Tyson Chandler vs. J.R. Smith Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of J.R. Smith and Tyson Chandler, 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.

Tyson Chandler played 19 years in the NBA, 3 more than J.R. Smith, who played 16. Tyson Chandler had the first of his seasons in 2001-02, 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.

Season 9
	Tyson Chandler	J.R. Smith
Season	2009-10	2012-13
Team	Charlotte Bobcats	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	Sixth Man of the Year
Playoffs	Bobcats Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Tyson Chandler	51	22.8	6.5	2.2	4.0	6.3	0.3	0.3	1.1	1.8	2.7	2.1	3.7	.574	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	3.1	.732
difference:	+29	+10.7	+11.6	+1.4	+0.5	+1.0	+2.4	+1.0	+0.8	-0.1	-0.1	+4.5	+11.9	+.152	+1.9	+5.5		+0.7	+0.8	+.030
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		%
Tyson Chandler	4	15.0	3.5	0.8	1.8	2.5	0.5	0.5	0.8	1.0	4.0	1.5	2.8	.545	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.8	.667
difference:	+7	+16.9	+10.8	+0.3	+2.4	+2.2	+0.9	+0.5	+0.3	-0.8	-1.5	+3.4	+12.0	+.214	+1.6	+6.0		+2.3	+3.1	+.054
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
	Tyson Chandler	J.R. Smith
Season	2010-11	2013-14
Team	Dallas Mavericks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Tyson Chandler	74	27.8	10.1	2.8	6.6	9.4	0.4	0.5	1.1	1.2	3.2	3.6	5.5	.654	0.0	0.0	-	2.9	4.0	.732
difference:		+4.9	+4.4	+2.3	+3.1	+5.4	+2.6	+0.4	+0.8	-0.3	-0.6	+1.8	+7.4	+.239	+2.6	+6.5		+1.7	+2.1	+.080
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		%
Tyson Chandler	21	32.4	8.0	3.8	5.4	9.2	0.4	0.6	0.9	0.7	3.7	2.7	4.7	.582	0.0	0.0	-	2.5	3.7	.679
J.R. Smith	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 11
	Tyson Chandler	J.R. Smith
Season	2011-12	2014-15
Team	New York Knicks	New York Knicks, Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Tyson Chandler	62	33.2	11.3	3.4	6.5	9.9	0.9	0.9	1.4	1.6	3.0	3.9	5.7	.679	0.0	0.0	-	3.5	5.1	.689
difference:	+8	+3.5	+0.8	+3.0	+3.8	+6.8	+1.9	+0.3	+1.1	-0.2	-0.7	+0.6	+5.1	+.262	+2.3	+6.1		+2.7	+4.1	+.061
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		%
Tyson Chandler	5	33.4	6.2	3.6	5.4	9.0	0.8	1.4	1.4	3.0	3.6	2.2	5.0	.440	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	3.0	.600
difference:	+13	+2.3	+6.6	+3.1	+1.2	+4.3	+0.4	+0.5	+0.8	-2.2	-0.6	+2.4	+6.4	+.037	+2.8	+7.9		+1.0	+1.9	+.100
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
	Tyson Chandler	J.R. Smith
Season	2012-13	2015-16
Team	New York Knicks	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Tyson Chandler	66	32.8	10.4	4.1	6.6	10.7	0.9	0.6	1.1	1.3	2.8	3.9	6.1	.638	0.0	0.0	-	2.7	3.9	.694
difference:	+11	+2.1	+2.0	+3.5	+4.3	+7.9	+0.8	+0.5	+0.8	-0.5	-0.2	+0.7	+4.9	+.223	+2.6	+6.6		+2.1	+3.0	+.060
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		%
Tyson Chandler	12	29.2	5.7	3.3	4.0	7.3	0.3	0.7	1.2	0.9	4.0	2.3	4.3	.538	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.3	.750
difference:	+9	+5.6	+5.8	+3.0	+1.1	+4.1	+1.1	+0.5	+1.0	-0.4	-1.4	+1.6	+4.7	+.102	+3.1	+7.2		+0.4	+0.3	+.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 16
	Tyson Chandler	J.R. Smith
Season	2016-17	2019-20
Team	Phoenix Suns	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		%
Tyson Chandler	47	27.6	8.4	3.3	8.2	11.5	0.6	0.7	0.5	1.4	2.7	3.3	4.9	.671	0.0	0.0	-	1.9	2.6	.734
difference:	+41	+14.4	+5.6	+3.3	+7.4	+10.7	+0.1	+0.5	+0.5	-0.7	-1.9	+2.1	+1.2	+.353	+0.2	+1.8		+1.6	+2.3	+.266
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		%
Tyson Chandler	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	-