Allen Iverson vs. Kenny Smith Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kenny Smith and Allen Iverson, 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.

Allen Iverson played 14 years in the NBA, 4 more than Kenny Smith, who played 10. Allen Iverson had the first of his seasons in 1996-97, 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 achievements, 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
Allen Iverson	14	8	1996-97 to 2009-10
Kenny Smith	10	5	1987-88 to 1996-97

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10


Rookie Season
	Allen Iverson	Kenny Smith
Season	1996-97	1987-88
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Allen Iverson	76	40.1	23.5	1.5	2.6	4.1	7.5	2.1	0.3	4.4	3.1	8.2	19.8	.416	2.0	6.0	.341	5.0	7.2	.702
difference:	+15	+4.5	+9.7	+0.8	+1.0	+1.8	+0.4	+0.6	+0.2	-1.4	-0.8	+2.8	+8.4	+.061	+1.8	+5.4	+.033	+2.3	+3.9	+.117
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
* Neiher Allen Iverson nor Kenny Smith played in the postseason in their season 1


Season 2
	Allen Iverson	Kenny Smith
Season	1997-98	1988-89
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Allen Iverson	80	39.4	22.0	1.1	2.6	3.7	6.2	2.2	0.3	3.1	2.5	8.1	17.6	.461	0.9	2.9	.298	4.9	6.7	.729
difference:	+1	+0.6	+4.7	+0.5	+0.4	+0.9	+1.5	+0.9	+0.2		-0.4	+1.3	+3.0	+.001	+0.3	+1.3	+.061	+1.7	+2.3	+.008
Kenny Smith	81	38.8	17.3	0.6	2.2	2.8	7.7	1.3	0.1	3.1	2.1	6.8	14.6	.462	0.6	1.6	.359	3.2	4.4	.737

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Allen Iverson nor Kenny Smith played in the postseason in their season 2


Season 3
	Allen Iverson	Kenny Smith
Season	1998-99	1989-90
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Sacramento Kings, Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	Scoring Leader	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Allen Iverson	48	41.5	26.8	1.4	3.5	4.9	4.6	2.3	0.1	3.5	2.0	9.1	22.0	.412	1.2	4.1	.291	7.4	9.9	.751
difference:	+31	+10.9	+14.9	+1.2	+1.7	+2.9	+1.0	+1.3		-1.4	-0.2	+4.3	+11.7	+.054	+0.9	+3.0	+.022	+5.4	+7.4	+.070
Kenny Smith	79	30.6	11.9	0.2	1.8	2.0	5.6	1.0	0.1	2.1	1.8	4.8	10.3	.466	0.3	1.1	.313	2.0	2.5	.821

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Allen Iverson	8	45.0	28.5	1.8	2.4	4.1	4.9	2.5	0.3	3.0	2.4	11.0	26.8	.411	1.9	6.6	.283	4.6	6.5	.712
Kenny Smith	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Allen Iverson	Kenny Smith
Season	1999-00	1990-91
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Allen Iverson	70	40.8	28.4	1.0	2.8	3.8	4.7	2.1	0.1	3.3	2.3	10.4	24.8	.421	1.3	3.7	.341	6.3	8.9	.713
difference:	+8	+6.2	+10.7	+0.5	+1.2	+1.7	+2.4	+0.7		-0.3	-0.6	+3.7	+11.9	+.099	+0.7	+2.0	+.022	+2.6	+4.5	+.131
Kenny Smith	78	34.6	17.7	0.5	1.6	2.1	7.1	1.4	0.1	3.0	1.7	6.7	12.9	.520	0.6	1.7	.363	3.7	4.4	.844

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Allen Iverson	10	44.4	26.2	1.4	2.6	4.0	4.5	1.2	0.1	3.2	2.4	9.1	23.7	.384	1.2	3.9	.308	6.8	9.2	.739
difference:	+7	+6.7	+10.9	+0.1	+1.3	+1.3	+3.5	+0.1	+0.2	-1.2	-0.7	+3.1	+11.0	+.090	+0.5	+2.6	+.192	+4.1	+6.2	+.150
Kenny Smith	3	37.7	15.3	1.3	1.3	2.7	8.0	1.3	0.3	2.0	1.7	6.0	12.7	.474	0.7	1.3	.500	2.7	3.0	.889


Season 5
	Allen Iverson	Kenny Smith
Season	2000-01	1991-92
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	Steals Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost NBA Finals	Did Not Play

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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Allen Iverson	71	42.0	31.1	0.7	3.1	3.8	4.6	2.5	0.3	3.3	2.1	10.7	25.5	.420	1.4	4.3	.320	8.2	10.1	.814
difference:	+10	+8.2	+17.1	+0.3	+1.3	+1.6	+2.3	+1.2	+0.2	-0.5	-0.7	+5.4	+14.3	+.055	+0.7	+2.6	+.074	+5.5	+7.0	+.052
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		%
Allen Iverson	22	46.5	32.9	0.7	4.0	4.7	6.1	2.4	0.3	2.9	2.5	11.7	30.0	.389	2.2	6.5	.338	7.3	9.5	.774
Kenny Smith	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Allen Iverson	Kenny Smith
Season	2001-02	1992-93
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	Steals Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis

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6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Allen Iverson	60	43.7	31.4	0.7	3.8	4.5	5.5	2.8	0.2	4.0	1.7	11.1	27.8	.398	1.3	4.5	.291	7.9	9.8	.812
difference:	+22	+14.2	+18.4	+0.4	+2.2	+2.5	+0.1	+1.8	+0.1	-2.0	-0.4	+6.4	+18.7	+.122	+0.1	+1.8	+.147	+5.5	+7.1	+.066
Kenny Smith	82	29.5	13.0	0.3	1.6	2.0	5.4	1.0	0.1	2.0	1.3	4.7	9.1	.520	1.2	2.7	.438	2.4	2.7	.878

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Allen Iverson	5	42.0	30.0	0.2	3.4	3.6	4.2	2.6	0.0	2.4	1.6	9.0	23.6	.381	1.8	5.4	.333	10.2	12.6	.810
difference:	+7	+9.4	+15.2		+1.6	+1.6		+1.8	+0.1	-0.2	-0.1	+3.7	+12.9	+.111	+0.1	+1.6	+.167	+7.9	+9.6	+.032
Kenny Smith	12	32.6	14.8	0.2	1.8	2.0	4.2	0.8	0.1	2.2	1.5	5.3	10.7	.492	1.9	3.8	.500	2.3	3.0	.778


Season 7
	Allen Iverson	Kenny Smith
Season	2002-03	1993-94
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Steals Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Allen Iverson	82	42.5	27.6	0.8	3.4	4.2	5.5	2.7	0.2	3.5	1.8	9.8	23.7	.414	1.0	3.7	.277	7.0	9.0	.774
difference:	+4	+14.2	+16.0	+0.5	+1.9	+2.4	+1.3	+1.9	+0.1	-1.9	-0.2	+5.4	+14.6	+.066	+0.1	+0.9	+.128	+5.3	+7.0	+.097
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		%
Allen Iverson	12	46.4	31.7	0.9	3.4	4.3	7.4	2.4	0.1	3.9	2.1	11.4	27.4	.416	1.6	4.6	.345	7.3	9.8	.737
difference:	+11	+16.1	+20.9	+0.7	+1.3	+2.0	+3.3	+1.4	+0.1	-2.5	-0.4	+7.7	+19.2	+.039	+0.1	+1.3	+.102	+5.5	+7.5	+.071
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
	Allen Iverson	Kenny Smith
Season	2003-04	1994-95
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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8th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Allen Iverson	48	42.5	26.4	0.7	3.0	3.7	6.8	2.4	0.1	4.4	1.8	9.1	23.4	.387	1.2	4.1	.286	7.1	9.5	.745
difference:	+33	+17.4	+16.0	+0.4	+1.4	+1.8	+2.8	+1.5		-2.9	-0.5	+5.6	+16.1	+.097	+0.6		+.143	+5.5	+7.7	+.106
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		%
Allen Iverson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 9
	Allen Iverson	Kenny Smith
Season	2004-05	1995-96
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis

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9th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Allen Iverson	75	42.3	30.7	0.7	3.3	4.0	7.9	2.4	0.1	4.6	1.9	10.3	24.2	.424	1.4	4.5	.308	8.7	10.5	.835
difference:	+7	+18.5	+22.2	+0.4	+2.2	+2.6	+4.3	+1.7	+0.1	-3.1	-0.2	+7.3	+17.4	+.009	+0.1	+1.0	+.074	+7.4	+8.9	+.014
Kenny Smith	68	23.8	8.5	0.3	1.1	1.4	3.6	0.7	0.0	1.5	1.7	3.0	6.8	.433	1.3	3.5	.382	1.3	1.6	.821

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Allen Iverson	5	47.6	31.2	0.0	2.2	2.2	10.0	2.0	0.4	4.2	2.4	11.8	25.2	.468	2.4	5.8	.414	5.2	5.8	.897
difference:	+3	+23.7	+22.3	+0.5	+1.2	+0.7	+5.2	+1.4	+0.4	-3.2	-0.6	+8.9	+18.6	+.034	+0.9	+1.9	+.027	+3.6	+4.2	+.103
Kenny Smith	8	23.9	8.9	0.5	1.0	1.5	4.8	0.6	0.0	1.0	1.8	2.9	6.6	.434	1.5	3.9	.387	1.6	1.6	1.000


Season 10
	Allen Iverson	Kenny Smith
Season	2005-06	1996-97
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Detroit Pistons, Orlando Magic, Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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10th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Allen Iverson	72	43.1	33.0	0.6	2.6	3.2	7.4	1.9	0.1	3.4	1.7	11.3	25.3	.447	1.0	3.1	.323	9.4	11.5	.814
difference:	+24	+27.2	+26.7	+0.5	+1.8	+2.3	+5.0	+1.5	+0.1	-1.9	-1.1	+9.2	+20.3	+.024	+0.2	+0.3	+.114	+8.6	+10.6	+.053
Kenny Smith	48	15.9	6.3	0.1	0.8	0.9	2.4	0.4	0.0	1.5	0.6	2.1	5.0	.423	1.2	2.8	.437	0.8	0.9	.867

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Allen Iverson nor Kenny Smith played in the postseason in their season 10


Additional Years
* Allen Iverson played 4 seasons more than Kenny Smith in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 11 to 14, from 2007 to 2010—Allen Iverson played in two Playoffs. In those 4 extra years over Kenny Smith, Allen Iverson got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	4 All-Star Game

Allen Iverson vs. Kenny Smith Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kenny Smith and Allen Iverson, 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

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Season 9

9th Season Stats Comparison

Season 10

10th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years