Tony Allen vs. Marcus Smart Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Marcus Smart and Tony Allen, 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.

Tony Allen played 14 years in the NBA, 3 more than Marcus Smart, who played 11. Tony Allen had the first of his seasons in 2004-05, 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.

Rookie Season
	Tony Allen	Marcus Smart
Season	2004-05	2014-15
Team	Boston Celtics	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Tony Allen	77	16.4	6.4	1.1	1.8	2.9	0.8	1.0	0.3	1.0	2.0	2.4	5.0	.475	0.2	0.4	.387	1.5	2.0	.737
difference:	+10	+10.6	+1.4	+0.2	+0.6	+0.4	+2.3	+0.5		-0.3	-0.6	+0.2	+2.1	+.108	+1.2	+3.7	+.052	+0.3	+0.1	+.091
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		%
Tony Allen	7	12.4	2.7	0.6	1.1	1.7	0.3	0.4	0.3	0.7	2.4	1.1	2.6	.444	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	1.0	.429
difference:	+3	+10.1	+7.1	+0.7	+0.4	+1.1	+1.0	+0.1		-0.3	-0.6	+2.4	+4.7	+.039	+0.8	+3.3		+1.6	+2.8	+.104
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 4
	Tony Allen	Marcus Smart
Season	2007-08	2017-18
Team	Boston Celtics	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Tony Allen	75	18.3	6.6	0.5	1.8	2.2	1.5	0.8	0.3	1.5	2.2	2.3	5.2	.434	0.2	0.8	.316	1.8	2.4	.762
difference:	+21	+11.6	+3.6	+0.3	+0.9	+1.3	+3.3	+0.5	+0.1	-0.9	-0.3	+1.2	+4.3	+.067	+1.2	+3.8	+.015		+0.1	+.033
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		%
Tony Allen	15	4.3	1.3	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.3	0.6	1.1	.563	0.0	0.1	.000	0.1	0.3	.400
difference:		+25.6	+8.5	+0.8	+2.7	+3.5	+5.1	+1.6	+0.7	-2.3	-2.6	+2.6	+8.4	+.227	+1.0	+4.4	+.221	+2.3	+3.0	+.335
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
	Tony Allen	Marcus Smart
Season	2008-09	2018-19
Team	Boston Celtics	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Tony Allen	46	19.3	7.8	0.5	1.8	2.3	1.4	1.2	0.5	1.7	2.1	3.0	6.2	.482	0.1	0.6	.222	1.7	2.4	.725
difference:	+34	+8.2	+1.1	+0.2	+0.4	+0.6	+2.6	+0.6	+0.1	-0.2	-0.4		+0.9	+.060	+1.5	+3.7	+.142	+0.4	+0.8	+.081
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		%
Tony Allen	10	6.0	0.9	0.1	0.8	0.9	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.1	0.4	0.4	0.8	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.1	0.1	1.000
difference:	+8	+10.0	+2.6	+1.9	+0.8	+1.1	+1.7	+1.3		-1.4	-1.1	+0.1	+4.7	+.409	+0.5	+5.5		+1.9	+2.9	+.333
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
	Tony Allen	Marcus Smart
Season	2009-10	2019-20
Team	Boston Celtics	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Celtics Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Tony Allen	54	16.5	6.1	1.0	1.7	2.7	1.3	1.1	0.4	1.2	2.0	2.4	4.7	.510	0.0	0.1	.000	1.3	2.2	.605
difference:	+6	+15.5	+6.8	+0.3	+1.4	+1.1	+3.6	+0.6	+0.1	-0.5	-0.7	+1.9	+6.7	+.135	+2.3	+6.5	+.347	+0.8	+0.3	+.231
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		%
Tony Allen	24	16.3	5.1	0.5	1.2	1.7	0.7	1.0	0.6	1.0	2.4	2.0	4.1	.480	0.0	0.2	.000	1.2	1.5	.778
difference:	+7	+21.8	+9.4	+0.1	+3.4	+3.5	+3.9	+0.2	+0.1	-1.6	-0.8	+2.6	+7.5	+.086	+2.4	+7.0	+.333	+1.7	+1.8	+.097
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
	Tony Allen	Marcus Smart
Season	2010-11	2020-21
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Tony Allen	72	20.8	8.9	1.0	1.7	2.7	1.4	1.8	0.6	1.2	2.2	3.5	6.8	.510	0.1	0.3	.174	1.9	2.5	.753
difference:	+24	+12.1	+4.2	+0.2	+1.0	+0.8	+4.3	+0.3	+0.1	-0.8	-0.4	+0.7	+3.8	+.112	+1.8	+5.6	+.156	+0.8	+0.9	+.037
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		%
Tony Allen	13	26.9	8.8	1.2	1.8	2.9	1.5	1.9	0.4	1.8	3.3	3.3	7.8	.426	0.1	0.5	.143	2.1	3.2	.659
difference:	+8	+9.7	+9.0	+0.4	+1.8	+1.5	+4.5	+0.9	+0.2	-1.0	-0.5	+2.5	+5.4	+.013	+3.1	+8.1	+.229	+0.9	+1.0	+.055
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
	Tony Allen	Marcus Smart
Season	2011-12	2021-22
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Tony Allen	58	26.3	9.8	1.7	2.3	4.0	1.4	1.8	0.6	1.6	2.4	3.6	7.7	.469	0.1	0.4	.308	2.4	3.0	.800
difference:	+13	+6.0	+2.3	+1.1	+0.9	+0.2	+4.5	+0.1	+0.3	-0.6	-0.1	+0.6	+2.4	+.051	+1.6	+4.7	+.023	+0.4	+0.5	+.007
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		%
Tony Allen	7	24.3	6.9	1.1	2.0	3.1	0.7	1.3	1.0	1.4	3.0	2.6	6.4	.400	0.0	0.7	.000	1.7	2.4	.706
difference:	+14	+11.9	+8.5	+0.1	+1.6	+1.4	+5.2	+0.1	+0.8	-1.1	-0.4	+2.8	+6.9	+.005	+2.3	+5.8	+.350	+0.7	+0.6	+.100
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
	Tony Allen	Marcus Smart
Season	2012-13	2022-23
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Tony Allen	79	26.7	8.9	1.5	3.1	4.6	1.2	1.5	0.6	1.2	2.7	3.6	8.1	.445	0.0	0.3	.125	1.7	2.4	.717
difference:	+18	+5.4	+2.6	+0.7	+0.7	+1.5	+5.1		+0.2	-1.1	-0.1	+0.5	+1.8	+.030	+1.9	+5.3	+.211	+0.3	+0.5	+.029
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		%
Tony Allen	15	28.1	10.3	2.5	3.6	6.1	1.8	2.0	0.3	1.3	3.2	3.6	8.3	.432	0.1	0.5	.250	2.9	3.9	.759
difference:	+5	+5.9	+4.6	+1.4	+0.6	+2.1	+3.3	+0.7		-1.0	-1.3	+1.5	+2.9	+.021	+2.1	+5.6	+.111	+0.3	+0.6	+.041
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 11
	Tony Allen	Marcus Smart
Season	2014-15	2024-25
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Memphis Grizzlies, Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Tony Allen	63	26.2	8.6	1.6	2.8	4.4	1.4	2.0	0.5	1.4	2.6	3.6	7.2	.495	0.2	0.5	.345	1.3	2.0	.627
difference:	+29	+6.2	+0.4	+1.1	+1.2	+2.3	+1.8	+0.9	+0.2	-0.2	-1.0	+0.6	+0.4	+.102	+1.2	+3.6	+.003	+0.3	+0.1	+.134
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Allen	10	27.9	6.6	1.4	3.8	5.2	1.5	2.4	1.1	1.3	2.7	2.8	5.7	.491	0.1	0.7	.143	0.9	1.2	.750
Marcus Smart	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Tony Allen played 3 seasons more than Marcus Smart in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 12 to 14, from 2016 to 2018—Tony Allen played in one postseason. In those 3 extra years over Marcus Smart, Tony Allen got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-Defensive Second Team