Tim Hardaway vs. Jason Williams Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jason Williams 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 / 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, 1 more than Jason Williams, who played 12. Tim Hardaway had the first of his seasons in 1989-90, while Jason Williams had his rookie season in 1998-99. 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
Jason Williams	12	8	1998-99 to 2010-11

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


Rookie Season
	Tim Hardaway	Jason Williams
Season	1989-90	1998-99
Team	Golden State Warriors	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Kings 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:	+29	+2.4	+1.9	+0.4	+0.4	+0.8	+2.7	+0.2	+0.2	-0.4	-1.1	+1.3	+0.2	+.097	+1.7	+5.4	+.036	+1.1	+1.4	+.012
Jason Williams	50	36.1	12.8	0.3	2.8	3.1	6.0	1.9	0.0	2.9	1.8	4.6	12.3	.374	2.0	6.5	.310	1.6	2.1	.752

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Hardaway	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jason Williams	5	33.0	10.0	0.4	3.2	3.6	4.0	1.6	0.2	2.6	3.0	3.2	9.0	.356	1.8	5.8	.310	1.8	1.8	1.000


Season 2
	Tim Hardaway	Jason Williams
Season	1990-91	1999-00
Team	Golden State Warriors	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis	Kings Lost West 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	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	+5.1	+10.6	+0.8	+0.4	+1.2	+2.4	+1.2		-0.4	-1.1	+4.5	+6.9	+.103	+0.6	+3.1	+.098	+2.1	+2.5	+.050
Jason Williams	81	34.1	12.3	0.3	2.6	2.8	7.3	1.4	0.1	3.7	1.7	4.5	12.0	.373	1.8	6.2	.287	1.6	2.1	.753

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:	+4	+15.2	+14.8	+0.4	+1.7	+2.1	+8.8	+2.5	+0.8	-1.2	-0.8	+6.4	+11.0	+.111	+0.3	+0.3	+.034	+1.7	+2.2	+.011
Jason Williams	5	28.8	10.4	0.2	1.4	1.6	2.4	0.6	0.0	1.6	1.6	3.6	9.6	.375	1.6	5.0	.320	1.6	2.0	.800


Season 3
	Tim Hardaway	Jason Williams
Season	1991-92	2000-01
Team	Golden State Warriors	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Kings Lost West Conf Semis

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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:	+4	+11.4	+14.0	+0.8	+0.6	+1.4	+4.6	+0.8	+0.1	-1.2	-1.1	+5.5	+10.7	+.054	+0.3	+0.6	+.023	+2.9	+3.8	+.023
Jason Williams	77	29.7	9.4	0.2	2.2	2.4	5.4	1.2	0.1	2.1	1.5	3.6	9.0	.407	1.3	4.0	.315	0.8	1.0	.789

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:	+4	+20.4	+15.7	+1.5		+1.5	+4.4	+2.3		-0.9	-1.7	+4.7	+12.4	+.026	+1.1	+3.5	+.022	+5.1	+8.4	+.351
Jason Williams	8	23.6	8.8	0.0	2.3	2.3	2.9	1.0	0.0	2.6	1.8	3.3	7.6	.426	1.4	3.8	.367	0.9	0.9	1.000


Season 4
	Tim Hardaway	Jason Williams
Season	1992-93	2001-02
Team	Golden State Warriors	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	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:	+1	+5.1	+6.7	+0.6	+0.4	+1.0	+2.6	+0.1	+0.1		-0.7	+2.1	+2.5	+.065	+0.5	+1.9	+.035	+2.9	+4.0	+.048
Jason Williams	65	34.4	14.8	0.3	2.7	3.0	8.0	1.7	0.1	3.3	1.6	5.8	15.2	.382	2.0	6.6	.295	1.2	1.6	.792

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Tim Hardaway nor Jason Williams played in the postseason in their season 4

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


Season 5
	Tim Hardaway	Jason Williams
Season	1994-95	2002-03
Team	Golden State Warriors	Memphis Grizzlies
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:	+14	+5.7	+8.0	+0.4	+0.2	+0.3	+1.0	+0.2	+0.1	-1.3	-0.8	+2.5	+4.9	+.039	+0.8	+1.9	+.024	+2.1	+2.9	+.080
Jason Williams	76	31.7	12.1	0.3	2.5	2.8	8.3	1.2	0.1	2.2	1.7	4.4	11.3	.388	1.9	5.3	.354	1.4	1.7	.840

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Tim Hardaway nor Jason Williams played in the postseason in their season 5


Season 6
	Tim Hardaway	Jason Williams
Season	1995-96	2003-04
Team	Golden State Warriors, Miami Heat	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Grizzlies 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:	+8	+2.3	+4.3	+0.1	+0.7	+0.9	+1.2	+0.4	+0.1	-1.0	-1.2	+1.2	+2.5	+.015		+0.4	+.034	+1.9	+2.4	+.047
Jason Williams	72	29.4	10.9	0.3	1.7	2.0	6.8	1.3	0.1	1.9	1.3	4.0	9.9	.407	1.7	5.1	.330	1.1	1.4	.837

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:	+1	+4.4	+6.9		+0.7	+0.6	+1.2	+0.5		-3.2	-0.8	+2.9	+2.8	+.139	+1.2	+2.0	+.078	+0.1	+0.5	+.286
Jason Williams	4	32.3	10.8	0.3	2.0	2.3	4.5	0.5	0.0	1.8	2.5	3.8	11.5	.326	1.5	5.3	.286	1.8	1.8	1.000


Season 7
	Tim Hardaway	Jason Williams
Season	1996-97	2004-05
Team	Miami Heat	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf Finals	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+10	+11.2	+10.2	+0.3	+1.3	+1.7	+3.0	+0.8		-1.0	-0.7	+3.4	+8.0	+.002	+1.0	+2.7	+.020	+2.5	+3.1	+.007
Jason Williams	71	27.5	10.1	0.3	1.5	1.7	5.6	1.1	0.1	1.8	1.3	3.7	9.1	.413	1.5	4.6	.324	1.1	1.4	.792

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:	+13	+12.2	+1.7	+0.5	+1.3	+1.8	+1.7	+0.1	+0.1	-1.1	-0.4	+0.9	+3.6	+.169		+2.6	+.163	+3.6	+4.7	+.205
Jason Williams	4	29.0	17.0	0.3	2.0	2.3	5.3	1.5	0.0	2.0	1.8	7.0	13.3	.528	2.5	5.3	.476	0.5	0.5	1.000


Season 8
	Tim Hardaway	Jason Williams
Season	1997-98	2005-06
Team	Miami Heat	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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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:	+22	+5.6	+6.6	+0.5	+0.8	+1.3	+3.4	+0.8	+0.1	-1.1	-0.8	+2.4	+5.7	+.011	+0.1	+0.6	+.021	+1.8	+2.4	+.086
Jason Williams	59	31.8	12.3	0.1	2.3	2.4	4.9	0.9	0.1	1.7	1.7	4.5	10.3	.442	1.8	4.9	.372	1.4	1.7	.867

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:	+18	+14.6	+16.7	+0.5	+0.9	+1.4	+2.7	+0.5		-2.0		+5.1	+10.8	+.042	+2.3	+3.7	+.162	+4.1	+5.4	+.060
Jason Williams	23	29.8	9.3	0.1	1.9	2.0	3.9	0.7	0.0	1.6	1.8	3.3	8.0	.405	1.1	4.1	.274	1.7	2.0	.844


Season 9
	Tim Hardaway	Jason Williams
Season	1998-99	2006-07
Team	Miami Heat	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Heat Lost East 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	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:	+13	+6.3	+6.5		+0.9	+0.9	+2.0	+0.2	+0.1	-1.1	-1.0	+2.4	+6.4	+.013	+0.7	+1.7	+.021	+1.0	+1.4	+.101
Jason Williams	61	30.6	10.9	0.3	2.0	2.3	5.3	1.0	0.0	1.6	1.1	3.9	9.3	.413	1.6	4.8	.339	1.5	1.7	.913

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
difference:	+1	+8.4	+3.2	+0.6	+0.2	+0.8	+2.9	+0.3	+0.1	-2.8	-1.5	+1.2	+4.2	+.018	+0.3	+0.7	+.094	+1.0	+1.9	+.175
Jason Williams	4	28.0	5.8	0.0	2.0	2.0	3.5	1.3	0.3	0.8	1.3	1.8	7.0	.250	1.3	4.3	.294	1.0	1.3	.800


Season 10
	Tim Hardaway	Jason Williams
Season	1999-00	2007-08
Team	Miami Heat	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf Semis	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	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:	+15	+4.1	+4.6	+0.3	+0.6	+1.0	+2.8	+0.3		-0.9	-0.8	+1.6	+4.1	+.002	+0.4	+0.8	+.014	+1.1	+1.4	+.036
Jason Williams	67	28.1	8.8	0.2	1.8	1.9	4.6	1.2	0.1	1.4	1.4	3.1	8.2	.384	1.4	4.1	.353	1.0	1.2	.863

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
Jason Williams	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Jason Williams didn't play in 2008-09.


Season 11
	Tim Hardaway	Jason Williams
Season	2000-01	2009-10
Team	Miami Heat	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Magic Lost East Conf Finals

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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:	+5	+13.1	+8.9	+0.2	+0.8	+1.1	+2.7	+0.6	+0.1	-1.4	-1.2	+3.0	+8.3	+.052	+1.5	+4.0	+.014	+1.5	+1.9	+.045
Jason Williams	82	20.8	6.0	0.1	1.5	1.5	3.6	0.6	0.0	1.1	0.8	2.3	5.2	.444	1.0	2.7	.380	0.4	0.5	.756

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	-
difference:	+12	+4.3	+0.1	+0.3	+0.1	+0.2	+2.9	+0.3		-3.6	-1.4	+0.1	+1.8	+.120	+0.1	+0.2	+.083	+0.4	+0.4
Jason Williams	14	13.7	2.6	0.2	0.6	0.8	1.6	0.3	0.0	0.4	0.6	0.9	2.7	.342	0.4	1.7	.250	0.4	0.4	1.000


Season 12
	Tim Hardaway	Jason Williams
Season	2001-02	2010-11
Team	Dallas Mavericks, Denver Nuggets	Orlando Magic, Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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:	+41	+12.6	+7.6	+0.1	+0.6	+0.7	+2.2	+0.4	+0.1	-0.9	-1.3	+2.5	+6.6	+.037	+1.4	+3.8	+.084	+1.1	+1.4
Jason Williams	27	10.9	2.0	0.1	1.0	1.1	1.9	0.4	0.0	0.7	0.3	0.8	2.5	.328	0.4	1.4	.263	0.0	0.0	-

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Tim Hardaway nor Jason Williams played in the postseason in their season 12

Additional Years

* Tim Hardaway played 1 season more than Jason Williams in the NBA.

In that period—his season 13 in 2003—Tim Hardaway played in the Playoffs.

Tim Hardaway vs. Jason Williams Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jason Williams 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

Season 10

10th Season Stats Comparison

Season 11

11th Season Stats Comparison

Season 12

12th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years