Jim Davis vs. Marcus Smart Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Marcus Smart and Jim Davis, 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.

Jim Davis played 8 years in the NBA, 2 less than Marcus Smart, who played 10. Jim Davis had the first of his seasons in 1967-68, 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Jim Davis	Marcus Smart
Season	1967-68	2014-15
Team	St. Louis Hawks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Hawks Lost West Div Semis	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		%
Jim Davis	50	7.9	2.9	-	-	2.5	0.3	-	-	-	1.7	1.2	2.8	.439	-	-	-	0.5	1.3	.391
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		%
Jim Davis	2	4.5	1.0	-	-	1.5	0.0	-	-	-	1.0	0.5	1.5	.333	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-
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 5
	Jim Davis	Marcus Smart
Season	1971-72	2018-19
Team	Atlanta Hawks, Houston Rockets, Detroit Pistons	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Jim Davis	75	13.1	5.3	-	-	3.7	0.7	-	-	-	1.8	2.0	4.5	.435	-	-	-	1.3	2.1	.649
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		%
Jim Davis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Jim Davis	Marcus Smart
Season	1972-73	2019-20
Team	Detroit Pistons	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
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		%
Jim Davis	73	10.6	4.6	-	-	3.6	0.8	-	-	-	1.7	1.8	3.5	.510	-	-	-	1.0	1.6	.632
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		%
Jim Davis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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 8
	Jim Davis	Marcus Smart
Season	1974-75	2021-22
Team	Detroit Pistons	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Jim Davis	79	13.6	4.1	1.2	2.4	3.6	1.1	0.6	0.5	-	1.6	1.5	3.3	.454	-	-	-	1.1	1.5	.726
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		%
Jim Davis	2	8.0	3.5	1.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	-	0.5	1.0	2.0	.500	-	-	-	1.5	2.5	.600
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