Tim Hardaway Jr. vs. Ron Harper Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ron Harper 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

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 11 years in the NBA, 4 less than Ron Harper, who played 15. Tim Hardaway Jr. had the first of his seasons in 2013-14, while Ron Harper had his rookie season in 1986-87. 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 achivements, 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.	11	5	2013-14 to 2023-24
Ron Harper	15	10	1986-87 to 2000-01

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15


Rookie Season
	Tim Hardaway Jr.	Ron Harper
Season	2013-14	1986-87
Team	New York Knicks	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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
Ron Harper	82	37.4	22.9	2.1	2.7	4.8	4.8	2.5	1.0	4.2	3.0	9.0	19.7	.455	0.2	1.1	.213	4.7	6.9	.684

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Hardaway Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ron Harper	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Tim Hardaway Jr.	Ron Harper
Season	2014-15	1987-88
Team	New York Knicks	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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
Ron Harper	57	32.1	15.4	1.1	2.8	3.9	4.9	2.1	0.9	2.8	2.8	6.0	12.8	.464	0.1	0.4	.150	3.4	4.9	.705

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Hardaway Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ron Harper	4	33.5	17.8	1.0	4.0	5.0	3.8	2.8	1.0	2.8	2.3	7.5	15.8	.476	0.0	0.5	.000	2.8	4.0	.688


Season 3
	Tim Hardaway Jr.	Ron Harper
Season	2015-16	1988-89
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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
Ron Harper	82	34.8	18.6	1.5	3.5	5.0	5.3	2.3	0.9	2.8	2.7	7.2	14.0	.511	0.4	1.4	.250	3.9	5.2	.751

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
Ron Harper	5	37.8	19.6	1.4	2.8	4.2	4.0	2.2	0.8	1.4	4.0	7.8	13.8	.565	0.0	0.4	.000	4.0	5.2	.769


Season 4
	Tim Hardaway Jr.	Ron Harper
Season	2016-17	1989-90
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Cleveland Cavaliers, Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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
Ron Harper	35	39.1	22.8	2.1	3.8	5.9	5.2	2.3	1.2	2.9	3.0	8.6	18.2	.473	0.4	1.5	.275	5.2	6.6	.788

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
Ron Harper	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Tim Hardaway Jr.	Ron Harper
Season	2017-18	1990-91
Team	New York Knicks	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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
Ron Harper	39	35.5	19.6	1.5	3.3	4.8	5.4	1.7	0.9	3.3	2.8	7.3	18.7	.391	1.2	3.8	.324	3.7	5.6	.668

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Hardaway Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ron Harper	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Tim Hardaway Jr.	Ron Harper
Season	2018-19	1991-92
Team	New York Knicks, Dallas Mavericks	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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
Ron Harper	82	38.3	18.2	1.5	4.0	5.5	5.1	1.9	0.9	3.1	2.4	6.9	15.8	.440	0.8	2.6	.303	3.6	4.9	.736

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Hardaway Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ron Harper	5	41.2	18.0	2.0	4.4	6.4	4.6	1.0	0.8	3.0	2.6	7.8	17.4	.448	0.2	1.8	.111	2.2	2.8	.786


Season 7
	Tim Hardaway Jr.	Ron Harper
Season	2019-20	1992-93
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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
Ron Harper	80	37.1	18.0	1.5	3.9	5.3	4.5	2.2	0.9	2.8	2.7	6.8	15.0	.451	0.7	2.3	.280	3.8	5.0	.769

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
Ron Harper	5	34.8	18.0	0.8	3.2	4.0	3.2	3.0	2.0	2.2	1.4	7.4	15.6	.474	1.0	2.0	.500	2.2	3.4	.647


Season 8
	Tim Hardaway Jr.	Ron Harper
Season	2020-21	1993-94
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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
Ron Harper	75	38.1	20.1	1.7	4.4	6.1	4.6	1.9	0.7	3.2	2.2	7.6	17.8	.426	0.9	3.1	.301	4.0	5.6	.715

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
Ron Harper	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Tim Hardaway Jr.	Ron Harper
Season	2021-22	1994-95
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis

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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
Ron Harper	77	19.9	6.9	0.7	1.7	2.3	2.0	1.3	0.4	1.3	1.7	2.7	6.4	.426	0.4	1.4	.282	1.1	1.7	.618

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Hardaway Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ron Harper	6	6.7	2.0	0.3	0.7	1.0	0.7	0.5	0.2	0.2	1.0	1.0	2.3	.429	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	0.0	-


Season 10
	Tim Hardaway Jr.	Ron Harper
Season	2022-23	1995-96
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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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
Ron Harper	80	23.6	7.4	0.9	1.7	2.7	2.6	1.3	0.4	0.9	1.7	2.9	6.3	.467	0.4	1.3	.269	1.2	1.7	.705

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Hardaway Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ron Harper	18	27.4	8.8	1.4	2.3	3.7	2.5	1.4	0.4	1.0	2.1	3.2	7.4	.425	0.8	2.6	.319	1.6	2.3	.690


Season 11
	Tim Hardaway Jr.	Ron Harper
Season	2023-24	1996-97
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Mavericks TBD	NBA Champion

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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
Ron Harper	76	22.9	6.3	0.6	1.9	2.5	2.5	1.1	0.5	0.7	1.8	2.3	5.3	.436	0.9	2.5	.362	0.8	1.1	.707

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Hardaway Jr.	2	11.0	3.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.0	3.0	.333	0.5	1.5	.333	0.5	1.0	.500
Ron Harper	19	27.1	7.5	1.1	3.2	4.3	3.0	1.3	0.7	0.6	2.3	2.6	6.6	.400	1.1	3.2	.344	1.1	1.5	.750


Season 12
	Tim Hardaway Jr.	Ron Harper
Season	-	1997-98
Team	-	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Hardaway Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ron Harper	82	27.9	9.3	1.3	2.2	3.5	2.9	1.3	0.6	1.1	2.2	3.6	8.1	.441	0.2	1.0	.190	2.0	2.6	.750

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Hardaway Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ron Harper	21	26.9	6.7	1.0	2.6	3.7	2.3	1.0	0.9	0.9	2.0	2.7	5.8	.459	0.2	0.9	.263	1.1	1.9	.615


Season 13
	Tim Hardaway Jr.	Ron Harper
Season	-	1998-99
Team	-	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Hardaway Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ron Harper	35	31.6	11.2	1.4	3.7	5.1	3.3	1.7	1.0	1.9	2.3	4.2	11.1	.377	0.8	2.4	.318	2.0	2.9	.703

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Hardaway Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ron Harper	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Tim Hardaway Jr.	Ron Harper
Season	-	1999-00
Team	-	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Hardaway Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ron Harper	80	25.5	7.0	1.2	3.0	4.2	3.4	1.1	0.5	1.7	2.1	2.7	6.6	.399	0.4	1.3	.311	1.3	1.8	.680

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Hardaway Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ron Harper	23	28.0	8.6	1.3	2.4	3.7	3.2	1.0	0.6	1.2	2.7	3.4	7.9	.431	0.4	1.7	.231	1.4	2.0	.702


Season 15
	Tim Hardaway Jr.	Ron Harper
Season	-	2000-01
Team	-	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Hardaway Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ron Harper	47	24.2	6.5	1.0	2.6	3.5	2.4	0.8	0.5	1.3	1.5	2.7	5.8	.469	0.4	1.5	.264	0.7	1.0	.708

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Hardaway Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ron Harper	6	7.3	2.2	0.2	1.2	1.3	0.7	0.7	0.2	0.2	0.7	0.8	1.7	.500	0.2	0.7	.250	0.3	0.5	.667

Tim Hardaway Jr. vs. Ron Harper Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ron Harper 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

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14

Season 15