Danilo Gallinari vs. Rik Smits Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Rik Smits and Danilo Gallinari, 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.

Danilo Gallinari played 14 years in the NBA, 2 more than Rik Smits, who played 12. Danilo Gallinari had the first of his seasons in 2008-09, while Rik Smits had his rookie season in 1988-89. 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
Danilo Gallinari	14	7	2008-09 to 2023-24
Rik Smits	12	10	1988-89 to 1999-00

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Danilo Gallinari	Rik Smits
Season	2008-09	1988-89
Team	New York Knicks	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
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		%
Danilo Gallinari	28	14.7	6.1	0.5	1.5	2.0	0.5	0.5	0.1	0.5	1.7	2.0	4.5	.448	1.1	2.6	.444	0.9	1.0	.963
Rik Smits	82	24.9	11.7	2.3	3.8	6.1	0.9	0.5	1.8	1.6	3.8	4.7	9.1	.517	0.0	0.0	.000	2.2	3.1	.722

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danilo Gallinari	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rik Smits	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Danilo Gallinari	Rik Smits
Season	2009-10	1989-90
Team	New York Knicks	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pacers 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		%
Danilo Gallinari	81	33.9	15.1	0.8	4.1	4.9	1.7	0.9	0.7	1.4	2.4	4.8	11.4	.423	2.3	6.0	.381	3.1	3.8	.818
Rik Smits	82	29.3	15.5	1.6	4.6	6.2	1.7	0.5	2.1	1.7	4.0	6.3	11.8	.533	0.0	0.0	.000	2.9	3.6	.811

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danilo Gallinari	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rik Smits	3	32.0	12.3	1.3	4.0	5.3	1.0	0.7	1.3	1.7	4.0	4.7	9.3	.500	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	3.7	.818


Season 3
	Danilo Gallinari	Rik Smits
Season	2010-11	1990-91
Team	New York Knicks, Denver Nuggets	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Pacers 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		%
Danilo Gallinari	62	33.9	15.6	1.0	4.0	4.9	1.7	0.8	0.4	1.3	2.3	4.3	10.3	.414	1.7	4.7	.352	5.4	6.3	.862
Rik Smits	76	22.2	10.9	1.5	3.2	4.7	1.1	0.3	1.5	1.1	3.2	4.5	9.3	.485	0.0	0.0	-	1.9	2.5	.762

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danilo Gallinari	5	29.6	12.0	0.2	3.2	3.4	2.0	0.8	0.0	1.4	3.4	3.8	8.8	.432	1.4	3.0	.467	3.0	4.2	.714
Rik Smits	5	17.6	9.8	0.8	2.8	3.6	0.4	0.2	1.4	1.0	4.6	4.2	7.4	.568	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	1.6	.875


Season 4
	Danilo Gallinari	Rik Smits
Season	2011-12	1991-92
Team	Denver Nuggets	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Pacers 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		%
Danilo Gallinari	43	31.4	14.6	0.7	4.0	4.7	2.7	1.0	0.5	1.6	2.0	4.5	10.8	.414	1.4	4.3	.328	4.2	4.9	.871
Rik Smits	74	23.9	13.8	1.7	4.0	5.6	1.6	0.4	1.4	1.8	3.1	5.9	11.6	.510	0.0	0.0	.000	2.1	2.6	.788

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danilo Gallinari	7	31.7	13.4	1.3	3.9	5.1	2.4	0.7	0.6	1.3	2.1	4.9	13.4	.362	0.6	3.3	.174	3.1	3.4	.917
Rik Smits	3	9.3	3.3	1.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	0.7	0.3	1.0	2.3	1.3	3.7	.364	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	0.7	1.000


Season 5
	Danilo Gallinari	Rik Smits
Season	2012-13	1992-93
Team	Denver Nuggets	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pacers 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		%
Danilo Gallinari	71	32.5	16.2	0.9	4.3	5.2	2.5	0.9	0.5	1.6	1.8	5.1	12.3	.418	1.9	5.1	.373	4.0	4.9	.822
Rik Smits	81	25.6	14.3	1.6	3.8	5.3	1.5	0.3	0.9	1.8	3.5	6.1	12.6	.486	0.0	0.0	-	2.1	2.8	.732

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danilo Gallinari	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rik Smits	4	35.8	22.5	3.3	4.8	8.0	1.8	1.3	1.0	2.0	4.5	9.3	16.0	.578	0.0	0.3	.000	4.0	5.5	.727

Note: Danilo Gallinari didn't play in 2013-14.


Season 6
	Danilo Gallinari	Rik Smits
Season	2014-15	1993-94
Team	Denver Nuggets	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pacers 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		%
Danilo Gallinari	59	24.2	12.4	0.5	3.2	3.7	1.4	0.8	0.3	1.0	1.6	3.9	9.6	.401	1.8	5.1	.355	2.9	3.2	.895
Rik Smits	78	27.1	15.7	1.7	4.5	6.2	2.0	0.6	1.1	1.9	3.6	6.3	11.8	.534	0.0	0.0	.000	3.1	3.8	.793

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danilo Gallinari	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rik Smits	16	28.1	16.0	1.4	3.8	5.3	1.9	0.6	0.6	2.7	4.0	6.4	13.6	.472	0.0	0.0	-	3.1	3.9	.806


Season 7
	Danilo Gallinari	Rik Smits
Season	2015-16	1994-95
Team	Denver Nuggets	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pacers 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		%
Danilo Gallinari	53	34.7	19.5	1.0	4.3	5.3	2.5	0.8	0.4	1.5	1.6	5.4	13.2	.410	1.6	4.5	.364	7.1	8.2	.868
Rik Smits	78	30.5	17.9	2.5	5.2	7.7	1.4	0.5	1.0	2.4	3.6	7.2	13.6	.526	0.0	0.0	.000	3.6	4.8	.753

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danilo Gallinari	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rik Smits	17	32.1	20.1	1.9	5.1	7.0	2.0	0.3	0.8	2.0	4.3	7.5	13.6	.547	0.1	0.1	1.000	5.1	6.3	.804


Season 8
	Danilo Gallinari	Rik Smits
Season	2016-17	1995-96
Team	Denver Nuggets	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pacers 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		%
Danilo Gallinari	63	33.9	18.2	0.6	4.5	5.2	2.1	0.6	0.2	1.3	1.5	5.3	11.9	.447	2.0	5.1	.389	5.5	6.1	.902
Rik Smits	63	30.2	18.5	1.9	5.0	6.9	1.7	0.3	0.7	2.5	3.6	7.4	14.2	.521	0.0	0.1	.200	3.7	4.7	.788

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danilo Gallinari	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rik Smits	5	33.2	19.0	2.6	4.8	7.4	1.6	0.4	0.4	2.8	4.0	8.4	15.4	.545	0.0	0.0	-	2.2	2.8	.786


Season 9
	Danilo Gallinari	Rik Smits
Season	2017-18	1996-97
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Indiana Pacers
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		%
Danilo Gallinari	21	32.0	15.3	0.4	4.4	4.8	2.0	0.6	0.5	1.2	1.4	4.9	12.2	.398	1.7	5.3	.324	3.9	4.1	.931
Rik Smits	52	29.2	17.1	2.0	4.9	6.9	1.3	0.4	1.1	2.4	3.4	6.8	14.1	.486	0.0	0.2	.250	3.3	4.2	.797

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danilo Gallinari	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rik Smits	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Danilo Gallinari	Rik Smits
Season	2018-19	1997-98
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Pacers 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		%
Danilo Gallinari	68	30.3	19.8	0.8	5.3	6.1	2.6	0.7	0.3	1.5	1.9	6.0	13.0	.463	2.4	5.5	.433	5.4	6.0	.904
Rik Smits	73	28.6	16.7	1.7	5.2	6.9	1.4	0.5	1.2	1.8	3.3	7.0	14.2	.495	0.0	0.0	.000	2.6	3.3	.783

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danilo Gallinari	6	33.5	19.8	1.5	4.7	6.2	2.7	1.3	0.2	1.8	2.3	6.5	18.5	.351	2.2	7.2	.302	4.7	5.5	.848
Rik Smits	16	29.8	16.6	1.1	4.3	5.3	1.3	0.5	0.9	1.3	4.2	6.6	13.1	.502	0.0	0.1	.000	3.4	4.0	.859


Season 11
	Danilo Gallinari	Rik Smits
Season	2019-20	1998-99
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Pacers 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		%
Danilo Gallinari	62	29.6	18.7	0.5	4.6	5.2	1.9	0.7	0.1	1.2	1.2	5.8	13.2	.438	2.9	7.1	.405	4.3	4.8	.893
Rik Smits	49	25.9	14.9	1.5	4.1	5.6	1.1	0.4	1.1	1.5	3.2	6.3	12.9	.490	0.0	0.0	.000	2.2	2.7	.818

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danilo Gallinari	7	30.3	15.0	0.7	4.7	5.4	1.0	0.7	0.1	2.1	1.6	4.6	11.3	.405	1.7	5.3	.324	4.1	4.3	.967
Rik Smits	13	22.5	11.8	1.2	3.8	5.0	0.7	0.5	1.2	1.9	3.9	5.2	11.3	.456	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	1.5	.950


Season 12
	Danilo Gallinari	Rik Smits
Season	2020-21	1999-00
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Finals	Pacers 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		%
Danilo Gallinari	51	24.0	13.3	0.3	3.8	4.1	1.5	0.6	0.2	0.8	2.1	4.0	9.3	.434	2.0	5.0	.406	3.2	3.4	.925
Rik Smits	79	23.4	12.9	1.2	3.9	5.1	1.1	0.3	1.3	1.4	3.2	5.5	11.3	.484	0.0	0.0	.000	2.0	2.7	.739

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danilo Gallinari	18	24.6	12.8	0.4	3.4	3.9	0.8	0.3	0.2	0.8	2.6	4.1	9.7	.425	1.9	4.7	.405	2.7	2.9	.942
Rik Smits	22	20.9	11.0	1.1	2.5	3.5	1.0	0.5	0.9	1.2	3.8	4.7	9.4	.498	0.0	0.0	.000	1.6	1.8	.875


Season 13
	Danilo Gallinari	Rik Smits
Season	2021-22	-
Team	Atlanta Hawks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks 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		%
Danilo Gallinari	66	25.3	11.7	0.5	4.1	4.7	1.5	0.4	0.2	0.6	1.4	3.9	9.0	.434	1.7	4.5	.381	2.1	2.4	.904
Rik Smits	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danilo Gallinari	5	22.4	10.2	0.4	3.8	4.2	0.8	0.2	0.0	1.0	1.2	3.6	9.0	.400	0.8	3.0	.267	2.2	2.2	1.000
Rik Smits	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Danilo Gallinari didn't play in 2022-23.


Season 14
	Danilo Gallinari	Rik Smits
Season	2023-24	-
Team	Washington Wizards, Detroit Pistons, Milwaukee Bucks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks 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		%
Danilo Gallinari	49	12.8	5.7	0.4	1.8	2.2	1.1	0.3	0.1	0.5	1.0	1.7	3.9	.437	0.6	1.9	.323	1.7	2.0	.857
Rik Smits	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danilo Gallinari	3	12.3	3.7	0.3	2.7	3.0	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	1.3	2.7	.500	0.0	0.7	.000	1.0	1.3	.750
Rik Smits	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Danilo Gallinari vs. Rik Smits Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Rik Smits and Danilo Gallinari, 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

Season 14