Devin Booker vs. J.R. Smith Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of J.R. Smith and Devin Booker, 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.

Devin Booker played 11 years in the NBA, 5 less than J.R. Smith, who played 16. Devin Booker had the first of his seasons in 2015-16, while J.R. Smith had his rookie season in 2004-05. 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
	Devin Booker	J.R. Smith
Season	2015-16	2004-05
Team	Phoenix Suns	New Orleans Hornets
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		%
Devin Booker	76	27.7	13.8	0.4	2.1	2.5	2.6	0.6	0.3	2.1	3.0	4.8	11.4	.423	1.3	3.8	.343	2.8	3.4	.840
difference:		+3.2	+3.5	+0.1	+0.6	+0.5	+0.7	+0.1	+0.2	-0.7	-1.2	+0.9	+1.6	+.029	+0.2	+0.1	+.055	+1.3	+1.3	+.151
J.R. Smith	76	24.5	10.3	0.5	1.5	2.0	1.9	0.7	0.1	1.4	1.8	3.9	9.8	.394	1.1	3.7	.288	1.5	2.1	.689
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Devin Booker nor J.R. Smith played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 5
	Devin Booker	J.R. Smith
Season	2019-20	2008-09
Team	Phoenix Suns	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nuggets Lost West Conf Finals

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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		%
Devin Booker	70	35.9	26.6	0.4	3.8	4.2	6.5	0.7	0.3	3.8	3.0	9.0	18.3	.489	2.0	5.7	.354	6.7	7.3	.919
difference:	+11	+8.2	+11.4	+0.1	+0.7	+0.5	+3.7	+0.3	+0.1	-1.9	-0.7	+3.8	+6.6	+.043	+0.2	+0.1	+.043	+4.2	+3.9	+.165
J.R. Smith	81	27.7	15.2	0.5	3.1	3.7	2.8	1.0	0.2	1.9	2.3	5.2	11.7	.446	2.2	5.6	.397	2.5	3.4	.754
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Devin Booker	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
J.R. Smith	16	27.2	14.9	0.7	2.6	3.3	2.8	1.1	0.3	1.6	3.2	5.5	12.1	.454	2.4	6.6	.358	1.6	2.9	.543

Season 6
	Devin Booker	J.R. Smith
Season	2020-21	2009-10
Team	Phoenix Suns	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Suns Lost NBA Finals	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Devin Booker	67	33.9	25.6	0.5	3.7	4.2	4.3	0.8	0.2	3.1	2.7	9.3	19.2	.484	1.9	5.5	.340	5.1	5.9	.867
difference:	+8	+6.1	+10.2	+0.1	+1.0	+1.1	+1.9	+0.5	+0.1	-1.2	-0.4	+3.6	+5.4	+.070	+0.2	+0.7	+.002	+3.2	+3.2	+.161
J.R. Smith	75	27.8	15.4	0.4	2.7	3.1	2.4	1.3	0.3	1.9	2.3	5.7	13.8	.414	2.1	6.2	.338	1.9	2.7	.706
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Devin Booker	22	40.4	27.3	0.7	5.0	5.6	4.5	0.8	0.2	3.7	3.5	9.6	21.5	.447	2.0	6.2	.321	6.0	6.7	.905
difference:	+16	+13.9	+16.1	+0.1	+2.0	+1.8	+2.8	+0.1	+0.1	-2.7	-0.7	+6.1	+12.0	+.079	+0.2	+1.0	+.034	+3.7	+4.0	+.030
J.R. Smith	6	26.5	11.2	0.8	3.0	3.8	1.7	0.7	0.3	1.0	2.8	3.5	9.5	.368	1.8	5.2	.355	2.3	2.7	.875

Season 7
	Devin Booker	J.R. Smith
Season	2021-22	2010-11
Team	Phoenix Suns	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	Nuggets Lost West 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		%
Devin Booker	68	34.5	26.8	0.7	4.4	5.0	4.8	1.1	0.4	2.4	2.6	9.7	20.9	.466	2.7	7.0	.383	4.6	5.3	.868
difference:	+11	+9.6	+14.5	+0.1	+0.9	+0.9	+2.6	+0.1	+0.2	-1.1	-0.4	+5.4	+11.0	+.031	+1.1	+3.0	+.007	+2.5	+2.5	+.130
J.R. Smith	79	24.9	12.3	0.6	3.5	4.1	2.2	1.2	0.2	1.3	2.2	4.3	9.9	.435	1.6	4.0	.390	2.1	2.8	.738
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Devin Booker	10	36.6	23.3	1.0	3.8	4.8	4.4	0.5	0.4	3.2	2.5	7.9	17.5	.451	2.8	6.5	.431	4.7	5.3	.887
difference:	+5	+21.4	+13.5	+0.8	+2.0	+2.8	+3.4	+0.1	+0.4	-1.6	-0.9	+4.7	+8.5	+.095	+1.0	+2.3	+.002	+3.1	+3.1	+.160
J.R. Smith	5	15.2	9.8	0.2	1.8	2.0	1.0	0.4	0.0	1.6	1.6	3.2	9.0	.356	1.8	4.2	.429	1.6	2.2	.727

Season 9
	Devin Booker	J.R. Smith
Season	2023-24	2012-13
Team	Phoenix Suns	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	-	Sixth Man of the Year
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Knicks Lost East 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		%
Devin Booker	68	36.0	27.1	0.8	3.7	4.5	6.9	0.9	0.4	2.6	3.0	9.4	19.2	.492	2.2	6.1	.364	6.0	6.7	.886
difference:	+12	+2.5	+9.0		+0.8	+0.8	+4.2	+0.4	+0.1	-0.9	-0.2	+2.8	+3.6	+.070	+0.3	+0.6	+.008	+3.0	+2.8	+.124
J.R. Smith	80	33.5	18.1	0.8	4.5	5.3	2.7	1.3	0.3	1.7	2.8	6.6	15.6	.422	1.9	5.5	.356	3.0	3.9	.762
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Devin Booker	4	41.5	27.5	0.3	3.0	3.3	6.0	1.8	0.3	2.8	4.5	8.0	16.3	.492	1.8	5.0	.350	9.8	10.3	.951
difference:	+7	+9.6	+13.2	+0.2	+1.2	+1.4	+4.6	+0.8	+0.2	-1.0	-2.0	+3.1	+1.5	+.161	+0.2	+1.0	+.077	+7.0	+6.4	+.230
J.R. Smith	11	31.9	14.3	0.5	4.2	4.7	1.4	1.0	0.5	1.8	2.5	4.9	14.8	.331	1.6	6.0	.273	2.8	3.9	.721