Cliff Hagan vs. Kenny Smith Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kenny Smith and Cliff Hagan, 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.

Cliff Hagan and Kenny Smith both played 10 years in the NBA. Cliff Hagan had the first of his seasons in 1956-57, 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 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
Cliff Hagan	10	9	1956-57 to 1965-66
Kenny Smith	10	5	1987-88 to 1996-97

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Cliff Hagan	Kenny Smith
Season	1956-57	1987-88
Team	St. Louis Hawks	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Hawks 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		%
Cliff Hagan	67	14.5	5.5	-	-	3.7	1.3	-	-	-	2.5	2.0	5.5	.361	-	-	-	1.5	2.2	.690
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Cliff Hagan	10	31.9	17.0	-	-	11.2	2.8	-	-	-	4.7	6.2	14.3	.434	-	-	-	4.6	6.3	.730
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Cliff Hagan	Kenny Smith
Season	1957-58	1988-89
Team	St. Louis Hawks	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Cliff Hagan	70	31.3	19.9	-	-	10.1	2.5	-	-	-	3.8	7.2	16.2	.443	-	-	-	5.5	7.2	.768
Kenny Smith	81	38.8	17.3	0.6	2.2	2.8	7.7	1.3	0.1	3.1	2.1	6.8	14.6	.462	0.6	1.6	.359	3.2	4.4	.737

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Cliff Hagan	11	38.0	27.7	-	-	10.5	3.4	-	-	-	4.4	10.1	20.1	.502	-	-	-	7.5	9.0	.838
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Cliff Hagan	Kenny Smith
Season	1958-59	1989-90
Team	St. Louis Hawks	Sacramento Kings, Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost West Div 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		%
Cliff Hagan	72	37.5	23.7	-	-	10.9	3.4	-	-	-	3.8	9.0	19.7	.456	-	-	-	5.8	7.4	.774
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Cliff Hagan	6	43.2	28.5	-	-	12.0	2.7	-	-	-	3.5	10.5	20.5	.512	-	-	-	7.5	9.0	.833
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Cliff Hagan	Kenny Smith
Season	1959-60	1990-91
Team	St. Louis Hawks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost NBA Finals	Rockets 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		%
Cliff Hagan	75	37.3	24.8	-	-	10.7	4.0	-	-	-	3.6	9.6	20.7	.464	-	-	-	5.6	7.0	.803
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		%
Cliff Hagan	14	38.9	24.2	-	-	9.9	3.9	-	-	-	3.9	8.9	21.1	.422	-	-	-	6.4	7.8	.817
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
	Cliff Hagan	Kenny Smith
Season	1960-61	1991-92
Team	St. Louis Hawks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hawks 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		%
Cliff Hagan	77	35.1	22.1	-	-	9.3	4.9	-	-	-	3.7	8.6	19.4	.444	-	-	-	5.0	6.1	.820
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		%
Cliff Hagan	12	37.9	22.0	-	-	9.8	4.5	-	-	-	3.8	8.7	19.6	.443	-	-	-	4.7	5.8	.812
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Cliff Hagan	Kenny Smith
Season	1961-62	1992-93
Team	St. Louis Hawks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Rockets Lost West 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		%
Cliff Hagan	77	36.2	22.9	-	-	8.2	4.8	-	-	-	3.7	9.1	19.4	.470	-	-	-	4.7	5.7	.825
Kenny Smith	82	29.5	13.0	0.3	1.6	2.0	5.4	1.0	0.1	2.0	1.3	4.7	9.1	.520	1.2	2.7	.438	2.4	2.7	.878

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Cliff Hagan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kenny Smith	12	32.6	14.8	0.2	1.8	2.0	4.2	0.8	0.1	2.2	1.5	5.3	10.7	.492	1.9	3.8	.500	2.3	3.0	.778


Season 7
	Cliff Hagan	Kenny Smith
Season	1962-63	1993-94
Team	St. Louis Hawks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks Lost West Div Finals	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		%
Cliff Hagan	79	21.7	15.5	-	-	4.3	2.4	-	-	-	2.7	6.2	13.4	.465	-	-	-	3.1	3.9	.800
Kenny Smith	78	28.3	11.6	0.3	1.5	1.8	4.2	0.8	0.1	1.6	1.6	4.4	9.1	.480	1.1	2.8	.405	1.7	2.0	.871

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Cliff Hagan	11	23.2	18.5	-	-	5.0	3.1	-	-	-	3.8	7.5	16.3	.464	-	-	-	3.4	4.8	.698
Kenny Smith	23	30.3	10.8	0.2	2.1	2.3	4.1	1.0	0.2	1.4	1.7	3.7	8.2	.455	1.5	3.3	.447	1.8	2.3	.808


Season 8
	Cliff Hagan	Kenny Smith
Season	1963-64	1994-95
Team	St. Louis Hawks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks Lost West Div Finals	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		%
Cliff Hagan	77	29.6	18.4	-	-	4.9	2.5	-	-	-	3.5	7.4	16.6	.447	-	-	-	3.5	4.3	.813
Kenny Smith	81	25.1	10.4	0.3	1.6	1.9	4.0	0.9	0.1	1.5	1.3	3.5	7.3	.484	1.8	4.1	.429	1.6	1.8	.851

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Cliff Hagan	12	32.7	16.3	-	-	6.2	4.8	-	-	-	2.8	6.3	14.6	.429	-	-	-	3.8	4.5	.833
Kenny Smith	22	29.6	10.8	0.3	1.9	2.2	4.5	0.6	0.1	1.4	2.1	3.5	8.1	.438	2.1	4.7	.442	1.6	1.8	.900


Season 9
	Cliff Hagan	Kenny Smith
Season	1964-65	1995-96
Team	St. Louis Hawks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks Lost West Div Semis	Rockets Lost West 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		%
Cliff Hagan	77	22.6	13.0	-	-	3.6	1.8	-	-	-	2.4	5.1	11.7	.436	-	-	-	2.8	3.5	.799
Kenny Smith	68	23.8	8.5	0.3	1.1	1.4	3.6	0.7	0.0	1.5	1.7	3.0	6.8	.433	1.3	3.5	.382	1.3	1.6	.821

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Cliff Hagan	4	30.8	18.5	-	-	6.5	1.8	-	-	-	3.5	8.5	18.8	.453	-	-	-	1.5	3.0	.500
Kenny Smith	8	23.9	8.9	0.5	1.0	1.5	4.8	0.6	0.0	1.0	1.8	2.9	6.6	.434	1.5	3.9	.387	1.6	1.6	1.000


Season 10
	Cliff Hagan	Kenny Smith
Season	1965-66	1996-97
Team	St. Louis Hawks	Detroit Pistons, Orlando Magic, Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks Lost West Div 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		%
Cliff Hagan	74	25.0	13.7	-	-	3.2	2.2	-	-	-	2.4	5.7	12.7	.445	-	-	-	2.4	2.8	.854
Kenny Smith	48	15.9	6.3	0.1	0.8	0.9	2.4	0.4	0.0	1.5	0.6	2.1	5.0	.423	1.2	2.8	.437	0.8	0.9	.867

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Cliff Hagan	10	20.0	11.3	-	-	3.4	1.8	-	-	-	1.5	4.4	9.7	.454	-	-	-	2.5	2.7	.926
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Cliff Hagan vs. Kenny Smith Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kenny Smith and Cliff Hagan, 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