Marcus Smart vs. Jay Vincent Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jay Vincent 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 played 10 years in the NBA, 1 more than Jay Vincent, who played 9. Marcus Smart had the first of his seasons in 2014-15, while Jay Vincent had his rookie season in 1981-82. 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
Jay Vincent	9	6	1981-82 to 1989-90

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Marcus Smart	Jay Vincent
Season	2014-15	1981-82
Team	Boston Celtics	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
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	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
Jay Vincent	81	32.4	21.4	2.2	4.7	7.0	2.2	1.1	0.3	2.4	3.8	8.9	17.9	.497	0.0	0.0	.250	3.6	5.0	.716

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
Jay Vincent	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Marcus Smart	Jay Vincent
Season	2015-16	1982-83
Team	Boston Celtics	Dallas Mavericks
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
Jay Vincent	81	33.7	18.7	2.7	4.6	7.3	2.6	0.9	0.6	2.3	3.6	7.7	15.7	.489	0.0	0.0	.000	3.3	4.2	.784

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
Jay Vincent	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Marcus Smart	Jay Vincent
Season	2016-17	1983-84
Team	Boston Celtics	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Mavericks Lost West 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	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
Jay Vincent	61	23.3	11.0	1.3	2.7	4.0	1.9	0.5	0.2	1.9	2.6	4.1	9.5	.435	0.0	0.0	.000	2.8	3.5	.781

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
Jay Vincent	10	35.3	15.2	2.9	4.1	7.0	1.9	0.7	0.1	2.5	3.6	4.8	12.4	.387	0.0	0.1	.000	5.6	6.2	.903


Season 4
	Marcus Smart	Jay Vincent
Season	2017-18	1984-85
Team	Boston Celtics	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Mavericks 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
Jay Vincent	79	32.2	18.2	2.3	6.6	8.9	2.1	0.6	0.3	2.2	2.9	6.9	14.4	.479	0.0	0.1	.000	4.4	5.3	.836

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
Jay Vincent	4	33.5	15.5	2.3	3.3	5.5	0.8	1.5	0.8	2.8	4.0	5.0	14.0	.357	0.0	0.0	-	5.5	7.3	.759


Season 5
	Marcus Smart	Jay Vincent
Season	2018-19	1985-86
Team	Boston Celtics	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	Mavericks Lost West 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	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
Jay Vincent	80	24.9	13.8	1.3	3.3	4.6	2.3	0.8	0.3	1.8	2.4	5.5	11.5	.481	0.0	0.0	.000	2.8	3.4	.810

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
Jay Vincent	10	20.4	10.6	1.5	2.4	3.9	1.5	0.4	0.1	1.7	1.9	3.8	9.9	.384	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	3.4	.882


Season 6
	Marcus Smart	Jay Vincent
Season	2019-20	1986-87
Team	Boston Celtics	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	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	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
Jay Vincent	51	27.2	13.3	1.4	2.8	4.1	1.7	0.8	0.3	1.5	2.5	5.4	12.0	.447	0.0	0.1	.000	2.5	3.3	.769

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
Jay Vincent	3	24.0	10.0	0.7	2.3	3.0	1.0	0.7	0.0	1.3	3.3	3.7	10.0	.367	0.0	0.0	-	2.7	3.0	.889


Season 7
	Marcus Smart	Jay Vincent
Season	2020-21	1987-88
Team	Boston Celtics	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Nuggets Lost West 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	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
Jay Vincent	73	24.0	15.4	1.1	3.1	4.2	2.0	0.6	0.4	1.9	2.7	6.1	13.1	.466	0.0	0.1	.250	3.2	3.9	.805

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
Jay Vincent	8	25.0	17.5	1.3	3.4	4.6	0.8	0.6	0.5	1.8	3.1	6.6	13.0	.510	0.0	0.1	.000	4.3	5.0	.850


Season 8
	Marcus Smart	Jay Vincent
Season	2021-22	1988-89
Team	Boston Celtics	Denver Nuggets, San Antonio Spurs
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
Jay Vincent	29	22.3	8.6	1.3	2.5	3.8	0.9	0.2	0.1	1.4	2.2	3.6	8.9	.405	0.0	0.1	.333	1.4	2.1	.667

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
Jay Vincent	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Marcus Smart	Jay Vincent
Season	2022-23	1989-90
Team	Boston Celtics	Philadelphia 76ers, Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Lakers Lost West 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	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
Jay Vincent	41	11.2	5.2	0.5	1.0	1.5	0.4	0.4	0.1	0.8	1.3	2.1	4.5	.470	0.0	0.0	.500	1.0	1.2	.837

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
Jay Vincent	3	2.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.3	0.0	0.7	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 10
	Marcus Smart	Jay Vincent
Season	2023-24	-
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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	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
Jay Vincent	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Marcus Smart	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jay Vincent	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Marcus Smart vs. Jay Vincent Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jay Vincent 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