David Benoit vs. Marcus Smart Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Marcus Smart and David Benoit, 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.

David Benoit played 7 years in the NBA, 3 less than Marcus Smart, who played 10. David Benoit had the first of his seasons in 1991-92, 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 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	David Benoit	Marcus Smart
Season	1991-92	2014-15
Team	Utah Jazz	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Finals	Celtics 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		%
David Benoit	77	15.1	5.6	1.4	2.5	3.8	0.4	0.2	0.6	0.9	1.6	2.3	4.9	.467	0.0	0.2	.214	1.1	1.3	.810
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		%
David Benoit	13	19.8	6.8	1.4	2.5	3.8	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.8	2.3	2.8	6.5	.429	0.5	1.0	.462	0.8	0.8	1.000
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 5
	David Benoit	Marcus Smart
Season	1995-96	2018-19
Team	Utah Jazz	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Finals	Celtics Lost East 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		%
David Benoit	81	24.2	8.2	1.1	3.6	4.7	1.0	0.5	0.6	0.9	2.0	3.1	7.2	.439	0.8	2.4	.333	1.1	1.4	.777
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		%
David Benoit	14	18.5	6.2	0.4	2.2	2.6	0.5	0.1	0.2	1.0	1.2	2.4	5.0	.471	1.0	2.0	.500	0.5	0.6	.778
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

Note: David Benoit didn't play in 1996-97.

Season 6
	David Benoit	Marcus Smart
Season	1997-98	2019-20
Team	New Jersey Nets, Orlando Magic	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics Lost East Conf 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		%
David Benoit	77	14.6	5.5	0.8	1.9	2.6	0.3	0.5	0.3	0.7	2.0	2.0	5.3	.373	0.7	2.2	.324	0.8	1.0	.824
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		%
David Benoit	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Note: David Benoit didn't play in 1998-99 and 1999-00.

Season 8
	David Benoit	Marcus Smart
Season	-	2021-22
Team	-	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
Playoffs	-	Celtics 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		%
David Benoit	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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		%
David Benoit	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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