Tim Hardaway Jr. vs. Derrick Rose Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Derrick Rose and Tim Hardaway Jr., 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 / 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.

Tim Hardaway Jr. played 12 years in the NBA, 3 less than Derrick Rose, who played 15. Tim Hardaway Jr. had the first of his seasons in 2013-14, while Derrick Rose had his rookie season in 2008-09. 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
Tim Hardaway Jr.	12	6	2013-14 to 2024-25
Derrick Rose	15	8	2008-09 to 2023-24

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


Rookie Season
	Tim Hardaway Jr.	Derrick Rose
Season	2013-14	2008-09
Team	New York Knicks	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bulls 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	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Hardaway Jr.	81	23.1	10.2	0.2	1.3	1.5	0.8	0.5	0.1	0.6	1.8	3.6	8.5	.428	1.6	4.4	.363	1.3	1.6	.828
difference:		+13.9	+6.6	+1.0	+1.4	+2.4	+5.5	+0.3	+0.1	-1.9	-0.3	+3.5	+6.4	+.047	+1.4	+3.5	+.141	+1.1	+1.5	+.040
Derrick Rose	81	37.0	16.8	1.2	2.7	3.9	6.3	0.8	0.2	2.5	1.5	7.1	14.9	.475	0.2	0.9	.222	2.4	3.1	.788

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Hardaway Jr.	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Derrick Rose	7	44.7	19.7	1.7	4.6	6.3	6.4	0.6	0.7	5.0	3.6	8.4	17.1	.492	0.0	0.6	.000	2.9	3.6	.800


Season 2
	Tim Hardaway Jr.	Derrick Rose
Season	2014-15	2009-10
Team	New York Knicks	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bulls 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		%
Tim Hardaway Jr.	70	24.0	11.5	0.2	2.1	2.2	1.8	0.3	0.2	1.2	1.7	4.0	10.2	.389	1.7	5.1	.342	1.8	2.2	.801
difference:	+8	+12.8	+9.3	+0.6	+0.8	+1.6	+4.2	+0.4	+0.1	-1.6	-0.5	+4.6	+7.4	+.100	+1.5	+4.3	+.075	+1.5	+2.1	+.035
Derrick Rose	78	36.8	20.8	0.8	2.9	3.8	6.0	0.7	0.3	2.8	1.2	8.6	17.6	.489	0.2	0.8	.267	3.3	4.3	.766

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Hardaway Jr.	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Derrick Rose	5	42.4	26.8	0.8	2.6	3.4	7.2	0.8	0.0	2.6	1.6	11.4	25.0	.456	0.4	1.2	.333	3.6	4.4	.818


Season 3
	Tim Hardaway Jr.	Derrick Rose
Season	2015-16	2010-11
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	Bulls Lost East Conf Finals

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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		%
Tim Hardaway Jr.	51	16.9	6.4	0.1	1.5	1.7	1.0	0.4	0.1	0.5	0.9	2.2	5.2	.430	0.9	2.8	.336	1.0	1.1	.893
difference:	+30	+20.5	+18.6	+0.9	+1.6	+2.4	+6.7	+0.6	+0.5	-2.9	-0.8	+6.6	+14.5	+.015	+0.7	+2.0	+.004	+4.9	+5.8	+.035
Derrick Rose	81	37.4	25.0	1.0	3.1	4.1	7.7	1.0	0.6	3.4	1.7	8.8	19.7	.445	1.6	4.8	.332	5.9	6.9	.858

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Hardaway Jr.	9	9.7	2.2	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.8	0.0	0.1	0.3	0.2	0.8	2.9	.269	0.2	1.6	.143	0.4	0.7	.667
difference:	+7	+30.9	+24.9	+1.3	+2.1	+3.3	+6.9	+1.4	+0.6	-3.4	-1.9	+8.5	+20.6	+.127	+1.4	+4.7	+.105	+6.5	+7.7	+.161
Derrick Rose	16	40.6	27.1	1.3	3.1	4.3	7.7	1.4	0.7	3.7	2.1	9.3	23.5	.396	1.6	6.3	.248	6.9	8.4	.828


Season 4
	Tim Hardaway Jr.	Derrick Rose
Season	2016-17	2011-12
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Bulls 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		%
Tim Hardaway Jr.	79	27.3	14.5	0.4	2.4	2.8	2.3	0.7	0.2	1.3	1.3	5.3	11.5	.455	1.9	5.3	.357	2.1	2.7	.766
difference:	+40	+8.0	+7.3	+0.3	+0.3	+0.6	+5.6	+0.2	+0.5	-1.8		+2.4	+6.3	+.020	+0.5	+0.9	+.045	+2.9	+3.4	+.046
Derrick Rose	39	35.3	21.8	0.7	2.7	3.4	7.9	0.9	0.7	3.1	1.3	7.7	17.8	.435	1.4	4.4	.312	5.0	6.1	.812

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Hardaway Jr.	6	33.3	12.8	0.5	2.2	2.7	1.2	0.5	0.0	1.7	2.2	4.5	13.7	.329	1.8	7.0	.262	2.0	3.2	.632
difference:	+5	+3.7	+10.2	+2.5	+3.8	+6.3	+7.8	+0.5	+1.0	-3.3	-1.2	+4.5	+9.3	+.062	+1.2	+1.0	+.238		+1.2	+.368
Derrick Rose	1	37.0	23.0	3.0	6.0	9.0	9.0	1.0	1.0	5.0	1.0	9.0	23.0	.391	3.0	6.0	.500	2.0	2.0	1.000

Note: Derrick Rose didn't play in 2012-13.


Season 5
	Tim Hardaway Jr.	Derrick Rose
Season	2017-18	2013-14
Team	New York Knicks	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
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		%
Tim Hardaway Jr.	57	33.1	17.5	0.6	3.4	3.9	2.7	1.1	0.2	1.6	2.2	6.3	15.0	.421	2.3	7.2	.317	2.6	3.1	.816
difference:	+47	+2.0	+1.6	+0.3	+1.1	+0.7	+1.6	+0.6	+0.1	-1.8	-0.7	+0.5	+1.4	+.067	+0.7	+2.5	+.023	+0.1	+0.1	+.028
Derrick Rose	10	31.1	15.9	0.9	2.3	3.2	4.3	0.5	0.1	3.4	1.5	5.8	16.4	.354	1.6	4.7	.340	2.7	3.2	.844

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Tim Hardaway Jr. nor Derrick Rose played in the postseason in their season 5


Season 6
	Tim Hardaway Jr.	Derrick Rose
Season	2018-19	2014-15
Team	New York Knicks, Dallas Mavericks	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bulls 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		%
Tim Hardaway Jr.	65	31.6	18.1	0.5	2.9	3.4	2.4	0.8	0.1	1.6	2.2	6.0	15.3	.393	2.5	7.3	.340	3.6	4.2	.841
difference:	+14	+1.6	+0.4	+0.2	+0.4	+0.2	+2.5	+0.1	+0.2	-1.6	-1.0	+0.6	+1.1	+.012	+1.0	+2.0	+.060	+0.6	+0.5	+.028
Derrick Rose	51	30.0	17.7	0.7	2.5	3.2	4.9	0.7	0.3	3.2	1.2	6.6	16.4	.405	1.5	5.3	.280	3.0	3.7	.813

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Hardaway Jr.	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Derrick Rose	12	37.8	20.3	1.1	3.8	4.8	6.5	1.2	0.5	3.2	1.8	7.8	19.6	.396	1.9	5.5	.348	2.9	3.3	.897


Season 7
	Tim Hardaway Jr.	Derrick Rose
Season	2019-20	2015-16
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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		%
Tim Hardaway Jr.	71	29.5	15.8	0.4	2.9	3.3	1.9	0.6	0.1	1.0	1.8	5.4	12.5	.434	2.9	7.2	.398	2.1	2.6	.819
difference:	+5	+2.3	+0.6	+0.3	+0.2	+0.1	+2.8	+0.1	+0.1	-1.7	-0.5	+1.4	+3.4	+.007	+2.2	+4.9	+.105	+0.1	+0.1	+.026
Derrick Rose	66	31.8	16.4	0.7	2.7	3.4	4.7	0.7	0.2	2.7	1.3	6.8	15.9	.427	0.7	2.3	.293	2.2	2.7	.793

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Hardaway Jr.	6	34.0	17.8	0.5	3.0	3.5	1.8	0.3	0.0	0.5	2.7	6.7	15.8	.421	3.2	9.0	.352	1.3	1.8	.727
Derrick Rose	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Tim Hardaway Jr.	Derrick Rose
Season	2020-21	2016-17
Team	Dallas Mavericks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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		%
Tim Hardaway Jr.	70	28.4	16.6	0.3	3.0	3.3	1.8	0.4	0.2	0.9	1.6	5.8	13.0	.447	3.0	7.6	.391	2.0	2.5	.816
difference:	+6	+4.1	+1.4	+0.7	+0.2	+0.5	+2.6	+0.3	+0.1	-1.4	-0.3	+1.4	+2.3	+.024	+2.8	+6.7	+.174	+1.5	+1.5	+.058
Derrick Rose	64	32.5	18.0	1.0	2.8	3.8	4.4	0.7	0.3	2.3	1.3	7.2	15.3	.471	0.2	0.9	.217	3.5	4.0	.874

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Hardaway Jr.	7	37.4	17.0	0.7	2.6	3.3	1.4	0.4	0.0	0.9	2.4	6.0	14.4	.416	3.3	8.1	.404	1.7	2.3	.750
Derrick Rose	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Tim Hardaway Jr.	Derrick Rose
Season	2021-22	2017-18
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Cleveland Cavaliers, Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Tim Hardaway Jr.	42	29.6	14.2	0.3	3.4	3.7	2.2	0.9	0.1	0.8	1.8	5.0	12.6	.394	2.4	7.2	.336	1.9	2.5	.757
difference:	+17	+12.8	+5.8	+0.2	+2.5	+2.3	+0.7	+0.6	+0.1	-0.6	-1.2	+1.8	+5.2	+.041	+2.1	+6.0	+.103	+0.3	+0.7	+.113
Derrick Rose	25	16.8	8.4	0.5	0.9	1.4	1.5	0.3	0.2	1.4	0.6	3.2	7.4	.435	0.3	1.2	.233	1.6	1.8	.870

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Hardaway Jr.	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Derrick Rose	5	23.8	14.2	0.2	1.6	1.8	2.6	0.4	0.0	1.6	1.8	5.8	11.4	.509	1.4	2.0	.700	1.2	1.4	.857


Season 10
	Tim Hardaway Jr.	Derrick Rose
Season	2022-23	2018-19
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Tim Hardaway Jr.	71	30.3	14.4	0.3	3.2	3.5	1.8	0.7	0.2	0.8	1.7	4.8	11.9	.401	3.0	7.7	.385	1.8	2.3	.770
difference:	+20	+3.0	+3.6	+0.3	+1.1	+0.8	+2.5	+0.1		-0.8	-0.6	+2.3	+2.9	+.081	+1.9	+4.8	+.015	+0.9	+0.8	+.086
Derrick Rose	51	27.3	18.0	0.6	2.1	2.7	4.3	0.6	0.2	1.6	1.1	7.1	14.8	.482	1.1	2.9	.370	2.7	3.1	.856

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Tim Hardaway Jr. nor Derrick Rose played in the postseason in their season 10


Season 11
	Tim Hardaway Jr.	Derrick Rose
Season	2023-24	2019-20
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Tim Hardaway Jr.	79	26.8	14.4	0.3	2.9	3.2	1.8	0.5	0.1	0.9	1.3	5.0	12.4	.402	2.7	7.6	.353	1.8	2.1	.852
difference:	+29	+0.8	+3.7	+0.2	+1.0	+0.8	+3.8	+0.3	+0.2	-1.6	-0.3	+2.4	+2.7	+.088	+1.8	+4.7	+.047	+0.6	+0.7	+.019
Derrick Rose	50	26.0	18.1	0.5	1.9	2.4	5.6	0.8	0.3	2.5	1.0	7.4	15.1	.490	0.9	2.9	.306	2.4	2.8	.871

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Hardaway Jr.	14	12.7	4.4	0.1	1.6	1.8	0.4	0.4	0.1	0.1	0.7	1.6	4.1	.379	0.9	2.6	.351	0.3	0.6	.500
Derrick Rose	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Tim Hardaway Jr.	Derrick Rose
Season	2024-25	2020-21
Team	Detroit Pistons	Detroit Pistons, New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Knicks Lost East 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		%
Tim Hardaway Jr.	77	28.0	11.0	0.2	2.1	2.4	1.6	0.5	0.1	0.6	1.2	3.6	8.8	.406	2.2	5.9	.368	1.6	1.9	.855
difference:	+27	+2.4	+3.7	+0.2	+0.1	+0.2	+2.6	+0.5	+0.3	-1.0	-0.1	+2.1	+3.4	+.064	+1.2	+3.3	+.020	+0.6	+0.6	+.011
Derrick Rose	50	25.6	14.7	0.4	2.2	2.6	4.2	1.0	0.4	1.6	1.1	5.7	12.2	.470	1.0	2.6	.388	2.2	2.5	.866

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Hardaway Jr.	6	31.3	12.0	0.3	2.5	2.8	1.2	0.3	0.0	1.5	1.7	4.0	11.8	.338	2.7	8.7	.308	1.3	1.7	.800
difference:	+1	+3.7	+7.4	+0.5	+0.7	+1.2	+3.8	+0.1	+0.2	-0.1	-0.7	+4.0	+5.0	+.138	+1.1	+5.3	+.163	+0.5	+0.1	+.200
Derrick Rose	5	35.0	19.4	0.8	3.2	4.0	5.0	0.4	0.2	1.6	1.0	8.0	16.8	.476	1.6	3.4	.471	1.8	1.8	1.000

Additional Years

* Derrick Rose played 3 seasons more than Tim Hardaway Jr. in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 13 to 15, from 2022 to 2024—Derrick Rose played in one postseason.

Tim Hardaway Jr. vs. Derrick Rose Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Derrick Rose and Tim Hardaway Jr., from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Their Careers

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

Additional Years