Taj Gibson vs. Tim Hardaway Jr. Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tim Hardaway Jr. and Taj Gibson, 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.

Taj Gibson played 15 years in the NBA, 4 more than Tim Hardaway Jr., who played 11. Taj Gibson had the first of his seasons in 2009-10, while Tim Hardaway Jr. had his rookie season in 2013-14. 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
Taj Gibson	15	9	2009-10 to 2023-24
Tim Hardaway Jr.	11	5	2013-14 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Taj Gibson	Tim Hardaway Jr.
Season	2009-10	2013-14
Team	Chicago Bulls	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Bulls 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		%
Taj Gibson	82	26.9	9.0	2.8	4.7	7.5	0.9	0.6	1.3	1.4	3.4	3.8	7.7	.494	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	2.1	.646
Tim Hardaway Jr.	81	23.1	10.2	0.2	1.3	1.5	0.8	0.5	0.1	0.6	1.8	3.6	8.5	.428	1.6	4.4	.363	1.3	1.6	.828

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Taj Gibson	5	29.0	7.6	1.8	5.2	7.0	0.6	0.2	0.6	0.4	3.4	3.2	7.6	.421	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	2.2	.545
Tim Hardaway Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Taj Gibson	Tim Hardaway Jr.
Season	2010-11	2014-15
Team	Chicago Bulls	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Taj Gibson	80	21.8	7.1	2.0	3.7	5.7	0.7	0.5	1.3	0.9	2.5	2.9	6.3	.466	0.0	0.1	.125	1.3	1.9	.676
Tim Hardaway Jr.	70	24.0	11.5	0.2	2.1	2.2	1.8	0.3	0.2	1.2	1.7	4.0	10.2	.389	1.7	5.1	.342	1.8	2.2	.801

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Taj Gibson	16	17.8	5.9	1.6	2.5	4.1	0.6	0.3	1.4	0.9	2.0	2.7	4.8	.566	0.0	0.1	.000	0.6	0.9	.600
Tim Hardaway Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Taj Gibson	Tim Hardaway Jr.
Season	2011-12	2015-16
Team	Chicago Bulls	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Hawks Lost East 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		%
Taj Gibson	63	20.4	7.7	2.1	3.1	5.3	0.7	0.4	1.3	1.0	2.1	3.2	6.4	.495	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	2.1	.622
Tim Hardaway Jr.	51	16.9	6.4	0.1	1.5	1.7	1.0	0.4	0.1	0.5	0.9	2.2	5.2	.430	0.9	2.8	.336	1.0	1.1	.893

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Taj Gibson	6	22.8	9.5	2.5	4.0	6.5	0.7	0.7	1.7	0.5	3.2	3.5	7.7	.457	0.0	0.0	-	2.5	3.7	.682
Tim Hardaway Jr.	9	9.7	2.2	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.8	0.0	0.1	0.3	0.2	0.8	2.9	.269	0.2	1.6	.143	0.4	0.7	.667


Season 4
	Taj Gibson	Tim Hardaway Jr.
Season	2012-13	2016-17
Team	Chicago Bulls	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis	Hawks 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		%
Taj Gibson	65	22.4	8.0	1.9	3.4	5.3	0.9	0.4	1.4	1.2	2.6	3.3	6.8	.485	0.0	0.1	.000	1.4	2.0	.679
Tim Hardaway Jr.	79	27.3	14.5	0.4	2.4	2.8	2.3	0.7	0.2	1.3	1.3	5.3	11.5	.455	1.9	5.3	.357	2.1	2.7	.766

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Taj Gibson	12	17.2	6.5	1.3	1.8	3.0	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.8	3.1	2.6	5.5	.470	0.0	0.2	.000	1.3	1.8	.727
Tim Hardaway Jr.	6	33.3	12.8	0.5	2.2	2.7	1.2	0.5	0.0	1.7	2.2	4.5	13.7	.329	1.8	7.0	.262	2.0	3.2	.632


Season 5
	Taj Gibson	Tim Hardaway Jr.
Season	2013-14	2017-18
Team	Chicago Bulls	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls 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		%
Taj Gibson	82	28.7	13.0	2.4	4.4	6.8	1.1	0.5	1.4	1.8	2.5	5.2	10.9	.479	0.0	0.1	.000	2.6	3.4	.751
Tim Hardaway Jr.	57	33.1	17.5	0.6	3.4	3.9	2.7	1.1	0.2	1.6	2.2	6.3	15.0	.421	2.3	7.2	.317	2.6	3.1	.816

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Taj Gibson	5	30.8	18.2	4.2	2.0	6.2	0.4	0.4	2.4	1.6	2.4	6.4	11.4	.561	0.0	0.0	-	5.4	7.2	.750
Tim Hardaway Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Taj Gibson	Tim Hardaway Jr.
Season	2014-15	2018-19
Team	Chicago Bulls	New York Knicks, Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Taj Gibson	62	27.3	10.3	2.6	3.8	6.4	1.1	0.6	1.2	1.2	2.6	4.1	8.2	.502	0.0	0.0	-	2.1	3.0	.717
Tim Hardaway Jr.	65	31.6	18.1	0.5	2.9	3.4	2.4	0.8	0.1	1.6	2.2	6.0	15.3	.393	2.5	7.3	.340	3.6	4.2	.841

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Taj Gibson	12	23.0	7.4	2.1	3.4	5.5	1.0	0.3	1.0	0.9	2.1	2.8	6.0	.472	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	2.5	.700
Tim Hardaway Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Taj Gibson	Tim Hardaway Jr.
Season	2015-16	2019-20
Team	Chicago Bulls	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Mavericks 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		%
Taj Gibson	73	26.5	8.6	2.8	4.1	6.9	1.5	0.6	1.1	1.1	2.5	3.6	6.8	.526	0.0	0.0	.000	1.4	2.0	.692
Tim Hardaway Jr.	71	29.5	15.8	0.4	2.9	3.3	1.9	0.6	0.1	1.0	1.8	5.4	12.5	.434	2.9	7.2	.398	2.1	2.6	.819

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Taj Gibson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tim Hardaway Jr.	6	34.0	17.8	0.5	3.0	3.5	1.8	0.3	0.0	0.5	2.7	6.7	15.8	.421	3.2	9.0	.352	1.3	1.8	.727


Season 8
	Taj Gibson	Tim Hardaway Jr.
Season	2016-17	2020-21
Team	Chicago Bulls, Oklahoma City Thunder	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Mavericks 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		%
Taj Gibson	78	25.5	10.8	2.0	4.2	6.2	0.9	0.5	0.8	1.3	2.1	4.7	9.1	.515	0.0	0.2	.231	1.4	2.0	.715
Tim Hardaway Jr.	70	28.4	16.6	0.3	3.0	3.3	1.8	0.4	0.2	0.9	1.6	5.8	13.0	.447	3.0	7.6	.391	2.0	2.5	.816

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Taj Gibson	5	23.6	9.8	0.6	3.0	3.6	0.6	0.2	0.0	1.6	2.6	4.2	7.0	.600	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	1.6	.875
Tim Hardaway Jr.	7	37.4	17.0	0.7	2.6	3.3	1.4	0.4	0.0	0.9	2.4	6.0	14.4	.416	3.3	8.1	.404	1.7	2.3	.750


Season 9
	Taj Gibson	Tim Hardaway Jr.
Season	2017-18	2021-22
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Timberwolves 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		%
Taj Gibson	82	33.2	12.2	2.4	4.8	7.1	1.2	0.8	0.7	1.1	2.7	5.2	9.0	.577	0.1	0.4	.200	1.7	2.3	.768
Tim Hardaway Jr.	42	29.6	14.2	0.3	3.4	3.7	2.2	0.9	0.1	0.8	1.8	5.0	12.6	.394	2.4	7.2	.336	1.9	2.5	.757

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Taj Gibson	5	24.6	6.2	1.4	2.6	4.0	0.4	0.2	0.4	0.8	1.6	2.8	4.4	.636	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	0.6	1.000
Tim Hardaway Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Taj Gibson	Tim Hardaway Jr.
Season	2018-19	2022-23
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
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		%
Taj Gibson	70	24.1	10.8	2.5	4.1	6.5	1.2	0.8	0.6	1.0	2.7	4.3	7.7	.566	0.2	0.5	.324	1.9	2.5	.757
Tim Hardaway Jr.	71	30.3	14.4	0.3	3.2	3.5	1.8	0.7	0.2	0.8	1.7	4.8	11.9	.401	3.0	7.7	.385	1.8	2.3	.770

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Taj Gibson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tim Hardaway Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Taj Gibson	Tim Hardaway Jr.
Season	2019-20	2023-24
Team	New York Knicks	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Mavericks TBD

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Taj Gibson	62	16.5	6.1	1.8	2.5	4.3	0.8	0.4	0.5	0.8	2.0	2.7	4.6	.584	0.1	0.2	.286	0.7	0.9	.732
Tim Hardaway Jr.	79	26.8	14.4	0.3	2.9	3.2	1.8	0.5	0.1	0.9	1.3	5.0	12.4	.402	2.7	7.6	.353	1.8	2.1	.852

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Taj Gibson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tim Hardaway Jr.	7	15.6	6.3	0.1	1.9	2.0	0.6	0.4	0.0	0.3	0.9	2.3	5.7	.400	1.1	3.3	.348	0.6	0.9	.667


Season 12
	Taj Gibson	Tim Hardaway Jr.
Season	2020-21	-
Team	New York Knicks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Taj Gibson	45	20.8	5.4	2.2	3.4	5.6	0.8	0.7	1.1	0.5	2.2	2.2	3.5	.627	0.1	0.3	.200	0.9	1.2	.727
Tim Hardaway Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Taj Gibson	5	27.6	5.0	3.2	3.8	7.0	0.8	1.6	1.0	0.6	2.6	2.4	4.0	.600	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.2	1.000
Tim Hardaway Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Taj Gibson	Tim Hardaway Jr.
Season	2021-22	-
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		%
Taj Gibson	52	18.2	4.4	1.7	2.7	4.4	0.6	0.4	0.8	0.5	2.6	1.7	3.2	.518	0.3	0.7	.395	0.8	1.0	.808
Tim Hardaway Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Taj Gibson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tim Hardaway Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Taj Gibson	Tim Hardaway Jr.
Season	2022-23	-
Team	Washington Wizards	-
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		%
Taj Gibson	49	9.8	3.4	0.7	1.2	1.9	0.7	0.3	0.2	0.5	1.7	1.3	2.6	.520	0.2	0.5	.333	0.6	0.9	.714
Tim Hardaway Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Taj Gibson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tim Hardaway Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Taj Gibson	Tim Hardaway Jr.
Season	2023-24	-
Team	New York Knicks, Detroit Pistons	-
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		%
Taj Gibson	20	10.3	1.7	0.6	1.3	1.9	0.6	0.2	0.4	0.3	1.6	0.8	1.9	.405	0.1	0.5	.200	0.1	0.1	1.000
Tim Hardaway Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Taj Gibson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tim Hardaway Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Taj Gibson vs. Tim Hardaway Jr. Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tim Hardaway Jr. and Taj Gibson, 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

Season 15