Norman Powell vs. Marcus Smart Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Marcus Smart 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 / 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.

Norman Powell played 11 years in the NBA, 1 less than Marcus Smart, who played 12. Norman Powell had the first of his seasons in 2015-16, while Marcus Smart had his rookie season in 2014-15. 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
Norman Powell	11	9	2015-16 to 2025-26
Marcus Smart	12	9	2014-15 to 2025-26

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


Rookie Season
	Norman Powell	Marcus Smart
Season	2015-16	2014-15
Team	Toronto Raptors	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf Finals	Celtics Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
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
difference:	+18	+12.2	+2.2	+0.6	+0.5	+1.0	+2.1	+0.9	+0.1	-0.6	-1.4	+0.6	+2.4	+.057	+0.7	+2.3	+.069	+0.3	+0.8	+.165
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

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
difference:	+14	+11.1	+6.0	+1.1	+0.2	+1.3	+1.0	+0.4	+0.2	-0.7	-2.0	+2.0	+3.4	+.097	+0.4	+1.9	+.038	+1.6	+3.4	+.342
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


Season 2
	Norman Powell	Marcus Smart
Season	2016-17	2015-16
Team	Toronto Raptors	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf Semis	Celtics Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
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
difference:	+15	+9.3	+0.7	+0.9	+1.0	+2.0	+1.9	+0.8	+0.1	-0.4	-1.3		+2.0	+.101	+0.3	+1.7	+.071	+0.4	+0.6	+.015
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

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
difference:	+3	+7.0	+0.3	+0.7	+0.6	+1.4	+1.4	+0.6	+0.5	-0.8		+0.2	+0.9	+.060	+0.1	+1.5	+.097	+0.6	+0.8	+.023
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


Season 3
	Norman Powell	Marcus Smart
Season	2017-18	2016-17
Team	Toronto Raptors	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf Semis	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals

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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		%
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
difference:	+9	+15.2	+5.1	+0.8	+1.4	+2.2	+3.3	+1.1	+0.2	-1.1	-0.8	+1.3	+4.2	+.042	+0.4	+1.5	+.002	+2.1	+2.6	+.009
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

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
difference:	+12	+23.2	+6.6	+1.3	+3.1	+4.4	+4.4	+1.5	+0.9	-1.9	-2.1	+1.9	+5.1	+.065	+1.4	+2.9	+.254	+1.3	+2.1	+.110
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


Season 4
	Norman Powell	Marcus Smart
Season	2018-19	2017-18
Team	Toronto Raptors	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals

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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		%
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
difference:	+6	+11.1	+1.6	+0.5	+0.6	+1.2	+3.3	+0.6	+0.2	-1.3	-0.9	+0.3	+2.8	+.116	+0.3	+1.8	+.099	+0.8	+1.2	+.098
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

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
difference:	+8	+14.0	+3.3	+0.7	+0.8	+1.5	+4.2	+1.3	+0.7	-1.9	-1.6	+0.8	+4.0	+.108		+1.8	+.166	+1.8	+2.5	+.002
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


Season 5
	Norman Powell	Marcus Smart
Season	2019-20	2018-19
Team	Toronto Raptors	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf Semis	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
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
difference:	+28	+0.9	+7.1	+0.2	+1.0	+0.8	+2.2	+0.6			-0.4	+2.7	+4.4	+.073	+0.5	+1.0	+.035	+1.2	+1.3	+.037
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

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
difference:	+9	+8.8	+9.9	+1.6	+2.0	+0.4	+1.0	+1.0	+0.3	-0.5	-1.1	+4.1	+4.0	+.399	+1.5	+0.8	+.332	+0.1	+0.4	+.126
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


Season 6
	Norman Powell	Marcus Smart
Season	2020-21	2019-20
Team	Toronto Raptors, Portland Trail Blazers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals

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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		%
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
difference:	+9		+5.7	+0.1	+0.6	+0.7	+3.0	+0.5	+0.2		-0.4	+2.0	+1.9	+.102	+0.2	+0.6	+.064	+1.3	+1.4	+.035
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

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
difference:	+11	+2.1	+2.5	+0.1	+2.9	+3.0	+2.6	+0.4	+0.5	-1.4	-0.4	+1.7	+1.1	+.106	+0.7	+2.9	+.052	+0.2	+0.3	+.014
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


Season 7
	Norman Powell	Marcus Smart
Season	2021-22	2020-21
Team	Portland Trail Blazers, Los Angeles Clippers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics Lost East 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		%
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
difference:	+3	+0.5	+5.9	+0.4	+0.1	+0.3	+3.6	+0.6		-0.5	-0.2	+2.0	+2.8	+.063	+0.5	+0.3	+.089	+1.5	+1.8	+.021
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Norman Powell	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 8
	Norman Powell	Marcus Smart
Season	2022-23	2021-22
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Honors & Awards	-	Defensive Player of the Year
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Celtics Lost NBA Finals

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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		%
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
difference:	+11	+6.2	+4.9	+0.2	+0.7	+0.9	+4.1	+0.9		-0.5	-0.2	+1.5	+1.7	+.061	+0.2	+0.3	+.066	+1.8	+2.1	+.019
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

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
difference:	+16	+2.8	+6.4	+0.2	+1.4	+1.5	+3.7	+0.4	+0.2	-0.9	-0.2	+1.8	+1.9	+.069	+0.3	+0.1	+.056	+2.4	+3.2	+.032
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


Season 9
	Norman Powell	Marcus Smart
Season	2023-24	2022-23
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals

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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		%
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
difference:	+15	+5.9	+2.4	+0.6		+0.5	+5.2	+0.9	+0.1	-1.4	-1.0	+0.8	+0.2	+.071	+0.3	+0.5	+.099	+0.5	+0.4	+.085
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

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
difference:	+14	+4.2	+2.1	+0.6	+0.7	+1.2	+4.8	+0.8	+0.3	-1.1	-1.4	+0.8	+1.0	+.027		+1.3	+.087	+0.6	+0.8
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


Season 10
	Norman Powell	Marcus Smart
Season	2024-25	2023-24
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Norman Powell	60	32.6	21.8	0.4	2.8	3.2	2.1	1.2	0.2	1.8	1.9	7.6	15.8	.484	3.0	7.1	.418	3.6	4.4	.804
difference:	+40	+2.3	+7.3	+0.1	+0.4	+0.5	+2.2	+0.9	+0.1	-1.3	-0.8	+2.5	+3.9	+.054	+0.9	+0.4	+.105	+1.4	+1.6	+.036
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Norman Powell	7	34.0	16.0	0.1	2.3	2.4	2.4	1.1	0.3	1.7	2.1	6.0	12.7	.472	2.0	5.7	.350	2.0	2.6	.778
Marcus Smart	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Norman Powell	Marcus Smart
Season	2025-26	2024-25
Team	Miami Heat	Memphis Grizzlies, Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
Norman Powell	11	31.4	25.5	0.3	3.5	3.8	2.5	1.2	0.2	2.2	2.4	8.0	16.7	.478	3.2	6.9	.461	6.3	6.7	.932
difference:	+23	+11.4	+16.5	+0.2	+1.9	+1.7	+0.7	+0.1	+0.1	-0.6	-0.8	+5.0	+9.1	+.085	+1.8	+2.8	+.113	+4.7	+4.6	+.171
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

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Norman Powell nor Marcus Smart played in the postseason in their season 11

Additional Years

* Marcus Smart played 1 season more than Norman Powell in the NBA.

In that period—his season 12 in 2026—Marcus Smart didn't play in the postseason.

Norman Powell vs. Marcus Smart Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Marcus Smart 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

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

Additional Years