Stephen Curry vs. Marcus Smart Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Marcus Smart and Stephen Curry, 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 / Games against each other

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.

Stephen Curry played 16 years in the NBA, 5 more than Marcus Smart, who played 11. Stephen Curry had the first of his seasons in 2009-10, 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
Stephen Curry	16	10	2009-10 to 2024-25
Marcus Smart	11	9	2014-15 to 2024-25

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Stephen Curry	Marcus Smart
Season	2009-10	2014-15
Team	Golden State Warriors	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
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		%
Stephen Curry	80	36.2	17.5	0.6	3.9	4.5	5.9	1.9	0.2	3.0	3.2	6.6	14.3	.462	2.1	4.8	.437	2.2	2.5	.885
difference:	+13	+9.2	+9.7	+0.3	+1.5	+1.2	+2.8	+0.4	+0.1	-1.7	-0.6	+4.0	+7.2	+.095	+0.7	+0.7	+.102	+1.0	+0.6	+.239
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		%
Stephen Curry	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
	Stephen Curry	Marcus Smart
Season	2010-11	2015-16
Team	Golden State Warriors	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		%
Stephen Curry	74	33.6	18.6	0.7	3.2	3.9	5.8	1.5	0.3	3.1	3.1	6.8	14.2	.480	2.0	4.6	.442	2.9	3.1	.934
difference:	+13	+6.3	+9.5	+0.5	+0.3	+0.3	+2.8			-1.8	-0.1	+3.8	+5.5	+.132	+1.0	+0.6	+.189	+0.8	+0.4	+.157
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		%
Stephen Curry	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
	Stephen Curry	Marcus Smart
Season	2011-12	2016-17
Team	Golden State Warriors	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Stephen Curry	26	28.2	14.7	0.6	2.8	3.4	5.3	1.5	0.3	2.5	2.4	5.6	11.4	.490	2.1	4.7	.455	1.5	1.8	.809
difference:	+53	+2.2	+4.1	+0.4	+0.1	+0.5	+0.7	+0.1	+0.1	-0.5		+2.2	+1.9	+.131	+0.9	+0.5	+.172	+1.1	+1.4	+.003
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		%
Stephen Curry	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Stephen Curry	Marcus Smart
Season	2012-13	2017-18
Team	Golden State Warriors	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Stephen Curry	78	38.2	22.9	0.8	3.3	4.0	6.9	1.6	0.2	3.1	2.5	8.0	17.8	.451	3.5	7.7	.453	3.4	3.7	.900
difference:	+24	+8.3	+12.7		+0.6	+0.5	+2.1	+0.3	+0.2	-0.7		+4.5	+8.3	+.084	+2.1	+3.1	+.152	+1.6	+1.2	+.171
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		%
Stephen Curry	12	41.4	23.4	0.4	3.4	3.8	8.1	1.7	0.2	3.3	2.9	8.5	19.6	.434	3.5	8.8	.396	2.9	3.2	.921
difference:	+3	+11.5	+13.6	+0.5	+0.6	+0.1	+2.8		+0.5	-0.9		+5.3	+10.1	+.098	+2.5	+4.3	+.175	+0.5	+0.1	+.186
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
	Stephen Curry	Marcus Smart
Season	2013-14	2018-19
Team	Golden State Warriors	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Warriors 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		%
Stephen Curry	78	36.5	24.0	0.6	3.7	4.3	8.5	1.6	0.2	3.8	2.5	8.4	17.7	.471	3.3	7.9	.424	3.9	4.5	.885
difference:	+2	+9.0	+15.1	+0.1	+1.5	+1.4	+4.5	+0.2	+0.2	-2.3		+5.4	+10.6	+.049	+1.7	+3.6	+.060	+2.6	+2.9	+.079
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		%
Stephen Curry	7	42.3	23.0	0.6	3.0	3.6	8.4	1.7	0.1	3.7	2.6	7.3	16.6	.440	3.1	8.1	.386	5.3	6.0	.881
difference:	+5	+26.3	+19.5	+1.4	+3.0	+1.6	+6.4	+0.2	+0.1	-2.2	-1.1	+6.8	+11.1	+.349	+2.6	+2.6	+.295	+3.3	+3.0	+.214
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
	Stephen Curry	Marcus Smart
Season	2014-15	2019-20
Team	Golden State Warriors	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Stephen Curry	80	32.7	23.8	0.7	3.6	4.3	7.7	2.0	0.2	3.1	2.0	8.2	16.8	.487	3.6	8.1	.443	3.9	4.2	.914
difference:	+20	+0.7	+10.9		+0.5	+0.5	+2.8	+0.3	+0.3	-1.4	-0.7	+3.9	+5.4	+.112	+1.3	+1.5	+.096	+1.8	+1.7	+.078
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		%
Stephen Curry	21	39.3	28.3	1.0	4.0	5.0	6.4	1.9	0.1	3.9	2.2	9.5	20.9	.456	4.7	11.0	.422	4.6	5.5	.835
difference:	+4	+1.2	+13.8	+0.4	+0.6	+0.2	+1.8	+0.7	+0.4	-1.3	-1.0	+4.9	+9.3	+.062	+2.3	+3.8	+.089	+1.7	+2.2	+.040
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
	Stephen Curry	Marcus Smart
Season	2015-16	2020-21
Team	Golden State Warriors	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	Steals Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Warriors 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		%
Stephen Curry	79	34.2	30.1	0.9	4.6	5.4	6.7	2.1	0.2	3.3	2.0	10.2	20.2	.504	5.1	11.2	.454	4.6	5.1	.908
difference:	+31	+1.3	+17.0	+0.1	+1.9	+1.9	+1.0	+0.6	+0.3	-1.3	-0.6	+6.0	+9.6	+.106	+3.2	+5.3	+.124	+1.9	+1.7	+.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		%
Stephen Curry	18	34.1	25.1	0.8	4.7	5.5	5.2	1.4	0.3	4.2	2.2	8.2	18.8	.438	4.4	11.0	.404	4.2	4.6	.916
difference:	+13	+2.5	+7.3		+1.1	+1.1	+0.8	+0.4	+0.1	-1.4	-0.6	+2.4	+5.6	+.001	+1.2	+2.4	+.032	+1.2	+0.4	+.202
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
	Stephen Curry	Marcus Smart
Season	2016-17	2021-22
Team	Golden State Warriors	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Stephen Curry	79	33.4	25.3	0.8	3.7	4.5	6.6	1.8	0.2	3.0	2.3	8.5	18.3	.468	4.1	10.0	.411	4.1	4.6	.898
difference:	+8	+1.1	+13.2	+0.2	+0.5	+0.7	+0.7	+0.1	+0.1	-0.8		+4.3	+8.2	+.050	+2.4	+4.9	+.080	+2.1	+2.1	+.105
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		%
Stephen Curry	17	35.4	28.1	1.3	4.9	6.2	6.7	2.0	0.2	3.4	2.2	8.9	18.4	.484	4.2	10.1	.419	6.1	6.7	.904
difference:	+4	+0.8	+12.7	+0.3	+1.3	+1.7	+0.8	+0.8		-0.9	-1.2	+3.5	+5.1	+.079	+1.9	+3.6	+.069	+3.7	+3.7	+.098
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
	Stephen Curry	Marcus Smart
Season	2017-18	2022-23
Team	Golden State Warriors	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Stephen Curry	51	32.0	26.4	0.7	4.4	5.1	6.1	1.6	0.2	3.0	2.2	8.4	16.9	.495	4.2	9.8	.423	5.5	5.9	.921
difference:	+10	+0.1	+14.9	+0.1	+2.0	+2.0	+0.2	+0.1	+0.2	-0.7	-0.6	+4.3	+7.0	+.080	+2.3	+4.2	+.087	+4.1	+4.0	+.175
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		%
Stephen Curry	15	37.0	25.5	0.6	5.5	6.1	5.4	1.7	0.7	2.9	2.5	9.1	20.3	.451	4.3	10.8	.395	3.0	3.1	.957
difference:	+5	+3.0	+10.6	+0.5	+2.5	+2.1	+0.3	+0.4	+0.4	-0.6	-0.6	+4.0	+9.1	+.002	+2.1	+4.7	+.034	+0.4	+0.2	+.157
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
	Stephen Curry	Marcus Smart
Season	2018-19	2023-24
Team	Golden State Warriors	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Stephen Curry	69	33.8	27.3	0.7	4.7	5.3	5.2	1.3	0.4	2.8	2.4	9.2	19.4	.472	5.1	11.7	.437	3.8	4.2	.916
difference:	+49	+3.5	+12.8	+0.4	+2.3	+2.6	+0.9	+0.8	+0.1	-0.3	-0.3	+4.1	+7.5	+.042	+3.0	+5.0	+.124	+1.6	+1.4	+.148
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		%
Stephen Curry	22	38.5	28.2	0.8	5.2	6.0	5.7	1.1	0.2	3.0	3.1	8.6	19.6	.441	4.2	11.1	.377	6.7	7.1	.943
Marcus Smart	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Stephen Curry	Marcus Smart
Season	2019-20	2024-25
Team	Golden State Warriors	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		%
Stephen Curry	5	27.8	20.8	0.8	4.4	5.2	6.6	1.0	0.4	3.2	2.2	6.6	16.4	.402	2.4	9.8	.245	5.2	5.2	1.000
difference:	+29	+7.8	+11.8	+0.3	+2.8	+3.1	+3.4	+0.1	+0.1	-1.6	-0.6	+3.6	+8.8	+.009	+1.0	+5.7	+.103	+3.6	+3.1	+.239
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 Stephen Curry nor Marcus Smart played in the postseason in their season 11


Additional Years
* Stephen Curry played 5 seasons more than Marcus Smart in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 12 to 16, from 2021 to 2025—Stephen Curry played in 3 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 5 extra years over Marcus Smart, Stephen Curry got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Finals MVP 1 All-NBA First Team 3 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-NBA Third Team 1 Clutch Player of the Year 1 Scoring Leader 5 All-Star Game 2 All-Star Game MVP

Stephen Curry vs. Marcus Smart Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Marcus Smart and Stephen Curry, 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