J.R. Smith vs. Jason Terry Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jason Terry 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.

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, 3 less than Jason Terry, who played 19. J.R. Smith had the first of his seasons in 2004-05, while Jason Terry had his rookie season in 1999-00. 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.

Rookie Season
	J.R. Smith	Jason Terry
Season	2004-05	1999-00
Team	New Orleans Hornets	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
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:	+5	+1.2	+2.2	+0.2	+0.3		+2.4	+0.4		-0.5	-0.2	+0.8	+2.4	+.021	+0.5	+1.8	+.005	+0.1	+0.4	+.118
Jason Terry	81	23.3	8.1	0.3	1.8	2.0	4.3	1.1	0.1	1.9	1.6	3.1	7.4	.415	0.6	1.9	.293	1.4	1.7	.807
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher J.R. Smith nor Jason Terry played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 9
	J.R. Smith	Jason Terry
Season	2012-13	2007-08
Team	New York Knicks	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	Sixth Man of the Year	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+2	+2.0	+2.6	+0.4	+2.3	+2.8	+0.5	+0.2	+0.1	-0.6	-0.7	+0.9	+3.3	+.045	+0.2	+1.1	+.019	+0.7	+1.2	+.095
Jason Terry	82	31.5	15.5	0.4	2.2	2.5	3.2	1.1	0.2	1.1	2.1	5.7	12.3	.467	1.7	4.4	.375	2.3	2.7	.857
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
difference:	+6	+4.1	+1.5	+0.3	+2.8	+3.1	+3.4	+0.6	+0.3	-0.8	-0.5	+0.3	+2.8	+.102	+1.2	+0.4	+.165	+0.2	+0.9	+.146
Jason Terry	5	36.0	15.8	0.2	1.4	1.6	4.8	0.4	0.2	1.0	3.0	5.2	12.0	.433	2.8	6.4	.438	2.6	3.0	.867

Season 10
	J.R. Smith	Jason Terry
Season	2013-14	2008-09
Team	New York Knicks	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	Sixth Man of the Year
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Mavericks Lost West Conf Semis

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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:		+1.0	+5.1		+1.6	+1.6	+0.4	+0.4		-0.1	-0.7	+1.9	+2.9	+.048	+0.3	+0.3	+.028	+1.5	+1.1	+.228
Jason Terry	74	33.7	19.6	0.5	1.9	2.4	3.4	1.3	0.3	1.6	1.9	7.3	15.8	.463	2.3	6.2	.366	2.7	3.0	.880
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
J.R. Smith	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jason Terry	10	32.5	14.3	0.6	2.2	2.8	1.9	0.6	0.3	1.6	1.8	4.9	12.6	.389	2.2	5.9	.373	2.3	3.0	.767

Season 12
	J.R. Smith	Jason Terry
Season	2015-16	2010-11
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	NBA Champion

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12th 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	77	30.7	12.4	0.6	2.3	2.8	1.7	1.1	0.3	0.8	2.6	4.6	11.0	.415	2.6	6.6	.400	0.6	0.9	.634
difference:	+5	+0.6	+3.4	+0.3	+0.7	+0.9	+2.4		+0.1	-1.2	-0.9	+1.4	+2.3	+.036	+1.1	+2.3	+.038	+1.6	+1.7	+.216
Jason Terry	82	31.3	15.8	0.3	1.6	1.9	4.1	1.1	0.2	2.0	1.7	6.0	13.3	.451	1.5	4.3	.362	2.2	2.6	.850
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
J.R. Smith	21	34.8	11.5	0.3	2.9	3.2	1.4	1.2	0.2	0.5	2.6	3.9	9.0	.436	3.1	7.2	.430	0.6	1.0	.619
difference:		+2.2	+6.0		+1.3	+1.3	+1.8		+0.1	-1.0	-0.5	+2.2	+3.8	+.042	+1.1	+2.7	+.012	+2.7	+3.0	+.224
Jason Terry	21	32.6	17.5	0.3	1.6	1.9	3.2	1.2	0.1	1.5	2.1	6.1	12.8	.478	2.0	4.5	.442	3.3	4.0	.843

Season 16
	J.R. Smith	Jason Terry
Season	2019-20	2014-15
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Rockets Lost West Conf Finals

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16th 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	6	13.2	2.8	0.0	0.8	0.8	0.5	0.2	0.0	0.7	0.8	1.2	3.7	.318	0.2	1.8	.091	0.3	0.3	1.000
difference:	+71	+8.1	+4.2	+0.2	+0.6	+0.8	+1.4	+0.7	+0.2	-0.3	-0.7	+1.2	+2.1	+.104	+1.4	+2.4	+.299	+0.2	+0.3	+.187
Jason Terry	77	21.3	7.0	0.2	1.4	1.6	1.9	0.9	0.2	1.0	1.5	2.4	5.8	.422	1.6	4.2	.390	0.5	0.6	.813
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
J.R. Smith	10	7.5	2.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.7	1.1	0.7	2.6	.269	0.6	2.2	.273	0.0	0.0	-
difference:	+7	+21.1	+7.2	+0.4	+1.6	+1.9	+2.5	+0.7	+0.1	-0.5	-1.6	+2.7	+5.3	+.156	+1.1	+2.6	+.081	+0.8	+0.9
Jason Terry	17	28.6	9.2	0.4	1.9	2.2	2.8	0.9	0.1	1.2	2.7	3.4	7.9	.425	1.7	4.8	.354	0.8	0.9	.813