Tim Hardaway Jr. vs. Jaden McDaniels Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jaden McDaniels 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.

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, 7 more than Jaden McDaniels, who played 5. Tim Hardaway Jr. had the first of his seasons in 2013-14, while Jaden McDaniels 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
	Tim Hardaway Jr.	Jaden McDaniels
Season	2013-14	2020-21
Team	New York Knicks	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
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:	+18	+0.9	+3.4	+0.6	+1.6	+2.2	+0.3	+0.1	+0.9	-0.1	-0.9	+1.0	+2.7	+.019	+0.5	+1.3	+.001	+0.9	+0.9	+.228
Jaden McDaniels	63	24.0	6.8	0.8	2.9	3.7	1.1	0.6	1.0	0.7	2.7	2.6	5.8	.447	1.1	3.1	.364	0.4	0.7	.600
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Tim Hardaway Jr. nor Jaden McDaniels played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 4
	Tim Hardaway Jr.	Jaden McDaniels
Season	2016-17	2023-24
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Timberwolves Lost West 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		%
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:	+7	+1.9	+4.0	+0.4	+0.1	+0.3	+0.9	+0.2	+0.4	-0.1	-1.7	+1.0	+2.8	+.034	+0.7	+1.8	+.020	+1.3	+1.6	+.044
Jaden McDaniels	72	29.2	10.5	0.8	2.3	3.1	1.4	0.9	0.6	1.2	3.0	4.3	8.7	.489	1.2	3.5	.337	0.8	1.1	.722
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:	+10	+0.3	+0.6	+1.3	+0.1	+1.1	+0.1	+0.4	+1.1	-0.6	-1.2		+4.9	+.185	+0.3	+3.5	+.167	+0.3	+1.0	+.139
Jaden McDaniels	16	33.6	12.2	1.8	2.1	3.8	1.1	0.9	1.1	1.1	3.4	4.5	8.8	.514	1.5	3.5	.429	1.7	2.2	.771