Penny Hardaway vs. K.C. Jones Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of K.C. Jones 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 played 14 years in the NBA, 5 more than K.C. Jones, who played 9. Penny Hardaway had the first of his seasons in 1993-94, while K.C. Jones had his rookie season in 1958-59. 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
	Penny Hardaway	K.C. Jones
Season	1993-94	1958-59
Team	Orlando Magic	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
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
K.C. Jones	49	12.4	3.5	-	-	2.6	1.4	-	-	-	1.2	1.3	3.9	.339	-	-	-	0.8	1.4	.603
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
K.C. Jones	8	9.4	1.9	-	-	1.5	1.3	-	-	-	1.0	0.6	2.5	.250	-	-	-	0.6	0.6	1.000

Season 2
	Penny Hardaway	K.C. Jones
Season	1994-95	1959-60
Team	Orlando Magic	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Magic Lost NBA Finals	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		%
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
K.C. Jones	74	17.2	6.3	-	-	2.7	2.6	-	-	-	1.5	2.3	5.6	.408	-	-	-	1.7	2.3	.753
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
K.C. Jones	13	17.8	5.5	-	-	3.5	1.1	-	-	-	2.2	2.1	6.2	.338	-	-	-	1.3	1.7	.773

Season 3
	Penny Hardaway	K.C. Jones
Season	1995-96	1960-61
Team	Orlando Magic	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
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
K.C. Jones	78	20.6	7.6	-	-	3.6	3.2	-	-	-	2.4	2.6	7.7	.338	-	-	-	2.4	3.6	.664
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
K.C. Jones	9	11.4	2.8	-	-	2.1	1.7	-	-	-	1.9	1.0	3.3	.300	-	-	-	0.8	1.6	.500

Season 4
	Penny Hardaway	K.C. Jones
Season	1996-97	1961-62
Team	Orlando Magic	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
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
K.C. Jones	80	25.7	9.2	-	-	3.7	4.3	-	-	-	2.6	3.7	9.1	.406	-	-	-	1.8	2.9	.634
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
K.C. Jones	14	23.5	9.0	-	-	4.0	3.9	-	-	-	3.6	3.1	7.3	.431	-	-	-	2.7	3.8	.717

Season 5
	Penny Hardaway	K.C. Jones
Season	1997-98	1962-63
Team	Orlando Magic	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
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
K.C. Jones	79	24.6	7.2	-	-	3.3	4.0	-	-	-	2.8	2.9	7.5	.389	-	-	-	1.4	2.2	.633
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Penny Hardaway	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
K.C. Jones	13	19.6	4.5	-	-	2.8	2.8	-	-	-	3.2	1.5	4.9	.297	-	-	-	1.6	2.3	.700

Season 6
	Penny Hardaway	K.C. Jones
Season	1998-99	1963-64
Team	Orlando Magic	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
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
K.C. Jones	80	30.3	8.2	-	-	4.7	5.1	-	-	-	3.2	3.5	9.0	.392	-	-	-	1.1	2.1	.524
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
K.C. Jones	10	31.2	6.3	-	-	3.7	6.8	-	-	-	4.0	2.5	7.2	.347	-	-	-	1.3	2.5	.520

Season 7
	Penny Hardaway	K.C. Jones
Season	1999-00	1964-65
Team	Phoenix Suns	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
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
K.C. Jones	78	31.2	8.3	-	-	4.1	5.6	-	-	-	3.4	3.2	8.2	.396	-	-	-	1.8	2.9	.630
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
K.C. Jones	12	33.0	10.1	-	-	3.3	6.2	-	-	-	4.1	3.6	8.7	.413	-	-	-	2.9	3.8	.778

Season 8
	Penny Hardaway	K.C. Jones
Season	2000-01	1965-66
Team	Phoenix Suns	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
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
K.C. Jones	80	33.9	8.6	-	-	3.8	6.3	-	-	-	3.0	3.0	7.7	.388	-	-	-	2.6	3.8	.690
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Penny Hardaway	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
K.C. Jones	17	31.9	7.6	-	-	3.1	4.4	-	-	-	3.8	2.6	6.4	.413	-	-	-	2.3	3.4	.684

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