J.R. Smith vs. Kevin Willis Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kevin Willis 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, 5 less than Kevin Willis, who played 21. J.R. Smith had the first of his seasons in 2004-05, while Kevin Willis had his rookie season in 1984-85. 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.

Note: Kevin Willis didn't play in 1988-89.

Season 7
	J.R. Smith	Kevin Willis
Season	2010-11	1991-92
Team	Denver Nuggets	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
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:	+2	+11.7	+6.0	+4.6	+6.9	+11.4	+0.1	+0.3	+0.5	-1.1	-0.6	+3.0	+5.2	+.048	+1.5	+3.5	+.228	+1.5	+1.7	+.066
Kevin Willis	81	36.6	18.3	5.2	10.4	15.5	2.1	0.9	0.7	2.4	2.8	7.3	15.1	.483	0.1	0.5	.162	3.6	4.5	.804
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
Kevin Willis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	J.R. Smith	Kevin Willis
Season	2012-13	1993-94
Team	New York Knicks	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	Sixth Man of the Year	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis

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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:		+2.3	+1.0	+3.4	+3.4	+6.7	+0.8	+0.3	+0.2	-0.7	-0.3	+1.2	+0.1	+.077	+1.8	+5.2	+.019	+0.4	+0.8	+.049
Kevin Willis	80	35.8	19.1	4.2	7.9	12.0	1.9	1.0	0.5	2.4	3.1	7.8	15.7	.499	0.1	0.3	.375	3.4	4.7	.713
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:		+1.0	+2.1	+3.0	+3.2	+6.1	+0.4	+0.3		-0.1	-0.9	+0.5	+3.1	+.126	+1.6	+5.5	+.273	+1.3	+2.0	+.041
Kevin Willis	11	32.9	12.2	3.5	7.4	10.8	1.0	0.7	0.5	1.7	3.4	5.4	11.7	.457	0.0	0.5	.000	1.5	1.9	.762

Season 12
	J.R. Smith	Kevin Willis
Season	2015-16	1996-97
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Rockets Lost West Conf Finals

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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:	+2	+4.5	+1.2	+1.3	+3.2	+4.7	+0.8	+0.5	+0.1	-0.8	-0.3	+0.1	+1.3	+.066	+2.6	+6.4	+.257	+1.3	+1.8	+.059
Kevin Willis	75	26.2	11.2	1.9	5.5	7.5	0.9	0.6	0.4	1.6	2.9	4.7	9.7	.481	0.0	0.2	.143	1.9	2.7	.693
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:	+5	+16.5	+5.1	+1.1	+0.4	+1.5	+0.7	+0.6	+0.1	-0.9	-0.3	+1.5	+3.1	+.036	+3.1	+7.1	+.430	+1.0	+1.4	+.065
Kevin Willis	16	18.3	6.4	1.4	3.3	4.7	0.7	0.6	0.3	1.4	2.9	2.4	5.9	.400	0.0	0.1	.000	1.6	2.4	.684

Season 16
	J.R. Smith	Kevin Willis
Season	2019-20	2000-01
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Toronto Raptors, Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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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:	+72	+10.3	+6.5	+2.3	+3.8	+6.0	+0.1	+0.5	+0.7	-0.4	-2.0	+2.7	+5.1	+.123	+0.2	+1.7	+.076	+1.1	+1.6	+.231
Kevin Willis	78	23.5	9.3	2.3	4.6	6.8	0.6	0.7	0.7	1.1	2.8	3.9	8.8	.441	0.0	0.1	.167	1.4	1.9	.769
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	-
Kevin Willis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-