Penny Hardaway vs. Ish Smith Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ish Smith and Penny Hardaway, 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.
Penny Hardaway and Ish Smith both played 14 years in the NBA. Penny Hardaway had the first of his seasons in 1993-94, while Ish Smith had his rookie season in 2010-11. 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 |
Penny Hardaway |
14 |
8 |
1993-94 to 2007-08 |
Ish Smith |
14 |
6 |
2010-11 to 2023-24 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
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 |
Ish Smith |
43 |
10.3 |
2.3 |
0.2 |
0.9 |
1.1 |
1.8 |
0.4 |
0.0 |
0.8 |
0.9 |
1.0 |
2.7 |
.374 |
0.1 |
0.2 |
.300 |
0.3 |
0.5 |
.571 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
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 |
Ish Smith |
5 |
2.0 |
0.8 |
0.0 |
0.4 |
0.4 |
0.4 |
0.2 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
0.4 |
0.6 |
.667 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
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 |
Ish Smith |
26 |
9.0 |
2.8 |
0.3 |
1.1 |
1.3 |
1.6 |
0.6 |
0.1 |
0.5 |
0.6 |
1.2 |
3.1 |
.383 |
0.1 |
0.3 |
.333 |
0.3 |
0.4 |
.700 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
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 |
Ish Smith |
1 |
5.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
1.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
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 |
Ish Smith |
52 |
9.9 |
2.4 |
0.2 |
0.9 |
1.2 |
1.7 |
0.4 |
0.2 |
0.7 |
0.5 |
1.1 |
3.1 |
.352 |
0.2 |
0.5 |
.296 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
.429 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
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 |
Ish Smith |
4 |
2.8 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
0.8 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
0.0 |
0.3 |
.000 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
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 |
Ish Smith |
70 |
14.4 |
3.7 |
0.4 |
1.4 |
1.8 |
2.6 |
0.7 |
0.2 |
0.9 |
0.9 |
1.7 |
4.0 |
.423 |
0.0 |
0.3 |
.043 |
0.3 |
0.6 |
.564 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
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 |
Ish Smith |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
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 |
Ish Smith |
55 |
15.1 |
6.1 |
0.3 |
1.5 |
1.8 |
3.3 |
0.7 |
0.1 |
1.4 |
0.9 |
2.6 |
6.7 |
.390 |
0.3 |
1.1 |
.300 |
0.6 |
1.0 |
.596 |
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Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Penny Hardaway |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Ish Smith |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
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 |
Ish Smith |
77 |
29.1 |
12.6 |
0.6 |
3.4 |
4.0 |
6.5 |
1.1 |
0.3 |
2.3 |
1.7 |
5.2 |
12.6 |
.411 |
0.7 |
2.2 |
.329 |
1.6 |
2.3 |
.693 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
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 |
Ish Smith |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
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 |
Ish Smith |
81 |
24.1 |
9.4 |
0.3 |
2.6 |
2.9 |
5.2 |
0.8 |
0.4 |
1.4 |
1.6 |
4.1 |
9.2 |
.439 |
0.3 |
1.3 |
.267 |
0.9 |
1.3 |
.706 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
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 |
Ish Smith |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
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 |
Ish Smith |
82 |
24.9 |
10.9 |
0.3 |
2.4 |
2.7 |
4.4 |
0.8 |
0.2 |
1.3 |
1.7 |
4.7 |
9.8 |
.486 |
0.4 |
1.2 |
.347 |
1.0 |
1.4 |
.698 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Penny Hardaway |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Ish Smith |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
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 |
Ish Smith |
56 |
22.3 |
8.9 |
0.4 |
2.2 |
2.6 |
3.6 |
0.5 |
0.2 |
1.1 |
1.9 |
3.7 |
8.7 |
.419 |
0.8 |
2.4 |
.326 |
0.8 |
1.1 |
.758 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Penny Hardaway |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Ish Smith |
4 |
20.3 |
6.0 |
0.3 |
2.5 |
2.8 |
3.5 |
0.8 |
0.3 |
1.0 |
2.0 |
2.5 |
9.5 |
.263 |
0.3 |
1.8 |
.143 |
0.8 |
1.0 |
.750 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
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 |
Ish Smith |
68 |
26.3 |
10.9 |
0.4 |
2.8 |
3.2 |
4.9 |
0.9 |
0.4 |
1.4 |
1.6 |
4.5 |
10.1 |
.447 |
0.9 |
2.5 |
.367 |
0.9 |
1.3 |
.721 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
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 |
Ish Smith |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
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 |
Ish Smith |
44 |
21.0 |
6.7 |
0.5 |
2.9 |
3.4 |
3.9 |
0.7 |
0.3 |
0.9 |
1.4 |
2.9 |
6.8 |
.434 |
0.4 |
1.1 |
.367 |
0.4 |
0.8 |
.576 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
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 |
Ish Smith |
5 |
22.2 |
6.8 |
0.2 |
3.0 |
3.2 |
2.8 |
1.4 |
0.4 |
1.0 |
2.2 |
3.2 |
8.6 |
.372 |
0.4 |
1.4 |
.286 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
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 |
Ish Smith |
65 |
17.3 |
6.3 |
0.4 |
1.8 |
2.2 |
3.8 |
0.7 |
0.4 |
1.2 |
1.2 |
2.8 |
6.6 |
.430 |
0.4 |
1.0 |
.373 |
0.2 |
0.4 |
.625 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Penny Hardaway |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Ish Smith |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
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 |
Ish Smith |
43 |
9.3 |
2.5 |
0.1 |
1.1 |
1.3 |
2.3 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
1.0 |
0.8 |
1.2 |
3.0 |
.397 |
0.0 |
0.3 |
.167 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
.500 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Penny Hardaway |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Ish Smith |
4 |
3.0 |
0.5 |
0.0 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.5 |
0.3 |
0.5 |
.500 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
Note: Penny Hardaway didn't play in 2006-07.
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
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 |
Ish Smith |
43 |
17.2 |
3.2 |
0.3 |
1.5 |
1.8 |
3.4 |
0.4 |
0.1 |
1.1 |
1.1 |
1.5 |
3.7 |
.418 |
0.1 |
0.2 |
.500 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
.750 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Penny Hardaway |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Ish Smith |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |