Al-Farouq Aminu vs. Marcus Smart Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Marcus Smart and Al-Farouq Aminu, 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 / Games against each other

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.

Al-Farouq Aminu played 11 years in the NBA, 1 more than Marcus Smart, who played 10. Al-Farouq Aminu had the first of his seasons in 2010-11, while Marcus Smart had his rookie season in 2014-15. 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
Al-Farouq Aminu	11	5	2010-11 to 2020-21
Marcus Smart	10	9	2014-15 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Al-Farouq Aminu	Marcus Smart
Season	2010-11	2014-15
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics 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		%
Al-Farouq Aminu	81	17.9	5.6	0.9	2.4	3.3	0.7	0.7	0.3	1.3	1.5	2.0	5.0	.394	0.6	1.8	.315	1.1	1.5	.773
Marcus Smart	67	27.0	7.8	0.9	2.4	3.3	3.1	1.5	0.3	1.3	2.6	2.6	7.1	.367	1.4	4.1	.335	1.2	1.9	.646

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al-Farouq Aminu	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Marcus Smart	4	22.5	9.8	1.3	1.5	2.8	1.3	0.3	0.3	1.0	3.0	3.5	7.3	.483	0.8	3.3	.231	2.0	3.8	.533


Season 2
	Al-Farouq Aminu	Marcus Smart
Season	2011-12	2015-16
Team	New Orleans Hornets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics 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		%
Al-Farouq Aminu	66	22.4	6.0	1.4	3.2	4.7	1.0	0.9	0.5	1.4	2.1	2.3	5.5	.411	0.2	0.7	.277	1.3	1.7	.754
Marcus Smart	61	27.3	9.1	1.2	2.9	4.2	3.0	1.5	0.3	1.3	3.0	3.0	8.7	.348	1.0	4.0	.253	2.1	2.7	.777

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al-Farouq Aminu	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Marcus Smart	6	32.2	12.0	1.3	3.2	4.5	3.0	1.7	0.8	2.5	2.8	3.7	10.0	.367	1.8	5.3	.344	2.8	3.5	.810


Season 3
	Al-Farouq Aminu	Marcus Smart
Season	2012-13	2016-17
Team	New Orleans Hornets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics 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		%
Al-Farouq Aminu	76	27.2	7.3	1.8	5.9	7.7	1.4	1.2	0.7	1.5	2.0	3.0	6.2	.475	0.1	0.3	.211	1.3	1.8	.737
Marcus Smart	79	30.4	10.6	1.0	2.9	3.9	4.6	1.6	0.4	2.0	2.4	3.4	9.5	.359	1.2	4.2	.283	2.6	3.2	.812

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al-Farouq Aminu	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Marcus Smart	18	29.9	8.6	1.3	3.4	4.7	4.7	1.5	0.9	2.1	2.8	2.6	7.4	.351	1.6	4.1	.397	1.8	2.8	.640


Season 4
	Al-Farouq Aminu	Marcus Smart
Season	2013-14	2017-18
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics 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		%
Al-Farouq Aminu	80	25.6	7.2	1.6	4.6	6.2	1.4	1.0	0.5	1.1	1.8	2.9	6.2	.474	0.2	0.6	.271	1.1	1.7	.664
Marcus Smart	54	29.9	10.2	0.8	2.7	3.5	4.8	1.3	0.4	2.4	2.5	3.5	9.5	.367	1.4	4.6	.301	1.8	2.5	.729

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al-Farouq Aminu	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Marcus Smart	15	29.9	9.8	0.9	2.8	3.7	5.3	1.7	0.7	2.4	2.9	3.2	9.5	.336	1.0	4.5	.221	2.4	3.3	.735


Season 5
	Al-Farouq Aminu	Marcus Smart
Season	2014-15	2018-19
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Celtics 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		%
Al-Farouq Aminu	74	18.5	5.6	1.5	3.1	4.6	0.8	0.9	0.8	0.7	1.9	2.0	4.8	.412	0.5	1.7	.274	1.1	1.6	.712
Marcus Smart	80	27.5	8.9	0.7	2.2	2.9	4.0	1.8	0.4	1.5	2.5	3.0	7.1	.422	1.6	4.3	.364	1.3	1.6	.806

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al-Farouq Aminu	5	30.0	11.2	2.8	4.4	7.2	1.2	2.0	1.6	1.2	3.0	3.4	6.2	.548	1.4	2.2	.636	3.0	3.8	.789
Marcus Smart	2	16.0	3.5	2.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	1.5	0.0	1.5	1.5	0.5	5.5	.091	0.5	5.5	.091	2.0	3.0	.667


Season 6
	Al-Farouq Aminu	Marcus Smart
Season	2015-16	2019-20
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Semis	Celtics 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		%
Al-Farouq Aminu	82	28.5	10.2	1.2	4.9	6.1	1.7	0.9	0.6	1.5	2.1	3.6	8.8	.416	1.5	4.3	.361	1.4	1.9	.737
Marcus Smart	60	32.0	12.9	0.7	3.1	3.8	4.9	1.7	0.5	1.7	2.7	4.3	11.4	.375	2.3	6.6	.347	2.1	2.5	.836

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al-Farouq Aminu	11	33.8	14.6	2.1	6.5	8.6	1.8	0.7	0.9	1.9	2.8	5.1	11.6	.438	2.5	6.4	.400	1.9	2.6	.724
Marcus Smart	17	38.1	14.5	0.6	4.6	5.2	4.6	1.2	0.5	2.6	3.2	4.6	11.6	.394	2.4	7.2	.333	2.9	3.3	.875


Season 7
	Al-Farouq Aminu	Marcus Smart
Season	2016-17	2020-21
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Celtics 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		%
Al-Farouq Aminu	61	29.1	8.7	1.3	6.1	7.4	1.6	1.0	0.7	1.5	1.7	3.0	7.6	.393	1.1	3.5	.330	1.6	2.2	.706
Marcus Smart	48	32.9	13.1	0.8	2.7	3.5	5.7	1.5	0.5	2.0	2.6	4.2	10.6	.398	1.9	5.9	.330	2.7	3.4	.790

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al-Farouq Aminu	4	28.3	12.0	1.3	5.3	6.5	1.0	0.8	1.0	2.3	2.3	4.3	9.3	.459	1.8	4.3	.412	1.8	2.8	.636
Marcus Smart	5	36.6	17.8	0.8	3.6	4.4	6.0	1.0	0.2	2.8	2.8	5.8	13.2	.439	3.2	8.6	.372	3.0	4.2	.714


Season 8
	Al-Farouq Aminu	Marcus Smart
Season	2017-18	2021-22
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Honors & Awards	-	Defensive Player of the Year
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Celtics Lost NBA 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		%
Al-Farouq Aminu	69	30.0	9.3	1.4	6.2	7.6	1.2	1.1	0.6	1.1	2.0	3.3	8.4	.395	1.8	4.9	.369	0.9	1.2	.738
Marcus Smart	71	32.3	12.1	0.6	3.2	3.8	5.9	1.7	0.3	2.2	2.3	4.2	10.1	.418	1.7	5.1	.331	2.0	2.5	.793

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al-Farouq Aminu	4	32.8	17.3	3.0	6.0	9.0	1.3	1.0	0.5	1.5	2.0	6.8	13.0	.519	3.3	7.5	.433	0.5	0.5	1.000
Marcus Smart	21	36.2	15.4	1.0	3.6	4.5	5.9	1.2	0.2	2.5	3.4	5.4	13.3	.405	2.3	6.5	.350	2.4	3.0	.806


Season 9
	Al-Farouq Aminu	Marcus Smart
Season	2018-19	2022-23
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Finals	Celtics 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		%
Al-Farouq Aminu	81	28.3	9.4	1.4	6.1	7.5	1.3	0.8	0.4	0.9	1.8	3.2	7.3	.433	1.2	3.5	.343	1.9	2.1	.867
Marcus Smart	61	32.1	11.5	0.8	2.4	3.1	6.3	1.5	0.4	2.3	2.8	4.1	9.9	.415	1.9	5.6	.336	1.4	1.9	.746

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al-Farouq Aminu	16	24.9	7.4	1.8	4.4	6.3	1.3	0.6	0.6	1.0	2.1	2.4	6.8	.349	0.9	3.2	.294	1.7	2.3	.750
Marcus Smart	20	34.0	14.9	1.1	3.0	4.0	5.1	1.3	0.3	2.3	1.9	5.1	11.2	.453	2.2	6.1	.361	2.6	3.3	.800


Season 10
	Al-Farouq Aminu	Marcus Smart
Season	2019-20	2023-24
Team	Orlando Magic	Memphis Grizzlies
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		%
Al-Farouq Aminu	18	21.1	4.3	1.3	3.5	4.8	1.2	1.0	0.4	0.9	1.5	1.4	4.8	.291	0.5	2.0	.250	1.1	1.6	.655
Marcus Smart	20	30.3	14.5	0.3	2.4	2.7	4.3	2.1	0.3	3.1	2.7	5.1	11.9	.430	2.1	6.7	.313	2.2	2.8	.768

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al-Farouq Aminu	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Marcus Smart	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Al-Farouq Aminu	Marcus Smart
Season	2020-21	-
Team	Orlando Magic, Chicago Bulls	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Al-Farouq Aminu	23	18.9	4.4	1.0	3.8	4.8	1.3	0.8	0.4	1.2	1.3	1.7	4.3	.384	0.3	1.6	.216	0.8	1.0	.818
Marcus Smart	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al-Farouq Aminu	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Marcus Smart	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Al-Farouq Aminu vs. Marcus Smart Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Marcus Smart and Al-Farouq Aminu, 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