Penny Hardaway vs. Karl-Anthony Towns: Career Scoring Comparison

We break down the scoring legacies of Karl-Anthony Towns and Penny Hardaway 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.

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Karl-Anthony Towns has one of the highest career point averages in NBA 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 Karl-Anthony Towns has better scoring average and totals in the regular season while in the Playoffs both numbers are better for Penny Hardaway. 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.

On this page we compare:

Who has better scoring stats? Career Numbers
Games of 30+ points, 40+, 50+, etc
Shooting Stats
Points Year by Year

Career Numbers
Who has the better scoring stats?

Points in the Regular Season

In his 10 NBA regular seasons played, Karl-Anthony Towns averages 7.9 points more than Penny Hardaway in his 14 seasons (23.1 points against 15.2), and he also scored a total of 4,196 points more (14,880 vs. 10,684).

Points Per Game

Seasons
Penny Hardaway 15.2
14
Karl-Anthony Towns 23.1
+7.9
10

Total Points

Seasons
Penny Hardaway 10,684
14
Karl-Anthony Towns 14,880
+4,196
10

Points in the Playoffs

In the NBA postseason Penny Hardaway has a better career point average than Karl-Anthony Towns (+0.6 points per game) and he also scored more points (+315).

Points Per Game

Playoffs
Penny Hardaway 20.4
+0.6
8
Karl-Anthony Towns 19.8
5

Total Points

Playoffs
Penny Hardaway 1,304
+315
8
Karl-Anthony Towns 989
5

Points by Thresholds

Regular Season

60+ Point Games

Penny Hardaway 0
Karl-Anthony Towns 2
+2

50+ Point Games

Penny Hardaway 0
Karl-Anthony Towns 3
+3

40+ Point Games

Penny Hardaway 1
Karl-Anthony Towns 18
+17

30+ Point Games

Penny Hardaway 41
Karl-Anthony Towns 123
+82

20+ Point Games

Penny Hardaway 215
Karl-Anthony Towns 433
+218

10+ Point Games

Penny Hardaway 502
Karl-Anthony Towns 626
+124

1+ Point Games (games with points)

Penny Hardaway 683
+38
Karl-Anthony Towns 645

0 Point Games (games without points)

Penny Hardaway 21
+21
Karl-Anthony Towns 0

Playoffs

40+ Point Games

Penny Hardaway 2
+2
Karl-Anthony Towns 0

30+ Point Games

Penny Hardaway 8
+5
Karl-Anthony Towns 3

20+ Point Games

Penny Hardaway 26
Karl-Anthony Towns 27
+1

10+ Point Games

Penny Hardaway 62
+15
Karl-Anthony Towns 47

1+ Point Games (games with points)

Penny Hardaway 64
+14
Karl-Anthony Towns 50

0 Point Games (games without points)

Penny Hardaway 0
Karl-Anthony Towns 0

Career Shooting Stats Comparison

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Regular Season

Stats Per Game

Pts FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A% Yrs Gms
Penny Hardaway 15.2 5.7 12.4 45.8 0.7 2.3 31.6 3.1 4.0 77.4 14 704
difference:+7.9+2.8+3.8+6.6+1.0+2.0+8.4+1.3+1.3+6.3+4+59
Karl-Anthony Towns 23.1 8.5 16.2 52.4 1.7 4.3 40.0 4.4 5.3 83.7 10 645

Total Stats

Pts FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A% Yrs Gms
Penny Hardaway 10,684 3,995 8,731 45.8 503 1,591 31.6 2,191 2,831 77.4 14 704
difference:+4,196+1,465+1,693+6.6+614+1,199+8.4+652+564+6.3+4+59
Karl-Anthony Towns 14,880 5,460 10,424 52.4 1,117 2,790 40.0 2,843 3,395 83.7 10 645

Playoffs

Stats Per Game

Pts FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A% Yrs Gms
Penny Hardaway 20.4 7.1 15.9 44.8 1.6 4.2 38.0 4.5 6.1 74.6 8 64
difference:+0.6+0.2+1.4+2.8+0.1+0.1+3.0+0.1+0.8+8.5+3+14
Karl-Anthony Towns 19.8 6.9 14.5 47.6 1.5 4.3 35.0 4.4 5.3 83.1 5 50

Total Stats

Pts FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A% Yrs Gms
Penny Hardaway 1,304 456 1,018 44.8 101 266 38.0 291 390 74.6 8 64
difference:+315+110+291+2.8+26+52+3.0+69+123+8.5+3+14
Karl-Anthony Towns 989 346 727 47.6 75 214 35.0 222 267 83.1 5 50

Year by Year Points Average Comparison

Regular Season

Rookie Season

Points per gameYearGames
Penny Hardaway 16.0
199482
Karl-Anthony Towns 18.3
+2.3
201682

Season 2

Points per gameYearGames
Penny Hardaway 20.9
199577
Karl-Anthony Towns 25.1
+4.2
201782

Season 3

Points per gameYearGames
Penny Hardaway 21.7
+0.4
199682
Karl-Anthony Towns 21.3
201882

Season 4

Points per gameYearGames
Penny Hardaway 20.5
199759
Karl-Anthony Towns 24.4
+3.9
201977

Season 5

Points per gameYearGames
Penny Hardaway 16.4
199819
Karl-Anthony Towns 26.5
+10.1
202035

Season 6

Points per gameYearGames
Penny Hardaway 15.8
199950
Karl-Anthony Towns 24.8
+9.0
202150

Season 7

Points per gameYearGames
Penny Hardaway 16.9
200060
Karl-Anthony Towns 24.6
+7.7
202274

Season 8

Points per gameYearGames
Penny Hardaway 9.8
20014
Karl-Anthony Towns 20.8
+11.0
202329

Season 9

Points per gameYearGames
Penny Hardaway 12.0
200280
Karl-Anthony Towns 21.8
+9.8
202462

Season 10

Points per gameYearGames
Penny Hardaway 10.6
200358
Karl-Anthony Towns 24.4
+13.8
202572

Penny Hardaway's additional seasons:

* Penny Hardaway played 4 seasons more than Karl-Anthony Towns in the NBA.

In those years—his seasons 11 to 14, from 2004 to 2008—he averaged 7.8 points in a total of 133 regular season games. During that period, his highest average was 9.2 ppg and his lowest 2.5.

Playoffs

Rookie Season

Points per gameYearGames
Penny Hardaway 18.7
+18.7
19943
Karl-Anthony Towns -
DNP
20160

Season 2

Points per gameYearGames
Penny Hardaway 19.6
+19.6
199521
Karl-Anthony Towns -
DNP
20170

Season 3

Points per gameYearGames
Penny Hardaway 23.3
+8.1
199612
Karl-Anthony Towns 15.2
20185

Season 4

Points per gameYearGames
Penny Hardaway 31.0
+31.0
19975
Karl-Anthony Towns -
DNP
20190

Season 5

Points per gameYearGames
Penny Hardaway -
DNP
19980
Karl-Anthony Towns -
DNP
20200

Season 6

Points per gameYearGames
Penny Hardaway 19.0
+19.0
19994
Karl-Anthony Towns -
DNP
20210

Season 7

Points per gameYearGames
Penny Hardaway 20.3
20009
Karl-Anthony Towns 21.8
+1.5
20226

Season 8

Points per gameYearGames
Penny Hardaway -
DNP
20010
Karl-Anthony Towns 18.2
+18.2
20235

Season 9

Points per gameYearGames
Penny Hardaway -
DNP
20020
Karl-Anthony Towns 19.1
+19.1
202416

Season 10

Points per gameYearGames
Penny Hardaway 12.7
20036
Karl-Anthony Towns 21.4
+8.7
202518

Penny Hardaway's additional Playoffs:

* During his 4 additional NBA seasons, Penny Hardaway played in one postseason. In those postseasons he averaged 16.5 points in a total of 4 games. His highest playoff average during that period was 16.5 ppg and his lowest 16.5.

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