Ervin Johnson vs. Kenny Smith Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kenny Smith and Ervin Johnson, 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 / Games against each other

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.

Ervin Johnson played 13 years in the NBA, 3 more than Kenny Smith, who played 10. Ervin Johnson had the first of his seasons in 1993-94, 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 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
Ervin Johnson	13	9	1993-94 to 2005-06
Kenny Smith	10	5	1987-88 to 1996-97

Comparison Season by Season
Rookie Season
	Ervin Johnson	Kenny Smith
Season	1993-94	1987-88
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West 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		%
Ervin Johnson	45	6.2	2.6	1.1	1.6	2.6	0.2	0.2	0.5	0.5	1.0	1.0	2.4	.415	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	1.0	.630
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ervin Johnson	2	4.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Ervin Johnson	Kenny Smith
Season	1994-95	1988-89
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West 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		%
Ervin Johnson	64	14.2	3.1	1.6	2.9	4.5	0.3	0.3	1.0	0.8	2.5	1.3	3.0	.443	0.0	0.0	.000	0.5	0.7	.630
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ervin Johnson	4	13.5	3.5	2.0	3.3	5.3	0.0	0.3	1.0	0.3	4.0	1.0	3.5	.286	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	1.5	1.000
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Ervin Johnson	Kenny Smith
Season	1995-96	1989-90
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Sacramento Kings, Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost NBA 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		%
Ervin Johnson	81	18.8	5.5	1.6	3.8	5.3	0.6	0.5	1.6	1.2	3.0	2.2	4.3	.511	0.0	0.0	.333	1.0	1.6	.669
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ervin Johnson	18	14.1	3.1	1.6	2.3	3.9	0.4	0.3	0.8	0.8	2.5	1.3	3.4	.371	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.6	.818
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Ervin Johnson	Kenny Smith
Season	1996-97	1990-91
Team	Denver Nuggets	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Rockets 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		%
Ervin Johnson	82	31.7	7.1	2.8	8.3	11.1	0.9	0.8	2.8	1.4	3.5	3.0	5.7	.520	0.0	0.0	.000	1.2	1.9	.615
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		%
Ervin Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Ervin Johnson	Kenny Smith
Season	1997-98	1991-92
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Houston Rockets
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		%
Ervin Johnson	81	27.9	8.0	3.0	5.5	8.5	0.7	1.0	2.0	1.4	4.0	3.1	5.8	.537	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	2.9	.601
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		%
Ervin Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Ervin Johnson	Kenny Smith
Season	1998-99	1992-93
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Rockets 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		%
Ervin Johnson	50	20.5	5.1	2.4	4.0	6.4	0.4	0.6	1.1	0.9	3.0	1.9	3.8	.508	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	2.1	.610
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		%
Ervin Johnson	3	30.7	4.3	2.7	3.3	6.0	0.3	0.7	1.7	0.0	3.0	2.0	4.3	.462	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.7	.500
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
	Ervin Johnson	Kenny Smith
Season	1999-00	1993-94
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ervin Johnson	80	26.6	4.8	2.9	5.2	8.1	0.6	1.0	1.6	1.0	3.7	1.8	3.5	.516	0.0	0.0	.000	1.2	2.0	.605
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		%
Ervin Johnson	5	30.8	6.2	2.8	7.0	9.8	0.4	1.2	1.2	0.6	3.8	2.0	4.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	2.2	3.6	.611
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
	Ervin Johnson	Kenny Smith
Season	2000-01	1994-95
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Finals	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ervin Johnson	82	24.2	3.2	2.5	5.0	7.5	0.5	0.5	1.2	0.6	3.1	1.3	2.4	.545	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	1.1	.538
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		%
Ervin Johnson	18	32.3	5.4	3.3	7.5	10.8	0.6	0.5	2.1	0.7	2.9	2.2	3.8	.574	0.0	0.0	-	1.1	1.8	.625
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
	Ervin Johnson	Kenny Smith
Season	2001-02	1995-96
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Rockets 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		%
Ervin Johnson	81	20.5	2.6	1.8	4.0	5.8	0.3	0.5	1.0	0.6	2.7	1.1	2.4	.461	0.0	0.0	.000	0.4	0.8	.455
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		%
Ervin Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Ervin Johnson	Kenny Smith
Season	2002-03	1996-97
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Detroit Pistons, Orlando Magic, Denver Nuggets
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		%
Ervin Johnson	69	17.0	2.2	1.7	2.6	4.3	0.3	0.5	0.9	0.5	2.6	0.9	2.0	.452	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.6	.682
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		%
Ervin Johnson	6	12.5	1.0	1.0	3.0	4.0	0.5	0.5	0.8	0.5	3.3	0.5	1.3	.375	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 11
	Ervin Johnson	Kenny Smith
Season	2003-04	-
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West 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		%
Ervin Johnson	66	14.6	1.9	0.9	2.6	3.5	0.4	0.4	0.7	0.5	2.4	0.8	1.6	.534	0.0	0.0	.000	0.3	0.4	.607
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ervin Johnson	18	19.8	2.7	1.5	3.2	4.7	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.3	3.1	1.1	2.1	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	0.9	.625
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 12
	Ervin Johnson	Kenny Smith
Season	2004-05	-
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	-
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		%
Ervin Johnson	46	8.9	1.6	0.9	1.5	2.5	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.4	1.9	0.6	1.2	.519	0.0	0.0	1.000	0.3	0.5	.640
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ervin Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 13
	Ervin Johnson	Kenny Smith
Season	2005-06	-
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks 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		%
Ervin Johnson	18	4.5	0.8	0.3	1.1	1.3	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.3	1.3	0.4	0.9	.412	0.0	0.0	-	0.1	0.1	.500
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ervin Johnson	3	3.7	0.7	0.0	1.3	1.3	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	0.7	1.000
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Ervin Johnson vs. Kenny Smith Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kenny Smith and Ervin Johnson, 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

Season 13