Will Perdue vs. Marcus Smart Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Marcus Smart and Will Perdue, 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.

Will Perdue played 13 years in the NBA, 3 more than Marcus Smart, who played 10. Will Perdue had the first of his seasons in 1988-89, 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 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
Will Perdue	13	10	1988-89 to 2000-01
Marcus Smart	10	9	2014-15 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Will Perdue	Marcus Smart
Season	1988-89	2014-15
Team	Chicago Bulls	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Finals	Celtics 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		%
Will Perdue	30	6.3	2.2	0.6	0.9	1.5	0.4	0.1	0.2	0.5	1.3	1.0	2.4	.403	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.5	.571
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		%
Will Perdue	3	7.3	4.7	1.0	1.0	2.0	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.3	2.0	3.0	.667	0.0	0.3	.000	0.7	1.0	.667
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 2
	Will Perdue	Marcus Smart
Season	1989-90	2015-16
Team	Chicago Bulls	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Finals	Celtics 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		%
Will Perdue	77	11.5	3.8	1.1	1.6	2.8	0.6	0.2	0.3	0.8	1.9	1.4	3.5	.414	0.0	0.1	.000	0.9	1.4	.692
Marcus Smart	61	27.3	9.1	1.2	2.9	4.2	3.0	1.5	0.3	1.3	3.0	3.0	8.7	.348	1.0	4.0	.253	2.1	2.7	.777

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Will Perdue	13	6.0	3.1	0.5	0.9	1.5	0.2	0.0	0.4	0.3	1.0	1.0	2.2	.464	0.1	0.2	.500	1.0	1.4	.722
Marcus Smart	6	32.2	12.0	1.3	3.2	4.5	3.0	1.7	0.8	2.5	2.8	3.7	10.0	.367	1.8	5.3	.344	2.8	3.5	.810


Season 3
	Will Perdue	Marcus Smart
Season	1990-91	2016-17
Team	Chicago Bulls	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Will Perdue	74	13.1	4.1	1.6	2.9	4.5	0.6	0.3	0.8	1.0	2.0	1.6	3.2	.494	0.0	0.0	.000	1.0	1.5	.670
Marcus Smart	79	30.4	10.6	1.0	2.9	3.9	4.6	1.6	0.4	2.0	2.4	3.4	9.5	.359	1.2	4.2	.283	2.6	3.2	.812

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Will Perdue	17	11.6	4.1	1.9	1.9	3.8	0.2	0.1	0.5	0.8	2.4	1.7	3.1	.547	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.3	.545
Marcus Smart	18	29.9	8.6	1.3	3.4	4.7	4.7	1.5	0.9	2.1	2.8	2.6	7.4	.351	1.6	4.1	.397	1.8	2.8	.640


Season 4
	Will Perdue	Marcus Smart
Season	1991-92	2017-18
Team	Chicago Bulls	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Will Perdue	77	13.1	4.5	1.4	2.6	4.1	1.0	0.2	0.6	0.9	1.7	2.0	3.6	.547	0.0	0.0	.500	0.6	1.2	.495
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		%
Will Perdue	18	8.7	2.5	1.0	1.2	2.2	0.5	0.2	0.6	0.7	1.9	1.0	2.1	.486	0.0	0.1	.000	0.5	1.1	.450
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
	Will Perdue	Marcus Smart
Season	1992-93	2018-19
Team	Chicago Bulls	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Celtics 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		%
Will Perdue	72	13.9	4.7	1.4	2.6	4.0	1.0	0.3	0.7	1.0	1.9	1.9	3.4	.557	0.0	0.0	.000	0.9	1.5	.604
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		%
Will Perdue	13	7.8	1.9	1.2	1.2	2.3	0.4	0.1	0.2	0.6	1.4	0.8	1.5	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.8	.500
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
	Will Perdue	Marcus Smart
Season	1993-94	2019-20
Team	Chicago Bulls	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Will Perdue	43	9.2	2.7	0.9	2.0	2.9	0.8	0.2	0.3	1.0	1.4	1.1	2.6	.420	0.0	0.0	.000	0.5	0.7	.719
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		%
Will Perdue	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Will Perdue	Marcus Smart
Season	1994-95	2020-21
Team	Chicago Bulls	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis	Celtics 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		%
Will Perdue	78	20.4	8.0	2.7	4.0	6.7	1.2	0.3	0.7	1.5	2.8	3.3	5.9	.553	0.0	0.0	.000	1.4	2.5	.582
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		%
Will Perdue	10	17.6	5.0	1.8	3.0	4.8	0.6	0.1	0.3	1.0	2.7	1.9	3.7	.514	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	2.1	.571
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
	Will Perdue	Marcus Smart
Season	1995-96	2021-22
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Honors & Awards	-	Defensive Player of the Year
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	Celtics Lost NBA Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Will Perdue	80	17.5	5.2	2.2	3.9	6.1	0.4	0.4	0.9	1.1	2.3	2.2	4.1	.523	0.0	0.0	.000	0.8	1.6	.536
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		%
Will Perdue	10	24.2	7.4	2.6	5.3	7.9	0.5	0.2	0.4	1.1	2.4	2.9	4.2	.690	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	2.0	.800
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
	Will Perdue	Marcus Smart
Season	1996-97	2022-23
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Will Perdue	65	29.5	8.7	3.9	6.0	9.8	0.6	0.5	1.6	1.3	2.8	3.6	6.3	.568	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.6	.579
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		%
Will Perdue	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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 10
	Will Perdue	Marcus Smart
Season	1997-98	2023-24
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Will Perdue	79	18.9	5.0	2.2	4.5	6.8	0.7	0.3	0.6	1.0	1.7	2.1	3.7	.549	0.0	0.0	.000	0.9	1.7	.526
Marcus Smart	20	30.3	14.5	0.3	2.4	2.7	4.3	2.1	0.3	3.1	2.7	5.1	11.9	.430	2.1	6.7	.313	2.2	2.8	.768

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Will Perdue	9	21.0	4.0	2.7	4.0	6.7	0.1	0.7	1.0	1.2	2.9	1.0	3.0	.333	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.3	.857
Marcus Smart	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Will Perdue	Marcus Smart
Season	1998-99	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Will Perdue	37	12.0	2.4	0.9	2.8	3.7	0.5	0.2	0.3	0.6	1.7	1.0	1.6	.633	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.7	.538
Marcus Smart	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Will Perdue	12	7.2	1.1	0.8	1.6	2.3	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.3	1.7	0.5	0.9	.545	0.0	0.0	-	0.1	0.2	.500
Marcus Smart	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Will Perdue	Marcus Smart
Season	1999-00	-
Team	Chicago Bulls	-
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		%
Will Perdue	67	15.1	2.5	1.3	2.6	3.9	1.0	0.2	0.6	1.2	1.9	0.9	2.5	.351	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.6	.476
Marcus Smart	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Will Perdue	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Marcus Smart	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Will Perdue	Marcus Smart
Season	2000-01	-
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West 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		%
Will Perdue	13	4.5	1.1	0.5	0.9	1.4	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.6	0.5	0.7	.667	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.3	.500
Marcus Smart	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Will Perdue	3	1.3	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.7	.000
Marcus Smart	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Will Perdue vs. Marcus Smart Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Marcus Smart and Will Perdue, 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

Season 12

Season 13