Alec Burks vs. Marcus Smart Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Marcus Smart and Alec Burks, 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.

Alec Burks played 13 years in the NBA, 3 more than Marcus Smart, who played 10. Alec Burks had the first of his seasons in 2011-12, 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
Alec Burks	13	5	2011-12 to 2023-24
Marcus Smart	10	9	2014-15 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Alec Burks	Marcus Smart
Season	2011-12	2014-15
Team	Utah Jazz	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Jazz 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		%
Alec Burks	59	15.9	7.2	1.0	1.3	2.2	0.9	0.5	0.1	0.9	1.4	2.6	6.1	.429	0.3	0.8	.333	1.8	2.4	.727
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		%
Alec Burks	4	15.8	6.5	1.3	1.5	2.8	0.8	0.5	0.0	0.8	1.0	1.8	7.0	.250	0.0	0.5	.000	3.0	3.5	.857
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
	Alec Burks	Marcus Smart
Season	2012-13	2015-16
Team	Utah Jazz	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		%
Alec Burks	64	17.8	7.0	0.6	1.7	2.3	1.4	0.5	0.2	1.2	1.8	2.5	6.1	.420	0.5	1.4	.359	1.4	2.0	.713
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		%
Alec Burks	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Alec Burks	Marcus Smart
Season	2013-14	2016-17
Team	Utah Jazz	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		%
Alec Burks	78	28.1	14.0	0.8	2.5	3.3	2.7	0.9	0.2	1.9	2.4	4.9	10.7	.457	0.6	1.8	.350	3.6	4.8	.748
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		%
Alec Burks	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Alec Burks	Marcus Smart
Season	2014-15	2017-18
Team	Utah Jazz	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		%
Alec Burks	27	33.3	13.9	0.7	3.5	4.2	3.0	0.6	0.2	1.9	2.4	4.5	11.1	.403	1.0	2.5	.382	3.9	4.8	.822
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		%
Alec Burks	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Alec Burks	Marcus Smart
Season	2015-16	2018-19
Team	Utah Jazz	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Alec Burks	31	25.7	13.3	0.5	3.0	3.5	2.0	0.6	0.1	1.6	2.3	4.4	10.8	.410	1.0	2.5	.405	3.4	4.5	.752
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		%
Alec Burks	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Alec Burks	Marcus Smart
Season	2016-17	2019-20
Team	Utah Jazz	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
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		%
Alec Burks	42	15.5	6.7	0.4	2.5	2.9	0.7	0.4	0.1	0.8	1.2	2.4	5.9	.399	0.6	1.8	.329	1.4	1.9	.769
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		%
Alec Burks	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Alec Burks	Marcus Smart
Season	2017-18	2020-21
Team	Utah Jazz	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Alec Burks	64	16.5	7.7	0.3	2.7	3.0	1.0	0.6	0.1	0.9	1.2	2.7	6.5	.411	0.7	2.2	.331	1.7	1.9	.863
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		%
Alec Burks	9	13.3	9.1	0.2	2.4	2.7	1.9	0.4	0.1	0.9	1.0	3.3	7.1	.469	1.0	2.2	.450	1.4	1.7	.867
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
	Alec Burks	Marcus Smart
Season	2018-19	2021-22
Team	Utah Jazz, Cleveland Cavaliers, Sacramento Kings	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Honors & Awards	-	Defensive Player of the Year
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Alec Burks	64	21.5	8.8	0.5	3.2	3.7	2.0	0.6	0.3	1.0	1.4	3.0	7.4	.405	1.0	2.6	.363	1.8	2.2	.823
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		%
Alec Burks	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Alec Burks	Marcus Smart
Season	2019-20	2022-23
Team	Golden State Warriors, Philadelphia 76ers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Alec Burks	66	26.6	15.0	0.7	3.5	4.3	2.9	0.9	0.3	1.4	1.9	4.9	11.6	.418	1.8	4.6	.385	3.6	4.0	.887
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		%
Alec Burks	4	23.8	10.5	1.8	2.0	3.8	1.8	0.3	0.8	0.8	1.8	4.0	12.3	.327	0.8	4.0	.188	1.8	2.3	.778
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
	Alec Burks	Marcus Smart
Season	2020-21	2023-24
Team	New York Knicks	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Alec Burks	49	25.6	12.7	0.4	4.2	4.6	2.2	0.6	0.3	1.0	2.1	4.3	10.2	.420	2.1	5.0	.415	2.1	2.4	.856
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		%
Alec Burks	5	25.6	14.0	1.0	4.0	5.0	2.6	0.2	0.0	0.8	2.2	4.8	11.2	.429	1.6	4.8	.333	2.8	3.8	.737
Marcus Smart	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Alec Burks	Marcus Smart
Season	2021-22	-
Team	New York Knicks	-
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		%
Alec Burks	81	28.6	11.7	0.6	4.3	4.9	3.0	1.0	0.3	1.1	2.7	3.5	9.0	.391	1.9	4.8	.404	2.7	3.3	.822
Marcus Smart	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 12
	Alec Burks	Marcus Smart
Season	2022-23	-
Team	Detroit Pistons	-
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		%
Alec Burks	51	22.0	12.8	0.4	2.7	3.1	2.2	0.7	0.2	1.1	1.9	3.9	9.0	.436	1.9	4.7	.414	3.0	3.7	.814
Marcus Smart	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 13
	Alec Burks	Marcus Smart
Season	2023-24	-
Team	Detroit Pistons, New York Knicks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks TBD	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alec Burks	66	18.3	10.4	0.4	1.9	2.3	1.3	0.4	0.2	0.7	1.1	3.2	8.6	.369	1.9	5.0	.376	2.2	2.5	.868
Marcus Smart	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alec Burks	5	18.6	12.6	0.6	2.8	3.4	0.8	0.2	0.2	0.0	1.2	3.4	7.4	.459	2.0	4.6	.435	3.8	4.8	.792
Marcus Smart	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Alec Burks vs. Marcus Smart Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Marcus Smart and Alec Burks, 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