Paul George vs. Russ Smith Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Russ Smith and Paul George, 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.
Paul George played 14 years in the NBA, 12 more than Russ Smith, who played 2. Paul George had the first of his seasons in 2010-11, while Russ Smith 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 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 |
Paul George |
14 |
11 |
2010-11 to 2023-24 |
Russ Smith |
2 |
1 |
2014-15 to 2015-16 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Paul George |
61 |
20.7 |
7.8 |
0.6 |
3.1 |
3.7 |
1.1 |
1.0 |
0.4 |
1.1 |
2.1 |
2.9 |
6.5 |
.453 |
0.7 |
2.3 |
.297 |
1.3 |
1.7 |
.762 |
Russ Smith |
12 |
5.4 |
2.5 |
0.1 |
0.4 |
0.5 |
0.7 |
0.3 |
0.0 |
1.0 |
1.1 |
0.7 |
2.1 |
.320 |
0.2 |
0.9 |
.182 |
1.0 |
1.1 |
.923 |
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Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Paul George |
5 |
26.6 |
6.0 |
1.0 |
4.0 |
5.0 |
1.0 |
1.4 |
2.0 |
1.4 |
2.2 |
2.0 |
6.6 |
.303 |
0.6 |
2.6 |
.231 |
1.4 |
1.6 |
.875 |
Russ Smith |
2 |
1.5 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0 |
1.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Paul George |
66 |
29.7 |
12.1 |
0.8 |
4.8 |
5.6 |
2.4 |
1.6 |
0.6 |
1.8 |
2.9 |
4.3 |
9.7 |
.440 |
1.4 |
3.5 |
.385 |
2.2 |
2.8 |
.802 |
Russ Smith |
15 |
4.4 |
1.5 |
0.1 |
0.5 |
0.6 |
0.7 |
0.3 |
0.1 |
0.5 |
0.3 |
0.5 |
1.5 |
.318 |
0.1 |
0.3 |
.200 |
0.5 |
0.9 |
.615 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Paul George |
11 |
33.7 |
9.7 |
1.4 |
5.3 |
6.6 |
2.4 |
1.6 |
0.4 |
1.9 |
2.9 |
3.4 |
8.6 |
.389 |
1.0 |
3.7 |
.268 |
2.0 |
2.5 |
.786 |
Russ Smith |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Paul George |
79 |
37.6 |
17.4 |
1.1 |
6.5 |
7.6 |
4.1 |
1.8 |
0.6 |
2.9 |
2.9 |
6.2 |
14.9 |
.419 |
2.2 |
5.9 |
.362 |
2.8 |
3.5 |
.807 |
Russ Smith |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Paul George |
19 |
41.1 |
19.2 |
0.8 |
6.6 |
7.4 |
5.1 |
1.3 |
0.5 |
3.9 |
3.8 |
6.3 |
14.6 |
.430 |
1.8 |
5.5 |
.327 |
4.9 |
6.7 |
.727 |
Russ Smith |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Paul George |
80 |
36.2 |
21.7 |
0.8 |
6.0 |
6.8 |
3.5 |
1.9 |
0.3 |
2.8 |
2.5 |
7.2 |
17.0 |
.424 |
2.3 |
6.3 |
.364 |
5.0 |
5.8 |
.864 |
Russ Smith |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Paul George |
19 |
41.1 |
22.6 |
0.7 |
6.9 |
7.6 |
3.8 |
2.2 |
0.4 |
2.6 |
2.9 |
7.3 |
16.6 |
.438 |
2.7 |
6.8 |
.403 |
5.3 |
6.7 |
.789 |
Russ Smith |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Paul George |
6 |
15.2 |
8.8 |
0.7 |
3.0 |
3.7 |
1.0 |
0.8 |
0.2 |
2.0 |
1.8 |
3.0 |
8.2 |
.367 |
1.5 |
3.7 |
.409 |
1.3 |
1.8 |
.727 |
Russ Smith |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Paul George |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Russ Smith |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Paul George |
81 |
34.8 |
23.1 |
1.0 |
6.0 |
7.0 |
4.1 |
1.9 |
0.4 |
3.3 |
2.8 |
7.5 |
17.9 |
.418 |
2.6 |
7.0 |
.371 |
5.6 |
6.5 |
.860 |
Russ Smith |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Paul George |
7 |
39.3 |
27.3 |
1.3 |
6.3 |
7.6 |
4.3 |
2.0 |
0.7 |
3.3 |
3.4 |
8.0 |
17.6 |
.455 |
2.6 |
6.1 |
.419 |
8.7 |
9.1 |
.953 |
Russ Smith |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Paul George |
75 |
35.9 |
23.7 |
0.8 |
5.8 |
6.6 |
3.3 |
1.6 |
0.4 |
2.9 |
2.7 |
8.3 |
18.0 |
.461 |
2.6 |
6.6 |
.393 |
4.5 |
5.0 |
.898 |
Russ Smith |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Paul George |
4 |
43.0 |
28.0 |
1.3 |
7.5 |
8.8 |
7.3 |
1.8 |
0.5 |
3.3 |
3.3 |
8.5 |
22.0 |
.386 |
4.5 |
10.5 |
.429 |
6.5 |
7.5 |
.867 |
Russ Smith |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Paul George |
79 |
36.6 |
21.9 |
0.9 |
4.7 |
5.7 |
3.3 |
2.0 |
0.5 |
2.7 |
2.9 |
7.3 |
17.0 |
.430 |
3.1 |
7.7 |
.401 |
4.3 |
5.2 |
.822 |
Russ Smith |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Paul George |
6 |
41.8 |
24.7 |
0.7 |
5.3 |
6.0 |
2.7 |
1.3 |
0.7 |
4.0 |
2.8 |
8.2 |
20.0 |
.408 |
3.2 |
8.7 |
.365 |
5.2 |
6.0 |
.861 |
Russ Smith |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Paul George |
77 |
36.9 |
28.0 |
1.4 |
6.8 |
8.2 |
4.1 |
2.2 |
0.4 |
2.7 |
2.8 |
9.2 |
21.0 |
.438 |
3.8 |
9.8 |
.386 |
5.9 |
7.0 |
.839 |
Russ Smith |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Paul George |
5 |
40.8 |
28.6 |
1.2 |
7.4 |
8.6 |
3.6 |
1.4 |
0.2 |
4.2 |
4.2 |
8.8 |
20.2 |
.436 |
3.0 |
9.4 |
.319 |
8.0 |
9.8 |
.816 |
Russ Smith |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Paul George |
48 |
29.6 |
21.5 |
0.5 |
5.2 |
5.7 |
3.9 |
1.4 |
0.4 |
2.6 |
2.4 |
7.1 |
16.3 |
.439 |
3.3 |
7.9 |
.412 |
4.0 |
4.5 |
.876 |
Russ Smith |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Paul George |
13 |
36.8 |
20.2 |
1.1 |
5.0 |
6.1 |
3.8 |
1.5 |
0.5 |
3.1 |
3.8 |
6.8 |
17.0 |
.398 |
2.8 |
8.5 |
.333 |
3.8 |
4.2 |
.909 |
Russ Smith |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Paul George |
54 |
33.7 |
23.3 |
0.8 |
5.8 |
6.6 |
5.2 |
1.1 |
0.4 |
3.3 |
2.4 |
8.2 |
17.6 |
.467 |
3.2 |
7.7 |
.411 |
3.7 |
4.2 |
.868 |
Russ Smith |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Paul George |
19 |
40.8 |
26.9 |
0.9 |
8.7 |
9.6 |
5.4 |
1.0 |
0.5 |
3.5 |
3.1 |
8.7 |
19.7 |
.441 |
2.7 |
8.0 |
.336 |
6.8 |
8.1 |
.844 |
Russ Smith |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Paul George |
31 |
34.7 |
24.3 |
0.4 |
6.5 |
6.9 |
5.7 |
2.2 |
0.4 |
4.1 |
2.4 |
8.6 |
20.5 |
.421 |
2.9 |
8.3 |
.354 |
4.1 |
4.8 |
.858 |
Russ Smith |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Paul George |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Russ Smith |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Paul George |
56 |
34.6 |
23.8 |
0.8 |
5.3 |
6.1 |
5.1 |
1.5 |
0.4 |
3.1 |
2.8 |
8.2 |
17.9 |
.457 |
2.8 |
7.6 |
.371 |
4.6 |
5.3 |
.871 |
Russ Smith |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Paul George |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Russ Smith |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Paul George |
74 |
33.8 |
22.6 |
0.5 |
4.7 |
5.2 |
3.5 |
1.5 |
0.5 |
2.1 |
2.7 |
7.9 |
16.7 |
.471 |
3.3 |
7.9 |
.413 |
3.6 |
3.9 |
.907 |
Russ Smith |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Paul George |
6 |
37.0 |
19.5 |
0.5 |
6.3 |
6.8 |
4.8 |
1.2 |
0.5 |
2.3 |
3.7 |
6.5 |
15.8 |
.411 |
3.0 |
8.2 |
.367 |
3.5 |
4.2 |
.840 |
Russ Smith |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |