Phil Smith vs. Derrick White Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Derrick White and Phil Smith, 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.

Phil Smith played 9 years in the NBA, 2 more than Derrick White, who played 7. Phil Smith had the first of his seasons in 1974-75, while Derrick White had his rookie season in 2017-18. 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
	Phil Smith	Derrick White
Season	1974-75	2017-18
Team	Golden State Warriors	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Spurs Lost West 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		%
Phil Smith	74	14.3	7.7	0.7	1.2	1.9	1.8	0.8	0.0	-	1.9	3.0	6.3	.476	-	-	-	1.7	2.1	.804
Derrick White	17	8.2	3.2	0.3	1.2	1.5	0.5	0.2	0.2	0.4	0.5	0.9	1.9	.485	0.5	0.8	.615	0.8	1.2	.700
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Phil Smith	16	14.7	6.4	0.4	1.3	1.8	1.9	0.6	0.4	-	1.9	2.4	6.5	.375	-	-	-	1.6	2.5	.625
Derrick White	3	6.0	2.3	0.0	0.0	0	0.3	0.3	0.7	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	.500	0.3	0.7	.500	0.0	0.0	-

Season 2
	Phil Smith	Derrick White
Season	1975-76	2018-19
Team	Golden State Warriors	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf Finals	Spurs Lost West 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		%
Phil Smith	82	34.1	20.0	1.6	3.0	4.6	4.4	1.3	0.2	-	2.7	8.0	16.9	.477	-	-	-	3.9	5.0	.788
Derrick White	67	25.8	9.9	0.5	3.2	3.7	3.9	1.0	0.7	1.4	2.2	3.9	8.1	.479	0.7	2.1	.338	1.4	1.8	.772
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Phil Smith	13	37.9	24.0	1.8	2.9	4.7	4.6	1.6	0.5	-	2.5	9.8	18.8	.518	-	-	-	4.5	6.1	.734
Derrick White	7	27.3	15.1	0.1	2.9	3.0	3.0	0.7	0.7	2.1	2.4	5.9	10.7	.547	0.7	2.4	.294	2.7	3.7	.731

Season 3
	Phil Smith	Derrick White
Season	1976-77	2019-20
Team	Golden State Warriors	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West 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		%
Phil Smith	82	35.1	19.0	1.2	2.8	4.0	4.0	1.2	0.4	-	2.8	7.7	16.1	.479	-	-	-	3.6	4.6	.785
Derrick White	68	24.7	11.3	0.5	2.8	3.3	3.5	0.6	0.9	1.3	2.2	3.7	8.1	.458	1.2	3.2	.366	2.6	3.1	.853
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Phil Smith	10	37.1	14.2	1.0	4.0	5.0	4.5	1.4	0.4	-	2.4	5.3	13.2	.402	-	-	-	3.6	4.5	.800
Derrick White	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Phil Smith	Derrick White
Season	1979-80	2022-23
Team	Golden State Warriors	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics Lost East 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		%
Phil Smith	51	30.4	15.5	0.5	2.3	2.9	3.7	1.2	0.3	2.4	3.0	6.4	13.4	.474	0.1	0.4	.318	2.6	3.4	.789
Derrick White	82	28.3	12.4	0.6	2.9	3.6	3.9	0.7	0.9	1.2	2.2	4.3	9.2	.462	1.8	4.8	.381	2.0	2.3	.875
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Phil Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Derrick White	20	29.7	13.4	0.7	2.3	3.0	2.1	0.6	1.0	0.9	1.9	4.7	9.2	.505	2.5	5.5	.455	1.6	1.7	.912