Marcus Smart vs. J.R. Smith Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of J.R. Smith 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 / Scoring / Stats / Stats Rankings / Games against each other

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 12 years in the NBA, 4 less than J.R. Smith, who played 16. Marcus Smart had the first of his seasons in 2014-15, 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Marcus Smart	12	9	2014-15 to 2025-26
J.R. Smith	16	12	2004-05 to 2019-20

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12


Rookie Season
	Marcus Smart	J.R. Smith
Season	2014-15	2004-05
Team	Boston Celtics	New Orleans Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
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
difference:	+9	+2.5	+2.5	+0.4	+0.9	+1.3	+1.2	+0.8	+0.2	-0.1	-0.8	+1.3	+2.7	+.027	+0.3	+0.4	+.047	+0.3	+0.2	+.043
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
	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
J.R. Smith	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Marcus Smart	J.R. Smith
Season	2015-16	2005-06
Team	Boston Celtics	New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East 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		%
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
difference:	+6	+9.3	+1.4	+0.9	+1.2	+2.2	+1.9	+0.8	+0.2	-0.3	-1.4	+0.4	+2.0	+.045	+0.1	+1.5	+.118	+0.6	+0.9	+.045
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		%
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
J.R. Smith	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Marcus Smart	J.R. Smith
Season	2016-17	2006-07
Team	Boston Celtics	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
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
difference:	+16	+7.1	+2.4	+0.5	+1.1	+1.6	+3.2	+0.8	+0.3	-0.7	-0.1	+1.1	+0.7	+.082	+1.2	+1.9	+.107	+1.0	+1.2	+.002
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		%
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
difference:	+14	+18.1	+4.1	+1.0	+1.4	+2.4	+4.2	+0.5	+0.6	-1.3	-1.3	+1.1	+1.9	+.078	+1.6	+1.1	+.397	+0.3	+1.3	+.360
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
	Marcus Smart	J.R. Smith
Season	2017-18	2007-08
Team	Boston Celtics	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
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
difference:	+20	+10.7	+2.1	+0.2	+1.2	+1.4	+3.1	+0.5	+0.2	-0.9	-0.6	+0.7	+0.4	+.094	+0.7	+0.7	+.102	+0.1	+0.1	+.010
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		%
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
difference:	+11	+2.9	+8.5	+0.6	+1.3	+1.9	+3.5	+0.7	+0.7	-1.1	-0.1	+2.6	+1.3	+.199	+0.8	+1.0	+.097	+2.6	+2.7	+.098
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
	Marcus Smart	J.R. Smith
Season	2018-19	2008-09
Team	Boston Celtics	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
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
difference:	+1	+0.2	+6.3	+0.2	+0.9	+0.8	+1.2	+0.8	+0.2	-0.4	-0.2	+2.2	+4.6	+.024	+0.6	+1.3	+.033	+1.2	+1.8	+.052
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		%
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
difference:	+14	+11.2	+11.4	+1.3	+2.6	+1.3	+0.8	+0.4	+0.3	-0.1	-1.7	+5.0	+6.6	+.363	+1.9	+1.1	+.267	+0.4	+0.1	+.124
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
	Marcus Smart	J.R. Smith
Season	2019-20	2009-10
Team	Boston Celtics	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
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
difference:	+15	+4.2	+2.5	+0.3	+0.4	+0.7	+2.5	+0.4	+0.2	-0.2	-0.4	+1.4	+2.4	+.039	+0.2	+0.4	+.009	+0.2	+0.2	+.130
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		%
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
difference:	+11	+11.6	+3.3	+0.2	+1.6	+1.4	+2.9	+0.5	+0.2	-1.6	-0.4	+1.1	+2.1	+.026	+0.6	+2.0	+.022	+0.6	+0.6
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
	Marcus Smart	J.R. Smith
Season	2020-21	2010-11
Team	Boston Celtics	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East 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		%
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
difference:	+31	+8.0	+0.8	+0.2	+0.8	+0.6	+3.5	+0.3	+0.3	-0.7	-0.4	+0.1	+0.7	+.037	+0.3	+1.9	+.060	+0.6	+0.6	+.052
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		%
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
difference:		+21.4	+8.0	+0.6	+1.8	+2.4	+5.0	+0.6	+0.2	-1.2	-1.2	+2.6	+4.2	+.083	+1.4	+4.4	+.057	+1.4	+2.0	+.013
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
	Marcus Smart	J.R. Smith
Season	2021-22	2011-12
Team	Boston Celtics	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Honors & Awards	Defensive Player of the Year	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost NBA Finals	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		%
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
difference:	+36	+4.7	+0.4	+0.2	+0.1	+0.1	+3.5	+0.2	+0.1	-0.9	-0.2	+0.5	+1.5	+.011	+0.2	+0.4	+.016	+0.9	+0.9	+.084
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		%
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
difference:	+16	+1.2	+3.2	+0.6	+1.4	+1.9	+3.7			-0.3	-0.4	+0.6	+1.9	+.089	+1.3	+0.9	+.171	+0.8	+1.4	+.194
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
	Marcus Smart	J.R. Smith
Season	2022-23	2012-13
Team	Boston Celtics	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	Sixth Man of the Year
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East 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		%
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
difference:	+19	+1.4	+6.6		+2.1	+2.2	+3.6	+0.2	+0.1	-0.6		+2.5	+5.7	+.007		+0.1	+.020	+1.6	+2.0	+.016
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		%
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
difference:	+9	+2.1	+0.6	+0.6	+1.2	+0.7	+3.7	+0.3	+0.2	-0.5	-0.6	+0.2	+3.6	+.122	+0.6	+0.1	+.088	+0.2	+0.6	+.079
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
	Marcus Smart	J.R. Smith
Season	2023-24	2013-14
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
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		%
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
difference:	+54	+2.4		+0.2	+1.1	+1.3	+1.3	+1.2		-1.6	-0.1	+0.3	+1.0	+.015	+0.5	+0.2	+.081	+1.0	+0.9	+.116
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 Marcus Smart nor J.R. Smith played in the postseason in their season 10


Season 11
	Marcus Smart	J.R. Smith
Season	2024-25	2014-15
Team	Memphis Grizzlies, Washington Wizards	New York Knicks, Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
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		%
Marcus Smart	34	20.0	9.0	0.5	1.6	2.1	3.2	1.1	0.3	1.6	1.6	3.0	7.6	.393	1.4	4.1	.348	1.6	2.1	.761
difference:	+36	+9.7	+3.1	+0.1	+1.1	+1.0	+0.4	+0.1		-0.2	-0.7	+1.5	+3.2	+.024	+0.9	+2.0	+.035	+0.8	+1.1	+.011
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		%
Marcus Smart	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
	Marcus Smart	J.R. Smith
Season	2025-26	2015-16
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
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		%
Marcus Smart	13	27.3	9.5	0.5	1.7	2.2	2.9	1.8	0.2	2.0	2.8	3.0	7.5	.398	1.2	4.8	.242	2.3	2.5	.938
difference:	+64	+3.4	+2.9	+0.1	+0.6	+0.6	+1.2	+0.7	+0.1	-1.2	-0.2	+1.6	+3.5	+.017	+1.4	+1.8	+.158	+1.7	+1.6	+.304
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		%
Marcus Smart	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

Additional Years

* J.R. Smith played 4 seasons more than Marcus Smart in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 13 to 16, from 2017 to 2020—J.R. Smith played in 3 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship.

Marcus Smart vs. J.R. Smith Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of J.R. Smith 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.

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Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Season 9

9th Season Stats Comparison

Season 10

10th Season Stats Comparison

Season 11

11th Season Stats Comparison

Season 12

12th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years