Penny Hardaway vs. Mark Williams Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Mark Williams 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, 11 more than Mark Williams, who played 3. Penny Hardaway had the first of his seasons in 1993-94, while Mark Williams had his rookie season in 2022-23. 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	Mark Williams
Season	1993-94	2022-23
Team	Orlando Magic	Charlotte Hornets
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:	+39	+17.5	+7.0	+0.1	+1.9	+1.7	+6.2	+1.6	+0.4	-2.7	-0.3	+2.5	+7.5	+.171	+0.6	+2.3		+1.4	+1.7	+.051
Mark Williams	43	19.3	9.0	2.2	4.9	7.1	0.4	0.7	1.0	0.9	2.2	3.7	5.8	.637	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	2.3	.691
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
Mark Williams	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Penny Hardaway	Mark Williams
Season	1994-95	2023-24
Team	Orlando Magic	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Magic Lost NBA Finals	Did Not Play

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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:	+58	+11.0	+8.2	+2.2	+3.1	+5.3	+6.0	+0.9	+0.8	-2.5	-0.5	+2.4	+6.9	+.137	+1.1	+3.2		+2.2	+2.6	+.050
Mark Williams	19	26.7	12.7	4.0	5.7	9.7	1.2	0.8	1.1	0.9	2.6	5.2	7.9	.649	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	3.4	.719
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
Mark Williams	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Penny Hardaway	Mark Williams
Season	1995-96	2024-25
Team	Orlando Magic	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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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:	+38	+10.2	+6.4	+1.4	+4.5	+5.9	+4.6	+1.3	+0.7	-1.2	-0.4	+1.5	+4.6	+.091	+1.1	+3.4	+.314	+2.4	+3.4	+.037
Mark Williams	44	26.6	15.3	3.0	7.2	10.2	2.5	0.7	1.2	1.6	2.4	6.1	10.2	.604	0.0	0.1	.000	3.0	3.7	.804
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
Mark Williams	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Penny Hardaway played 11 seasons more than Mark Williams in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 4 to 14, from 1997 to 2008—Penny Hardaway played in 5 Playoffs. In those 11 extra years over Mark Williams, Penny Hardaway got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Third Team 2 All-Star Game