Gail Goodrich vs. Derek Smith Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Derek Smith and Gail Goodrich, 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.

Gail Goodrich played 14 years in the NBA, 5 more than Derek Smith, who played 9. Gail Goodrich had the first of his seasons in 1965-66, while Derek Smith had his rookie season in 1982-83. 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.

Season 4
	Gail Goodrich	Derek Smith
Season	1968-69	1985-86
Team	Phoenix Suns	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
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		%
Gail Goodrich	81	40.0	23.8	-	-	5.4	6.4	-	-	-	3.1	8.9	21.6	.411	-	-	-	6.1	8.2	.747
Derek Smith	11	30.8	23.5	1.8	1.9	3.7	2.8	0.8	1.2	3.0	3.2	9.1	16.5	.552	0.1	0.2	.500	5.3	7.6	.690
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gail Goodrich	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Derek Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Gail Goodrich	Derek Smith
Season	1971-72	1988-89
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Sacramento Kings, Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	76ers 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		%
Gail Goodrich	82	37.1	25.9	-	-	3.6	4.5	-	-	-	2.6	10.1	20.7	.487	-	-	-	5.8	6.8	.850
Derek Smith	65	19.9	8.7	0.9	1.6	2.6	2.0	0.7	0.4	1.4	2.5	3.3	7.6	.435	0.1	0.5	.226	2.0	2.9	.686
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gail Goodrich	15	38.3	23.8	-	-	2.5	3.3	-	-	-	3.3	8.7	19.5	.445	-	-	-	6.5	7.2	.898
Derek Smith	3	16.0	6.3	0.7	1.7	2.3	1.0	0.3	0.0	2.0	3.0	3.0	4.7	.643	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.7	.500

Season 8
	Gail Goodrich	Derek Smith
Season	1972-73	1989-90
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	76ers 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		%
Gail Goodrich	76	35.5	23.9	-	-	3.5	4.4	-	-	-	2.5	9.9	21.3	.464	-	-	-	4.1	4.9	.840
Derek Smith	75	18.7	8.9	0.8	1.5	2.3	1.5	0.5	0.3	1.1	2.6	3.5	6.9	.508	0.2	0.5	.444	1.7	2.5	.699
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gail Goodrich	17	35.5	20.0	-	-	3.6	3.9	-	-	-	3.1	8.2	18.2	.448	-	-	-	3.6	4.6	.785
Derek Smith	1	15.0	11.0	0.0	0.0	0	1.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	3.0	5.0	8.0	.625	0.0	1.0	.000	1.0	2.0	.500

Season 9
	Gail Goodrich	Derek Smith
Season	1973-74	1990-91
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Gail Goodrich	82	37.3	25.3	1.2	1.9	3.0	5.2	1.5	0.1	-	2.8	9.6	21.6	.442	-	-	-	6.2	7.2	.864
Derek Smith	2	8.0	2.5	0.0	0.0	0	2.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	1.5	0.5	2.0	.250	0.0	0.5	.000	1.5	2.0	.750
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gail Goodrich	5	37.8	19.6	1.4	1.8	3.2	6.0	1.4	0.2	-	1.4	7.0	18.0	.389	-	-	-	5.6	6.6	.848
Derek Smith	10	8.6	2.9	0.2	0.7	0.9	0.5	0.3	0.1	0.8	2.0	0.9	2.1	.429	0.0	0.1	.000	1.1	1.4	.786

Season 10
	Gail Goodrich	Derek Smith
Season	1974-75	-
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
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		%
Gail Goodrich	72	37.1	22.6	1.3	1.7	3.0	5.8	1.4	0.1	-	3.0	9.1	19.8	.459	-	-	-	4.4	5.3	.841
Derek Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gail Goodrich	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Derek Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-