Allen Leavell vs. Kenny Smith Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kenny Smith and Allen Leavell, 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 Leavell and Kenny Smith both played 10 years in the NBA. Allen Leavell had the first of his seasons in 1979-80, 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 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
Allen Leavell	10	8	1979-80 to 1988-89
Kenny Smith	10	5	1987-88 to 1996-97

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Allen Leavell	Kenny Smith
Season	1979-80	1987-88
Team	Houston Rockets	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Rockets Lost East Conf 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		%
Allen Leavell	77	27.6	10.9	0.7	1.6	2.4	5.4	1.6	0.4	2.7	2.6	4.3	8.5	.503	0.0	0.2	.158	2.3	2.9	.814
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Allen Leavell	7	21.3	5.6	0.3	1.4	1.7	3.4	0.9	0.0	0.9	1.7	1.4	5.4	.263	0.0	0.6	.000	2.7	3.0	.905
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Allen Leavell	Kenny Smith
Season	1980-81	1988-89
Team	Houston Rockets	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets Lost NBA 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		%
Allen Leavell	79	21.3	8.1	0.4	1.3	1.7	4.9	1.2	0.2	2.4	2.0	3.3	6.9	.471	0.0	0.2	.118	1.6	1.9	.832
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Allen Leavell	17	12.8	4.4	0.3	0.7	1.0	2.6	1.1	0.2	1.2	1.5	1.8	4.5	.390	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.0	.882
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Allen Leavell	Kenny Smith
Season	1981-82	1989-90
Team	Houston Rockets	Sacramento Kings, Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West 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		%
Allen Leavell	79	27.2	10.9	0.6	1.5	2.1	5.8	1.9	0.2	1.9	2.3	4.7	10.0	.467	0.1	0.4	.290	1.5	1.7	.852
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 Leavell	3	31.0	14.0	0.3	1.3	1.7	3.3	1.3	0.3	1.7	3.0	6.7	15.7	.426	0.0	0.3	.000	0.7	0.7	1.000
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Allen Leavell	Kenny Smith
Season	1982-83	1990-91
Team	Houston Rockets	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Rockets Lost West 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		%
Allen Leavell	79	32.9	14.8	0.8	1.7	2.5	6.7	2.1	0.2	2.5	2.7	5.6	13.4	.415	0.5	2.2	.240	3.1	3.8	.832
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 Leavell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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 Leavell	Kenny Smith
Season	1983-84	1991-92
Team	Houston Rockets	Houston Rockets
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		%
Allen Leavell	82	24.5	11.5	0.4	1.0	1.4	5.6	1.3	0.1	2.2	2.4	4.3	8.9	.477	0.1	0.9	.155	2.9	3.5	.832
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 Leavell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Allen Leavell	Kenny Smith
Season	1984-85	1992-93
Team	Houston Rockets	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Rockets Lost West 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		%
Allen Leavell	42	12.8	5.4	0.2	0.7	0.9	2.4	0.5	0.1	1.2	1.5	2.1	5.0	.421	0.2	0.9	.216	1.0	1.4	.772
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 Leavell	5	3.2	1.2	0.2	0.4	0.6	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.4	0.4	1.2	.333	0.0	0.4	.000	0.4	0.4	1.000
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 Leavell	Kenny Smith
Season	1985-86	1993-94
Team	Houston Rockets	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets Lost NBA Finals	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Allen Leavell	74	16.1	7.9	0.1	0.8	0.9	3.2	0.8	0.1	1.2	1.7	2.9	6.2	.463	0.3	0.9	.358	1.8	2.1	.854
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 Leavell	15	11.3	5.0	0.2	0.8	1.0	2.7	0.6	0.0	0.6	0.8	1.6	5.3	.300	0.5	1.0	.467	1.3	1.5	.870
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 Leavell	Kenny Smith
Season	1986-87	1994-95
Team	Houston Rockets	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Allen Leavell	53	22.2	7.8	0.3	0.9	1.2	4.2	1.0	0.2	1.2	2.4	2.8	6.8	.411	0.3	1.1	.316	1.9	2.2	.840
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 Leavell	10	38.4	14.1	0.6	1.9	2.5	7.2	1.9	0.3	2.8	4.2	4.4	10.7	.411	0.4	1.6	.250	4.9	6.0	.817
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 Leavell	Kenny Smith
Season	1987-88	1995-96
Team	Houston Rockets	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Rockets Lost West 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		%
Allen Leavell	80	26.9	10.2	0.3	1.6	1.9	5.1	1.6	0.1	1.6	2.0	3.6	8.3	.437	0.2	1.1	.216	2.7	3.1	.869
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 Leavell	4	9.5	5.0	0.0	0.8	0.8	2.3	0.5	0.0	1.5	1.5	1.8	4.8	.368	0.5	1.5	.333	1.0	1.0	1.000
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 Leavell	Kenny Smith
Season	1988-89	1996-97
Team	Houston Rockets	Detroit Pistons, Orlando Magic, Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West 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		%
Allen Leavell	55	11.4	3.3	0.2	0.7	1.0	2.3	0.5	0.1	1.1	1.1	1.2	3.4	.346	0.1	0.7	.122	0.8	1.1	.733
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Allen Leavell	2	2.5	2.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.5	.333	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.0	1.000
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Allen Leavell vs. Kenny Smith Season by Season Comparison

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