C.J. McCollum vs. Marcus Smart Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Marcus Smart and C.J. McCollum, 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 / Scoring / Stats / Stats Rankings / 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.

C.J. McCollum played 12 years in the NBA, 1 more than Marcus Smart, who played 11. C.J. McCollum had the first of his seasons in 2013-14, 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
C.J. McCollum	12	10	2013-14 to 2024-25
Marcus Smart	11	9	2014-15 to 2024-25

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11


Rookie Season
	C.J. McCollum	Marcus Smart
Season	2013-14	2014-15
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Trail Blazers 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		%
C.J. McCollum	38	12.5	5.3	0.2	1.1	1.3	0.7	0.4	0.1	0.9	1.4	1.9	4.7	.416	0.8	2.1	.375	0.6	0.9	.676
difference:	+29	+14.5	+2.5	+0.7	+1.3	+2.0	+2.4	+1.1	+0.2	-0.4	-1.2	+0.7	+2.4	+.049	+0.6	+2.0	+.040	+0.6	+1.0	+.030
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		%
C.J. McCollum	6	4.0	0.7	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.3	0.2	1.8	.091	0.0	0.8	.000	0.3	0.3	1.000
difference:	+2	+18.5	+9.1	+1.3	+1.3	+2.6	+1.3	+0.3	+0.3	-0.8	-2.7	+3.3	+5.5	+.392	+0.8	+2.5	+.231	+1.7	+3.5	+.467
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
	C.J. McCollum	Marcus Smart
Season	2014-15	2015-16
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
C.J. McCollum	62	15.7	6.8	0.2	1.2	1.5	1.0	0.7	0.1	0.8	1.3	2.6	5.9	.436	0.9	2.2	.396	0.8	1.2	.699
difference:	+1	+11.6	+2.3	+1.0	+1.7	+2.7	+2.0	+0.8	+0.2	-0.5	-1.7	+0.4	+2.8	+.088	+0.1	+1.8	+.143	+1.3	+1.5	+.078
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		%
C.J. McCollum	5	33.2	17.0	0.2	3.8	4.0	0.4	1.2	0.2	1.2	2.6	6.4	13.4	.478	2.2	4.6	.478	2.0	2.6	.769
difference:	+1	+1.0	+5.0	+1.1	+0.6	+0.5	+2.6	+0.5	+0.6	-1.3	-0.2	+2.7	+3.4	+.111	+0.4	+0.7	+.134	+0.8	+0.9	+.041
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


Season 3
	C.J. McCollum	Marcus Smart
Season	2015-16	2016-17
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	Most Improved Player	-
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Semis	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals

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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		%
C.J. McCollum	80	34.8	20.8	0.6	2.7	3.2	4.3	1.2	0.3	2.5	2.3	8.0	17.9	.448	2.5	5.9	.417	2.3	2.8	.827
difference:	+1	+4.4	+10.2	+0.4	+0.2	+0.7	+0.3	+0.4	+0.1	-0.5	-0.1	+4.6	+8.4	+.089	+1.3	+1.7	+.134	+0.3	+0.4	+.015
Marcus Smart	79	30.4	10.6	1.0	2.9	3.9	4.6	1.6	0.4	2.0	2.4	3.4	9.5	.359	1.2	4.2	.283	2.6	3.2	.812

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
C.J. McCollum	11	40.2	20.5	0.6	3.0	3.6	3.3	0.9	0.5	1.8	2.7	7.6	17.9	.426	1.8	5.3	.345	3.4	4.2	.804
difference:	+7	+10.3	+11.9	+0.7	+0.4	+1.1	+1.4	+0.6	+0.4	-0.3	-0.1	+5.0	+10.5	+.075	+0.2	+1.2	+.052	+1.6	+1.4	+.164
Marcus Smart	18	29.9	8.6	1.3	3.4	4.7	4.7	1.5	0.9	2.1	2.8	2.6	7.4	.351	1.6	4.1	.397	1.8	2.8	.640


Season 4
	C.J. McCollum	Marcus Smart
Season	2016-17	2017-18
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals

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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		%
C.J. McCollum	80	35.0	23.0	0.8	2.9	3.6	3.6	0.9	0.5	2.2	2.5	8.7	18.0	.480	2.3	5.5	.421	3.4	3.7	.912
difference:	+26	+5.1	+12.8		+0.2	+0.1	+1.2	+0.4	+0.1	-0.2		+5.2	+8.5	+.113	+0.9	+0.9	+.120	+1.6	+1.2	+.183
Marcus Smart	54	29.9	10.2	0.8	2.7	3.5	4.8	1.3	0.4	2.4	2.5	3.5	9.5	.367	1.4	4.6	.301	1.8	2.5	.729

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
C.J. McCollum	4	35.0	22.5	2.0	4.0	6.0	1.0	1.0	0.5	3.8	2.5	8.0	20.0	.400	2.8	5.5	.500	3.8	4.0	.938
difference:	+11	+5.1	+12.7	+1.1	+1.2	+2.3	+4.3	+0.7	+0.2	-1.4	-0.4	+4.8	+10.5	+.064	+1.8	+1.0	+.279	+1.4	+0.7	+.203
Marcus Smart	15	29.9	9.8	0.9	2.8	3.7	5.3	1.7	0.7	2.4	2.9	3.2	9.5	.336	1.0	4.5	.221	2.4	3.3	.735


Season 5
	C.J. McCollum	Marcus Smart
Season	2017-18	2018-19
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
C.J. McCollum	81	36.1	21.4	0.7	3.3	4.0	3.4	1.0	0.4	1.9	2.1	8.2	18.6	.443	2.3	5.9	.397	2.6	3.1	.836
difference:	+1	+8.6	+12.5		+1.1	+1.1	+0.6	+0.8		-0.4	-0.4	+5.2	+11.5	+.021	+0.7	+1.6	+.033	+1.3	+1.5	+.030
Marcus Smart	80	27.5	8.9	0.7	2.2	2.9	4.0	1.8	0.4	1.5	2.5	3.0	7.1	.422	1.6	4.3	.364	1.3	1.6	.806

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
C.J. McCollum	4	38.8	25.3	0.0	2.0	2.0	3.5	1.3	0.3	2.3	2.8	10.0	19.3	.519	2.8	6.5	.423	2.5	3.3	.769
difference:	+2	+22.8	+21.8	+2.0	+2.0		+1.5	+0.2	+0.3	-0.8	-1.3	+9.5	+13.8	+.428	+2.3	+1.0	+.332	+0.5	+0.3	+.102
Marcus Smart	2	16.0	3.5	2.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	1.5	0.0	1.5	1.5	0.5	5.5	.091	0.5	5.5	.091	2.0	3.0	.667


Season 6
	C.J. McCollum	Marcus Smart
Season	2018-19	2019-20
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Finals	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals

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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		%
C.J. McCollum	70	33.9	21.0	0.9	3.1	4.0	3.0	0.8	0.4	1.5	2.5	8.2	17.8	.459	2.4	6.4	.375	2.3	2.7	.828
difference:	+10	+1.9	+8.1	+0.2		+0.2	+1.9	+0.9	+0.1	-0.2	-0.2	+3.9	+6.4	+.084	+0.1	+0.2	+.028	+0.2	+0.2	+.008
Marcus Smart	60	32.0	12.9	0.7	3.1	3.8	4.9	1.7	0.5	1.7	2.7	4.3	11.4	.375	2.3	6.6	.347	2.1	2.5	.836

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
C.J. McCollum	16	39.7	24.7	0.9	4.1	5.0	3.7	0.8	0.6	1.9	2.1	9.6	21.9	.440	2.9	7.3	.393	2.6	3.5	.732
difference:	+1	+1.6	+10.2	+0.3	+0.5	+0.2	+0.9	+0.4	+0.1	-0.7	-1.1	+5.0	+10.3	+.046	+0.5	+0.1	+.060	+0.3	+0.2	+.143
Marcus Smart	17	38.1	14.5	0.6	4.6	5.2	4.6	1.2	0.5	2.6	3.2	4.6	11.6	.394	2.4	7.2	.333	2.9	3.3	.875


Season 7
	C.J. McCollum	Marcus Smart
Season	2019-20	2020-21
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Celtics Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
C.J. McCollum	70	36.5	22.2	0.7	3.6	4.2	4.4	0.8	0.6	1.8	2.6	8.7	19.4	.451	2.8	7.3	.379	2.0	2.6	.757
difference:	+22	+3.6	+9.1	+0.1	+0.9	+0.7	+1.3	+0.7	+0.1	-0.2		+4.5	+8.8	+.053	+0.9	+1.4	+.049	+0.7	+0.8	+.033
Marcus Smart	48	32.9	13.1	0.8	2.7	3.5	5.7	1.5	0.5	2.0	2.6	4.2	10.6	.398	1.9	5.9	.330	2.7	3.4	.790

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
C.J. McCollum	5	39.2	23.2	1.0	4.8	5.8	3.2	1.2	0.4	3.0	2.0	8.8	19.8	.444	2.6	7.0	.371	3.0	4.4	.682
difference:		+2.6	+5.4	+0.2	+1.2	+1.4	+2.8	+0.2	+0.2	-0.2	-0.8	+3.0	+6.6	+.005	+0.6	+1.6	+.001		+0.2	+.032
Marcus Smart	5	36.6	17.8	0.8	3.6	4.4	6.0	1.0	0.2	2.8	2.8	5.8	13.2	.439	3.2	8.6	.372	3.0	4.2	.714


Season 8
	C.J. McCollum	Marcus Smart
Season	2020-21	2021-22
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Honors & Awards	-	Defensive Player of the Year
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Celtics Lost NBA Finals

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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		%
C.J. McCollum	47	34.0	23.1	0.6	3.3	3.9	4.7	0.9	0.4	1.4	1.9	8.6	18.8	.458	3.6	8.9	.402	2.3	2.8	.812
difference:	+24	+1.7	+11.0		+0.1	+0.1	+1.2	+0.8	+0.1	-0.8	-0.4	+4.4	+8.7	+.040	+1.9	+3.8	+.071	+0.3	+0.3	+.019
Marcus Smart	71	32.3	12.1	0.6	3.2	3.8	5.9	1.7	0.3	2.2	2.3	4.2	10.1	.418	1.7	5.1	.331	2.0	2.5	.793

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
C.J. McCollum	6	40.0	20.7	1.0	5.0	6.0	4.3	0.3	0.7	2.0	4.2	8.3	19.0	.439	2.3	7.0	.333	1.7	2.2	.769
difference:	+15	+3.8	+5.3		+1.4	+1.5	+1.6	+0.9	+0.5	-0.5	-0.8	+2.9	+5.7	+.034		+0.5	+.017	+0.7	+0.8	+.037
Marcus Smart	21	36.2	15.4	1.0	3.6	4.5	5.9	1.2	0.2	2.5	3.4	5.4	13.3	.405	2.3	6.5	.350	2.4	3.0	.806


Season 9
	C.J. McCollum	Marcus Smart
Season	2021-22	2022-23
Team	Portland Trail Blazers, New Orleans Pelicans	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pelicans Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals

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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		%
C.J. McCollum	62	34.6	22.1	0.9	3.5	4.3	5.1	1.1	0.4	2.0	2.0	8.6	18.8	.460	2.9	7.6	.388	1.9	2.7	.682
difference:	+1	+2.5	+10.6	+0.1	+1.1	+1.2	+1.2	+0.4		-0.3	-0.8	+4.5	+8.9	+.045	+1.0	+2.0	+.052	+0.5	+0.8	+.064
Marcus Smart	61	32.1	11.5	0.8	2.4	3.1	6.3	1.5	0.4	2.3	2.8	4.1	9.9	.415	1.9	5.6	.336	1.4	1.9	.746

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
C.J. McCollum	6	39.0	22.2	1.8	4.8	6.7	4.8	0.7	0.8	2.5	2.5	8.2	20.8	.392	2.8	8.5	.333	3.0	4.3	.692
difference:	+14	+5.0	+7.3	+0.7	+1.8	+2.7	+0.3	+0.6	+0.5	-0.2	-0.6	+3.1	+9.6	+.061	+0.6	+2.4	+.028	+0.4	+1.0	+.108
Marcus Smart	20	34.0	14.9	1.1	3.0	4.0	5.1	1.3	0.3	2.3	1.9	5.1	11.2	.453	2.2	6.1	.361	2.6	3.3	.800


Season 10
	C.J. McCollum	Marcus Smart
Season	2022-23	2023-24
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Memphis Grizzlies
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		%
C.J. McCollum	75	35.3	20.9	0.7	3.6	4.4	5.7	0.9	0.5	2.4	2.0	7.8	17.9	.437	2.8	7.2	.389	2.4	3.2	.769
difference:	+55	+5.0	+6.4	+0.4	+1.2	+1.7	+1.4	+1.2	+0.2	-0.7	-0.7	+2.7	+6.0	+.007	+0.7	+0.5	+.076	+0.2	+0.4	+.001
Marcus Smart	20	30.3	14.5	0.3	2.4	2.7	4.3	2.1	0.3	3.1	2.7	5.1	11.9	.430	2.1	6.7	.313	2.2	2.8	.768

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher C.J. McCollum nor Marcus Smart played in the postseason in their season 10


Season 11
	C.J. McCollum	Marcus Smart
Season	2023-24	2024-25
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Memphis Grizzlies, Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pelicans Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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11th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
C.J. McCollum	66	32.7	20.0	0.6	3.7	4.3	4.6	0.9	0.6	1.7	1.9	7.3	16.0	.459	3.6	8.4	.429	1.7	2.1	.827
difference:	+32	+12.7	+11.0	+0.1	+2.1	+2.2	+1.4	+0.2	+0.3	-0.1	-0.3	+4.3	+8.4	+.066	+2.2	+4.3	+.081	+0.1		+.066
Marcus Smart	34	20.0	9.0	0.5	1.6	2.1	3.2	1.1	0.3	1.6	1.6	3.0	7.6	.393	1.4	4.1	.348	1.6	2.1	.761

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
C.J. McCollum	4	37.0	17.8	0.5	4.3	4.8	4.8	1.8	0.8	4.0	3.5	7.8	18.5	.419	1.8	7.3	.241	0.5	0.5	1.000
Marcus Smart	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years

* C.J. McCollum played 1 season more than Marcus Smart in the NBA.

In that period—his season 12 in 2025—C.J. McCollum didn't play in the postseason.

C.J. McCollum vs. Marcus Smart Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Marcus Smart and C.J. McCollum, 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

Season 11

11th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years