Penny Hardaway vs. De'Andre Hunter Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of De'Andre Hunter 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.

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, 7 more than De'Andre Hunter, who played 7. Penny Hardaway had the first of his seasons in 1993-94, while De'Andre Hunter had his rookie season in 2019-20. 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
	Penny Hardaway	De'Andre Hunter
Season	1993-94	2019-20
Team	Orlando Magic	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
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
difference:	+19	+4.8	+3.7	+1.6	+0.8	+0.9	+4.8	+1.6	+0.3	-2.0	-0.4	+1.8	+2.5	+.056	+1.1	+2.5	+.088	+1.3	+1.7	+.022
De'Andre Hunter	63	32.0	12.3	0.7	3.8	4.5	1.8	0.7	0.3	1.6	2.9	4.4	10.8	.410	1.7	4.8	.355	1.7	2.3	.764
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
De'Andre Hunter	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Penny Hardaway	De'Andre Hunter
Season	1994-95	2020-21
Team	Orlando Magic	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Magic Lost NBA Finals	Hawks Lost East Conf Finals

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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		%
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
difference:	+54	+8.2	+5.9	+1.1	+1.4	+0.4	+5.3	+0.9	+0.2	-2.1	-0.5	+2.4	+4.0	+.028	+0.2	+0.9	+.023	+1.4	+2.3	+.090
De'Andre Hunter	23	29.5	15.0	0.7	4.0	4.8	1.9	0.8	0.5	1.3	2.6	5.2	10.8	.484	1.3	4.1	.326	3.2	3.7	.859
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
difference:	+16	+10.0	+8.8	+1.0	+1.3	+0.2	+7.1	+1.7	+0.1	-2.1	-1.1	+3.3	+5.5	+.072	+0.7	+1.5	+.029	+1.6	+2.1	+.007
De'Andre Hunter	5	30.4	10.8	0.4	3.6	4.0	0.6	0.2	0.6	1.4	2.2	3.6	9.0	.400	1.2	3.2	.375	2.4	3.2	.750

Season 3
	Penny Hardaway	De'Andre Hunter
Season	1995-96	2021-22
Team	Orlando Magic	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf Finals	Hawks Lost East 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		%
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
difference:	+29	+7.0	+8.3	+1.1	+0.1	+1.0	+5.8	+1.3	+0.1	-1.5	-0.9	+2.8	+4.0	+.071	+0.3	+0.2	+.065	+3.0	+4.0	+.002
De'Andre Hunter	53	29.8	13.4	0.5	2.8	3.3	1.3	0.7	0.4	1.3	2.9	4.8	10.8	.442	1.4	3.7	.379	2.4	3.1	.765
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
difference:	+7	+4.4	+2.1	+1.3	+0.4	+0.9	+5.4	+0.9	+0.1		-1.7	+0.6	+4.1	+.092	+0.7	+0.6	+.098	+1.6	+2.5	+.056
De'Andre Hunter	5	35.0	21.2	0.4	3.4	3.8	0.6	0.8	0.2	2.2	4.0	7.8	14.0	.557	2.4	5.2	.462	3.2	4.0	.800

Season 4
	Penny Hardaway	De'Andre Hunter
Season	1996-97	2022-23
Team	Orlando Magic	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
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
difference:	+8	+5.9	+5.1	+0.7	+0.5	+0.3	+4.2	+1.1	+0.3	-1.3	-0.9	+1.4	+3.6	+.014	+0.1	+0.2	+.032	+2.2	+2.7	+.006
De'Andre Hunter	67	31.7	15.4	0.7	3.6	4.2	1.4	0.5	0.3	1.2	3.0	5.7	12.3	.461	1.5	4.3	.350	2.6	3.1	.826
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
difference:	+1	+7.1	+14.3	+0.2	+0.1	+0.3	+2.2	+1.7	+1.1	-0.3	-0.5	+3.9	+8.0	+.009	+0.1	+0.3	+.001	+6.7	+9.1	+.059
De'Andre Hunter	6	37.3	16.7	1.2	4.5	5.7	1.2	0.7	0.3	1.5	3.3	6.5	14.2	.459	2.3	6.3	.368	1.3	1.7	.800

Season 5
	Penny Hardaway	De'Andre Hunter
Season	1997-98	2023-24
Team	Orlando Magic	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did not play	Did not play

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5th Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+38	+3.4	+0.8	+0.1	+0.2	+0.1	+2.1	+0.8	+0.5	-0.9	-0.2	+0.1	+2.8	+.082	+1.3	+2.7	+.085	+1.8	+2.8	+.084
De'Andre Hunter	57	29.5	15.6	0.5	3.4	3.9	1.5	0.7	0.3	1.5	2.6	5.3	11.6	.459	2.1	5.3	.385	2.9	3.4	.847
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Penny Hardaway nor De'Andre Hunter played in the postseason in their season 5