Carmelo Anthony vs. Penny Hardaway: Career Scoring Comparison

We break down the scoring legacies of Penny Hardaway and Carmelo Anthony to determine who has the better numbers. Here you can compare their career totals, points per game, games of 40+ points, 50+, etc. and their year-by-year scoring averages side by side, both in the Regular Season and Playoffs.

Carmelo Anthony is among the NBA's all-time leaders in points and also has one of the highest career averages in league history, and here we compare his scoring stats with those recorded by Penny Hardaway.

By taking a look at their career numbers for points, the first conclusion one can arrive at is that Carmelo Anthony has better scoring stats than Penny Hardaway in averages and totals, both in the regular season and Playoffs. However, we won't stop there and we'll go into detail to analyze what these statistics are made up of, from how many games they had in each threshold (30+ points, 40+, 50+, etc.) to their season-by-season scoring averages.

Career Numbers
Who has the better scoring stats?

Points in the Regular Season

In his 19 NBA regular seasons played, Carmelo Anthony averages 7.3 points more than Penny Hardaway in his 14 seasons (22.5 points against 15.2), and he also scored a total of 17,605 points more (28,289 vs. 10,684).

Points Per Game			Seasons
Carmelo Anthony	22.5	+7.3	19
Penny Hardaway	15.2		14

Total Points			Seasons
Carmelo Anthony	28,289	+17,605	19
Penny Hardaway	10,684		14

Scoring Titles
Carmelo Anthony	1	+1
Penny Hardaway	0

Points by Thresholds

Career Shooting Stats Comparison

Year by Year Points Average Comparison

= NBA Scoring Leader

Regular Season

Rookie Season	Points per game		Year	Games
Carmelo Anthony	21.0	+5.0	2004	82
Penny Hardaway	16.0		1994	82

Season 2	Points per game		Year	Games
Carmelo Anthony	20.8		2005	75
Penny Hardaway	20.9	+0.1	1995	77

Season 3	Points per game		Year	Games
Carmelo Anthony	26.5	+4.8	2006	80
Penny Hardaway	21.7		1996	82

Season 4	Points per game		Year	Games
Carmelo Anthony	28.9	+8.4	2007	65
Penny Hardaway	20.5		1997	59

Season 5	Points per game		Year	Games
Carmelo Anthony	25.7	+9.3	2008	77
Penny Hardaway	16.4		1998	19

Season 6	Points per game		Year	Games
Carmelo Anthony	22.8	+7.0	2009	66
Penny Hardaway	15.8		1999	50

Season 7	Points per game		Year	Games
Carmelo Anthony	28.2	+11.3	2010	69
Penny Hardaway	16.9		2000	60

Season 8	Points per game		Year	Games
Carmelo Anthony	25.6	+15.8	2011	77
Penny Hardaway	9.8		2001	4

Season 9	Points per game		Year	Games
Carmelo Anthony	22.6	+10.6	2012	55
Penny Hardaway	12.0		2002	80

Season 10	Points per game		Year	Games
Carmelo Anthony	28.7	+18.1	2013	67
Penny Hardaway	10.6		2003	58

Season 11	Points per game		Year	Games
Carmelo Anthony	27.4	+18.2	2014	77
Penny Hardaway	9.2		2004	76

Season 12	Points per game		Year	Games
Carmelo Anthony	24.2	+16.9	2015	40
Penny Hardaway	7.3		2005	37

Season 13	Points per game		Year	Games
Carmelo Anthony	21.8	+19.3	2016	72
Penny Hardaway	2.5		2006	4

Season 14	Points per game		Year	Games
Carmelo Anthony	22.4	+18.6	2017	74
Penny Hardaway	3.8		2008	16

Carmelo Anthony's additional seasons:

* Carmelo Anthony played 5 seasons more than Penny Hardaway in the NBA. In those years—his seasons 15 to 19, from 2018 to 2022—he averaged 14.6 points in a total of 284 regular season games. During that period, his highest average was 16.2 ppg and his lowest 13.3.