Brook Lopez vs. Randy Smith Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Randy Smith and Brook Lopez, 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.
Brook Lopez played 16 years in the NBA, 4 more than Randy Smith, who played 12. Brook Lopez had the first of his seasons in 2008-09, while Randy Smith had his rookie season in 1971-72. 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 |
Brook Lopez |
16 |
8 |
2008-09 to 2023-24 |
Randy Smith |
12 |
4 |
1971-72 to 1982-83 |
Comparison Season by Season |
|
|
|
Rookie Season |
|
Brook Lopez |
Randy Smith |
Season |
2008-09 | 1971-72 |
Team |
New Jersey Nets | Buffalo Braves |
Honors & Awards |
All-Rookie First Team | - |
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 |
% |
Brook Lopez |
82 |
30.5 |
13.0 |
2.7 |
5.4 |
8.1 |
1.0 |
0.5 |
1.8 |
1.8 |
3.1 |
5.5 |
10.3 |
.531 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
.000 |
2.1 |
2.6 |
.793 |
Randy Smith |
76 |
27.6 |
13.4 |
- |
- |
4.8 |
2.5 |
- |
- |
- |
2.7 |
5.7 |
11.8 |
.482 |
- |
- |
- |
2.1 |
3.3 |
.622 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Brook Lopez |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Randy Smith |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Brook Lopez |
82 |
36.9 |
18.8 |
3.3 |
5.4 |
8.6 |
2.3 |
0.7 |
1.7 |
2.5 |
3.1 |
6.9 |
13.8 |
.499 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
.000 |
5.1 |
6.2 |
.817 |
Randy Smith |
82 |
31.7 |
14.8 |
- |
- |
4.8 |
5.1 |
- |
- |
- |
3.0 |
6.2 |
14.1 |
.443 |
- |
- |
- |
2.3 |
3.2 |
.727 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Brook Lopez |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Randy Smith |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Brook Lopez |
82 |
35.2 |
20.4 |
2.4 |
3.5 |
6.0 |
1.6 |
0.6 |
1.5 |
2.1 |
2.9 |
7.9 |
16.0 |
.492 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
.000 |
4.7 |
6.0 |
.787 |
Randy Smith |
82 |
33.5 |
15.5 |
1.1 |
2.8 |
3.8 |
4.7 |
2.5 |
0.0 |
- |
3.2 |
6.5 |
13.2 |
.492 |
- |
- |
- |
2.5 |
3.5 |
.712 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Brook Lopez |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Randy Smith |
6 |
37.8 |
14.2 |
0.8 |
3.5 |
4.3 |
4.5 |
1.7 |
0.2 |
- |
3.5 |
6.0 |
15.0 |
.400 |
- |
- |
- |
2.2 |
3.3 |
.650 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Brook Lopez |
5 |
27.2 |
19.2 |
1.6 |
2.0 |
3.6 |
1.2 |
0.2 |
0.8 |
1.2 |
1.6 |
7.6 |
15.4 |
.494 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
4.0 |
6.4 |
.625 |
Randy Smith |
82 |
36.6 |
17.8 |
1.2 |
3.0 |
4.2 |
6.5 |
1.7 |
0.0 |
- |
3.0 |
7.4 |
15.4 |
.484 |
- |
- |
- |
2.9 |
3.6 |
.800 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Brook Lopez |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Randy Smith |
7 |
40.9 |
18.0 |
1.1 |
3.1 |
4.3 |
7.0 |
2.6 |
0.1 |
- |
3.3 |
7.1 |
15.0 |
.476 |
- |
- |
- |
3.7 |
4.3 |
.867 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Brook Lopez |
74 |
30.4 |
19.4 |
2.8 |
4.1 |
6.9 |
0.9 |
0.4 |
2.1 |
1.8 |
2.1 |
7.7 |
14.8 |
.521 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
.000 |
4.0 |
5.3 |
.758 |
Randy Smith |
82 |
38.6 |
21.8 |
1.3 |
3.8 |
5.1 |
5.9 |
1.9 |
0.0 |
- |
3.3 |
8.6 |
17.3 |
.494 |
- |
- |
- |
4.7 |
5.7 |
.817 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Brook Lopez |
7 |
37.6 |
22.3 |
4.1 |
3.3 |
7.4 |
1.4 |
0.9 |
3.0 |
2.3 |
2.9 |
8.3 |
17.6 |
.472 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
1.000 |
5.6 |
6.3 |
.886 |
Randy Smith |
9 |
42.9 |
22.6 |
0.6 |
5.2 |
5.8 |
8.6 |
1.6 |
0.0 |
- |
3.9 |
9.0 |
17.9 |
.503 |
- |
- |
- |
4.6 |
5.4 |
.837 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Brook Lopez |
17 |
31.4 |
20.7 |
2.3 |
3.7 |
6.0 |
0.9 |
0.5 |
1.8 |
1.6 |
3.1 |
7.6 |
13.5 |
.563 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
.000 |
5.5 |
6.8 |
.817 |
Randy Smith |
82 |
37.7 |
20.7 |
1.6 |
3.9 |
5.6 |
5.4 |
2.1 |
0.1 |
- |
3.2 |
8.6 |
18.3 |
.467 |
- |
- |
- |
3.6 |
4.7 |
.762 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Brook Lopez |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Randy Smith |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Brook Lopez |
72 |
29.2 |
17.2 |
3.0 |
4.5 |
7.4 |
0.7 |
0.6 |
1.8 |
1.4 |
2.9 |
7.0 |
13.7 |
.513 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
.100 |
3.1 |
3.8 |
.814 |
Randy Smith |
82 |
40.4 |
24.6 |
1.3 |
2.4 |
3.8 |
5.6 |
2.1 |
0.1 |
3.5 |
2.7 |
9.6 |
20.7 |
.465 |
- |
- |
- |
5.4 |
6.8 |
.800 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Brook Lopez |
6 |
39.0 |
19.8 |
3.3 |
5.7 |
9.0 |
0.8 |
0.7 |
2.2 |
1.0 |
3.0 |
7.2 |
14.5 |
.494 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
5.5 |
6.7 |
.825 |
Randy Smith |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Brook Lopez |
73 |
33.7 |
20.6 |
2.8 |
5.1 |
7.8 |
2.0 |
0.8 |
1.7 |
2.4 |
2.9 |
8.1 |
15.8 |
.511 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
.143 |
4.3 |
5.5 |
.787 |
Randy Smith |
82 |
37.9 |
20.5 |
1.2 |
2.4 |
3.6 |
4.8 |
2.2 |
0.1 |
3.1 |
2.2 |
8.5 |
18.6 |
.455 |
- |
- |
- |
3.6 |
4.4 |
.813 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Brook Lopez |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Randy Smith |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Brook Lopez |
75 |
29.6 |
20.5 |
1.6 |
3.8 |
5.4 |
2.3 |
0.5 |
1.7 |
2.5 |
2.6 |
7.4 |
15.6 |
.474 |
1.8 |
5.2 |
.346 |
3.9 |
4.9 |
.810 |
Randy Smith |
82 |
32.6 |
17.6 |
1.1 |
2.0 |
3.1 |
4.4 |
1.5 |
0.1 |
2.4 |
2.3 |
7.3 |
16.2 |
.452 |
0.1 |
0.6 |
.189 |
2.8 |
3.5 |
.823 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Brook Lopez |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Randy Smith |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Brook Lopez |
74 |
23.4 |
13.0 |
1.0 |
3.0 |
4.0 |
1.7 |
0.4 |
1.3 |
1.3 |
2.6 |
5.0 |
10.7 |
.465 |
1.5 |
4.4 |
.345 |
1.5 |
2.1 |
.703 |
Randy Smith |
82 |
26.8 |
14.6 |
0.6 |
1.8 |
2.4 |
4.4 |
1.4 |
0.2 |
2.4 |
1.6 |
5.9 |
12.7 |
.466 |
0.0 |
0.3 |
.036 |
2.7 |
3.3 |
.815 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Brook Lopez |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Randy Smith |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Brook Lopez |
81 |
28.7 |
12.5 |
0.4 |
4.5 |
4.9 |
1.2 |
0.6 |
2.2 |
1.0 |
2.3 |
4.4 |
9.7 |
.452 |
2.3 |
6.3 |
.365 |
1.4 |
1.6 |
.842 |
Randy Smith |
82 |
24.8 |
10.0 |
0.6 |
1.2 |
1.9 |
3.1 |
1.1 |
0.0 |
1.5 |
2.4 |
4.2 |
9.1 |
.465 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
.273 |
1.5 |
1.8 |
.808 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Brook Lopez |
15 |
29.2 |
11.2 |
0.8 |
4.7 |
5.5 |
1.4 |
0.4 |
1.9 |
0.7 |
3.1 |
4.1 |
8.9 |
.455 |
1.5 |
5.0 |
.293 |
1.6 |
1.9 |
.828 |
Randy Smith |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Brook Lopez |
68 |
26.7 |
12.0 |
0.9 |
3.7 |
4.6 |
1.5 |
0.7 |
2.4 |
1.0 |
2.4 |
4.3 |
9.9 |
.435 |
1.5 |
4.8 |
.314 |
1.9 |
2.2 |
.836 |
Randy Smith |
80 |
17.6 |
8.3 |
0.5 |
0.7 |
1.2 |
2.6 |
0.7 |
0.0 |
1.2 |
1.7 |
3.4 |
7.1 |
.483 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
.167 |
1.4 |
1.6 |
.870 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Brook Lopez |
10 |
32.8 |
15.8 |
1.9 |
3.6 |
5.5 |
0.5 |
1.0 |
1.3 |
1.2 |
2.7 |
6.1 |
11.4 |
.535 |
2.1 |
5.3 |
.396 |
1.5 |
2.0 |
.750 |
Randy Smith |
2 |
7.5 |
3.0 |
0.0 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
2.0 |
0.5 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
2.5 |
.200 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
2.0 |
2.0 |
1.000 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Brook Lopez |
70 |
27.2 |
12.3 |
1.5 |
3.5 |
5.0 |
0.7 |
0.6 |
1.5 |
0.9 |
2.1 |
4.6 |
9.1 |
.503 |
1.4 |
4.0 |
.338 |
1.7 |
2.0 |
.845 |
Randy Smith |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Brook Lopez |
23 |
29.0 |
13.0 |
2.1 |
3.8 |
5.9 |
0.3 |
0.7 |
1.5 |
1.1 |
2.1 |
5.2 |
9.4 |
.548 |
1.0 |
3.1 |
.319 |
1.6 |
1.9 |
.860 |
Randy Smith |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Brook Lopez |
13 |
22.9 |
12.4 |
1.5 |
2.6 |
4.1 |
0.5 |
0.6 |
1.2 |
0.9 |
2.6 |
4.7 |
10.1 |
.466 |
1.5 |
4.1 |
.358 |
1.5 |
1.8 |
.870 |
Randy Smith |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Brook Lopez |
12 |
27.7 |
10.6 |
2.3 |
3.7 |
5.9 |
0.7 |
0.5 |
1.5 |
0.9 |
2.8 |
4.2 |
8.5 |
.490 |
0.5 |
2.3 |
.214 |
1.8 |
1.9 |
.913 |
Randy Smith |
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Regular Season Stats |
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G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Brook Lopez |
78 |
30.4 |
15.9 |
2.0 |
4.7 |
6.7 |
1.3 |
0.5 |
2.5 |
1.4 |
2.6 |
6.1 |
11.5 |
.531 |
1.7 |
4.7 |
.374 |
1.9 |
2.4 |
.784 |
Randy Smith |
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Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Brook Lopez |
5 |
36.4 |
19.0 |
2.8 |
3.6 |
6.4 |
1.2 |
1.4 |
1.8 |
2.2 |
2.0 |
7.8 |
13.4 |
.582 |
1.4 |
3.4 |
.412 |
2.0 |
2.6 |
.769 |
Randy Smith |
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Regular Season Stats |
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G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Brook Lopez |
79 |
30.5 |
12.5 |
1.5 |
3.7 |
5.2 |
1.6 |
0.5 |
2.4 |
1.0 |
2.4 |
4.6 |
9.6 |
.485 |
1.9 |
5.1 |
.366 |
1.4 |
1.7 |
.821 |
Randy Smith |
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Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Brook Lopez |
6 |
33.3 |
17.7 |
1.8 |
2.5 |
4.3 |
1.8 |
0.0 |
1.3 |
1.5 |
1.7 |
7.3 |
12.5 |
.587 |
1.7 |
3.8 |
.435 |
1.3 |
2.5 |
.533 |
Randy Smith |
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