Tim Hardaway Jr. vs. Kenny Smith Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kenny Smith and Tim Hardaway Jr., 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

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.

Tim Hardaway Jr. played 12 years in the NBA, 2 more than Kenny Smith, who played 10. Tim Hardaway Jr. had the first of his seasons in 2013-14, while Kenny Smith had his rookie season in 1987-88. 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
Tim Hardaway Jr.	12	6	2013-14 to 2024-25
Kenny Smith	10	5	1987-88 to 1996-97

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


Rookie Season
	Tim Hardaway Jr.	Kenny Smith
Season	2013-14	1987-88
Team	New York Knicks	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First 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		%
Tim Hardaway Jr.	81	23.1	10.2	0.2	1.3	1.5	0.8	0.5	0.1	0.6	1.8	3.6	8.5	.428	1.6	4.4	.363	1.3	1.6	.828
difference:	+20	+12.5	+3.6	+0.5	+0.3	+0.8	+6.3	+1.0		-2.4	-0.5	+1.8	+2.9	+.049	+1.4	+3.8	+.055	+1.4	+1.7	+.009
Kenny Smith	61	35.6	13.8	0.7	1.6	2.3	7.1	1.5	0.1	3.0	2.3	5.4	11.4	.477	0.2	0.6	.308	2.7	3.3	.819

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Tim Hardaway Jr. nor Kenny Smith played in the postseason in their season 1


Season 2
	Tim Hardaway Jr.	Kenny Smith
Season	2014-15	1988-89
Team	New York Knicks	Sacramento Kings
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		%
Tim Hardaway Jr.	70	24.0	11.5	0.2	2.1	2.2	1.8	0.3	0.2	1.2	1.7	4.0	10.2	.389	1.7	5.1	.342	1.8	2.2	.801
difference:	+11	+14.8	+5.8	+0.4	+0.1	+0.6	+5.9	+1.0	+0.1	-1.9	-0.4	+2.8	+4.4	+.073	+1.1	+3.5	+.017	+1.4	+2.2	+.064
Kenny Smith	81	38.8	17.3	0.6	2.2	2.8	7.7	1.3	0.1	3.1	2.1	6.8	14.6	.462	0.6	1.6	.359	3.2	4.4	.737

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Tim Hardaway Jr. nor Kenny Smith played in the postseason in their season 2


Season 3
	Tim Hardaway Jr.	Kenny Smith
Season	2015-16	1989-90
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Sacramento Kings, Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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		%
Tim Hardaway Jr.	51	16.9	6.4	0.1	1.5	1.7	1.0	0.4	0.1	0.5	0.9	2.2	5.2	.430	0.9	2.8	.336	1.0	1.1	.893
difference:	+28	+13.7	+5.5	+0.1	+0.3	+0.3	+4.6	+0.6		-1.6	-0.9	+2.6	+5.1	+.036	+0.6	+1.7	+.023	+1.0	+1.4	+.072
Kenny Smith	79	30.6	11.9	0.2	1.8	2.0	5.6	1.0	0.1	2.1	1.8	4.8	10.3	.466	0.3	1.1	.313	2.0	2.5	.821

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Hardaway Jr.	9	9.7	2.2	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.8	0.0	0.1	0.3	0.2	0.8	2.9	.269	0.2	1.6	.143	0.4	0.7	.667
Kenny Smith	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Tim Hardaway Jr.	Kenny Smith
Season	2016-17	1990-91
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Rockets 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		%
Tim Hardaway Jr.	79	27.3	14.5	0.4	2.4	2.8	2.3	0.7	0.2	1.3	1.3	5.3	11.5	.455	1.9	5.3	.357	2.1	2.7	.766
difference:	+1	+7.3	+3.2	+0.1	+0.8	+0.7	+4.8	+0.7	+0.1	-1.7	-0.4	+1.4	+1.4	+.065	+1.3	+3.6	+.006	+1.6	+1.7	+.078
Kenny Smith	78	34.6	17.7	0.5	1.6	2.1	7.1	1.4	0.1	3.0	1.7	6.7	12.9	.520	0.6	1.7	.363	3.7	4.4	.844

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Hardaway Jr.	6	33.3	12.8	0.5	2.2	2.7	1.2	0.5	0.0	1.7	2.2	4.5	13.7	.329	1.8	7.0	.262	2.0	3.2	.632
difference:	+3	+4.4	+2.5	+0.8	+0.9		+6.8	+0.8	+0.3	-0.3	-0.5	+1.5	+1.0	+.145	+1.1	+5.7	+.238	+0.7	+0.2	+.257
Kenny Smith	3	37.7	15.3	1.3	1.3	2.7	8.0	1.3	0.3	2.0	1.7	6.0	12.7	.474	0.7	1.3	.500	2.7	3.0	.889


Season 5
	Tim Hardaway Jr.	Kenny Smith
Season	2017-18	1991-92
Team	New York Knicks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
Tim Hardaway Jr.	57	33.1	17.5	0.6	3.4	3.9	2.7	1.1	0.2	1.6	2.2	6.3	15.0	.421	2.3	7.2	.317	2.6	3.1	.816
difference:	+24	+0.7	+3.5	+0.2	+1.6	+1.7	+4.2	+0.2	+0.1	-1.2	-0.8	+1.0	+3.8	+.054	+1.6	+5.5	+.077	+0.1		+.050
Kenny Smith	81	33.8	14.0	0.4	1.8	2.2	6.9	1.3	0.1	2.8	1.4	5.3	11.2	.475	0.7	1.7	.394	2.7	3.1	.866

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Tim Hardaway Jr. nor Kenny Smith played in the postseason in their season 5


Season 6
	Tim Hardaway Jr.	Kenny Smith
Season	2018-19	1992-93
Team	New York Knicks, Dallas Mavericks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
Tim Hardaway Jr.	65	31.6	18.1	0.5	2.9	3.4	2.4	0.8	0.1	1.6	2.2	6.0	15.3	.393	2.5	7.3	.340	3.6	4.2	.841
difference:	+17	+2.1	+5.1	+0.2	+1.3	+1.4	+3.0	+0.2		-0.4	-0.9	+1.3	+6.2	+.127	+1.3	+4.6	+.098	+1.2	+1.5	+.037
Kenny Smith	82	29.5	13.0	0.3	1.6	2.0	5.4	1.0	0.1	2.0	1.3	4.7	9.1	.520	1.2	2.7	.438	2.4	2.7	.878

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Hardaway Jr.	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kenny Smith	12	32.6	14.8	0.2	1.8	2.0	4.2	0.8	0.1	2.2	1.5	5.3	10.7	.492	1.9	3.8	.500	2.3	3.0	.778


Season 7
	Tim Hardaway Jr.	Kenny Smith
Season	2019-20	1993-94
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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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		%
Tim Hardaway Jr.	71	29.5	15.8	0.4	2.9	3.3	1.9	0.6	0.1	1.0	1.8	5.4	12.5	.434	2.9	7.2	.398	2.1	2.6	.819
difference:	+7	+1.2	+4.2	+0.1	+1.4	+1.5	+2.3	+0.2		-0.6	-0.2	+1.0	+3.4	+.046	+1.8	+4.4	+.007	+0.4	+0.6	+.052
Kenny Smith	78	28.3	11.6	0.3	1.5	1.8	4.2	0.8	0.1	1.6	1.6	4.4	9.1	.480	1.1	2.8	.405	1.7	2.0	.871

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Hardaway Jr.	6	34.0	17.8	0.5	3.0	3.5	1.8	0.3	0.0	0.5	2.7	6.7	15.8	.421	3.2	9.0	.352	1.3	1.8	.727
difference:	+17	+3.7	+7.0	+0.3	+0.9	+1.2	+2.3	+0.7	+0.2	-0.9	-1.0	+3.0	+7.6	+.034	+1.7	+5.7	+.095	+0.5	+0.5	+.081
Kenny Smith	23	30.3	10.8	0.2	2.1	2.3	4.1	1.0	0.2	1.4	1.7	3.7	8.2	.455	1.5	3.3	.447	1.8	2.3	.808


Season 8
	Tim Hardaway Jr.	Kenny Smith
Season	2020-21	1994-95
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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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		%
Tim Hardaway Jr.	70	28.4	16.6	0.3	3.0	3.3	1.8	0.4	0.2	0.9	1.6	5.8	13.0	.447	3.0	7.6	.391	2.0	2.5	.816
difference:	+11	+3.3	+6.2		+1.4	+1.4	+2.2	+0.5	+0.1	-0.6	-0.3	+2.3	+5.7	+.037	+1.2	+3.5	+.038	+0.4	+0.7	+.035
Kenny Smith	81	25.1	10.4	0.3	1.6	1.9	4.0	0.9	0.1	1.5	1.3	3.5	7.3	.484	1.8	4.1	.429	1.6	1.8	.851

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Hardaway Jr.	7	37.4	17.0	0.7	2.6	3.3	1.4	0.4	0.0	0.9	2.4	6.0	14.4	.416	3.3	8.1	.404	1.7	2.3	.750
difference:	+15	+7.8	+6.2	+0.4	+0.7	+1.1	+3.1	+0.2	+0.1	-0.5	-0.3	+2.5	+6.3	+.022	+1.2	+3.4	+.038	+0.1	+0.5	+.150
Kenny Smith	22	29.6	10.8	0.3	1.9	2.2	4.5	0.6	0.1	1.4	2.1	3.5	8.1	.438	2.1	4.7	.442	1.6	1.8	.900


Season 9
	Tim Hardaway Jr.	Kenny Smith
Season	2021-22	1995-96
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Rockets Lost West 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		%
Tim Hardaway Jr.	42	29.6	14.2	0.3	3.4	3.7	2.2	0.9	0.1	0.8	1.8	5.0	12.6	.394	2.4	7.2	.336	1.9	2.5	.757
difference:	+26	+5.8	+5.7		+2.3	+2.3	+1.4	+0.2	+0.1	-0.7	-0.1	+2.0	+5.8	+.039	+1.1	+3.7	+.046	+0.6	+0.9	+.064
Kenny Smith	68	23.8	8.5	0.3	1.1	1.4	3.6	0.7	0.0	1.5	1.7	3.0	6.8	.433	1.3	3.5	.382	1.3	1.6	.821

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Hardaway Jr.	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kenny Smith	8	23.9	8.9	0.5	1.0	1.5	4.8	0.6	0.0	1.0	1.8	2.9	6.6	.434	1.5	3.9	.387	1.6	1.6	1.000


Season 10
	Tim Hardaway Jr.	Kenny Smith
Season	2022-23	1996-97
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Detroit Pistons, Orlando Magic, Denver Nuggets
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		%
Tim Hardaway Jr.	71	30.3	14.4	0.3	3.2	3.5	1.8	0.7	0.2	0.8	1.7	4.8	11.9	.401	3.0	7.7	.385	1.8	2.3	.770
difference:	+23	+14.4	+8.1	+0.2	+2.4	+2.6	+0.6	+0.3	+0.2	-0.7	-1.1	+2.7	+6.9	+.022	+1.8	+4.9	+.052	+1.0	+1.4	+.097
Kenny Smith	48	15.9	6.3	0.1	0.8	0.9	2.4	0.4	0.0	1.5	0.6	2.1	5.0	.423	1.2	2.8	.437	0.8	0.9	.867

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Tim Hardaway Jr. nor Kenny Smith played in the postseason in their season 10

Additional Years

* Tim Hardaway Jr. played 2 seasons more than Kenny Smith in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 11 to 12, from 2024 to 2025—Tim Hardaway Jr. played in two Playoffs.

Tim Hardaway Jr. vs. Kenny Smith Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kenny Smith and Tim Hardaway Jr., 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

Additional Years