Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Penny Hardaway and Yao Ming

This is the detail of NBA games in which Penny Hardaway and Yao Ming played against each other, including head-to-head record, stats average, game highs and game-by-game data both in the Regular Season and Playoffs.

They faced each other a total of 8 times in NBA games. Overall, they are tied 4-4. They never met in the Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2023-24
Penny Hardaway:
1993-94 to 2007-08
Yao Ming:
2002-03 to 2010-11
8 Games played
8 in Regular Season
0 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

Games Won in
Regular Season
in
Playoffs
Penny Hardaway
4
4
0
Yao Ming
4
4
0

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Penny Hardaway 8.9 4.5 2.1 1.30.0
Yao Ming 19.0 8.1 2.00.31.5
Game Highs
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Penny Hardaway 17 8 10 20
Yao Ming 29 14 4 14
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Penny Hardaway 1

game
2

games
2

games
6

games
0

games
Yao Ming 7

games
6

games
6

games
0

games
8

games
Both had same stat 0

games
0

games
0

games
2

games
0

games

Head To Head Games Played: One by One

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2002-03 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 15, 2002
1. Suns 88   Penny Hardaway 14 8 10 1 0 3 1 42 7-18 .389 0-2 .000 0-0 -
Rockets 87   Yao Ming 10 2 0 1 1 0 3 14 5-6 .833 0-0 - 0-0 -
Mar. 16, 2003
2. Suns 75   Penny Hardaway 17 7 1 1 0 2 5 37 7-12 .583 0-0 - 3-3 1.000
Rockets 85   Yao Ming 20 8 3 0 4 5 4 29 8-15 .533 0-0 - 4-5 .800
2003-04 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 14, 2003
3. Suns 85   Penny Hardaway 2 3 1 2 0 2 3 13 1-4 .250 0-1 .000 0-0 -
Rockets 90   Yao Ming 21 14 2 0 2 5 4 37 8-17 .471 0-0 - 5-8 .625
Dec. 20, 2003
4. Suns 102   Penny Hardaway 8 5 2 1 0 1 2 29 4-9 .444 0-1 .000 0-0 -
Rockets 87   Yao Ming 14 4 3 0 1 0 5 20 4-7 .571 0-0 - 6-7 .857
Jan. 08, 2004
5. Knicks 79   Penny Hardaway 5 4 1 1 0 4 1 27 1-8 .125 0-0 - 3-4 .750
Rockets 111   Yao Ming 15 9 2 0 1 1 2 27 5-10 .500 0-0 - 5-6 .833
Jan. 21, 2004
6. Knicks 71   Penny Hardaway 12 3 1 1 0 1 1 30 6-11 .545 0-0 - 0-2 .000
Rockets 86   Yao Ming 29 10 0 1 1 2 3 28 12-15 .800 0-0 - 5-7 .714
2004-05 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 18, 2004
7. Knicks 93   Penny Hardaway 9 5 1 1 0 1 1 24 3-7 .429 2-5 .400 1-2 .500
Rockets 92   Yao Ming 23 11 4 0 1 1 3 33 9-18 .500 0-0 - 5-5 1.000
2007-08 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 23, 2007
8. Heat 98   Penny Hardaway 4 1 0 2 0 1 3 22 2-2 1.000 0-0 - 0-0 -
Rockets 91   Yao Ming 20 7 2 0 1 1 6 35 8-13 .615 0-0 - 4-4 1.000