Adrian Smith vs. Trae Young Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Trae Young and Adrian Smith, 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.

Adrian Smith played 10 years in the NBA, 4 more than Trae Young, who played 6. Adrian Smith had the first of his seasons in 1961-62, while Trae Young had his rookie season in 2018-19. 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
	Adrian Smith	Trae Young
Season	1961-62	2018-19
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Royals Lost West Div Semis	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		%
Adrian Smith	80	18.3	7.2	-	-	1.9	2.1	-	-	-	1.3	2.5	6.2	.405	-	-	-	2.2	2.8	.775
Trae Young	81	30.9	19.1	0.8	2.9	3.7	8.1	0.9	0.2	3.8	1.7	6.5	15.5	.418	1.9	6.0	.324	4.2	5.1	.829
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Adrian Smith	4	13.3	5.3	-	-	1.3	0.8	-	-	-	0.5	2.0	4.8	.421	-	-	-	1.3	1.3	1.000
Trae Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Adrian Smith	Trae Young
Season	1962-63	2019-20
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Royals Lost East Div Finals	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		%
Adrian Smith	79	19.3	8.9	-	-	2.2	1.8	-	-	-	2.0	3.1	6.9	.443	-	-	-	2.8	3.5	.811
Trae Young	60	35.3	29.6	0.5	3.7	4.3	9.3	1.1	0.1	4.8	1.7	9.1	20.8	.437	3.4	9.5	.361	8.0	9.3	.860
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Adrian Smith	12	16.7	8.1	-	-	1.3	2.3	-	-	-	1.6	2.8	6.8	.402	-	-	-	2.6	3.7	.705
Trae Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Adrian Smith	Trae Young
Season	1964-65	2021-22
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Royals Lost East Div Semis	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		%
Adrian Smith	80	34.3	15.1	-	-	2.8	3.0	-	-	-	2.5	5.8	12.7	.456	-	-	-	3.6	4.3	.830
Trae Young	76	34.9	28.4	0.7	3.1	3.7	9.7	0.9	0.1	4.0	1.7	9.4	20.3	.460	3.1	8.0	.382	6.6	7.3	.904
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Adrian Smith	4	37.5	14.3	-	-	2.8	5.3	-	-	-	2.8	4.5	12.0	.375	-	-	-	5.3	5.5	.955
Trae Young	5	37.2	15.4	1.0	4.0	5.0	6.0	0.6	0.0	6.2	2.6	4.4	13.8	.319	1.4	7.6	.184	5.2	6.6	.788

Season 5
	Adrian Smith	Trae Young
Season	1965-66	2022-23
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Royals Lost East Div Semis	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		%
Adrian Smith	80	37.3	18.4	-	-	3.6	3.2	-	-	-	3.5	6.6	16.4	.405	-	-	-	5.1	6.0	.850
Trae Young	73	34.8	26.2	0.8	2.2	3.0	10.2	1.1	0.1	4.1	1.4	8.2	19.0	.429	2.1	6.3	.335	7.8	8.8	.886
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Adrian Smith	5	31.4	13.0	-	-	2.4	2.6	-	-	-	2.4	4.4	11.8	.373	-	-	-	4.2	4.4	.955
Trae Young	6	38.3	29.2	0.8	2.8	3.7	10.2	1.7	0.7	4.0	1.8	10.0	24.8	.403	3.0	9.0	.333	6.2	7.2	.860

Season 6
	Adrian Smith	Trae Young
Season	1966-67	2023-24
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Royals Lost East Div Semis	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		%
Adrian Smith	81	32.5	16.6	-	-	2.5	2.3	-	-	-	3.4	6.2	14.2	.438	-	-	-	4.2	4.7	.903
Trae Young	54	36.0	25.7	0.4	2.3	2.8	10.8	1.3	0.2	4.4	2.0	8.0	18.7	.430	3.2	8.7	.373	6.4	7.5	.855
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Adrian Smith	4	30.0	11.3	-	-	2.0	2.8	-	-	-	2.0	4.5	12.0	.375	-	-	-	2.3	3.0	.750
Trae Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-