Tim Hardaway vs. Brandon Ingram Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Brandon Ingram and Tim 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.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season / Stats Rankings

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 played 13 years in the NBA, 4 more than Brandon Ingram, who played 9. Tim Hardaway had the first of his seasons in 1989-90, while Brandon Ingram had his rookie season in 2016-17. 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	13	9	1989-90 to 2002-03
Brandon Ingram	9	2	2016-17 to 2024-25

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Tim Hardaway	Brandon Ingram
Season	1989-90	2016-17
Team	Golden State Warriors	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second 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	79	33.7	14.7	0.7	3.2	3.9	8.7	2.1	0.2	3.3	2.9	5.9	12.5	.471	0.3	1.1	.274	2.7	3.5	.764
difference:		+4.9	+5.3	+0.1		+0.1	+6.6	+1.5	+0.3	-1.8	-0.9	+2.4	+3.8	+.069	+0.4	+1.3	+.020	+1.0	+0.8	+.143
Brandon Ingram	79	28.8	9.4	0.8	3.2	4.0	2.1	0.6	0.5	1.5	2.0	3.5	8.7	.402	0.7	2.4	.294	1.7	2.7	.621

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Tim Hardaway nor Brandon Ingram played in the postseason in their season 1


Season 2
	Tim Hardaway	Brandon Ingram
Season	1990-91	2017-18
Team	Golden State Warriors	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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	82	39.2	22.9	1.1	3.0	4.0	9.7	2.6	0.1	3.3	2.8	9.0	18.9	.476	1.2	3.1	.385	3.7	4.6	.803
difference:	+23	+5.7	+6.8	+0.1	+1.4	+1.3	+5.8	+1.8	+0.6	-0.8		+2.9	+6.0	+.006	+0.5	+1.3	+.005	+0.4	+0.2	+.122
Brandon Ingram	59	33.5	16.1	1.0	4.4	5.3	3.9	0.8	0.7	2.5	2.8	6.1	12.9	.470	0.7	1.8	.390	3.3	4.8	.681

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Hardaway	9	44.0	25.2	0.6	3.1	3.7	11.2	3.1	0.8	2.8	2.4	10.0	20.6	.486	1.9	5.3	.354	3.3	4.2	.789
Brandon Ingram	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Tim Hardaway	Brandon Ingram
Season	1991-92	2018-19
Team	Golden State Warriors	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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	81	41.1	23.4	1.0	2.8	3.8	10.0	2.0	0.2	3.3	2.6	9.1	19.7	.461	1.6	4.6	.338	3.7	4.8	.766
difference:	+29	+7.3	+5.1	+0.2	+1.5	+1.3	+7.0	+1.5	+0.4	-0.8	-0.3	+2.1	+5.7	+.036	+1.0	+2.8	+.008	+0.1	+0.8	+.091
Brandon Ingram	52	33.8	18.3	0.8	4.3	5.1	3.0	0.5	0.6	2.5	2.9	7.0	14.0	.497	0.6	1.8	.330	3.8	5.6	.675

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Hardaway	4	44.0	24.5	1.5	2.3	3.8	7.3	3.3	0.0	3.5	3.5	8.0	20.0	.400	2.5	7.3	.345	6.0	9.3	.649
Brandon Ingram	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Tim Hardaway	Brandon Ingram
Season	1992-93	2019-20
Team	Golden State Warriors	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	-	Most Improved Player
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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	66	39.5	21.5	0.9	3.1	4.0	10.6	1.8	0.2	3.3	2.3	7.9	17.7	.447	1.5	4.7	.330	4.1	5.6	.744
difference:	+4	+5.6	+2.3	+0.1	+2.2	+2.1	+6.4	+0.8	+0.4	-0.3	-0.6	+0.3		+.016	+0.9	+1.5	+.061	+0.9	+0.3	+.107
Brandon Ingram	62	33.9	23.8	0.8	5.3	6.1	4.2	1.0	0.6	3.0	2.9	8.2	17.7	.463	2.4	6.2	.391	5.0	5.9	.851

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Tim Hardaway nor Brandon Ingram played in the postseason in their season 4

Note: Tim Hardaway didn't play in 1993-94.


Season 5
	Tim Hardaway	Brandon Ingram
Season	1994-95	2020-21
Team	Golden State Warriors	New Orleans Pelicans
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	62	37.4	20.1	0.7	2.3	3.1	9.3	1.4	0.2	3.5	2.5	6.9	16.2	.427	2.7	7.2	.378	3.5	4.6	.760
difference:	+1	+3.1	+3.7	+0.1	+2.0	+1.8	+4.4	+0.7	+0.4	-1.0	-0.5	+1.5	+1.8	+.039	+0.4	+1.1	+.003	+1.1	+0.6	+.118
Brandon Ingram	61	34.3	23.8	0.6	4.3	4.9	4.9	0.7	0.6	2.5	2.0	8.4	18.0	.466	2.3	6.1	.381	4.6	5.2	.878

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Tim Hardaway nor Brandon Ingram played in the postseason in their season 5


Season 6
	Tim Hardaway	Brandon Ingram
Season	1995-96	2021-22
Team	Golden State Warriors, Miami Heat	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Pelicans Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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	80	31.7	15.2	0.4	2.4	2.9	8.0	1.7	0.2	2.9	2.5	5.2	12.4	.422	1.7	4.7	.364	3.0	3.8	.790
difference:	+25	+2.3	+7.5	+0.2	+2.8	+2.9	+2.4	+1.1	+0.3	-0.2	-0.3	+3.0	+5.5	+.039	+0.4	+0.6	+.037	+1.8	+2.1	+.036
Brandon Ingram	55	34.0	22.7	0.6	5.2	5.8	5.6	0.6	0.5	2.7	2.2	8.2	17.9	.461	1.3	4.1	.327	4.8	5.9	.826

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Hardaway	3	36.7	17.7	0.3	1.3	1.7	5.7	1.0	0.0	5.0	3.3	6.7	14.3	.465	2.7	7.3	.364	1.7	2.3	.714
difference:	+3	+2.6	+9.3	+0.4	+4.2	+4.5	+0.5	+0.3	+0.3	-1.2	-1.5	+2.6	+5.4	+.010	+0.9	+2.8	+.043	+4.8	+5.5	+.116
Brandon Ingram	6	39.3	27.0	0.7	5.5	6.2	6.2	0.7	0.3	3.8	1.8	9.3	19.7	.475	1.8	4.5	.407	6.5	7.8	.830


Season 7
	Tim Hardaway	Brandon Ingram
Season	1996-97	2022-23
Team	Miami Heat	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf Finals	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	81	38.7	20.3	0.6	2.8	3.4	8.6	1.9	0.1	2.8	2.0	7.1	17.1	.415	2.5	7.3	.344	3.6	4.5	.799
difference:	+36	+4.5	+4.4	+0.1	+2.2	+2.1	+2.8	+1.2	+0.3	-0.5	-0.6	+1.9	+1.5	+.069	+1.1	+3.7	+.046	+1.7	+1.5	+.083
Brandon Ingram	45	34.2	24.7	0.5	5.0	5.5	5.8	0.7	0.4	3.3	2.6	9.0	18.6	.484	1.4	3.6	.390	5.3	6.0	.882

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Hardaway	17	41.2	18.7	0.8	3.3	4.1	7.0	1.6	0.1	3.1	2.2	6.1	16.9	.359	2.5	7.9	.313	4.1	5.2	.795
Brandon Ingram	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Tim Hardaway	Brandon Ingram
Season	1997-98	2023-24
Team	Miami Heat	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Pelicans Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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	81	37.4	18.9	0.6	3.1	3.7	8.3	1.7	0.2	2.8	2.5	6.9	16.0	.431	1.9	5.5	.351	3.2	4.1	.781
difference:	+17	+4.5	+1.9	+0.1	+1.3	+1.4	+2.6	+0.9	+0.4	-0.3	-0.2	+0.9	+0.1	+.061	+0.6	+1.7	+.004	+0.6	+0.7	+.020
Brandon Ingram	64	32.9	20.8	0.7	4.4	5.1	5.7	0.8	0.6	2.5	2.3	7.8	15.9	.492	1.3	3.8	.355	3.8	4.8	.801

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Hardaway	5	44.4	26.0	0.6	2.8	3.4	6.6	1.2	0.0	3.6	1.8	8.4	18.8	.447	3.4	7.8	.436	5.8	7.4	.784
difference:	+1	+8.1	+11.7	+0.3	+1.5	+1.1	+3.3	+0.2	+1.3	-1.3	-0.2	+3.6	+5.0	+.102	+2.9	+5.8	+.186	+1.5	+2.6	+.111
Brandon Ingram	4	36.3	14.3	0.3	4.3	4.5	3.3	1.0	1.3	2.3	2.0	4.8	13.8	.345	0.5	2.0	.250	4.3	4.8	.895


Season 9
	Tim Hardaway	Brandon Ingram
Season	1998-99	2024-25
Team	Miami Heat	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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	48	36.9	17.4	0.3	2.9	3.2	7.3	1.2	0.1	2.7	2.1	6.3	15.7	.400	2.3	6.5	.360	2.5	3.1	.812
difference:	+30	+3.8	+4.8	+0.6	+1.7	+2.4	+2.1	+0.3	+0.5	-1.1	-0.4	+2.3	+2.8	+.065	+0.1	+0.1	+.014	+0.1		+.043
Brandon Ingram	18	33.1	22.2	0.9	4.6	5.6	5.2	0.9	0.6	3.8	2.5	8.6	18.5	.465	2.4	6.4	.374	2.6	3.1	.855

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Hardaway	5	36.4	9.0	0.6	2.2	2.8	6.4	1.0	0.2	3.6	2.8	3.0	11.2	.268	1.0	5.0	.200	2.0	3.2	.625
Brandon Ingram	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years

* Tim Hardaway played 4 seasons more than Brandon Ingram in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 10 to 13, from 2000 to 2003—Tim Hardaway played in 3 Playoffs.

Tim Hardaway vs. Brandon Ingram Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Brandon Ingram and Tim 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.

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

Additional Years