Tim Hardaway vs. Serge Ibaka Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Serge Ibaka 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, 1 less than Serge Ibaka, who played 14. Tim Hardaway had the first of his seasons in 1989-90, while Serge Ibaka had his rookie season in 2009-10. 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	Serge Ibaka
Season	1989-90	2009-10
Team	Golden State Warriors	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Thunder 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:	+6	+15.6	+8.4	+1.2	+0.3	+1.5	+8.6	+1.8	+1.1	-2.4	-0.2	+3.1	+7.4	+.072	+0.3	+1.1		+1.9	+2.2	+.134
Serge Ibaka	73	18.1	6.3	1.9	3.5	5.4	0.1	0.3	1.3	0.9	2.7	2.8	5.1	.543	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.3	.630
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Hardaway	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Serge Ibaka	6	25.5	7.8	2.2	4.3	6.5	0.3	0.3	2.0	1.0	3.2	3.3	5.8	.571	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	1.7	.700

Season 2
	Tim Hardaway	Serge Ibaka
Season	1990-91	2010-11
Team	Golden State Warriors	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis	Thunder Lost West Conf Finals

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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:		+12.2	+13.0	+1.5	+2.0	+3.6	+9.4	+2.2	+2.3	-2.4	-0.5	+4.9	+11.4	+.067	+1.2	+3.1		+2.0	+2.4	+.053
Serge Ibaka	82	27.0	9.9	2.6	5.0	7.6	0.3	0.4	2.4	0.9	3.3	4.1	7.5	.543	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	2.2	.750
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:	+8	+15.2	+15.4	+2.2	+1.4	+3.6	+11.0	+2.9	+2.3	-1.6	-1.4	+6.1	+12.1	+.024	+1.9	+5.2	+.354	+1.4	+1.8	+.036
Serge Ibaka	17	28.8	9.8	2.8	4.5	7.3	0.2	0.2	3.1	1.2	3.8	3.9	8.5	.462	0.0	0.1	.000	1.9	2.4	.825

Season 3
	Tim Hardaway	Serge Ibaka
Season	1991-92	2011-12
Team	Golden State Warriors	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Blocks Leader
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Thunder Lost NBA 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:	+15	+13.9	+14.3	+1.9	+1.8	+3.7	+9.6	+1.5	+3.5	-2.1	-0.1	+5.1	+12.3	+.074	+1.6	+4.6		+2.5	+3.0	+.105
Serge Ibaka	66	27.2	9.1	2.9	4.6	7.5	0.4	0.5	3.7	1.2	2.7	4.0	7.4	.535	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	1.8	.661
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:	+16	+15.5	+14.7	+0.9	+1.1	+2.0	+6.7	+2.7	+3.0	-2.9	-0.6	+3.8	+12.0	+.128	+2.4	+7.1	+.095	+4.7	+7.5	+.073
Serge Ibaka	20	28.5	9.8	2.4	3.4	5.8	0.6	0.6	3.0	0.6	2.9	4.2	8.0	.528	0.1	0.2	.250	1.3	1.8	.722

Season 4
	Tim Hardaway	Serge Ibaka
Season	1992-93	2012-13
Team	Golden State Warriors	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Blocks Leader
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Thunder Lost West Conf Semis

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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:	+14	+8.4	+8.3	+1.9	+1.8	+3.7	+10.1	+1.4	+2.8	-1.7	-0.4	+2.3	+8.0	+.126	+1.2	+4.0	+.021	+2.3	+3.2	+.005
Serge Ibaka	80	31.1	13.2	2.8	4.9	7.7	0.5	0.4	3.0	1.6	2.7	5.6	9.7	.573	0.3	0.7	.351	1.8	2.4	.749
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Hardaway	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Serge Ibaka	11	33.3	12.8	3.5	4.8	8.4	0.7	0.0	3.0	0.6	3.5	5.4	12.3	.437	0.4	0.8	.444	1.7	2.2	.792

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

Season 5
	Tim Hardaway	Serge Ibaka
Season	1994-95	2013-14
Team	Golden State Warriors	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Thunder Lost West Conf Finals

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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:	+19	+4.5	+5.0	+2.1	+3.7	+5.7	+8.3	+0.9	+2.5	-2.0	-0.4	+0.4	+4.1	+.109	+2.4	+6.5	+.005	+1.6	+2.1	+.024
Serge Ibaka	81	32.9	15.1	2.8	6.0	8.8	1.0	0.5	2.7	1.5	2.9	6.5	12.1	.536	0.3	0.7	.383	1.9	2.5	.784
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Hardaway	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Serge Ibaka	17	34.2	12.1	1.8	5.0	6.8	0.7	0.6	2.5	1.2	3.2	5.1	8.6	.592	0.3	0.8	.385	1.5	2.0	.765

Season 7
	Tim Hardaway	Serge Ibaka
Season	1996-97	2015-16
Team	Miami Heat	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf Finals	Thunder Lost West Conf Finals

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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:	+3	+6.6	+7.7	+1.2	+2.2	+3.4	+7.8	+1.4	+1.8	-1.4	-0.7	+1.8	+6.0	+.064	+1.7	+4.9	+.018	+2.4	+2.9	+.047
Serge Ibaka	78	32.1	12.6	1.8	5.0	6.8	0.8	0.5	1.9	1.4	2.7	5.3	11.1	.479	0.8	2.4	.326	1.2	1.6	.752
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:	+1	+7.8	+6.7	+0.5	+1.7	+2.2	+6.4	+0.8	+1.2	-2.6	-0.6	+1.4	+7.8	+.162	+0.8	+4.1	+.136	+3.3	+4.1	+.045
Serge Ibaka	18	33.4	12.0	1.3	5.0	6.3	0.6	0.8	1.3	0.5	2.8	4.7	9.1	.521	1.7	3.8	.449	0.8	1.1	.750

Season 8
	Tim Hardaway	Serge Ibaka
Season	1997-98	2016-17
Team	Miami Heat	Orlando Magic, Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Raptors 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	+6.7	+4.1	+1.0	+2.1	+3.1	+7.4	+1.2	+1.4	-1.5	-0.2	+0.9	+3.6	+.049	+0.3	+1.5	+.040	+1.8	+2.5	+.075
Serge Ibaka	79	30.7	14.8	1.6	5.2	6.8	0.9	0.5	1.6	1.3	2.7	6.0	12.4	.480	1.6	4.0	.391	1.4	1.6	.856
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	+13.7	+11.7	+0.3	+2.8	+3.1	+5.2	+0.8	+1.7	-2.5	-1.9	+2.4	+5.8	+.015	+2.2	+4.0	+.120	+4.7	+6.1	+.062
Serge Ibaka	10	30.7	14.3	0.9	5.6	6.5	1.4	0.4	1.7	1.1	3.7	6.0	13.0	.462	1.2	3.8	.316	1.1	1.3	.846

Season 9
	Tim Hardaway	Serge Ibaka
Season	1998-99	2017-18
Team	Miami Heat	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Raptors 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	+9.4	+4.8	+0.7	+2.4	+3.1	+6.5	+0.8	+1.2	-1.5	-0.7	+1.3	+5.4	+.083	+0.9	+2.6		+1.3	+1.5	+.015
Serge Ibaka	76	27.5	12.6	1.0	5.3	6.3	0.8	0.4	1.3	1.2	2.8	5.0	10.3	.483	1.4	3.9	.360	1.2	1.6	.797
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:	+5	+10.4	+0.3	+0.7	+2.4	+3.1	+5.3	+0.9	+1.1	-2.0	-0.7		+4.0	+.149	+0.1	+2.6	+.175	+0.2	+1.0	+.193
Serge Ibaka	10	26.0	8.7	1.3	4.6	5.9	1.1	0.1	1.3	1.6	2.1	3.0	7.2	.417	0.9	2.4	.375	1.8	2.2	.818

Season 10
	Tim Hardaway	Serge Ibaka
Season	1999-00	2018-19
Team	Miami Heat	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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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:	+22	+5.0	+1.6	+1.6	+3.6	+5.2	+6.1	+0.5	+1.3	-0.8	-0.7	+1.6	+0.4	+.143	+1.1	+2.6	+.077	+0.3	+0.2	+.064
Serge Ibaka	74	27.2	15.0	2.1	6.0	8.1	1.3	0.4	1.4	1.5	2.9	6.3	11.9	.529	0.7	2.3	.290	1.8	2.4	.763
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:	+17	+5.2	+1.7	+1.4	+2.5	+3.9	+3.8	+0.2	+1.0	-0.6	-1.9	+0.9	+1.7	+.183	+0.6	+3.3	+.031	+0.3	+0.4	+.062
Serge Ibaka	24	20.8	9.4	1.5	4.5	6.0	0.9	0.5	1.0	1.0	3.3	3.8	8.0	.477	0.4	1.6	.237	1.3	1.8	.762