Caris LeVert vs. Tony Smith Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tony Smith and Caris LeVert, 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

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.

Caris LeVert played 8 years in the NBA, 1 less than Tony Smith, who played 9. Caris LeVert had the first of his seasons in 2016-17, while Tony Smith had his rookie season in 1990-91. 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
Caris LeVert	8	4	2016-17 to 2023-24
Tony Smith	9	6	1990-91 to 2000-01

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Caris LeVert	Tony Smith
Season	2016-17	1990-91
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost NBA Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Caris LeVert	57	21.7	8.2	0.4	2.9	3.3	1.9	0.9	0.1	1.0	1.6	3.0	6.7	.450	1.0	3.2	.321	1.2	1.6	.720
Tony Smith	64	10.9	3.7	0.4	0.7	1.1	2.1	0.4	0.2	1.1	1.3	1.5	3.4	.441	0.0	0.1	.000	0.6	0.9	.702

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Caris LeVert	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tony Smith	7	5.7	2.0	0.4	0.0	0.4	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.9	0.9	0.9	1.9	.462	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.4	.667


Season 2
	Caris LeVert	Tony Smith
Season	2017-18	1991-92
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers 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		%
Caris LeVert	71	26.3	12.1	0.7	2.9	3.7	4.2	1.2	0.3	2.2	2.2	4.5	10.4	.435	1.2	3.5	.347	1.9	2.6	.711
Tony Smith	63	13.0	4.4	0.5	0.7	1.2	1.7	0.6	0.1	0.8	1.4	1.8	4.5	.399	0.0	0.2	.000	0.8	1.2	.653

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Caris LeVert	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tony Smith	4	10.0	1.8	0.3	0.3	0.5	1.3	1.0	0.0	0.8	1.3	0.8	2.5	.300	0.0	0.5	.000	0.3	0.5	.500


Season 3
	Caris LeVert	Tony Smith
Season	2018-19	1992-93
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Lakers 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		%
Caris LeVert	40	26.6	13.7	0.9	2.9	3.8	3.9	1.1	0.4	1.7	1.9	5.2	12.1	.429	1.2	3.9	.312	2.1	3.1	.691
Tony Smith	55	13.7	6.0	0.8	0.7	1.6	1.1	0.9	0.1	0.7	1.3	2.4	5.0	.484	0.0	0.2	.182	1.1	1.5	.756

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Caris LeVert	5	28.8	21.0	1.2	3.4	4.6	3.0	1.0	0.4	2.0	1.6	7.2	14.6	.493	2.4	5.2	.462	4.2	5.8	.724
Tony Smith	5	14.6	6.8	1.0	0.6	1.6	0.4	0.2	0.2	0.6	2.8	2.6	5.0	.520	0.4	0.8	.500	1.2	1.8	.667


Season 4
	Caris LeVert	Tony Smith
Season	2019-20	1993-94
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Caris LeVert	45	29.6	18.7	1.1	3.1	4.2	4.4	1.2	0.2	2.6	1.8	6.9	16.3	.425	1.8	4.9	.364	3.1	4.4	.711
Tony Smith	73	22.2	8.8	1.5	1.2	2.7	2.0	0.8	0.2	1.0	1.8	3.7	8.5	.441	0.2	0.7	.320	1.2	1.6	.714

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Caris LeVert	4	35.0	20.3	2.0	4.0	6.0	9.5	1.3	0.3	3.3	1.8	6.8	18.3	.370	2.3	5.3	.429	4.5	6.3	.720
Tony Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Caris LeVert	Tony Smith
Season	2020-21	1994-95
Team	Brooklyn Nets, Indiana Pacers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers 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		%
Caris LeVert	47	31.6	20.2	0.7	3.9	4.6	5.2	1.4	0.6	2.2	2.2	7.6	17.3	.441	1.8	5.5	.326	3.1	3.8	.811
Tony Smith	61	16.8	5.6	0.7	1.0	1.8	1.7	0.8	0.1	0.8	1.8	2.2	5.1	.427	0.5	1.5	.352	0.7	1.0	.698

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Caris LeVert	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tony Smith	6	4.5	1.5	0.2	0.3	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.2	0.5	2.2	.231	0.5	1.7	.300	0.0	0.3	.000


Season 6
	Caris LeVert	Tony Smith
Season	2021-22	1995-96
Team	Indiana Pacers, Cleveland Cavaliers	Phoenix Suns, Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Heat Lost East 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		%
Caris LeVert	58	30.7	17.0	0.7	2.9	3.7	4.3	0.9	0.4	1.9	2.3	6.5	14.7	.444	1.4	4.4	.320	2.5	3.3	.756
Tony Smith	59	15.9	5.1	0.5	1.1	1.6	2.6	0.6	0.2	1.1	1.8	2.0	4.6	.423	0.6	2.0	.328	0.5	0.8	.609

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Caris LeVert	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tony Smith	3	20.3	7.3	1.0	0.3	1.3	2.7	1.3	0.0	1.0	2.3	3.0	6.3	.474	1.3	3.3	.400	0.0	0.0	-


Season 7
	Caris LeVert	Tony Smith
Season	2022-23	1996-97
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Hornets Lost East 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		%
Caris LeVert	74	30.2	12.1	0.7	3.1	3.8	3.9	1.0	0.3	1.6	2.3	4.3	10.0	.431	1.7	4.4	.392	1.8	2.4	.722
Tony Smith	69	18.7	5.0	0.6	0.8	1.4	2.2	0.7	0.3	1.1	1.6	2.0	4.9	.409	0.5	1.4	.323	0.6	0.9	.644

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Caris LeVert	5	34.0	15.0	0.8	3.8	4.6	2.6	0.4	0.2	1.0	2.0	5.4	12.6	.429	2.6	7.2	.361	1.6	2.6	.615
Tony Smith	2	4.5	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.5	1.0	0.5	0.0	1.5	0.5	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.5	.000	0.5	1.0	.500


Season 8
	Caris LeVert	Tony Smith
Season	2023-24	1997-98
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Cavaliers 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		%
Caris LeVert	68	28.8	14.0	0.6	3.5	4.1	5.1	1.1	0.5	1.7	1.8	5.1	12.1	.421	1.6	4.9	.325	2.3	3.0	.766
Tony Smith	7	11.4	2.7	0.6	0.4	1.0	1.4	0.7	0.3	1.3	1.0	1.1	3.4	.333	0.0	0.6	.000	0.4	0.6	.750

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Caris LeVert	11	25.3	10.1	0.7	2.9	3.6	2.3	0.8	0.5	1.3	1.3	4.0	9.3	.431	0.5	3.0	.182	1.5	2.4	.654
Tony Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Tony Smith didn't play in 1998-99 and 1999-00.


Season 9
	Caris LeVert	Tony Smith
Season	-	2000-01
Team	-	Atlanta Hawks
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		%
Caris LeVert	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tony Smith	6	13.0	2.8	0.3	0.2	0.5	1.7	1.2	0.0	1.5	2.0	1.3	3.8	.348	0.0	0.3	.000	0.2	0.3	.500

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Caris LeVert	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tony Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Caris LeVert vs. Tony Smith Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tony Smith and Caris LeVert, 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