Penny Hardaway vs. Jaime Jaquez Jr. Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jaime Jaquez Jr. 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

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, 12 more than Jaime Jaquez Jr., who played 2. Penny Hardaway had the first of his seasons in 1993-94, while Jaime Jaquez Jr. had his rookie season in 2023-24. 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.

Their Careers

Player
Total Seasons Playoffs Played NBA Years
Penny Hardaway 14 8 1993-94 to 2007-08
Jaime Jaquez Jr. 2 2 2023-24 to 2024-25

Comparison Season by Season

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Rookie Season

Penny Hardaway Jaime Jaquez Jr.
Season 1993-942023-24
Team Orlando MagicMiami Heat
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Rookie First TeamAchievement All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs Magic Lost East Conf 1st RdHeat Lost East Conf 1st Rd
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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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:+7+8.6+4.1+1.2+0.3+1.6+4.0+1.3+0.3-2.1-0.3+1.7+4.0+.023+0.3+0.4+.055+1.1+1.7+.069
Jaime Jaquez Jr. 75 28.2 11.9 1.1 2.7 3.8 2.6 1.0 0.3 1.5 2.2 4.5 9.3 .489 0.9 2.7 .322 1.9 2.3 .811
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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
difference:+1+13.5+5.9+2.2+1.2+3.4+4.0+0.9+1.5-4.9-1.8+2.0+3.7+.036+0.9+0.4+.224+0.8+1.5+.157
Jaime Jaquez Jr. 4 30.8 12.8 0.5 2.8 3.3 3.0 0.8 0.5 1.8 1.5 5.3 13.0 .404 0.8 3.3 .231 1.5 1.8 .857

Season 2

Penny Hardaway Jaime Jaquez Jr.
Season 1994-952024-25
Team Orlando MagicMiami Heat
Honors & Awards Achievement All-NBA First Team-
Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Magic Lost NBA FinalsHeat Lost East Conf 1st Rd
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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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:+11+17.0+12.3+0.5+0.5+4.7+0.8+0.1-1.9-0.9+4.4+7.8+.051+0.5+1.4+.038+3.0+3.8+.015
Jaime Jaquez Jr. 66 20.7 8.6 1.3 3.1 4.4 2.5 0.9 0.2 1.5 1.2 3.2 7.0 .461 0.6 1.8 .311 1.6 2.2 .754
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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:+18+34.1+18.3+0.4+2.0+2.5+7.4+1.9+0.7-3.2-3.0+6.6+12.5+.305+1.9+4.0+.404+3.3+4.6+.243
Jaime Jaquez Jr. 3 6.3 1.3 1.0 0.3 1.3 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.3 2.0 .167 0.0 0.7 .000 0.7 0.7 1.000

Additional Years

* Penny Hardaway played 12 seasons more than Jaime Jaquez Jr. in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 3 to 14, from 1996 to 2008—Penny Hardaway played in 6 Playoffs.

In those 12 extra years over Jaime Jaquez Jr., Penny Hardaway got these achievements:

Honors & AwardsAchievement 1 All-NBA First Team
Achievement 1 All-NBA Third Team
Achievement 3 All-Star Game