Tony Smith vs. John Wall Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of John Wall and Tony Smith, 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.

Tony Smith played 9 years in the NBA, 2 less than John Wall, who played 11. Tony Smith had the first of his seasons in 1990-91, while John Wall had his rookie season in 2010-11. 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 achivements, 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
Tony Smith	9	6	1990-91 to 2000-01
John Wall	11	4	2010-11 to 2022-23

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Tony Smith	John Wall
Season	1990-91	2010-11
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Smith	64	10.9	3.7	0.4	0.7	1.1	2.1	0.4	0.2	1.1	1.3	1.5	3.4	.441	0.0	0.1	.000	0.6	0.9	.702
John Wall	69	37.8	16.4	0.5	4.1	4.6	8.3	1.8	0.5	3.8	2.5	5.8	14.1	.409	0.5	1.7	.296	4.4	5.7	.766

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Smith	7	5.7	2.0	0.4	0.0	0.4	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.9	0.9	0.9	1.9	.462	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.4	.667
John Wall	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Tony Smith	John Wall
Season	1991-92	2011-12
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Smith	63	13.0	4.4	0.5	0.7	1.2	1.7	0.6	0.1	0.8	1.4	1.8	4.5	.399	0.0	0.2	.000	0.8	1.2	.653
John Wall	66	36.2	16.3	0.7	3.8	4.5	8.0	1.4	0.9	3.9	2.1	5.7	13.5	.423	0.0	0.6	.071	4.8	6.1	.789

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Smith	4	10.0	1.8	0.3	0.3	0.5	1.3	1.0	0.0	0.8	1.3	0.8	2.5	.300	0.0	0.5	.000	0.3	0.5	.500
John Wall	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Tony Smith	John Wall
Season	1992-93	2012-13
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Smith	55	13.7	6.0	0.8	0.7	1.6	1.1	0.9	0.1	0.7	1.3	2.4	5.0	.484	0.0	0.2	.182	1.1	1.5	.756
John Wall	49	32.7	18.5	0.7	3.3	4.0	7.6	1.3	0.8	3.2	2.4	6.6	15.0	.441	0.2	0.9	.267	5.0	6.2	.804

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Smith	5	14.6	6.8	1.0	0.6	1.6	0.4	0.2	0.2	0.6	2.8	2.6	5.0	.520	0.4	0.8	.500	1.2	1.8	.667
John Wall	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Tony Smith	John Wall
Season	1993-94	2013-14
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Wizards Lost East Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Smith	73	22.2	8.8	1.5	1.2	2.7	2.0	0.8	0.2	1.0	1.8	3.7	8.5	.441	0.2	0.7	.320	1.2	1.6	.714
John Wall	82	36.3	19.3	0.5	3.6	4.1	8.8	1.8	0.5	3.6	2.7	7.1	16.3	.433	1.3	3.8	.351	3.9	4.8	.805

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Wall	11	38.2	16.3	0.5	3.5	4.0	7.1	1.6	0.7	3.3	2.6	5.5	14.9	.366	0.6	2.9	.219	4.7	6.2	.765


Season 5
	Tony Smith	John Wall
Season	1994-95	2014-15
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	Wizards Lost East Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Smith	61	16.8	5.6	0.7	1.0	1.8	1.7	0.8	0.1	0.8	1.8	2.2	5.1	.427	0.5	1.5	.352	0.7	1.0	.698
John Wall	79	35.9	17.6	0.5	4.2	4.6	10.0	1.7	0.6	3.8	2.3	6.6	14.8	.445	0.8	2.7	.300	3.6	4.6	.785

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Smith	6	4.5	1.5	0.2	0.3	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.2	0.5	2.2	.231	0.5	1.7	.300	0.0	0.3	.000
John Wall	7	39.0	17.4	0.7	4.0	4.7	11.9	1.4	1.4	3.9	1.9	6.1	15.7	.391	0.4	2.4	.176	4.7	5.6	.846


Season 6
	Tony Smith	John Wall
Season	1995-96	2015-16
Team	Phoenix Suns, Miami Heat	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Smith	59	15.9	5.1	0.5	1.1	1.6	2.6	0.6	0.2	1.1	1.8	2.0	4.6	.423	0.6	2.0	.328	0.5	0.8	.609
John Wall	77	36.2	19.9	0.5	4.4	4.9	10.2	1.9	0.8	4.1	2.1	7.4	17.5	.424	1.5	4.3	.351	3.5	4.5	.791

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Smith	3	20.3	7.3	1.0	0.3	1.3	2.7	1.3	0.0	1.0	2.3	3.0	6.3	.474	1.3	3.3	.400	0.0	0.0	-
John Wall	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Tony Smith	John Wall
Season	1996-97	2016-17
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hornets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Wizards Lost East Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Smith	69	18.7	5.0	0.6	0.8	1.4	2.2	0.7	0.3	1.1	1.6	2.0	4.9	.409	0.5	1.4	.323	0.6	0.9	.644
John Wall	78	36.4	23.1	0.8	3.4	4.2	10.7	2.0	0.6	4.1	1.9	8.3	18.4	.451	1.1	3.5	.327	5.4	6.8	.801

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Smith	2	4.5	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.5	1.0	0.5	0.0	1.5	0.5	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.5	.000	0.5	1.0	.500
John Wall	13	39.0	27.2	0.5	3.2	3.7	10.3	1.7	1.2	4.2	2.0	9.8	21.6	.452	1.6	4.7	.344	6.0	7.2	.839


Season 8
	Tony Smith	John Wall
Season	1997-98	2017-18
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Wizards Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Smith	7	11.4	2.7	0.6	0.4	1.0	1.4	0.7	0.3	1.3	1.0	1.1	3.4	.333	0.0	0.6	.000	0.4	0.6	.750
John Wall	41	34.4	19.4	0.5	3.1	3.7	9.6	1.4	1.1	3.9	2.0	6.8	16.3	.420	1.5	4.1	.371	4.3	5.9	.726

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Wall	6	39.0	26.0	0.5	5.2	5.7	11.5	2.3	1.3	4.5	2.7	9.3	21.2	.441	0.7	3.5	.190	6.7	7.8	.851

Note: Tony Smith didn't play in 1998-99 and 1999-00.


Season 9
	Tony Smith	John Wall
Season	2000-01	2018-19
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Smith	6	13.0	2.8	0.3	0.2	0.5	1.7	1.2	0.0	1.5	2.0	1.3	3.8	.348	0.0	0.3	.000	0.2	0.3	.500
John Wall	32	34.5	20.7	0.5	3.2	3.6	8.7	1.5	0.9	3.8	2.2	7.7	17.3	.444	1.6	5.3	.302	3.8	5.5	.697

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Wall	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: John Wall didn't play in 2019-20.


Season 10
	Tony Smith	John Wall
Season	-	2020-21
Team	-	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Wall	40	32.2	20.6	0.4	2.8	3.2	6.9	1.1	0.8	3.5	1.2	7.3	18.2	.404	2.0	6.2	.317	4.0	5.3	.749

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Wall	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: John Wall didn't play in 2021-22.


Season 11
	Tony Smith	John Wall
Season	-	2022-23
Team	-	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Wall	34	22.2	11.4	0.4	2.3	2.7	5.2	0.8	0.4	2.4	1.7	4.1	9.9	.408	1.0	3.2	.303	2.3	3.3	.681

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Wall	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Tony Smith vs. John Wall Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of John Wall and Tony Smith, 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

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11