Tim Hardaway vs. Joe Johnson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Joe Johnson 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.

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, 5 less than Joe Johnson, who played 18. Tim Hardaway had the first of his seasons in 1989-90, while Joe Johnson had his rookie season in 2001-02. 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	Joe Johnson
Season	1989-90	2001-02
Team	Golden State Warriors	Boston Celtics, Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
	-	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:	+2	+8.8	+7.2	+0.3	+0.8	+0.6	+6.4	+1.3	+0.1	-2.4	-1.4	+2.6	+4.9	+.041	+0.2	+0.6	+.018	+2.2	+2.8	+.010
Joe Johnson	77	24.9	7.5	1.0	2.4	3.3	2.3	0.8	0.3	0.9	1.5	3.3	7.6	.430	0.5	1.7	.292	0.5	0.7	.774
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Tim Hardaway nor Joe Johnson played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Tim Hardaway	Joe Johnson
Season	1990-91	2002-03
Team	Golden State Warriors	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis	Suns 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:		+11.7	+13.1	+0.4	+0.5	+0.8	+7.1	+1.8	+0.1	-2.0	-1.1	+5.1	+9.2	+.079	+0.3	+0.6	+.019	+2.5	+3.1	+.029
Joe Johnson	82	27.5	9.8	0.7	2.5	3.2	2.6	0.8	0.2	1.3	1.7	3.9	9.7	.397	0.9	2.5	.366	1.2	1.5	.774
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:	+3	+16.7	+19.9	+0.4	+0.2	+0.6	+9.9	+2.4	+0.5	-0.8	-0.1	+7.7	+12.1	+.211	+1.6	+3.1	+.200	+3.0	+3.4	+.389
Joe Johnson	6	27.3	5.3	1.0	3.3	4.3	1.3	0.7	0.3	2.0	2.5	2.3	8.5	.275	0.3	2.2	.154	0.3	0.8	.400

Season 3
	Tim Hardaway	Joe Johnson
Season	1991-92	2003-04
Team	Golden State Warriors	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	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:	+1	+0.5	+6.7		+0.9	+0.9	+5.6	+0.9	+0.1	-0.9	-0.4	+2.3	+4.0	+.031	+0.6	+1.3	+.033	+1.6	+2.0	+.016
Joe Johnson	82	40.6	16.7	1.0	3.7	4.7	4.4	1.1	0.3	2.4	2.2	6.8	15.7	.430	1.0	3.3	.305	2.1	2.8	.750
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
Joe Johnson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Tim Hardaway	Joe Johnson
Season	1992-93	2004-05
Team	Golden State Warriors	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Suns 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	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	+0.6	+0.6	+1.1	+7.1	+0.8	+0.1	-1.5	-0.3	+1.3	+3.3	+.014	+0.7	+0.2	+.148	+2.5	+3.4	+.006
Joe Johnson	82	39.5	17.1	1.5	3.7	5.1	3.5	1.0	0.3	1.8	2.0	6.6	14.4	.461	2.2	4.5	.478	1.6	2.2	.750
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Hardaway	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Joe Johnson	9	39.3	18.8	0.8	3.6	4.3	3.3	1.1	0.4	1.1	2.0	7.0	13.9	.504	2.2	4.0	.556	2.6	3.7	.697

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

Season 6
	Tim Hardaway	Joe Johnson
Season	1995-96	2006-07
Team	Golden State Warriors, Miami Heat	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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:	+23	+9.7	+9.8	+0.5	+0.9	+1.3	+3.6	+0.6		-0.2	-0.5	+4.2	+7.6	+.049	+0.4	+0.8	+.017	+1.1	+1.7	+.042
Joe Johnson	57	41.4	25.0	0.9	3.3	4.2	4.4	1.1	0.2	3.1	2.0	9.4	20.0	.471	2.1	5.5	.381	4.1	5.5	.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
Joe Johnson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Tim Hardaway	Joe Johnson
Season	1996-97	2007-08
Team	Miami Heat	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf Finals	Hawks Lost East 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:	+1	+2.1	+1.4	+0.4	+0.7	+1.1	+2.8	+0.9	+0.1	-0.1		+0.8	+1.2	+.017	+0.4	+1.9	+.037	+0.3	+0.1	+.035
Joe Johnson	82	40.8	21.7	1.0	3.5	4.5	5.8	1.0	0.2	2.7	2.0	7.9	18.3	.432	2.1	5.4	.381	3.9	4.6	.834
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:	+10	+1.9	+1.3	+0.5	+0.7	+0.2	+3.0	+1.3	+0.1	-0.8	-0.1	+0.6	+0.5	+.050	+0.2	+2.8	+.131	+0.2	+0.5	+.114
Joe Johnson	7	39.3	20.0	1.3	2.6	3.9	4.0	0.3	0.0	2.3	2.3	6.7	16.4	.409	2.3	5.1	.444	4.3	4.7	.909

Season 8
	Tim Hardaway	Joe Johnson
Season	1997-98	2008-09
Team	Miami Heat	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Hawks Lost East 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:	+2	+2.1	+2.5	+0.2	+0.5	+0.7	+2.5	+0.6		-0.3	-0.3	+0.9	+2.0	+.006		+0.3	+.009	+0.6	+0.5	+.045
Joe Johnson	79	39.5	21.4	0.8	3.6	4.4	5.8	1.1	0.2	2.5	2.2	7.8	18.0	.437	1.9	5.2	.360	3.8	4.6	.826
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:	+6	+5.4	+9.6	+0.9	+0.1	+1.1	+3.1	+0.1		-0.7	-0.4	+2.0	+3.5	+.030	+2.3	+4.6	+.093	+3.3	+3.3	+.162
Joe Johnson	11	39.0	16.4	1.5	2.9	4.5	3.5	1.3	0.0	2.9	2.2	6.4	15.3	.417	1.1	3.2	.343	2.5	4.1	.622

Season 9
	Tim Hardaway	Joe Johnson
Season	1998-99	2009-10
Team	Miami Heat	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis

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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:	+28	+1.1	+3.9	+0.7	+0.8	+1.4	+2.4	+0.1		-0.8	-0.2	+2.1	+2.5	+.058	+0.6	+1.9	+.009	+0.4	+0.4	+.006
Joe Johnson	76	38.0	21.3	1.0	3.7	4.6	4.9	1.1	0.1	1.9	1.9	8.4	18.2	.458	1.7	4.6	.369	2.9	3.5	.818
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:	+6	+3.6	+8.9	+1.2	+1.1	+2.3	+1.4	+0.1	+0.1	-1.3	-0.8	+4.0	+6.9	+.119	+0.2	+1.3	+.020	+1.1	+0.6	+.185
Joe Johnson	11	40.0	17.9	1.8	3.3	5.1	5.0	0.9	0.3	2.3	2.0	7.0	18.1	.387	0.8	3.7	.220	3.1	3.8	.810

Season 10
	Tim Hardaway	Joe Johnson
Season	1999-00	2010-11
Team	Miami Heat	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf Semis	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis

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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:	+20	+3.3	+4.8	+0.3	+0.8	+1.1	+2.7	+0.2		-0.3	-0.4	+2.4	+3.8	+.057	+0.6	+0.7	+.070	+0.6	+0.8	+.025
Joe Johnson	72	35.5	18.2	0.8	3.2	4.0	4.7	0.7	0.1	2.0	1.8	7.1	16.1	.443	1.2	4.2	.297	2.7	3.4	.802
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:	+5	+15.4	+11.1	+1.4	+1.1	+2.5	+1.4	+0.4	+0.1	-1.0	-0.2	+4.4	+6.8	+.145	+0.5	+1.4	+.223	+1.8	+2.1	+.110
Joe Johnson	12	41.4	18.8	1.5	3.1	4.6	3.3	1.1	0.1	2.6	1.6	7.3	16.5	.439	1.5	3.5	.429	2.8	3.5	.810

Season 11
	Tim Hardaway	Joe Johnson
Season	2000-01	2011-12
Team	Miami Heat	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+17	+1.6	+3.9	+0.6	+0.5	+1.1	+2.4	+0.4	+0.1	-0.6	-0.7	+1.8	+2.0	+.062	+0.4	+1.3	+.022	+0.7	+0.7	+.048
Joe Johnson	60	35.5	18.8	0.9	2.8	3.7	3.9	0.8	0.2	1.9	1.3	7.1	15.5	.454	2.1	5.4	.388	2.6	3.1	.849
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:	+4	+22.5	+14.7	+0.5	+2.0	+2.5	+1.0	+1.3	+0.2	-1.3	-0.2	+5.3	+12.5	+.151	+1.0	+4.5	+.083	+3.0	+4.0
Joe Johnson	6	40.5	17.2	1.0	2.5	3.5	3.5	1.3	0.2	2.7	1.8	6.3	17.0	.373	1.5	6.0	.250	3.0	4.0	.750

Season 13
	Tim Hardaway	Joe Johnson
Season	2002-03	2013-14
Team	Indiana Pacers	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Nets Lost East Conf Semis

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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:	+69	+19.9	+10.9	+0.5	+1.4	+1.9	+0.3	+0.3	+0.1	-0.4	-0.8	+4.0	+8.0	+.087	+1.0	+2.0	+.046	+1.8	+2.1	+.315
Joe Johnson	79	32.6	15.8	0.6	2.8	3.4	2.7	0.6	0.1	1.5	1.6	5.8	12.9	.454	2.1	5.1	.401	2.0	2.5	.815
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:	+8	+27.3	+17.9	+0.8	+2.6	+3.3	+0.6	+0.2	+0.3	-0.8	-1.2	+6.9	+11.5	+.200	+1.0	+1.9	+.115	+3.0	+3.6
Joe Johnson	12	39.1	21.2	0.8	3.1	3.8	2.9	0.5	0.3	1.6	1.7	8.2	15.3	.533	1.8	4.4	.415	3.0	3.6	.837