Allen Iverson vs. Marcus Smart Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Marcus Smart 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.

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, 2 more than Marcus Smart, who played 12. Allen Iverson had the first of his seasons in 1996-97, 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 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.

Rookie Season
	Allen Iverson	Marcus Smart
Season	1996-97	2014-15
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+9	+13.1	+15.7	+0.6	+0.2	+0.8	+4.4	+0.6		-3.1	-0.5	+5.6	+12.7	+.049	+0.6	+1.9	+.006	+3.8	+5.3	+.056
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		%
Allen Iverson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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 3
	Allen Iverson	Marcus Smart
Season	1998-99	2016-17
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals

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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	+11.1	+16.2	+0.4	+0.6	+1.0		+0.7	+0.3	-1.5	-0.4	+5.7	+12.5	+.053		+0.1	+.008	+4.8	+6.7	+.061
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		%
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
difference:	+10	+15.1	+19.9	+0.5	+1.0	+0.6	+0.2	+1.0	+0.6	-0.9	-0.4	+8.4	+19.4	+.060	+0.3	+2.5	+.114	+2.8	+3.7	+.072
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
	Allen Iverson	Marcus Smart
Season	1999-00	2017-18
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals

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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:	+16	+10.9	+18.2	+0.2	+0.1	+0.3	+0.1	+0.8	+0.3	-0.9	-0.2	+6.9	+15.3	+.054	+0.1	+0.9	+.040	+4.5	+6.4	+.016
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		%
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:	+5	+14.5	+16.4	+0.5	+0.2	+0.3	+0.8	+0.5	+0.6	-0.8	-0.5	+5.9	+14.2	+.048	+0.2	+0.6	+.087	+4.4	+5.9	+.004
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
	Allen Iverson	Marcus Smart
Season	2000-01	2018-19
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	Scoring Leader	-
	Steals Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost NBA Finals	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis

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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:	+9	+14.5	+22.2		+0.9	+0.9	+0.6	+0.7	+0.1	-1.8	-0.4	+7.7	+18.4	+.002	+0.2		+.044	+6.9	+8.5	+.008
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		%
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
difference:	+20	+30.5	+29.4	+1.3	+4.0	+2.7	+4.1	+0.9	+0.3	-1.4	-1.0	+11.2	+24.5	+.298	+1.7	+1.0	+.247	+5.3	+6.5	+.107
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
	Allen Iverson	Marcus Smart
Season	2001-02	2019-20
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	Scoring Leader	-
	Steals Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals

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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:		+11.7	+18.5		+0.7	+0.7	+0.6	+1.1	+0.3	-2.3	-1.0	+6.8	+16.4	+.023	+1.0	+2.1	+.056	+5.8	+7.3	+.024
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		%
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:	+12	+3.9	+15.5	+0.4	+1.2	+1.6	+0.4	+1.4	+0.5	-0.2	-1.6	+4.4	+12.0	+.013	+0.6	+1.8		+7.3	+9.3	+.065
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
	Allen Iverson	Marcus Smart
Season	2002-03	2020-21
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Steals Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Celtics Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+34	+9.6	+14.5		+0.7	+0.7	+0.2	+1.2	+0.3	-1.5	-0.8	+5.6	+13.1	+.016	+0.9	+2.2	+.053	+4.3	+5.6	+.016
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		%
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:	+7	+9.8	+13.9	+0.1	+0.2	+0.1	+1.4	+1.4	+0.1	-1.1	-0.7	+5.6	+14.2	+.023	+1.6	+4.0	+.027	+4.3	+5.6	+.023
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
	Allen Iverson	Marcus Smart
Season	2003-04	2021-22
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics Lost NBA Finals

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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:	+23	+10.2	+14.3	+0.1	+0.2	+0.1	+0.9	+0.7	+0.2	-2.2	-0.5	+4.9	+13.3	+.031	+0.5	+1.0	+.045	+5.1	+7.0	+.048
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		%
Allen Iverson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Allen Iverson	Marcus Smart
Season	2004-05	2022-23
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals

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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:	+14	+10.2	+19.2	+0.1	+0.9	+0.9	+1.6	+0.9	+0.3	-2.3	-0.9	+6.2	+14.3	+.009	+0.5	+1.1	+.028	+7.3	+8.6	+.089
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		%
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:	+15	+13.6	+16.3	+1.1	+0.8	+1.8	+4.9	+0.7	+0.1	-1.9	-0.5	+6.7	+14.0	+.015	+0.2	+0.3	+.053	+2.6	+2.5	+.097
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
	Allen Iverson	Marcus Smart
Season	2005-06	2023-24
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	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:	+52	+12.8	+18.5	+0.3	+0.2	+0.5	+3.1	+0.2	+0.2	-0.3	-1.0	+6.2	+13.4	+.017	+1.1	+3.6	+.010	+7.2	+8.7	+.046
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
* Neiher Allen Iverson nor Marcus Smart played in the postseason in their season 10

Season 11
	Allen Iverson	Marcus Smart
Season	2006-07	2024-25
Team	Philadelphia 76ers, Denver Nuggets	Memphis Grizzlies, Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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11th 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	65	42.5	26.3	0.4	2.6	3.0	7.2	1.9	0.2	4.1	1.5	8.9	20.2	.442	1.0	3.0	.315	7.5	9.4	.795
difference:	+31	+22.5	+17.3	+0.1	+1.0	+0.9	+4.0	+0.8	+0.1	-2.5	-0.1	+5.9	+12.6	+.049	+0.4	+1.1	+.033	+5.9	+7.3	+.034
Marcus Smart	34	20.0	9.0	0.5	1.6	2.1	3.2	1.1	0.3	1.6	1.6	3.0	7.6	.393	1.4	4.1	.348	1.6	2.1	.761
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Allen Iverson	5	44.6	22.8	0.0	0.6	0.6	5.8	1.4	0.0	3.0	2.2	8.4	22.8	.368	1.0	3.4	.294	5.0	6.2	.806
Marcus Smart	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 12
	Allen Iverson	Marcus Smart
Season	2007-08	2025-26
Team	Denver Nuggets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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12th 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	41.8	26.4	0.6	2.4	3.0	7.1	2.0	0.1	3.0	1.3	8.7	19.0	.458	1.2	3.4	.345	7.9	9.7	.809
difference:	+67	+14.9	+16.0		+0.7	+0.7	+4.3	+0.3	+0.2	-1.1	-1.6	+5.3	+11.1	+.029	+0.4	+1.7	+.033	+5.9	+7.6	+.129
Marcus Smart	15	26.9	10.4	0.6	1.7	2.3	2.8	1.7	0.3	1.9	2.9	3.4	7.9	.429	1.6	5.1	.312	2.0	2.1	.938
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Allen Iverson	4	39.5	24.5	1.0	2.0	3.0	4.5	1.0	0.3	1.8	0.8	9.0	20.8	.434	0.8	3.5	.214	5.8	8.3	.697
Marcus Smart	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Allen Iverson played 2 seasons more than Marcus Smart in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 13 to 14, from 2009 to 2010—Allen Iverson didn't play in the postseason. In those 2 extra years over Marcus Smart, Allen Iverson got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-Star Game