Eric Gordon vs. J.R. Smith Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of J.R. Smith and Eric Gordon, 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.

Eric Gordon played 18 years in the NBA, 2 more than J.R. Smith, who played 16. Eric Gordon had the first of his seasons in 2008-09, 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
	Eric Gordon	J.R. Smith
Season	2008-09	2004-05
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	New Orleans Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second 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		%
Eric Gordon	78	34.3	16.1	0.6	2.0	2.6	2.8	1.0	0.4	2.1	2.2	5.3	11.6	.456	1.7	4.3	.389	3.8	4.5	.854
difference:	+2	+9.8	+5.8	+0.1	+0.5	+0.6	+0.9	+0.3	+0.3	-0.7	-0.4	+1.4	+1.8	+.062	+0.6	+0.6	+.101	+2.3	+2.4	+.165
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 Eric Gordon nor J.R. Smith played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 9
	Eric Gordon	J.R. Smith
Season	2016-17	2012-13
Team	Houston Rockets	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	Sixth Man of the Year	Sixth Man of the Year
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Eric Gordon	75	31.0	16.2	0.4	2.3	2.7	2.5	0.6	0.5	1.6	2.0	5.5	13.5	.406	3.3	8.8	.372	2.0	2.3	.840
difference:	+5	+2.5	+1.9	+0.4	+2.2	+2.6	+0.2	+0.7	+0.2	-0.1	-0.8	+1.1	+2.1	+.016	+1.4	+3.3	+.016	+1.0	+1.6	+.078
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		%
Eric Gordon	11	32.5	12.9	0.5	3.5	3.9	2.0	0.7	0.5	1.3	1.8	4.6	11.0	.421	2.5	6.4	.386	1.2	1.6	.722
difference:		+0.6	+1.4		+0.7	+0.8	+0.6	+0.3		-0.5	-0.7	+0.3	+3.8	+.090	+0.9	+0.4	+.113	+1.6	+2.3	+.001
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

Season 12
	Eric Gordon	J.R. Smith
Season	2019-20	2015-16
Team	Houston Rockets	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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12th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eric Gordon	36	28.2	14.4	0.3	1.7	2.0	1.5	0.6	0.4	1.2	1.9	4.8	12.9	.369	2.7	8.4	.317	2.3	3.0	.766
difference:	+41	+2.5	+2.0	+0.3	+0.6	+0.8	+0.2	+0.5	+0.1	-0.4	-0.7	+0.2	+1.9	+.046	+0.1	+1.8	+.083	+1.7	+2.1	+.132
J.R. Smith	77	30.7	12.4	0.6	2.3	2.8	1.7	1.1	0.3	0.8	2.6	4.6	11.0	.415	2.6	6.6	.400	0.6	0.9	.634
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eric Gordon	12	34.2	17.3	0.5	2.2	2.7	3.0	0.8	0.6	2.0	2.2	6.0	14.7	.409	2.4	7.5	.322	2.9	3.3	.875
difference:	+9	+0.6	+5.8	+0.2	+0.7	+0.5	+1.6	+0.4	+0.4	-1.5	-0.4	+2.1	+5.7	+.027	+0.7	+0.3	+.108	+2.3	+2.3	+.256
J.R. Smith	21	34.8	11.5	0.3	2.9	3.2	1.4	1.2	0.2	0.5	2.6	3.9	9.0	.436	3.1	7.2	.430	0.6	1.0	.619

Season 16
	Eric Gordon	J.R. Smith
Season	2023-24	2019-20
Team	Phoenix Suns	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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16th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eric Gordon	68	27.8	11.0	0.2	1.6	1.8	2.0	1.0	0.4	1.1	1.2	4.0	9.1	.443	2.2	5.8	.378	0.8	0.9	.797
difference:	+62	+14.6	+8.2	+0.2	+0.8	+1.0	+1.5	+0.8	+0.4	-0.4	-0.4	+2.8	+5.4	+.125	+2.0	+4.0	+.287	+0.5	+0.6	+.203
J.R. Smith	6	13.2	2.8	0.0	0.8	0.8	0.5	0.2	0.0	0.7	0.8	1.2	3.7	.318	0.2	1.8	.091	0.3	0.3	1.000
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eric Gordon	4	29.5	8.0	0.3	1.5	1.8	1.3	1.3	0.5	1.0	1.3	2.3	7.0	.321	1.8	4.3	.412	1.8	2.0	.875
difference:	+6	+22.0	+6.0	+0.3	+1.2	+1.5	+1.0	+1.1	+0.5	-0.3	-0.2	+1.6	+4.4	+.052	+1.2	+2.1	+.139	+1.8	+2.0
J.R. Smith	10	7.5	2.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.7	1.1	0.7	2.6	.269	0.6	2.2	.273	0.0	0.0	-