Penny Hardaway vs. Yves Missi Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Yves Missi 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, 13 more than Yves Missi, who played 1. Penny Hardaway had the first of his seasons in 1993-94, while Yves Missi had his rookie season in 2024-25. 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 |
| Yves Missi | 1 | 0 | 2024-25 |
Comparison Season by Season |
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Rookie Season |
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| Penny Hardaway | Yves Missi | |
| Season | 1993-94 | 2024-25 |
| Team | Orlando Magic | New Orleans Pelicans |
| Honors & Awards |  All-Rookie First Team | - |
| - | All-Rookie Second Team | |
| Playoffs | Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd | Did Not Play |
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: | +9 | +10.0 | +6.9 | +1.2 | +1.7 | +2.8 | +5.2 | +1.8 | +0.7 | -2.5 | -0.5 | +2.5 | +6.6 | +.081 | +0.6 | +2.3 | +1.3 | +1.2 | +.119 | |
| Yves Missi | 73 | 26.8 | 9.1 | 3.5 | 4.7 | 8.2 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 2.0 | 3.7 | 6.7 | .547 | 0.0 | 0.0 | - | 1.7 | 2.8 | .623 |
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| 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 |
| Yves Missi | DNP | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Additional Years |
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* Penny Hardaway played 13 seasons more than Yves Missi in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 2 to 14, from 1995 to 2008—Penny Hardaway played in 7 Playoffs. In those 13 extra years over Yves Missi, Penny Hardaway got these achievements: | |
| Honors & Awards | 2 All-NBA First Team 1 All-NBA Third Team 4 All-Star Game |