Bob Davies vs. Penny Hardaway Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Penny Hardaway and Bob Davies, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

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.

Bob Davies played 7 years in the NBA, 7 less than Penny Hardaway, who played 14. Bob Davies had the first of his seasons in 1948-49, 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Bob Davies	Penny Hardaway
Season	1948-49	1993-94
Team	Rochester Royals	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	Assists Leader	-
Playoffs	Royals Lost West Div Finals	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		%
Bob Davies	60	-	15.1	-	-	-	5.4	-	-	-	3.3	5.3	14.5	.364	-	-	-	4.5	5.8	.776
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		%
Bob Davies	4	-	12.0	-	-	-	3.3	-	-	-	3.0	4.8	12.8	.373	-	-	-	2.5	3.3	.769
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
	Bob Davies	Penny Hardaway
Season	1949-50	1994-95
Team	Rochester Royals	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Royals Lost Cent Div Semis	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		%
Bob Davies	64	-	14.0	-	-	-	4.6	-	-	-	2.9	5.0	13.9	.357	-	-	-	4.1	5.4	.752
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		%
Bob Davies	2	-	7.5	-	-	-	4.5	-	-	-	5.5	2.0	8.5	.235	-	-	-	3.5	4.0	.875
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
	Bob Davies	Penny Hardaway
Season	1950-51	1995-96
Team	Rochester Royals	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Bob Davies	63	-	15.2	-	-	3.1	4.6	-	-	-	3.3	5.2	13.9	.372	-	-	-	4.8	6.0	.795
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		%
Bob Davies	14	-	15.9	-	-	3.1	5.4	-	-	-	3.2	5.6	16.7	.338	-	-	-	4.6	5.7	.800
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
	Bob Davies	Penny Hardaway
Season	1951-52	1996-97
Team	Rochester Royals	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Royals Lost West Div Finals	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		%
Bob Davies	65	36.8	16.2	-	-	2.9	6.0	-	-	-	4.1	5.8	15.2	.383	-	-	-	4.5	5.8	.776
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		%
Bob Davies	6	38.8	19.8	-	-	2.2	4.7	-	-	-	3.0	6.2	15.3	.402	-	-	-	7.5	9.2	.818
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
	Bob Davies	Penny Hardaway
Season	1952-53	1997-98
Team	Rochester Royals	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Royals Lost West Div 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		%
Bob Davies	66	33.6	15.6	-	-	3.0	4.2	-	-	-	4.0	5.1	13.3	.385	-	-	-	5.3	7.1	.753
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		%
Bob Davies	3	30.3	8.7	-	-	1.3	4.7	-	-	-	3.7	2.0	9.7	.207	-	-	-	4.7	6.7	.700
Penny Hardaway	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Bob Davies	Penny Hardaway
Season	1953-54	1998-99
Team	Rochester Royals	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Royals Lost West Div Finals	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		%
Bob Davies	72	29.7	12.3	-	-	2.7	4.5	-	-	-	3.1	4.0	10.8	.371	-	-	-	4.3	6.0	.718
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		%
Bob Davies	6	28.7	8.5	-	-	2.0	2.3	-	-	-	2.7	2.8	8.7	.327	-	-	-	2.8	3.8	.739
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

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