Penny Hardaway vs. John Starks Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of John Starks 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 / Stats Rankings / 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 John Starks, who played 13. Penny Hardaway had the first of his seasons in 1993-94, while John Starks 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 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
John Starks	13	9	1988-89 to 2001-02

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


Rookie Season
	Penny Hardaway	John Starks
Season	1993-94	1988-89
Team	Orlando Magic	Golden State Warriors
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:	+46	+28.0	+11.9	+1.9	+2.3	+4.3	+5.8	+1.7	+0.5	-2.5	-1.5	+4.8	+9.8	+.058	+0.3	+1.6	+.118	+2.1	+2.6	+.088
John Starks	36	8.8	4.1	0.4	0.7	1.1	0.8	0.6	0.1	1.1	1.0	1.4	3.5	.408	0.3	0.7	.385	0.9	1.4	.654

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
John Starks	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: John Starks didn't play in 1989-90.


Season 2
	Penny Hardaway	John Starks
Season	1994-95	1990-91
Team	Orlando Magic	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Magic Lost NBA Finals	Knicks 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	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:	+16	+18.5	+13.3	+1.3	+0.9	+2.3	+3.9	+0.7		-2.2	-0.1	+4.6	+8.1	+.073	+0.7	+1.7	+.059	+3.3	+4.3	+.017
John Starks	61	19.2	7.6	0.5	1.7	2.1	3.3	1.0	0.3	1.2	2.2	3.0	6.7	.439	0.4	1.5	.290	1.3	1.7	.752

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:	+18	+31.1	+17.6	+1.1	+1.6	+2.8	+5.7	+1.9	+0.7	-1.5	-2.0	+6.2	+12.8	+.072	+1.9	+4.7		+3.3	+4.6	+.243
John Starks	3	9.3	2.0	0.3	0.7	1.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	1.3	0.7	1.7	.400	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	0.7	1.000


Season 3
	Penny Hardaway	John Starks
Season	1995-96	1991-92
Team	Orlando Magic	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf Finals	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis

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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:		+11.0	+7.8	+1.1	+0.9	+2.0	+3.7	+0.7	+0.3	-1.0	-0.8	+2.7	+3.8	+.064		+0.2	+.034	+2.5	+3.4	+.011
John Starks	82	25.8	13.9	0.5	1.8	2.3	3.4	1.3	0.2	1.8	2.8	4.9	11.0	.449	1.1	3.3	.348	2.9	3.7	.778

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:		+14.8	+11.2	+1.1	+1.1	+2.2	+2.8	+0.3	+0.3	-0.4	-1.5	+4.6	+7.8	+.091	+0.8	+0.8	+.125	+1.3	+2.2	+.064
John Starks	12	24.6	12.1	0.6	1.9	2.5	3.2	1.4	0.0	1.8	3.8	3.8	10.3	.374	0.9	3.8	.239	3.5	4.3	.808


Season 4
	Penny Hardaway	John Starks
Season	1996-97	1992-93
Team	Orlando Magic	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals

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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:	+21	+6.6	+3.0	+0.7	+1.2	+1.9	+0.5	+0.5	+0.4	-0.3	-0.8	+0.7	+0.9	+.019		+0.3	+.003	+1.5	+1.7	+.025
John Starks	80	31.0	17.5	0.7	1.9	2.6	5.1	1.1	0.2	2.2	2.9	6.4	15.0	.428	1.4	4.2	.321	3.3	4.1	.795

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:	+10	+6.1	+14.5	+1.1	+1.4	+2.5	+3.0	+1.4	+1.2	-1.9	-1.0	+4.5	+8.9	+.028	+0.3	+1.0	+.006	+5.1	+6.8	+.024
John Starks	15	38.3	16.5	0.3	3.2	3.5	6.4	1.0	0.2	3.7	3.8	5.9	13.3	.440	1.9	5.0	.373	2.9	4.0	.717


Season 5
	Penny Hardaway	John Starks
Season	1997-98	1993-94
Team	Orlando Magic	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks Lost NBA Finals

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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:	+40	+2.0	+2.6	+0.2	+1.1	+0.9	+2.3	+0.1	+0.7	-0.7	-0.8	+1.5	+2.2	+.043	+1.1	+3.1	+.035	+1.5	+2.0	+.009
John Starks	59	34.9	19.0	0.6	2.5	3.1	5.9	1.6	0.1	3.1	3.2	6.9	16.6	.420	1.9	5.7	.335	3.2	4.2	.754

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Penny Hardaway	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Starks	25	33.6	14.6	0.4	2.0	2.3	4.6	1.4	0.1	2.3	3.4	4.4	11.6	.381	1.9	5.3	.356	3.9	5.0	.770


Season 6
	Penny Hardaway	John Starks
Season	1998-99	1994-95
Team	Orlando Magic	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
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
difference:	+30	+4.8	+0.5	+1.1	+1.9	+3.0	+0.2	+1.0	+0.4	-1.0	-1.0	+0.8	+1.0	+.025	+1.9	+4.8	+.069	+0.9	+1.3	+.031
John Starks	80	34.1	15.3	0.4	2.3	2.7	5.1	1.2	0.1	2.0	3.2	5.2	13.3	.395	2.7	7.6	.355	2.1	2.9	.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
difference:	+7	+7.3	+3.4	+2.1	+0.7	+2.7	+0.3	+1.1	+0.2	-0.6	-0.3	+0.3	+2.6	+.099	+1.2	+3.3	+.051	+5.1	+6.0	+.150
John Starks	11	34.5	15.6	0.2	2.1	2.3	5.2	1.2	0.1	2.4	3.6	5.3	11.7	.450	2.7	6.6	.411	2.4	3.8	.619


Season 7
	Penny Hardaway	John Starks
Season	1999-00	1995-96
Team	Phoenix Suns	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
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
difference:	+21	+6.8	+4.3	+1.1	+1.8	+2.9	+1.4	+0.3	+0.5	-0.7	-0.1	+1.7	+2.9	+.031	+1.2	+3.2	+.037	+2.2	+2.7	+.037
John Starks	81	30.8	12.6	0.4	2.5	2.9	3.9	1.3	0.1	1.9	2.8	4.6	10.4	.443	1.8	4.9	.361	1.6	2.1	.753

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
difference:	+1	+3.5	+4.3	+1.2		+1.3	+1.6		+0.9	-0.3	-0.1	+2.5	+5.2	+.014	+2.0	+3.5	+.204	+1.3	+2.0	+.034
John Starks	8	39.3	16.0	0.4	3.3	3.6	4.1	1.6	0.1	3.1	3.3	4.9	10.9	.448	2.6	5.6	.467	3.6	4.9	.744


Season 8
	Penny Hardaway	John Starks
Season	2000-01	1996-97
Team	Phoenix Suns	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	Sixth Man of the Year
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
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
difference:	+73	+1.5	+4.0	+0.8	+1.1	+1.8	+1.0	+0.3	+0.2	-1.3	-1.0	+1.0	+2.1	+.014	+1.4	+3.3	+.119	+0.4	+0.1	+.133
John Starks	77	26.5	13.8	0.5	2.2	2.7	2.8	1.2	0.1	2.1	2.5	4.8	11.1	.431	1.9	5.3	.369	2.2	2.9	.769

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Penny Hardaway	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Starks	9	28.3	14.0	0.8	2.7	3.4	2.8	1.1	0.0	2.2	2.8	4.9	11.0	.444	1.4	4.6	.317	2.8	3.4	.806


Season 9
	Penny Hardaway	John Starks
Season	2001-02	1997-98
Team	Phoenix Suns	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis

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9th 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	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
difference:	+2	+4.1	+0.9	+0.6	+1.0	+1.6	+1.4	+0.5	+0.3	-0.7	-0.2	+0.4	+0.1	+.025	+1.3	+3.9	+.050	+0.3	+0.5	+.023
John Starks	82	26.7	12.9	0.6	2.2	2.8	2.7	1.0	0.1	1.7	2.5	4.5	11.5	.393	1.6	4.9	.327	2.3	2.9	.787

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Penny Hardaway	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Starks	10	31.4	16.4	0.4	3.6	4.0	2.3	1.6	0.1	1.1	3.5	5.9	12.5	.472	2.5	5.9	.424	2.1	2.4	.875


Season 10
	Penny Hardaway	John Starks
Season	2002-03	1998-99
Team	Phoenix Suns	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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10th 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	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
difference:	+8	+3.1	+3.2	+0.4	+0.7	+1.1	+0.6	+0.3	+0.3	-0.8	-0.1	+1.0	+4.7	+.077	+1.2	+4.1	+.066	+0.2	+0.3	+.054
John Starks	50	33.7	13.8	0.7	2.6	3.3	4.7	1.4	0.1	1.7	2.7	5.4	14.6	.370	1.6	5.4	.290	1.5	2.0	.740

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
John Starks	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Penny Hardaway	John Starks
Season	2003-04	1999-00
Team	Phoenix Suns, New York Knicks	Golden State Warriors, Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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11th 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	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
difference:	+39	+4.6	+4.7	+0.6	+0.4	+1.1	+2.6	+0.2	+0.2	-0.4	-0.9	+1.8	+5.7	+.036	+1.2	+3.6	+.035	+0.1	+0.2	+.043
John Starks	37	32.2	13.9	0.3	2.5	2.7	4.9	1.1	0.1	1.8	2.8	5.5	14.6	.375	1.6	4.6	.345	1.4	1.6	.847

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
John Starks	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Penny Hardaway	John Starks
Season	2004-05	2000-01
Team	New York Knicks	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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12th 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	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
difference:	+38	+4.1	+2.0	+0.1	+0.2	+0.3	+0.4	+0.2		-0.1	-0.8	+0.6	+2.1	+.025	+0.5	+1.0	+.052	+0.3	+0.3	+.063
John Starks	75	28.3	9.3	0.4	1.7	2.1	2.4	1.0	0.1	1.3	2.9	3.6	9.1	.398	0.9	2.4	.352	1.2	1.5	.802

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Penny Hardaway	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Starks	3	12.0	3.7	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.7	1.7	1.3	4.0	.333	0.3	1.3	.250	0.7	0.7	1.000


Season 13
	Penny Hardaway	John Starks
Season	2005-06	2001-02
Team	New York Knicks	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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13th 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	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
difference:	+62	+3.9	+1.9	+0.2	+1.7	+1.5	+0.9			-0.7	-0.1	+0.7	+1.2	+.082	+0.4	+1.1	+.305		+0.1	+.195
John Starks	66	14.1	4.4	0.2	0.8	1.0	1.1	0.5	0.0	0.8	1.9	1.7	4.7	.368	0.4	1.4	.305	0.5	0.6	.805

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Penny Hardaway nor John Starks played in the postseason in their season 13

Additional Years

* Penny Hardaway played 1 season more than John Starks in the NBA.

In that period—his season 14 in 2008—Penny Hardaway didn't play in the postseason.

Penny Hardaway vs. John Starks Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of John Starks 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.

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Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Season 9

9th Season Stats Comparison

Season 10

10th Season Stats Comparison

Season 11

11th Season Stats Comparison

Season 12

12th Season Stats Comparison

Season 13

13th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years