Chris Mullin vs. Kenny Smith Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kenny Smith and Chris Mullin, 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.

Chris Mullin played 16 years in the NBA, 6 more than Kenny Smith, who played 10. Chris Mullin 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
Chris Mullin	16	8	1985-86 to 2000-01
Kenny Smith	10	5	1987-88 to 1996-97

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10


Rookie Season
	Chris Mullin	Kenny Smith
Season	1985-86	1987-88
Team	Golden State Warriors	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did not play	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		%
Chris Mullin	55	25.3	14.0	0.8	1.3	2.1	1.9	1.3	0.4	1.4	2.4	5.2	11.3	.463	0.1	0.5	.185	3.4	3.8	.896
difference:	+6	+10.3	+0.2	+0.1	+0.3	+0.2	+5.2	+0.2	+0.3	-1.6	-0.1	+0.2	+0.1	+.014	+0.1	+0.1	+.123	+0.7	+0.5	+.077
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
* Neiher Chris Mullin nor Kenny Smith played in the postseason in their season 1


Season 2
	Chris Mullin	Kenny Smith
Season	1986-87	1988-89
Team	Golden State Warriors	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Chris Mullin	82	29.0	15.1	0.5	1.7	2.2	3.2	1.2	0.4	1.9	2.6	5.8	11.3	.514	0.2	0.8	.302	3.3	4.0	.825
difference:	+1	+9.8	+2.2	+0.1	+0.5	+0.6	+4.5	+0.1	+0.3	-1.2	-0.5	+1.0	+3.3	+.052	+0.4	+0.8	+.057	+0.1	+0.4	+.088
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		%
Chris Mullin	10	26.2	11.3	0.2	1.3	1.5	2.3	0.9	0.2	1.6	3.1	4.9	9.8	.500	0.3	0.4	.750	1.2	1.6	.750
Kenny Smith	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Chris Mullin	Kenny Smith
Season	1987-88	1989-90
Team	Golden State Warriors	Sacramento Kings, Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did not play	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		%
Chris Mullin	60	33.9	20.2	1.0	2.5	3.4	4.8	1.9	0.5	2.6	2.3	7.8	15.4	.508	0.6	1.6	.351	4.0	4.5	.885
difference:	+19	+3.3	+8.3	+0.8	+0.7	+1.4	+0.8	+0.9	+0.4	-0.5	-0.5	+3.0	+5.1	+.042	+0.3	+0.5	+.038	+2.0	+2.0	+.064
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
* Neiher Chris Mullin nor Kenny Smith played in the postseason in their season 3


Season 4
	Chris Mullin	Kenny Smith
Season	1988-89	1990-91
Team	Golden State Warriors	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West 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		%
Chris Mullin	82	37.7	26.5	1.9	4.0	5.9	5.1	2.1	0.5	3.6	2.2	10.1	19.9	.509	0.3	1.2	.230	6.0	6.7	.892
difference:	+4	+3.1	+8.8	+1.4	+2.4	+3.8	+2.0	+0.7	+0.4	-0.6	-0.5	+3.4	+7.0	+.011	+0.3	+0.5	+.133	+2.3	+2.3	+.048
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		%
Chris Mullin	8	42.6	29.4	1.4	4.5	5.9	4.5	1.8	1.4	4.0	2.4	11.0	20.4	.540	0.1	1.0	.125	7.3	8.4	.866
difference:	+5	+4.9	+14.1	+0.1	+3.2	+3.2	+3.5	+0.5	+1.1	-2.0	-0.7	+5.0	+7.7	+.066	+0.6	+0.3	+.375	+4.6	+5.4	+.023
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
	Chris Mullin	Kenny Smith
Season	1989-90	1991-92
Team	Golden State Warriors	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did not play	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		%
Chris Mullin	78	36.3	25.1	1.7	4.3	5.9	4.1	1.6	0.6	3.1	1.8	8.7	16.3	.536	1.1	3.0	.372	6.5	7.3	.889
difference:	+3	+2.5	+11.1	+1.3	+2.5	+3.7	+2.8	+0.3	+0.5	-0.3	-0.4	+3.4	+5.1	+.061	+0.4	+1.3	+.022	+3.8	+4.2	+.023
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
* Neiher Chris Mullin nor Kenny Smith played in the postseason in their season 5


Season 6
	Chris Mullin	Kenny Smith
Season	1990-91	1992-93
Team	Golden State Warriors	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Chris Mullin	82	40.4	25.7	1.7	3.7	5.4	4.0	2.1	0.8	3.0	2.1	9.5	17.7	.536	0.5	1.6	.301	6.3	7.1	.884
difference:		+10.9	+12.7	+1.4	+2.1	+3.4	+1.4	+1.1	+0.7	-1.0	-0.8	+4.8	+8.6	+.016	+0.7	+1.1	+.137	+3.9	+4.4	+.006
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		%
Chris Mullin	8	45.8	23.8	1.1	6.1	7.3	2.9	1.9	1.5	3.1	2.9	8.6	16.4	.527	1.1	1.6	.692	5.4	6.3	.860
difference:	+4	+13.2	+9.0	+0.9	+4.3	+5.3	+1.3	+1.1	+1.4	-0.9	-1.4	+3.3	+5.7	+.035	+0.8	+2.2	+.192	+3.1	+3.3	+.082
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
	Chris Mullin	Kenny Smith
Season	1991-92	1993-94
Team	Golden State Warriors	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Chris Mullin	81	41.3	25.6	1.6	4.0	5.6	3.5	2.1	0.8	2.5	2.1	10.2	19.6	.524	0.8	2.2	.366	4.3	5.2	.833
difference:	+3	+13.0	+14.0	+1.3	+2.5	+3.8	+0.7	+1.3	+0.7	-0.9	-0.5	+5.8	+10.5	+.044	+0.3	+0.6	+.039	+2.6	+3.2	+.038
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		%
Chris Mullin	4	42.0	17.8	0.8	2.3	3.0	3.0	1.3	0.5	2.0	2.0	6.8	15.8	.429	1.0	3.0	.333	3.3	3.5	.929
difference:	+19	+11.7	+7.0	+0.6	+0.2	+0.7	+1.1	+0.3	+0.3	-0.6	-0.3	+3.1	+7.6	+.026	+0.5	+0.3	+.114	+1.5	+1.2	+.121
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
	Chris Mullin	Kenny Smith
Season	1992-93	1994-95
Team	Golden State Warriors	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did not play	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		%
Chris Mullin	46	41.3	25.9	0.9	4.1	5.0	3.6	1.5	0.9	3.0	1.7	10.3	20.2	.510	1.3	2.9	.451	4.0	4.9	.810
difference:	+35	+16.2	+15.5	+0.6	+2.5	+3.1	+0.4	+0.6	+0.8	-1.5	-0.4	+6.8	+12.9	+.026	+0.5	+1.2	+.022	+2.4	+3.1	+.041
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		%
Chris Mullin	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Chris Mullin	Kenny Smith
Season	1993-94	1995-96
Team	Golden State Warriors	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Chris Mullin	62	37.5	16.8	1.0	4.5	5.6	5.1	1.7	0.9	2.9	1.8	6.6	14.0	.472	0.9	2.4	.364	2.7	3.5	.753
difference:	+6	+13.7	+8.3	+0.7	+3.4	+4.2	+1.5	+1.0	+0.9	-1.4	-0.1	+3.6	+7.2	+.039	+0.4	+1.1	+.018	+1.4	+1.9	+.068
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		%
Chris Mullin	3	45.0	25.3	1.3	3.3	4.7	3.7	0.0	1.7	2.3	1.3	10.0	17.0	.588	2.0	4.0	.500	3.3	3.7	.909
difference:	+5	+21.1	+16.4	+0.8	+2.3	+3.2	+1.1	+0.6	+1.7	-1.3	-0.5	+7.1	+10.4	+.154	+0.5	+0.1	+.113	+1.7	+2.1	+.091
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
	Chris Mullin	Kenny Smith
Season	1994-95	1996-97
Team	Golden State Warriors	Detroit Pistons, Orlando Magic, Denver Nuggets
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		%
Chris Mullin	25	35.6	19.0	1.0	3.6	4.6	5.0	1.5	0.8	3.7	2.1	6.8	13.9	.489	1.7	3.7	.452	3.8	4.3	.879
difference:	+23	+19.7	+12.7	+0.9	+2.8	+3.7	+2.6	+1.1	+0.8	-2.2	-1.5	+4.7	+8.9	+.066	+0.5	+0.9	+.015	+3.0	+3.4	+.012
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
* Neiher Chris Mullin nor Kenny Smith played in the postseason in their season 10

Additional Years

* Chris Mullin played 6 seasons more than Kenny Smith in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 11 to 16, from 1996 to 2001—Chris Mullin played in 3 Playoffs.

Chris Mullin vs. Kenny Smith Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kenny Smith and Chris Mullin, 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