Marcus Smart vs. Samaki Walker Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Samaki 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.

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 Samaki Walker both played 10 years in the NBA. Marcus Smart had the first of his seasons in 2014-15, while Samaki Walker had his rookie season in 1996-97. 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Marcus Smart	Samaki Walker
Season	2014-15	1996-97
Team	Boston Celtics	Dallas Mavericks
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
Samaki Walker	43	14.0	5.0	1.1	2.3	3.4	0.4	0.3	0.5	0.9	1.7	1.9	4.3	.444	0.0	0.0	.000	1.1	1.7	.649
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
Samaki Walker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Marcus Smart	Samaki Walker
Season	2018-19	2000-01
Team	Boston Celtics	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals

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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
Samaki Walker	61	15.8	5.3	1.1	2.9	4.0	0.5	0.2	0.7	1.1	1.7	2.0	4.1	.480	0.0	0.0	.333	1.3	2.0	.629
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
Samaki Walker	12	6.3	1.2	0.4	0.8	1.2	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.1	1.0	0.4	1.3	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.7	.500

Season 6
	Marcus Smart	Samaki Walker
Season	2019-20	2001-02
Team	Boston Celtics	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	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	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
Samaki Walker	69	24.0	6.7	1.9	5.1	7.0	0.9	0.4	1.3	0.8	2.5	2.7	5.3	.512	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	1.9	.667
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
Samaki Walker	19	12.7	3.3	1.7	2.4	4.1	0.2	0.1	0.3	0.6	2.2	1.3	2.7	.462	0.1	0.1	1.000	0.7	0.9	.765

Season 8
	Marcus Smart	Samaki Walker
Season	2021-22	2003-04
Team	Boston Celtics	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost NBA Finals	Heat 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	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
Samaki Walker	33	12.7	3.2	1.3	2.1	3.4	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.5	1.6	1.2	3.0	.384	0.0	0.1	.000	0.9	1.3	.659
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
Samaki Walker	4	2.5	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-