Rui Hachimura vs. J.R. Smith Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of J.R. Smith and Rui Hachimura, 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.

Rui Hachimura played 7 years in the NBA, 9 less than J.R. Smith, who played 16. Rui Hachimura had the first of his seasons in 2019-20, while J.R. Smith had his rookie season in 2004-05. 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.

Rookie Season
	Rui Hachimura	J.R. Smith
Season	2019-20	2004-05
Team	Washington Wizards	New Orleans Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
Rui Hachimura	48	30.1	13.5	1.6	4.5	6.1	1.8	0.8	0.2	1.1	2.2	5.3	11.4	.466	0.5	1.8	.287	2.4	2.9	.829
difference:	+28	+5.6	+3.2	+1.1	+3.0	+4.1	+0.1	+0.1	+0.1	-0.3	-0.4	+1.4	+1.6	+.072	+0.6	+1.9	+.001	+0.9	+0.8	+.140
J.R. Smith	76	24.5	10.3	0.5	1.5	2.0	1.9	0.7	0.1	1.4	1.8	3.9	9.8	.394	1.1	3.7	.288	1.5	2.1	.689
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Rui Hachimura nor J.R. Smith played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 5
	Rui Hachimura	J.R. Smith
Season	2023-24	2008-09
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Nuggets Lost West Conf Finals
Others	NBA Cup Champion	-

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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		%
Rui Hachimura	68	26.9	13.6	0.9	3.5	4.3	1.2	0.6	0.4	0.7	1.5	5.3	9.9	.537	1.4	3.4	.422	1.5	2.0	.739
difference:	+13	+0.8	+1.6	+0.4	+0.4	+0.6	+1.6	+0.4	+0.2	-1.2	-0.8	+0.1	+1.8	+.091	+0.8	+2.2	+.025	+1.0	+1.4	+.015
J.R. Smith	81	27.7	15.2	0.5	3.1	3.7	2.8	1.0	0.2	1.9	2.3	5.2	11.7	.446	2.2	5.6	.397	2.5	3.4	.754
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rui Hachimura	5	30.4	7.8	1.2	2.6	3.8	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.4	1.6	3.0	7.6	.395	1.0	2.8	.357	0.8	1.6	.500
difference:	+11	+3.2	+7.1	+0.5		+0.5	+2.0	+1.1	+0.3	-1.2	-1.6	+2.5	+4.5	+.059	+1.4	+3.8	+.001	+0.8	+1.3	+.043
J.R. Smith	16	27.2	14.9	0.7	2.6	3.3	2.8	1.1	0.3	1.6	3.2	5.5	12.1	.454	2.4	6.6	.358	1.6	2.9	.543

Additional Years
* J.R. Smith played 9 seasons more than Rui Hachimura in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 8 to 16, from 2012 to 2020—J.R. Smith played in 7 Playoffs and won two NBA Championships. In those 9 extra years over Rui Hachimura, J.R. Smith got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Sixth Man of the Year