Dikembe Mutombo vs. Adrian Smith Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Adrian Smith and Dikembe Mutombo, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

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.

Dikembe Mutombo played 18 years in the NBA, 8 more than Adrian Smith, who played 10. Dikembe Mutombo had the first of his seasons in 1991-92, while Adrian Smith had his rookie season in 1961-62. 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Dikembe Mutombo	Adrian Smith
Season	1991-92	1961-62
Team	Denver Nuggets	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Royals Lost West Div 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		%
Dikembe Mutombo	71	38.3	16.6	4.5	7.8	12.3	2.2	0.6	3.0	3.5	3.8	6.0	12.2	.493	0.0	0.0	-	4.5	7.0	.642
Adrian Smith	80	18.3	7.2	-	-	1.9	2.1	-	-	-	1.3	2.5	6.2	.405	-	-	-	2.2	2.8	.775
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dikembe Mutombo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Adrian Smith	4	13.3	5.3	-	-	1.3	0.8	-	-	-	0.5	2.0	4.8	.421	-	-	-	1.3	1.3	1.000

Season 3
	Dikembe Mutombo	Adrian Smith
Season	1993-94	1963-64
Team	Denver Nuggets	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards	Blocks Leader	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	Royals Lost East Div 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		%
Dikembe Mutombo	82	34.8	12.0	3.5	8.4	11.8	1.5	0.7	4.1	2.5	3.2	4.5	7.8	.569	0.0	0.0	.000	3.1	5.4	.583
Adrian Smith	66	23.1	9.4	-	-	2.2	2.2	-	-	-	2.5	3.5	8.7	.406	-	-	-	2.3	3.0	.782
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dikembe Mutombo	12	42.6	13.3	3.3	8.7	12.0	1.8	0.7	5.8	2.5	3.5	4.2	9.0	.463	0.0	0.0	-	4.9	8.2	.602
Adrian Smith	7	9.4	3.0	-	-	1.3	0.6	-	-	-	1.1	1.1	3.7	.308	-	-	-	0.7	1.0	.714

Season 4
	Dikembe Mutombo	Adrian Smith
Season	1994-95	1964-65
Team	Denver Nuggets	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
	Blocks Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Royals Lost East Div 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		%
Dikembe Mutombo	82	37.8	11.5	3.9	8.7	12.5	1.4	0.5	3.9	2.3	3.5	4.3	7.7	.556	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	4.6	.654
Adrian Smith	80	34.3	15.1	-	-	2.8	3.0	-	-	-	2.5	5.8	12.7	.456	-	-	-	3.6	4.3	.830
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dikembe Mutombo	3	28.0	6.0	1.3	5.0	6.3	0.3	0.0	2.3	2.3	5.0	2.0	3.3	.600	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	3.0	.667
Adrian Smith	4	37.5	14.3	-	-	2.8	5.3	-	-	-	2.8	4.5	12.0	.375	-	-	-	5.3	5.5	.955

Season 5
	Dikembe Mutombo	Adrian Smith
Season	1995-96	1965-66
Team	Denver Nuggets	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards	Blocks Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Royals Lost East Div 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		%
Dikembe Mutombo	74	36.7	11.0	3.4	8.4	11.8	1.5	0.5	4.5	2.0	3.5	3.8	7.7	.499	0.0	0.0	.000	3.3	4.8	.695
Adrian Smith	80	37.3	18.4	-	-	3.6	3.2	-	-	-	3.5	6.6	16.4	.405	-	-	-	5.1	6.0	.850
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dikembe Mutombo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Adrian Smith	5	31.4	13.0	-	-	2.4	2.6	-	-	-	2.4	4.4	11.8	.373	-	-	-	4.2	4.4	.955

Season 6
	Dikembe Mutombo	Adrian Smith
Season	1996-97	1966-67
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	Royals Lost East Div 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		%
Dikembe Mutombo	80	37.2	13.3	3.4	8.3	11.6	1.4	0.6	3.3	2.3	3.1	4.8	9.0	.527	0.0	0.0	-	3.8	5.4	.705
Adrian Smith	81	32.5	16.6	-	-	2.5	2.3	-	-	-	3.4	6.2	14.2	.438	-	-	-	4.2	4.7	.903
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dikembe Mutombo	10	41.5	15.4	3.7	8.6	12.3	1.3	0.1	2.6	2.0	3.0	5.4	8.6	.628	0.0	0.0	-	4.6	6.4	.719
Adrian Smith	4	30.0	11.3	-	-	2.0	2.8	-	-	-	2.0	4.5	12.0	.375	-	-	-	2.3	3.0	.750

Season 7
	Dikembe Mutombo	Adrian Smith
Season	1997-98	1967-68
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
	All-Star Game	-
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		%
Dikembe Mutombo	82	35.6	13.4	3.4	8.0	11.4	1.0	0.4	3.4	2.0	3.1	4.9	9.1	.537	0.0	0.0	-	3.7	5.5	.670
Adrian Smith	82	33.9	15.6	-	-	2.3	3.3	-	-	-	3.2	5.9	12.6	.464	-	-	-	3.9	4.7	.829
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dikembe Mutombo	4	34.0	8.0	3.3	9.5	12.8	0.3	0.3	2.3	2.0	2.5	2.8	6.0	.458	0.0	0.0	-	2.5	4.0	.625
Adrian Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Dikembe Mutombo	Adrian Smith
Season	1998-99	1968-69
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Hawks 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		%
Dikembe Mutombo	50	36.6	10.8	3.8	8.4	12.2	1.1	0.3	2.9	1.9	2.9	3.5	6.8	.512	0.0	0.0	-	3.9	5.7	.684
Adrian Smith	73	18.3	9.6	-	-	1.4	1.7	-	-	-	2.3	3.3	7.7	.432	-	-	-	3.0	3.7	.807
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dikembe Mutombo	9	42.2	12.6	4.0	9.9	13.9	1.2	0.6	2.6	2.0	3.1	4.4	7.9	.563	0.0	0.0	-	3.7	5.2	.702
Adrian Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Dikembe Mutombo	Adrian Smith
Season	1999-00	1969-70
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Cincinnati Royals, San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
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		%
Dikembe Mutombo	82	36.4	11.5	3.7	10.4	14.1	1.3	0.3	3.3	2.1	3.0	3.9	7.0	.562	0.0	0.0	-	3.6	5.1	.708
Adrian Smith	77	14.1	5.9	-	-	1.1	1.7	-	-	-	1.6	2.0	5.4	.368	-	-	-	2.0	2.2	.894
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dikembe Mutombo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Adrian Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 10
	Dikembe Mutombo	Adrian Smith
Season	2000-01	1970-71
Team	Atlanta Hawks, Philadelphia 76ers	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers 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		%
Dikembe Mutombo	75	34.5	10.0	4.1	9.4	13.5	1.0	0.4	2.7	1.9	2.7	3.6	7.4	.484	0.0	0.0	-	2.8	3.9	.725
Adrian Smith	21	11.8	5.3	-	-	1.1	1.4	-	-	-	1.1	1.8	4.2	.427	-	-	-	1.7	2.0	.854
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dikembe Mutombo	23	42.7	13.9	4.9	8.8	13.7	0.7	0.7	3.1	1.6	2.4	4.4	9.0	.490	0.0	0.0	.000	5.0	6.4	.777
Adrian Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 11
	Dikembe Mutombo	Adrian Smith
Season	2001-02	-
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	-
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers 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		%
Dikembe Mutombo	80	36.3	11.5	3.2	7.6	10.8	1.0	0.4	2.4	2.0	3.0	4.0	8.0	.501	0.0	0.0	-	3.5	4.6	.764
Adrian Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dikembe Mutombo	5	34.6	8.8	2.8	7.8	10.6	0.6	0.4	1.8	2.2	3.2	2.8	6.2	.452	0.0	0.0	-	3.2	5.2	.615
Adrian Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-