OG Anunoby vs. Tim Hardaway Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tim Hardaway and OG Anunoby, 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.

OG Anunoby played 8 years in the NBA, 5 less than Tim Hardaway, who played 13. OG Anunoby 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
	OG Anunoby	Tim Hardaway
Season	2017-18	1989-90
Team	Toronto Raptors	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
OG Anunoby	74	20.0	5.9	0.6	1.9	2.5	0.7	0.7	0.2	0.6	1.8	2.2	4.7	.471	1.0	2.7	.371	0.5	0.8	.629
difference:	+5	+13.7	+8.8	+0.1	+1.3	+1.4	+8.0	+1.4		-2.7	-1.1	+3.7	+7.8		+0.7	+1.6	+.097	+2.2	+2.7	+.135
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
OG Anunoby	10	23.8	7.9	0.9	1.2	2.1	0.7	0.6	0.4	0.6	2.3	2.9	5.2	.558	1.3	2.9	.448	0.8	1.1	.727
Tim Hardaway	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	OG Anunoby	Tim Hardaway
Season	2018-19	1990-91
Team	Toronto Raptors	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
OG Anunoby	67	20.2	7.0	0.9	2.1	2.9	0.7	0.7	0.3	0.8	2.1	2.7	6.0	.453	1.0	3.0	.332	0.5	0.9	.581
difference:	+15	+19.0	+15.9	+0.2	+0.9	+1.1	+9.0	+1.9	+0.2	-2.5	-0.7	+6.3	+12.9	+.023	+0.2	+0.1	+.053	+3.2	+3.7	+.222
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		%
OG Anunoby	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
	OG Anunoby	Tim Hardaway
Season	2019-20	1991-92
Team	Toronto Raptors	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
OG Anunoby	69	29.9	10.6	1.2	4.1	5.3	1.6	1.4	0.7	1.1	2.4	4.1	8.2	.505	1.3	3.3	.390	1.0	1.5	.706
difference:	+12	+11.2	+12.8	+0.2	+1.3	+1.5	+8.4	+0.6	+0.5	-2.2	-0.2	+5.0	+11.5	+.044	+0.3	+1.3	+.052	+2.7	+3.3	+.060
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		%
OG Anunoby	11	35.7	10.5	2.4	4.5	6.9	1.2	1.0	1.2	1.5	2.5	3.6	8.0	.455	1.5	3.7	.415	1.6	2.5	.643
difference:	+7	+8.3	+14.0	+0.9	+2.2	+3.1	+6.1	+2.3	+1.2	-2.0	-1.0	+4.4	+12.0	+.055	+1.0	+3.6	+.070	+4.4	+6.8	+.006
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
	OG Anunoby	Tim Hardaway
Season	2020-21	1992-93
Team	Toronto Raptors	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		%
OG Anunoby	43	33.3	15.9	1.3	4.3	5.5	2.2	1.5	0.7	1.7	2.7	5.8	12.1	.480	2.4	6.1	.398	1.9	2.4	.784
difference:	+23	+6.2	+5.6	+0.4	+1.2	+1.5	+8.4	+0.3	+0.5	-1.6	-0.4	+2.1	+5.6	+.033	+0.9	+1.4	+.068	+2.2	+3.2	+.040
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 OG Anunoby nor Tim Hardaway played in the postseason in their season 4

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

Season 6
	OG Anunoby	Tim Hardaway
Season	2022-23	1995-96
Team	Toronto Raptors	Golden State Warriors, Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Steals Leader	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
OG Anunoby	67	35.6	16.8	1.4	3.5	5.0	2.0	1.9	0.7	2.0	3.0	6.3	13.2	.476	2.1	5.5	.387	2.1	2.5	.838
difference:	+13	+3.9	+1.6	+1.0	+1.1	+2.1	+6.0	+0.2	+0.5	-0.9	-0.5	+1.1	+0.8	+.054	+0.4	+0.8	+.023	+0.9	+1.3	+.048
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		%
OG Anunoby	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	OG Anunoby	Tim Hardaway
Season	2023-24	1996-97
Team	Toronto Raptors, New York Knicks	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
OG Anunoby	50	34.0	14.7	0.9	3.2	4.2	2.1	1.4	0.7	1.6	2.4	5.6	11.5	.489	2.0	5.3	.382	1.3	1.8	.753
difference:	+31	+4.7	+5.6	+0.3	+0.4	+0.8	+6.5	+0.5	+0.6	-1.2	-0.4	+1.5	+5.6	+.074	+0.5	+2.0	+.038	+2.3	+2.7	+.046
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		%
OG Anunoby	9	36.0	15.1	0.8	5.2	6.0	1.1	0.9	1.0	1.1	1.7	6.2	12.3	.505	1.8	4.3	.410	0.9	1.4	.615
difference:	+8	+5.2	+3.6		+1.9	+1.9	+5.9	+0.7	+0.9	-2.0	-0.5	+0.1	+4.6	+.146	+0.7	+3.6	+.097	+3.2	+3.8	+.180
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
	OG Anunoby	Tim Hardaway
Season	2024-25	1997-98
Team	New York Knicks	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
OG Anunoby	74	36.6	18.0	1.3	3.5	4.8	2.2	1.5	0.9	1.4	2.3	6.6	13.9	.476	2.3	6.2	.372	2.5	3.1	.810
difference:	+7	+0.8	+0.9	+0.7	+0.4	+1.1	+6.1	+0.2	+0.7	-1.4	-0.2	+0.3	+2.1	+.045	+0.4	+0.7	+.021	+0.7	+1.0	+.029
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		%
OG Anunoby	18	39.2	16.3	1.3	3.3	4.6	1.3	2.0	1.2	1.7	2.7	5.7	13.7	.417	2.3	6.7	.339	2.6	3.2	.810
difference:	+13	+5.2	+9.7	+0.7	+0.5	+1.2	+5.3	+0.8	+1.2	-1.9	-0.9	+2.7	+5.1	+.030	+1.1	+1.1	+.097	+3.2	+4.2	+.026
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 OG Anunoby 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 OG Anunoby, Tim Hardaway got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Second Team