Evan Mobley vs. Kenny Smith Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kenny Smith and Evan Mobley, 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.

Evan Mobley played 4 years in the NBA, 6 less than Kenny Smith, who played 10. Evan Mobley had the first of his seasons in 2021-22, 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.

Rookie Season
	Evan Mobley	Kenny Smith
Season	2021-22	1987-88
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	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		%
Evan Mobley	69	33.8	15.0	2.1	6.2	8.3	2.5	0.8	1.7	1.9	2.1	6.1	12.0	.508	0.3	1.3	.250	2.4	3.7	.663
difference:	+8	+1.8	+1.2	+1.4	+4.6	+6.0	+4.6	+0.7	+1.6	-1.1	-0.2	+0.7	+0.6	+.031	+0.1	+0.7	+.058	+0.3	+0.4	+.156
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 Evan Mobley nor Kenny Smith played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Evan Mobley	Kenny Smith
Season	2022-23	1988-89
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Evan Mobley	79	34.4	16.2	2.4	6.6	9.0	2.8	0.8	1.5	1.8	2.8	6.6	12.0	.554	0.3	1.3	.216	2.6	3.8	.674
difference:	+2	+4.4	+1.1	+1.8	+4.4	+6.2	+4.9	+0.5	+1.4	-1.3	-0.7	+0.2	+2.6	+.092	+0.3	+0.3	+.143	+0.6	+0.6	+.063
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		%
Evan Mobley	5	37.6	9.8	3.0	7.0	10.0	2.0	0.6	1.2	2.4	2.6	4.4	9.6	.458	0.0	0.2	.000	1.0	1.6	.625
Kenny Smith	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Evan Mobley	Kenny Smith
Season	2024-25	1990-91
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Evan Mobley	71	30.5	18.5	2.3	7.0	9.3	3.2	0.9	1.6	2.0	2.0	7.1	12.8	.557	1.2	3.2	.370	3.1	4.3	.725
difference:	+7	+4.1	+0.8	+1.8	+5.4	+7.2	+3.9	+0.5	+1.5	-1.0	-0.3	+0.4	+0.1	+.037	+0.6	+1.5	+.007	+0.6	+0.1	+.119
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		%
Evan Mobley	8	32.1	17.1	2.6	5.5	8.1	1.6	1.1	1.0	1.4	1.3	6.4	10.9	.586	1.8	3.9	.452	2.6	3.1	.840
difference:	+5	+5.6	+1.8	+1.3	+4.2	+5.4	+6.4	+0.2	+0.7	-0.6	-0.4	+0.4	+1.8	+.112	+1.1	+2.6	+.048	+0.1	+0.1	+.049
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