Nate Robinson vs. Steve Smith Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Steve Smith and Nate Robinson, 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.

Nate Robinson played 11 years in the NBA, 3 less than Steve Smith, who played 14. Nate Robinson had the first of his seasons in 2005-06, while Steve Smith had his rookie season in 1991-92. 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
Nate Robinson	11	3	2005-06 to 2015-16
Steve Smith	14	13	1991-92 to 2004-05

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Nate Robinson	Steve Smith
Season	2005-06	1991-92
Team	New York Knicks	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Heat 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		%
Nate Robinson	72	21.4	9.3	0.8	1.5	2.3	2.0	0.8	0.0	1.6	2.8	3.2	7.8	.407	0.8	2.0	.397	2.1	2.8	.752
Steve Smith	61	29.6	12.0	1.3	1.8	3.1	4.6	1.0	0.3	2.5	2.7	4.9	10.7	.454	0.7	2.0	.320	1.6	2.1	.748

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nate Robinson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Steve Smith	3	33.3	16.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	5.0	1.3	0.3	1.0	0.7	6.0	11.3	.529	2.3	3.7	.636	1.7	2.0	.833


Season 2
	Nate Robinson	Steve Smith
Season	2006-07	1992-93
Team	New York Knicks	Miami Heat
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		%
Nate Robinson	64	21.2	10.1	0.9	1.5	2.4	1.4	0.8	0.1	1.1	2.5	3.5	8.2	.434	1.3	3.3	.390	1.7	2.2	.777
Steve Smith	48	33.5	16.0	1.2	2.9	4.1	5.6	1.0	0.3	2.7	3.1	5.8	12.9	.451	1.1	2.8	.402	3.2	4.1	.787

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nate Robinson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Steve Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Nate Robinson	Steve Smith
Season	2007-08	1993-94
Team	New York Knicks	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Heat 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		%
Nate Robinson	72	26.2	12.7	0.7	2.4	3.1	2.9	0.8	0.0	1.4	2.6	4.6	10.9	.423	1.3	4.1	.332	2.1	2.7	.786
Steve Smith	78	35.6	17.3	2.0	2.5	4.5	5.1	1.1	0.4	2.6	2.8	6.3	13.8	.456	1.2	3.4	.347	3.5	4.2	.835

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nate Robinson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Steve Smith	5	38.4	19.2	3.4	2.6	6.0	2.2	0.8	0.4	2.0	2.4	6.6	16.0	.413	1.8	4.4	.409	4.2	5.0	.840


Season 4
	Nate Robinson	Steve Smith
Season	2008-09	1994-95
Team	New York Knicks	Miami Heat, Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Nate Robinson	74	29.9	17.2	1.3	2.6	3.9	4.1	1.3	0.1	1.9	2.8	6.1	13.9	.437	1.7	5.2	.325	3.4	4.0	.841
Steve Smith	80	33.3	16.3	1.3	2.2	3.5	3.4	0.8	0.4	1.9	2.8	5.4	12.6	.426	1.7	5.2	.329	3.9	4.6	.841

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nate Robinson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Steve Smith	3	36.0	19.0	0.3	2.3	2.7	2.0	2.0	0.3	1.0	4.7	5.7	14.3	.395	2.3	6.0	.389	5.3	6.3	.842


Season 5
	Nate Robinson	Steve Smith
Season	2009-10	1995-96
Team	New York Knicks, Boston Celtics	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Nate Robinson	56	19.9	10.1	0.5	1.5	2.0	2.9	0.9	0.1	1.3	2.1	3.8	8.8	.436	1.6	4.0	.390	0.9	1.2	.746
Steve Smith	80	35.7	18.1	1.6	2.5	4.1	2.8	0.9	0.2	1.9	2.6	6.2	14.3	.432	1.8	5.3	.331	4.0	4.8	.826

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nate Robinson	17	7.5	4.2	0.2	0.6	0.8	1.1	0.4	0.1	0.4	0.9	1.4	3.8	.375	0.6	1.9	.333	0.7	0.9	.800
Steve Smith	10	42.1	21.7	1.5	2.6	4.1	3.2	1.3	1.3	1.6	3.1	7.5	17.1	.439	2.5	6.1	.410	4.2	5.2	.808


Season 6
	Nate Robinson	Steve Smith
Season	2010-11	1996-97
Team	Boston Celtics, Oklahoma City Thunder	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Nate Robinson	59	17.2	6.8	0.3	1.3	1.5	1.9	0.5	0.1	1.2	1.9	2.5	6.4	.399	1.1	3.4	.325	0.6	0.7	.818
Steve Smith	72	39.1	20.1	1.3	2.1	3.3	4.2	0.9	0.3	2.4	2.4	6.8	15.9	.429	1.8	5.4	.335	4.6	5.5	.847

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nate Robinson	3	4.0	2.7	0.0	0.0	0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.7	2.3	.286	0.7	2.0	.333	0.7	0.7	1.000
Steve Smith	10	42.0	18.9	1.2	2.7	3.9	1.7	0.4	0.1	2.8	3.8	5.5	13.9	.396	1.8	5.5	.327	6.1	7.4	.824


Season 7
	Nate Robinson	Steve Smith
Season	2011-12	1997-98
Team	Golden State Warriors	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Nate Robinson	51	23.4	11.2	0.3	1.7	2.0	4.5	1.2	0.0	1.5	2.3	4.0	9.5	.424	1.3	3.5	.365	1.8	2.2	.832
Steve Smith	73	39.1	20.1	1.8	2.4	4.2	4.0	1.0	0.4	2.4	3.0	6.7	15.1	.444	1.3	3.8	.351	5.3	6.2	.855

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nate Robinson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Steve Smith	4	40.0	24.8	0.5	2.3	2.8	2.3	0.5	0.8	1.3	4.3	9.8	17.0	.574	2.5	5.0	.500	2.8	4.0	.688


Season 8
	Nate Robinson	Steve Smith
Season	2012-13	1998-99
Team	Chicago Bulls	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Nate Robinson	82	25.4	13.1	0.4	1.9	2.2	4.4	1.0	0.1	1.8	2.5	4.9	11.2	.433	1.7	4.2	.405	1.6	2.1	.799
Steve Smith	36	36.5	18.7	1.4	2.8	4.2	3.3	1.0	0.3	2.8	2.8	6.0	15.0	.402	1.3	3.9	.338	5.3	6.3	.849

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nate Robinson	12	33.7	16.3	0.5	2.2	2.7	4.4	1.0	0.2	2.7	3.2	5.9	13.6	.436	1.8	5.4	.338	2.6	3.4	.756
Steve Smith	9	39.6	17.3	1.6	1.9	3.4	3.3	1.6	0.2	2.3	3.6	6.0	17.0	.353	1.0	3.7	.273	4.3	4.8	.907


Season 9
	Nate Robinson	Steve Smith
Season	2013-14	1999-00
Team	Denver Nuggets	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers Lost West 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		%
Nate Robinson	44	19.7	10.4	0.5	1.4	1.8	2.5	0.8	0.1	1.3	2.1	3.7	8.7	.428	1.3	3.5	.377	1.6	1.9	.835
Steve Smith	82	32.8	14.9	1.5	2.3	3.8	2.5	0.9	0.4	1.4	2.6	5.1	11.0	.467	1.2	2.9	.398	3.5	4.1	.850

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nate Robinson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Steve Smith	16	37.8	17.1	0.8	1.7	2.5	2.8	1.2	0.3	1.7	2.8	5.5	11.3	.486	1.8	3.3	.547	4.3	4.9	.885


Season 10
	Nate Robinson	Steve Smith
Season	2014-15	2000-01
Team	Denver Nuggets, Los Angeles Clippers	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers 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		%
Nate Robinson	42	14.1	5.7	0.4	0.8	1.2	2.3	0.5	0.1	0.7	1.8	2.1	6.1	.345	0.7	2.7	.277	0.7	1.1	.674
Steve Smith	81	31.4	13.6	1.1	2.3	3.4	2.6	0.6	0.3	1.7	2.5	4.4	9.7	.456	1.0	2.8	.339	3.8	4.3	.890

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nate Robinson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Steve Smith	3	40.7	17.0	1.7	2.7	4.3	2.3	0.7	0.3	3.3	1.0	5.3	11.3	.471	1.3	3.7	.364	5.0	5.3	.938


Season 11
	Nate Robinson	Steve Smith
Season	2015-16	2001-02
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
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		%
Nate Robinson	2	11.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	2.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	2.5	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0	-
Steve Smith	77	28.7	11.6	0.6	1.9	2.5	2.0	0.7	0.2	1.4	2.1	4.0	8.9	.455	1.5	3.2	.472	2.1	2.4	.878

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nate Robinson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Steve Smith	10	29.8	10.3	1.4	2.0	3.4	1.7	0.8	0.1	0.7	2.0	3.2	8.7	.368	1.0	3.8	.263	2.9	3.0	.967


Season 12
	Nate Robinson	Steve Smith
Season	-	2002-03
Team	-	San Antonio Spurs
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		%
Nate Robinson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Steve Smith	53	19.5	6.8	0.4	1.5	1.9	1.3	0.5	0.2	0.8	1.5	2.1	5.5	.388	0.7	2.2	.331	1.8	2.2	.833

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nate Robinson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Steve Smith	9	7.4	1.8	0.1	0.7	0.8	0.7	0.1	0.0	0.2	0.3	0.6	2.7	.208	0.2	1.3	.167	0.4	0.4	1.000


Season 13
	Nate Robinson	Steve Smith
Season	-	2003-04
Team	-	New Orleans Hornets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Hornets 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		%
Nate Robinson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Steve Smith	71	13.1	5.0	0.4	0.8	1.1	0.8	0.2	0.1	0.6	1.3	1.7	4.1	.406	0.6	1.5	.402	1.1	1.2	.928

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nate Robinson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Steve Smith	5	9.0	6.4	0.4	1.2	1.6	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.6	1.0	2.4	5.2	.462	1.2	2.2	.545	0.4	0.6	.667


Season 14
	Nate Robinson	Steve Smith
Season	-	2004-05
Team	-	Charlotte Bobcats, Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Heat 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		%
Nate Robinson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Steve Smith	50	15.0	6.3	0.3	1.0	1.3	1.4	0.3	0.1	0.5	1.6	2.0	5.0	.411	0.8	2.1	.390	1.4	1.6	.863

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nate Robinson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Steve Smith	3	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.7	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Nate Robinson vs. Steve Smith Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Steve Smith and Nate Robinson, 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