Raja Bell vs. Marcus Smart Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Marcus Smart and Raja Bell, 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.

Raja Bell played 12 years in the NBA, 2 more than Marcus Smart, who played 10. Raja Bell had the first of his seasons in 2000-01, 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 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
Raja Bell	12	6	2000-01 to 2011-12
Marcus Smart	10	9	2014-15 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Raja Bell	Marcus Smart
Season	2000-01	2014-15
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	76ers Lost NBA Finals	Celtics 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		%
Raja Bell	5	6.0	1.0	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.4	0.2	0.4	1.4	.286	0.2	0.6	.333	0.0	0.0	-
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		%
Raja Bell	15	8.1	2.3	0.3	0.6	0.9	0.5	1.0	0.0	0.3	1.3	0.8	1.8	.444	0.1	0.5	.250	0.5	0.9	.571
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
	Raja Bell	Marcus Smart
Season	2001-02	2015-16
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Celtics 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		%
Raja Bell	74	12.0	3.4	0.4	1.1	1.5	1.0	0.3	0.1	0.6	1.5	1.4	3.2	.429	0.2	0.6	.273	0.5	0.6	.750
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		%
Raja Bell	3	2.3	0.7	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	1.0	.333	0.0	0.7	.000	0.0	0.0	-
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
	Raja Bell	Marcus Smart
Season	2002-03	2016-17
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Raja Bell	75	15.6	3.1	0.6	1.3	1.9	0.8	0.7	0.1	0.6	1.8	1.2	2.8	.441	0.3	0.7	.412	0.3	0.5	.676
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		%
Raja Bell	17	17.8	5.7	0.8	2.2	3.0	1.6	0.3	0.0	0.4	2.4	2.4	4.3	.548	0.4	0.8	.462	0.6	1.2	.550
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
	Raja Bell	Marcus Smart
Season	2003-04	2017-18
Team	Utah Jazz	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
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		%
Raja Bell	82	24.6	11.2	0.7	2.2	2.9	1.3	0.8	0.2	1.4	3.2	4.0	9.8	.409	0.8	2.0	.373	2.4	3.0	.786
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		%
Raja Bell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Raja Bell	Marcus Smart
Season	2004-05	2018-19
Team	Utah Jazz	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Raja Bell	63	28.4	12.3	0.8	2.4	3.2	1.4	0.7	0.1	1.3	3.3	4.8	10.6	.454	0.9	2.1	.403	1.8	2.4	.747
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		%
Raja Bell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Raja Bell	Marcus Smart
Season	2005-06	2019-20
Team	Phoenix Suns	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Raja Bell	79	37.5	14.7	0.6	2.6	3.2	2.6	1.0	0.3	1.1	3.1	5.4	11.8	.457	2.5	5.6	.442	1.5	1.8	.788
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		%
Raja Bell	17	39.6	13.6	0.5	2.4	2.8	2.2	0.6	0.2	0.6	4.1	4.6	9.7	.479	2.4	5.1	.465	2.0	2.4	.829
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
	Raja Bell	Marcus Smart
Season	2006-07	2020-21
Team	Phoenix Suns	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	Celtics 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		%
Raja Bell	78	37.4	14.7	0.6	2.6	3.2	2.5	0.6	0.3	1.1	3.0	5.3	12.2	.432	2.6	6.4	.413	1.5	1.9	.776
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		%
Raja Bell	11	39.8	10.2	0.5	2.5	3.0	1.8	0.9	0.2	1.4	3.6	3.6	7.9	.460	1.8	4.1	.444	1.1	1.3	.857
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
	Raja Bell	Marcus Smart
Season	2007-08	2021-22
Team	Phoenix Suns	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Celtics Lost NBA 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		%
Raja Bell	75	35.3	11.9	0.6	3.0	3.7	2.2	0.7	0.4	0.9	2.9	4.2	10.0	.421	2.3	5.9	.401	1.1	1.2	.868
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		%
Raja Bell	5	43.0	13.6	1.2	4.4	5.6	2.2	0.4	0.2	1.0	3.8	4.2	7.4	.568	2.6	4.0	.650	2.6	3.2	.813
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
	Raja Bell	Marcus Smart
Season	2008-09	2022-23
Team	Phoenix Suns, Charlotte Bobcats	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
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		%
Raja Bell	67	34.6	11.9	0.6	3.0	3.6	2.1	0.7	0.1	1.3	2.5	4.5	10.2	.437	1.7	4.0	.421	1.3	1.5	.853
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		%
Raja Bell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Raja Bell	Marcus Smart
Season	2009-10	2023-24
Team	Charlotte Bobcats, Golden State Warriors	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Raja Bell	6	30.0	11.8	0.8	3.0	3.8	2.2	0.7	0.3	0.8	2.5	4.7	10.2	.459	2.0	4.5	.444	0.5	0.5	1.000
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		%
Raja Bell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Marcus Smart	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Raja Bell	Marcus Smart
Season	2010-11	-
Team	Utah Jazz	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Raja Bell	68	30.8	8.0	0.5	2.1	2.6	1.7	0.8	0.2	0.9	2.5	2.8	6.9	.409	1.0	2.8	.352	1.3	1.5	.892
Marcus Smart	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Raja Bell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Marcus Smart	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Raja Bell	Marcus Smart
Season	2011-12	-
Team	Utah Jazz	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Raja Bell	34	23.4	6.4	0.2	1.3	1.4	1.1	0.4	0.1	0.6	2.3	2.4	5.1	.466	1.0	2.6	.391	0.6	0.7	.840
Marcus Smart	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Raja Bell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Marcus Smart	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Raja Bell vs. Marcus Smart Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Marcus Smart and Raja Bell, 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

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12