Penny Hardaway vs. Monk Meineke Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Monk Meineke 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, 9 more than Monk Meineke, who played 5. Penny Hardaway had the first of his seasons in 1993-94, while Monk Meineke had his rookie season in 1952-53. 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	Monk Meineke
Season	1993-94	1952-53
Team	Orlando Magic	Fort Wayne Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Pistons Lost West Div 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		%
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
Monk Meineke	68	33.1	10.7	-	-	6.9	2.2	-	-	-	4.9	3.5	9.3	.381	-	-	-	3.6	4.6	.783
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
Monk Meineke	8	28.4	7.5	-	-	3.3	1.3	-	-	-	4.6	1.9	5.0	.375	-	-	-	3.8	5.5	.682

Season 2
	Penny Hardaway	Monk Meineke
Season	1994-95	1953-54
Team	Orlando Magic	Fort Wayne Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Magic Lost NBA Finals	Pistons Lost W Div Round Robin

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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
Monk Meineke	71	20.6	5.7	-	-	5.2	1.1	-	-	-	3.0	1.9	5.5	.344	-	-	-	1.9	2.4	.805
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
Monk Meineke	4	21.8	4.8	-	-	3.8	1.5	-	-	-	2.8	1.5	5.8	.261	-	-	-	1.8	2.8	.636

Season 3
	Penny Hardaway	Monk Meineke
Season	1995-96	1954-55
Team	Orlando Magic	Fort Wayne Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf Finals	Pistons 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		%
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
Monk Meineke	68	15.1	5.8	-	-	3.6	0.9	-	-	-	2.3	2.0	5.4	.372	-	-	-	1.8	2.5	.700
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
Monk Meineke	11	14.7	5.4	-	-	4.4	0.8	-	-	-	2.0	1.6	3.6	.450	-	-	-	2.1	2.3	.920

Season 4
	Penny Hardaway	Monk Meineke
Season	1996-97	1955-56
Team	Orlando Magic	Rochester Royals
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Magic Lost East 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		%
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
Monk Meineke	69	18.1	7.1	-	-	4.6	1.5	-	-	-	2.8	2.2	6.0	.372	-	-	-	2.6	3.4	.780
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
Monk Meineke	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Monk Meineke didn't play in 1956-57.

Season 5
	Penny Hardaway	Monk Meineke
Season	1997-98	1957-58
Team	Orlando Magic	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Royals Lost West Div 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		%
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
Monk Meineke	67	11.8	4.9	-	-	3.4	0.6	-	-	-	2.3	1.9	5.2	.356	-	-	-	1.1	1.8	.647
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Penny Hardaway	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Monk Meineke	2	16.0	4.0	-	-	5.5	0.5	-	-	-	1.5	0.5	5.5	.091	-	-	-	3.0	4.0	.750

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