Reggie Miller vs. Marcus Smart Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Marcus Smart and Reggie Miller, 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

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.

Reggie Miller played 18 years in the NBA, 7 more than Marcus Smart, who played 11. Reggie Miller had the first of his seasons in 1987-88, 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
Reggie Miller	18	15	1987-88 to 2004-05
Marcus Smart	11	9	2014-15 to 2024-25

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


Rookie Season
	Reggie Miller	Marcus Smart
Season	1987-88	2014-15
Team	Indiana Pacers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Reggie Miller	82	22.4	10.0	1.2	1.2	2.3	1.6	0.6	0.2	1.2	1.9	3.7	7.6	.488	0.7	2.1	.355	1.8	2.3	.801
difference:	+15	+4.6	+2.2	+0.3	+1.2	+1.0	+1.5	+0.9	+0.1	-0.1	-0.7	+1.1	+0.5	+.121	+0.7	+2.0	+.020	+0.6	+0.4	+.155
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		%
Reggie Miller	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Reggie Miller	Marcus Smart
Season	1988-89	2015-16
Team	Indiana Pacers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Reggie Miller	74	34.3	16.0	1.0	3.0	3.9	3.1	1.3	0.4	1.9	2.3	5.4	11.2	.479	1.3	3.3	.402	3.9	4.6	.844
difference:	+13	+7.0	+6.9	+0.2	+0.1	+0.3	+0.1	+0.2	+0.1	-0.6	-0.7	+2.4	+2.5	+.131	+0.3	+0.7	+.149	+1.8	+1.9	+.067
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		%
Reggie Miller	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Reggie Miller	Marcus Smart
Season	1989-90	2016-17
Team	Indiana Pacers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Reggie Miller	82	38.9	24.6	1.2	2.4	3.6	3.8	1.3	0.2	2.7	2.1	8.1	15.7	.514	1.8	4.4	.414	6.6	7.6	.868
difference:	+3	+8.5	+14.0	+0.2	+0.5	+0.3	+0.8	+0.3	+0.2	-0.7	-0.3	+4.7	+6.2	+.155	+0.6	+0.2	+.131	+4.0	+4.4	+.056
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		%
Reggie Miller	3	41.7	20.7	0.3	3.7	4.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	6.7	11.7	.571	1.0	2.3	.429	6.3	7.0	.905
difference:	+15	+11.8	+12.1	+1.0	+0.3	+0.7	+2.7	+0.5	+0.9	-1.1	-0.8	+4.1	+4.3	+.220	+0.6	+1.8	+.032	+4.5	+4.2	+.265
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
	Reggie Miller	Marcus Smart
Season	1990-91	2017-18
Team	Indiana Pacers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Reggie Miller	82	36.2	22.6	1.0	2.4	3.4	4.0	1.3	0.2	2.0	2.0	7.3	14.2	.512	1.4	3.9	.348	6.7	7.3	.918
difference:	+28	+6.3	+12.4	+0.2	+0.3	+0.1	+0.8		+0.2	-0.4	-0.5	+3.8	+4.7	+.145		+0.7	+.047	+4.9	+4.8	+.189
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		%
Reggie Miller	5	38.6	21.6	1.0	2.2	3.2	2.8	1.6	0.4	2.4	2.8	6.8	14.0	.486	1.6	3.8	.421	6.4	7.4	.865
difference:	+10	+8.7	+11.8	+0.1	+0.6	+0.5	+2.5	+0.1	+0.3		-0.1	+3.6	+4.5	+.150	+0.6	+0.7	+.200	+4.0	+4.1	+.130
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
	Reggie Miller	Marcus Smart
Season	1991-92	2018-19
Team	Indiana Pacers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Reggie Miller	82	38.0	20.7	1.0	2.9	3.9	3.8	1.3	0.3	1.9	2.6	6.9	13.7	.501	1.6	4.2	.378	5.4	6.3	.858
difference:	+2	+10.5	+11.8	+0.3	+0.7	+1.0	+0.2	+0.5	+0.1	-0.4	-0.1	+3.9	+6.6	+.079		+0.1	+.014	+4.1	+4.7	+.052
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		%
Reggie Miller	3	43.3	27.0	1.3	1.0	2.3	4.7	1.3	0.0	1.3	4.0	8.3	14.3	.581	2.3	3.7	.636	8.0	10.0	.800
difference:	+1	+27.3	+23.5	+0.7	+1.0	+0.3	+2.7	+0.2		-0.2	-2.5	+7.8	+8.8	+.490	+1.8	+1.8	+.545	+6.0	+7.0	+.133
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
	Reggie Miller	Marcus Smart
Season	1992-93	2019-20
Team	Indiana Pacers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East 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		%
Reggie Miller	82	36.0	21.2	0.8	2.3	3.1	3.2	1.5	0.3	1.8	2.2	7.0	14.5	.479	2.0	5.1	.399	5.2	5.9	.880
difference:	+22	+4.0	+8.3	+0.1	+0.8	+0.7	+1.7	+0.2	+0.2	-0.1	-0.5	+2.7	+3.1	+.104	+0.3	+1.5	+.052	+3.1	+3.4	+.044
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		%
Reggie Miller	4	43.8	31.5	1.0	2.0	3.0	2.8	0.8	0.0	2.5	2.8	10.0	18.8	.533	2.5	4.8	.526	9.0	9.5	.947
difference:	+13	+5.7	+17.0	+0.4	+2.6	+2.2	+1.8	+0.4	+0.5	-0.1	-0.4	+5.4	+7.2	+.139	+0.1	+2.4	+.193	+6.1	+6.2	+.072
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
	Reggie Miller	Marcus Smart
Season	1993-94	2020-21
Team	Indiana Pacers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Reggie Miller	79	33.4	19.9	0.4	2.3	2.7	3.1	1.5	0.3	2.2	2.4	6.6	13.2	.503	1.6	3.7	.421	5.1	5.6	.908
difference:	+31	+0.5	+6.8	+0.4	+0.4	+0.8	+2.6		+0.2	-0.2	-0.2	+2.4	+2.6	+.105	+0.3	+2.2	+.091	+2.4	+2.2	+.118
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		%
Reggie Miller	16	36.0	23.2	0.7	2.3	3.0	2.9	1.3	0.3	2.0	2.1	7.6	16.9	.448	2.2	5.2	.422	5.9	7.0	.839
difference:	+11	+0.6	+5.4	+0.1	+1.3	+1.4	+3.1	+0.3	+0.1	-0.8	-0.7	+1.8	+3.7	+.009	+1.0	+3.4	+.050	+2.9	+2.8	+.125
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
	Reggie Miller	Marcus Smart
Season	1994-95	2021-22
Team	Indiana Pacers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Reggie Miller	81	32.9	19.6	0.4	2.2	2.6	3.0	1.2	0.2	1.9	1.9	6.2	13.5	.462	2.4	5.8	.415	4.7	5.3	.897
difference:	+10	+0.6	+7.5	+0.2	+1.0	+1.2	+2.9	+0.5	+0.1	-0.3	-0.4	+2.0	+3.4	+.044	+0.7	+0.7	+.084	+2.7	+2.8	+.104
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		%
Reggie Miller	17	37.7	25.5	0.5	3.1	3.6	2.1	0.9	0.2	2.3	2.1	8.1	17.1	.476	3.2	7.5	.422	6.1	7.1	.860
difference:	+4	+1.5	+10.1	+0.5	+0.5	+0.9	+3.8	+0.3		-0.2	-1.3	+2.7	+3.8	+.071	+0.9	+1.0	+.072	+3.7	+4.1	+.054
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
	Reggie Miller	Marcus Smart
Season	1995-96	2022-23
Team	Indiana Pacers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East 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		%
Reggie Miller	76	34.5	21.1	0.5	2.3	2.8	3.3	1.0	0.2	2.5	2.3	6.6	14.0	.473	2.2	5.4	.410	5.7	6.6	.863
difference:	+15	+2.4	+9.6	+0.3	+0.1	+0.3	+3.0	+0.5	+0.2	-0.2	-0.5	+2.5	+4.1	+.058	+0.3	+0.2	+.074	+4.3	+4.7	+.117
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		%
Reggie Miller	1	31.0	29.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	7.0	17.0	.412	2.0	6.0	.333	13.0	15.0	.867
difference:	+19	+3.0	+14.1	+0.1	+3.0	+3.0	+4.1	+0.3	+0.3	-2.3	-0.9	+1.9	+5.8	+.041	+0.2	+0.1	+.028	+10.4	+11.7	+.067
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
	Reggie Miller	Marcus Smart
Season	1996-97	2023-24
Team	Indiana Pacers	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Reggie Miller	81	36.6	21.6	0.7	2.9	3.5	3.4	0.9	0.3	2.0	2.1	6.8	15.4	.444	2.8	6.6	.427	5.2	5.9	.880
difference:	+61	+6.3	+7.1	+0.4	+0.5	+0.8	+0.9	+1.2		-1.1	-0.6	+1.7	+3.5	+.014	+0.7	+0.1	+.114	+3.0	+3.1	+.112
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
* Neiher Reggie Miller nor Marcus Smart played in the postseason in their season 10


Season 11
	Reggie Miller	Marcus Smart
Season	1997-98	2024-25
Team	Indiana Pacers	Memphis Grizzlies, Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Reggie Miller	81	34.5	19.5	0.6	2.3	2.9	2.1	1.0	0.1	1.6	1.8	6.4	13.3	.477	2.0	4.7	.429	4.7	5.4	.868
difference:	+47	+14.5	+10.5	+0.1	+0.7	+0.8	+1.1	+0.1	+0.2		-0.2	+3.4	+5.7	+.084	+0.6	+0.6	+.081	+3.1	+3.3	+.107
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Reggie Miller	16	39.3	19.9	0.3	1.4	1.8	2.0	1.2	0.2	1.7	1.6	6.1	14.4	.426	2.4	5.9	.400	5.3	5.9	.904
Marcus Smart	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Additional Years
* Reggie Miller played 7 seasons more than Marcus Smart in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 12 to 18, from 1999 to 2005—Reggie Miller played in 7 Playoffs. In those 7 extra years over Marcus Smart, Reggie Miller got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Star Game

Reggie Miller vs. Marcus Smart Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Marcus Smart and Reggie Miller, 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