Tim Hardaway vs. Gary Payton Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Gary Payton 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 / Scoring / Stats / Stats Rankings / 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 played 13 years in the NBA, 4 less than Gary Payton, who played 17. Tim Hardaway had the first of his seasons in 1989-90, while Gary Payton had his rookie season in 1990-91. 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
Gary Payton	17	15	1990-91 to 2006-07

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


Rookie Season
	Tim Hardaway	Gary Payton
Season	1989-90	1990-91
Team	Golden State Warriors	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Supersonics Lost West 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	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:	+3	+6.3	+7.5	+0.6	+1.6	+0.9	+2.3	+0.1		-1.1	-0.1	+2.7	+5.5	+.021	+0.3	+0.9	+.197	+1.9	+2.3	+.053
Gary Payton	82	27.4	7.2	1.3	1.6	3.0	6.4	2.0	0.2	2.2	3.0	3.2	7.0	.450	0.0	0.2	.077	0.8	1.2	.711

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Hardaway	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gary Payton	5	27.0	4.8	1.0	1.6	2.6	6.4	1.6	0.2	1.8	3.2	2.2	5.4	.407	0.0	0.2	.000	0.4	0.4	1.000


Season 2
	Tim Hardaway	Gary Payton
Season	1990-91	1991-92
Team	Golden State Warriors	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis	Supersonics Lost West Conf Semis

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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:	+1	+7.7	+13.5	+0.4	+0.9	+0.4	+3.5	+0.8	+0.2	-1.2	-0.3	+4.9	+9.8	+.025	+1.2	+2.8	+.255	+2.5	+2.8	+.134
Gary Payton	81	31.5	9.4	1.5	2.1	3.6	6.2	1.8	0.3	2.1	3.1	4.1	9.1	.451	0.0	0.3	.130	1.2	1.8	.669

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
difference:	+1	+16.4	+17.6	+0.2	+1.2	+1.1	+6.4	+2.1	+0.5	-1.5	-0.9	+6.6	+13.3	+.020	+1.9	+5.0	+.354	+2.4	+2.7	+.206
Gary Payton	8	27.6	7.6	0.8	1.9	2.6	4.8	1.0	0.3	1.3	3.3	3.4	7.3	.466	0.0	0.3	.000	0.9	1.5	.583


Season 3
	Tim Hardaway	Gary Payton
Season	1991-92	1992-93
Team	Golden State Warriors	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Supersonics Lost West 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	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:	+1	+10.0	+9.9	+0.2	+0.5	+0.4	+5.1	+0.2	+0.1	-1.5	-0.4	+3.3	+8.0	+.033	+1.5	+4.2	+.132	+1.9	+2.4	+.004
Gary Payton	82	31.1	13.5	1.2	2.3	3.4	4.9	2.2	0.3	1.8	3.0	5.8	11.7	.494	0.1	0.4	.206	1.8	2.4	.770

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
difference:	+15	+12.2	+12.2	+0.3	+0.1	+0.5	+3.6	+1.5	+0.2	-1.7	-0.1	+2.5	+7.6	+.043	+2.4	+7.0	+.178	+4.7	+7.4	+.027
Gary Payton	19	31.8	12.3	1.2	2.2	3.3	3.7	1.8	0.2	1.8	3.4	5.5	12.4	.443	0.1	0.3	.167	1.3	1.9	.676


Season 4
	Tim Hardaway	Gary Payton
Season	1992-93	1993-94
Team	Golden State Warriors	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Supersonics Lost West 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	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:	+16	+4.4	+5.0	+0.4	+1.1	+0.7	+4.6	+0.5		-1.2	-0.5	+0.8	+3.6	+.057	+1.3	+4.0	+.052	+2.1	+2.2	+.149
Gary Payton	82	35.1	16.5	1.3	2.0	3.3	6.0	2.3	0.2	2.1	2.8	7.1	14.1	.504	0.2	0.7	.278	2.0	3.4	.595

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Hardaway	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gary Payton	5	36.2	15.8	1.2	2.2	3.4	5.6	1.6	0.4	1.6	3.0	6.8	13.8	.493	0.6	1.8	.333	1.6	3.8	.421

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


Season 5
	Tim Hardaway	Gary Payton
Season	1994-95	1994-95
Team	Golden State Warriors	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Supersonics Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+20	+0.6	+0.5	+0.6	+0.2	+0.3	+2.2	+1.1		-1.0		+1.5	+0.2	+.082	+1.8	+4.4	+.076	+0.5	+0.4	+.044
Gary Payton	82	36.8	20.6	1.3	2.1	3.4	7.1	2.5	0.2	2.5	2.5	8.4	16.4	.509	0.9	2.8	.302	3.0	4.2	.716

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Hardaway	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gary Payton	4	43.0	17.8	1.5	1.0	2.5	5.3	1.3	0.0	2.0	3.3	8.0	16.8	.478	0.5	2.5	.200	1.3	3.0	.417


Season 6
	Tim Hardaway	Gary Payton
Season	1995-96	1995-96
Team	Golden State Warriors, Miami Heat	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	Steals Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Supersonics Lost NBA Finals

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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:	+1	+7.3	+4.1	+0.9	+0.5	+1.3	+0.5	+1.2		-0.3	-0.2	+2.4	+3.4	+.062	+0.5	+1.0	+.036	+0.2		+.042
Gary Payton	81	39.0	19.3	1.3	2.9	4.2	7.5	2.9	0.2	3.2	2.7	7.6	15.8	.484	1.2	3.7	.328	2.8	3.8	.748

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:	+18	+6.7	+3.0	+0.6	+2.9	+3.4	+1.1	+0.8	+0.3	-2.0		+1.0	+1.6	+.020	+0.7	+2.5	+.046	+1.6	+2.9	+.081
Gary Payton	21	43.4	20.7	0.9	4.2	5.1	6.8	1.8	0.3	3.0	3.3	7.7	15.9	.485	2.0	4.8	.410	3.3	5.2	.633


Season 7
	Tim Hardaway	Gary Payton
Season	1996-97	1996-97
Team	Miami Heat	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf Finals	Supersonics Lost West Conf Semis

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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:	+1	+0.5	+1.5	+0.7	+0.5	+1.2	+1.5	+0.5	+0.1	-0.2	-0.5	+1.5	+1.0	+.061	+1.0	+2.7	+.031	+0.5	+0.2	+.084
Gary Payton	82	39.2	21.8	1.3	3.3	4.6	7.1	2.4	0.2	2.6	2.5	8.6	18.1	.476	1.5	4.6	.313	3.1	4.3	.715

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
difference:	+5	+4.4	+5.1	+0.9	+0.5	+1.3	+1.7	+0.6	+0.2	-0.2		+2.7	+4.4	+.053	+0.4	+1.6	+.020	+0.1	+0.1	+.025
Gary Payton	12	45.6	23.8	1.7	3.8	5.4	8.7	2.2	0.3	2.9	2.2	8.8	21.3	.412	2.1	6.3	.333	4.2	5.1	.820


Season 8
	Tim Hardaway	Gary Payton
Season	1997-98	1997-98
Team	Miami Heat	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Supersonics Lost West Conf Semis

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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:	+1	+1.0	+0.3	+0.3	+0.5	+0.9		+0.6			-0.1	+0.2	+0.4	+.022	+0.3	+0.7	+.013	+0.2	+0.5	+.037
Gary Payton	82	38.4	19.2	0.9	3.6	4.6	8.3	2.3	0.2	2.8	2.4	7.1	15.6	.453	1.6	4.8	.338	3.4	4.6	.744

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:	+5	+1.7	+2.0	+0.3	+0.3		+0.4	+0.6	+0.1	-1.0	-1.3	+0.3	+0.5	+.028	+1.5	+2.8	+.056	+1.1	+2.4	+.156
Gary Payton	10	42.7	24.0	0.9	2.5	3.4	7.0	1.8	0.1	2.6	3.1	8.7	18.3	.475	1.9	5.0	.380	4.7	5.0	.940


Season 9
	Tim Hardaway	Gary Payton
Season	1998-99	1998-99
Team	Miami Heat	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First 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:	+2	+3.3	+4.3	+0.9	+0.7	+1.7	+1.4	+1.0	+0.1	-0.4	-0.2	+1.7	+2.8	+.034	+0.6	+0.9	+.065	+1.5	+2.4	+.091
Gary Payton	50	40.2	21.7	1.2	3.6	4.9	8.7	2.2	0.2	3.1	2.3	8.0	18.5	.434	1.7	5.6	.295	4.0	5.5	.721

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
Gary Payton	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Tim Hardaway	Gary Payton
Season	1999-00	1999-00
Team	Miami Heat	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf Semis	Supersonics Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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	52	32.2	13.4	0.5	2.4	2.9	7.4	0.9	0.1	2.3	2.2	4.7	12.3	.386	1.8	4.9	.367	2.1	2.6	.827
difference:	+30	+9.6	+10.8	+0.7	+2.8	+3.6	+1.5	+1.0	+0.1	-0.4		+4.4	+8.0	+.062	+0.4	+1.4	+.027	+1.7	+2.6	+.092
Gary Payton	82	41.8	24.2	1.2	5.2	6.5	8.9	1.9	0.2	2.7	2.2	9.1	20.3	.448	2.2	6.3	.340	3.8	5.2	.735

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Hardaway	7	26.0	7.7	0.1	2.0	2.1	4.7	0.7	0.0	1.6	1.4	2.9	9.7	.294	1.0	4.9	.206	1.0	1.4	.700
difference:	+2	+18.2	+18.1	+1.5	+4.0	+5.5	+2.7	+1.1	+0.2	-2.0	-1.8	+7.1	+12.9	+.148	+0.8	+0.3	+.185	+3.0	+3.8	+.069
Gary Payton	5	44.2	25.8	1.6	6.0	7.6	7.4	1.8	0.2	3.6	3.2	10.0	22.6	.442	1.8	4.6	.391	4.0	5.2	.769


Season 11
	Tim Hardaway	Gary Payton
Season	2000-01	2000-01
Team	Miami Heat	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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	77	33.9	14.9	0.3	2.3	2.6	6.3	1.2	0.1	2.5	2.0	5.3	13.5	.392	2.5	6.7	.366	1.9	2.4	.801
difference:	+2	+7.2	+8.2	+0.6	+1.3	+2.0	+1.8	+0.4	+0.2	-0.1	-0.3	+3.9	+6.6	+.064	+1.2	+3.3	+.009	+1.5	+2.1	+.035
Gary Payton	79	41.1	23.1	0.9	3.6	4.6	8.1	1.6	0.3	2.6	2.3	9.2	20.1	.456	1.3	3.4	.375	3.4	4.5	.766

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Hardaway	2	18.0	2.5	0.5	0.5	1.0	4.5	0.0	0.0	4.0	2.0	1.0	4.5	.222	0.5	1.5	.333	0.0	0.0	-
Gary Payton	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Tim Hardaway	Gary Payton
Season	2001-02	2001-02
Team	Dallas Mavericks, Denver Nuggets	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Supersonics Lost West 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	68	23.5	9.6	0.2	1.6	1.8	4.1	0.8	0.1	1.6	1.6	3.3	9.1	.365	1.8	5.2	.347	1.1	1.4	.794
difference:	+14	+16.8	+12.5	+0.8	+2.3	+3.0	+4.9	+0.8	+0.2	-0.9	-0.6	+5.7	+10.1	+.102	+0.9	+2.3	+.033	+2.2	+2.7	+.003
Gary Payton	82	40.3	22.1	1.0	3.9	4.8	9.0	1.6	0.3	2.5	2.2	9.0	19.2	.467	0.9	2.9	.314	3.3	4.1	.797

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Hardaway	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gary Payton	5	41.2	22.2	2.0	6.6	8.6	5.8	0.6	0.4	2.6	2.4	9.0	21.2	.425	0.8	3.0	.267	3.4	5.8	.586


Season 13
	Tim Hardaway	Gary Payton
Season	2002-03	2002-03
Team	Indiana Pacers	Seattle Supersonics, Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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13th 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	10	12.7	4.9	0.1	1.4	1.5	2.4	0.9	0.0	1.1	0.8	1.8	4.9	.367	1.1	3.1	.355	0.2	0.4	.500
difference:	+70	+27.4	+15.5	+0.9	+1.8	+2.7	+5.9	+0.8	+0.3	-1.2	-1.5	+6.5	+13.4	+.087	+0.4	+0.8	+.058	+2.9	+4.0	+.210
Gary Payton	80	40.1	20.4	1.0	3.2	4.2	8.3	1.7	0.3	2.3	2.3	8.3	18.3	.454	0.7	2.3	.297	3.1	4.4	.710

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Hardaway	4	11.8	3.3	0.0	0.5	0.5	2.3	0.3	0.0	0.8	0.5	1.3	3.8	.333	0.8	2.5	.300	0.0	0.0	-
difference:	+2	+30.0	+15.2	+0.7	+1.8	+2.5	+6.4	+1.0	+0.2	-1.4	-2.5	+6.7	+14.9	+.096	+0.6		+.233	+2.3	+3.3
Gary Payton	6	41.8	18.5	0.7	2.3	3.0	8.7	1.3	0.2	2.2	3.0	8.0	18.7	.429	0.2	2.5	.067	2.3	3.3	.700

Additional Years

* Gary Payton played 4 seasons more than Tim Hardaway in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 14 to 17, from 2004 to 2007—Gary Payton played in 4 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship.

Tim Hardaway vs. Gary Payton Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Gary Payton 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.

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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

Season 13

13th Season Stats Comparison

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