J.R. Smith vs. Hassan Whiteside Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Hassan Whiteside and J.R. Smith, 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 / Games against each other

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.

J.R. Smith played 16 years in the NBA, 6 more than Hassan Whiteside, who played 10. J.R. Smith had the first of his seasons in 2004-05, while Hassan Whiteside had his rookie season in 2010-11. 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 achievements, 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
J.R. Smith	16	12	2004-05 to 2019-20
Hassan Whiteside	10	4	2010-11 to 2021-22

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10


Rookie Season
	J.R. Smith	Hassan Whiteside
Season	2004-05	2010-11
Team	New Orleans Hornets	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
J.R. Smith	76	24.5	10.3	0.5	1.5	2.0	1.9	0.7	0.1	1.4	1.8	3.9	9.8	.394	1.1	3.7	.288	1.5	2.1	.689
difference:	+75	+22.5	+10.3	+0.5	+1.5	+2.0	+1.9	+0.7	+0.1	-1.4	-0.2	+3.9	+9.8		+1.1	+3.7		+1.5	+2.1
Hassan Whiteside	1	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher J.R. Smith nor Hassan Whiteside played in the postseason in their season 1


Season 2
	J.R. Smith	Hassan Whiteside
Season	2005-06	2011-12
Team	New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
J.R. Smith	55	18.0	7.7	0.3	1.7	2.0	1.1	0.7	0.1	1.0	1.6	2.6	6.7	.393	0.9	2.5	.371	1.5	1.8	.822
difference:	+37	+11.9	+6.1	+0.6	+0.4	+0.2	+1.1	+0.5	+0.7	-0.7	-0.9	+1.9	+5.2	+.051	+0.9	+2.5		+1.2	+1.1	+.405
Hassan Whiteside	18	6.1	1.6	0.9	1.3	2.2	0.0	0.2	0.8	0.3	0.7	0.7	1.5	.444	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.7	.417

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher J.R. Smith nor Hassan Whiteside played in the postseason in their season 2

Note: Hassan Whiteside didn't play in 2012-13 and 2013-14.


Season 3
	J.R. Smith	Hassan Whiteside
Season	2006-07	2014-15
Team	Denver Nuggets	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
J.R. Smith	63	23.3	13.0	0.5	1.8	2.3	1.4	0.8	0.1	1.3	2.3	4.5	10.2	.441	2.4	6.1	.390	1.6	2.0	.810
difference:	+15	+0.5	+1.2	+2.5	+5.2	+7.7	+1.3	+0.2	+2.5	-0.1	-0.4	+0.6	+2.1	+.187	+2.4	+6.1			+1.3	+.310
Hassan Whiteside	48	23.8	11.8	3.0	7.0	10.0	0.1	0.6	2.6	1.2	2.7	5.1	8.1	.628	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	3.3	.500

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
J.R. Smith	4	11.8	4.5	0.3	2.0	2.3	0.5	1.0	0.3	0.8	1.5	1.5	5.5	.273	0.0	3.0	.000	1.5	1.5	1.000
Hassan Whiteside	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	J.R. Smith	Hassan Whiteside
Season	2007-08	2015-16
Team	Denver Nuggets	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	Blocks Leader
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Heat Lost East Conf Semis

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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
J.R. Smith	74	19.2	12.3	0.6	1.5	2.1	1.7	0.8	0.2	1.5	1.9	4.2	9.1	.461	2.1	5.3	.403	1.7	2.4	.719
difference:	+1	+9.9	+1.9	+2.7	+7.1	+9.7	+1.3	+0.2	+3.5	-0.4	-0.9	+1.5	+0.2	+.145	+2.1	+5.3		+1.2	+2.1	+.069
Hassan Whiteside	73	29.1	14.2	3.3	8.6	11.8	0.4	0.6	3.7	1.9	2.8	5.7	9.3	.606	0.0	0.0	-	2.9	4.5	.650

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
J.R. Smith	4	27.0	18.3	0.3	1.5	1.8	1.8	1.0	0.0	1.3	3.0	5.8	10.8	.535	1.8	5.5	.318	5.0	6.0	.833
difference:	+6	+2.1	+6.3	+2.3	+6.8	+9.1	+1.5	+0.2	+2.8		-0.4	+1.1	+3.9	+.146	+1.8	+5.5		+2.4	+1.6	+.242
Hassan Whiteside	10	29.1	12.0	2.6	8.3	10.9	0.3	0.8	2.8	1.3	3.4	4.7	6.9	.681	0.0	0.0	-	2.6	4.4	.591


Season 5
	J.R. Smith	Hassan Whiteside
Season	2008-09	2016-17
Team	Denver Nuggets	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	Rebounds Leader
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
J.R. Smith	81	27.7	15.2	0.5	3.1	3.7	2.8	1.0	0.2	1.9	2.3	5.2	11.7	.446	2.2	5.6	.397	2.5	3.4	.754
difference:	+4	+4.9	+1.8	+3.3	+7.2	+10.4	+2.1	+0.3	+1.9	-0.1	-0.6	+1.8	+0.9	+.111	+2.2	+5.6		+0.4	+1.2	+.126
Hassan Whiteside	77	32.6	17.0	3.8	10.3	14.1	0.7	0.7	2.1	2.0	2.9	7.0	12.6	.557	0.0	0.0	-	2.9	4.6	.628

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
J.R. Smith	16	27.2	14.9	0.7	2.6	3.3	2.8	1.1	0.3	1.6	3.2	5.5	12.1	.454	2.4	6.6	.358	1.6	2.9	.543
Hassan Whiteside	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	J.R. Smith	Hassan Whiteside
Season	2009-10	2017-18
Team	Denver Nuggets	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
J.R. Smith	75	27.8	15.4	0.4	2.7	3.1	2.4	1.3	0.3	1.9	2.3	5.7	13.8	.414	2.1	6.2	.338	1.9	2.7	.706
difference:	+21	+2.5	+1.4	+2.8	+5.5	+8.3	+1.4	+0.6	+1.4	-0.2	-0.1	+0.1	+3.1	+.126	+2.1	+6.2		+0.5	+0.7	+.003
Hassan Whiteside	54	25.3	14.0	3.2	8.2	11.4	1.0	0.7	1.7	1.7	2.4	5.8	10.7	.540	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	3.4	.703

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
J.R. Smith	6	26.5	11.2	0.8	3.0	3.8	1.7	0.7	0.3	1.0	2.8	3.5	9.5	.368	1.8	5.2	.355	2.3	2.7	.875
difference:	+1	+11.1	+6.0	+1.2	+1.0	+2.2	+1.5	+0.7	+0.9	-1.4	-0.4	+1.7	+5.5	+.082	+1.8	+5.2		+0.7	+0.1	+.260
Hassan Whiteside	5	15.4	5.2	2.0	4.0	6.0	0.2	0.0	1.2	2.4	3.2	1.8	4.0	.450	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	2.6	.615


Season 7
	J.R. Smith	Hassan Whiteside
Season	2010-11	2018-19
Team	Denver Nuggets	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
J.R. Smith	79	24.9	12.3	0.6	3.5	4.1	2.2	1.2	0.2	1.3	2.2	4.3	9.9	.435	1.6	4.0	.390	2.1	2.8	.738
difference:	+7	+1.6		+3.0	+4.3	+7.2	+1.4	+0.6	+1.7		-0.5	+1.1	+0.5	+.136	+1.6	+3.8	+.265	+0.6	+0.6	+.289
Hassan Whiteside	72	23.3	12.3	3.6	7.8	11.3	0.8	0.6	1.9	1.3	2.7	5.4	9.4	.571	0.0	0.2	.125	1.5	3.4	.449

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
J.R. Smith	5	15.2	9.8	0.2	1.8	2.0	1.0	0.4	0.0	1.6	1.6	3.2	9.0	.356	1.8	4.2	.429	1.6	2.2	.727
Hassan Whiteside	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	J.R. Smith	Hassan Whiteside
Season	2011-12	2019-20
Team	New York Knicks	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	Blocks Leader
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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8th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
J.R. Smith	35	27.6	12.5	0.8	3.1	3.9	2.4	1.5	0.2	1.3	2.5	4.7	11.6	.407	1.9	5.5	.347	1.1	1.6	.709
difference:	+32	+2.4	+3.0	+3.1	+6.6	+9.6	+1.2	+1.1	+2.7	-0.5	-0.4	+1.8	+1.1	+.214	+1.8	+5.4	+.224	+1.3	+2.0	+.023
Hassan Whiteside	67	30.0	15.5	3.9	9.7	13.5	1.2	0.4	2.9	1.8	2.9	6.5	10.5	.621	0.1	0.1	.571	2.4	3.6	.686

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
J.R. Smith	5	35.0	12.2	0.4	2.2	2.6	2.2	1.2	0.2	2.2	3.8	4.8	15.2	.316	1.0	5.6	.179	1.6	1.6	1.000
difference:		+13.8	+5.4	+1.0	+3.4	+4.4	+1.8	+1.0	+1.8	-1.0	-0.4	+2.2	+10.4	+.226	+0.8	+5.4	+.821	+0.2	+1.2	+.500
Hassan Whiteside	5	21.2	6.8	1.4	5.6	7.0	0.4	0.2	2.0	1.2	3.4	2.6	4.8	.542	0.2	0.2	1.000	1.4	2.8	.500


Season 9
	J.R. Smith	Hassan Whiteside
Season	2012-13	2020-21
Team	New York Knicks	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	Sixth Man of the Year	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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9th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
J.R. Smith	80	33.5	18.1	0.8	4.5	5.3	2.7	1.3	0.3	1.7	2.8	6.6	15.6	.422	1.9	5.5	.356	3.0	3.9	.762
difference:	+44	+18.3	+10.0	+0.9	+0.2	+0.7	+2.1	+1.0	+1.0	-0.6	-0.8	+3.1	+9.4	+.141	+1.9	+5.5		+1.9	+1.7	+.243
Hassan Whiteside	36	15.2	8.1	1.7	4.3	6.0	0.6	0.3	1.3	1.1	2.0	3.5	6.2	.563	0.0	0.0	-	1.1	2.2	.519

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
J.R. Smith	11	31.9	14.3	0.5	4.2	4.7	1.4	1.0	0.5	1.8	2.5	4.9	14.8	.331	1.6	6.0	.273	2.8	3.9	.721
Hassan Whiteside	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	J.R. Smith	Hassan Whiteside
Season	2013-14	2021-22
Team	New York Knicks	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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10th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
J.R. Smith	74	32.7	14.5	0.5	3.5	4.0	3.0	0.9	0.3	1.5	2.6	5.4	12.9	.415	2.6	6.5	.394	1.2	1.9	.652
difference:	+9	+14.8	+6.3	+2.1	+1.5	+3.6	+2.6	+0.6	+1.3	-0.7	-0.2	+2.1	+7.8	+.237	+2.6	+6.5		+0.4	+0.7	+.029
Hassan Whiteside	65	17.9	8.2	2.6	5.0	7.6	0.4	0.3	1.6	0.8	2.8	3.3	5.1	.652	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	2.6	.623

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
J.R. Smith	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hassan Whiteside	6	10.8	1.8	1.3	3.8	5.2	0.0	0.3	1.3	0.0	1.5	0.8	2.0	.417	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.7	.250

Additional Years

* J.R. Smith played 6 seasons more than Hassan Whiteside in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 11 to 16, from 2015 to 2020—J.R. Smith played in 5 Playoffs and won two NBA Championships.

J.R. Smith vs. Hassan Whiteside Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Hassan Whiteside and J.R. Smith, 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

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Season 9

9th Season Stats Comparison

Season 10

10th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years