Dahntay Jones vs. J.R. Smith Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of J.R. Smith and Dahntay Jones, 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.

Dahntay Jones played 13 years in the NBA, 3 less than J.R. Smith, who played 16. Dahntay Jones had the first of his seasons in 2003-04, 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 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
Dahntay Jones	13	9	2003-04 to 2016-17
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
	Dahntay Jones	J.R. Smith
Season	2003-04	2004-05
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	New Orleans Hornets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Dahntay Jones	20	7.7	1.8	0.4	0.8	1.2	0.6	0.3	0.3	0.6	1.2	0.8	2.7	.283	0.1	0.2	.250	0.3	0.6	.455
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dahntay Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
J.R. Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Dahntay Jones	J.R. Smith
Season	2004-05	2005-06
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Dahntay Jones	52	12.5	4.5	0.2	1.1	1.3	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.6	1.6	1.6	3.7	.437	0.4	1.2	.383	0.8	1.2	.688
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dahntay Jones	3	23.7	7.3	0.7	2.3	3.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.7	2.7	2.7	7.0	.381	1.0	1.7	.600	1.0	1.3	.750
J.R. Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Dahntay Jones	J.R. Smith
Season	2005-06	2006-07
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Nuggets 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		%
Dahntay Jones	71	13.6	4.0	0.3	1.2	1.5	0.5	0.5	0.2	0.7	1.5	1.5	3.7	.414	0.0	0.3	.143	0.8	1.3	.645
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		%
Dahntay Jones	4	11.5	4.3	0.3	1.5	1.8	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.5	1.8	1.3	1.8	.714	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	2.5	.700
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
	Dahntay Jones	J.R. Smith
Season	2006-07	2007-08
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nuggets 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		%
Dahntay Jones	78	21.4	7.5	0.6	1.4	2.0	0.9	0.5	0.3	1.2	2.5	2.8	5.9	.477	0.1	0.2	.417	1.8	2.2	.793
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		%
Dahntay Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Dahntay Jones	J.R. Smith
Season	2007-08	2008-09
Team	Sacramento Kings	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nuggets Lost West 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		%
Dahntay Jones	25	8.2	3.2	0.3	1.1	1.4	0.5	0.3	0.2	0.4	1.1	0.9	2.1	.434	0.0	0.2	.167	1.4	2.0	.667
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		%
Dahntay Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Dahntay Jones	J.R. Smith
Season	2008-09	2009-10
Team	Denver Nuggets	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Finals	Nuggets 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		%
Dahntay Jones	79	18.1	5.4	0.7	1.4	2.1	1.0	0.6	0.2	0.9	2.5	1.9	4.3	.458	0.1	0.2	.647	1.4	1.9	.728
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		%
Dahntay Jones	16	17.5	7.0	1.0	1.4	2.4	0.6	0.8	0.3	0.8	2.6	2.4	4.9	.481	0.2	0.8	.250	2.1	2.7	.767
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
	Dahntay Jones	J.R. Smith
Season	2009-10	2010-11
Team	Indiana Pacers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nuggets 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		%
Dahntay Jones	76	24.9	10.2	0.6	2.4	3.0	2.0	0.5	0.5	1.7	3.1	3.8	8.2	.461	0.1	0.4	.125	2.6	3.4	.770
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		%
Dahntay Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Dahntay Jones	J.R. Smith
Season	2010-11	2011-12
Team	Indiana Pacers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Knicks 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		%
Dahntay Jones	45	13.1	6.3	0.1	1.4	1.4	0.7	0.4	0.2	0.7	1.6	2.2	4.8	.467	0.3	0.9	.359	1.5	2.0	.767
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		%
Dahntay Jones	3	16.7	8.7	0.7	0.0	0.7	0.7	0.3	0.0	1.0	2.3	3.0	6.7	.450	0.0	1.0	.000	2.7	3.0	.889
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
	Dahntay Jones	J.R. Smith
Season	2011-12	2012-13
Team	Indiana Pacers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	Sixth Man of the Year
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf Semis	Knicks 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		%
Dahntay Jones	65	16.2	5.3	0.4	1.4	1.8	1.0	0.4	0.2	0.7	1.8	1.8	4.3	.409	0.5	1.2	.429	1.3	1.5	.838
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		%
Dahntay Jones	7	8.3	2.4	0.6	0.4	1.0	0.4	0.1	0.0	0.4	1.6	0.6	2.6	.222	0.3	1.3	.222	1.0	1.0	1.000
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
	Dahntay Jones	J.R. Smith
Season	2012-13	2013-14
Team	Dallas Mavericks, Atlanta Hawks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Dahntay Jones	78	13.0	3.4	0.3	1.0	1.3	0.6	0.3	0.1	0.5	1.5	1.1	2.8	.369	0.1	0.6	.224	1.1	1.4	.770
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		%
Dahntay Jones	5	3.8	0.8	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.8	.250	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.4	1.000
J.R. Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Dahntay Jones didn't play in 2013-14.


Season 11
	Dahntay Jones	J.R. Smith
Season	2014-15	2014-15
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	New York Knicks, Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf Semis	Cavaliers 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		%
Dahntay Jones	33	3.7	0.6	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.2	0.6	.286	0.0	0.1	.000	0.3	0.3	.818
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		%
Dahntay Jones	11	1.6	0.4	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.6	0.2	0.2	1.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
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
	Dahntay Jones	J.R. Smith
Season	2015-16	2015-16
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Dahntay Jones	1	42.0	13.0	1.0	4.0	5.0	2.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	6.0	6.0	14.0	.429	1.0	2.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-
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		%
Dahntay Jones	15	3.3	1.1	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.4	0.9	.462	0.1	0.2	.333	0.3	0.3	.800
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
	Dahntay Jones	J.R. Smith
Season	2016-17	2016-17
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals	Cavaliers 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		%
Dahntay Jones	1	12.0	9.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	3.0	8.0	.375	0.0	2.0	.000	3.0	4.0	.750
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		%
Dahntay Jones	10	3.3	1.6	0.1	0.6	0.7	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.7	0.5	1.0	.500	0.1	0.2	.500	0.5	0.5	1.000
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
	Dahntay Jones	J.R. Smith
Season	-	2017-18
Team	-	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Cavaliers 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		%
Dahntay Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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		%
Dahntay Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Dahntay Jones	J.R. Smith
Season	-	2018-19
Team	-	Cleveland Cavaliers
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		%
Dahntay Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dahntay Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
J.R. Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 16
	Dahntay Jones	J.R. Smith
Season	-	2019-20
Team	-	Los Angeles Lakers
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		%
Dahntay Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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		%
Dahntay Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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	-

Dahntay Jones vs. J.R. Smith Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of J.R. Smith and Dahntay Jones, 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

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14

Season 15

Season 16