Steve Mix vs. Kenny Smith Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kenny Smith and Steve Mix, 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.

Steve Mix played 13 years in the NBA, 3 more than Kenny Smith, who played 10. Steve Mix had the first of his seasons in 1969-70, 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
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13
Rookie Season
	Steve Mix	Kenny Smith
Season	1969-70	1987-88
Team	Detroit Pistons	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		%
Steve Mix	18	15.3	6.6	-	-	3.6	0.8	-	-	-	1.7	2.7	5.6	.480	-	-	-	1.3	2.2	.590
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		%
Steve Mix	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Steve Mix didn't play in 1972-73.

Season 5
	Steve Mix	Kenny Smith
Season	1974-75	1991-92
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
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		%
Steve Mix	46	38.0	15.6	3.4	7.5	10.9	2.2	1.7	0.5	-	3.8	6.1	12.7	.481	-	-	-	3.5	4.5	.776
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Mix	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Steve Mix	Kenny Smith
Season	1976-77	1993-94
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	76ers 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		%
Steve Mix	75	26.1	10.5	1.7	3.3	5.0	2.0	1.2	0.3	-	2.2	3.8	7.3	.523	-	-	-	2.9	3.5	.817
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		%
Steve Mix	19	21.7	7.8	1.2	2.2	3.4	2.3	1.1	0.2	-	2.1	2.9	5.6	.523	-	-	-	1.9	2.4	.822
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
	Steve Mix	Kenny Smith
Season	1977-78	1994-95
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	76ers 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		%
Steve Mix	82	22.2	9.2	1.2	2.5	3.6	2.1	1.1	0.0	1.6	1.9	3.5	6.8	.520	-	-	-	2.1	2.7	.795
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		%
Steve Mix	10	23.5	13.6	1.7	2.9	4.6	3.6	1.5	0.1	1.2	2.2	4.9	8.2	.598	-	-	-	3.8	4.3	.884
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