Kyle Korver vs. J.R. Smith Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of J.R. Smith and Kyle Korver, 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.

Kyle Korver played 17 years in the NBA, 1 more than J.R. Smith, who played 16. Kyle Korver had the first of his seasons in 2003-04, while J.R. Smith had his rookie season in 2004-05. 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.

Season 9
	Kyle Korver	J.R. Smith
Season	2011-12	2012-13
Team	Chicago Bulls	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	Sixth Man of the Year
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Knicks 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		%
Kyle Korver	65	22.6	8.1	0.4	2.0	2.4	1.7	0.6	0.2	0.8	1.7	2.7	6.3	.432	1.8	4.2	.435	0.8	1.0	.833
J.R. Smith	80	33.5	18.1	0.8	4.5	5.3	2.7	1.3	0.3	1.7	2.8	6.6	15.6	.422	1.9	5.5	.356	3.0	3.9	.762
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyle Korver	6	15.7	3.8	0.2	1.5	1.7	1.5	0.5	0.5	0.8	1.7	1.5	3.7	.409	0.7	2.2	.308	0.2	0.3	.500
J.R. Smith	11	31.9	14.3	0.5	4.2	4.7	1.4	1.0	0.5	1.8	2.5	4.9	14.8	.331	1.6	6.0	.273	2.8	3.9	.721

Season 12
	Kyle Korver	J.R. Smith
Season	2014-15	2015-16
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hawks 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		%
Kyle Korver	75	32.2	12.1	0.2	3.9	4.1	2.6	0.7	0.6	1.4	1.9	3.9	8.0	.487	2.9	6.0	.492	1.4	1.6	.898
J.R. Smith	77	30.7	12.4	0.6	2.3	2.8	1.7	1.1	0.3	0.8	2.6	4.6	11.0	.415	2.6	6.6	.400	0.6	0.9	.634
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyle Korver	14	37.6	11.1	0.1	4.9	5.0	2.4	1.4	1.1	1.5	1.9	3.7	9.5	.391	2.8	7.9	.355	0.9	1.1	.813
J.R. Smith	21	34.8	11.5	0.3	2.9	3.2	1.4	1.2	0.2	0.5	2.6	3.9	9.0	.436	3.1	7.2	.430	0.6	1.0	.619

Season 16
	Kyle Korver	J.R. Smith
Season	2018-19	2019-20
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers, Utah Jazz	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West 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		%
Kyle Korver	70	19.1	8.6	0.1	2.2	2.3	1.2	0.4	0.2	0.8	1.5	2.9	6.9	.416	2.0	5.0	.397	0.9	1.0	.822
J.R. Smith	6	13.2	2.8	0.0	0.8	0.8	0.5	0.2	0.0	0.7	0.8	1.2	3.7	.318	0.2	1.8	.091	0.3	0.3	1.000
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyle Korver	4	7.5	2.5	0.3	1.0	1.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	1.5	0.8	2.0	.375	0.5	1.5	.333	0.5	0.8	.667
J.R. Smith	10	7.5	2.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.7	1.1	0.7	2.6	.269	0.6	2.2	.273	0.0	0.0	-