Shawn Kemp vs. Marcus Smart Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Marcus Smart and Shawn Kemp, 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.

Shawn Kemp played 14 years in the NBA, 2 more than Marcus Smart, who played 12. Shawn Kemp had the first of his seasons in 1989-90, 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
Shawn Kemp	14	10	1989-90 to 2002-03
Marcus Smart	12	9	2014-15 to 2025-26

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Shawn Kemp	Marcus Smart
Season	1989-90	2014-15
Team	Seattle Supersonics	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		%
Shawn Kemp	81	13.8	6.5	1.8	2.5	4.3	0.3	0.6	0.9	1.3	2.5	2.5	5.2	.479	0.0	0.1	.167	1.4	2.0	.736
difference:	+14	+13.2	+1.3	+0.9	+0.1	+1.0	+2.8	+0.9	+0.6		-0.1	+0.1	+1.9	+.112	+1.4	+4.0	+.168	+0.2	+0.1	+.090
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		%
Shawn Kemp	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
	Shawn Kemp	Marcus Smart
Season	1990-91	2015-16
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Shawn Kemp	81	30.1	15.0	3.3	5.1	8.4	1.8	1.0	1.5	2.5	3.9	5.7	11.2	.508	0.0	0.1	.167	3.6	5.4	.661
difference:	+20	+2.8	+5.9	+2.1	+2.2	+4.2	+1.2	+0.5	+1.2	-1.2	-0.9	+2.7	+2.5	+.160	+1.0	+3.9	+.086	+1.5	+2.7	+.116
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		%
Shawn Kemp	5	29.8	13.2	2.6	4.6	7.2	1.2	0.6	0.8	3.2	4.0	4.4	11.4	.386	0.0	0.2	.000	4.4	5.4	.815
difference:	+1	+2.4	+1.2	+1.3	+1.4	+2.7	+1.8	+1.1		-0.7	-1.2	+0.7	+1.4	+.019	+1.8	+5.1	+.344	+1.6	+1.9	+.005
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
	Shawn Kemp	Marcus Smart
Season	1991-92	2016-17
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Shawn Kemp	64	28.3	15.5	4.1	6.3	10.4	1.3	1.1	1.9	2.4	4.1	5.7	11.2	.504	0.0	0.0	-	4.2	5.6	.748
difference:	+15	+2.1	+4.9	+3.1	+3.4	+6.5	+3.3	+0.5	+1.5	-0.4	-1.7	+2.3	+1.7	+.145	+1.2	+4.2		+1.6	+2.4	+.064
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		%
Shawn Kemp	9	37.6	17.4	5.2	7.0	12.2	0.4	0.6	1.6	3.0	4.6	5.3	11.2	.475	0.0	0.0	-	6.8	8.9	.763
difference:	+9	+7.7	+8.8	+3.9	+3.6	+7.5	+4.3	+0.9	+0.7	-0.9	-1.8	+2.7	+3.8	+.124	+1.6	+4.1		+5.0	+6.1	+.123
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
	Shawn Kemp	Marcus Smart
Season	1992-93	2017-18
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Shawn Kemp	78	33.1	17.8	3.7	7.0	10.7	2.0	1.5	1.9	2.8	4.2	6.6	13.4	.492	0.0	0.1	.000	4.6	6.4	.712
difference:	+24	+3.2	+7.6	+2.9	+4.3	+7.2	+2.8	+0.2	+1.5	-0.4	-1.7	+3.1	+3.9	+.125	+1.4	+4.5	+.301	+2.8	+3.9	+.017
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		%
Shawn Kemp	19	34.9	16.5	4.2	5.8	10.0	2.6	1.5	2.1	2.8	4.1	5.8	11.3	.512	0.0	0.0	-	4.9	6.1	.809
difference:	+4	+5.0	+6.7	+3.3	+3.0	+6.3	+2.7	+0.2	+1.4	-0.4	-1.2	+2.6	+1.8	+.176	+1.0	+4.5		+2.5	+2.8	+.074
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
	Shawn Kemp	Marcus Smart
Season	1993-94	2018-19
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West 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		%
Shawn Kemp	79	32.9	18.1	3.9	6.8	10.8	2.6	1.8	2.1	3.3	3.9	6.7	12.5	.538	0.0	0.1	.250	4.6	6.2	.741
difference:	+1	+5.4	+9.2	+3.2	+4.6	+7.9	+1.4		+1.7	-1.8	-1.4	+3.7	+5.4	+.116	+1.6	+4.2	+.114	+3.3	+4.6	+.065
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		%
Shawn Kemp	5	41.2	14.8	4.0	5.8	9.8	3.4	2.0	2.4	2.8	3.6	5.2	14.0	.371	0.0	0.0	-	4.4	6.6	.667
difference:	+3	+25.2	+11.3	+2.0	+5.8	+7.8	+1.4	+0.5	+2.4	-1.3	-2.1	+4.7	+8.5	+.280	+0.5	+5.5		+2.4	+3.6
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
	Shawn Kemp	Marcus Smart
Season	1994-95	2019-20
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West 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		%
Shawn Kemp	82	32.7	18.7	3.9	7.0	10.9	1.8	1.2	1.5	3.2	4.1	6.6	12.2	.547	0.0	0.1	.286	5.3	7.1	.749
difference:	+22	+0.7	+5.8	+3.2	+3.9	+7.1	+3.1	+0.5	+1.0	-1.5	-1.4	+2.3	+0.8	+.172	+2.3	+6.5	+.061	+3.2	+4.6	+.087
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		%
Shawn Kemp	4	40.0	24.8	4.3	7.8	12.0	2.8	2.0	1.8	3.8	4.3	8.3	14.3	.579	0.3	0.3	1.000	8.0	9.8	.821
difference:	+13	+1.9	+10.3	+3.7	+3.2	+6.8	+1.8	+0.8	+1.3	-1.2	-1.1	+3.7	+2.7	+.185	+2.1	+6.9	+.667	+5.1	+6.5	+.054
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
	Shawn Kemp	Marcus Smart
Season	1995-96	2020-21
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost NBA 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		%
Shawn Kemp	79	33.3	19.6	3.5	7.9	11.4	2.2	1.2	1.6	4.0	3.8	6.7	11.9	.561	0.1	0.2	.417	6.2	8.4	.742
difference:	+31	+0.4	+6.5	+2.7	+5.2	+7.9	+3.5	+0.3	+1.1	-2.0	-1.2	+2.5	+1.3	+.163	+1.8	+5.7	+.087	+3.5	+5.0	+.048
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		%
Shawn Kemp	20	36.0	20.9	3.3	7.1	10.4	1.5	1.2	2.0	4.0	4.2	7.4	12.9	.570	0.0	0.2	.000	6.2	7.8	.795
difference:	+15	+0.6	+3.1	+2.5	+3.5	+6.0	+4.5	+0.2	+1.8	-1.2	-1.4	+1.6	+0.3	+.131	+3.2	+8.4	+.372	+3.2	+3.6	+.081
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
	Shawn Kemp	Marcus Smart
Season	1996-97	2021-22
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Shawn Kemp	81	34.0	18.7	3.4	6.6	10.0	1.9	1.5	1.0	3.5	4.0	6.5	12.7	.510	0.1	0.4	.364	5.6	7.5	.742
difference:	+10	+1.7	+6.6	+2.8	+3.4	+6.2	+4.0	+0.2	+0.7	-1.3	-1.7	+2.3	+2.6	+.092	+1.6	+4.7	+.033	+3.6	+5.0	+.051
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		%
Shawn Kemp	12	36.8	21.6	4.3	8.0	12.3	3.0	1.2	1.3	3.9	4.6	7.1	14.6	.486	0.2	0.8	.200	7.3	8.8	.829
difference:	+9	+0.6	+6.2	+3.3	+4.4	+7.8	+2.9		+1.1	-1.4	-1.2	+1.7	+1.3	+.081	+2.1	+5.7	+.150	+4.9	+5.8	+.023
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
	Shawn Kemp	Marcus Smart
Season	1997-98	2022-23
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Cavaliers 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		%
Shawn Kemp	80	34.6	18.0	2.7	6.6	9.3	2.5	1.4	1.1	3.4	3.9	6.5	14.6	.445	0.0	0.1	.250	5.1	7.0	.727
difference:	+19	+2.5	+6.5	+1.9	+4.2	+6.2	+3.8	+0.1	+0.7	-1.1	-1.1	+2.4	+4.7	+.030	+1.9	+5.5	+.086	+3.7	+5.1	+.019
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		%
Shawn Kemp	4	38.0	26.0	4.0	6.3	10.3	2.0	1.3	1.0	4.0	3.0	8.3	17.8	.465	0.0	0.0	-	9.5	11.3	.844
difference:	+16	+4.0	+11.1	+2.9	+3.3	+6.3	+3.1		+0.7	-1.7	-1.1	+3.2	+6.6	+.012	+2.2	+6.1		+6.9	+8.0	+.044
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
	Shawn Kemp	Marcus Smart
Season	1998-99	2023-24
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	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		%
Shawn Kemp	42	35.1	20.5	3.1	6.1	9.2	2.4	1.1	1.1	3.0	3.8	6.6	13.7	.482	0.0	0.0	-	7.3	9.3	.789
difference:	+22	+4.8	+6.0	+2.8	+3.7	+6.5	+1.9	+1.0	+0.8	-0.1	-1.1	+1.5	+1.8	+.052	+2.1	+6.7		+5.1	+6.5	+.021
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 Shawn Kemp nor Marcus Smart played in the postseason in their season 10


Season 11
	Shawn Kemp	Marcus Smart
Season	1999-00	2024-25
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Memphis Grizzlies, Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Shawn Kemp	82	30.4	17.8	2.8	6.0	8.8	1.7	1.2	1.2	3.5	4.5	5.9	14.1	.417	0.0	0.1	.333	6.0	7.7	.776
difference:	+48	+10.4	+8.8	+2.3	+4.4	+6.7	+1.5	+0.1	+0.9	-1.9	-2.9	+2.9	+6.5	+.024	+1.4	+4.0	+.015	+4.4	+5.6	+.015
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
* Neiher Shawn Kemp nor Marcus Smart played in the postseason in their season 11


Season 12
	Shawn Kemp	Marcus Smart
Season	2000-01	2025-26
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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12th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shawn Kemp	68	15.9	6.5	0.9	2.9	3.8	1.0	0.7	0.3	1.5	2.7	2.5	6.1	.407	0.1	0.2	.364	1.5	1.9	.771
difference:	+65	+8.8	+1.2	+0.6	+2.2	+2.8	+1.0	+0.3	+0.3	-0.5	-0.7	+0.2	+0.8	+.031	+0.2	+2.1	+.221	+1.2	+1.4	+.029
Marcus Smart	3	24.7	7.7	0.3	0.7	1.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	2.3	5.3	.438	0.3	2.3	.143	2.7	3.3	.800

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Shawn Kemp nor Marcus Smart played in the postseason in their season 12

Additional Years

* Shawn Kemp played 2 seasons more than Marcus Smart in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 13 to 14, from 2002 to 2003—Shawn Kemp played in two Playoffs.

Shawn Kemp vs. Marcus Smart Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Marcus Smart and Shawn Kemp, 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

Season 12

12th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years