LeRoy Ellis vs. Penny Hardaway Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Penny Hardaway and LeRoy Ellis, 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.

LeRoy Ellis and Penny Hardaway both played 14 years in the NBA. LeRoy Ellis had the first of his seasons in 1962-63, 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
	LeRoy Ellis	Penny Hardaway
Season	1962-63	1993-94
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA 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		%
LeRoy Ellis	80	20.4	7.2	-	-	6.5	0.6	-	-	-	2.4	2.8	6.6	.419	-	-	-	1.7	2.5	.658
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		%
LeRoy Ellis	13	23.2	6.2	-	-	6.5	1.0	-	-	-	2.7	2.1	4.1	.509	-	-	-	2.1	2.5	.818
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
	LeRoy Ellis	Penny Hardaway
Season	1963-64	1994-95
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West 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		%
LeRoy Ellis	78	18.7	6.6	-	-	6.4	0.5	-	-	-	2.5	2.6	6.1	.423	-	-	-	1.4	2.2	.659
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		%
LeRoy Ellis	5	28.8	5.4	-	-	10.0	0.8	-	-	-	2.2	1.6	5.4	.296	-	-	-	2.2	3.0	.733
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
	LeRoy Ellis	Penny Hardaway
Season	1964-65	1995-96
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers 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		%
LeRoy Ellis	80	25.3	10.3	-	-	8.2	0.6	-	-	-	2.5	3.9	8.8	.444	-	-	-	2.5	3.6	.697
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		%
LeRoy Ellis	11	36.8	14.4	-	-	12.1	0.6	-	-	-	3.4	5.2	13.2	.393	-	-	-	4.0	5.9	.677
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
	LeRoy Ellis	Penny Hardaway
Season	1965-66	1996-97
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA 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		%
LeRoy Ellis	80	27.7	12.2	-	-	9.2	0.9	-	-	-	2.9	4.9	11.6	.424	-	-	-	2.3	3.2	.727
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		%
LeRoy Ellis	14	30.4	9.8	-	-	9.5	0.6	-	-	-	3.7	4.0	9.9	.406	-	-	-	1.8	2.8	.641
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
	LeRoy Ellis	Penny Hardaway
Season	1966-67	1997-98
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
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		%
LeRoy Ellis	81	36.3	14.9	-	-	12.0	2.1	-	-	-	3.2	6.1	14.4	.425	-	-	-	2.6	3.5	.738
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		%
LeRoy Ellis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Penny Hardaway	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 10
	LeRoy Ellis	Penny Hardaway
Season	1971-72	2002-03
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
LeRoy Ellis	74	14.6	4.6	-	-	4.2	0.6	-	-	-	1.6	1.9	4.1	.460	-	-	-	0.9	1.3	.695
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		%
LeRoy Ellis	13	10.3	3.0	-	-	3.2	0.8	-	-	-	0.7	1.5	3.2	.463	-	-	-	0.1	0.3	.250
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

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