Johnny Egan vs. Marcus Smart Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Marcus Smart and Johnny Egan, 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.

Johnny Egan played 11 years in the NBA, 1 more than Marcus Smart, who played 10. Johnny Egan had the first of his seasons in 1961-62, 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
	Johnny Egan	Marcus Smart
Season	1961-62	2014-15
Team	Detroit Pistons	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Div 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		%
Johnny Egan	58	12.0	5.5	-	-	1.5	1.8	-	-	-	1.1	2.2	5.2	.425	-	-	-	1.1	1.4	.762
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		%
Johnny Egan	5	19.4	13.6	-	-	1.8	3.2	-	-	-	1.6	5.8	12.4	.468	-	-	-	2.0	2.0	1.000
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
	Johnny Egan	Marcus Smart
Season	1965-66	2018-19
Team	New York Knicks, Baltimore Bullets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Bullets Lost West Div 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		%
Johnny Egan	76	21.6	9.1	-	-	2.4	3.6	-	-	-	2.2	3.4	7.6	.451	-	-	-	2.3	3.0	.762
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		%
Johnny Egan	3	39.0	16.0	-	-	3.0	7.7	-	-	-	4.7	6.3	15.7	.404	-	-	-	3.3	5.3	.625
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
	Johnny Egan	Marcus Smart
Season	1966-67	2019-20
Team	Baltimore Bullets	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		%
Johnny Egan	71	24.5	10.1	-	-	2.5	3.9	-	-	-	2.7	3.8	8.8	.428	-	-	-	2.6	3.1	.845
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		%
Johnny Egan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Johnny Egan	Marcus Smart
Season	1968-69	2021-22
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	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		%
Johnny Egan	82	22.0	8.5	-	-	1.8	2.6	-	-	-	2.5	3.0	7.3	.412	-	-	-	2.5	2.9	.850
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		%
Johnny Egan	18	31.7	13.9	-	-	2.4	3.9	-	-	-	3.1	5.2	12.1	.433	-	-	-	3.5	4.4	.788
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