Matt Barnes vs. Marcus Smart Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Marcus Smart and Matt Barnes, 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.

Matt Barnes played 14 years in the NBA, 4 more than Marcus Smart, who played 10. Matt Barnes had the first of his seasons in 2003-04, while Marcus Smart had his rookie season in 2014-15. 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
Matt Barnes	14	9	2003-04 to 2016-17
Marcus Smart	10	9	2014-15 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Matt Barnes	Marcus Smart
Season	2003-04	2014-15
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics 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		%
Matt Barnes	38	19.1	4.5	1.4	2.6	4.0	1.3	0.7	0.1	1.2	2.0	1.7	3.6	.457	0.1	0.3	.154	1.1	1.6	.705
Marcus Smart	67	27.0	7.8	0.9	2.4	3.3	3.1	1.5	0.3	1.3	2.6	2.6	7.1	.367	1.4	4.1	.335	1.2	1.9	.646

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Matt Barnes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Marcus Smart	4	22.5	9.8	1.3	1.5	2.8	1.3	0.3	0.3	1.0	3.0	3.5	7.3	.483	0.8	3.3	.231	2.0	3.8	.533


Season 2
	Matt Barnes	Marcus Smart
Season	2004-05	2015-16
Team	Sacramento Kings	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics 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		%
Matt Barnes	43	16.6	3.8	1.1	2.0	3.1	1.3	0.7	0.2	1.0	1.9	1.4	3.5	.411	0.1	0.5	.227	0.8	1.3	.603
Marcus Smart	61	27.3	9.1	1.2	2.9	4.2	3.0	1.5	0.3	1.3	3.0	3.0	8.7	.348	1.0	4.0	.253	2.1	2.7	.777

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Matt Barnes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Marcus Smart	6	32.2	12.0	1.3	3.2	4.5	3.0	1.7	0.8	2.5	2.8	3.7	10.0	.367	1.8	5.3	.344	2.8	3.5	.810


Season 3
	Matt Barnes	Marcus Smart
Season	2005-06	2016-17
Team	New York Knicks, Philadelphia 76ers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics Lost East Conf 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		%
Matt Barnes	56	11.3	3.1	0.9	1.3	2.2	0.5	0.4	0.1	0.5	1.8	1.3	2.5	.500	0.1	0.3	.200	0.6	0.8	.681
Marcus Smart	79	30.4	10.6	1.0	2.9	3.9	4.6	1.6	0.4	2.0	2.4	3.4	9.5	.359	1.2	4.2	.283	2.6	3.2	.812

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Matt Barnes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Marcus Smart	18	29.9	8.6	1.3	3.4	4.7	4.7	1.5	0.9	2.1	2.8	2.6	7.4	.351	1.6	4.1	.397	1.8	2.8	.640


Season 4
	Matt Barnes	Marcus Smart
Season	2006-07	2017-18
Team	Golden State Warriors	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis	Celtics Lost East Conf 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		%
Matt Barnes	76	23.9	9.8	1.2	3.4	4.6	2.1	1.0	0.5	1.4	2.5	3.6	8.3	.438	1.4	3.8	.366	1.2	1.6	.732
Marcus Smart	54	29.9	10.2	0.8	2.7	3.5	4.8	1.3	0.4	2.4	2.5	3.5	9.5	.367	1.4	4.6	.301	1.8	2.5	.729

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Matt Barnes	11	30.0	11.1	2.4	3.4	5.7	2.4	1.5	0.4	1.8	4.0	4.1	9.1	.450	1.7	4.1	.422	1.2	1.6	.722
Marcus Smart	15	29.9	9.8	0.9	2.8	3.7	5.3	1.7	0.7	2.4	2.9	3.2	9.5	.336	1.0	4.5	.221	2.4	3.3	.735


Season 5
	Matt Barnes	Marcus Smart
Season	2007-08	2018-19
Team	Golden State Warriors	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics 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		%
Matt Barnes	73	19.4	6.7	1.3	3.2	4.4	1.9	0.7	0.5	1.2	2.2	2.6	6.1	.423	0.7	2.5	.293	0.8	1.1	.747
Marcus Smart	80	27.5	8.9	0.7	2.2	2.9	4.0	1.8	0.4	1.5	2.5	3.0	7.1	.422	1.6	4.3	.364	1.3	1.6	.806

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Matt Barnes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Marcus Smart	2	16.0	3.5	2.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	1.5	0.0	1.5	1.5	0.5	5.5	.091	0.5	5.5	.091	2.0	3.0	.667


Season 6
	Matt Barnes	Marcus Smart
Season	2008-09	2019-20
Team	Phoenix Suns	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics Lost East Conf 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		%
Matt Barnes	77	27.0	10.2	1.0	4.4	5.5	2.8	0.7	0.3	1.7	2.7	3.7	8.8	.423	1.5	4.4	.343	1.3	1.8	.743
Marcus Smart	60	32.0	12.9	0.7	3.1	3.8	4.9	1.7	0.5	1.7	2.7	4.3	11.4	.375	2.3	6.6	.347	2.1	2.5	.836

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Matt Barnes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Marcus Smart	17	38.1	14.5	0.6	4.6	5.2	4.6	1.2	0.5	2.6	3.2	4.6	11.6	.394	2.4	7.2	.333	2.9	3.3	.875


Season 7
	Matt Barnes	Marcus Smart
Season	2009-10	2020-21
Team	Orlando Magic	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf Finals	Celtics 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		%
Matt Barnes	81	25.9	8.8	1.3	4.2	5.5	1.7	0.7	0.4	1.4	2.3	3.3	6.9	.487	0.8	2.6	.319	1.3	1.8	.740
Marcus Smart	48	32.9	13.1	0.8	2.7	3.5	5.7	1.5	0.5	2.0	2.6	4.2	10.6	.398	1.9	5.9	.330	2.7	3.4	.790

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Matt Barnes	14	23.3	6.4	1.1	3.6	4.7	1.4	0.7	0.2	0.7	2.0	2.1	5.4	.400	0.9	2.3	.375	1.2	1.4	.850
Marcus Smart	5	36.6	17.8	0.8	3.6	4.4	6.0	1.0	0.2	2.8	2.8	5.8	13.2	.439	3.2	8.6	.372	3.0	4.2	.714


Season 8
	Matt Barnes	Marcus Smart
Season	2010-11	2021-22
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Honors & Awards	-	Defensive Player of the Year
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	Celtics 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		%
Matt Barnes	53	19.2	6.7	1.4	2.9	4.3	1.3	0.7	0.4	1.1	2.4	2.5	5.3	.470	0.6	2.0	.318	1.1	1.5	.779
Marcus Smart	71	32.3	12.1	0.6	3.2	3.8	5.9	1.7	0.3	2.2	2.3	4.2	10.1	.418	1.7	5.1	.331	2.0	2.5	.793

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Matt Barnes	10	13.1	3.6	1.1	1.7	2.8	0.5	0.7	0.2	0.6	2.3	1.5	3.8	.395	0.2	1.2	.167	0.4	0.7	.571
Marcus Smart	21	36.2	15.4	1.0	3.6	4.5	5.9	1.2	0.2	2.5	3.4	5.4	13.3	.405	2.3	6.5	.350	2.4	3.0	.806


Season 9
	Matt Barnes	Marcus Smart
Season	2011-12	2022-23
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	Celtics Lost East Conf 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		%
Matt Barnes	63	22.9	7.8	1.5	3.9	5.5	2.0	0.6	0.8	1.2	2.4	2.8	6.1	.452	0.7	2.2	.333	1.5	2.0	.742
Marcus Smart	61	32.1	11.5	0.8	2.4	3.1	6.3	1.5	0.4	2.3	2.8	4.1	9.9	.415	1.9	5.6	.336	1.4	1.9	.746

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Matt Barnes	11	16.8	3.5	0.8	2.5	3.3	1.5	0.9	0.5	1.4	2.6	1.5	5.4	.271	0.5	2.8	.161	0.2	0.4	.500
Marcus Smart	20	34.0	14.9	1.1	3.0	4.0	5.1	1.3	0.3	2.3	1.9	5.1	11.2	.453	2.2	6.1	.361	2.6	3.3	.800


Season 10
	Matt Barnes	Marcus Smart
Season	2012-13	2023-24
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Clippers 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		%
Matt Barnes	80	25.7	10.3	1.4	3.2	4.6	1.5	1.0	0.8	1.1	2.9	3.9	8.4	.462	1.4	4.1	.342	1.1	1.5	.744
Marcus Smart	20	30.3	14.5	0.3	2.4	2.7	4.3	2.1	0.3	3.1	2.7	5.1	11.9	.430	2.1	6.7	.313	2.2	2.8	.768

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Matt Barnes	6	27.0	11.8	1.2	3.8	5.0	0.5	0.7	0.3	0.8	3.8	4.0	7.3	.545	1.2	2.8	.412	2.7	3.2	.842
Marcus Smart	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Matt Barnes	Marcus Smart
Season	2013-14	-
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Clippers 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		%
Matt Barnes	63	27.5	9.9	1.0	3.7	4.6	2.0	0.9	0.4	1.3	2.9	3.7	8.4	.438	1.5	4.5	.343	1.0	1.4	.733
Marcus Smart	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Matt Barnes	13	31.1	9.4	1.7	2.8	4.5	1.8	0.9	0.2	1.3	3.2	3.5	8.2	.421	1.5	4.6	.317	1.0	1.5	.684
Marcus Smart	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Matt Barnes	Marcus Smart
Season	2014-15	-
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Clippers 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		%
Matt Barnes	76	29.9	10.1	0.7	3.3	4.0	1.5	0.9	0.7	1.1	3.2	3.6	8.2	.444	1.8	4.9	.362	1.0	1.3	.779
Marcus Smart	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Matt Barnes	14	29.2	7.6	1.1	3.9	5.1	1.6	1.4	0.7	1.1	3.9	2.7	7.1	.380	1.1	4.3	.267	1.1	1.4	.750
Marcus Smart	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Matt Barnes	Marcus Smart
Season	2015-16	-
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Grizzlies 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		%
Matt Barnes	76	28.8	10.0	1.1	4.4	5.5	2.1	1.0	0.8	1.6	3.1	3.5	9.1	.381	1.6	4.9	.322	1.5	1.8	.804
Marcus Smart	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Matt Barnes	4	34.8	10.8	1.3	6.0	7.3	2.8	1.0	0.3	3.3	3.3	4.0	11.5	.348	0.8	4.5	.167	2.0	2.5	.800
Marcus Smart	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Matt Barnes	Marcus Smart
Season	2016-17	-
Team	Sacramento Kings, Golden State Warriors	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Matt Barnes	74	24.0	7.1	0.9	4.2	5.2	2.6	0.6	0.4	1.4	2.5	2.5	6.4	.391	1.2	3.6	.331	0.9	1.2	.787
Marcus Smart	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Matt Barnes	12	5.1	0.8	0.0	0.8	0.8	0.6	0.2	0.0	0.3	0.8	0.3	1.3	.267	0.1	0.7	.125	0.0	0.0	-
Marcus Smart	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Matt Barnes vs. Marcus Smart Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Marcus Smart and Matt Barnes, 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