Marcus Smart vs. Darrell Walker Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Darrell Walker and Marcus Smart, 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

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.

Marcus Smart and Darrell Walker both played 10 years in the NBA. Marcus Smart had the first of his seasons in 2014-15, while Darrell Walker had his rookie season in 1983-84. 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 achivements, 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
Marcus Smart	10	9	2014-15 to 2023-24
Darrell Walker	10	5	1983-84 to 1992-93

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Marcus Smart	Darrell Walker
Season	2014-15	1983-84
Team	Boston Celtics	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Marcus Smart	67	27.0	7.8	0.9	2.4	3.3	3.1	1.5	0.3	1.3	2.6	2.6	7.1	.367	1.4	4.1	.335	1.2	1.9	.646
Darrell Walker	82	16.1	7.9	0.9	1.1	2.0	3.5	1.5	0.2	2.4	2.5	2.6	6.3	.417	0.0	0.2	.267	2.5	3.2	.791

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Marcus Smart	4	22.5	9.8	1.3	1.5	2.8	1.3	0.3	0.3	1.0	3.0	3.5	7.3	.483	0.8	3.3	.231	2.0	3.8	.533
Darrell Walker	12	16.3	6.8	1.7	1.3	2.9	1.7	2.0	0.2	2.7	2.4	2.3	6.1	.370	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	3.8	.609


Season 2
	Marcus Smart	Darrell Walker
Season	2015-16	1984-85
Team	Boston Celtics	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Marcus Smart	61	27.3	9.1	1.2	2.9	4.2	3.0	1.5	0.3	1.3	3.0	3.0	8.7	.348	1.0	4.0	.253	2.1	2.7	.777
Darrell Walker	82	30.4	13.5	1.6	1.8	3.4	5.0	2.0	0.3	2.5	3.0	5.2	12.1	.435	0.0	0.2	.000	3.0	4.2	.700

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Marcus Smart	6	32.2	12.0	1.3	3.2	4.5	3.0	1.7	0.8	2.5	2.8	3.7	10.0	.367	1.8	5.3	.344	2.8	3.5	.810
Darrell Walker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Marcus Smart	Darrell Walker
Season	2016-17	1985-86
Team	Boston Celtics	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Marcus Smart	79	30.4	10.6	1.0	2.9	3.9	4.6	1.6	0.4	2.0	2.4	3.4	9.5	.359	1.2	4.2	.283	2.6	3.2	.812
Darrell Walker	81	25.0	10.3	1.2	1.5	2.7	4.2	1.8	0.4	2.4	2.7	4.0	9.3	.430	0.0	0.1	.000	2.3	3.4	.686

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Marcus Smart	18	29.9	8.6	1.3	3.4	4.7	4.7	1.5	0.9	2.1	2.8	2.6	7.4	.351	1.6	4.1	.397	1.8	2.8	.640
Darrell Walker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Marcus Smart	Darrell Walker
Season	2017-18	1986-87
Team	Boston Celtics	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Marcus Smart	54	29.9	10.2	0.8	2.7	3.5	4.8	1.3	0.4	2.4	2.5	3.5	9.5	.367	1.4	4.6	.301	1.8	2.5	.729
Darrell Walker	81	24.9	12.2	1.9	2.1	4.0	3.5	1.5	0.5	2.3	2.8	4.4	9.2	.482	0.0	0.0	.000	3.4	4.5	.745

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Marcus Smart	15	29.9	9.8	0.9	2.8	3.7	5.3	1.7	0.7	2.4	2.9	3.2	9.5	.336	1.0	4.5	.221	2.4	3.3	.735
Darrell Walker	3	22.7	8.7	1.0	2.3	3.3	1.7	0.7	0.0	1.3	1.3	3.7	11.3	.324	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	2.3	.571


Season 5
	Marcus Smart	Darrell Walker
Season	2018-19	1987-88
Team	Boston Celtics	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	Bullets Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Marcus Smart	80	27.5	8.9	0.7	2.2	2.9	4.0	1.8	0.4	1.5	2.5	3.0	7.1	.422	1.6	4.3	.364	1.3	1.6	.806
Darrell Walker	52	18.1	6.0	0.8	1.6	2.4	1.9	1.2	0.2	1.3	2.0	2.2	5.6	.392	0.0	0.1	.000	1.6	2.0	.781

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Marcus Smart	2	16.0	3.5	2.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	1.5	0.0	1.5	1.5	0.5	5.5	.091	0.5	5.5	.091	2.0	3.0	.667
Darrell Walker	5	31.0	11.0	1.8	3.0	4.8	2.8	1.4	0.8	1.8	3.6	4.4	10.8	.407	0.0	0.2	.000	2.2	3.2	.688


Season 6
	Marcus Smart	Darrell Walker
Season	2019-20	1988-89
Team	Boston Celtics	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Marcus Smart	60	32.0	12.9	0.7	3.1	3.8	4.9	1.7	0.5	1.7	2.7	4.3	11.4	.375	2.3	6.6	.347	2.1	2.5	.836
Darrell Walker	79	32.5	9.0	1.7	4.7	6.4	6.3	2.0	0.3	2.3	2.7	3.6	8.6	.420	0.0	0.1	.000	1.8	2.3	.772

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Marcus Smart	17	38.1	14.5	0.6	4.6	5.2	4.6	1.2	0.5	2.6	3.2	4.6	11.6	.394	2.4	7.2	.333	2.9	3.3	.875
Darrell Walker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Marcus Smart	Darrell Walker
Season	2020-21	1989-90
Team	Boston Celtics	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Marcus Smart	48	32.9	13.1	0.8	2.7	3.5	5.7	1.5	0.5	2.0	2.6	4.2	10.6	.398	1.9	5.9	.330	2.7	3.4	.790
Darrell Walker	81	35.6	9.5	2.1	6.7	8.8	8.0	1.7	0.4	2.1	2.7	3.9	8.6	.454	0.0	0.3	.095	1.7	2.5	.687

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Marcus Smart	5	36.6	17.8	0.8	3.6	4.4	6.0	1.0	0.2	2.8	2.8	5.8	13.2	.439	3.2	8.6	.372	3.0	4.2	.714
Darrell Walker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Marcus Smart	Darrell Walker
Season	2021-22	1990-91
Team	Boston Celtics	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Honors & Awards	Defensive Player of the Year	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost NBA Finals	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Marcus Smart	71	32.3	12.1	0.6	3.2	3.8	5.9	1.7	0.3	2.2	2.3	4.2	10.1	.418	1.7	5.1	.331	2.0	2.5	.793
Darrell Walker	71	32.5	7.8	2.0	5.0	7.0	6.5	1.1	0.5	2.2	2.8	3.2	7.5	.430	0.0	0.1	.000	1.3	2.2	.604

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Marcus Smart	21	36.2	15.4	1.0	3.6	4.5	5.9	1.2	0.2	2.5	3.4	5.4	13.3	.405	2.3	6.5	.350	2.4	3.0	.806
Darrell Walker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Marcus Smart	Darrell Walker
Season	2022-23	1991-92
Team	Boston Celtics	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Marcus Smart	61	32.1	11.5	0.8	2.4	3.1	6.3	1.5	0.4	2.3	2.8	4.1	9.9	.415	1.9	5.6	.336	1.4	1.9	.746
Darrell Walker	74	20.8	5.2	1.1	2.1	3.2	2.8	0.9	0.2	1.1	1.8	2.2	5.1	.423	0.0	0.1	.000	0.9	1.4	.619

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Marcus Smart	20	34.0	14.9	1.1	3.0	4.0	5.1	1.3	0.3	2.3	1.9	5.1	11.2	.453	2.2	6.1	.361	2.6	3.3	.800
Darrell Walker	5	13.6	2.0	1.0	1.4	2.4	0.8	0.2	0.0	1.0	1.4	0.6	1.8	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	0.8	1.000


Season 10
	Marcus Smart	Darrell Walker
Season	2023-24	1992-93
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Detroit Pistons, Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Marcus Smart	20	30.3	14.5	0.3	2.4	2.7	4.3	2.1	0.3	3.1	2.7	5.1	11.9	.430	2.1	6.7	.313	2.2	2.8	.768
Darrell Walker	37	13.8	2.2	0.6	1.0	1.6	1.4	0.9	0.1	0.7	1.7	0.9	2.6	.354	0.0	0.0	.000	0.3	0.7	.462

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Marcus Smart	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Darrell Walker	9	2.4	0.4	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.4	.250	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.3	.667

Marcus Smart vs. Darrell Walker Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Darrell Walker and Marcus Smart, 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

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10