Penny Hardaway vs. Tyrese Maxey Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tyrese Maxey 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, 9 more than Tyrese Maxey, who played 5. Penny Hardaway had the first of his seasons in 1993-94, while Tyrese Maxey had his rookie season in 2020-21. 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	Tyrese Maxey
Season	1993-94	2020-21
Team	Orlando Magic	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	76ers Lost East Conf Semis

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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:	+21	+21.5	+8.0	+2.1	+1.5	+3.7	+4.6	+1.9	+0.4	-2.9	-1.2	+3.0	+6.3	+.004	+0.1	+0.6	+.034	+2.0	+2.9	+.129
Tyrese Maxey	61	15.3	8.0	0.2	1.5	1.7	2.0	0.4	0.2	0.7	1.3	3.2	7.0	.462	0.5	1.7	.301	1.0	1.1	.871
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
difference:	+9	+31.3	+12.4	+2.6	+2.2	+4.9	+5.7	+1.4	+1.5	-6.3	-2.0	+4.9	+11.2	+.001	+1.4	+2.7	+.122	+1.1	+1.5	+.064
Tyrese Maxey	12	13.0	6.3	0.1	1.8	1.8	1.3	0.3	0.5	0.4	1.3	2.4	5.5	.439	0.3	1.0	.333	1.2	1.8	.636

Season 2
	Penny Hardaway	Tyrese Maxey
Season	1994-95	2021-22
Team	Orlando Magic	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Magic Lost NBA Finals	76ers Lost East Conf Semis

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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:	+2	+2.4	+3.4	+1.5	+0.3	+1.2	+2.9	+1.0	+0.1	-2.2		+1.2	+1.5	+.027	+0.7	+0.9	+.078	+1.8	+2.7	+.097
Tyrese Maxey	75	35.3	17.5	0.3	2.9	3.2	4.3	0.7	0.4	1.2	2.1	6.4	13.3	.485	1.8	4.1	.427	2.8	3.3	.866
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:	+9		+1.2	+0.9	+0.7	+0.3	+3.8	+1.1	+0.5	-1.7	-1.3	+0.4	+0.7	+.012	+0.3	+1.1	+.027	+0.1	+1.1	+.183
Tyrese Maxey	12	40.4	20.8	0.5	3.0	3.5	3.9	0.8	0.2	1.8	2.0	7.3	15.2	.484	2.2	5.8	.377	3.9	4.2	.940

Season 3
	Penny Hardaway	Tyrese Maxey
Season	1995-96	2022-23
Team	Orlando Magic	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf Finals	76ers 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:	+22	+3.2	+1.4	+1.2	+0.1	+1.4	+3.6	+1.2	+0.4	-1.5	-0.2	+0.3	+0.4	+.032	+1.6	+2.7	+.120	+2.4	+3.5	+.078
Tyrese Maxey	60	33.6	20.3	0.4	2.6	2.9	3.5	0.8	0.1	1.3	2.2	7.3	15.2	.481	2.7	6.2	.434	3.0	3.6	.845
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:	+1	+0.9	+2.8	+0.9	+1.0	+0.1	+3.7	+0.3	+0.2	-1.5	-0.1	+0.9	+0.6	+.038	+1.4	+3.1	+.036	+2.3	+3.7	+.159
Tyrese Maxey	11	38.5	20.5	0.8	4.0	4.8	2.3	1.4	0.5	0.7	2.4	7.5	17.5	.427	3.1	7.7	.400	2.5	2.8	.903

Season 4
	Penny Hardaway	Tyrese Maxey
Season	1996-97	2023-24
Team	Orlando Magic	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	-	Most Improved Player
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	76ers 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:	+11	+0.1	+5.4	+0.9	+0.1	+0.8	+0.6	+0.6	+0.1	-0.8	-0.1	+2.0	+4.4	+.003	+1.6	+3.6	+.055	+0.1	+0.4	+.048
Tyrese Maxey	70	37.5	25.9	0.5	3.2	3.7	6.2	1.0	0.5	1.7	2.2	9.1	20.3	.450	3.0	8.1	.373	4.7	5.4	.868
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	+0.1	+1.2	+1.2	+0.4	+0.8	+3.4	+1.6	+1.1	-0.4	-0.1	+0.6	+0.8	+.010	+1.5	+3.2	+.033	+3.8	+6.1	+.152
Tyrese Maxey	6	44.5	29.8	0.2	5.0	5.2	6.8	0.8	0.3	2.2	2.7	11.0	23.0	.478	3.7	9.2	.400	4.2	4.7	.893

Season 5
	Penny Hardaway	Tyrese Maxey
Season	1997-98	2024-25
Team	Orlando Magic	Philadelphia 76ers
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:	+33	+4.8	+9.9	+0.1	+0.5	+0.7	+2.5	+0.3	+0.4		-0.2	+3.8	+6.6	+.060	+2.3	+6.6	+.037	+0.2	+0.6	+.116
Tyrese Maxey	52	37.7	26.3	0.3	3.1	3.3	6.1	1.8	0.4	2.4	2.2	9.2	21.0	.437	3.1	9.2	.337	4.9	5.6	.879
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Penny Hardaway nor Tyrese Maxey played in the postseason in their season 5