Dell Curry vs. Dennis Smith Jr. Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dennis Smith Jr. and Dell Curry, 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.

Dell Curry played 16 years in the NBA, 9 more than Dennis Smith Jr., who played 7. Dell Curry had the first of his seasons in 1986-87, while Dennis Smith Jr. had his rookie season in 2017-18. 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
Dell Curry	16	10	1986-87 to 2001-02
Dennis Smith Jr.	7	0	2017-18 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Dell Curry	Dennis Smith Jr.
Season	1986-87	2017-18
Team	Utah Jazz	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Jazz 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		%
Dell Curry	67	9.5	4.9	0.4	0.7	1.2	0.9	0.4	0.1	0.7	1.3	2.1	4.9	.426	0.3	0.9	.283	0.4	0.6	.789
Dennis Smith Jr.	69	29.7	15.2	0.7	3.0	3.8	5.2	1.0	0.3	2.8	2.2	5.9	14.8	.395	1.5	4.9	.313	1.9	2.8	.694

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dell Curry	2	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	1.5	.000	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0	-
Dennis Smith Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Dell Curry	Dennis Smith Jr.
Season	1987-88	2018-19
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Dallas Mavericks, New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Cavaliers 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		%
Dell Curry	79	19.0	10.0	0.5	1.6	2.1	1.9	1.2	0.3	1.4	1.6	4.3	9.4	.458	0.4	1.0	.346	1.0	1.3	.782
Dennis Smith Jr.	53	28.5	13.6	0.6	2.3	2.9	4.8	1.3	0.4	2.9	2.4	5.2	12.3	.428	1.3	3.9	.322	1.9	2.9	.635

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dell Curry	2	8.5	1.0	0.5	0.0	0.5	1.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.5	2.0	.250	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0	-
Dennis Smith Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Dell Curry	Dennis Smith Jr.
Season	1988-89	2019-20
Team	Charlotte Hornets	New York Knicks
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		%
Dell Curry	48	16.9	11.9	0.5	1.6	2.2	1.0	0.9	0.1	0.9	1.4	5.3	10.9	.491	0.4	1.1	.345	0.8	1.0	.870
Dennis Smith Jr.	34	15.8	5.5	0.6	1.7	2.3	2.9	0.8	0.2	1.7	1.9	2.1	6.2	.341	0.5	1.6	.296	0.8	1.6	.509

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dell Curry	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dennis Smith Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Dell Curry	Dennis Smith Jr.
Season	1989-90	2020-21
Team	Charlotte Hornets	New York Knicks, Detroit Pistons
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		%
Dell Curry	67	27.8	16.0	0.5	2.0	2.5	2.4	1.5	0.4	1.5	2.2	6.9	14.8	.466	0.8	2.2	.354	1.4	1.6	.923
Dennis Smith Jr.	23	18.3	6.7	0.5	1.9	2.4	3.3	1.0	0.6	1.1	1.6	2.5	6.3	.400	0.8	2.5	.328	0.8	1.1	.731

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dell Curry	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dennis Smith Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Dell Curry	Dennis Smith Jr.
Season	1990-91	2021-22
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Portland Trail Blazers
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		%
Dell Curry	76	19.9	10.6	0.6	2.0	2.6	2.2	1.0	0.3	1.1	1.6	4.4	9.4	.471	0.4	1.1	.372	1.3	1.5	.842
Dennis Smith Jr.	37	17.2	5.6	0.5	1.8	2.4	3.6	1.2	0.3	1.4	1.4	2.1	5.1	.418	0.2	0.7	.222	1.1	1.7	.656

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dell Curry	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dennis Smith Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Dell Curry	Dennis Smith Jr.
Season	1991-92	2022-23
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Charlotte 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		%
Dell Curry	77	26.2	15.7	0.7	2.6	3.4	2.3	1.2	0.3	1.7	2.0	6.5	13.5	.486	1.0	2.4	.404	1.6	2.0	.836
Dennis Smith Jr.	54	25.7	8.8	0.5	2.6	3.1	4.8	1.4	0.5	1.5	2.3	3.4	8.4	.412	0.4	2.1	.216	1.4	2.0	.736

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dell Curry	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dennis Smith Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Dell Curry	Dennis Smith Jr.
Season	1992-93	2023-24
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hornets Lost East 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		%
Dell Curry	80	26.2	15.3	0.6	2.9	3.6	2.3	1.1	0.3	1.6	1.9	6.2	13.8	.452	1.2	3.0	.401	1.7	2.0	.866
Dennis Smith Jr.	56	18.9	6.6	0.9	2.0	2.9	3.6	1.2	0.2	1.2	2.2	2.6	6.0	.435	0.6	1.9	.294	0.8	1.0	.741

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dell Curry	9	24.7	11.0	1.2	2.3	3.6	2.0	1.4	0.0	1.4	2.1	4.7	10.8	.433	0.7	2.3	.286	1.0	1.2	.818
Dennis Smith Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Dell Curry	Dennis Smith Jr.
Season	1993-94	-
Team	Charlotte Hornets	-
Honors & Awards	Sixth Man of the Year	-
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		%
Dell Curry	82	26.5	16.3	0.9	2.3	3.2	2.7	1.2	0.3	1.5	2.0	6.5	14.3	.455	1.9	4.6	.402	1.4	1.6	.873
Dennis Smith Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dell Curry	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dennis Smith Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Dell Curry	Dennis Smith Jr.
Season	1994-95	-
Team	Charlotte Hornets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hornets 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		%
Dell Curry	69	24.9	13.6	0.6	1.8	2.4	1.6	0.8	0.3	1.4	2.1	5.0	11.3	.441	2.2	5.2	.427	1.4	1.6	.856
Dennis Smith Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dell Curry	4	26.8	12.8	1.3	1.0	2.3	1.5	0.0	0.0	1.5	2.8	4.0	8.5	.471	2.3	5.3	.429	2.5	2.8	.909
Dennis Smith Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Dell Curry	Dennis Smith Jr.
Season	1995-96	-
Team	Charlotte Hornets	-
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		%
Dell Curry	82	28.9	14.5	0.8	2.4	3.2	2.1	1.3	0.3	1.6	2.1	5.4	11.9	.453	2.0	5.0	.404	1.8	2.1	.854
Dennis Smith Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dell Curry	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dennis Smith Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Dell Curry	Dennis Smith Jr.
Season	1996-97	-
Team	Charlotte Hornets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hornets 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		%
Dell Curry	68	30.6	14.8	0.6	2.5	3.1	1.7	0.9	0.2	1.4	2.2	5.6	12.3	.459	1.9	4.4	.426	1.7	2.1	.803
Dennis Smith Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dell Curry	3	17.0	4.7	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.7	1.3	0.0	0.3	1.7	1.7	5.7	.294	0.3	1.3	.250	1.0	1.0	1.000
Dennis Smith Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Dell Curry	Dennis Smith Jr.
Season	1997-98	-
Team	Charlotte Hornets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hornets 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		%
Dell Curry	52	18.7	9.4	0.5	1.4	1.9	1.3	0.6	0.1	1.0	1.6	3.7	8.3	.447	1.2	2.8	.421	0.8	1.0	.788
Dennis Smith Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dell Curry	9	18.8	5.8	0.7	1.4	2.1	1.1	0.8	0.3	0.6	2.3	2.3	5.8	.404	0.4	1.8	.250	0.7	0.8	.857
Dennis Smith Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Dell Curry	Dennis Smith Jr.
Season	1998-99	-
Team	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		%
Dell Curry	42	20.6	10.1	0.4	1.6	2.0	1.1	0.9	0.1	1.1	1.0	3.9	8.0	.485	1.6	3.5	.476	0.7	0.8	.824
Dennis Smith Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dell Curry	3	16.3	3.0	0.0	1.3	1.3	0.3	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.7	0.7	5.0	.133	0.3	2.7	.125	1.3	1.3	1.000
Dennis Smith Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Dell Curry	Dennis Smith Jr.
Season	1999-00	-
Team	Toronto Raptors	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Raptors 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		%
Dell Curry	67	16.3	7.6	0.2	1.3	1.5	1.3	0.5	0.1	0.6	1.0	2.9	6.8	.427	1.4	3.6	.393	0.4	0.5	.750
Dennis Smith Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dell Curry	3	10.0	2.3	0.3	0.3	0.7	0.3	0.7	0.0	0.7	1.3	0.7	1.3	.500	0.7	1.0	.667	0.3	0.7	.500
Dennis Smith Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Dell Curry	Dennis Smith Jr.
Season	2000-01	-
Team	Toronto Raptors	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Raptors 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		%
Dell Curry	71	13.5	6.0	0.2	1.0	1.2	1.1	0.4	0.1	0.5	0.9	2.3	5.4	.424	0.9	2.0	.428	0.6	0.7	.843
Dennis Smith Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dell Curry	12	15.1	6.5	0.2	1.0	1.2	0.8	0.5	0.1	0.9	0.8	2.3	5.3	.422	1.2	3.1	.378	0.8	1.0	.833
Dennis Smith Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 16
	Dell Curry	Dennis Smith Jr.
Season	2001-02	-
Team	Toronto Raptors	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Raptors 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		%
Dell Curry	56	15.8	6.4	0.4	1.0	1.4	1.1	0.4	0.1	0.7	0.9	2.5	6.2	.406	0.8	2.3	.344	0.6	0.7	.892
Dennis Smith Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dell Curry	4	15.0	7.0	0.0	1.3	1.3	1.0	1.3	0.5	0.8	1.0	2.5	6.3	.400	1.0	1.3	.800	1.0	1.0	1.000
Dennis Smith Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Dell Curry vs. Dennis Smith Jr. Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dennis Smith Jr. and Dell Curry, 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

Season 15

Season 16