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

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of J.R. Smith and Kevin Garnett, 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.

Kevin Garnett played 21 years in the NBA, 5 more than J.R. Smith, who played 16. Kevin Garnett had the first of his seasons in 1995-96, while J.R. Smith had his rookie season in 2004-05. 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
	Kevin Garnett	J.R. Smith
Season	1995-96	2004-05
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	New Orleans Hornets
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		%
Kevin Garnett	80	28.7	10.4	2.2	4.1	6.3	1.8	1.1	1.6	1.4	2.4	4.5	9.2	.491	0.1	0.4	.286	1.3	1.9	.705
difference:	+4	+4.2	+0.1	+1.7	+2.6	+4.3	+0.1	+0.4	+1.5		-0.6	+0.6	+0.6	+.097	+1.0	+3.3	+.002	+0.2	+0.2	+.016
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
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Kevin Garnett nor J.R. Smith played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Kevin Garnett	J.R. Smith
Season	1996-97	2005-06
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Kevin Garnett	77	38.9	17.0	2.5	5.6	8.0	3.1	1.4	2.1	2.3	2.6	7.1	14.3	.499	0.1	0.3	.286	2.7	3.5	.754
difference:	+22	+20.9	+9.3	+2.2	+3.9	+6.0	+2.0	+0.7	+2.0	-1.3	-1.0	+4.5	+7.6	+.106	+0.8	+2.2	+.085	+1.2	+1.7	+.068
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Garnett	3	41.7	17.3	4.7	4.7	9.3	3.7	1.3	1.0	1.3	2.0	8.0	17.0	.471	0.3	0.3	1.000	1.0	1.0	1.000
J.R. Smith	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Kevin Garnett	J.R. Smith
Season	1997-98	2006-07
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Nuggets Lost West 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		%
Kevin Garnett	82	39.3	18.5	2.7	6.9	9.6	4.2	1.7	1.8	2.3	2.7	7.7	15.8	.491	0.0	0.2	.188	3.0	4.0	.738
difference:	+19	+16.0	+5.5	+2.2	+5.1	+7.3	+2.8	+0.9	+1.7	-1.0	-0.4	+3.2	+5.6	+.050	+2.4	+5.9	+.202	+1.4	+2.0	+.072
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Garnett	5	38.6	15.8	3.4	6.2	9.6	4.0	0.8	2.4	4.4	3.4	7.2	15.0	.480	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	1.8	.778
difference:	+1	+26.8	+11.3	+3.1	+4.2	+7.3	+3.5	+0.2	+2.1	-3.6	-1.9	+5.7	+9.5	+.207		+3.0		+0.1	+0.3	+.222
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

Season 4
	Kevin Garnett	J.R. Smith
Season	1998-99	2007-08
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Nuggets Lost West 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		%
Kevin Garnett	47	37.9	20.8	3.5	6.9	10.4	4.3	1.7	1.8	2.9	3.2	8.8	19.1	.460	0.1	0.3	.286	3.1	4.4	.704
difference:	+27	+18.7	+8.5	+2.9	+5.4	+8.3	+2.6	+0.9	+1.6	-1.4	-1.3	+4.6	+10.0	+.001	+2.0	+5.0	+.117	+1.4	+2.0	+.015
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Garnett	4	42.5	21.8	4.0	8.0	12.0	3.8	1.8	2.0	3.3	2.5	8.8	19.8	.443	0.0	0.5	.000	4.3	5.8	.739
difference:		+15.5	+3.5	+3.7	+6.5	+10.2	+2.0	+0.8	+2.0	-2.0	-0.5	+3.0	+9.0	+.092	+1.8	+5.0	+.318	+0.7	+0.2	+.094
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

Season 5
	Kevin Garnett	J.R. Smith
Season	1999-00	2008-09
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Nuggets Lost West 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		%
Kevin Garnett	81	40.0	22.9	2.8	9.0	11.8	5.0	1.5	1.6	3.3	2.5	9.4	18.8	.497	0.4	1.0	.370	3.8	5.0	.765
difference:		+12.3	+7.7	+2.3	+5.9	+8.1	+2.2	+0.5	+1.4	-1.4	-0.2	+4.2	+7.1	+.051	+1.8	+4.6	+.027	+1.3	+1.6	+.011
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Garnett	4	42.5	18.8	3.3	7.5	10.8	8.8	1.3	0.8	2.8	3.0	7.5	19.5	.385	0.5	0.8	.667	3.3	4.0	.813
difference:	+12	+15.3	+3.9	+2.6	+4.9	+7.5	+6.0	+0.2	+0.5	-1.2	-0.2	+2.0	+7.4	+.069	+1.9	+5.8	+.309	+1.7	+1.1	+.270
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

Season 6
	Kevin Garnett	J.R. Smith
Season	2000-01	2009-10
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Kevin Garnett	81	39.5	22.0	2.7	8.7	11.4	5.0	1.4	1.8	2.8	2.5	8.7	18.2	.477	0.2	0.8	.288	4.4	5.8	.764
difference:	+6	+11.7	+6.6	+2.3	+6.0	+8.3	+2.6	+0.1	+1.5	-0.9	-0.2	+3.0	+4.4	+.063	+1.9	+5.4	+.050	+2.5	+3.1	+.058
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Garnett	4	41.3	21.0	2.5	9.5	12.0	4.3	1.0	1.5	1.5	3.3	6.8	14.5	.466	0.0	0.8	.000	7.5	9.0	.833
difference:	+2	+14.8	+9.8	+1.7	+6.5	+8.2	+2.6	+0.3	+1.2	-0.5	-0.5	+3.3	+5.0	+.098	+1.8	+4.4	+.355	+5.2	+6.3	+.042
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

Season 7
	Kevin Garnett	J.R. Smith
Season	2001-02	2010-11
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Nuggets 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		%
Kevin Garnett	81	39.2	21.2	3.0	9.1	12.1	5.2	1.2	1.6	2.8	2.3	8.1	17.3	.470	0.5	1.4	.319	4.4	5.5	.801
difference:	+2	+14.3	+8.9	+2.4	+5.6	+8.0	+3.0		+1.4	-1.5	-0.1	+3.8	+7.4	+.035	+1.1	+2.6	+.071	+2.3	+2.7	+.063
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Garnett	3	43.3	24.0	5.3	13.3	18.7	5.0	1.7	1.7	4.0	3.7	8.0	18.7	.429	0.3	0.7	.500	7.7	10.7	.719
difference:	+2	+28.1	+14.2	+5.1	+11.5	+16.7	+4.0	+1.3	+1.7	-2.4	-2.1	+4.8	+9.7	+.073	+1.5	+3.5	+.071	+6.1	+8.5	+.008
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

Season 8
	Kevin Garnett	J.R. Smith
Season	2002-03	2011-12
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Kevin Garnett	82	40.5	23.0	3.0	10.5	13.4	6.0	1.4	1.6	2.8	2.4	9.1	18.1	.502	0.2	0.9	.282	4.6	6.1	.751
difference:	+47	+12.9	+10.5	+2.2	+7.4	+9.5	+3.6	+0.1	+1.4	-1.5	-0.1	+4.4	+6.5	+.095	+1.7	+4.6	+.065	+3.5	+4.5	+.042
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Garnett	6	44.0	27.0	1.8	13.8	15.7	5.2	1.7	1.7	3.0	3.8	11.8	23.0	.514	0.5	1.5	.333	2.8	4.7	.607
difference:	+1	+9.0	+14.8	+1.4	+11.6	+13.1	+3.0	+0.5	+1.5	-0.8		+7.0	+7.8	+.198	+0.5	+4.1	+.154	+1.2	+3.1	+.393
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

Season 9
	Kevin Garnett	J.R. Smith
Season	2003-04	2012-13
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	Sixth Man of the Year
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf Finals	Knicks 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		%
Kevin Garnett	82	39.4	24.2	3.0	10.9	13.9	5.0	1.5	2.2	2.6	2.5	9.8	19.6	.499	0.1	0.5	.256	4.5	5.7	.791
difference:	+2	+5.9	+6.1	+2.2	+6.4	+8.6	+2.3	+0.2	+1.9	-0.9	-0.3	+3.2	+4.0	+.077	+1.8	+5.0	+.100	+1.5	+1.8	+.029
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Garnett	18	43.5	24.3	2.2	12.4	14.6	5.1	1.3	2.3	4.2	3.2	9.3	20.7	.452	0.3	0.9	.313	5.4	6.9	.776
difference:	+7	+11.6	+10.0	+1.7	+8.2	+9.9	+3.7	+0.3	+1.8	-2.4	-0.7	+4.4	+5.9	+.121	+1.3	+5.1	+.040	+2.6	+3.0	+.055
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

Season 10
	Kevin Garnett	J.R. Smith
Season	2004-05	2013-14
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
Kevin Garnett	82	38.1	22.2	3.0	10.5	13.5	5.7	1.5	1.4	2.7	2.5	8.3	16.6	.502	0.1	0.3	.240	5.4	6.7	.811
difference:	+8	+5.4	+7.7	+2.5	+7.0	+9.5	+2.7	+0.6	+1.1	-1.2	-0.1	+2.9	+3.7	+.087	+2.5	+6.2	+.154	+4.2	+4.8	+.159
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
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Kevin Garnett nor J.R. Smith played in the postseason in their season 10

Season 11
	Kevin Garnett	J.R. Smith
Season	2005-06	2014-15
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	New York Knicks, Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals

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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		%
Kevin Garnett	76	38.9	21.8	2.8	9.9	12.7	4.1	1.4	1.4	2.4	2.7	8.2	15.7	.526	0.1	0.4	.267	5.2	6.4	.810
difference:	+6	+9.2	+9.7	+2.4	+7.2	+9.6	+1.3	+0.2	+1.1	-1.0	-0.4	+3.7	+4.9	+.109	+2.2	+5.7	+.116	+4.4	+5.4	+.060
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Garnett	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Season 12
	Kevin Garnett	J.R. Smith
Season	2006-07	2015-16
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Kevin Garnett	76	39.4	22.4	2.4	10.4	12.8	4.1	1.2	1.7	2.7	2.4	8.4	17.6	.476	0.2	0.7	.214	5.5	6.6	.835
difference:	+1	+8.7	+10.0	+1.8	+8.1	+10.0	+2.4	+0.1	+1.4	-1.9	-0.2	+3.8	+6.6	+.061	+2.4	+5.9	+.186	+4.9	+5.7	+.201
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Garnett	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Season 13
	Kevin Garnett	J.R. Smith
Season	2007-08	2016-17
Team	Boston Celtics	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals

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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		%
Kevin Garnett	71	32.8	18.8	1.9	7.3	9.2	3.4	1.4	1.3	1.9	2.3	7.5	13.9	.539	0.0	0.2	.000	3.8	4.7	.801
difference:	+30	+3.8	+10.2	+1.5	+5.0	+6.4	+1.9	+0.4	+1.0	-1.3	-0.4	+4.5	+5.2	+.193	+2.3	+6.4	+.351	+3.6	+4.3	+.134
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Garnett	26	38.0	20.4	2.8	7.8	10.5	3.3	1.3	1.1	2.1	2.8	8.3	16.8	.495	0.1	0.3	.250	3.6	4.5	.810
difference:	+8	+10.9	+12.3	+2.5	+5.7	+8.2	+2.6	+0.6	+0.8	-1.4	-0.5	+5.5	+11.3	+.010	+2.1	+4.1	+.250	+3.3	+3.9	+.355
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

Season 14
	Kevin Garnett	J.R. Smith
Season	2008-09	2017-18
Team	Boston Celtics	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals

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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		%
Kevin Garnett	57	31.1	15.8	1.4	7.1	8.5	2.5	1.1	1.2	1.6	2.2	6.9	13.0	.531	0.0	0.1	.250	1.9	2.3	.841
difference:	+23	+3.0	+7.5	+1.0	+4.5	+5.6	+0.7	+0.2	+1.1	-0.6	-0.2	+3.9	+5.6	+.128	+1.8	+4.7	+.125	+1.4	+1.6	+.145
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Garnett	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Season 15
	Kevin Garnett	J.R. Smith
Season	2009-10	2018-19
Team	Boston Celtics	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Kevin Garnett	69	29.9	14.3	1.1	6.2	7.3	2.7	1.0	0.8	1.5	2.5	5.8	11.2	.521	0.0	0.1	.200	2.7	3.2	.837
difference:	+58	+9.7	+7.6	+1.1	+4.6	+5.7	+0.8		+0.5	-0.5	-0.8	+3.3	+4.0	+.179	+1.1	+3.4	+.108	+2.0	+2.3	+.037
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Garnett	23	33.3	15.0	1.4	6.0	7.4	2.5	1.1	0.9	1.3	3.2	6.5	13.1	.495	0.0	0.1	.000	2.0	2.4	.839
J.R. Smith	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 16
	Kevin Garnett	J.R. Smith
Season	2010-11	2019-20
Team	Boston Celtics	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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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		%
Kevin Garnett	71	31.3	14.9	1.2	7.7	8.9	2.4	1.3	0.8	1.6	2.1	6.1	11.6	.528	0.0	0.1	.200	2.6	3.1	.862
difference:	+65	+18.1	+12.1	+1.2	+6.9	+8.1	+1.9	+1.1	+0.8	-0.9	-1.3	+4.9	+7.9	+.210	+0.2	+1.7	+.109	+2.3	+2.8	+.138
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Garnett	9	36.4	14.9	2.3	8.6	10.9	2.6	1.9	1.0	2.1	3.0	6.2	14.1	.441	0.0	0.1	.000	2.4	3.2	.759
difference:	+1	+28.9	+12.9	+2.3	+8.3	+10.6	+2.3	+1.7	+1.0	-1.4	-1.9	+5.5	+11.5	+.172	+0.6	+2.1	+.273	+2.4	+3.2
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	-

Additional Years
* Kevin Garnett played 5 seasons more than J.R. Smith in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 17 to 21, from 2012 to 2016—Kevin Garnett played in 3 Playoffs. In those 5 extra years over J.R. Smith, Kevin Garnett got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Defensive Second Team 1 All-Star Game