Chet Holmgren vs. Marcus Smart Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Marcus Smart and Chet Holmgren, 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.

Chet Holmgren played 2 years in the NBA, 9 less than Marcus Smart, who played 11. Chet Holmgren had the first of his seasons in 2023-24, 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.

Rookie Season
	Chet Holmgren	Marcus Smart
Season	2023-24	2014-15
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Chet Holmgren	82	29.4	16.5	1.6	6.3	7.9	2.4	0.6	2.3	1.6	2.4	6.2	11.6	.530	1.6	4.3	.370	2.7	3.4	.793
difference:	+15	+2.4	+8.7	+0.7	+3.9	+4.6	+0.7	+0.9	+2.0	-0.3	-0.2	+3.6	+4.5	+.163	+0.2	+0.2	+.035	+1.5	+1.5	+.147
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		%
Chet Holmgren	10	34.5	15.6	1.4	5.8	7.2	2.1	0.7	2.5	1.9	2.6	5.9	11.9	.496	1.3	5.0	.260	2.5	3.3	.758
difference:	+6	+12.0	+5.8	+0.1	+4.3	+4.4	+0.8	+0.4	+2.2	-0.9	-0.4	+2.4	+4.6	+.013	+0.5	+1.7	+.029	+0.5	+0.5	+.225
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
	Chet Holmgren	Marcus Smart
Season	2024-25	2015-16
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Chet Holmgren	32	27.4	15.0	1.5	6.5	8.0	2.0	0.7	2.2	1.8	2.3	5.2	10.7	.490	1.4	3.6	.379	3.2	4.2	.754
difference:	+29	+0.1	+5.9	+0.3	+3.6	+3.8	+1.0	+0.8	+1.9	-0.5	-0.7	+2.2	+2.0	+.142	+0.4	+0.4	+.126	+1.1	+1.5	+.023
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		%
Chet Holmgren	23	29.8	15.2	1.8	6.8	8.7	1.0	0.7	1.9	1.2	2.0	5.3	11.6	.462	1.2	4.0	.297	3.3	4.2	.784
difference:	+17	+2.4	+3.2	+0.5	+3.6	+4.2	+2.0	+1.0	+1.1	-1.3	-0.8	+1.6	+1.6	+.095	+0.6	+1.3	+.047	+0.5	+0.7	+.026
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

Additional Years
* Marcus Smart played 9 seasons more than Chet Holmgren in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 3 to 11, from 2017 to 2025—Marcus Smart played in 7 Playoffs. In those 9 extra years over Chet Holmgren, Marcus Smart got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	3 All-Defensive First Team 1 Defensive Player of the Year