Head-to-Head: Games Played Between John Paxson and Kenny Smith

This is the detail of NBA games in which John Paxson and Kenny Smith played against each other, including head-to-head record, stats average, game highs and game-by-game data both in the Regular Season and Playoffs.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Games against each other

They faced each other a total of 13 times in NBA games. John Paxson has a 7-6 winning record over Kenny Smith. They never met in the Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

John Paxson
vs.
Kenny Smith
NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2025-26
John Paxson:
1983-84 to 1993-94
Kenny Smith:
1987-88 to 1996-97
13 Games played
13 in Regular Season
0 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

 Games Won in
Regular Season		 in
Playoffs
John Paxson
7
7
0
Kenny Smith
6
6
0

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
John Paxson 5.6 0.8 2.1 1.00.0
Kenny Smith 12.2 1.7 6.21.30.1
Game Highs
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
John Paxson 15 3 5 50
Kenny Smith 25 4 13 41
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
John Paxson 2

games		 3

games		 2

games		 3

games		0

games
Kenny Smith 11

games 		9

games		 10

games		 7

games		1

game
Both had same stat 0

games		 1

game		 1

game		 3

games		12

games

Head To Head Games Played: One by One

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1987-88 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Feb. 01, 1988
1. Bulls 95   John Paxson 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 18 1-2 .500 0-1 .000 0-0 -
Kings 97   Kenny Smith 10 1 11 1 1 2 2 39 4-11 .364 0-1 .000 2-2 1.000
Feb. 19, 1988
2. Bulls 111   John Paxson 4 0 3 3 0 1 1 18 2-5 .400 0-1 .000 0-0 -
Kings 90   Kenny Smith 10 1 9 4 0 3 0 26 5-9 .556 0-1 .000 0-0 -
1988-89 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 22, 1988
3. Bulls 114   John Paxson 8 1 5 1 0 3 1 24 3-7 .429 2-3 .667 0-0 -
Kings 98   Kenny Smith 9 0 3 0 0 1 1 33 4-10 .400 0-0 - 1-2 .500
Feb. 02, 1989
4. Bulls 109   John Paxson 8 1 4 0 0 1 4 23 4-10 .400 0-2 .000 0-0 -
Kings 98   Kenny Smith 18 2 7 1 0 7 5 37 7-11 .636 2-3 .667 2-2 1.000
1989-90 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 14, 1989
5. Bulls 96   John Paxson 8 0 3 0 0 1 0 18 4-10 .400 0-2 .000 0-0 -
Kings 94   Kenny Smith 22 3 6 0 0 0 1 43 10-19 .526 1-2 .500 1-1 1.000
Mar. 21, 1990
6. Bulls 99   John Paxson 15 3 2 5 0 1 4 32 6-9 .667 0-1 .000 3-3 1.000
Hawks 89   Kenny Smith 7 1 2 1 0 3 1 30 1-9 .111 1-2 .500 4-4 1.000
1990-91 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Jan. 03, 1991
7. Bulls 92   John Paxson 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 20 0-6 .000 0-2 .000 0-0 -
Rockets 114   Kenny Smith 18 2 13 1 0 3 0 29 8-10 .800 0-1 .000 2-2 1.000
Mar. 25, 1991
8. Bulls 90   John Paxson 7 1 1 1 0 1 2 22 3-8 .375 1-5 .200 0-0 -
Rockets 100   Kenny Smith 25 3 7 4 0 2 1 43 9-13 .692 0-0 - 7-8 .875
1991-92 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Jan. 25, 1992
9. Bulls 114   John Paxson 10 3 4 1 0 2 1 25 3-5 .600 1-2 .500 3-3 1.000
Rockets 100   Kenny Smith 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 18 0-2 .000 0-0 - 0-0 -
Jan. 30, 1992
10. Bulls 102   John Paxson 4 2 0 1 0 1 0 24 2-3 .667 0-0 - 0-0 -
Rockets 105   Kenny Smith 9 3 7 0 0 3 0 27 4-6 .667 1-1 1.000 0-0 -
1992-93 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 11, 1992
11. Bulls 96   John Paxson 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 17 3-8 .375 1-1 1.000 0-0 -
Rockets 110   Kenny Smith 17 4 7 2 0 1 1 36 5-10 .500 3-3 1.000 4-4 1.000
Jan. 28, 1993
12. Bulls 83   John Paxson 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 14 0-3 .000 0-0 - 0-0 -
Rockets 94   Kenny Smith 9 1 5 0 0 2 2 22 3-6 .500 1-1 1.000 2-2 1.000
1993-94 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Jan. 15, 1994
13. Bulls 82   John Paxson 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 10 0-2 .000 0-2 .000 0-0 -
Rockets 76   Kenny Smith 5 0 3 2 0 1 0 23 2-7 .286 1-4 .250 0-0 -
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