.8	+.050	+0.4	+0.5	+.025	+0.6	+1.2	+.061
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		%
De'Aaron Fox	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	De'Aaron Fox	Tim Hardaway
Season	2024-25	1997-98
Team	Sacramento Kings, San Antonio Spurs	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
De'Aaron Fox	62	36.1	23.5	0.9	3.9	4.8	6.3	1.5	0.4	2.8	2.6	8.7	18.8	.463	1.9	6.1	.310	4.2	5.1	.827
difference:	+19	+1.3	+4.6	+0.3	+0.8	+1.1	+2.0	+0.2	+0.2		-0.1	+1.8	+2.8	+.032		+0.6	+.041	+1.0	+1.0	+.046
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		%
De'Aaron Fox	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Additional Years
* Tim Hardaway played 5 seasons more than De'Aaron Fox in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 9 to 13, from 1999 to 2003—Tim Hardaway played in 4 Playoffs. In those 5 extra years over De'Aaron Fox, Tim Hardaway got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Second Team