Frankie Brian vs. Penny Hardaway Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Penny Hardaway and Frankie Brian, 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.

Frankie Brian played 7 years in the NBA, 7 less than Penny Hardaway, who played 14. Frankie Brian had the first of his seasons in 1949-50, 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 achivements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Frankie Brian	Penny Hardaway
Season	1949-50	1993-94
Team	Anderson Packers	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Packers Lost Semifinals	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Frankie Brian	64	-	17.8	-	-	-	3.0	-	-	-	3.0	5.8	18.1	.318	-	-	-	6.3	7.6	.824
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		%
Frankie Brian	8	-	11.9	-	-	-	2.4	-	-	-	3.0	3.3	12.0	.271	-	-	-	5.4	6.0	.896
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
	Frankie Brian	Penny Hardaway
Season	1950-51	1994-95
Team	Tri-Cities Blackhawks	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Magic Lost NBA Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Frankie Brian	68	-	16.8	-	-	3.6	3.9	-	-	-	3.2	5.3	16.6	.322	-	-	-	6.1	7.5	.823
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		%
Frankie Brian	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Frankie Brian	Penny Hardaway
Season	1951-52	1995-96
Team	Fort Wayne Pistons	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Div Semis	Magic Lost East Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Frankie Brian	66	40.5	15.9	-	-	3.5	3.5	-	-	-	3.3	5.2	14.7	.352	-	-	-	5.6	6.6	.848
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		%
Frankie Brian	2	40.5	8.5	-	-	3.0	4.5	-	-	-	5.0	3.0	12.0	.250	-	-	-	2.5	3.0	.833
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
	Frankie Brian	Penny Hardaway
Season	1952-53	1996-97
Team	Fort Wayne Pistons	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Div Finals	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Frankie Brian	68	28.1	10.7	-	-	2.0	2.1	-	-	-	3.0	3.6	10.3	.351	-	-	-	3.5	4.4	.795
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		%
Frankie Brian	8	18.3	5.6	-	-	1.1	1.4	-	-	-	2.9	1.6	5.3	.310	-	-	-	2.4	3.1	.760
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
	Frankie Brian	Penny Hardaway
Season	1953-54	1997-98
Team	Fort Wayne Pistons	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost W Div Round Robin	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Frankie Brian	64	15.2	6.3	-	-	1.2	1.4	-	-	-	1.6	2.1	5.5	.375	-	-	-	2.1	2.8	.753
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		%
Frankie Brian	4	26.5	10.3	-	-	3.0	2.5	-	-	-	1.8	3.8	9.0	.417	-	-	-	2.8	4.0	.688
Penny Hardaway	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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