Tim Hardaway vs. Tracy McGrady Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tracy McGrady 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, 3 less than Tracy McGrady, who played 16. Tim Hardaway had the first of his seasons in 1989-90, while Tracy McGrady had his rookie season in 1997-98. 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
Tracy McGrady	16	9	1997-98 to 2012-13

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


Rookie Season
	Tim Hardaway	Tracy McGrady
Season	1989-90	1997-98
Team	Golden State Warriors	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First 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:	+15	+15.3	+7.7	+0.9	+0.6	+0.3	+7.2	+1.3	+0.8	-2.3	-1.6	+3.1	+6.3	+.021	+0.1	+0.5	+.067	+1.5	+1.8	+.052
Tracy McGrady	64	18.4	7.0	1.6	2.6	4.2	1.5	0.8	1.0	1.0	1.3	2.8	6.2	.450	0.2	0.6	.341	1.2	1.7	.712

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Tim Hardaway nor Tracy McGrady played in the postseason in their season 1


Season 2
	Tim Hardaway	Tracy McGrady
Season	1990-91	1998-99
Team	Golden State Warriors	Toronto Raptors
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:	+33	+16.6	+13.6	+1.3	+0.2	+1.7	+7.4	+1.5	+1.2	-1.7	-0.9	+5.6	+11.0	+.040	+1.0	+2.4	+.156	+1.4	+1.4	+.077
Tracy McGrady	49	22.6	9.3	2.4	3.2	5.7	2.3	1.1	1.3	1.6	1.9	3.4	7.9	.436	0.2	0.7	.229	2.3	3.2	.726

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
Tracy McGrady	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Tim Hardaway	Tracy McGrady
Season	1991-92	1999-00
Team	Golden State Warriors	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Raptors Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+2	+9.9	+8.0	+1.4	+1.2	+2.5	+6.7	+0.9	+1.7	-1.3	-0.1	+3.3	+6.8	+.010	+1.4	+3.8	+.061	+0.2	+0.2	+.059
Tracy McGrady	79	31.2	15.4	2.4	4.0	6.3	3.3	1.1	1.9	2.0	2.5	5.8	12.9	.451	0.2	0.8	.277	3.5	5.0	.707

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:	+1	+7.0	+7.8	+1.8	+1.4	+3.2	+4.3	+2.3	+1.0	-0.2	-0.2	+2.3	+5.3	+.014	+1.8	+5.0	+.059	+1.3	+4.0	+.226
Tracy McGrady	3	37.0	16.7	3.3	3.7	7.0	3.0	1.0	1.0	3.3	3.3	5.7	14.7	.386	0.7	2.3	.286	4.7	5.3	.875


Season 4
	Tim Hardaway	Tracy McGrady
Season	1992-93	2000-01
Team	Golden State Warriors	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-NBA Third Team	-
	-	Most Improved Player
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Magic Lost East 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:	+11	+0.6	+5.3	+1.6	+1.9	+3.5	+6.0	+0.3	+1.3	-0.7	-0.2	+2.3	+4.7	+.010	+0.7	+2.5	+.025	+1.5	+2.0	+.011
Tracy McGrady	77	40.1	26.8	2.5	5.0	7.5	4.6	1.5	1.5	2.6	2.1	10.2	22.4	.457	0.8	2.2	.355	5.6	7.6	.733

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Hardaway	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tracy McGrady	4	44.3	33.8	1.5	5.0	6.5	8.3	1.8	1.3	2.0	2.8	12.8	30.8	.415	0.5	2.5	.200	7.8	9.5	.816

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


Season 5
	Tim Hardaway	Tracy McGrady
Season	1994-95	2001-02
Team	Golden State Warriors	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Magic Lost East 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:	+14	+0.9	+5.5	+1.3	+3.6	+4.8	+4.0	+0.2	+0.8	-1.0	-0.7	+2.5	+4.7	+.024	+1.3	+3.5	+.014	+2.0	+2.7	+.012
Tracy McGrady	76	38.3	25.6	2.0	5.9	7.9	5.3	1.6	1.0	2.5	1.8	9.4	20.9	.451	1.4	3.7	.364	5.5	7.3	.748

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Hardaway	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tracy McGrady	4	44.5	30.8	1.5	4.8	6.3	5.5	0.5	1.8	3.3	2.8	10.5	22.8	.462	1.3	4.0	.313	8.5	11.5	.739


Season 6
	Tim Hardaway	Tracy McGrady
Season	1995-96	2002-03
Team	Golden State Warriors, Miami Heat	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Magic Lost East 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:	+5	+7.7	+16.9	+1.2	+2.5	+3.6	+2.5		+0.6	-0.3	-0.4	+5.9	+11.8	+.035	+0.6	+1.3	+.022	+4.7	+5.9	+.003
Tracy McGrady	75	39.4	32.1	1.6	4.9	6.5	5.5	1.7	0.8	2.6	2.1	11.1	24.2	.457	2.3	6.0	.386	7.7	9.7	.793

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:	+4	+7.4	+14.0	+1.1	+4.0	+5.0	+1.0	+1.0	+0.9	-1.3	-1.0	+3.9	+9.3	+.017	+0.4	+0.6	+.024	+6.6	+8.4	+.059
Tracy McGrady	7	44.1	31.7	1.4	5.3	6.7	4.7	2.0	0.9	3.7	2.3	10.6	23.6	.448	2.3	6.7	.340	8.3	10.7	.773


Season 7
	Tim Hardaway	Tracy McGrady
Season	1996-97	2003-04
Team	Miami Heat	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	All-Star Game	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:	+14	+1.2	+7.7	+0.8	+1.8	+2.6	+3.1	+0.5	+0.5	-0.1	-0.1	+2.6	+6.3	+.002	+0.1	+0.4	+.005	+2.3	+3.0	+.003
Tracy McGrady	67	39.9	28.0	1.4	4.6	6.0	5.5	1.4	0.6	2.7	1.9	9.7	23.4	.417	2.6	7.7	.339	5.9	7.5	.796

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
Tracy McGrady	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Tim Hardaway	Tracy McGrady
Season	1997-98	2004-05
Team	Miami Heat	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Rockets 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:	+3	+3.4	+6.8	+0.3	+2.2	+2.5	+2.6		+0.5	-0.2	-0.4	+2.3	+5.3		+0.1	+0.1	+.025	+2.3	+3.0	+.007
Tracy McGrady	78	40.8	25.7	0.9	5.3	6.2	5.7	1.7	0.7	2.6	2.1	9.2	21.3	.431	1.8	5.6	.326	5.5	7.1	.774

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:	+2	+1.3	+4.7	+1.1	+2.9	+4.0	+0.1	+0.4	+1.4	-0.1	-1.1	+2.7	+5.6	+.009	+1.0	+1.2	+.066	+0.2	+0.1	+.040
Tracy McGrady	7	43.1	30.7	1.7	5.7	7.4	6.7	1.6	1.4	3.7	2.9	11.1	24.4	.456	2.4	6.6	.370	6.0	7.3	.824


Season 9
	Tim Hardaway	Tracy McGrady
Season	1998-99	2005-06
Team	Miami Heat	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
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:	+1	+0.2	+7.0	+0.7	+2.7	+3.3	+2.5	+0.1	+0.8	-0.1	-0.2	+2.4	+5.8	+.006	+0.7	+1.5	+.048	+2.9	+4.1	+.065
Tracy McGrady	47	37.1	24.4	1.0	5.6	6.5	4.8	1.3	0.9	2.6	1.9	8.7	21.5	.406	1.6	5.0	.312	5.4	7.2	.747

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
Tracy McGrady	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Tim Hardaway	Tracy McGrady
Season	1999-00	2006-07
Team	Miami Heat	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf Semis	Rockets 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:	+19	+3.6	+11.2	+0.3	+2.1	+2.4	+0.9	+0.4	+0.4	-0.7	-0.3	+4.3	+8.5	+.045		+0.5	+.036	+2.8	+4.3	+.120
Tracy McGrady	71	35.8	24.6	0.8	4.5	5.3	6.5	1.3	0.5	3.0	1.9	9.0	20.8	.431	1.8	5.4	.331	4.9	6.9	.707

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:		+14.0	+17.6	+0.6	+3.1	+3.8	+2.6		+0.9	-1.4	-0.3	+6.1	+13.2	+.100	+0.3	+0.2	+.044	+5.0	+6.7	+.037
Tracy McGrady	7	40.0	25.3	0.7	5.1	5.9	7.3	0.7	0.9	3.0	1.7	9.0	22.9	.394	1.3	5.1	.250	6.0	8.1	.737


Season 11
	Tim Hardaway	Tracy McGrady
Season	2000-01	2007-08
Team	Miami Heat	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Rockets Lost West 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:	+11	+3.1	+6.7	+0.3	+2.2	+2.5	+0.4	+0.2	+0.4	-0.1	-0.6	+3.0	+6.3	+.027	+1.2	+2.2	+.074	+1.8	+3.0	+.117
Tracy McGrady	66	37.0	21.6	0.6	4.5	5.1	5.9	1.0	0.5	2.4	1.4	8.3	19.8	.419	1.3	4.5	.292	3.7	5.4	.684

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	+23.2	+24.5	+0.7	+6.5	+7.2	+2.3	+1.5	+0.8	-1.0	-0.7	+9.3	+19.8	+.203	+0.3	+2.5	+.125	+5.5	+8.8
Tracy McGrady	6	41.2	27.0	1.2	7.0	8.2	6.8	1.5	0.8	3.0	1.3	10.3	24.3	.425	0.8	4.0	.208	5.5	8.8	.623


Season 12
	Tim Hardaway	Tracy McGrady
Season	2001-02	2008-09
Team	Dallas Mavericks, Denver Nuggets	Houston Rockets
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:	+33	+10.2	+6.0	+0.4	+2.2	+2.6	+0.9	+0.4	+0.3	-0.4	-0.5	+2.1	+4.8	+.023	+0.5	+1.9	+.029	+2.5	+3.1	+.007
Tracy McGrady	35	33.7	15.6	0.6	3.8	4.4	5.0	1.2	0.4	2.0	1.1	5.4	13.9	.388	1.3	3.3	.376	3.6	4.5	.801

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Tim Hardaway nor Tracy McGrady played in the postseason in their season 12


Season 13
	Tim Hardaway	Tracy McGrady
Season	2002-03	2009-10
Team	Indiana Pacers	Houston Rockets, New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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:	+20	+9.7	+3.3	+0.6	+1.0	+1.6	+0.9	+0.4	+0.5	-0.4	-0.5	+1.2	+2.9	+.020	+0.6	+1.0	+.105	+1.4	+1.7	+.246
Tracy McGrady	30	22.4	8.2	0.7	2.4	3.1	3.3	0.5	0.5	1.5	1.3	3.0	7.8	.387	0.5	2.1	.250	1.6	2.1	.746

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	-
Tracy McGrady	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years

* Tracy McGrady played 3 seasons more than Tim Hardaway in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 14 to 16, from 2011 to 2013—Tracy McGrady played in two Playoffs.

Tim Hardaway vs. Tracy McGrady Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tracy McGrady 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

Season 13

13th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years