Jason Kidd vs. William Smith Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of William Smith and Jason Kidd, 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.

Jason Kidd played 19 years in the NBA, 17 more than William Smith, who played 2. Jason Kidd had the first of his seasons in 1994-95, while William Smith had his rookie season in 1971-72. 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Jason Kidd	William Smith
Season	1994-95	1971-72
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
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		%
Jason Kidd	79	33.8	11.7	1.9	3.5	5.4	7.7	1.9	0.3	3.2	1.8	4.2	10.8	.385	0.9	3.3	.272	2.4	3.5	.698
William Smith	22	20.4	8.3	-	-	6.1	0.9	-	-	-	3.3	3.3	7.9	.416	-	-	-	1.7	2.9	.594
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jason Kidd	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
William Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Jason Kidd	William Smith
Season	1995-96	1972-73
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Portland Trail Blazers
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		%
Jason Kidd	81	37.5	16.6	2.5	4.3	6.8	9.7	2.2	0.3	4.0	1.9	6.1	16.0	.381	1.6	4.9	.336	2.8	4.1	.692
William Smith	8	5.4	2.9	-	-	1.0	0.1	-	-	-	1.0	1.1	1.9	.600	-	-	-	0.6	1.0	.625
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jason Kidd	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
William Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Jason Kidd	William Smith
Season	1997-98	-
Team	Phoenix Suns	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Suns 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		%
Jason Kidd	82	38.0	11.6	1.3	4.9	6.2	9.1	2.0	0.3	3.2	1.7	4.4	10.5	.416	0.9	2.8	.313	2.0	2.5	.799
William Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jason Kidd	4	42.8	14.3	1.3	4.5	5.8	7.8	4.0	0.5	3.0	3.3	5.5	14.5	.379	0.0	1.8	.000	3.3	4.0	.813
William Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Jason Kidd	William Smith
Season	1998-99	-
Team	Phoenix Suns	-
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Assists Leader	-
Playoffs	Suns 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		%
Jason Kidd	50	41.2	16.9	1.7	5.0	6.8	10.8	2.3	0.4	3.0	2.2	6.2	14.0	.444	0.9	2.5	.366	3.6	4.8	.757
William Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jason Kidd	3	42.0	15.0	0.3	2.0	2.3	10.3	1.7	0.3	3.0	4.0	6.0	14.3	.419	1.3	5.3	.250	1.7	2.3	.714
William Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Jason Kidd	William Smith
Season	1999-00	-
Team	Phoenix Suns	-
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Suns 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		%
Jason Kidd	67	39.0	14.3	1.4	5.8	7.2	10.1	2.0	0.4	3.4	2.2	5.2	12.8	.409	0.8	2.5	.337	3.0	3.7	.829
William Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jason Kidd	6	38.0	9.8	1.3	5.3	6.7	8.8	1.8	0.2	3.8	2.3	3.7	9.2	.400	1.3	3.7	.364	1.2	1.5	.778
William Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Jason Kidd	William Smith
Season	2000-01	-
Team	Phoenix Suns	-
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Suns 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		%
Jason Kidd	77	39.8	16.9	1.2	5.2	6.4	9.8	2.2	0.3	3.7	2.2	5.9	14.2	.411	0.9	3.0	.297	4.3	5.2	.814
William Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jason Kidd	4	41.5	14.3	2.3	3.8	6.0	13.3	2.0	0.0	3.0	3.3	5.5	17.3	.319	1.0	4.3	.235	2.3	3.0	.750
William Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Jason Kidd	William Smith
Season	2001-02	-
Team	New Jersey Nets	-
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nets 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		%
Jason Kidd	82	37.3	14.7	1.6	5.7	7.3	9.9	2.1	0.2	3.5	1.7	5.4	13.9	.391	1.4	4.4	.321	2.5	3.0	.814
William Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jason Kidd	20	40.3	19.6	2.1	6.1	8.2	9.1	1.7	0.4	3.4	2.0	7.4	17.7	.415	0.9	4.5	.189	4.0	5.0	.808
William Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Jason Kidd	William Smith
Season	2002-03	-
Team	New Jersey Nets	-
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nets 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		%
Jason Kidd	80	37.4	18.7	1.4	4.9	6.3	8.9	2.2	0.3	3.7	1.6	6.4	15.6	.414	1.6	4.6	.341	4.2	5.0	.841
William Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jason Kidd	20	42.6	20.1	1.8	5.9	7.7	8.2	1.8	0.2	4.0	2.3	6.9	17.1	.402	1.7	5.2	.327	4.7	5.7	.825
William Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 10
	Jason Kidd	William Smith
Season	2003-04	-
Team	New Jersey Nets	-
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nets 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		%
Jason Kidd	67	36.6	15.5	1.3	5.1	6.4	9.2	1.8	0.2	3.2	1.6	5.5	14.3	.384	1.4	4.4	.321	3.1	3.7	.827
William Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jason Kidd	11	43.4	12.6	1.5	5.2	6.6	9.0	2.3	0.5	3.9	1.4	3.9	11.7	.333	0.9	4.4	.208	3.9	4.8	.811
William Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 11
	Jason Kidd	William Smith
Season	2004-05	-
Team	New Jersey Nets	-
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Nets 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		%
Jason Kidd	66	36.9	14.4	1.4	6.0	7.4	8.3	1.9	0.1	2.5	1.7	5.2	13.0	.398	2.0	5.4	.360	2.2	2.9	.740
William Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jason Kidd	4	45.5	17.3	2.5	6.5	9.0	7.3	2.5	0.0	2.3	4.0	6.5	16.8	.388	2.8	7.5	.367	1.5	2.8	.545
William Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 12
	Jason Kidd	William Smith
Season	2005-06	-
Team	New Jersey Nets	-
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Nets 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		%
Jason Kidd	80	37.2	13.3	1.1	6.2	7.3	8.4	1.9	0.4	2.4	2.0	4.6	11.3	.404	1.7	4.9	.352	2.4	3.1	.795
William Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jason Kidd	11	40.9	12.0	2.0	5.6	7.6	9.6	1.5	0.2	2.2	2.8	4.5	12.0	.371	1.4	4.5	.300	1.7	2.1	.826
William Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 13
	Jason Kidd	William Smith
Season	2006-07	-
Team	New Jersey Nets	-
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nets 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		%
Jason Kidd	80	36.7	13.0	1.7	6.5	8.2	9.2	1.6	0.3	2.7	1.8	4.6	11.4	.406	1.6	4.5	.343	2.2	2.9	.778
William Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jason Kidd	12	40.3	14.6	1.9	9.0	10.9	10.9	1.8	0.4	3.4	2.6	5.3	12.3	.432	2.8	6.8	.420	1.1	2.1	.520
William Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 14
	Jason Kidd	William Smith
Season	2007-08	-
Team	New Jersey Nets, Dallas Mavericks	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Mavericks 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		%
Jason Kidd	80	36.3	10.8	1.2	6.3	7.5	10.1	1.7	0.3	3.3	2.1	3.8	9.9	.385	1.5	3.9	.381	1.7	2.1	.818
William Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jason Kidd	5	36.0	8.6	1.6	4.8	6.4	6.8	1.4	0.4	1.8	2.4	3.2	7.6	.421	1.2	2.6	.462	1.0	1.6	.625
William Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 16
	Jason Kidd	William Smith
Season	2009-10	-
Team	Dallas Mavericks	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Mavericks 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		%
Jason Kidd	80	36.0	10.3	0.6	5.0	5.6	9.1	1.8	0.4	2.4	1.8	3.6	8.4	.423	2.2	5.2	.425	1.0	1.2	.808
William Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jason Kidd	6	40.5	8.0	1.0	5.8	6.8	7.0	2.3	0.2	1.5	2.5	2.3	7.7	.304	1.5	4.7	.321	1.8	2.0	.917
William Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 17
	Jason Kidd	William Smith
Season	2010-11	-
Team	Dallas Mavericks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Jason Kidd	80	33.2	7.9	0.4	4.0	4.4	8.2	1.7	0.4	2.2	1.5	2.7	7.5	.361	1.7	4.9	.340	0.8	1.0	.870
William Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jason Kidd	21	35.4	9.3	0.5	4.0	4.5	7.3	1.9	0.5	2.7	1.7	3.0	7.7	.398	2.0	5.5	.374	1.1	1.4	.800
William Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-