Penny Hardaway vs. Bryon Russell Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bryon Russell 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 played 14 years in the NBA, 1 more than Bryon Russell, who played 13. Penny Hardaway had the first of his seasons in 1993-94, while Bryon Russell 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Penny Hardaway	14	8	1993-94 to 2007-08
Bryon Russell	13	11	1993-94 to 2005-06

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Penny Hardaway	Bryon Russell
Season	1993-94	1993-94
Team	Orlando Magic	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Jazz Lost West 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	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
Bryon Russell	67	16.7	5.0	0.9	1.8	2.7	0.8	1.0	0.3	0.8	2.1	2.0	4.2	.484	0.0	0.3	.091	0.9	1.5	.614

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
Bryon Russell	6	6.0	2.7	0.7	0.8	1.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.5	0.7	1.7	.400	0.3	0.5	.667	1.0	1.0	1.000


Season 2
	Penny Hardaway	Bryon Russell
Season	1994-95	1994-95
Team	Orlando Magic	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Magic Lost NBA Finals	Jazz Lost West 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	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
Bryon Russell	63	13.7	4.5	0.7	1.5	2.2	0.5	0.8	0.2	0.7	1.6	1.7	3.8	.437	0.2	0.7	.295	1.0	1.5	.667

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
Bryon Russell	2	6.5	5.5	0.5	0.5	1.0	1.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	3.5	.571	1.0	2.0	.500	0.5	1.0	.500


Season 3
	Penny Hardaway	Bryon Russell
Season	1995-96	1995-96
Team	Orlando Magic	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf Finals	Jazz Lost West 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	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
Bryon Russell	59	9.8	2.9	0.5	1.1	1.5	0.5	0.5	0.1	0.6	1.1	0.9	2.4	.394	0.2	0.7	.350	0.8	1.1	.716

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
Bryon Russell	18	25.5	9.6	0.9	3.2	4.2	1.2	1.3	0.5	0.6	2.3	3.2	6.9	.468	1.4	2.9	.472	1.7	2.1	.816


Season 4
	Penny Hardaway	Bryon Russell
Season	1996-97	1996-97
Team	Orlando Magic	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Jazz 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	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
Bryon Russell	81	31.2	10.8	1.0	3.1	4.1	1.5	1.6	0.3	1.2	2.9	3.7	7.7	.479	1.3	3.3	.409	2.1	3.0	.701

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
Bryon Russell	20	38.0	12.3	0.9	3.7	4.6	1.4	1.1	0.3	1.0	3.0	4.5	9.7	.461	1.8	5.1	.356	1.6	2.2	.721


Season 5
	Penny Hardaway	Bryon Russell
Season	1997-98	1997-98
Team	Orlando Magic	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Jazz 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	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
Bryon Russell	82	27.1	9.0	1.0	3.0	4.0	1.2	1.1	0.4	1.0	2.8	2.8	6.4	.430	0.9	2.6	.341	2.6	3.4	.766

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Penny Hardaway	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bryon Russell	20	35.0	11.0	0.6	4.1	4.7	1.1	1.1	0.3	0.9	2.5	3.5	7.4	.469	1.2	3.2	.365	2.9	4.1	.716


Season 6
	Penny Hardaway	Bryon Russell
Season	1998-99	1998-99
Team	Orlando Magic	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Jazz 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	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
Bryon Russell	50	35.4	12.4	1.3	4.0	5.3	1.5	1.5	0.3	1.5	3.1	4.3	9.4	.464	1.0	2.9	.354	2.7	3.4	.795

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
Bryon Russell	11	35.2	12.1	1.5	4.5	6.1	1.2	1.8	0.2	1.0	3.4	4.5	10.5	.426	0.8	3.3	.250	2.4	3.3	.722


Season 7
	Penny Hardaway	Bryon Russell
Season	1999-00	1999-00
Team	Phoenix Suns	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	Jazz 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	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
Bryon Russell	82	35.4	14.1	1.2	4.0	5.2	1.9	1.6	0.3	1.2	3.1	5.0	11.1	.446	1.3	3.3	.396	2.9	3.9	.750

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
Bryon Russell	10	37.4	14.0	0.9	4.3	5.2	2.1	1.6	0.5	1.5	2.7	4.8	11.4	.421	1.3	4.5	.289	3.1	4.1	.756


Season 8
	Penny Hardaway	Bryon Russell
Season	2000-01	2000-01
Team	Phoenix Suns	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Jazz Lost West 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
Bryon Russell	78	31.7	12.0	1.2	3.0	4.2	2.1	1.2	0.3	1.4	2.9	3.9	9.0	.440	1.2	2.9	.413	2.8	3.7	.779

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Penny Hardaway	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bryon Russell	5	43.0	14.2	0.8	6.4	7.2	3.0	0.6	0.2	0.4	2.6	5.0	11.2	.446	2.0	4.4	.455	2.2	2.4	.917


Season 9
	Penny Hardaway	Bryon Russell
Season	2001-02	2001-02
Team	Phoenix Suns	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Jazz Lost West 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	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
Bryon Russell	66	30.3	9.6	1.2	3.3	4.5	2.1	1.0	0.3	1.7	3.1	3.4	8.8	.380	1.2	3.4	.341	1.7	2.1	.821

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Penny Hardaway	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bryon Russell	4	30.0	7.0	1.5	2.8	4.3	1.8	1.0	0.0	2.3	3.8	2.3	9.0	.250	1.5	3.8	.400	1.0	1.0	1.000


Season 10
	Penny Hardaway	Bryon Russell
Season	2002-03	2002-03
Team	Phoenix Suns	Washington Wizards
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
Bryon Russell	70	19.8	4.5	0.6	2.4	3.0	1.0	1.0	0.1	0.8	1.9	1.5	4.4	.353	0.7	2.0	.329	0.8	1.0	.768

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
Bryon Russell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Penny Hardaway	Bryon Russell
Season	2003-04	2003-04
Team	Phoenix Suns, New York Knicks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Lakers 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	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
Bryon Russell	72	13.1	4.0	0.4	1.6	2.0	1.0	0.4	0.2	0.5	1.5	1.4	3.4	.402	0.6	1.6	.384	0.7	0.9	.769

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
Bryon Russell	6	2.5	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	0.0	-


Season 12
	Penny Hardaway	Bryon Russell
Season	2004-05	2004-05
Team	New York Knicks	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nuggets Lost West 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	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
Bryon Russell	70	14.7	4.4	0.7	1.7	2.5	1.0	0.6	0.2	0.5	1.9	1.4	3.6	.377	0.8	2.1	.376	0.9	1.1	.792

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Penny Hardaway	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bryon Russell	3	2.3	1.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	0.3	.000	1.0	1.0	1.000


Season 13
	Penny Hardaway	Bryon Russell
Season	2005-06	2005-06
Team	New York Knicks	Denver Nuggets
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	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
Bryon Russell	1	3.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bryon Russell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 14
	Penny Hardaway	Bryon Russell
Season	2007-08	-
Team	Miami Heat	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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	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
Bryon Russell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Penny Hardaway vs. Bryon Russell Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bryon Russell 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