Austin Croshere vs. Penny Hardaway Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Penny Hardaway and Austin Croshere, 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 / 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.

Austin Croshere played 12 years in the NBA, 2 less than Penny Hardaway, who played 14. Austin Croshere had the first of his seasons in 1997-98, while Penny Hardaway had his rookie season in 1993-94. 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 achivements, 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
Austin Croshere	12	9	1997-98 to 2008-09
Penny Hardaway	14	8	1993-94 to 2007-08

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Austin Croshere	Penny Hardaway
Season	1997-98	1993-94
Team	Indiana Pacers	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Austin Croshere	26	9.3	2.9	0.4	1.3	1.7	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.5	1.2	1.2	3.3	.372	0.2	0.5	.308	0.3	0.5	.571
Penny Hardaway	82	36.8	16.0	2.3	3.0	5.4	6.6	2.3	0.6	3.6	2.5	6.2	13.3	.466	0.6	2.3	.267	3.0	4.0	.742

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Austin Croshere	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Penny Hardaway	3	44.3	18.7	2.7	4.0	6.7	7.0	1.7	2.0	6.7	3.3	7.3	16.7	.440	1.7	3.7	.455	2.3	3.3	.700


Season 2
	Austin Croshere	Penny Hardaway
Season	1998-99	1994-95
Team	Indiana Pacers	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf Finals	Magic Lost NBA Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Austin Croshere	27	9.2	3.4	0.6	1.1	1.7	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.9	1.2	1.2	2.8	.427	0.3	1.1	.276	0.7	0.9	.870
Penny Hardaway	77	37.7	20.9	1.8	2.6	4.4	7.2	1.7	0.3	3.4	2.1	7.6	14.8	.512	1.1	3.2	.349	4.6	6.0	.769

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Austin Croshere	1	1.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.0	1.000
Penny Hardaway	21	40.4	19.6	1.4	2.3	3.8	7.7	1.9	0.7	3.5	3.3	6.9	14.5	.472	1.9	4.7	.404	4.0	5.3	.757


Season 3
	Austin Croshere	Penny Hardaway
Season	1999-00	1995-96
Team	Indiana Pacers	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers Lost NBA Finals	Magic Lost East Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Austin Croshere	81	23.3	10.3	1.7	4.7	6.4	1.1	0.5	0.7	1.5	2.5	3.6	8.1	.441	0.8	2.1	.362	2.4	2.9	.848
Penny Hardaway	82	36.8	21.7	1.6	2.7	4.3	7.1	2.0	0.5	2.8	2.0	7.6	14.8	.513	1.1	3.5	.314	5.4	7.1	.767

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Austin Croshere	23	21.3	9.4	1.3	3.4	4.7	0.8	0.4	0.7	1.1	2.2	2.8	6.7	.418	0.7	1.6	.405	3.2	3.8	.839
Penny Hardaway	12	39.4	23.3	1.7	3.0	4.7	6.0	1.7	0.3	2.2	2.3	8.4	18.1	.465	1.7	4.6	.364	4.8	6.5	.744


Season 4
	Austin Croshere	Penny Hardaway
Season	2000-01	1996-97
Team	Indiana Pacers	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Austin Croshere	81	23.1	10.1	1.5	3.3	4.8	1.1	0.4	0.6	1.7	2.2	3.4	8.7	.394	0.9	2.6	.338	2.5	2.9	.866
Penny Hardaway	59	37.6	20.5	1.4	3.1	4.5	5.6	1.6	0.6	2.5	2.1	7.1	15.9	.447	1.4	4.5	.318	4.8	5.8	.820

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Austin Croshere	4	32.3	10.8	1.3	3.8	5.0	1.5	1.0	0.5	2.3	3.8	3.5	8.8	.400	0.5	2.5	.200	3.3	3.8	.867
Penny Hardaway	5	44.4	31.0	1.4	4.6	6.0	3.4	2.4	1.4	1.8	2.8	10.4	22.2	.468	2.2	6.0	.367	8.0	10.8	.741


Season 5
	Austin Croshere	Penny Hardaway
Season	2001-02	1997-98
Team	Indiana Pacers	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Austin Croshere	76	16.9	6.8	1.0	2.9	3.9	1.0	0.3	0.4	0.9	1.4	2.4	5.9	.413	0.6	1.9	.338	1.3	1.5	.851
Penny Hardaway	19	32.9	16.4	0.4	3.6	4.0	3.6	1.5	0.8	2.4	2.4	5.4	14.4	.377	0.8	2.6	.300	4.7	6.2	.763

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Austin Croshere	4	15.0	6.0	1.0	2.5	3.5	0.5	0.3	0.3	1.5	1.8	2.0	5.0	.400	0.5	1.5	.333	1.5	2.0	.750
Penny Hardaway	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Austin Croshere	Penny Hardaway
Season	2002-03	1998-99
Team	Indiana Pacers	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Austin Croshere	49	12.9	5.1	0.8	2.3	3.2	1.1	0.1	0.3	0.6	1.0	1.8	4.3	.411	0.6	1.4	.391	1.1	1.3	.815
Penny Hardaway	50	38.9	15.8	1.5	4.2	5.7	5.3	2.2	0.5	3.0	2.2	6.0	14.3	.420	0.8	2.8	.286	3.0	4.2	.706

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Austin Croshere	4	11.8	4.0	2.0	2.3	4.3	0.8	0.0	0.3	0.8	1.3	1.3	4.8	.263	0.0	1.5	.000	1.5	1.8	.857
Penny Hardaway	4	41.8	19.0	2.3	2.8	5.0	5.5	2.3	0.3	3.0	3.3	5.0	14.3	.351	1.5	3.3	.462	7.5	9.8	.769


Season 7
	Austin Croshere	Penny Hardaway
Season	2003-04	1999-00
Team	Indiana Pacers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf Finals	Suns Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Austin Croshere	77	13.6	5.0	0.8	2.4	3.2	0.7	0.3	0.2	0.7	1.3	1.5	4.0	.388	0.7	1.9	.389	1.2	1.4	.894
Penny Hardaway	60	37.6	16.9	1.5	4.3	5.8	5.3	1.6	0.6	2.6	2.7	6.3	13.3	.474	0.6	1.7	.324	3.8	4.8	.790

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Austin Croshere	13	16.5	4.8	1.0	2.1	3.1	0.9	0.3	0.2	0.5	1.3	1.5	4.2	.345	0.6	1.8	.333	1.3	1.6	.810
Penny Hardaway	9	42.8	20.3	1.6	3.3	4.9	5.7	1.6	1.0	2.8	3.2	7.4	16.1	.462	0.6	2.1	.263	4.9	6.9	.710


Season 8
	Austin Croshere	Penny Hardaway
Season	2004-05	2000-01
Team	Indiana Pacers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Austin Croshere	73	25.0	8.9	1.4	3.7	5.1	1.3	0.7	0.2	1.4	2.1	2.6	6.8	.378	0.6	2.4	.259	3.1	3.5	.883
Penny Hardaway	4	28.0	9.8	1.3	3.3	4.5	3.8	1.5	0.3	0.8	1.5	3.8	9.0	.417	0.5	2.0	.250	1.8	2.8	.636

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Austin Croshere	10	8.6	2.5	0.7	1.0	1.7	0.0	0.4	0.1	0.6	1.0	0.4	1.0	.400	0.2	0.4	.500	1.5	1.8	.833
Penny Hardaway	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Austin Croshere	Penny Hardaway
Season	2005-06	2001-02
Team	Indiana Pacers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Austin Croshere	50	23.0	8.2	1.2	4.1	5.3	1.2	0.4	0.1	1.0	2.1	2.6	5.7	.463	1.1	2.8	.386	1.8	2.0	.882
Penny Hardaway	80	30.8	12.0	1.2	3.2	4.4	4.1	1.5	0.4	2.4	2.3	4.9	11.6	.418	0.3	1.0	.277	2.0	2.4	.810

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Austin Croshere	6	29.2	8.2	0.8	2.8	3.7	1.2	0.8	0.0	1.0	1.8	2.0	6.3	.316	1.5	3.8	.391	2.7	3.0	.889
Penny Hardaway	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Austin Croshere	Penny Hardaway
Season	2006-07	2002-03
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Austin Croshere	61	11.9	3.7	0.5	2.5	3.0	0.7	0.2	0.1	0.5	1.1	1.3	3.6	.351	0.4	1.5	.286	0.7	0.9	.865
Penny Hardaway	58	30.6	10.6	1.1	3.3	4.4	4.1	1.1	0.4	2.5	2.6	4.4	9.9	.447	0.4	1.3	.356	1.3	1.7	.794

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Austin Croshere	3	11.3	5.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.7	1.7	1.3	4.0	.333	1.0	1.3	.750	1.3	1.3	1.000
Penny Hardaway	6	40.7	12.7	1.5	4.5	6.0	4.3	2.2	0.8	2.2	4.3	4.5	11.7	.386	1.5	4.2	.360	2.2	3.0	.722


Season 11
	Austin Croshere	Penny Hardaway
Season	2007-08	2003-04
Team	Golden State Warriors	Phoenix Suns, New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Austin Croshere	44	10.4	3.9	0.8	1.6	2.4	0.7	0.2	0.1	0.5	1.4	1.4	3.1	.445	0.5	1.4	.361	0.7	0.7	.906
Penny Hardaway	76	27.6	9.2	0.9	2.9	3.8	2.3	0.9	0.3	1.4	1.9	3.7	8.9	.411	0.4	1.0	.380	1.5	1.8	.804

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Austin Croshere	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Penny Hardaway	4	42.0	16.5	1.0	3.5	4.5	5.8	1.5	0.3	2.5	2.0	5.8	15.8	.365	1.3	3.5	.357	3.8	4.5	.833


Season 12
	Austin Croshere	Penny Hardaway
Season	2008-09	2004-05
Team	Milwaukee Bucks, San Antonio Spurs	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Austin Croshere	14	7.1	2.9	0.8	1.6	2.4	0.6	0.1	0.1	0.4	0.4	1.0	2.8	.359	0.4	1.1	.333	0.5	0.9	.583
Penny Hardaway	37	24.2	7.3	0.5	1.9	2.4	2.0	0.8	0.1	1.4	2.1	3.0	7.0	.423	0.4	1.4	.300	0.9	1.2	.739

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Austin Croshere	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Penny Hardaway	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Austin Croshere	Penny Hardaway
Season	-	2005-06
Team	-	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Austin Croshere	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Penny Hardaway	4	18.0	2.5	0.0	2.5	2.5	2.0	0.5	0.0	1.5	1.8	1.0	3.5	.286	0.0	0.3	.000	0.5	0.5	1.000

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Austin Croshere	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Penny Hardaway	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Penny Hardaway didn't play in 2006-07.


Season 14
	Austin Croshere	Penny Hardaway
Season	-	2007-08
Team	-	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Austin Croshere	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Penny Hardaway	16	20.3	3.8	0.2	2.0	2.2	2.2	1.2	0.1	0.8	1.5	1.4	3.8	.367	0.5	1.2	.421	0.5	0.6	.889

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Austin Croshere	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Penny Hardaway	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Austin Croshere vs. Penny Hardaway Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Penny Hardaway and Austin Croshere, 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

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14