J.R. Smith vs. Metta World Peace Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Metta World Peace 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 / Scoring / Stats / Stats Rankings / 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, 1 less than Metta World Peace, who played 17. J.R. Smith had the first of his seasons in 2004-05, while Metta World Peace 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
J.R. Smith	16	12	2004-05 to 2019-20
Metta World Peace	17	9	1999-00 to 2016-17

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16


Rookie Season
	J.R. Smith	Metta World Peace
Season	2004-05	1999-00
Team	New Orleans Hornets	Chicago Bulls
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:	+4	+6.6	+1.7	+0.4	+1.9	+2.3	+0.9	+1.0	+0.4	-0.9	-0.4	+0.4	+0.7	+.013	+0.3	+1.0	+.026	+1.1	+1.8	+.015
Metta World Peace	72	31.1	12.0	0.9	3.4	4.3	2.8	1.7	0.5	2.3	2.2	4.3	10.5	.407	0.8	2.7	.314	2.6	3.9	.674

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher J.R. Smith nor Metta World Peace played in the postseason in their season 1


Season 2
	J.R. Smith	Metta World Peace
Season	2005-06	2000-01
Team	New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets	Chicago Bulls
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:	+21	+13.1	+4.2	+0.5	+1.4	+1.9	+1.9	+1.3	+0.5	-1.1	-1.7	+1.7	+4.0	+.008	+0.3	+0.6	+.080	+1.3	+1.9	+.072
Metta World Peace	76	31.1	11.9	0.8	3.1	3.9	3.0	2.0	0.6	2.1	3.3	4.3	10.7	.401	0.6	1.9	.291	2.8	3.7	.750

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher J.R. Smith nor Metta World Peace played in the postseason in their season 2


Season 3
	J.R. Smith	Metta World Peace
Season	2006-07	2001-02
Team	Denver Nuggets	Chicago Bulls, Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+8	+6.6	+0.2	+0.8	+1.8	+2.6	+0.9	+1.8	+0.6	-0.8	-1.6	+0.4	+1.4	+.018	+1.4	+3.0	+.078	+0.9	+1.7	+.143
Metta World Peace	55	29.9	13.2	1.3	3.6	4.9	2.3	2.6	0.7	2.1	3.9	4.9	11.6	.423	1.0	3.1	.312	2.5	3.7	.667

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
difference:	+1	+21.4	+7.3	+0.9	+2.8	+3.7	+2.7	+1.6	+0.3	-1.0	-2.3	+2.9	+5.3	+.134	+1.2	+0.4	+.462	+0.3	+1.1	+.308
Metta World Peace	5	33.2	11.8	1.2	4.8	6.0	3.2	2.6	0.6	1.8	3.8	4.4	10.8	.407	1.2	2.6	.462	1.8	2.6	.692


Season 4
	J.R. Smith	Metta World Peace
Season	2007-08	2002-03
Team	Denver Nuggets	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+5	+14.4	+3.2	+0.9	+2.3	+3.1	+1.2	+1.5	+0.5	-0.6	-1.6	+1.0	+3.2	+.033	+1.1	+2.2	+.067	+2.3	+3.0	+.017
Metta World Peace	69	33.6	15.5	1.5	3.8	5.2	2.9	2.3	0.7	2.1	3.5	5.2	12.3	.428	1.0	3.1	.336	4.0	5.4	.736

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:	+2	+15.2	+0.7	+1.5	+2.5	+4.0	+0.4	+1.5	+1.0	-1.4	-1.2		+4.2	+.146	+0.2	+0.3	+.069	+0.3	+0.7	+.033
Metta World Peace	6	42.2	19.0	1.8	4.0	5.8	2.2	2.5	1.0	2.7	4.2	5.8	15.0	.389	2.0	5.2	.387	5.3	6.7	.800


Season 5
	J.R. Smith	Metta World Peace
Season	2008-09	2003-04
Team	Denver Nuggets	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Finals	Pacers Lost East Conf Finals

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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:	+8	+9.5	+3.1	+0.9	+0.8	+1.6	+0.9	+1.1	+0.5	-0.9	-0.4	+1.2	+3.5	+.025	+1.2	+2.3	+.087	+1.9	+2.6	+.021
Metta World Peace	73	37.2	18.3	1.4	3.9	5.3	3.7	2.1	0.7	2.8	2.7	6.4	15.2	.421	1.0	3.3	.310	4.4	6.0	.733

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
difference:	+1	+11.9	+3.5	+0.9	+2.3	+3.2	+0.4	+0.3	+0.8	-0.9	-0.2	+1.0	+5.2	+.076	+1.1	+2.2	+.070	+2.5	+2.8	+.175
Metta World Peace	15	39.1	18.4	1.6	4.9	6.5	3.2	1.4	1.1	2.5	3.0	6.5	17.3	.378	1.3	4.4	.288	4.1	5.7	.718


Season 6
	J.R. Smith	Metta World Peace
Season	2009-10	2004-05
Team	Denver Nuggets	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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:	+68	+13.8	+9.2	+0.7	+2.6	+3.3	+0.7	+0.4	+0.6	-0.5	-1.6	+2.7	+3.2	+.082	+1.1	+3.8	+.074	+4.8	+4.6	+.216
Metta World Peace	7	41.6	24.6	1.1	5.3	6.4	3.1	1.7	0.9	2.4	3.9	8.4	17.0	.496	1.0	2.4	.412	6.7	7.3	.922

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
Metta World Peace	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	J.R. Smith	Metta World Peace
Season	2010-11	2005-06
Team	Denver Nuggets	Indiana Pacers, Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Kings Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+23	+14.5	+5.3	+0.7	+0.3	+1.0	+1.4	+1.0	+0.5	-1.0	-0.7	+2.0	+5.6	+.031	+0.2	+0.5	+.082	+1.6	+2.6	+.063
Metta World Peace	56	39.4	17.6	1.3	3.8	5.1	3.6	2.2	0.7	2.3	2.9	6.3	15.5	.404	1.4	4.5	.308	3.7	5.4	.675

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
difference:		+24.4	+7.6	+1.4	+1.6	+3.0	+2.0	+1.2	+0.8	-0.6	-1.4	+3.0	+7.2	+.027		+1.2	+.096	+1.6	+2.4	+.031
Metta World Peace	5	39.6	17.4	1.6	3.4	5.0	3.0	1.6	0.8	1.0	3.0	6.2	16.2	.383	1.8	5.4	.333	3.2	4.6	.696


Season 8
	J.R. Smith	Metta World Peace
Season	2011-12	2006-07
Team	New York Knicks	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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:	+35	+10.1	+6.3	+0.7	+1.9	+2.6	+1.0	+0.6	+0.4	-0.8	-0.4	+1.8	+3.3	+.033	+0.6	+1.8	+.011	+3.3	+4.3	+.031
Metta World Peace	70	37.7	18.8	1.5	5.0	6.5	3.4	2.1	0.6	2.1	2.9	6.5	14.9	.440	1.3	3.7	.358	4.4	5.9	.740

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
Metta World Peace	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	J.R. Smith	Metta World Peace
Season	2012-13	2007-08
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:	+23	+4.6	+2.4	+1.0	+0.5	+0.5	+0.8	+1.0	+0.4	-0.9		+1.0	+1.3	+.031	+0.4	+1.6	+.024	+0.7	+1.3	+.043
Metta World Peace	57	38.1	20.5	1.8	4.0	5.8	3.5	2.3	0.7	2.6	2.8	7.6	16.9	.453	1.5	3.9	.380	3.7	5.2	.719

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
Metta World Peace	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	J.R. Smith	Metta World Peace
Season	2013-14	2008-09
Team	New York Knicks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Rockets 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:	+5	+2.8	+2.6	+0.4	+0.8	+1.2	+0.3	+0.6		-0.5	-0.4	+0.6	+2.1	+.014	+0.4	+0.9	+.005	+1.6	+1.9	+.096
Metta World Peace	69	35.5	17.1	0.9	4.3	5.2	3.3	1.5	0.3	2.0	2.2	6.0	15.0	.401	2.2	5.6	.399	2.8	3.8	.748

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
J.R. Smith	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Metta World Peace	13	37.5	15.6	0.9	3.4	4.3	4.2	1.1	0.2	2.5	2.1	6.2	15.6	.394	1.8	6.4	.277	1.5	2.2	.714


Season 11
	J.R. Smith	Metta World Peace
Season	2014-15	2009-10
Team	New York Knicks, Cleveland Cavaliers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals	NBA Champion

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11th 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	70	29.7	12.1	0.4	2.7	3.1	2.8	1.2	0.3	1.4	2.3	4.5	10.8	.417	2.3	6.1	.383	0.8	1.0	.750
difference:	+7	+4.1	+1.1	+0.9	+0.3	+1.2	+0.2	+0.2		-0.2	-0.2	+0.5	+1.2	+.003	+0.9	+2.3	+.028	+0.9	+1.4	+.062
Metta World Peace	77	33.8	11.0	1.3	3.0	4.3	3.0	1.4	0.3	1.6	2.1	4.0	9.6	.414	1.4	3.8	.355	1.7	2.4	.688

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
J.R. Smith	18	31.1	12.8	0.5	4.2	4.7	1.2	0.9	0.6	0.8	3.0	4.6	11.4	.403	2.8	7.9	.359	0.8	1.1	.700
difference:	+5	+5.4	+1.6	+0.9	+1.7	+0.7	+0.9	+0.6	+0.1	-0.3	-0.1	+0.2	+0.4	+.005	+1.3	+2.8	+.068	+0.2	+0.6	+.121
Metta World Peace	23	36.5	11.2	1.4	2.5	4.0	2.1	1.5	0.5	1.1	2.9	4.4	11.0	.398	1.5	5.1	.291	1.0	1.7	.579


Season 12
	J.R. Smith	Metta World Peace
Season	2015-16	2010-11
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis

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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	+1.3	+3.9	+0.6	+0.3	+0.5	+0.4	+0.4	+0.1	-0.3	-0.4	+1.4	+3.0	+.018	+1.6	+3.8	+.044	+0.5	+0.8	+.042
Metta World Peace	82	29.4	8.5	1.2	2.0	3.3	2.1	1.5	0.4	1.1	2.2	3.2	8.0	.397	1.0	2.8	.356	1.1	1.7	.676

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:	+12	+2.9	+0.9	+1.6	+0.2	+1.4	+0.8	+0.1	+0.6	-0.5			+0.2	+.007	+2.1	+4.1	+.109	+1.2	+1.3	+.143
Metta World Peace	9	31.9	10.6	1.9	2.7	4.6	2.2	1.1	0.8	1.0	2.6	3.9	8.8	.443	1.0	3.1	.321	1.8	2.3	.762


Season 13
	J.R. Smith	Metta World Peace
Season	2016-17	2011-12
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis

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13th 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	41	29.0	8.6	0.4	2.3	2.8	1.5	1.0	0.3	0.6	1.9	3.0	8.7	.346	2.3	6.6	.351	0.2	0.4	.667
difference:	+23	+2.1	+0.9	+0.7		+0.6	+0.7	+0.1	+0.1	-0.5	-0.2	+0.1	+1.4	+.048	+1.4	+3.6	+.055	+0.9	+1.4	+.050
Metta World Peace	64	26.9	7.7	1.1	2.3	3.4	2.2	1.1	0.4	1.1	2.1	2.9	7.3	.394	0.9	3.0	.296	1.1	1.8	.617

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
J.R. Smith	18	27.1	8.1	0.3	2.1	2.3	0.7	0.7	0.3	0.7	2.3	2.8	5.5	.505	2.2	4.4	.500	0.3	0.6	.455
difference:	+12	+12.2	+3.6	+0.2	+0.9	+1.2	+1.6	+1.5	+0.4	-0.1	-0.7	+0.9	+4.5	+.138	+0.1	+1.6	+.111	+1.7	+2.1	+.295
Metta World Peace	6	39.3	11.7	0.5	3.0	3.5	2.3	2.2	0.7	0.8	3.0	3.7	10.0	.367	2.3	6.0	.389	2.0	2.7	.750


Season 14
	J.R. Smith	Metta World Peace
Season	2017-18	2012-13
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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14th 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	28.1	8.3	0.4	2.6	2.9	1.8	0.9	0.1	1.0	2.0	3.0	7.4	.403	1.8	4.8	.375	0.5	0.7	.696
difference:	+5	+5.6	+4.1	+0.9	+1.0	+2.1	+0.3	+0.7	+0.5	-0.3	-0.6	+1.4	+3.6		+0.1	+0.7	+.033	+1.2	+1.6	+.038
Metta World Peace	75	33.7	12.4	1.3	3.6	5.0	1.5	1.6	0.6	1.3	2.6	4.4	11.0	.403	1.9	5.5	.342	1.7	2.3	.734

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
J.R. Smith	22	32.1	8.7	0.5	2.3	2.7	1.1	1.0	0.2	0.9	2.5	3.0	8.5	.348	2.0	5.5	.367	0.8	1.0	.773
difference:	+19	+4.1	+2.7	+1.5	+0.6	+1.0	+0.6	+0.3	+0.1	-0.1	-0.8	+0.7	+0.8	+.098	+1.3	+0.8	+.224	+0.1	+0.3	+.227
Metta World Peace	3	28.0	6.0	2.0	1.7	3.7	1.7	0.7	0.3	1.0	1.7	2.3	9.3	.250	0.7	4.7	.143	0.7	0.7	1.000


Season 15
	J.R. Smith	Metta World Peace
Season	2018-19	2013-14
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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15th 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	11	20.2	6.7	0.0	1.6	1.6	1.9	1.0	0.3	1.0	1.7	2.5	7.2	.342	1.1	3.5	.308	0.7	0.9	.800
difference:	+18	+6.8	+1.9	+0.6	+0.2	+0.4	+1.3	+0.2		-0.3	-0.2	+0.6	+2.3	+.055	+0.5	+1.6	+.007	+0.4	+0.3	+.175
Metta World Peace	29	13.4	4.8	0.6	1.4	2.0	0.6	0.8	0.3	0.7	1.5	1.9	4.9	.397	0.6	1.9	.315	0.3	0.6	.625

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher J.R. Smith nor Metta World Peace played in the postseason in their season 15

Note: Metta World Peace didn't play in 2014-15.


Season 16
	J.R. Smith	Metta World Peace
Season	2019-20	2015-16
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles Lakers
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:	+29	+3.7	+2.2	+0.5	+1.2	+1.7	+0.3	+0.4	+0.3	-0.3	-1.1	+0.4	+1.4	+.007	+0.5	+0.6	+.219	+0.8	+1.3	+.298
Metta World Peace	35	16.9	5.0	0.5	2.0	2.5	0.8	0.6	0.3	0.4	1.9	1.6	5.1	.311	0.7	2.4	.310	1.1	1.6	.702

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	-
Metta World Peace	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years

* Metta World Peace played 1 season more than J.R. Smith in the NBA.

In that period—his season 17 in 2017—Metta World Peace didn't play in the postseason.

J.R. Smith vs. Metta World Peace Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Metta World Peace 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

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Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Season 9

9th Season Stats Comparison

Season 10

10th Season Stats Comparison

Season 11

11th Season Stats Comparison

Season 12

12th Season Stats Comparison

Season 13

13th Season Stats Comparison

Season 14

14th Season Stats Comparison

Season 15

15th Season Stats Comparison

Season 16

16th Season Stats Comparison

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