DeMar DeRozan vs. Kenny Smith Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kenny Smith and DeMar DeRozan, 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

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.

DeMar DeRozan played 16 years in the NBA, 6 more than Kenny Smith, who played 10. DeMar DeRozan had the first of his seasons in 2009-10, 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
DeMar DeRozan	16	7	2009-10 to 2024-25
Kenny Smith	10	5	1987-88 to 1996-97

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	DeMar DeRozan	Kenny Smith
Season	2009-10	1987-88
Team	Toronto Raptors	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		%
DeMar DeRozan	77	21.6	8.6	0.9	2.0	2.9	0.7	0.6	0.2	0.8	2.3	3.3	6.6	.498	0.1	0.2	.250	1.9	2.5	.763
difference:	+16	+14.0	+5.2	+0.2	+0.4	+0.6	+6.4	+0.9	+0.1	-2.2		+2.1	+4.8	+.021	+0.1	+0.4	+.058	+0.8	+0.8	+.056
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 DeMar DeRozan nor Kenny Smith played in the postseason in their season 1


Season 2
	DeMar DeRozan	Kenny Smith
Season	2010-11	1988-89
Team	Toronto Raptors	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
DeMar DeRozan	82	34.8	17.2	0.9	2.9	3.8	1.8	1.0	0.4	1.8	2.6	6.6	14.1	.467	0.1	0.6	.096	4.0	4.9	.813
difference:	+1	+4.0	+0.1	+0.3	+0.7	+1.0	+5.9	+0.3	+0.3	-1.3	-0.5	+0.2	+0.5	+.005	+0.5	+1.0	+.263	+0.8	+0.5	+.076
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
* Neiher DeMar DeRozan nor Kenny Smith played in the postseason in their season 2


Season 3
	DeMar DeRozan	Kenny Smith
Season	2011-12	1989-90
Team	Toronto Raptors	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		%
DeMar DeRozan	63	35.0	16.7	0.6	2.7	3.3	2.0	0.8	0.3	2.0	2.6	6.0	14.3	.422	0.4	1.5	.261	4.3	5.3	.810
difference:	+16	+4.4	+4.8	+0.4	+0.9	+1.3	+3.6	+0.2	+0.2	-0.1	-0.8	+1.2	+4.0	+.044	+0.1	+0.4	+.052	+2.3	+2.8	+.011
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 DeMar DeRozan nor Kenny Smith played in the postseason in their season 3


Season 4
	DeMar DeRozan	Kenny Smith
Season	2012-13	1990-91
Team	Toronto Raptors	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
DeMar DeRozan	82	36.7	18.1	0.6	3.3	3.9	2.5	0.9	0.3	1.8	2.1	6.7	15.0	.445	0.4	1.5	.283	4.3	5.2	.831
difference:	+4	+2.1	+0.4	+0.1	+1.7	+1.8	+4.6	+0.5	+0.2	-1.2	-0.4		+2.1	+.075	+0.2	+0.2	+.080	+0.6	+0.8	+.013
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		%
DeMar DeRozan	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	DeMar DeRozan	Kenny Smith
Season	2013-14	1991-92
Team	Toronto Raptors	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
DeMar DeRozan	79	38.2	22.7	0.6	3.7	4.3	4.0	1.1	0.4	2.2	2.5	7.6	17.8	.429	0.8	2.7	.305	6.6	8.0	.824
difference:	+2	+4.4	+8.7	+0.2	+1.9	+2.1	+2.9	+0.2	+0.3	-0.6	-1.1	+2.3	+6.6	+.046	+0.1	+1.0	+.089	+3.9	+4.9	+.042
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		%
DeMar DeRozan	7	40.3	23.9	0.4	3.7	4.1	3.6	1.1	0.3	2.6	3.3	6.4	16.7	.385	0.9	2.6	.333	10.1	11.3	.899
Kenny Smith	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	DeMar DeRozan	Kenny Smith
Season	2014-15	1992-93
Team	Toronto Raptors	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Raptors 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		%
DeMar DeRozan	60	35.0	20.1	0.7	3.9	4.6	3.5	1.2	0.2	2.3	2.0	6.8	16.5	.413	0.4	1.5	.284	6.0	7.2	.832
difference:	+22	+5.5	+7.1	+0.4	+2.3	+2.6	+1.9	+0.2	+0.1	-0.3	-0.7	+2.1	+7.4	+.107	+0.8	+1.2	+.154	+3.6	+4.5	+.046
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		%
DeMar DeRozan	4	39.8	20.3	1.3	5.0	6.3	5.8	1.5	0.0	2.5	3.0	8.0	20.0	.400	0.8	2.0	.375	3.5	4.3	.824
difference:	+8	+7.2	+5.5	+1.1	+3.2	+4.3	+1.6	+0.7	+0.1	-0.3	-1.5	+2.7	+9.3	+.092	+1.1	+1.8	+.125	+1.2	+1.3	+.046
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
	DeMar DeRozan	Kenny Smith
Season	2015-16	1993-94
Team	Toronto Raptors	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
DeMar DeRozan	78	35.9	23.5	0.8	3.7	4.5	4.0	1.0	0.3	2.2	2.1	7.9	17.7	.446	0.6	1.8	.338	7.1	8.4	.850
difference:		+7.6	+11.9	+0.5	+2.2	+2.7	+0.2	+0.2	+0.2	-0.6	-0.5	+3.5	+8.6	+.034	+0.5	+1.0	+.067	+5.4	+6.4	+.021
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		%
DeMar DeRozan	20	37.3	20.9	0.7	3.5	4.2	2.7	1.1	0.2	2.3	2.6	7.9	19.9	.394	0.2	1.3	.154	5.0	6.2	.813
difference:	+3	+7.0	+10.1	+0.5	+1.4	+1.9	+1.4	+0.1		-0.9	-0.9	+4.2	+11.7	+.061	+1.3	+2.0	+.293	+3.2	+3.9	+.005
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
	DeMar DeRozan	Kenny Smith
Season	2016-17	1994-95
Team	Toronto Raptors	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
DeMar DeRozan	74	35.4	27.3	0.9	4.3	5.2	3.9	1.1	0.2	2.4	1.8	9.7	20.9	.467	0.4	1.7	.266	7.4	8.7	.842
difference:	+7	+10.3	+16.9	+0.6	+2.7	+3.3	+0.1	+0.2	+0.1	-0.9	-0.5	+6.2	+13.6	+.017	+1.4	+2.4	+.163	+5.8	+6.9	+.009
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		%
DeMar DeRozan	10	37.3	22.4	0.4	4.5	4.9	3.4	1.4	0.0	2.5	2.6	7.6	17.5	.434	0.1	1.5	.067	7.1	8.0	.888
difference:	+12	+7.7	+11.6	+0.1	+2.6	+2.7	+1.1	+0.8	+0.1	-1.1	-0.5	+4.1	+9.4	+.004	+2.0	+3.2	+.375	+5.5	+6.2	+.012
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
	DeMar DeRozan	Kenny Smith
Season	2017-18	1995-96
Team	Toronto Raptors	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
DeMar DeRozan	80	33.9	23.0	0.7	3.2	3.9	5.2	1.1	0.3	2.2	1.9	8.1	17.7	.456	1.1	3.6	.310	5.8	7.0	.825
difference:	+12	+10.1	+14.5	+0.4	+2.1	+2.5	+1.6	+0.4	+0.3	-0.7	-0.2	+5.1	+10.9	+.023	+0.2	+0.1	+.072	+4.5	+5.4	+.004
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		%
DeMar DeRozan	10	35.4	22.7	0.6	3.0	3.6	4.0	0.5	0.6	2.3	2.4	8.7	19.9	.437	1.0	3.5	.286	4.3	5.3	.811
difference:	+2	+11.5	+13.8	+0.1	+2.0	+2.1	+0.8	+0.1	+0.6	-1.3	-0.6	+5.8	+13.3	+.003	+0.5	+0.4	+.101	+2.7	+3.7	+.189
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
	DeMar DeRozan	Kenny Smith
Season	2018-19	1996-97
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Detroit Pistons, Orlando Magic, Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
DeMar DeRozan	77	34.9	21.2	0.7	5.3	6.0	6.2	1.1	0.5	2.6	2.3	8.2	17.1	.481	0.1	0.6	.156	4.8	5.7	.830
difference:	+29	+19.0	+14.9	+0.6	+4.5	+5.1	+3.8	+0.7	+0.5	-1.1	-1.7	+6.1	+12.1	+.058	+1.1	+2.2	+.281	+4.0	+4.8	+.037
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		%
DeMar DeRozan	7	35.9	22.0	1.4	5.3	6.7	4.6	1.1	0.1	1.7	2.3	8.3	17.0	.487	0.0	0.1	.000	5.4	6.3	.864
Kenny Smith	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Additional Years
* DeMar DeRozan played 6 seasons more than Kenny Smith in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 11 to 16, from 2020 to 2025—DeMar DeRozan played in one postseason. In those 6 extra years over Kenny Smith, DeMar DeRozan got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Second Team 2 All-Star Game

DeMar DeRozan vs. Kenny Smith Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kenny Smith and DeMar DeRozan, 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