Trevor Ariza vs. J.R. Smith Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of J.R. Smith and Trevor Ariza, 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 / 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.

Trevor Ariza played 18 years in the NBA, 2 more than J.R. Smith, who played 16. Trevor Ariza had the first of his seasons in 2004-05, 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
Trevor Ariza	18	10	2004-05 to 2021-22
J.R. Smith	16	12	2004-05 to 2019-20

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16


Rookie Season
	Trevor Ariza	J.R. Smith
Season	2004-05	2004-05
Team	New York Knicks	New Orleans Hornets
Honors & Awards
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		%
Trevor Ariza	80	17.3	5.9	1.1	1.9	3.0	1.1	0.9	0.2	0.9	1.9	2.2	4.9	.442	0.0	0.2	.231	1.5	2.2	.695
difference:	+4	+7.2	+4.4	+0.6	+0.4	+1.0	+0.8	+0.2	+0.1	-0.5	-0.1	+1.7	+4.9	+.048	+1.1	+3.5	+.057		+0.1	+.006
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
* Neiher Trevor Ariza nor J.R. Smith played in the postseason in their season 1


Season 2
	Trevor Ariza	J.R. Smith
Season	2005-06	2005-06
Team	New York Knicks, Orlando Magic	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		%
Trevor Ariza	57	17.5	4.6	1.4	2.5	3.8	1.1	1.0	0.2	1.1	1.8	1.6	4.0	.412	0.0	0.1	.200	1.4	2.2	.606
difference:	+2	+0.5	+3.1	+1.1	+0.8	+1.8		+0.3	+0.1	-0.1	-0.2	+1.0	+2.7	+.019	+0.9	+2.4	+.171	+0.1	+0.4	+.216
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 Trevor Ariza nor J.R. Smith played in the postseason in their season 2


Season 3
	Trevor Ariza	J.R. Smith
Season	2006-07	2006-07
Team	Orlando Magic	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Trevor Ariza	57	22.4	8.9	1.7	2.6	4.4	1.1	1.0	0.3	1.5	2.4	3.5	6.5	.539	0.0	0.1	.000	1.9	3.0	.620
difference:	+6	+0.9	+4.1	+1.2	+0.8	+2.1	+0.3	+0.2	+0.2	-0.2	-0.1	+1.0	+3.7	+.098	+2.4	+6.0	+.390	+0.3	+1.0	+.190
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		%
Trevor Ariza	4	11.8	2.8	1.3	1.0	2.3	1.3	0.3	0.0	1.0	2.3	1.3	4.0	.313	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	1.0	.250
difference:			+1.7	+1.0	+1.0		+0.8	+0.7	+0.3	-0.2	-0.8	+0.2	+1.5	+.040		+3.0		+1.2	+0.5	+.750
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
	Trevor Ariza	J.R. Smith
Season	2007-08	2007-08
Team	Orlando Magic, Los Angeles Lakers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Trevor Ariza	35	15.6	5.5	0.9	2.2	3.1	1.3	0.9	0.3	0.7	1.3	2.0	3.9	.507	0.1	0.5	.278	1.4	2.1	.653
difference:	+39	+3.6	+6.8	+0.3	+0.7	+1.0	+0.4	+0.1	+0.1	-0.8	-0.6	+2.2	+5.2	+.046	+2.0	+4.8	+.125	+0.3	+0.3	+.066
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		%
Trevor Ariza	8	5.6	2.1	0.4	1.0	1.4	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.9	0.9	1.5	.583	0.1	0.5	.250	0.3	0.5	.500
difference:	+4	+21.4	+16.2	+0.1	+0.5	+0.4	+1.7	+0.9	+0.1	-1.2	-2.1	+4.9	+9.3	+.048	+1.7	+5.0	+.068	+4.7	+5.5	+.333
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
	Trevor Ariza	J.R. Smith
Season	2008-09	2008-09
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Trevor Ariza	82	24.4	8.9	1.4	2.9	4.3	1.8	1.7	0.3	1.1	2.0	3.3	7.3	.460	0.7	2.3	.319	1.5	2.1	.710
difference:	+1	+3.3	+6.3	+0.9	+0.2	+0.6	+1.0	+0.7	+0.1	-0.8	-0.3	+1.9	+4.4	+.014	+1.5	+3.3	+.078	+1.0	+1.3	+.044
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		%
Trevor Ariza	23	31.4	11.3	1.0	3.3	4.2	2.3	1.6	0.4	1.7	3.2	4.0	8.0	.497	1.7	3.7	.476	1.6	2.8	.563
difference:	+7	+4.2	+3.6	+0.3	+0.7	+0.9	+0.5	+0.5	+0.1	-0.1		+1.5	+4.1	+.043	+0.7	+2.9	+.118		+0.1	+.020
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
	Trevor Ariza	J.R. Smith
Season	2009-10	2009-10
Team	Houston Rockets	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Trevor Ariza	72	36.5	14.9	1.1	4.5	5.6	3.8	1.8	0.6	2.2	2.3	5.5	13.9	.394	1.9	5.7	.334	2.1	3.2	.649
difference:	+3	+8.7	+0.5	+0.7	+1.8	+2.5	+1.4	+0.5	+0.3	-0.3		+0.2	+0.1	+.020	+0.2	+0.5	+.004	+0.2	+0.5	+.057
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		%
Trevor Ariza	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Trevor Ariza	J.R. Smith
Season	2010-11	2010-11
Team	New Orleans Hornets	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hornets 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		%
Trevor Ariza	75	34.7	11.0	0.8	4.6	5.4	2.2	1.6	0.4	1.6	2.4	4.0	10.2	.398	1.1	3.6	.303	1.8	2.6	.701
difference:	+4	+9.8	+1.3	+0.2	+1.1	+1.3		+0.4	+0.2	-0.3	-0.2	+0.3	+0.3	+.037	+0.5	+0.4	+.087	+0.3	+0.2	+.037
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		%
Trevor Ariza	6	40.2	15.5	1.2	5.3	6.5	3.3	1.3	0.5	1.2	2.7	5.8	14.2	.412	1.2	3.5	.333	2.7	3.7	.727
difference:	+1	+25.0	+5.7	+1.0	+3.5	+4.5	+2.3	+0.9	+0.5	-0.4	-1.1	+2.6	+5.2	+.056	+0.6	+0.7	+.096	+1.1	+1.5
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
	Trevor Ariza	J.R. Smith
Season	2011-12	2011-12
Team	New Orleans Hornets	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		%
Trevor Ariza	41	32.9	10.8	1.0	4.2	5.2	3.3	1.7	0.6	1.9	1.8	4.1	9.8	.417	0.7	2.1	.333	1.9	2.5	.775
difference:	+6	+5.3	+1.7	+0.2	+1.1	+1.3	+0.9	+0.2	+0.4	-0.6	-0.7	+0.6	+1.8	+.010	+1.2	+3.4	+.014	+0.8	+0.9	+.066
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		%
Trevor Ariza	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
	Trevor Ariza	J.R. Smith
Season	2012-13	2012-13
Team	Washington Wizards	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	Sixth Man of the Year
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Trevor Ariza	56	26.3	9.5	0.8	4.0	4.8	2.0	1.3	0.4	1.5	1.3	3.4	8.1	.417	1.4	3.7	.364	1.4	1.7	.821
difference:	+24	+7.2	+8.6		+0.5	+0.5	+0.7		+0.1	-0.2	-1.5	+3.2	+7.5	+.005	+0.5	+1.8	+.008	+1.6	+2.2	+.059
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		%
Trevor Ariza	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Trevor Ariza	J.R. Smith
Season	2013-14	2013-14
Team	Washington Wizards	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Wizards Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Trevor Ariza	77	35.4	14.4	1.3	4.9	6.2	2.5	1.6	0.3	1.7	2.3	5.1	11.1	.456	2.3	5.7	.407	1.9	2.5	.772
difference:	+3	+2.7	+0.1	+0.8	+1.4	+2.2	+0.5	+0.7		-0.2	-0.3	+0.3	+1.8	+.041	+0.3	+0.8	+.013	+0.7	+0.6	+.120
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Trevor Ariza	11	37.0	13.6	1.9	7.0	8.9	1.7	1.5	0.4	1.3	2.4	4.7	9.8	.481	2.3	5.1	.446	1.9	2.5	.778
J.R. Smith	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Trevor Ariza	J.R. Smith
Season	2014-15	2014-15
Team	Houston Rockets	New York Knicks, Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Trevor Ariza	82	35.7	12.8	0.9	4.7	5.6	2.5	1.9	0.2	1.7	2.3	4.5	11.1	.402	2.4	6.8	.350	1.5	1.7	.853
difference:	+12	+6.0	+0.7	+0.5	+2.0	+2.5	+0.3	+0.7	+0.1	-0.3			+0.3	+.015	+0.1	+0.7	+.033	+0.7	+0.7	+.103
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		%
Trevor Ariza	17	38.5	13.2	1.1	5.4	6.4	2.6	1.8	0.1	1.4	3.0	4.4	10.4	.426	2.1	5.6	.375	2.2	2.5	.905
difference:	+1	+7.4	+0.4	+0.6	+1.2	+1.7	+1.4	+0.9	+0.5	-0.6		+0.2	+1.0	+.023	+0.7	+2.3	+.016	+1.4	+1.4	+.205
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
	Trevor Ariza	J.R. Smith
Season	2015-16	2015-16
Team	Houston Rockets	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Trevor Ariza	81	35.3	12.7	0.8	3.7	4.5	2.3	2.0	0.3	1.4	2.2	4.4	10.6	.416	2.3	6.2	.371	1.6	2.0	.783
difference:	+4	+4.6	+0.3	+0.2	+1.4	+1.7	+0.6	+0.9		-0.6	-0.4	+0.2	+0.4	+.001	+0.3	+0.4	+.029	+1.0	+1.1	+.149
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		%
Trevor Ariza	5	36.2	6.6	1.4	2.8	4.2	0.8	2.6	0.2	2.4	3.2	2.6	10.2	.255	0.8	5.6	.143	0.6	0.8	.750
difference:	+16	+1.4	+4.9	+1.1	+0.1	+1.0	+0.6	+1.4		-1.9	-0.6	+1.3	+1.2	+.181	+2.3	+1.6	+.287		+0.2	+.131
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


Season 13
	Trevor Ariza	J.R. Smith
Season	2016-17	2016-17
Team	Houston Rockets	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals

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13th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Trevor Ariza	80	34.7	11.7	0.7	5.1	5.7	2.2	1.8	0.3	0.9	1.7	4.1	10.0	.409	2.4	6.9	.344	1.2	1.6	.738
difference:	+39	+5.7	+3.1	+0.3	+2.8	+2.9	+0.7	+0.8		-0.3	-0.2	+1.1	+1.3	+.063	+0.1	+0.3	+.007	+1.0	+1.2	+.071
J.R. Smith	41	29.0	8.6	0.4	2.3	2.8	1.5	1.0	0.3	0.6	1.9	3.0	8.7	.346	2.3	6.6	.351	0.2	0.4	.667

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Trevor Ariza	11	37.5	10.7	0.7	4.4	5.1	2.1	1.3	0.2	0.8	2.3	3.7	8.8	.423	2.1	5.5	.377	1.2	1.3	.929
difference:	+7	+10.4	+2.6	+0.4	+2.3	+2.8	+1.4	+0.6	+0.1	-0.1		+0.9	+3.3	+.082	+0.1	+1.1	+.123	+0.9	+0.7	+.474
J.R. Smith	18	27.1	8.1	0.3	2.1	2.3	0.7	0.7	0.3	0.7	2.3	2.8	5.5	.505	2.2	4.4	.500	0.3	0.6	.455


Season 14
	Trevor Ariza	J.R. Smith
Season	2017-18	2017-18
Team	Houston Rockets	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Finals	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals

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14th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Trevor Ariza	67	33.9	11.7	0.5	3.9	4.4	1.6	1.5	0.2	0.8	2.0	4.0	9.7	.412	2.5	6.9	.368	1.1	1.3	.854
difference:	+13	+5.8	+3.4	+0.1	+1.3	+1.5	+0.2	+0.6	+0.1	-0.2		+1.0	+2.3	+.009	+0.7	+2.1	+.007	+0.6	+0.6	+.158
J.R. Smith	80	28.1	8.3	0.4	2.6	2.9	1.8	0.9	0.1	1.0	2.0	3.0	7.4	.403	1.8	4.8	.375	0.5	0.7	.696

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Trevor Ariza	17	34.2	8.8	0.5	3.3	3.8	1.3	1.1	0.1	0.6	2.6	2.9	8.2	.360	1.5	5.4	.286	1.4	1.8	.742
difference:	+5	+2.1	+0.1		+1.0	+1.1	+0.2	+0.1	+0.1	-0.3	-0.1	+0.1	+0.3	+.012	+0.5	+0.1	+.081	+0.6	+0.8	+.031
J.R. Smith	22	32.1	8.7	0.5	2.3	2.7	1.1	1.0	0.2	0.9	2.5	3.0	8.5	.348	2.0	5.5	.367	0.8	1.0	.773


Season 15
	Trevor Ariza	J.R. Smith
Season	2018-19	2018-19
Team	Phoenix Suns, Washington Wizards	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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15th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Trevor Ariza	69	34.0	12.5	0.7	4.7	5.4	3.7	1.3	0.3	1.5	1.9	4.3	10.7	.399	2.1	6.3	.334	1.9	2.4	.793
difference:	+58	+13.8	+5.8	+0.7	+3.1	+3.8	+1.8	+0.3		-0.5	-0.2	+1.8	+3.5	+.057	+1.0	+2.8	+.026	+1.2	+1.5	+.007
J.R. Smith	11	20.2	6.7	0.0	1.6	1.6	1.9	1.0	0.3	1.0	1.7	2.5	7.2	.342	1.1	3.5	.308	0.7	0.9	.800

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Trevor Ariza nor J.R. Smith played in the postseason in their season 15


Season 16
	Trevor Ariza	J.R. Smith
Season	2019-20	2019-20
Team	Sacramento Kings, Portland Trail Blazers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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16th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Trevor Ariza	53	28.2	8.0	0.6	4.0	4.6	1.7	1.3	0.3	1.1	2.1	2.7	6.1	.438	1.5	3.9	.372	1.2	1.4	.838
difference:	+47	+15.0	+5.2	+0.6	+3.2	+3.8	+1.2	+1.1	+0.3	-0.4	-1.3	+1.5	+2.4	+.120	+1.3	+2.1	+.281	+0.9	+1.1	+.162
J.R. Smith	6	13.2	2.8	0.0	0.8	0.8	0.5	0.2	0.0	0.7	0.8	1.2	3.7	.318	0.2	1.8	.091	0.3	0.3	1.000

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Trevor Ariza	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
J.R. Smith	10	7.5	2.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.7	1.1	0.7	2.6	.269	0.6	2.2	.273	0.0	0.0	-

Additional Years

* Trevor Ariza played 2 seasons more than J.R. Smith in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 17 to 18, from 2021 to 2022—Trevor Ariza played in one postseason.

Trevor Ariza vs. J.R. Smith Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of J.R. Smith and Trevor Ariza, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

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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

Season 13

13th Season Stats Comparison

Season 14

14th Season Stats Comparison

Season 15

15th Season Stats Comparison

Season 16

16th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years