Meyers Leonard vs. Kenny Smith Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kenny Smith and Meyers Leonard, 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.

Meyers Leonard and Kenny Smith both played 10 years in the NBA. Meyers Leonard had the first of his seasons in 2012-13, while Kenny Smith had his rookie season in 1987-88. 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
	Meyers Leonard	Kenny Smith
Season	2012-13	1987-88
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
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		%
Meyers Leonard	69	17.5	5.5	1.2	2.5	3.7	0.5	0.2	0.6	0.7	2.4	2.2	4.0	.545	0.0	0.1	.429	1.0	1.3	.809
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Meyers Leonard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Meyers Leonard	Kenny Smith
Season	2018-19	1993-94
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West 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		%
Meyers Leonard	61	14.4	5.9	0.8	3.0	3.8	1.2	0.2	0.1	0.7	1.7	2.2	4.0	.545	0.8	1.8	.450	0.7	0.8	.843
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Meyers Leonard	11	15.5	7.7	0.5	3.1	3.6	1.1	0.3	0.1	0.4	2.5	3.1	5.9	.523	1.3	3.0	.424	0.3	0.8	.333
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

Season 8
	Meyers Leonard	Kenny Smith
Season	2019-20	1994-95
Team	Miami Heat	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Heat Lost NBA 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		%
Meyers Leonard	51	20.3	6.1	0.6	4.5	5.1	1.1	0.3	0.3	0.8	2.1	2.3	4.6	.509	1.0	2.5	.414	0.4	0.5	.643
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Meyers Leonard	3	10.3	4.7	0.0	0.3	0.3	1.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	1.3	1.7	2.7	.625	0.7	1.3	.500	0.7	0.7	1.000
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

Note: Meyers Leonard didn't play in 2021-22.