Anthony Davis vs. Marcus Smart Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Marcus Smart and Anthony Davis, 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 / Scoring / Stats / Stats Rankings / 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.

Anthony Davis played 14 years in the NBA, 2 more than Marcus Smart, who played 12. Anthony Davis had the first of his seasons in 2012-13, 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Anthony Davis	14	6	2012-13 to 2025-26
Marcus Smart	12	9	2014-15 to 2025-26

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Anthony Davis	Marcus Smart
Season	2012-13	2014-15
Team	New Orleans Hornets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Honors & Awards	-	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		%
Anthony Davis	64	28.8	13.5	2.6	5.6	8.2	1.0	1.2	1.8	1.4	2.5	5.5	10.6	.516	0.0	0.1	.000	2.6	3.5	.751
difference:	+3	+1.8	+5.7	+1.7	+3.2	+4.9	+2.1	+0.3	+1.5	-0.1	-0.1	+2.9	+3.5	+.149	+1.4	+4.0	+.335	+1.4	+1.6	+.105
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		%
Anthony Davis	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 2
	Anthony Davis	Marcus Smart
Season	2013-14	2015-16
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	Blocks Leader	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Anthony Davis	67	35.2	20.8	3.1	7.0	10.0	1.6	1.3	2.8	1.6	3.0	7.8	15.0	.519	0.0	0.1	.222	5.2	6.6	.791
difference:	+6	+7.9	+11.7	+1.9	+4.1	+5.8	+1.4	+0.2	+2.5	-0.3		+4.8	+6.3	+.171	+1.0	+3.9	+.031	+3.1	+3.9	+.014
Marcus Smart	61	27.3	9.1	1.2	2.9	4.2	3.0	1.5	0.3	1.3	3.0	3.0	8.7	.348	1.0	4.0	.253	2.1	2.7	.777

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Davis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Marcus Smart	6	32.2	12.0	1.3	3.2	4.5	3.0	1.7	0.8	2.5	2.8	3.7	10.0	.367	1.8	5.3	.344	2.8	3.5	.810


Season 3
	Anthony Davis	Marcus Smart
Season	2014-15	2016-17
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Blocks Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pelicans Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Anthony Davis	68	36.1	24.4	2.5	7.7	10.2	2.2	1.5	2.9	1.4	2.1	9.4	17.6	.535	0.0	0.2	.083	5.5	6.8	.805
difference:	+11	+5.7	+13.8	+1.5	+4.8	+6.3	+2.4	+0.1	+2.5	-0.6	-0.3	+6.0	+8.1	+.176	+1.2	+4.0	+.200	+2.9	+3.6	+.007
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		%
Anthony Davis	4	43.0	31.5	2.3	8.8	11.0	2.0	1.3	3.0	3.3	3.0	11.8	21.8	.540	0.0	0.5	.000	8.0	9.0	.889
difference:	+14	+13.1	+22.9	+1.0	+5.4	+6.3	+2.7	+0.2	+2.1	-1.2	-0.2	+9.2	+14.4	+.189	+1.6	+3.6	+.397	+6.2	+6.2	+.249
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
	Anthony Davis	Marcus Smart
Season	2015-16	2017-18
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Anthony Davis	61	35.5	24.3	2.1	8.1	10.3	1.9	1.3	2.0	2.0	2.4	9.2	18.6	.493	0.6	1.8	.324	5.3	7.0	.758
difference:	+7	+5.6	+14.1	+1.3	+5.4	+6.8	+2.9		+1.6	-0.4	-0.1	+5.7	+9.1	+.126	+0.8	+2.8	+.023	+3.5	+4.5	+.029
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		%
Anthony Davis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Anthony Davis	Marcus Smart
Season	2016-17	2018-19
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Anthony Davis	75	36.1	28.0	2.3	9.5	11.8	2.1	1.3	2.2	2.4	2.2	10.3	20.3	.505	0.5	1.8	.299	6.9	8.6	.802
difference:	+5	+8.6	+19.1	+1.6	+7.3	+8.9	+1.9	+0.5	+1.8	-0.9	-0.3	+7.3	+13.2	+.083	+1.1	+2.5	+.065	+5.6	+7.0	+.004
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		%
Anthony Davis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Anthony Davis	Marcus Smart
Season	2017-18	2019-20
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	All-Defensive First Team
	Blocks Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pelicans Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Anthony Davis	75	36.4	28.1	2.5	8.6	11.1	2.3	1.5	2.6	2.2	2.1	10.4	19.5	.534	0.7	2.2	.340	6.6	8.0	.828
difference:	+15	+4.4	+15.2	+1.8	+5.5	+7.3	+2.6	+0.2	+2.1	-0.5	-0.6	+6.1	+8.1	+.159	+1.6	+4.4	+.007	+4.5	+5.5	+.008
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		%
Anthony Davis	9	39.8	30.1	2.7	10.8	13.4	1.7	2.0	2.3	2.6	3.3	11.8	22.7	.520	0.7	2.4	.273	5.9	7.1	.828
difference:	+8	+1.7	+15.6	+2.1	+6.2	+8.2	+2.9	+0.8	+1.8		-0.1	+7.2	+11.1	+.126	+1.7	+4.8	+.060	+3.0	+3.8	+.047
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
	Anthony Davis	Marcus Smart
Season	2018-19	2020-21
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Anthony Davis	56	33.0	25.9	3.1	8.9	12.0	3.9	1.6	2.4	2.0	2.4	9.5	18.3	.517	0.9	2.6	.331	6.1	7.7	.794
difference:	+8	+0.1	+12.8	+2.3	+6.2	+8.5	+1.8	+0.1	+1.9		-0.2	+5.3	+7.7	+.119	+1.0	+3.3	+.001	+3.4	+4.3	+.004
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		%
Anthony Davis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Anthony Davis	Marcus Smart
Season	2019-20	2021-22
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Anthony Davis	62	34.4	26.1	2.3	7.0	9.3	3.2	1.5	2.3	2.5	2.5	8.9	17.7	.503	1.2	3.5	.330	7.2	8.5	.846
difference:	+9	+2.1	+14.0	+1.7	+3.8	+5.5	+2.7	+0.2	+2.0	-0.3	-0.2	+4.7	+7.6	+.085	+0.5	+1.6	+.001	+5.2	+6.0	+.053
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		%
Anthony Davis	21	36.6	27.7	2.6	7.1	9.7	3.5	1.2	1.4	2.5	2.7	9.8	17.1	.571	1.1	2.9	.383	7.1	8.5	.832
difference:		+0.4	+12.3	+1.6	+3.5	+5.2	+2.4		+1.2		-0.7	+4.4	+3.8	+.166	+1.2	+3.6	+.033	+4.7	+5.5	+.026
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
	Anthony Davis	Marcus Smart
Season	2020-21	2022-23
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West 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		%
Anthony Davis	36	32.3	21.8	1.7	6.2	7.9	3.1	1.3	1.6	2.1	1.7	8.4	17.0	.491	0.7	2.8	.260	4.4	5.9	.738
difference:	+25	+0.2	+10.3	+0.9	+3.8	+4.8	+3.2	+0.2	+1.2	-0.2	-1.1	+4.3	+7.1	+.076	+1.2	+2.8	+.076	+3.0	+4.0	+.008
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		%
Anthony Davis	5	28.8	17.4	1.4	5.2	6.6	2.6	0.6	1.6	1.2	1.8	5.0	12.4	.403	0.4	2.2	.182	7.0	8.4	.833
difference:	+15	+5.2	+2.5	+0.3	+2.2	+2.6	+2.5	+0.7	+1.3	-1.1	-0.1	+0.1	+1.2	+.050	+1.8	+3.9	+.179	+4.4	+5.1	+.033
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
	Anthony Davis	Marcus Smart
Season	2021-22	2023-24
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
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		%
Anthony Davis	40	35.1	23.2	2.7	7.2	9.9	3.1	1.2	2.3	2.1	2.4	9.3	17.4	.532	0.3	1.8	.186	4.4	6.1	.713
difference:	+20	+4.8	+8.7	+2.4	+4.8	+7.2	+1.2	+0.9	+2.0	-1.0	-0.3	+4.2	+5.5	+.102	+1.8	+4.9	+.127	+2.2	+3.3	+.055
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 Anthony Davis nor Marcus Smart played in the postseason in their season 10


Season 11
	Anthony Davis	Marcus Smart
Season	2022-23	2024-25
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Memphis Grizzlies, Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Anthony Davis	56	34.0	25.9	3.5	9.1	12.5	2.6	1.1	2.0	2.2	2.6	9.7	17.2	.563	0.3	1.3	.257	6.2	7.9	.784
difference:	+22	+14.0	+16.9	+3.0	+7.5	+10.4	+0.6		+1.7	-0.6	-1.0	+6.7	+9.6	+.170	+1.1	+2.8	+.091	+4.6	+5.8	+.023
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		%
Anthony Davis	16	38.0	22.6	2.4	11.7	14.1	2.6	1.4	3.1	2.1	2.9	8.3	15.9	.520	0.3	0.9	.333	5.8	6.8	.852
Marcus Smart	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Anthony Davis	Marcus Smart
Season	2023-24	2025-26
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Cup All-Tournament Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play
Others	NBA Cup 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		%
Anthony Davis	76	35.5	24.7	3.1	9.5	12.6	3.5	1.2	2.3	2.1	2.3	9.4	16.9	.556	0.4	1.4	.271	5.5	6.8	.816
difference:	+70	+7.5	+15.5	+2.9	+7.8	+10.8	+0.3	+0.5	+2.1	-0.2	-0.7	+6.2	+9.6	+.124	+0.6	+2.4	+.010	+3.7	+4.6	+.030
Marcus Smart	6	28.0	9.2	0.2	1.7	1.8	3.2	1.7	0.2	2.3	3.0	3.2	7.3	.432	1.0	3.8	.261	1.8	2.2	.846

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Davis	5	41.6	27.8	3.0	12.6	15.6	4.0	0.4	1.6	2.2	3.8	11.8	18.6	.634	0.0	1.0	.000	4.2	5.2	.808
Marcus Smart	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Additional Years
* Anthony Davis played 2 seasons more than Marcus Smart in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 13 to 14, from 2025 to 2026—Anthony Davis didn't play in the postseason. In those 2 extra years over Marcus Smart, Anthony Davis got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Star Game

Anthony Davis vs. Marcus Smart Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Marcus Smart and Anthony Davis, 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

Season 11

11th Season Stats Comparison

Season 12

12th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years