Kenny Smith vs. Garrett Temple Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Garrett Temple and Kenny Smith, 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

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.

Kenny Smith played 10 years in the NBA, 4 less than Garrett Temple, who played 14. Kenny Smith had the first of his seasons in 1987-88, while Garrett Temple had his rookie season in 2009-10. 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
Kenny Smith	10	5	1987-88 to 1996-97
Garrett Temple	14	6	2009-10 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Kenny Smith	Garrett Temple
Season	1987-88	2009-10
Team	Sacramento Kings	Houston Rockets, Sacramento Kings, San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Spurs 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		%
Kenny Smith	61	35.6	13.8	0.7	1.6	2.3	7.1	1.5	0.1	3.0	2.3	5.4	11.4	.477	0.2	0.6	.308	2.7	3.3	.819
Garrett Temple	27	12.4	5.0	0.2	0.9	1.1	0.8	0.5	0.2	1.0	1.6	1.6	3.7	.436	0.5	1.4	.351	1.3	1.9	.700

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Garrett Temple	6	2.5	0.7	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.5	.333	0.2	0.5	.333	0.2	0.2	1.000


Season 2
	Kenny Smith	Garrett Temple
Season	1988-89	2010-11
Team	Sacramento Kings	San Antonio Spurs, Milwaukee Bucks, Charlotte Bobcats
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		%
Kenny Smith	81	38.8	17.3	0.6	2.2	2.8	7.7	1.3	0.1	3.1	2.1	6.8	14.6	.462	0.6	1.6	.359	3.2	4.4	.737
Garrett Temple	24	9.6	2.4	0.0	0.9	1.0	1.3	0.5	0.3	1.0	1.0	0.8	2.8	.294	0.4	1.5	.270	0.3	0.7	.412

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Garrett Temple	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Garrett Temple didn't play in 2011-12.


Season 3
	Kenny Smith	Garrett Temple
Season	1989-90	2012-13
Team	Sacramento Kings, Atlanta Hawks	Washington Wizards
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		%
Kenny Smith	79	30.6	11.9	0.2	1.8	2.0	5.6	1.0	0.1	2.1	1.8	4.8	10.3	.466	0.3	1.1	.313	2.0	2.5	.821
Garrett Temple	51	22.7	5.1	0.6	1.8	2.4	2.3	1.0	0.3	1.2	1.8	2.1	5.1	.407	0.5	1.6	.325	0.5	0.7	.703

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Garrett Temple	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Kenny Smith	Garrett Temple
Season	1990-91	2013-14
Team	Houston Rockets	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Wizards 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		%
Kenny Smith	78	34.6	17.7	0.5	1.6	2.1	7.1	1.4	0.1	3.0	1.7	6.7	12.9	.520	0.6	1.7	.363	3.7	4.4	.844
Garrett Temple	75	8.5	1.8	0.3	0.6	0.9	1.0	0.5	0.1	0.6	1.0	0.7	1.9	.362	0.1	0.4	.207	0.4	0.6	.698

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kenny Smith	3	37.7	15.3	1.3	1.3	2.7	8.0	1.3	0.3	2.0	1.7	6.0	12.7	.474	0.7	1.3	.500	2.7	3.0	.889
Garrett Temple	10	0.9	0.5	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.5	0.2	0.2	1.000	0.1	0.1	1.000	0.0	0.0	-


Season 5
	Kenny Smith	Garrett Temple
Season	1991-92	2014-15
Team	Houston Rockets	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Wizards 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		%
Kenny Smith	81	33.8	14.0	0.4	1.8	2.2	6.9	1.3	0.1	2.8	1.4	5.3	11.2	.475	0.7	1.7	.394	2.7	3.1	.866
Garrett Temple	52	14.1	3.9	0.5	1.3	1.7	1.1	0.8	0.2	0.7	1.5	1.3	3.3	.400	0.6	1.7	.375	0.7	0.9	.729

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Garrett Temple	4	6.5	1.8	0.3	0.5	0.8	0.3	0.5	0.0	0.8	1.0	0.3	1.5	.167	0.0	0.8	.000	1.3	2.0	.625


Season 6
	Kenny Smith	Garrett Temple
Season	1992-93	2015-16
Team	Houston Rockets	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West 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		%
Kenny Smith	82	29.5	13.0	0.3	1.6	2.0	5.4	1.0	0.1	2.0	1.3	4.7	9.1	.520	1.2	2.7	.438	2.4	2.7	.878
Garrett Temple	80	24.4	7.3	0.5	2.2	2.7	1.8	0.9	0.2	0.8	2.4	2.5	6.3	.398	1.1	3.2	.345	1.1	1.6	.728

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kenny Smith	12	32.6	14.8	0.2	1.8	2.0	4.2	0.8	0.1	2.2	1.5	5.3	10.7	.492	1.9	3.8	.500	2.3	3.0	.778
Garrett Temple	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Kenny Smith	Garrett Temple
Season	1993-94	2016-17
Team	Houston Rockets	Sacramento Kings
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		%
Kenny Smith	78	28.3	11.6	0.3	1.5	1.8	4.2	0.8	0.1	1.6	1.6	4.4	9.1	.480	1.1	2.8	.405	1.7	2.0	.871
Garrett Temple	65	26.6	7.8	0.5	2.3	2.8	2.6	1.3	0.4	1.2	2.2	2.8	6.6	.424	1.3	3.4	.373	0.9	1.1	.784

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kenny Smith	23	30.3	10.8	0.2	2.1	2.3	4.1	1.0	0.2	1.4	1.7	3.7	8.2	.455	1.5	3.3	.447	1.8	2.3	.808
Garrett Temple	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Kenny Smith	Garrett Temple
Season	1994-95	2017-18
Team	Houston Rockets	Sacramento Kings
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		%
Kenny Smith	81	25.1	10.4	0.3	1.6	1.9	4.0	0.9	0.1	1.5	1.3	3.5	7.3	.484	1.8	4.1	.429	1.6	1.8	.851
Garrett Temple	65	24.8	8.4	0.3	2.0	2.3	1.9	0.9	0.4	1.2	2.1	3.1	7.3	.418	1.4	3.5	.392	0.9	1.2	.769

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kenny Smith	22	29.6	10.8	0.3	1.9	2.2	4.5	0.6	0.1	1.4	2.1	3.5	8.1	.438	2.1	4.7	.442	1.6	1.8	.900
Garrett Temple	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Kenny Smith	Garrett Temple
Season	1995-96	2018-19
Team	Houston Rockets	Memphis Grizzlies, Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis	Clippers 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		%
Kenny Smith	68	23.8	8.5	0.3	1.1	1.4	3.6	0.7	0.0	1.5	1.7	3.0	6.8	.433	1.3	3.5	.382	1.3	1.6	.821
Garrett Temple	75	27.2	7.8	0.4	2.5	2.9	1.4	1.0	0.4	0.9	2.7	2.8	6.6	.422	1.2	3.5	.341	1.1	1.4	.748

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kenny Smith	8	23.9	8.9	0.5	1.0	1.5	4.8	0.6	0.0	1.0	1.8	2.9	6.6	.434	1.5	3.9	.387	1.6	1.6	1.000
Garrett Temple	6	10.5	2.3	0.2	1.0	1.2	0.3	0.5	0.2	0.3	1.3	0.5	1.8	.273	0.2	1.2	.143	1.2	1.7	.700


Season 10
	Kenny Smith	Garrett Temple
Season	1996-97	2019-20
Team	Detroit Pistons, Orlando Magic, Denver Nuggets	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nets 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		%
Kenny Smith	48	15.9	6.3	0.1	0.8	0.9	2.4	0.4	0.0	1.5	0.6	2.1	5.0	.423	1.2	2.8	.437	0.8	0.9	.867
Garrett Temple	62	27.9	10.3	0.5	3.0	3.5	2.5	0.8	0.5	1.0	1.7	3.6	9.5	.378	2.0	6.2	.329	1.1	1.4	.805

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Garrett Temple	4	34.3	12.0	0.0	2.8	2.8	2.0	0.8	0.3	1.5	3.0	4.3	12.3	.347	2.3	9.0	.250	1.3	1.5	.833


Season 11
	Kenny Smith	Garrett Temple
Season	-	2020-21
Team	-	Chicago Bulls
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		%
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Garrett Temple	56	27.3	7.6	0.5	2.3	2.9	2.2	0.8	0.5	1.0	2.3	2.8	6.8	.415	1.2	3.6	.335	0.7	0.9	.800

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Garrett Temple	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Kenny Smith	Garrett Temple
Season	-	2021-22
Team	-	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Pelicans 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		%
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Garrett Temple	59	18.6	5.2	0.5	1.9	2.4	1.3	0.7	0.4	0.7	1.4	1.9	5.0	.376	1.0	3.1	.319	0.5	0.7	.683

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Garrett Temple	1	2.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 13
	Kenny Smith	Garrett Temple
Season	-	2022-23
Team	-	New Orleans Pelicans
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		%
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Garrett Temple	25	6.5	2.0	0.2	0.5	0.7	0.5	0.4	0.1	0.2	0.6	0.7	1.8	.400	0.4	1.0	.423	0.1	0.2	.750

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Garrett Temple	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Kenny Smith	Garrett Temple
Season	-	2023-24
Team	-	Toronto Raptors
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		%
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Garrett Temple	27	10.7	3.3	0.7	1.0	1.7	1.0	0.4	0.1	0.5	1.0	1.1	2.9	.372	0.4	1.5	.300	0.7	0.8	.818

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Garrett Temple	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Kenny Smith vs. Garrett Temple Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Garrett Temple and Kenny Smith, 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