Steven Adams vs. J.R. Smith Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of J.R. Smith and Steven Adams, 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.

Steven Adams played 12 years in the NBA, 4 less than J.R. Smith, who played 16. Steven Adams had the first of his seasons in 2013-14, 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Steven Adams	12	8	2013-14 to 2025-26
J.R. Smith	16	12	2004-05 to 2019-20

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12


Rookie Season
	Steven Adams	J.R. Smith
Season	2013-14	2004-05
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	New Orleans Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Steven Adams	81	14.8	3.3	1.8	2.3	4.1	0.5	0.5	0.7	0.9	2.5	1.1	2.3	.503	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.7	.581
difference:	+5	+9.7	+7.0	+1.3	+0.8	+2.1	+1.4	+0.2	+0.6	-0.5	-0.7	+2.8	+7.5	+.109	+1.1	+3.7		+0.5	+0.4	+.108
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steven Adams	18	18.4	3.9	1.2	2.9	4.1	0.2	0.1	1.3	0.6	2.7	1.7	2.5	.689	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	1.3	.348
J.R. Smith	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Steven Adams	J.R. Smith
Season	2014-15	2005-06
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
Steven Adams	70	25.3	7.7	2.8	4.6	7.5	0.9	0.5	1.2	1.4	3.2	3.1	5.7	.544	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.9	.502
difference:	+15	+7.3		+2.5	+2.9	+5.5	+0.2	+0.2	+1.1	-0.4	-1.6	+0.5	+1.0	+.151	+0.9	+2.5			+1.1	+.320
J.R. Smith	55	18.0	7.7	0.3	1.7	2.0	1.1	0.7	0.1	1.0	1.6	2.6	6.7	.393	0.9	2.5	.371	1.5	1.8	.822

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Steven Adams nor J.R. Smith played in the postseason in their season 2


Season 3
	Steven Adams	J.R. Smith
Season	2015-16	2006-07
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf Finals	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Steven Adams	80	25.2	8.0	2.7	3.9	6.7	0.8	0.5	1.1	1.1	2.8	3.3	5.3	.613	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	2.5	.582
difference:	+17	+1.9	+5.0	+2.2	+2.1	+4.4	+0.6	+0.3	+1.0	-0.2	-0.5	+1.2	+4.9	+.172	+2.4	+6.1		+0.2	+0.5	+.228
J.R. Smith	63	23.3	13.0	0.5	1.8	2.3	1.4	0.8	0.1	1.3	2.3	4.5	10.2	.441	2.4	6.1	.390	1.6	2.0	.810

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steven Adams	18	30.7	10.1	3.4	6.1	9.5	0.7	0.5	0.8	0.9	3.1	3.8	6.2	.613	0.0	0.1	.000	2.6	4.1	.630
difference:	+14	+18.9	+5.6	+3.1	+4.1	+7.2	+0.2	+0.5	+0.5	-0.1	-1.6	+2.3	+0.7	+.340		+2.9		+1.1	+2.6	+.370
J.R. Smith	4	11.8	4.5	0.3	2.0	2.3	0.5	1.0	0.3	0.8	1.5	1.5	5.5	.273	0.0	3.0	.000	1.5	1.5	1.000


Season 4
	Steven Adams	J.R. Smith
Season	2016-17	2007-08
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Steven Adams	80	29.9	11.3	3.5	4.2	7.7	1.1	1.1	1.0	1.8	2.4	4.7	8.2	.571	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	3.2	.611
difference:	+6	+10.7	+1.0	+2.9	+2.7	+5.6	+0.6	+0.3	+0.8	-0.3	-0.5	+0.5	+0.9	+.110	+2.1	+5.3		+0.3	+0.8	+.108
J.R. Smith	74	19.2	12.3	0.6	1.5	2.1	1.7	0.8	0.2	1.5	1.9	4.2	9.1	.461	2.1	5.3	.403	1.7	2.4	.719

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steven Adams	5	31.4	8.0	3.4	3.4	6.8	1.4	1.2	1.8	0.8	2.8	3.6	5.6	.643	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	2.2	.364
difference:	+1	+4.4	+10.3	+3.1	+1.9	+5.0	+0.4	+0.2	+1.8	-0.5	-0.2	+2.2	+5.2	+.108	+1.8	+5.5		+4.2	+3.8	+.469
J.R. Smith	4	27.0	18.3	0.3	1.5	1.8	1.8	1.0	0.0	1.3	3.0	5.8	10.8	.535	1.8	5.5	.318	5.0	6.0	.833


Season 5
	Steven Adams	J.R. Smith
Season	2017-18	2008-09
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Nuggets Lost West Conf Finals

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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		%
Steven Adams	76	32.7	13.9	5.1	4.0	9.0	1.2	1.2	1.0	1.7	2.8	5.9	9.4	.629	0.0	0.0	-	2.1	3.8	.559
difference:	+5	+5.0	+1.3	+4.6	+0.9	+5.3	+1.6	+0.2	+0.8	-0.2	-0.5	+0.7	+2.3	+.183	+2.2	+5.6		+0.4	+0.4	+.195
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		%
Steven Adams	6	33.3	10.5	3.2	4.3	7.5	1.5	0.7	0.7	0.7	2.5	4.5	7.7	.587	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.2	.692
difference:	+10	+6.1	+4.4	+2.5	+1.7	+4.2	+1.3	+0.4	+0.4	-0.9	-0.7	+1.0	+4.4	+.133	+2.4	+6.6		+0.1	+0.7	+.149
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


Season 6
	Steven Adams	J.R. Smith
Season	2018-19	2009-10
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Steven Adams	80	33.4	13.9	4.9	4.6	9.5	1.6	1.5	1.0	1.7	2.6	6.0	10.1	.595	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	3.7	.500
difference:	+5	+5.6	+1.5	+4.5	+1.9	+6.4	+0.8	+0.2	+0.7	-0.2	-0.3	+0.3	+3.7	+.181	+2.1	+6.2		+0.1	+1.0	+.206
J.R. Smith	75	27.8	15.4	0.4	2.7	3.1	2.4	1.3	0.3	1.9	2.3	5.7	13.8	.414	2.1	6.2	.338	1.9	2.7	.706

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steven Adams	5	31.8	11.8	2.4	4.8	7.2	1.4	1.0	1.0	1.8	2.6	5.6	8.4	.667	0.0	0.2	.000	0.6	1.6	.375
difference:	+1	+5.3	+0.6	+1.6	+1.8	+3.4	+0.3	+0.3	+0.7	-0.8	-0.2	+2.1	+1.1	+.299	+1.8	+5.0	+.355	+1.7	+1.1	+.500
J.R. Smith	6	26.5	11.2	0.8	3.0	3.8	1.7	0.7	0.3	1.0	2.8	3.5	9.5	.368	1.8	5.2	.355	2.3	2.7	.875


Season 7
	Steven Adams	J.R. Smith
Season	2019-20	2010-11
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Nuggets Lost West 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		%
Steven Adams	63	26.7	10.9	3.3	6.0	9.3	2.3	0.8	1.1	1.5	1.9	4.5	7.6	.592	0.0	0.0	-	1.9	3.2	.582
difference:	+16	+1.8	+1.4	+2.7	+2.5	+5.2	+0.1	+0.4	+0.9	-0.2	-0.3	+0.2	+2.3	+.157	+1.6	+4.0		+0.2	+0.4	+.156
J.R. Smith	79	24.9	12.3	0.6	3.5	4.1	2.2	1.2	0.2	1.3	2.2	4.3	9.9	.435	1.6	4.0	.390	2.1	2.8	.738

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steven Adams	7	30.0	10.1	4.9	6.7	11.6	1.3	0.6	0.3	2.3	1.4	4.4	7.4	.596	0.0	0.1	.000	1.3	2.9	.450
difference:	+2	+14.8	+0.3	+4.7	+4.9	+9.6	+0.3	+0.2	+0.3	-0.7	-0.2	+1.2	+1.6	+.240	+1.8	+4.1	+.429	+0.3	+0.7	+.277
J.R. Smith	5	15.2	9.8	0.2	1.8	2.0	1.0	0.4	0.0	1.6	1.6	3.2	9.0	.356	1.8	4.2	.429	1.6	2.2	.727


Season 8
	Steven Adams	J.R. Smith
Season	2020-21	2011-12
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Steven Adams	58	27.7	7.6	3.7	5.2	8.9	1.9	0.9	0.7	1.3	1.9	3.3	5.3	.614	0.0	0.1	.000	1.0	2.3	.444
difference:	+23	+0.1	+4.9	+2.9	+2.1	+5.0	+0.5	+0.6	+0.5		-0.6	+1.4	+6.3	+.207	+1.9	+5.4	+.347	+0.1	+0.7	+.265
J.R. Smith	35	27.6	12.5	0.8	3.1	3.9	2.4	1.5	0.2	1.3	2.5	4.7	11.6	.407	1.9	5.5	.347	1.1	1.6	.709

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steven Adams	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
J.R. Smith	5	35.0	12.2	0.4	2.2	2.6	2.2	1.2	0.2	2.2	3.8	4.8	15.2	.316	1.0	5.6	.179	1.6	1.6	1.000


Season 9
	Steven Adams	J.R. Smith
Season	2021-22	2012-13
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	Sixth Man of the Year
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf Semis	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
Steven Adams	76	26.3	6.9	4.6	5.4	10.0	3.4	0.9	0.8	1.5	2.0	2.8	5.1	.547	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	2.6	.543
difference:	+4	+7.2	+11.2	+3.8	+0.9	+4.7	+0.7	+0.4	+0.5	-0.2	-0.8	+3.8	+10.5	+.125	+1.9	+5.5		+1.6	+1.3	+.219
J.R. Smith	80	33.5	18.1	0.8	4.5	5.3	2.7	1.3	0.3	1.7	2.8	6.6	15.6	.422	1.9	5.5	.356	3.0	3.9	.762

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steven Adams	7	16.3	3.4	2.1	4.3	6.4	2.1	0.1	0.1	0.6	1.7	1.3	3.0	.429	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.6	.545
difference:	+4	+15.6	+10.9	+1.6	+0.1	+1.7	+0.7	+0.9	+0.4	-1.2	-0.8	+3.6	+11.8	+.098	+1.6	+6.0		+1.9	+2.3	+.176
J.R. Smith	11	31.9	14.3	0.5	4.2	4.7	1.4	1.0	0.5	1.8	2.5	4.9	14.8	.331	1.6	6.0	.273	2.8	3.9	.721


Season 10
	Steven Adams	J.R. Smith
Season	2022-23	2013-14
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	New York Knicks
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		%
Steven Adams	42	27.0	8.6	5.1	6.5	11.5	2.3	0.9	1.1	1.9	2.3	3.7	6.3	.597	0.0	0.0	-	1.1	3.1	.364
difference:	+32	+5.7	+5.9	+4.6	+3.0	+7.5	+0.7		+0.8	-0.4	-0.3	+1.7	+6.6	+.182	+2.6	+6.5		+0.1	+1.2	+.288
J.R. Smith	74	32.7	14.5	0.5	3.5	4.0	3.0	0.9	0.3	1.5	2.6	5.4	12.9	.415	2.6	6.5	.394	1.2	1.9	.652

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Steven Adams nor J.R. Smith played in the postseason in their season 10

Note: Steven Adams didn't play in 2023-24.


Season 11
	Steven Adams	J.R. Smith
Season	2024-25	2014-15
Team	Houston Rockets	New York Knicks, Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals

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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		%
Steven Adams	58	13.7	3.9	2.9	2.8	5.6	1.1	0.4	0.5	0.9	1.0	1.6	2.9	.545	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.6	.462
difference:	+12	+16.0	+8.2	+2.5	+0.1	+2.5	+1.7	+0.8	+0.2	-0.5	-1.3	+2.9	+7.9	+.128	+2.3	+6.1		+0.1	+0.6	+.288
J.R. Smith	70	29.7	12.1	0.4	2.7	3.1	2.8	1.2	0.3	1.4	2.3	4.5	10.8	.417	2.3	6.1	.383	0.8	1.0	.750

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steven Adams	7	22.1	5.7	3.3	3.3	6.6	0.6	0.4	1.1	0.7	1.0	1.7	2.9	.600	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	4.3	.533
difference:	+11	+9.0	+7.1	+2.8	+0.9	+1.9	+0.6	+0.5	+0.5	-0.1	-2.0	+2.9	+8.5	+.197	+2.8	+7.9		+1.5	+3.2	+.167
J.R. Smith	18	31.1	12.8	0.5	4.2	4.7	1.2	0.9	0.6	0.8	3.0	4.6	11.4	.403	2.8	7.9	.359	0.8	1.1	.700


Season 12
	Steven Adams	J.R. Smith
Season	2025-26	2015-16
Team	Houston Rockets	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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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		%
Steven Adams	13	22.3	6.0	5.2	4.2	9.4	1.6	0.6	0.7	1.2	2.1	2.2	4.4	.509	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.2	.714
difference:	+64	+8.4	+6.4	+4.6	+1.9	+6.6	+0.1	+0.5	+0.4	-0.4	-0.5	+2.4	+6.6	+.094	+2.6	+6.6		+0.9	+1.3	+.080
J.R. Smith	77	30.7	12.4	0.6	2.3	2.8	1.7	1.1	0.3	0.8	2.6	4.6	11.0	.415	2.6	6.6	.400	0.6	0.9	.634

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steven Adams	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
J.R. Smith	21	34.8	11.5	0.3	2.9	3.2	1.4	1.2	0.2	0.5	2.6	3.9	9.0	.436	3.1	7.2	.430	0.6	1.0	.619

Additional Years

* J.R. Smith played 4 seasons more than Steven Adams in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 13 to 16, from 2017 to 2020—J.R. Smith played in 3 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship.

Steven Adams vs. J.R. Smith Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of J.R. Smith and Steven Adams, 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