Norman Powell vs. Derek Smith Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Derek Smith and Norman Powell, 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.

Norman Powell and Derek Smith both played 9 years in the NBA. Norman Powell had the first of his seasons in 2015-16, while Derek Smith had his rookie season in 1982-83. 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
Norman Powell	9	8	2015-16 to 2023-24
Derek Smith	9	3	1982-83 to 1990-91

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Norman Powell	Derek Smith
Season	2015-16	1982-83
Team	Toronto Raptors	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Raptors 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		%
Norman Powell	49	14.8	5.6	0.3	1.9	2.3	1.0	0.6	0.2	0.7	1.2	2.0	4.7	.424	0.7	1.8	.404	0.9	1.1	.811
Derek Smith	27	5.7	2.2	0.4	1.0	1.4	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.4	1.5	0.8	1.9	.412	0.0	0.1	.000	0.6	0.9	.680

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Norman Powell	18	11.4	3.8	0.2	1.3	1.5	0.3	0.7	0.1	0.3	1.0	1.5	3.9	.386	0.4	1.4	.269	0.4	0.4	.875
Derek Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Norman Powell	Derek Smith
Season	2016-17	1983-84
Team	Toronto Raptors	San Diego Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Norman Powell	76	18.0	8.4	0.3	1.9	2.2	1.1	0.7	0.2	0.9	1.7	3.0	6.7	.449	0.7	2.3	.324	1.7	2.1	.792
Derek Smith	61	21.3	9.8	0.9	1.9	2.8	1.3	0.5	0.4	1.3	2.7	3.9	7.1	.546	0.0	0.1	.167	2.0	2.7	.755

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Norman Powell	9	25.2	11.7	0.6	2.6	3.1	1.6	1.1	0.3	1.7	2.8	3.9	9.1	.427	1.7	3.8	.441	2.2	2.7	.833
Derek Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Norman Powell	Derek Smith
Season	2017-18	1984-85
Team	Toronto Raptors	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Norman Powell	70	15.2	5.5	0.2	1.5	1.7	1.3	0.5	0.2	0.9	1.6	2.1	5.3	.401	0.8	2.7	.285	0.5	0.6	.821
Derek Smith	80	34.5	22.1	2.2	3.2	5.3	2.7	1.0	0.7	2.9	4.0	8.5	15.9	.537	0.0	0.2	.158	5.0	6.3	.794

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Norman Powell	6	6.7	2.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.7	0.7	2.3	.286	0.2	1.2	.143	0.5	0.7	.750
Derek Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Norman Powell	Derek Smith
Season	2018-19	1985-86
Team	Toronto Raptors	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Norman Powell	60	18.8	8.6	0.3	2.1	2.3	1.5	0.7	0.2	1.1	1.6	3.2	6.7	.483	1.1	2.8	.400	1.0	1.3	.827
Derek Smith	11	30.8	23.5	1.8	1.9	3.7	2.8	0.8	1.2	3.0	3.2	9.1	16.5	.552	0.1	0.2	.500	5.3	7.6	.690

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Norman Powell	23	15.9	6.5	0.2	2.0	2.2	1.1	0.4	0.0	0.5	1.3	2.4	5.5	.444	1.0	2.7	.387	0.6	0.8	.737
Derek Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Norman Powell	Derek Smith
Season	2019-20	1986-87
Team	Toronto Raptors	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Norman Powell	52	28.4	16.0	0.5	3.2	3.7	1.8	1.2	0.4	1.5	2.1	5.7	11.5	.495	2.1	5.3	.399	2.5	2.9	.843
Derek Smith	52	31.9	16.6	1.2	2.3	3.5	3.9	0.9	0.4	2.4	3.5	6.5	14.6	.446	0.2	0.6	.273	3.4	4.4	.781

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Norman Powell	11	24.8	13.4	0.4	2.0	2.4	1.0	0.5	0.3	1.0	2.6	4.6	9.5	.490	2.0	4.7	.423	2.1	2.6	.793
Derek Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Norman Powell	Derek Smith
Season	2020-21	1987-88
Team	Toronto Raptors, Portland Trail Blazers	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West 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		%
Norman Powell	69	32.0	18.6	0.6	2.5	3.1	1.9	1.2	0.3	1.7	2.3	6.3	13.3	.477	2.5	6.0	.411	3.4	3.9	.871
Derek Smith	35	25.7	12.7	1.0	1.9	2.9	2.5	0.6	0.5	1.4	3.1	5.0	10.4	.478	0.2	0.7	.348	2.5	3.2	.770

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Norman Powell	6	36.0	17.0	0.5	1.7	2.2	2.0	0.8	1.0	1.2	2.8	6.3	12.7	.500	1.7	4.3	.385	2.7	3.0	.889
Derek Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Norman Powell	Derek Smith
Season	2021-22	1988-89
Team	Portland Trail Blazers, Los Angeles Clippers	Sacramento Kings, Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers 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		%
Norman Powell	45	32.4	19.0	0.4	2.8	3.2	2.1	0.9	0.5	1.5	2.4	6.2	13.4	.461	2.4	5.6	.419	4.2	5.2	.811
Derek Smith	65	19.9	8.7	0.9	1.6	2.6	2.0	0.7	0.4	1.4	2.5	3.3	7.6	.435	0.1	0.5	.226	2.0	2.9	.686

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Norman Powell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Derek Smith	3	16.0	6.3	0.7	1.7	2.3	1.0	0.3	0.0	2.0	3.0	3.0	4.7	.643	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.7	.500


Season 8
	Norman Powell	Derek Smith
Season	2022-23	1989-90
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	76ers 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		%
Norman Powell	60	26.1	17.0	0.4	2.5	2.9	1.8	0.8	0.3	1.7	2.1	5.7	11.8	.479	1.9	4.8	.397	3.8	4.6	.812
Derek Smith	75	18.7	8.9	0.8	1.5	2.3	1.5	0.5	0.3	1.1	2.6	3.5	6.9	.508	0.2	0.5	.444	1.7	2.5	.699

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Norman Powell	5	33.4	21.8	0.8	2.2	3.0	2.2	0.8	0.4	1.6	3.2	7.2	15.2	.474	2.6	6.4	.406	4.8	6.2	.774
Derek Smith	1	15.0	11.0	0.0	0.0	0	1.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	3.0	5.0	8.0	.625	0.0	1.0	.000	1.0	2.0	.500


Season 9
	Norman Powell	Derek Smith
Season	2023-24	1990-91
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Celtics 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		%
Norman Powell	76	26.2	13.9	0.2	2.4	2.6	1.1	0.6	0.3	0.9	1.8	4.9	10.1	.486	2.2	5.1	.435	1.9	2.3	.831
Derek Smith	2	8.0	2.5	0.0	0.0	0	2.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	1.5	0.5	2.0	.250	0.0	0.5	.000	1.5	2.0	.750

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Norman Powell	6	29.8	12.8	0.5	2.3	2.8	0.3	0.5	0.0	1.2	3.3	4.3	10.2	.426	2.2	4.8	.448	2.0	2.5	.800
Derek Smith	10	8.6	2.9	0.2	0.7	0.9	0.5	0.3	0.1	0.8	2.0	0.9	2.1	.429	0.0	0.1	.000	1.1	1.4	.786

Norman Powell vs. Derek Smith Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Derek Smith and Norman Powell, 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