J.R. Smith vs. Peja Stojakovic Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Peja Stojakovic 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 more than Peja Stojakovic, who played 13. J.R. Smith had the first of his seasons in 2004-05, while Peja Stojakovic had his rookie season in 1998-99. 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.

Season 4
	J.R. Smith	Peja Stojakovic
Season	2007-08	2001-02
Team	Denver Nuggets	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Kings Lost West Conf Finals

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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:	+3	+18.1	+8.9	+0.4	+2.7	+3.2	+0.8	+0.3		-0.5	-0.2	+3.5	+6.8	+.023	+0.3	+0.9	+.013	+2.3	+2.1	+.157
Peja Stojakovic	71	37.3	21.2	1.0	4.2	5.3	2.5	1.1	0.2	2.0	1.7	7.7	15.9	.484	1.8	4.4	.416	4.0	4.5	.876
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	+6.8	+3.5	+1.3	+3.2	+4.5	+0.8	+0.5		-0.6	-0.8	+0.8	+2.5	+.159	+0.5	+0.7	+.047	+1.5	+2.1	+.064
Peja Stojakovic	10	33.8	14.8	1.6	4.7	6.3	1.0	0.5	0.0	1.9	2.2	5.0	13.3	.376	1.3	4.8	.271	3.5	3.9	.897

Season 5
	J.R. Smith	Peja Stojakovic
Season	2008-09	2002-03
Team	Denver Nuggets	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Finals	Kings Lost West Conf Semis

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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:	+9	+6.3	+4.0	+0.3	+1.6	+1.8	+0.8		+0.1	-0.5	-0.3	+1.7	+2.7	+.035			+.015	+0.7	+0.3	+.121
Peja Stojakovic	72	34.0	19.2	0.8	4.7	5.5	2.0	1.0	0.1	1.4	2.0	6.9	14.4	.481	2.2	5.6	.382	3.2	3.7	.875
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:	+4	+13.3	+8.2	+0.7	+2.9	+3.6	+0.3	+0.3	+0.1	-0.6	-0.4	+2.6	+4.7	+.026	+0.3	+0.8	+.099	+2.7	+2.1	+.307
Peja Stojakovic	12	40.5	23.1	1.4	5.5	6.9	2.5	0.8	0.4	1.0	2.8	8.1	16.8	.480	2.7	5.8	.457	4.3	5.0	.850

Season 6
	J.R. Smith	Peja Stojakovic
Season	2009-10	2003-04
Team	Denver Nuggets	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Kings Lost West Conf Semis

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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:	+6	+12.5	+8.8	+0.7	+2.4	+3.2	+0.3		+0.1		-0.3	+2.5	+3.3	+.066	+0.9	+0.6	+.095	+3.0	+2.5	+.221
Peja Stojakovic	81	40.3	24.2	1.1	5.1	6.3	2.1	1.3	0.2	1.9	2.0	8.2	17.1	.480	3.0	6.8	.433	4.9	5.2	.927
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:	+6	+16.6	+6.3	+0.5	+2.8	+3.2	+0.2	+1.1		-0.2	-0.6	+2.8	+7.0	+.016	+0.1	+0.9	+.040	+0.6	+0.6	+.022
Peja Stojakovic	12	43.1	17.5	1.3	5.8	7.0	1.5	1.8	0.3	1.2	2.2	6.3	16.5	.384	1.9	6.1	.315	2.9	3.3	.897

Season 9
	J.R. Smith	Peja Stojakovic
Season	2012-13	2006-07
Team	New York Knicks	New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets
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:	+67	+0.8	+0.3		+1.2	+1.1	+1.9	+0.7		-0.2	-0.6	+0.2	+0.5	+.001	+0.7	+1.0	+.049	+0.6	+1.0	+.054
Peja Stojakovic	13	32.7	17.8	0.8	3.3	4.2	0.8	0.6	0.3	1.5	2.2	6.4	15.1	.423	2.6	6.5	.405	2.4	2.9	.816
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
Peja Stojakovic	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 12
	J.R. Smith	Peja Stojakovic
Season	2015-16	2009-10
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	New Orleans Hornets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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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:	+15	+0.7	+0.2		+0.7	+0.9	+0.2	+0.3	+0.2	-0.1	-1.3	+0.1	+0.1	+.011	+0.5	+0.9	+.025	+0.9	+0.8	+.263
Peja Stojakovic	62	31.4	12.6	0.6	3.0	3.7	1.5	0.8	0.1	0.9	1.3	4.5	11.1	.404	2.1	5.7	.375	1.5	1.7	.897
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
Peja Stojakovic	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 13
	J.R. Smith	Peja Stojakovic
Season	2016-17	2010-11
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	New Orleans Hornets, Toronto Raptors, Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals	NBA Champion

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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:	+8	+10.3	+0.1		+0.5	+0.5	+0.6	+0.6	+0.2	-0.1	-1.2		+1.8	+.095	+0.6	+2.5	+.068	+0.5	+0.4	+.253
Peja Stojakovic	33	18.7	8.5	0.4	1.8	2.3	0.9	0.4	0.1	0.5	0.7	3.0	6.9	.441	1.7	4.1	.419	0.7	0.8	.920
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:	+1	+8.7	+1.0	+0.1	+0.6	+0.6	+0.3	+0.1	+0.2	-0.2	-1.2	+0.2	+0.8	+.097	+0.7	+0.3	+.123	+0.1	+0.1	+.323
Peja Stojakovic	19	18.4	7.1	0.2	1.5	1.7	0.4	0.6	0.1	0.5	1.1	2.6	6.3	.408	1.5	4.1	.377	0.4	0.5	.778