Markelle Fultz vs. Kenny Smith Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kenny Smith and Markelle Fultz, 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.

Markelle Fultz played 8 years in the NBA, 2 less than Kenny Smith, who played 10. Markelle Fultz had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while Kenny Smith had his rookie season in 1987-88. 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
	Markelle Fultz	Kenny Smith
Season	2017-18	1987-88
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Markelle Fultz	14	18.1	7.1	0.8	2.3	3.1	3.8	0.9	0.3	1.2	1.6	3.2	7.9	.405	0.0	0.1	.000	0.7	1.5	.476
difference:	+47	+17.5	+6.7	+0.1	+0.7	+0.8	+3.3	+0.6	+0.2	-1.8	-0.7	+2.2	+3.5	+.072	+0.2	+0.5	+.308	+2.0	+1.8	+.343
Kenny Smith	61	35.6	13.8	0.7	1.6	2.3	7.1	1.5	0.1	3.0	2.3	5.4	11.4	.477	0.2	0.6	.308	2.7	3.3	.819
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Markelle Fultz	3	7.7	1.7	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.7	0.7	0.0	0.3	1.3	0.3	2.3	.143	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.3	.750
Kenny Smith	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Markelle Fultz	Kenny Smith
Season	2023-24	1993-94
Team	Orlando Magic	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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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		%
Markelle Fultz	43	21.2	7.8	1.3	1.9	3.2	2.8	1.0	0.3	1.2	1.5	3.6	7.6	.472	0.1	0.4	.222	0.5	0.8	.697
difference:	+35	+7.1	+3.8	+1.0	+0.4	+1.4	+1.4	+0.2	+0.2	-0.4	-0.1	+0.8	+1.5	+.008	+1.0	+2.4	+.183	+1.2	+1.2	+.174
Kenny Smith	78	28.3	11.6	0.3	1.5	1.8	4.2	0.8	0.1	1.6	1.6	4.4	9.1	.480	1.1	2.8	.405	1.7	2.0	.871
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Markelle Fultz	7	15.1	6.4	1.0	1.0	2.0	1.1	0.4	0.0	1.1	1.7	2.9	4.9	.588	0.0	0.1	.000	0.7	1.3	.556
difference:	+16	+15.2	+4.4	+0.8	+1.1	+0.3	+3.0	+0.6	+0.2	-0.3		+0.8	+3.3	+.133	+1.5	+3.2	+.447	+1.1	+1.0	+.252
Kenny Smith	23	30.3	10.8	0.2	2.1	2.3	4.1	1.0	0.2	1.4	1.7	3.7	8.2	.455	1.5	3.3	.447	1.8	2.3	.808

Season 8
	Markelle Fultz	Kenny Smith
Season	2024-25	1994-95
Team	Sacramento Kings	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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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		%
Markelle Fultz	21	8.8	2.9	0.3	0.7	1.0	1.3	0.5	0.1	0.7	0.6	1.3	3.2	.418	0.2	0.4	.500	0.0	0.0	-
difference:	+60	+16.3	+7.5		+0.9	+0.9	+2.7	+0.4		-0.8	-0.7	+2.2	+4.1	+.066	+1.6	+3.7	+.071	+1.6	+1.8
Kenny Smith	81	25.1	10.4	0.3	1.6	1.9	4.0	0.9	0.1	1.5	1.3	3.5	7.3	.484	1.8	4.1	.429	1.6	1.8	.851
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Markelle Fultz	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kenny Smith	22	29.6	10.8	0.3	1.9	2.2	4.5	0.6	0.1	1.4	2.1	3.5	8.1	.438	2.1	4.7	.442	1.6	1.8	.900