Penny Hardaway vs. Brian Shaw Season by Season Comparison

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

Penny Hardaway and Brian Shaw both played 14 years in the NBA. Penny Hardaway had the first of his seasons in 1993-94, while Brian Shaw had his rookie season in 1988-89. 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Penny Hardaway	14	8	1993-94 to 2007-08
Brian Shaw	14	11	1988-89 to 2002-03

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14


Rookie Season
	Penny Hardaway	Brian Shaw
Season	1993-94	1988-89
Team	Orlando Magic	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Celtics 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		%
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
Brian Shaw	82	28.1	8.6	1.5	3.1	4.6	5.8	1.0	0.3	2.3	2.6	3.6	8.4	.433	0.0	0.2	.000	1.3	1.6	.826

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Brian Shaw	3	41.3	17.0	0.7	5.0	5.7	6.3	1.0	0.0	2.0	3.7	7.3	14.3	.512	0.0	0.3	.000	2.3	3.0	.778

Note: Brian Shaw didn't play in 1989-90.


Season 2
	Penny Hardaway	Brian Shaw
Season	1994-95	1990-91
Team	Orlando Magic	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Magic Lost NBA Finals	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Brian Shaw	79	35.1	13.8	1.3	3.4	4.7	7.6	1.3	0.4	2.8	2.6	5.6	11.9	.469	0.0	0.3	.111	2.6	3.2	.819

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Brian Shaw	11	28.7	11.0	0.7	2.7	3.5	4.6	0.9	0.1	2.3	3.1	4.3	9.1	.470	0.1	0.3	.333	2.4	2.7	.867


Season 3
	Penny Hardaway	Brian Shaw
Season	1995-96	1991-92
Team	Orlando Magic	Boston Celtics, Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf Finals	Heat 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		%
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
Brian Shaw	63	22.6	7.9	0.8	2.4	3.2	4.0	0.9	0.3	1.6	1.8	3.3	8.1	.407	0.1	0.4	.217	1.1	1.4	.791

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Brian Shaw	3	28.3	12.0	0.7	3.7	4.3	4.0	0.7	0.0	2.3	4.3	4.7	10.0	.467	1.0	1.7	.600	1.7	2.7	.625


Season 4
	Penny Hardaway	Brian Shaw
Season	1996-97	1992-93
Team	Orlando Magic	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
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
Brian Shaw	68	23.6	7.3	1.0	2.8	3.8	3.5	0.7	0.3	1.4	2.4	2.9	7.4	.393	0.6	1.9	.331	0.9	1.1	.782

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Brian Shaw	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Penny Hardaway	Brian Shaw
Season	1997-98	1993-94
Team	Orlando Magic	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Heat 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		%
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
Brian Shaw	77	26.5	9.0	1.4	3.2	4.5	5.0	0.9	0.3	2.2	2.5	3.6	8.7	.417	0.9	2.8	.338	0.8	1.2	.719

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Penny Hardaway	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brian Shaw	5	22.4	7.8	0.6	3.4	4.0	1.8	0.8	0.2	2.6	1.6	3.2	8.2	.390	0.0	2.6	.000	1.4	2.4	.583


Season 6
	Penny Hardaway	Brian Shaw
Season	1998-99	1994-95
Team	Orlando Magic	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Penny Hardaway	50	38.9	15.8	1.5	4.2	5.7	5.3	2.2	0.5	3.0	2.2	6.0	14.3	.420	0.8	2.8	.286	3.0	4.2	.706
Brian Shaw	78	23.5	6.4	0.7	2.4	3.1	5.2	0.9	0.2	2.4	2.4	2.5	6.3	.389	0.6	2.4	.261	0.9	1.2	.737

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Penny Hardaway	4	41.8	19.0	2.3	2.8	5.0	5.5	2.3	0.3	3.0	3.3	5.0	14.3	.351	1.5	3.3	.462	7.5	9.8	.769
Brian Shaw	21	16.9	6.6	0.8	2.1	3.0	3.1	0.5	0.2	1.2	2.3	2.3	5.9	.390	1.0	2.7	.386	1.0	1.5	.625


Season 7
	Penny Hardaway	Brian Shaw
Season	1999-00	1995-96
Team	Phoenix Suns	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 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		%
Penny Hardaway	60	37.6	16.9	1.5	4.3	5.8	5.3	1.6	0.6	2.6	2.7	6.3	13.3	.474	0.6	1.7	.324	3.8	4.8	.790
Brian Shaw	75	22.4	6.6	0.8	2.2	3.0	4.5	0.8	0.1	2.3	2.1	2.4	6.5	.374	0.5	1.9	.285	1.2	1.5	.798

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Penny Hardaway	9	42.8	20.3	1.6	3.3	4.9	5.7	1.6	1.0	2.8	3.2	7.4	16.1	.462	0.6	2.1	.263	4.9	6.9	.710
Brian Shaw	10	21.7	4.7	0.6	1.5	2.1	4.6	0.5	0.0	1.9	2.7	1.8	5.2	.346	0.8	2.2	.364	0.3	0.4	.750


Season 8
	Penny Hardaway	Brian Shaw
Season	2000-01	1996-97
Team	Phoenix Suns	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Penny Hardaway	4	28.0	9.8	1.3	3.3	4.5	3.8	1.5	0.3	0.8	1.5	3.8	9.0	.417	0.5	2.0	.250	1.8	2.8	.636
Brian Shaw	77	24.2	7.2	0.6	1.9	2.5	4.1	0.9	0.3	2.2	2.6	2.5	6.7	.366	0.8	2.5	.325	1.4	1.8	.793

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Penny Hardaway	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brian Shaw	5	16.2	2.0	0.2	1.6	1.8	1.6	0.2	0.2	1.6	1.0	0.6	3.8	.158	0.4	1.2	.333	0.4	0.8	.500


Season 9
	Penny Hardaway	Brian Shaw
Season	2001-02	1997-98
Team	Phoenix Suns	Golden State Warriors, Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Penny Hardaway	80	30.8	12.0	1.2	3.2	4.4	4.1	1.5	0.4	2.4	2.3	4.9	11.6	.418	0.3	1.0	.277	2.0	2.4	.810
Brian Shaw	59	25.9	6.3	0.6	3.0	3.6	4.4	0.8	0.3	1.7	2.5	2.6	7.6	.345	0.5	1.6	.295	0.6	0.9	.692

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Penny Hardaway	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brian Shaw	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Penny Hardaway	Brian Shaw
Season	2002-03	1998-99
Team	Phoenix Suns	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Penny Hardaway	58	30.6	10.6	1.1	3.3	4.4	4.1	1.1	0.4	2.5	2.6	4.4	9.9	.447	0.4	1.3	.356	1.3	1.7	.794
Brian Shaw	1	5.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Penny Hardaway	6	40.7	12.7	1.5	4.5	6.0	4.3	2.2	0.8	2.2	4.3	4.5	11.7	.386	1.5	4.2	.360	2.2	3.0	.722
Brian Shaw	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Penny Hardaway	Brian Shaw
Season	2003-04	1999-00
Team	Phoenix Suns, New York Knicks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Penny Hardaway	76	27.6	9.2	0.9	2.9	3.8	2.3	0.9	0.3	1.4	1.9	3.7	8.9	.411	0.4	1.0	.380	1.5	1.8	.804
Brian Shaw	74	16.9	4.1	0.6	2.3	2.9	2.7	0.5	0.2	1.0	1.4	1.7	4.4	.382	0.2	0.8	.310	0.6	0.7	.759

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Penny Hardaway	4	42.0	16.5	1.0	3.5	4.5	5.8	1.5	0.3	2.5	2.0	5.8	15.8	.365	1.3	3.5	.357	3.8	4.5	.833
Brian Shaw	22	18.4	5.4	0.3	2.0	2.3	3.0	0.5	0.2	0.8	2.1	2.0	4.9	.421	0.7	2.2	.333	0.6	0.7	.813


Season 12
	Penny Hardaway	Brian Shaw
Season	2004-05	2000-01
Team	New York Knicks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Penny Hardaway	37	24.2	7.3	0.5	1.9	2.4	2.0	0.8	0.1	1.4	2.1	3.0	7.0	.423	0.4	1.4	.300	0.9	1.2	.739
Brian Shaw	80	22.9	5.3	0.6	3.2	3.8	3.2	0.6	0.3	1.2	2.0	2.1	5.1	.399	0.5	1.7	.311	0.6	0.8	.797

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Penny Hardaway	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brian Shaw	16	18.1	4.4	0.6	2.8	3.4	2.7	0.6	0.1	1.0	2.3	1.7	4.5	.375	0.6	1.8	.345	0.4	0.6	.667


Season 13
	Penny Hardaway	Brian Shaw
Season	2005-06	2001-02
Team	New York Knicks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Penny Hardaway	4	18.0	2.5	0.0	2.5	2.5	2.0	0.5	0.0	1.5	1.8	1.0	3.5	.286	0.0	0.3	.000	0.5	0.5	1.000
Brian Shaw	58	10.9	2.9	0.3	1.6	1.9	1.5	0.4	0.1	0.6	0.7	1.1	3.0	.353	0.5	1.5	.330	0.3	0.4	.692

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Penny Hardaway	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brian Shaw	19	12.5	2.9	0.5	1.4	1.8	1.6	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.8	1.1	3.3	.333	0.5	1.7	.281	0.2	0.2	1.000

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


Season 14
	Penny Hardaway	Brian Shaw
Season	2007-08	2002-03
Team	Miami Heat	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Penny Hardaway	16	20.3	3.8	0.2	2.0	2.2	2.2	1.2	0.1	0.8	1.5	1.4	3.8	.367	0.5	1.2	.421	0.5	0.6	.889
Brian Shaw	72	12.5	3.5	0.3	1.4	1.7	1.4	0.4	0.2	0.8	0.9	1.4	3.6	.387	0.5	1.5	.349	0.1	0.2	.667

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Penny Hardaway	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brian Shaw	12	18.0	3.2	0.1	3.1	3.2	2.0	0.3	0.4	0.8	1.5	1.3	4.1	.306	0.5	2.2	.231	0.2	0.3	.667

Penny Hardaway vs. Brian Shaw Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Brian Shaw and Penny Hardaway, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14