Jeremy Lin vs. Tony Smith Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tony Smith and Jeremy Lin, 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.

Jeremy Lin and Tony Smith both played 9 years in the NBA. Jeremy Lin had the first of his seasons in 2010-11, while Tony Smith had his rookie season in 1990-91. 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
Jeremy Lin	9	4	2010-11 to 2018-19
Tony Smith	9	6	1990-91 to 2000-01

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Jeremy Lin	Tony Smith
Season	2010-11	1990-91
Team	Golden State Warriors	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers 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		%
Jeremy Lin	29	9.8	2.6	0.4	0.8	1.2	1.4	1.1	0.3	0.6	1.1	1.0	2.5	.389	0.0	0.2	.200	0.7	0.9	.760
Tony Smith	64	10.9	3.7	0.4	0.7	1.1	2.1	0.4	0.2	1.1	1.3	1.5	3.4	.441	0.0	0.1	.000	0.6	0.9	.702

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeremy Lin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tony Smith	7	5.7	2.0	0.4	0.0	0.4	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.9	0.9	0.9	1.9	.462	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.4	.667


Season 2
	Jeremy Lin	Tony Smith
Season	2011-12	1991-92
Team	New York Knicks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers 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		%
Jeremy Lin	35	26.9	14.6	0.5	2.5	3.1	6.2	1.6	0.3	3.6	2.2	4.9	10.9	.446	0.7	2.1	.320	4.2	5.2	.798
Tony Smith	63	13.0	4.4	0.5	0.7	1.2	1.7	0.6	0.1	0.8	1.4	1.8	4.5	.399	0.0	0.2	.000	0.8	1.2	.653

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeremy Lin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tony Smith	4	10.0	1.8	0.3	0.3	0.5	1.3	1.0	0.0	0.8	1.3	0.8	2.5	.300	0.0	0.5	.000	0.3	0.5	.500


Season 3
	Jeremy Lin	Tony Smith
Season	2012-13	1992-93
Team	Houston Rockets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Lakers 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		%
Jeremy Lin	82	32.2	13.4	0.4	2.6	3.0	6.1	1.6	0.4	2.9	2.5	4.8	10.9	.441	1.1	3.1	.339	2.6	3.4	.785
Tony Smith	55	13.7	6.0	0.8	0.7	1.6	1.1	0.9	0.1	0.7	1.3	2.4	5.0	.484	0.0	0.2	.182	1.1	1.5	.756

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeremy Lin	4	21.0	4.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	0.5	0.3	2.0	2.3	1.5	6.0	.250	0.5	3.0	.167	0.5	0.5	1.000
Tony Smith	5	14.6	6.8	1.0	0.6	1.6	0.4	0.2	0.2	0.6	2.8	2.6	5.0	.520	0.4	0.8	.500	1.2	1.8	.667


Season 4
	Jeremy Lin	Tony Smith
Season	2013-14	1993-94
Team	Houston Rockets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets 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		%
Jeremy Lin	71	28.9	12.5	0.5	2.2	2.6	4.1	1.0	0.4	2.5	2.3	4.2	9.3	.446	1.2	3.2	.358	3.1	3.7	.823
Tony Smith	73	22.2	8.8	1.5	1.2	2.7	2.0	0.8	0.2	1.0	1.8	3.7	8.5	.441	0.2	0.7	.320	1.2	1.6	.714

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeremy Lin	6	29.5	11.3	1.2	2.5	3.7	4.3	0.5	0.2	2.2	2.5	4.2	10.2	.410	0.8	3.8	.217	2.2	2.7	.813
Tony Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Jeremy Lin	Tony Smith
Season	2014-15	1994-95
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers 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		%
Jeremy Lin	74	25.8	11.2	0.4	2.3	2.6	4.6	1.1	0.4	2.2	2.6	3.7	8.8	.424	0.9	2.4	.369	2.9	3.6	.795
Tony Smith	61	16.8	5.6	0.7	1.0	1.8	1.7	0.8	0.1	0.8	1.8	2.2	5.1	.427	0.5	1.5	.352	0.7	1.0	.698

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeremy Lin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tony Smith	6	4.5	1.5	0.2	0.3	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.2	0.5	2.2	.231	0.5	1.7	.300	0.0	0.3	.000


Season 6
	Jeremy Lin	Tony Smith
Season	2015-16	1995-96
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Phoenix Suns, Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hornets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Heat 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		%
Jeremy Lin	78	26.3	11.7	0.5	2.7	3.2	3.0	0.7	0.5	1.9	2.1	3.8	9.3	.412	1.0	2.9	.336	3.1	3.7	.815
Tony Smith	59	15.9	5.1	0.5	1.1	1.6	2.6	0.6	0.2	1.1	1.8	2.0	4.6	.423	0.6	2.0	.328	0.5	0.8	.609

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeremy Lin	7	27.0	12.4	0.4	1.9	2.3	2.6	0.7	0.0	1.6	3.0	3.7	9.0	.413	0.4	2.0	.214	4.6	5.6	.821
Tony Smith	3	20.3	7.3	1.0	0.3	1.3	2.7	1.3	0.0	1.0	2.3	3.0	6.3	.474	1.3	3.3	.400	0.0	0.0	-


Season 7
	Jeremy Lin	Tony Smith
Season	2016-17	1996-97
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Jeremy Lin	36	24.5	14.5	0.3	3.4	3.8	5.1	1.2	0.4	2.4	2.2	4.9	11.1	.438	1.6	4.3	.372	3.2	3.9	.816
Tony Smith	69	18.7	5.0	0.6	0.8	1.4	2.2	0.7	0.3	1.1	1.6	2.0	4.9	.409	0.5	1.4	.323	0.6	0.9	.644

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeremy Lin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tony Smith	2	4.5	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.5	1.0	0.5	0.0	1.5	0.5	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.5	.000	0.5	1.0	.500


Season 8
	Jeremy Lin	Tony Smith
Season	2017-18	1997-98
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Milwaukee Bucks
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		%
Jeremy Lin	1	25.0	18.0	0.0	0.0	0	4.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	3.0	5.0	12.0	.417	1.0	2.0	.500	7.0	7.0	1.000
Tony Smith	7	11.4	2.7	0.6	0.4	1.0	1.4	0.7	0.3	1.3	1.0	1.1	3.4	.333	0.0	0.6	.000	0.4	0.6	.750

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeremy Lin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tony Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Tony Smith didn't play in 1998-99 and 1999-00.


Season 9
	Jeremy Lin	Tony Smith
Season	2018-19	2000-01
Team	Atlanta Hawks, Toronto Raptors	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Jeremy Lin	74	19.4	9.6	0.3	2.1	2.4	3.1	0.6	0.2	1.7	1.9	3.2	7.3	.440	0.7	2.5	.294	2.4	2.8	.838
Tony Smith	6	13.0	2.8	0.3	0.2	0.5	1.7	1.2	0.0	1.5	2.0	1.3	3.8	.348	0.0	0.3	.000	0.2	0.3	.500

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeremy Lin	8	3.4	1.1	0.0	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.1	0.0	0.6	0.3	0.3	1.1	.222	0.1	0.3	.500	0.5	0.5	1.000
Tony Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Jeremy Lin vs. Tony Smith Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tony Smith and Jeremy Lin, 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