Charles Oakley vs. Kenny Smith Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kenny Smith and Charles Oakley, 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.

Charles Oakley played 19 years in the NBA, 9 more than Kenny Smith, who played 10. Charles Oakley had the first of his seasons in 1985-86, 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 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
Charles Oakley	19	15	1985-86 to 2003-04
Kenny Smith	10	5	1987-88 to 1996-97

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Charles Oakley	Kenny Smith
Season	1985-86	1987-88
Team	Chicago Bulls	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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		%
Charles Oakley	77	23.0	9.6	3.3	5.3	8.6	1.7	0.9	0.4	2.3	3.2	3.6	7.0	.519	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	3.5	.662
difference:	+16	+12.6	+4.2	+2.6	+3.7	+6.3	+5.4	+0.6	+0.3	-0.7	-0.9	+1.8	+4.4	+.042	+0.2	+0.6		+0.4	+0.2	+.157
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		%
Charles Oakley	3	29.3	10.0	3.3	6.7	10.0	1.0	2.0	0.7	1.7	4.3	3.7	7.0	.524	0.0	0.0	-	2.7	4.3	.615
Kenny Smith	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Charles Oakley	Kenny Smith
Season	1986-87	1988-89
Team	Chicago Bulls	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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		%
Charles Oakley	82	36.3	14.5	3.6	9.5	13.1	3.6	1.0	0.4	3.6	3.8	5.7	12.8	.445	0.1	0.4	.367	3.0	4.4	.686
difference:	+1	+2.5	+2.8	+3.0	+7.3	+10.3	+4.1	+0.3	+0.3	-0.5	-1.7	+1.1	+1.8	+.017	+0.5	+1.2	+.008	+0.2		+.051
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		%
Charles Oakley	3	43.0	20.0	5.7	9.7	15.3	2.0	1.3	0.3	2.7	4.3	6.3	16.7	.380	0.7	1.3	.500	6.7	8.0	.833
Kenny Smith	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Charles Oakley	Kenny Smith
Season	1987-88	1989-90
Team	Chicago Bulls	Sacramento Kings, Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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		%
Charles Oakley	82	34.3	12.4	4.0	9.0	13.0	3.0	0.8	0.3	2.9	3.3	4.6	9.5	.483	0.0	0.1	.250	3.2	4.4	.727
difference:	+3	+3.7	+0.5	+3.8	+7.2	+11.0	+2.6	+0.2	+0.2	-0.8	-1.5	+0.2	+0.8	+.017	+0.3	+1.0	+.063	+1.2	+1.9	+.094
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		%
Charles Oakley	10	37.3	10.1	3.9	8.9	12.8	3.2	0.6	0.4	1.8	3.3	4.0	9.1	.440	0.0	0.2	.000	2.1	2.4	.875
Kenny Smith	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Charles Oakley	Kenny Smith
Season	1988-89	1990-91
Team	New York Knicks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Charles Oakley	82	31.8	12.9	4.2	6.3	10.5	2.3	1.3	0.2	3.0	3.3	5.2	10.2	.510	0.1	0.6	.250	2.4	3.1	.773
difference:	+4	+2.8	+4.8	+3.7	+4.7	+8.4	+4.8	+0.1	+0.1		-1.6	+1.5	+2.7	+.010	+0.5	+1.1	+.113	+1.3	+1.3	+.071
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		%
Charles Oakley	9	33.2	9.7	4.8	6.4	11.2	1.2	1.3	0.1	2.4	3.4	3.9	8.1	.479	0.1	0.2	.500	1.8	2.7	.667
difference:	+6	+4.5	+5.6	+3.5	+5.1	+8.5	+6.8		+0.2	-0.4	-1.7	+2.1	+4.6	+.005	+0.6	+1.1		+0.9	+0.3	+.222
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
	Charles Oakley	Kenny Smith
Season	1989-90	1991-92
Team	New York Knicks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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		%
Charles Oakley	61	36.0	14.6	4.2	7.7	11.9	2.4	1.0	0.3	2.7	3.6	5.5	10.5	.524	0.0	0.0	-	3.6	4.7	.761
difference:	+20	+2.2	+0.6	+3.8	+5.9	+9.7	+4.5	+0.3	+0.2	-0.1	-2.2	+0.2	+0.7	+.049	+0.7	+1.7		+0.9	+1.6	+.105
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		%
Charles Oakley	10	33.6	12.1	3.9	7.1	11.0	2.7	1.1	0.2	2.2	3.3	4.3	8.4	.512	0.1	0.1	1.000	3.4	5.2	.654
Kenny Smith	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Charles Oakley	Kenny Smith
Season	1990-91	1992-93
Team	New York Knicks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
Charles Oakley	76	36.0	11.2	4.0	8.1	12.1	2.7	0.8	0.2	2.8	3.8	4.0	7.8	.516	0.0	0.0	-	3.1	4.0	.784
difference:	+6	+6.5	+1.8	+3.7	+6.5	+10.1	+2.7	+0.2	+0.1	-0.8	-2.5	+0.7	+1.3	+.004	+1.2	+2.7		+0.7	+1.3	+.094
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		%
Charles Oakley	3	33.3	7.7	5.0	5.3	10.3	1.0	0.7	0.3	2.3	4.3	3.3	7.0	.476	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	2.0	.500
difference:	+9	+0.7	+7.1	+4.8	+3.5	+8.3	+3.2	+0.1	+0.2	-0.1	-2.8	+2.0	+3.7	+.016	+1.9	+3.8		+1.3	+1.0	+.278
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
	Charles Oakley	Kenny Smith
Season	1991-92	1993-94
Team	New York Knicks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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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		%
Charles Oakley	82	28.2	6.2	3.1	5.4	8.5	1.6	0.8	0.2	1.5	3.1	2.6	4.9	.522	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.4	.735
difference:	+4	+0.1	+5.4	+2.8	+3.9	+6.7	+2.6		+0.1	-0.1	-1.5	+1.8	+4.2	+.042	+1.1	+2.8		+0.7	+0.6	+.136
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		%
Charles Oakley	12	29.5	5.3	3.7	5.3	9.0	0.7	0.7	0.4	1.3	3.0	1.8	4.8	.379	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	2.3	.741
difference:	+11	+0.8	+5.5	+3.5	+3.2	+6.7	+3.4	+0.3	+0.2	-0.1	-1.3	+1.9	+3.4	+.076	+1.5	+3.3		+0.1		+.067
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
	Charles Oakley	Kenny Smith
Season	1992-93	1994-95
Team	New York Knicks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals	NBA Champion

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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		%
Charles Oakley	82	27.2	6.9	3.5	5.1	8.6	1.5	1.0	0.2	1.5	3.5	2.7	5.3	.508	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.1	.722
difference:	+1	+2.1	+3.5	+3.2	+3.5	+6.7	+2.5	+0.1	+0.1		-2.2	+0.8	+2.0	+.024	+1.8	+4.1		+0.1	+0.3	+.129
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		%
Charles Oakley	15	33.8	11.1	4.7	6.3	11.0	1.1	1.1	0.1	2.4	3.4	4.2	8.7	.481	0.0	0.0	-	2.7	3.7	.727
difference:	+7	+4.2	+0.3	+4.4	+4.4	+8.8	+3.4	+0.5		-1.0	-1.3	+0.7	+0.6	+.043	+2.1	+4.7		+1.1	+1.9	+.173
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
	Charles Oakley	Kenny Smith
Season	1993-94	1995-96
Team	New York Knicks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost NBA Finals	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
Charles Oakley	82	35.8	11.8	4.3	7.5	11.8	2.7	1.3	0.2	2.4	3.6	4.4	9.3	.478	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	3.8	.776
difference:	+14	+12.0	+3.3	+4.0	+6.4	+10.4	+0.9	+0.6	+0.2	-0.9	-1.9	+1.4	+2.5	+.045	+1.3	+3.5		+1.7	+2.2	+.045
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		%
Charles Oakley	25	39.7	13.2	4.6	7.0	11.7	2.4	1.4	0.2	2.6	3.5	5.0	10.5	.477	0.0	0.0	-	3.2	4.1	.775
difference:	+17	+15.8	+4.3	+4.1	+6.0	+10.2	+2.4	+0.8	+0.2	-1.6	-1.7	+2.1	+3.9	+.043	+1.5	+3.9		+1.6	+2.5	+.225
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
	Charles Oakley	Kenny Smith
Season	1994-95	1996-97
Team	New York Knicks	Detroit Pistons, Orlando Magic, Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Charles Oakley	50	31.3	10.1	3.1	5.8	8.9	2.5	1.2	0.1	2.1	3.6	3.8	7.9	.489	0.1	0.2	.250	2.4	3.0	.793
difference:	+2	+15.4	+3.8	+3.0	+5.0	+8.0	+0.1	+0.8	+0.1	-0.6	-3.0	+1.7	+2.9	+.066	+1.1	+2.6	+.187	+1.6	+2.1	+.074
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		%
Charles Oakley	11	38.3	13.1	2.8	5.6	8.5	3.7	1.7	0.5	2.2	3.8	4.5	9.9	.450	0.4	0.9	.400	3.8	4.6	.824
Kenny Smith	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Additional Years
* Charles Oakley played 9 seasons more than Kenny Smith in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 11 to 19, from 1996 to 2004—Charles Oakley played in 5 Playoffs. In those 9 extra years over Kenny Smith, Charles Oakley got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Defensive Second Team

Charles Oakley vs. Kenny Smith Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kenny Smith and Charles Oakley, 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

Additional Years