James Hardy vs. Shawn Marion Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Shawn Marion and James Hardy, 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

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.

James Hardy played 4 years in the NBA, 12 less than Shawn Marion, who played 16. James Hardy had the first of his seasons in 1978-79, while Shawn Marion had his rookie season in 1999-00. 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
James Hardy	4	0	1978-79 to 1981-82
Shawn Marion	16	11	1999-00 to 2014-15

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	James Hardy	Shawn Marion
Season	1978-79	1999-00
Team	New Orleans Jazz	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
James Hardy	68	21.4	6.7	1.8	2.8	4.6	1.0	0.8	0.9	1.4	2.0	2.9	6.3	.460	-	-	-	0.9	1.3	.693
Shawn Marion	51	24.7	10.2	2.1	4.5	6.5	1.4	0.7	1.0	1.0	2.2	4.4	9.2	.471	0.1	0.4	.182	1.4	1.7	.847

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Hardy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shawn Marion	9	31.3	9.1	2.3	6.4	8.8	0.8	0.7	1.6	0.8	1.9	4.0	9.6	.419	0.1	0.7	.167	1.0	1.2	.818


Season 2
	James Hardy	Shawn Marion
Season	1979-80	2000-01
Team	Utah Jazz	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
James Hardy	76	21.1	5.5	1.6	3.6	5.3	1.4	0.6	1.1	1.4	2.7	2.4	4.8	.507	0.0	0.0	.500	0.7	0.9	.773
Shawn Marion	79	36.2	17.3	2.8	7.9	10.7	2.0	1.7	1.4	1.6	2.7	7.1	14.7	.480	0.3	1.0	.256	3.0	3.7	.810

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Hardy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shawn Marion	4	34.8	14.8	2.5	5.8	8.3	0.8	1.5	1.5	1.5	3.3	5.8	15.5	.371	0.3	0.3	1.000	3.0	3.5	.857


Season 3
	James Hardy	Shawn Marion
Season	1980-81	2001-02
Team	Utah Jazz	Phoenix Suns
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		%
James Hardy	23	22.1	5.0	1.7	4.1	5.8	1.6	0.9	0.9	1.0	2.5	2.3	4.8	.468	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.9	.550
Shawn Marion	81	38.4	19.1	2.6	7.3	9.9	2.0	1.8	1.1	1.8	2.6	8.1	17.2	.469	0.6	1.5	.393	2.4	2.8	.845

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Hardy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shawn Marion	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	James Hardy	Shawn Marion
Season	1981-82	2002-03
Team	Utah Jazz	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
James Hardy	82	22.1	5.1	1.9	3.9	5.7	1.3	0.7	0.8	1.0	2.3	2.2	4.5	.485	0.0	0.0	.000	0.8	1.1	.688
Shawn Marion	81	41.6	21.2	2.5	7.1	9.5	2.4	2.3	1.2	1.9	2.6	8.2	18.1	.452	1.7	4.5	.387	3.1	3.6	.851

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Hardy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shawn Marion	6	47.2	18.5	3.5	8.2	11.7	2.0	1.8	1.8	2.2	2.8	6.7	17.8	.374	1.5	4.7	.321	3.7	4.3	.846


Season 5
	James Hardy	Shawn Marion
Season	-	2003-04
Team	-	Phoenix Suns
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		%
James Hardy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shawn Marion	79	40.7	19.0	2.7	6.6	9.3	2.7	2.1	1.3	2.0	2.6	7.5	17.0	.440	1.1	3.4	.340	2.9	3.4	.851

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Hardy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shawn Marion	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	James Hardy	Shawn Marion
Season	-	2004-05
Team	-	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Suns Lost West 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		%
James Hardy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shawn Marion	81	38.8	19.4	2.9	8.4	11.3	1.9	2.0	1.5	1.5	2.5	7.6	15.9	.476	1.4	4.2	.334	2.8	3.4	.833

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Hardy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shawn Marion	15	42.3	17.6	3.1	8.7	11.8	1.5	1.4	1.7	1.4	3.1	7.2	14.9	.484	1.2	2.9	.419	2.0	2.6	.769


Season 7
	James Hardy	Shawn Marion
Season	-	2005-06
Team	-	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Suns Lost West 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		%
James Hardy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shawn Marion	81	40.3	21.8	3.1	8.8	11.8	1.8	2.0	1.7	1.5	2.8	8.8	16.9	.525	1.2	3.6	.331	3.0	3.7	.809

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Hardy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shawn Marion	20	42.5	20.4	2.9	8.8	11.7	1.6	1.9	1.2	1.1	3.3	8.2	16.7	.489	1.1	3.5	.314	3.0	3.4	.881


Season 8
	James Hardy	Shawn Marion
Season	-	2006-07
Team	-	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	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		%
James Hardy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shawn Marion	80	37.6	17.5	2.2	7.7	9.8	1.7	2.0	1.5	1.4	2.7	7.0	13.4	.524	1.0	3.2	.317	2.5	3.1	.810

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Hardy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shawn Marion	11	41.4	16.9	2.5	7.9	10.4	1.2	1.5	1.7	1.1	2.5	6.9	13.8	.500	1.1	3.1	.353	2.0	3.0	.667


Season 9
	James Hardy	Shawn Marion
Season	-	2007-08
Team	-	Phoenix Suns, Miami Heat, Phoenix Suns, 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		%
James Hardy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shawn Marion	63	36.7	15.4	2.2	8.0	10.2	2.2	2.0	1.3	1.4	2.4	6.3	12.5	.508	1.0	3.1	.333	1.7	2.4	.707

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Hardy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shawn Marion	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	James Hardy	Shawn Marion
Season	-	2008-09
Team	-	Miami Heat, Toronto Raptors
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		%
James Hardy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shawn Marion	69	35.8	12.9	2.6	5.9	8.5	2.0	1.3	1.0	1.5	1.9	5.5	11.4	.485	0.1	0.8	.189	1.7	2.1	.796

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Hardy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shawn Marion	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	James Hardy	Shawn Marion
Season	-	2009-10
Team	-	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Mavericks 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		%
James Hardy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shawn Marion	75	31.8	12.0	2.1	4.3	6.4	1.4	0.9	0.8	1.3	1.9	5.3	10.4	.508	0.0	0.3	.158	1.4	1.9	.755

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Hardy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shawn Marion	6	24.7	8.7	1.2	3.0	4.2	1.0	0.2	0.5	1.3	2.0	4.0	9.8	.407	0.0	0.7	.000	0.7	0.8	.800


Season 12
	James Hardy	Shawn Marion
Season	-	2010-11
Team	-	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Hardy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shawn Marion	80	28.2	12.5	2.1	4.8	6.9	1.4	0.9	0.6	1.6	1.8	5.4	10.4	.520	0.1	0.4	.152	1.6	2.1	.768

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Hardy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shawn Marion	21	32.9	11.9	2.2	4.1	6.3	2.1	1.0	0.9	1.7	2.5	5.0	10.7	.467	0.0	0.2	.000	1.9	2.2	.851


Season 13
	James Hardy	Shawn Marion
Season	-	2011-12
Team	-	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Mavericks 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		%
James Hardy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shawn Marion	63	30.5	10.6	2.3	5.1	7.4	2.1	1.1	0.6	1.6	1.4	4.6	10.3	.446	0.3	1.1	.294	1.2	1.5	.796

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Hardy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shawn Marion	4	35.0	11.8	2.3	5.8	8.0	1.0	0.3	1.3	2.5	3.5	4.3	10.0	.425	1.0	3.5	.286	2.3	2.5	.900


Season 14
	James Hardy	Shawn Marion
Season	-	2012-13
Team	-	Dallas Mavericks
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		%
James Hardy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shawn Marion	67	30.0	12.1	2.2	5.7	7.8	2.4	1.1	0.7	1.5	1.7	5.3	10.3	.514	0.3	1.1	.315	1.2	1.5	.782

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Hardy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shawn Marion	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	James Hardy	Shawn Marion
Season	-	2013-14
Team	-	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Mavericks 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		%
James Hardy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shawn Marion	76	31.7	10.4	1.7	4.8	6.5	1.6	1.2	0.5	1.3	1.6	4.5	9.3	.482	0.8	2.1	.358	0.7	0.9	.785

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Hardy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shawn Marion	7	27.6	8.4	2.0	3.3	5.3	1.9	0.9	0.1	0.7	1.6	3.4	8.4	.407	0.6	2.6	.222	1.0	1.6	.636


Season 16
	James Hardy	Shawn Marion
Season	-	2014-15
Team	-	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Cavaliers 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		%
James Hardy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shawn Marion	57	19.3	4.8	1.1	2.4	3.5	0.9	0.5	0.5	0.6	1.0	2.1	4.7	.446	0.2	0.8	.261	0.5	0.6	.765

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Hardy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shawn Marion	6	4.2	0.3	0.3	0.7	1.0	0.2	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.2	1.0	.167	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

James Hardy vs. Shawn Marion Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Shawn Marion and James Hardy, 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

Season 15

Season 16