Alonzo Mourning vs. J.R. Smith Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of J.R. Smith and Alonzo Mourning, 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.

Alonzo Mourning played 15 years in the NBA, 1 less than J.R. Smith, who played 16. Alonzo Mourning had the first of his seasons in 1992-93, while J.R. Smith had his rookie season in 2004-05. 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
	Alonzo Mourning	J.R. Smith
Season	1992-93	2004-05
Team	Charlotte Hornets	New Orleans Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Hornets Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Alonzo Mourning	78	33.9	21.0	3.4	6.9	10.3	1.0	0.3	3.5	3.0	3.7	7.3	14.3	.511	0.0	0.0	-	6.3	8.1	.781
difference:	+2	+9.4	+10.7	+2.9	+5.4	+8.3	+0.9	+0.4	+3.4	-1.6	-1.9	+3.4	+4.5	+.117	+1.1	+3.7		+4.8	+6.0	+.092
J.R. Smith	76	24.5	10.3	0.5	1.5	2.0	1.9	0.7	0.1	1.4	1.8	3.9	9.8	.394	1.1	3.7	.288	1.5	2.1	.689
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alonzo Mourning	9	40.8	23.8	3.1	6.8	9.9	1.4	0.7	3.4	4.1	4.1	7.9	16.4	.480	0.0	0.2	.000	8.0	10.3	.774
J.R. Smith	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Alonzo Mourning	J.R. Smith
Season	1993-94	2005-06
Team	Charlotte Hornets	New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
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		%
Alonzo Mourning	60	33.6	21.5	3.0	7.2	10.2	1.4	0.5	3.1	3.3	3.5	7.1	14.1	.505	0.0	0.0	-	7.2	9.5	.762
difference:	+5	+15.6	+13.8	+2.7	+5.5	+8.2	+0.3	+0.2	+3.0	-2.3	-1.9	+4.5	+7.4	+.112	+0.9	+2.5		+5.7	+7.7	+.060
J.R. Smith	55	18.0	7.7	0.3	1.7	2.0	1.1	0.7	0.1	1.0	1.6	2.6	6.7	.393	0.9	2.5	.371	1.5	1.8	.822
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Alonzo Mourning nor J.R. Smith played in the postseason in their season 2

Season 3
	Alonzo Mourning	J.R. Smith
Season	1994-95	2006-07
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hornets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Alonzo Mourning	77	38.2	21.3	2.6	7.3	9.9	1.4	0.6	2.9	3.1	3.6	7.4	14.3	.519	0.1	0.4	.324	6.4	8.4	.761
difference:	+14	+14.9	+8.3	+2.1	+5.5	+7.6		+0.2	+2.8	-1.8	-1.3	+2.9	+4.1	+.078	+2.3	+5.7	+.066	+4.8	+6.4	+.049
J.R. Smith	63	23.3	13.0	0.5	1.8	2.3	1.4	0.8	0.1	1.3	2.3	4.5	10.2	.441	2.4	6.1	.390	1.6	2.0	.810
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alonzo Mourning	4	43.5	22.0	3.5	9.8	13.3	2.8	0.8	3.3	3.5	4.3	6.0	14.3	.421	1.0	2.0	.500	9.0	10.8	.837
difference:		+31.7	+17.5	+3.2	+7.8	+11.0	+2.3	+0.2	+3.0	-2.7	-2.8	+4.5	+8.8	+.148	+1.0	+1.0	+.500	+7.5	+9.3	+.163
J.R. Smith	4	11.8	4.5	0.3	2.0	2.3	0.5	1.0	0.3	0.8	1.5	1.5	5.5	.273	0.0	3.0	.000	1.5	1.5	1.000

Season 4
	Alonzo Mourning	J.R. Smith
Season	1995-96	2007-08
Team	Miami Heat	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Nuggets 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		%
Alonzo Mourning	70	38.2	23.2	3.1	7.3	10.4	2.3	1.0	2.7	3.7	3.5	8.0	15.4	.523	0.1	0.4	.300	7.0	10.2	.685
difference:	+4	+19.0	+10.9	+2.5	+5.8	+8.3	+0.6	+0.2	+2.5	-2.2	-1.6	+3.8	+6.3	+.062	+2.0	+4.9	+.103	+5.3	+7.8	+.034
J.R. Smith	74	19.2	12.3	0.6	1.5	2.1	1.7	0.8	0.2	1.5	1.9	4.2	9.1	.461	2.1	5.3	.403	1.7	2.4	.719
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alonzo Mourning	3	30.7	18.0	1.0	5.0	6.0	1.3	0.7	1.0	5.3	4.3	5.7	11.7	.486	0.0	0.0	-	6.7	9.3	.714
difference:	+1	+3.7	+0.3	+0.7	+3.5	+4.2	+0.5	+0.3	+1.0	-4.0	-1.3	+0.1	+0.9	+.049	+1.8	+5.5		+1.7	+3.3	+.119
J.R. Smith	4	27.0	18.3	0.3	1.5	1.8	1.8	1.0	0.0	1.3	3.0	5.8	10.8	.535	1.8	5.5	.318	5.0	6.0	.833

Season 5
	Alonzo Mourning	J.R. Smith
Season	1996-97	2008-09
Team	Miami Heat	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf Finals	Nuggets Lost West Conf Finals

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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		%
Alonzo Mourning	66	35.2	19.8	2.9	7.1	9.9	1.6	0.8	2.9	3.4	4.1	7.2	13.4	.534	0.0	0.1	.111	5.5	8.6	.642
difference:	+15	+7.5	+4.6	+2.4	+4.0	+6.2	+1.2	+0.2	+2.7	-1.5	-1.8	+2.0	+1.7	+.088	+2.2	+5.5	+.286	+3.0	+5.2	+.112
J.R. Smith	81	27.7	15.2	0.5	3.1	3.7	2.8	1.0	0.2	1.9	2.3	5.2	11.7	.446	2.2	5.6	.397	2.5	3.4	.754
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alonzo Mourning	17	37.1	17.8	2.6	7.6	10.2	1.1	0.6	2.7	4.1	4.3	6.3	12.8	.491	0.2	0.5	.375	5.1	9.1	.555
difference:	+1	+9.9	+2.9	+1.9	+5.0	+6.9	+1.7	+0.5	+2.4	-2.5	-1.1	+0.8	+0.7	+.037	+2.2	+6.1	+.017	+3.5	+6.2	+.012
J.R. Smith	16	27.2	14.9	0.7	2.6	3.3	2.8	1.1	0.3	1.6	3.2	5.5	12.1	.454	2.4	6.6	.358	1.6	2.9	.543

Season 7
	Alonzo Mourning	J.R. Smith
Season	1998-99	2010-11
Team	Miami Heat	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
	Blocks Leader	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Nuggets Lost West 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		%
Alonzo Mourning	46	38.1	20.1	3.6	7.4	11.0	1.6	0.7	3.9	3.0	3.5	7.0	13.8	.511	0.0	0.0	-	6.0	9.2	.652
difference:	+33	+13.2	+7.8	+3.0	+3.9	+6.9	+0.6	+0.5	+3.7	-1.7	-1.3	+2.7	+3.9	+.076	+1.6	+4.0		+3.9	+6.4	+.086
J.R. Smith	79	24.9	12.3	0.6	3.5	4.1	2.2	1.2	0.2	1.3	2.2	4.3	9.9	.435	1.6	4.0	.390	2.1	2.8	.738
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alonzo Mourning	5	38.8	21.6	1.4	6.8	8.2	0.8	1.6	2.8	2.4	3.8	7.6	14.6	.521	0.0	0.0	-	6.4	9.8	.653
difference:		+23.6	+11.8	+1.2	+5.0	+6.2	+0.2	+1.2	+2.8	-0.8	-2.2	+4.4	+5.6	+.165	+1.8	+4.2		+4.8	+7.6	+.074
J.R. Smith	5	15.2	9.8	0.2	1.8	2.0	1.0	0.4	0.0	1.6	1.6	3.2	9.0	.356	1.8	4.2	.429	1.6	2.2	.727

Season 8
	Alonzo Mourning	J.R. Smith
Season	1999-00	2011-12
Team	Miami Heat	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
	Blocks Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf Semis	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Alonzo Mourning	79	34.8	21.7	2.7	6.8	9.5	1.6	0.5	3.7	2.7	3.9	8.3	15.0	.551	0.0	0.1	.000	5.2	7.4	.711
difference:	+44	+7.2	+9.2	+1.9	+3.7	+5.6	+0.8	+1.0	+3.5	-1.4	-1.4	+3.6	+3.4	+.144	+1.9	+5.4	+.347	+4.1	+5.8	+.002
J.R. Smith	35	27.6	12.5	0.8	3.1	3.9	2.4	1.5	0.2	1.3	2.5	4.7	11.6	.407	1.9	5.5	.347	1.1	1.6	.709
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alonzo Mourning	10	37.5	21.6	3.1	6.9	10.0	1.4	0.2	3.3	2.4	4.0	7.6	15.7	.484	0.0	0.1	.000	6.4	9.6	.667
difference:	+5	+2.5	+9.4	+2.7	+4.7	+7.4	+0.8	+1.0	+3.1	-0.2	-0.2	+2.8	+0.5	+.168	+1.0	+5.5	+.179	+4.8	+8.0	+.333
J.R. Smith	5	35.0	12.2	0.4	2.2	2.6	2.2	1.2	0.2	2.2	3.8	4.8	15.2	.316	1.0	5.6	.179	1.6	1.6	1.000

Season 9
	Alonzo Mourning	J.R. Smith
Season	2000-01	2012-13
Team	Miami Heat	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	Sixth Man of the Year
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Knicks Lost East 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		%
Alonzo Mourning	13	23.5	13.6	2.7	5.1	7.8	0.9	0.3	2.4	2.2	1.8	5.6	10.8	.518	0.0	0.1	.000	2.4	4.2	.564
difference:	+67	+10.0	+4.5	+1.9	+0.6	+2.5	+1.8	+1.0	+2.1	-0.5	-1.0	+1.0	+4.8	+.096	+1.9	+5.4	+.356	+0.6	+0.3	+.198
J.R. Smith	80	33.5	18.1	0.8	4.5	5.3	2.7	1.3	0.3	1.7	2.8	6.6	15.6	.422	1.9	5.5	.356	3.0	3.9	.762
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alonzo Mourning	3	30.3	11.7	1.0	4.3	5.3	1.0	0.0	1.7	1.7	3.0	4.0	8.3	.480	0.0	0.0	-	3.7	6.3	.579
difference:	+8	+1.6	+2.6	+0.5	+0.1	+0.6	+0.4	+1.0	+1.2	-0.1	-0.5	+0.9	+6.5	+.149	+1.6	+6.0		+0.9	+2.4	+.142
J.R. Smith	11	31.9	14.3	0.5	4.2	4.7	1.4	1.0	0.5	1.8	2.5	4.9	14.8	.331	1.6	6.0	.273	2.8	3.9	.721

Season 10
	Alonzo Mourning	J.R. Smith
Season	2001-02	2013-14
Team	Miami Heat	New York Knicks
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		%
Alonzo Mourning	75	32.7	15.7	2.4	6.0	8.4	1.2	0.4	2.5	2.4	3.4	6.0	11.5	.516	0.0	0.0	-	3.8	5.7	.657
difference:	+1		+1.2	+1.9	+2.5	+4.4	+1.8	+0.5	+2.2	-0.9	-0.8	+0.6	+1.4	+.101	+2.6	+6.5		+2.6	+3.8	+.005
J.R. Smith	74	32.7	14.5	0.5	3.5	4.0	3.0	0.9	0.3	1.5	2.6	5.4	12.9	.415	2.6	6.5	.394	1.2	1.9	.652
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Alonzo Mourning nor J.R. Smith played in the postseason in their season 10

Note: Alonzo Mourning didn't play in 2002-03.

Season 12
	Alonzo Mourning	J.R. Smith
Season	2004-05	2015-16
Team	New Jersey Nets, Miami Heat	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf Finals	NBA Champion

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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		%
Alonzo Mourning	37	19.0	7.6	1.4	3.9	5.4	0.5	0.2	2.0	1.5	2.2	2.7	5.7	.472	0.0	0.0	-	2.2	3.8	.582
difference:	+40	+11.7	+4.8	+0.8	+1.6	+2.6	+1.2	+0.9	+1.7	-0.7	-0.4	+1.9	+5.3	+.057	+2.6	+6.6		+1.6	+2.9	+.052
J.R. Smith	77	30.7	12.4	0.6	2.3	2.8	1.7	1.1	0.3	0.8	2.6	4.6	11.0	.415	2.6	6.6	.400	0.6	0.9	.634
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alonzo Mourning	15	17.1	6.1	1.4	3.4	4.8	0.3	0.3	2.2	1.5	3.3	2.1	2.9	.705	0.0	0.0	-	1.9	3.5	.558
difference:	+6	+17.7	+5.4	+1.1	+0.5	+1.6	+1.1	+0.9	+2.0	-1.0	-0.7	+1.8	+6.1	+.269	+3.1	+7.2		+1.3	+2.5	+.061
J.R. Smith	21	34.8	11.5	0.3	2.9	3.2	1.4	1.2	0.2	0.5	2.6	3.9	9.0	.436	3.1	7.2	.430	0.6	1.0	.619

Season 13
	Alonzo Mourning	J.R. Smith
Season	2005-06	2016-17
Team	Miami Heat	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals

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13th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alonzo Mourning	65	20.0	7.8	1.9	3.6	5.5	0.2	0.2	2.7	1.2	2.7	2.9	4.8	.597	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	3.4	.594
difference:	+24	+9.0	+0.8	+1.5	+1.3	+2.7	+1.3	+0.8	+2.4	-0.6	-0.8	+0.1	+3.9	+.251	+2.3	+6.6		+1.8	+3.0	+.073
J.R. Smith	41	29.0	8.6	0.4	2.3	2.8	1.5	1.0	0.3	0.6	1.9	3.0	8.7	.346	2.3	6.6	.351	0.2	0.4	.667
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alonzo Mourning	21	10.8	3.8	0.8	2.1	2.9	0.1	0.2	1.1	0.8	2.3	1.2	1.8	.703	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	2.0	.667
difference:	+3	+16.3	+4.3	+0.5		+0.6	+0.6	+0.5	+0.8	-0.1		+1.6	+3.7	+.198	+2.2	+4.4		+1.0	+1.4	+.212
J.R. Smith	18	27.1	8.1	0.3	2.1	2.3	0.7	0.7	0.3	0.7	2.3	2.8	5.5	.505	2.2	4.4	.500	0.3	0.6	.455