Mario Elie vs. Penny Hardaway Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Penny Hardaway and Mario Elie, 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.

Mario Elie played 11 years in the NBA, 3 less than Penny Hardaway, who played 14. Mario Elie had the first of his seasons in 1990-91, 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
Mario Elie	11	11	1990-91 to 2000-01
Penny Hardaway	14	8	1993-94 to 2007-08

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14


Rookie Season
	Mario Elie	Penny Hardaway
Season	1990-91	1993-94
Team	Philadelphia 76ers, Golden State Warriors	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Mario Elie	33	19.5	7.2	1.4	1.9	3.3	1.4	0.6	0.3	0.9	2.6	2.4	4.8	.497	0.1	0.3	.400	2.3	2.7	.843
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		%
Mario Elie	9	21.9	9.3	1.9	1.7	3.6	1.4	0.6	0.1	1.1	3.6	3.1	6.2	.500	0.1	0.1	1.000	3.0	3.6	.844
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
	Mario Elie	Penny Hardaway
Season	1991-92	1994-95
Team	Golden State Warriors	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Mario Elie	79	21.2	7.8	0.9	2.0	2.9	2.2	0.9	0.2	1.1	2.0	2.8	5.4	.521	0.3	0.9	.329	2.0	2.3	.852
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		%
Mario Elie	4	20.0	12.5	2.8	2.8	5.5	2.5	1.3	0.0	1.5	2.8	5.8	9.0	.639	0.5	0.5	1.000	0.5	0.8	.667
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
	Mario Elie	Penny Hardaway
Season	1992-93	1995-96
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Mario Elie	82	21.4	8.6	0.7	1.9	2.6	2.2	0.9	0.2	1.1	1.8	2.9	6.4	.458	0.5	1.6	.349	2.2	2.6	.855
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		%
Mario Elie	4	13.0	5.0	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.0	0.5	0.3	1.3	0.3	1.3	2.5	.500	0.5	0.5	1.000	2.0	2.3	.889
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
	Mario Elie	Penny Hardaway
Season	1993-94	1996-97
Team	Houston Rockets	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Mario Elie	67	24.0	9.3	0.4	2.3	2.7	3.1	0.7	0.1	1.6	1.9	3.1	7.0	.446	0.8	2.5	.335	2.3	2.7	.860
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		%
Mario Elie	23	16.6	5.8	0.4	1.3	1.7	1.7	0.3	0.1	0.9	1.3	1.8	4.6	.396	0.4	1.4	.313	1.7	2.0	.851
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
	Mario Elie	Penny Hardaway
Season	1994-95	1997-98
Team	Houston Rockets	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Mario Elie	81	23.4	8.8	0.6	1.8	2.4	2.3	0.8	0.1	1.3	2.0	3.0	6.0	.499	1.0	2.5	.398	1.8	2.1	.842
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		%
Mario Elie	22	28.9	9.1	0.9	2.0	2.8	2.5	1.0	0.0	1.0	2.5	3.1	6.2	.504	1.3	3.0	.431	1.6	2.0	.795
Penny Hardaway	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Mario Elie	Penny Hardaway
Season	1995-96	1998-99
Team	Houston Rockets	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Mario Elie	45	30.8	11.1	1.0	2.4	3.4	3.1	1.0	0.2	1.3	2.1	4.0	7.9	.504	0.9	2.8	.323	2.2	2.6	.852
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		%
Mario Elie	8	29.1	9.8	0.8	2.0	2.8	1.8	0.9	0.4	0.6	2.1	3.6	8.3	.439	1.1	3.0	.375	1.4	1.5	.917
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
	Mario Elie	Penny Hardaway
Season	1996-97	1999-00
Team	Houston Rockets	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West 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		%
Mario Elie	78	34.4	11.7	0.8	2.2	3.0	4.0	1.2	0.2	1.7	2.6	3.7	7.5	.497	1.5	3.7	.420	2.7	3.0	.896
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		%
Mario Elie	16	37.4	11.5	1.2	2.3	3.5	3.8	0.9	0.3	1.9	3.3	3.4	7.3	.466	1.5	3.8	.400	3.3	3.9	.839
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
	Mario Elie	Penny Hardaway
Season	1997-98	2000-01
Team	Houston Rockets	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West 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		%
Mario Elie	73	27.2	8.4	0.5	1.6	2.1	3.0	1.1	0.1	1.4	1.6	2.8	6.2	.452	0.8	2.6	.291	2.0	2.4	.833
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		%
Mario Elie	5	26.8	6.6	0.6	2.0	2.6	1.2	0.4	0.0	1.0	2.0	2.4	5.4	.444	0.6	1.8	.333	1.2	1.8	.667
Penny Hardaway	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Mario Elie	Penny Hardaway
Season	1998-99	2001-02
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Mario Elie	47	27.5	9.7	0.8	2.1	2.9	1.9	1.0	0.3	1.3	1.9	3.3	7.0	.471	0.9	2.3	.374	2.2	2.5	.866
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		%
Mario Elie	17	31.0	7.9	0.5	2.9	3.5	2.9	1.3	0.1	1.5	2.5	2.5	6.6	.384	0.5	1.8	.267	2.4	2.9	.837
Penny Hardaway	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Mario Elie	Penny Hardaway
Season	1999-00	2002-03
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs 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		%
Mario Elie	79	28.1	7.5	0.6	2.5	3.2	2.4	0.9	0.1	1.6	2.0	2.5	5.8	.427	0.9	2.4	.398	1.6	1.9	.846
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		%
Mario Elie	4	29.0	7.5	1.3	3.0	4.3	1.8	1.3	0.0	3.0	1.0	1.5	5.5	.273	0.3	1.8	.143	4.3	4.5	.944
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
	Mario Elie	Penny Hardaway
Season	2000-01	2003-04
Team	Phoenix Suns	Phoenix Suns, New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Mario Elie	68	22.1	4.4	0.6	1.7	2.3	1.9	0.9	0.2	0.9	1.6	1.5	3.6	.423	0.5	1.5	.360	0.8	1.0	.797
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		%
Mario Elie	4	26.0	9.0	0.5	2.8	3.3	1.8	0.8	0.3	0.5	1.5	3.5	7.8	.452	0.5	3.3	.154	1.5	2.0	.750
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
	Mario Elie	Penny Hardaway
Season	-	2004-05
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		%
Mario Elie	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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		%
Mario Elie	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Penny Hardaway	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Mario Elie	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		%
Mario Elie	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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		%
Mario Elie	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Penny Hardaway	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 14
	Mario Elie	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		%
Mario Elie	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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		%
Mario Elie	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Penny Hardaway	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Mario Elie vs. Penny Hardaway Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Penny Hardaway and Mario Elie, 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