Baron Davis vs. Marcus Smart Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Marcus Smart and Baron 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

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.

Baron Davis played 13 years in the NBA, 2 more than Marcus Smart, who played 11. Baron Davis had the first of his seasons in 1999-00, 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
Baron Davis	13	7	1999-00 to 2011-12
Marcus Smart	11	9	2014-15 to 2024-25

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Baron Davis	Marcus Smart
Season	1999-00	2014-15
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Hornets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Baron Davis	82	18.6	5.9	0.6	1.4	2.0	3.8	1.2	0.2	1.7	2.5	2.2	5.3	.420	0.3	1.4	.225	1.2	1.9	.634
difference:	+15	+8.4	+1.9	+0.3	+1.0	+1.3	+0.7	+0.3	+0.1	-0.4	-0.1	+0.4	+1.8	+.053	+1.1	+2.7	+.110			+.012
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		%
Baron Davis	4	14.5	5.8	0.8	0.8	1.5	1.5	1.0	0.0	0.8	1.5	2.5	5.8	.435	0.3	1.5	.167	0.5	1.0	.500
difference:		+8.0	+4.0	+0.5	+0.7	+1.3	+0.2	+0.7	+0.3	-0.2	-1.5	+1.0	+1.5	+.048	+0.5	+1.8	+.064	+1.5	+2.8	+.033
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
	Baron Davis	Marcus Smart
Season	2000-01	2015-16
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hornets Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Baron Davis	82	38.9	13.8	1.6	3.4	5.0	7.3	2.1	0.4	2.8	3.3	5.0	11.7	.427	1.0	3.3	.310	2.8	4.1	.677
difference:	+21	+11.6	+4.7	+0.4	+0.5	+0.8	+4.3	+0.6	+0.1	-1.5	-0.3	+2.0	+3.0	+.079		+0.7	+.057	+0.7	+1.4	+.100
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		%
Baron Davis	10	39.8	17.8	0.9	3.5	4.4	5.8	2.8	0.5	2.2	3.3	5.9	12.3	.480	2.0	5.0	.400	4.0	5.6	.714
difference:	+4	+7.6	+5.8	+0.4	+0.3	+0.1	+2.8	+1.1	+0.3	-0.3	-0.5	+2.2	+2.3	+.113	+0.2	+0.3	+.056	+1.2	+2.1	+.096
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
	Baron Davis	Marcus Smart
Season	2001-02	2016-17
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hornets 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		%
Baron Davis	82	40.5	18.1	1.1	3.1	4.3	8.5	2.1	0.6	3.0	2.9	6.8	16.4	.417	2.1	5.8	.356	2.4	4.1	.580
difference:	+3	+10.1	+7.5	+0.1	+0.2	+0.4	+3.9	+0.5	+0.2	-1.0	-0.5	+3.4	+6.9	+.058	+0.9	+1.6	+.073	+0.2	+0.9	+.232
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		%
Baron Davis	9	44.7	22.6	1.8	5.2	7.0	7.9	3.6	0.6	3.0	4.0	7.9	20.9	.378	2.3	6.9	.339	4.4	7.4	.597
difference:	+9	+14.8	+14.0	+0.5	+1.8	+2.3	+3.2	+2.1	+0.3	-0.9	-1.2	+5.3	+13.5	+.027	+0.7	+2.8	+.058	+2.6	+4.6	+.043
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
	Baron Davis	Marcus Smart
Season	2002-03	2017-18
Team	New Orleans Hornets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hornets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Baron Davis	50	37.8	17.1	1.1	2.6	3.7	6.4	1.8	0.4	2.8	3.0	6.6	16.0	.416	2.0	5.7	.350	1.9	2.6	.710
difference:	+4	+7.9	+6.9	+0.3	+0.1	+0.2	+1.6	+0.5		-0.4	-0.5	+3.1	+6.5	+.049	+0.6	+1.1	+.049	+0.1	+0.1	+.019
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		%
Baron Davis	5	38.8	20.4	0.8	2.8	3.6	8.4	1.4	0.4	3.0	4.0	7.4	16.6	.446	2.4	7.0	.343	3.2	4.4	.727
difference:	+10	+8.9	+10.6	+0.1		+0.1	+3.1	+0.3	+0.3	-0.6	-1.1	+4.2	+7.1	+.110	+1.4	+2.5	+.122	+0.8	+1.1	+.008
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
	Baron Davis	Marcus Smart
Season	2003-04	2018-19
Team	New Orleans Hornets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	Steals Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hornets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Baron Davis	67	40.1	22.9	1.0	3.3	4.3	7.5	2.4	0.4	3.2	2.7	8.3	20.9	.395	2.8	8.7	.321	3.5	5.3	.673
difference:	+13	+12.6	+14.0	+0.3	+1.1	+1.4	+3.5	+0.6		-1.7	-0.2	+5.3	+13.8	+.027	+1.2	+4.4	+.043	+2.2	+3.7	+.133
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		%
Baron Davis	7	37.4	18.1	0.9	3.3	4.1	7.0	1.6	0.7	2.7	3.0	6.1	16.3	.377	2.3	7.0	.327	3.6	4.7	.758
difference:	+5	+21.4	+14.6	+1.1	+3.3	+2.1	+5.0	+0.1	+0.7	-1.2	-1.5	+5.6	+10.8	+.286	+1.8	+1.5	+.236	+1.6	+1.7	+.091
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
	Baron Davis	Marcus Smart
Season	2004-05	2019-20
Team	New Orleans Hornets, Golden State Warriors	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Baron Davis	46	34.4	19.2	0.7	3.1	3.8	7.9	1.8	0.3	2.8	2.7	6.3	16.3	.387	2.6	7.7	.333	4.0	5.3	.761
difference:	+14	+2.4	+6.3				+3.0	+0.1	+0.2	-1.1		+2.0	+4.9	+.012	+0.3	+1.1	+.014	+1.9	+2.8	+.075
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		%
Baron Davis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Baron Davis	Marcus Smart
Season	2005-06	2020-21
Team	Golden State Warriors	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
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		%
Baron Davis	54	36.5	17.9	0.8	3.5	4.4	8.9	1.6	0.3	2.9	3.1	6.2	15.9	.389	1.9	6.0	.315	3.6	5.4	.675
difference:	+6	+3.6	+4.8		+0.8	+0.9	+3.2	+0.1	+0.2	-0.9	-0.5	+2.0	+5.3	+.009		+0.1	+.015	+0.9	+2.0	+.115
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		%
Baron 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
	Baron Davis	Marcus Smart
Season	2006-07	2021-22
Team	Golden State Warriors	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	Steals Leader	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Baron Davis	63	35.3	20.1	0.8	3.6	4.4	8.1	2.1	0.5	3.1	2.9	7.2	16.3	.439	1.3	4.4	.304	4.4	5.9	.745
difference:	+8	+3.0	+8.0	+0.2	+0.4	+0.6	+2.2	+0.4	+0.2	-0.9	-0.6	+3.0	+6.2	+.021	+0.4	+0.7	+.027	+2.4	+3.4	+.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		%
Baron Davis	11	40.5	25.3	1.0	3.5	4.5	6.5	2.9	0.6	2.9	4.2	8.9	17.4	.513	2.3	6.1	.373	5.2	6.7	.770
difference:	+10	+4.3	+9.9		+0.1		+0.6	+1.7	+0.4	-0.4	-0.8	+3.5	+4.1	+.108		+0.4	+.023	+2.8	+3.7	+.036
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
	Baron Davis	Marcus Smart
Season	2007-08	2022-23
Team	Golden State Warriors	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Baron Davis	82	39.0	21.8	1.2	3.5	4.7	7.6	2.3	0.5	2.8	3.0	7.9	18.6	.426	2.1	6.4	.330	3.9	5.2	.750
difference:	+21	+6.9	+10.3	+0.4	+1.1	+1.6	+1.3	+0.8	+0.1	-0.5	-0.2	+3.8	+8.7	+.011	+0.2	+0.8	+.006	+2.5	+3.3	+.004
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		%
Baron Davis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Baron Davis	Marcus Smart
Season	2008-09	2023-24
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	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		%
Baron Davis	65	34.6	14.9	0.7	3.0	3.7	7.7	1.7	0.5	3.0	3.0	5.5	14.8	.370	1.5	5.0	.302	2.4	3.2	.757
difference:	+45	+4.3	+0.4	+0.4	+0.6	+1.0	+3.4	+0.4	+0.2	-0.1	-0.3	+0.4	+2.9	+.060	+0.6	+1.7	+.011	+0.2	+0.4	+.011
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 Baron Davis nor Marcus Smart played in the postseason in their season 10


Season 11
	Baron Davis	Marcus Smart
Season	2009-10	2024-25
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Memphis Grizzlies, Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Baron Davis	75	33.6	15.3	0.7	2.9	3.5	8.0	1.7	0.6	2.8	2.8	5.5	13.5	.406	1.1	3.9	.277	3.2	3.9	.821
difference:	+41	+13.6	+6.3	+0.2	+1.3	+1.4	+4.8	+0.6	+0.3	-1.2	-1.2	+2.5	+5.9	+.013	+0.3	+0.2	+.071	+1.6	+1.8	+.060
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
* Neiher Baron Davis nor Marcus Smart played in the postseason in their season 11

Additional Years

* Baron Davis played 2 seasons more than Marcus Smart in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 12 to 13, from 2011 to 2012—Baron Davis played in one postseason.

Baron Davis vs. Marcus Smart Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Marcus Smart and Baron 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

Additional Years