Frank Selvy vs. Marcus Smart Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Marcus Smart and Frank Selvy, 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.

Frank Selvy played 9 years in the NBA, 1 less than Marcus Smart, who played 10. Frank Selvy had the first of his seasons in 1954-55, while Marcus Smart had his rookie season in 2014-15. 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
Frank Selvy	9	6	1954-55 to 1963-64
Marcus Smart	10	9	2014-15 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Frank Selvy	Marcus Smart
Season	1954-55	2014-15
Team	Baltimore Bullets (1st), Milwaukee Hawks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics 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		%
Frank Selvy	71	37.6	19.0	-	-	5.5	3.5	-	-	-	3.2	6.4	16.8	.378	-	-	-	6.3	8.6	.728
Marcus Smart	67	27.0	7.8	0.9	2.4	3.3	3.1	1.5	0.3	1.3	2.6	2.6	7.1	.367	1.4	4.1	.335	1.2	1.9	.646

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Frank Selvy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Marcus Smart	4	22.5	9.8	1.3	1.5	2.8	1.3	0.3	0.3	1.0	3.0	3.5	7.3	.483	0.8	3.3	.231	2.0	3.8	.533


Season 2
	Frank Selvy	Marcus Smart
Season	1955-56	2015-16
Team	St. Louis Hawks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics 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		%
Frank Selvy	17	26.1	11.0	-	-	3.2	2.1	-	-	-	2.2	3.9	10.8	.366	-	-	-	3.1	4.2	.746
Marcus Smart	61	27.3	9.1	1.2	2.9	4.2	3.0	1.5	0.3	1.3	3.0	3.0	8.7	.348	1.0	4.0	.253	2.1	2.7	.777

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Frank Selvy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Marcus Smart	6	32.2	12.0	1.3	3.2	4.5	3.0	1.7	0.8	2.5	2.8	3.7	10.0	.367	1.8	5.3	.344	2.8	3.5	.810

Note: Frank Selvy didn't play in 1956-57.


Season 3
	Frank Selvy	Marcus Smart
Season	1957-58	2016-17
Team	St. Louis Hawks, Minneapolis Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics Lost East 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		%
Frank Selvy	38	11.2	3.6	-	-	2.3	0.9	-	-	-	1.2	1.2	4.4	.263	-	-	-	1.2	2.0	.610
Marcus Smart	79	30.4	10.6	1.0	2.9	3.9	4.6	1.6	0.4	2.0	2.4	3.4	9.5	.359	1.2	4.2	.283	2.6	3.2	.812

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Frank Selvy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Marcus Smart	18	29.9	8.6	1.3	3.4	4.7	4.7	1.5	0.9	2.1	2.8	2.6	7.4	.351	1.6	4.1	.397	1.8	2.8	.640


Season 4
	Frank Selvy	Marcus Smart
Season	1958-59	2017-18
Team	New York Knicks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Div Semis	Celtics Lost East 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		%
Frank Selvy	68	21.3	9.8	-	-	3.6	1.4	-	-	-	1.7	3.4	8.9	.385	-	-	-	3.0	3.9	.767
Marcus Smart	54	29.9	10.2	0.8	2.7	3.5	4.8	1.3	0.4	2.4	2.5	3.5	9.5	.367	1.4	4.6	.301	1.8	2.5	.729

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Frank Selvy	2	21.5	14.5	-	-	2.0	1.5	-	-	-	3.0	5.0	10.0	.500	-	-	-	4.5	5.5	.818
Marcus Smart	15	29.9	9.8	0.9	2.8	3.7	5.3	1.7	0.7	2.4	2.9	3.2	9.5	.336	1.0	4.5	.221	2.4	3.3	.735


Season 5
	Frank Selvy	Marcus Smart
Season	1959-60	2018-19
Team	Syracuse Nationals, Minneapolis Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div Finals	Celtics 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		%
Frank Selvy	62	21.1	9.1	-	-	2.8	1.6	-	-	-	1.6	3.3	8.4	.393	-	-	-	2.5	3.4	.736
Marcus Smart	80	27.5	8.9	0.7	2.2	2.9	4.0	1.8	0.4	1.5	2.5	3.0	7.1	.422	1.6	4.3	.364	1.3	1.6	.806

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Frank Selvy	9	36.7	15.7	-	-	6.1	3.2	-	-	-	2.3	6.1	17.0	.359	-	-	-	3.4	4.9	.705
Marcus Smart	2	16.0	3.5	2.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	1.5	0.0	1.5	1.5	0.5	5.5	.091	0.5	5.5	.091	2.0	3.0	.667


Season 6
	Frank Selvy	Marcus Smart
Season	1960-61	2019-20
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div Finals	Celtics Lost East 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		%
Frank Selvy	77	28.0	10.8	-	-	3.9	3.2	-	-	-	2.8	4.0	10.0	.405	-	-	-	2.7	3.6	.753
Marcus Smart	60	32.0	12.9	0.7	3.1	3.8	4.9	1.7	0.5	1.7	2.7	4.3	11.4	.375	2.3	6.6	.347	2.1	2.5	.836

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Frank Selvy	12	30.9	10.3	-	-	3.7	4.2	-	-	-	3.5	3.6	9.3	.387	-	-	-	3.1	4.0	.771
Marcus Smart	17	38.1	14.5	0.6	4.6	5.2	4.6	1.2	0.5	2.6	3.2	4.6	11.6	.394	2.4	7.2	.333	2.9	3.3	.875


Season 7
	Frank Selvy	Marcus Smart
Season	1961-62	2020-21
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Celtics 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		%
Frank Selvy	79	35.5	14.7	-	-	5.2	4.8	-	-	-	2.9	5.5	13.1	.420	-	-	-	3.8	5.1	.738
Marcus Smart	48	32.9	13.1	0.8	2.7	3.5	5.7	1.5	0.5	2.0	2.6	4.2	10.6	.398	1.9	5.9	.330	2.7	3.4	.790

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Frank Selvy	13	36.8	12.7	-	-	5.6	5.0	-	-	-	2.6	5.1	11.7	.434	-	-	-	2.5	3.0	.846
Marcus Smart	5	36.6	17.8	0.8	3.6	4.4	6.0	1.0	0.2	2.8	2.8	5.8	13.2	.439	3.2	8.6	.372	3.0	4.2	.714


Season 8
	Frank Selvy	Marcus Smart
Season	1962-63	2021-22
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Honors & Awards	-	Defensive Player of the Year
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Celtics 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		%
Frank Selvy	80	29.6	10.3	-	-	3.6	3.5	-	-	-	1.9	4.0	9.3	.424	-	-	-	2.4	3.4	.714
Marcus Smart	71	32.3	12.1	0.6	3.2	3.8	5.9	1.7	0.3	2.2	2.3	4.2	10.1	.418	1.7	5.1	.331	2.0	2.5	.793

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Frank Selvy	13	24.4	7.9	-	-	3.5	2.8	-	-	-	2.8	2.5	6.2	.395	-	-	-	3.0	3.7	.813
Marcus Smart	21	36.2	15.4	1.0	3.6	4.5	5.9	1.2	0.2	2.5	3.4	5.4	13.3	.405	2.3	6.5	.350	2.4	3.0	.806


Season 9
	Frank Selvy	Marcus Smart
Season	1963-64	2022-23
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div Semis	Celtics Lost East 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		%
Frank Selvy	73	17.6	5.5	-	-	1.9	2.0	-	-	-	1.6	2.2	5.8	.378	-	-	-	1.1	1.7	.639
Marcus Smart	61	32.1	11.5	0.8	2.4	3.1	6.3	1.5	0.4	2.3	2.8	4.1	9.9	.415	1.9	5.6	.336	1.4	1.9	.746

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Frank Selvy	3	23.0	9.3	-	-	1.7	2.0	-	-	-	2.7	4.3	9.0	.481	-	-	-	0.7	0.7	1.000
Marcus Smart	20	34.0	14.9	1.1	3.0	4.0	5.1	1.3	0.3	2.3	1.9	5.1	11.2	.453	2.2	6.1	.361	2.6	3.3	.800


Season 10
	Frank Selvy	Marcus Smart
Season	-	2023-24
Team	-	Memphis Grizzlies
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		%
Frank Selvy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Marcus Smart	20	30.3	14.5	0.3	2.4	2.7	4.3	2.1	0.3	3.1	2.7	5.1	11.9	.430	2.1	6.7	.313	2.2	2.8	.768

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Frank Selvy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Marcus Smart	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Frank Selvy vs. Marcus Smart Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Marcus Smart and Frank Selvy, 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