Tyrese Haliburton vs. Kenny Smith Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kenny Smith and Tyrese Haliburton, 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.

Tyrese Haliburton played 5 years in the NBA, 5 less than Kenny Smith, who played 10. Tyrese Haliburton had the first of his seasons in 2020-21, 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.

Rookie Season
	Tyrese Haliburton	Kenny Smith
Season	2020-21	1987-88
Team	Sacramento Kings	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		%
Tyrese Haliburton	58	30.1	13.0	0.7	2.3	3.0	5.3	1.3	0.5	1.6	1.4	5.0	10.7	.472	2.1	5.1	.409	0.8	1.0	.857
difference:	+3	+5.5	+0.8		+0.7	+0.7	+1.8	+0.2	+0.4	-1.4	-0.9	+0.4	+0.7	+.005	+1.9	+4.5	+.101	+1.9	+2.3	+.038
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 Tyrese Haliburton nor Kenny Smith played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Tyrese Haliburton	Kenny Smith
Season	2022-23	1989-90
Team	Indiana Pacers	Sacramento Kings, Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Tyrese Haliburton	56	33.6	20.7	0.6	3.1	3.7	10.4	1.6	0.4	2.5	1.2	7.4	15.0	.490	2.9	7.2	.400	3.1	3.6	.871
difference:	+23	+3.0	+8.8	+0.4	+1.3	+1.7	+4.8	+0.6	+0.3	-0.4	-0.6	+2.6	+4.7	+.024	+2.6	+6.1	+.087	+1.1	+1.1	+.050
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
* Neiher Tyrese Haliburton nor Kenny Smith played in the postseason in their season 3

Season 4
	Tyrese Haliburton	Kenny Smith
Season	2023-24	1990-91
Team	Indiana Pacers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	Assists Leader	-
	Cup All-Tournament Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Tyrese Haliburton	69	32.2	20.1	0.5	3.4	3.9	10.9	1.2	0.7	2.3	1.1	7.2	15.2	.477	2.8	7.8	.364	2.8	3.3	.855
difference:	+9	+2.4	+2.4		+1.8	+1.8	+3.8	+0.2	+0.6	-0.7	-0.6	+0.5	+2.3	+.043	+2.2	+6.1	+.001	+0.9	+1.1	+.011
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		%
Tyrese Haliburton	15	34.8	18.7	0.8	4.0	4.8	8.2	1.3	0.7	2.1	0.9	7.0	14.3	.488	3.5	9.3	.379	1.1	1.3	.850
difference:	+12	+2.9	+3.4	+0.5	+2.7	+2.1	+0.2		+0.4	-0.1	-0.8	+1.0	+1.6	+.014	+2.8	+8.0	+.121	+1.6	+1.7	+.039
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
	Tyrese Haliburton	Kenny Smith
Season	2024-25	1991-92
Team	Indiana Pacers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Playoffs	Pacers Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Tyrese Haliburton	73	33.6	18.6	0.6	3.0	3.5	9.2	1.4	0.7	1.6	1.3	6.5	13.8	.473	3.0	7.7	.388	2.6	3.0	.851
difference:	+8	+0.2	+4.6	+0.2	+1.2	+1.3	+2.3	+0.1	+0.6	-1.2	-0.1	+1.2	+2.6	+.002	+2.3	+6.0	+.006	+0.1	+0.1	+.015
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tyrese Haliburton	23	33.6	17.3	0.3	5.0	5.3	8.6	1.3	0.7	2.3	1.7	6.3	13.7	.463	2.3	6.9	.340	2.3	2.8	.828
Kenny Smith	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-