Dell Curry vs. Ish Smith Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ish Smith 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, 2 more than Ish Smith, who played 14. Dell Curry had the first of his seasons in 1986-87, while Ish Smith had his rookie season in 2010-11. 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
Ish Smith	14	6	2010-11 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Dell Curry	Ish Smith
Season	1986-87	2010-11
Team	Utah Jazz	Houston Rockets, Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Grizzlies 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		%
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
Ish Smith	43	10.3	2.3	0.2	0.9	1.1	1.8	0.4	0.0	0.8	0.9	1.0	2.7	.374	0.1	0.2	.300	0.3	0.5	.571

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	-
Ish Smith	5	2.0	0.8	0.0	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.4	0.6	.667	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 2
	Dell Curry	Ish Smith
Season	1987-88	2011-12
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Golden State Warriors, Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Magic 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	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
Ish Smith	26	9.0	2.8	0.3	1.1	1.3	1.6	0.6	0.1	0.5	0.6	1.2	3.1	.383	0.1	0.3	.333	0.3	0.4	.700

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	-
Ish Smith	1	5.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 3
	Dell Curry	Ish Smith
Season	1988-89	2012-13
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Orlando Magic, Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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	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
Ish Smith	52	9.9	2.4	0.2	0.9	1.2	1.7	0.4	0.2	0.7	0.5	1.1	3.1	.352	0.2	0.5	.296	0.1	0.1	.429

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dell Curry	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ish Smith	4	2.8	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 4
	Dell Curry	Ish Smith
Season	1989-90	2013-14
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Phoenix Suns
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
Ish Smith	70	14.4	3.7	0.4	1.4	1.8	2.6	0.7	0.2	0.9	0.9	1.7	4.0	.423	0.0	0.3	.043	0.3	0.6	.564

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


Season 5
	Dell Curry	Ish Smith
Season	1990-91	2014-15
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Oklahoma City Thunder, Philadelphia 76ers
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
Ish Smith	55	15.1	6.1	0.3	1.5	1.8	3.3	0.7	0.1	1.4	0.9	2.6	6.7	.390	0.3	1.1	.300	0.6	1.0	.596

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


Season 6
	Dell Curry	Ish Smith
Season	1991-92	2015-16
Team	Charlotte Hornets	New Orleans Pelicans, Philadelphia 76ers
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
Ish Smith	77	29.1	12.6	0.6	3.4	4.0	6.5	1.1	0.3	2.3	1.7	5.2	12.6	.411	0.7	2.2	.329	1.6	2.3	.693

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


Season 7
	Dell Curry	Ish Smith
Season	1992-93	2016-17
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Detroit Pistons
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
Ish Smith	81	24.1	9.4	0.3	2.6	2.9	5.2	0.8	0.4	1.4	1.6	4.1	9.2	.439	0.3	1.3	.267	0.9	1.3	.706

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
Ish Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Dell Curry	Ish Smith
Season	1993-94	2017-18
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	Sixth Man of the Year	-
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	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
Ish Smith	82	24.9	10.9	0.3	2.4	2.7	4.4	0.8	0.2	1.3	1.7	4.7	9.8	.486	0.4	1.2	.347	1.0	1.4	.698

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


Season 9
	Dell Curry	Ish Smith
Season	1994-95	2018-19
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hornets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Pistons 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
Ish Smith	56	22.3	8.9	0.4	2.2	2.6	3.6	0.5	0.2	1.1	1.9	3.7	8.7	.419	0.8	2.4	.326	0.8	1.1	.758

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
Ish Smith	4	20.3	6.0	0.3	2.5	2.8	3.5	0.8	0.3	1.0	2.0	2.5	9.5	.263	0.3	1.8	.143	0.8	1.0	.750


Season 10
	Dell Curry	Ish Smith
Season	1995-96	2019-20
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Washington Wizards
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	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
Ish Smith	68	26.3	10.9	0.4	2.8	3.2	4.9	0.9	0.4	1.4	1.6	4.5	10.1	.447	0.9	2.5	.367	0.9	1.3	.721

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


Season 11
	Dell Curry	Ish Smith
Season	1996-97	2020-21
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hornets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Wizards 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
Ish Smith	44	21.0	6.7	0.5	2.9	3.4	3.9	0.7	0.3	0.9	1.4	2.9	6.8	.434	0.4	1.1	.367	0.4	0.8	.576

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
Ish Smith	5	22.2	6.8	0.2	3.0	3.2	2.8	1.4	0.4	1.0	2.2	3.2	8.6	.372	0.4	1.4	.286	0.0	0.0	-


Season 12
	Dell Curry	Ish Smith
Season	1997-98	2021-22
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Charlotte Hornets, Washington Wizards
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	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
Ish Smith	65	17.3	6.3	0.4	1.8	2.2	3.8	0.7	0.4	1.2	1.2	2.8	6.6	.430	0.4	1.0	.373	0.2	0.4	.625

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
Ish Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Dell Curry	Ish Smith
Season	1998-99	2022-23
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
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
Ish Smith	43	9.3	2.5	0.1	1.1	1.3	2.3	0.2	0.2	1.0	0.8	1.2	3.0	.397	0.0	0.3	.167	0.0	0.1	.500

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
Ish Smith	4	3.0	0.5	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.3	0.5	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 14
	Dell Curry	Ish Smith
Season	1999-00	2023-24
Team	Toronto Raptors	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Raptors 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	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
Ish Smith	43	17.2	3.2	0.3	1.5	1.8	3.4	0.4	0.1	1.1	1.1	1.5	3.7	.418	0.1	0.2	.500	0.1	0.1	.750

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
Ish Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Dell Curry	Ish Smith
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
Ish Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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
Ish Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 16
	Dell Curry	Ish Smith
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
Ish Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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
Ish Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Dell Curry vs. Ish Smith Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ish Smith 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