Donovan Clingan vs. Tim Hardaway Jr. Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tim Hardaway Jr. and Donovan Clingan, 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.

Donovan Clingan played 2 years in the NBA, 11 less than Tim Hardaway Jr., who played 13. Donovan Clingan had the first of his seasons in 2024-25, 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
Donovan Clingan 2 0 2024-25 to 2025-26
Tim Hardaway Jr. 13 6 2013-14 to 2025-26

Comparison Season by Season

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Rookie Season

Donovan Clingan Tim Hardaway Jr.
Season 2024-252013-14
Team Portland Trail BlazersNew York Knicks
Honors & Awards -Achievement All-Rookie First Team
Achievement All-Rookie Second Team-
Playoffs Did Not PlayDid Not Play
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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Donovan Clingan 67 19.8 6.5 3.2 4.6 7.9 1.1 0.5 1.6 1.1 2.8 2.7 5.0 .539 0.2 0.7 .286 0.9 1.6 .596
difference:+14+3.3+3.7+3.0+3.3+6.4+0.3+1.5-0.5-1.0+0.9+3.5+.111+1.4+3.7+.077+0.4+.232
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 Donovan Clingan nor Tim Hardaway Jr. played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2

Donovan Clingan Tim Hardaway Jr.
Season 2025-262014-15
Team Portland Trail BlazersNew York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Did Not PlayDid Not Play
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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Donovan Clingan 21 25.2 10.0 4.6 5.6 10.2 1.7 0.6 1.4 0.8 2.5 3.9 8.0 .482 0.7 2.8 .241 1.6 2.0 .810
difference:+49+1.2+1.5+4.4+3.5+8.0+0.1+0.3+1.2-0.4-0.8+0.1+2.2+.093+1.0+2.3+.101+0.2+0.2+.009
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 Donovan Clingan nor Tim Hardaway Jr. played in the postseason in their season 2

Additional Years

* Tim Hardaway Jr. played 11 seasons more than Donovan Clingan in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 3 to 13, from 2016 to 2026—Tim Hardaway Jr. played in 6 Playoffs.