J.R. Smith vs. Victor Wembanyama Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Victor Wembanyama 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, 14 more than Victor Wembanyama, who played 2. J.R. Smith had the first of his seasons in 2004-05, while Victor Wembanyama had his rookie season in 2023-24. 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 |
| Victor Wembanyama |
2 |
0 |
2023-24 to 2024-25 |
Comparison Season by Season |
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2nd Season Stats Comparison |
| Regular Season Stats |
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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: | +9 | +15.2 | +16.6 | +1.5 | +7.5 | +9.0 | +2.6 | +0.4 | +3.7 | -2.2 | -0.7 | +6.3 | +11.9 | +.083 | +2.2 | +6.3 | +.019 | +1.9 | +2.3 | +.014 |
| Victor Wembanyama |
46 |
33.2 |
24.3 |
1.8 |
9.2 |
11.0 |
3.7 |
1.1 |
3.8 |
3.2 |
2.3 |
8.9 |
18.6 |
.476 |
3.1 |
8.8 |
.352 |
3.4 |
4.1 |
.836 |
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| Playoffs Stats |
| * Neiher J.R. Smith nor Victor Wembanyama played in the postseason in their season 2 |
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Additional Years |
* J.R. Smith played 14 seasons more than Victor Wembanyama in the NBA.
In that period—his seasons 3 to 16, from 2007 to 2020—J.R. Smith played in 12 Playoffs and won two NBA Championships. In those 14 extra years over Victor Wembanyama, J.R. Smith got these achievements: |
| Honors & Awards |  1 Sixth Man of the Year
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