Eric Bledsoe vs. Tony Smith Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tony Smith and Eric Bledsoe, 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.

Eric Bledsoe played 12 years in the NBA, 3 more than Tony Smith, who played 9. Eric Bledsoe had the first of his seasons in 2010-11, while Tony Smith had his rookie season in 1990-91. 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Eric Bledsoe	12	5	2010-11 to 2021-22
Tony Smith	9	6	1990-91 to 2000-01

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Eric Bledsoe	Tony Smith
Season	2010-11	1990-91
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers 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		%
Eric Bledsoe	81	22.7	6.7	0.8	1.9	2.8	3.6	1.1	0.3	2.4	1.6	2.5	6.0	.424	0.4	1.4	.276	1.2	1.6	.744
Tony Smith	64	10.9	3.7	0.4	0.7	1.1	2.1	0.4	0.2	1.1	1.3	1.5	3.4	.441	0.0	0.1	.000	0.6	0.9	.702

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eric Bledsoe	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tony Smith	7	5.7	2.0	0.4	0.0	0.4	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.9	0.9	0.9	1.9	.462	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.4	.667


Season 2
	Eric Bledsoe	Tony Smith
Season	2011-12	1991-92
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf Semis	Lakers Lost West 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		%
Eric Bledsoe	40	11.6	3.3	0.6	1.1	1.6	1.7	0.8	0.4	1.2	1.5	1.2	3.2	.389	0.2	0.8	.200	0.7	1.1	.636
Tony Smith	63	13.0	4.4	0.5	0.7	1.2	1.7	0.6	0.1	0.8	1.4	1.8	4.5	.399	0.0	0.2	.000	0.8	1.2	.653

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eric Bledsoe	11	17.2	7.9	1.1	1.3	2.4	2.1	1.2	0.4	1.4	2.1	3.4	5.7	.587	0.3	0.6	.429	0.9	1.5	.625
Tony Smith	4	10.0	1.8	0.3	0.3	0.5	1.3	1.0	0.0	0.8	1.3	0.8	2.5	.300	0.0	0.5	.000	0.3	0.5	.500


Season 3
	Eric Bledsoe	Tony Smith
Season	2012-13	1992-93
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Lakers Lost West 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		%
Eric Bledsoe	76	20.4	8.5	1.0	1.9	3.0	3.1	1.4	0.7	1.8	1.5	3.3	7.5	.445	0.4	1.0	.397	1.4	1.8	.791
Tony Smith	55	13.7	6.0	0.8	0.7	1.6	1.1	0.9	0.1	0.7	1.3	2.4	5.0	.484	0.0	0.2	.182	1.1	1.5	.756

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eric Bledsoe	6	16.2	6.5	0.3	2.2	2.5	3.0	0.3	0.5	0.8	1.7	2.5	5.0	.500	0.2	1.5	.111	1.3	2.0	.667
Tony Smith	5	14.6	6.8	1.0	0.6	1.6	0.4	0.2	0.2	0.6	2.8	2.6	5.0	.520	0.4	0.8	.500	1.2	1.8	.667


Season 4
	Eric Bledsoe	Tony Smith
Season	2013-14	1993-94
Team	Phoenix Suns	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eric Bledsoe	43	32.9	17.7	0.6	4.1	4.7	5.5	1.6	0.3	3.3	2.3	6.2	12.9	.477	1.2	3.3	.357	4.3	5.5	.772
Tony Smith	73	22.2	8.8	1.5	1.2	2.7	2.0	0.8	0.2	1.0	1.8	3.7	8.5	.441	0.2	0.7	.320	1.2	1.6	.714

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eric Bledsoe	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tony Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Eric Bledsoe	Tony Smith
Season	2014-15	1994-95
Team	Phoenix Suns	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost West 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		%
Eric Bledsoe	81	34.6	17.0	0.9	4.3	5.2	6.1	1.6	0.6	3.4	2.3	5.8	12.9	.447	1.1	3.4	.324	4.4	5.4	.800
Tony Smith	61	16.8	5.6	0.7	1.0	1.8	1.7	0.8	0.1	0.8	1.8	2.2	5.1	.427	0.5	1.5	.352	0.7	1.0	.698

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eric Bledsoe	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tony Smith	6	4.5	1.5	0.2	0.3	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.2	0.5	2.2	.231	0.5	1.7	.300	0.0	0.3	.000


Season 6
	Eric Bledsoe	Tony Smith
Season	2015-16	1995-96
Team	Phoenix Suns	Phoenix Suns, Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Heat 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		%
Eric Bledsoe	31	34.2	20.4	0.6	3.5	4.0	6.1	2.0	0.6	3.5	2.4	7.2	15.9	.453	1.5	4.2	.372	4.5	5.5	.802
Tony Smith	59	15.9	5.1	0.5	1.1	1.6	2.6	0.6	0.2	1.1	1.8	2.0	4.6	.423	0.6	2.0	.328	0.5	0.8	.609

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eric Bledsoe	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tony Smith	3	20.3	7.3	1.0	0.3	1.3	2.7	1.3	0.0	1.0	2.3	3.0	6.3	.474	1.3	3.3	.400	0.0	0.0	-


Season 7
	Eric Bledsoe	Tony Smith
Season	2016-17	1996-97
Team	Phoenix Suns	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hornets 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		%
Eric Bledsoe	66	33.0	21.1	0.8	4.1	4.8	6.3	1.4	0.5	3.4	2.5	6.8	15.7	.434	1.6	4.7	.335	5.9	6.9	.847
Tony Smith	69	18.7	5.0	0.6	0.8	1.4	2.2	0.7	0.3	1.1	1.6	2.0	4.9	.409	0.5	1.4	.323	0.6	0.9	.644

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eric Bledsoe	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tony Smith	2	4.5	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.5	1.0	0.5	0.0	1.5	0.5	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.5	.000	0.5	1.0	.500


Season 8
	Eric Bledsoe	Tony Smith
Season	2017-18	1997-98
Team	Phoenix Suns, Milwaukee Bucks	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eric Bledsoe	74	31.4	17.7	0.7	3.1	3.8	5.0	2.0	0.6	2.9	2.5	6.3	13.4	.473	1.7	4.9	.347	3.4	4.3	.795
Tony Smith	7	11.4	2.7	0.6	0.4	1.0	1.4	0.7	0.3	1.3	1.0	1.1	3.4	.333	0.0	0.6	.000	0.4	0.6	.750

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eric Bledsoe	7	32.1	13.6	0.4	3.1	3.6	3.7	1.0	0.9	2.1	2.7	5.3	12.0	.440	1.0	3.1	.318	2.0	2.9	.700
Tony Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Tony Smith didn't play in 1998-99 and 1999-00.


Season 9
	Eric Bledsoe	Tony Smith
Season	2018-19	2000-01
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eric Bledsoe	78	29.1	15.9	1.1	3.6	4.6	5.5	1.5	0.4	2.1	2.0	6.0	12.4	.484	1.6	4.8	.329	2.3	3.0	.750
Tony Smith	6	13.0	2.8	0.3	0.2	0.5	1.7	1.2	0.0	1.5	2.0	1.3	3.8	.348	0.0	0.3	.000	0.2	0.3	.500

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eric Bledsoe	15	28.2	13.7	1.3	2.4	3.7	4.3	1.1	0.4	2.1	1.9	5.1	12.3	.411	1.1	4.8	.236	2.4	3.4	.706
Tony Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Eric Bledsoe	Tony Smith
Season	2019-20	-
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	-
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Bucks 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		%
Eric Bledsoe	61	27.0	14.9	0.7	3.9	4.6	5.4	0.9	0.4	2.4	2.1	5.5	11.5	.475	1.2	3.5	.344	2.8	3.5	.790
Tony Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eric Bledsoe	9	29.7	11.7	0.6	4.0	4.6	5.9	1.2	0.7	2.6	2.2	4.2	10.9	.388	0.9	3.6	.250	2.3	2.9	.808
Tony Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Eric Bledsoe	Tony Smith
Season	2020-21	-
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eric Bledsoe	71	29.7	12.2	0.4	3.0	3.4	3.8	0.8	0.3	1.6	1.6	4.3	10.3	.421	1.7	5.0	.341	1.9	2.7	.687
Tony Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eric Bledsoe	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tony Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Eric Bledsoe	Tony Smith
Season	2021-22	-
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eric Bledsoe	54	25.2	9.9	0.5	2.9	3.4	4.2	1.3	0.4	2.1	1.6	3.6	8.7	.421	0.9	3.0	.313	1.6	2.2	.761
Tony Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eric Bledsoe	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tony Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Eric Bledsoe vs. Tony Smith Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tony Smith and Eric Bledsoe, 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

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12