Alton Lister vs. Kenny Smith Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kenny Smith and Alton Lister, 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.

Alton Lister played 16 years in the NBA, 6 more than Kenny Smith, who played 10. Alton Lister had the first of his seasons in 1981-82, 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
Alton Lister	16	11	1981-82 to 1997-98
Kenny Smith	10	5	1987-88 to 1996-97

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16


Rookie Season
	Alton Lister	Kenny Smith
Season	1981-82	1987-88
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Bucks 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		%
Alton Lister	80	14.8	4.5	1.4	3.5	4.8	1.1	0.2	1.5	1.6	3.0	1.9	3.6	.519	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.5	.520
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		%
Alton Lister	6	18.7	5.5	1.0	3.5	4.5	0.8	0.3	2.5	1.5	3.8	2.3	4.0	.583	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.2	.714
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Alton Lister	Kenny Smith
Season	1982-83	1988-89
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 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		%
Alton Lister	80	23.6	8.4	2.1	5.0	7.1	1.4	0.6	2.2	2.3	4.1	3.4	6.4	.529	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	3.0	.537
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		%
Alton Lister	9	22.9	6.4	2.3	4.4	6.8	1.2	1.0	1.7	1.9	3.3	3.0	7.0	.429	0.0	0.1	.000	0.4	0.6	.800
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Alton Lister	Kenny Smith
Season	1983-84	1989-90
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Sacramento Kings, Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 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		%
Alton Lister	82	23.8	7.6	1.9	5.5	7.4	1.3	0.5	1.7	1.9	4.0	3.1	6.2	.500	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	2.2	.626
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		%
Alton Lister	16	23.0	6.8	1.6	4.4	6.0	0.6	0.3	1.5	1.7	3.9	2.4	4.9	.500	0.0	0.0	-	1.9	3.0	.625
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Alton Lister	Kenny Smith
Season	1984-85	1990-91
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Alton Lister	81	25.8	9.9	2.7	5.3	8.0	1.6	0.6	2.1	2.3	3.5	4.0	7.4	.538	0.0	0.0	.000	1.9	3.2	.588
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		%
Alton Lister	8	25.4	8.6	3.4	4.4	7.8	1.9	0.8	1.9	2.0	4.5	3.4	7.5	.450	0.0	0.0	-	1.9	4.0	.469
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
	Alton Lister	Kenny Smith
Season	1985-86	1991-92
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 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		%
Alton Lister	81	22.4	9.8	2.5	4.9	7.3	1.2	0.6	1.8	2.0	3.7	3.9	7.1	.551	0.0	0.0	.000	2.0	3.3	.602
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		%
Alton Lister	14	23.9	11.9	2.6	4.2	6.9	0.9	0.5	1.6	1.5	4.0	4.7	7.4	.641	0.0	0.1	.000	2.5	4.1	.603
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Alton Lister	Kenny Smith
Season	1986-87	1992-93
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Alton Lister	75	30.5	11.6	3.0	6.4	9.4	1.5	0.4	2.4	2.3	3.9	4.6	9.2	.504	0.0	0.0	.000	2.4	3.5	.675
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		%
Alton Lister	9	22.9	6.0	3.2	3.0	6.2	0.8	0.8	1.4	1.1	4.1	2.2	5.6	.400	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	2.2	.700
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
	Alton Lister	Kenny Smith
Season	1987-88	1993-94
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Alton Lister	82	22.1	5.6	2.4	5.2	7.6	0.7	0.3	1.7	1.1	3.9	2.1	4.2	.504	0.0	0.0	.500	1.4	2.3	.606
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		%
Alton Lister	5	15.4	5.6	1.8	4.0	5.8	1.0	0.2	1.0	0.8	3.4	2.4	3.4	.706	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.0	.800
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
	Alton Lister	Kenny Smith
Season	1988-89	1994-95
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Supersonics 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		%
Alton Lister	82	22.0	8.0	2.5	4.1	6.6	0.7	0.3	2.2	1.4	3.8	3.3	6.6	.499	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	2.2	.646
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		%
Alton Lister	8	20.0	7.0	1.6	3.1	4.8	0.3	0.3	2.6	1.1	3.5	2.1	4.9	.436	0.0	0.0	-	2.8	3.3	.846
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
	Alton Lister	Kenny Smith
Season	1989-90	1995-96
Team	Golden State Warriors	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Alton Lister	3	13.3	4.0	1.7	1.0	2.7	0.7	0.3	0.0	0.0	2.7	1.3	2.7	.500	0.0	0.3	.000	1.3	2.3	.571
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		%
Alton Lister	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Alton Lister	Kenny Smith
Season	1990-91	1996-97
Team	Golden State Warriors	Detroit Pistons, Orlando Magic, Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West 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		%
Alton Lister	77	20.2	6.4	1.6	4.7	6.3	1.2	0.3	1.2	1.4	3.7	2.4	5.1	.478	0.0	0.0	.000	1.5	2.6	.569
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		%
Alton Lister	6	12.0	4.3	1.2	3.5	4.7	0.3	0.0	1.2	1.3	2.5	2.0	4.2	.480	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.8	.400
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Alton Lister	Kenny Smith
Season	1991-92	-
Team	Golden State Warriors	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Warriors 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		%
Alton Lister	26	11.3	3.9	0.8	2.7	3.5	0.5	0.2	0.6	0.8	2.3	1.7	3.0	.557	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	1.3	.424
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alton Lister	4	11.8	4.0	0.8	2.0	2.8	0.3	0.0	1.0	0.8	2.3	1.5	3.8	.400	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.3	.800
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Alton Lister	Kenny Smith
Season	1992-93	-
Team	Golden State Warriors	-
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		%
Alton Lister	20	8.7	2.3	0.8	1.5	2.2	0.3	0.0	0.5	0.9	2.0	1.0	2.1	.452	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.7	.538
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alton Lister	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Alton Lister didn't play in 1993-94.


Season 13
	Alton Lister	Kenny Smith
Season	1994-95	-
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	-
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		%
Alton Lister	60	12.9	2.8	1.1	2.8	3.9	0.2	0.3	1.0	0.6	2.4	1.1	2.2	.493	0.0	0.0	.000	0.6	1.2	.500
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alton Lister	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Alton Lister	Kenny Smith
Season	1995-96	-
Team	Milwaukee Bucks, Boston Celtics	-
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		%
Alton Lister	64	11.5	2.2	1.0	3.3	4.4	0.3	0.1	0.7	0.8	2.1	0.8	1.6	.486	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	1.0	.641
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alton Lister	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Alton Lister	Kenny Smith
Season	1996-97	-
Team	Boston Celtics	-
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		%
Alton Lister	53	9.7	1.6	1.2	1.9	3.2	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.6	1.8	0.6	1.5	.416	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.6	.742
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alton Lister	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 16
	Alton Lister	Kenny Smith
Season	1997-98	-
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers 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		%
Alton Lister	7	6.3	0.9	0.3	1.3	1.6	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.3	1.7	0.4	1.1	.375	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alton Lister	2	5.5	1.0	0.5	0.5	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.0	2.5	0.5	1.5	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Alton Lister vs. Kenny Smith Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kenny Smith and Alton Lister, 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

Season 14

Season 15

Season 16