Jerome Kersey vs. Kenny Smith Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kenny Smith and Jerome Kersey, 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 / Games against each other

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.

Jerome Kersey played 17 years in the NBA, 7 more than Kenny Smith, who played 10. Jerome Kersey had the first of his seasons in 1984-85, while Kenny Smith had his rookie season in 1987-88. 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
Jerome Kersey	17	15	1984-85 to 2000-01
Kenny Smith	10	5	1987-88 to 1996-97

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17


Rookie Season
	Jerome Kersey	Kenny Smith
Season	1984-85	1987-88
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West 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		%
Jerome Kersey	77	12.4	6.1	1.2	1.4	2.7	0.8	0.6	0.4	0.9	1.9	2.3	4.8	.478	0.0	0.0	.000	1.5	2.4	.646
Kenny Smith	61	35.6	13.8	0.7	1.6	2.3	7.1	1.5	0.1	3.0	2.3	5.4	11.4	.477	0.2	0.6	.308	2.7	3.3	.819

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerome Kersey	8	7.5	4.8	0.6	0.5	1.1	0.8	0.9	0.3	0.3	1.4	2.0	3.9	.516	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.0	.750
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Jerome Kersey	Kenny Smith
Season	1985-86	1988-89
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers 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		%
Jerome Kersey	79	15.4	8.5	1.7	2.0	3.7	1.1	1.1	0.4	1.4	2.6	3.3	5.9	.549	0.0	0.1	.000	2.0	2.9	.681
Kenny Smith	81	38.8	17.3	0.6	2.2	2.8	7.7	1.3	0.1	3.1	2.1	6.8	14.6	.462	0.6	1.6	.359	3.2	4.4	.737

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerome Kersey	4	14.0	5.5	1.8	2.0	3.8	1.0	0.3	1.0	1.5	3.3	2.3	5.5	.409	0.0	0.3	.000	1.0	1.0	1.000
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Jerome Kersey	Kenny Smith
Season	1986-87	1989-90
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Sacramento Kings, Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers 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		%
Jerome Kersey	82	25.5	12.3	2.5	3.6	6.0	2.4	1.5	0.9	1.8	4.0	4.5	8.9	.509	0.0	0.3	.043	3.2	4.4	.720
Kenny Smith	79	30.6	11.9	0.2	1.8	2.0	5.6	1.0	0.1	2.1	1.8	4.8	10.3	.466	0.3	1.1	.313	2.0	2.5	.821

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerome Kersey	4	15.0	6.0	1.5	3.3	4.8	0.8	1.3	0.3	1.5	3.3	2.5	6.3	.400	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.0	1.000
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Jerome Kersey	Kenny Smith
Season	1987-88	1990-91
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Rockets 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		%
Jerome Kersey	79	36.6	19.2	2.7	5.6	8.3	3.1	1.6	0.8	2.0	3.8	7.7	15.5	.499	0.0	0.2	.200	3.7	5.0	.735
Kenny Smith	78	34.6	17.7	0.5	1.6	2.1	7.1	1.4	0.1	3.0	1.7	6.7	12.9	.520	0.6	1.7	.363	3.7	4.4	.844

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerome Kersey	4	31.8	19.8	4.3	3.3	7.5	2.3	1.8	1.0	1.3	4.3	8.0	16.3	.492	0.0	0.3	.000	3.8	5.3	.714
Kenny Smith	3	37.7	15.3	1.3	1.3	2.7	8.0	1.3	0.3	2.0	1.7	6.0	12.7	.474	0.7	1.3	.500	2.7	3.0	.889


Season 5
	Jerome Kersey	Kenny Smith
Season	1988-89	1991-92
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers 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		%
Jerome Kersey	76	35.7	17.5	3.2	5.0	8.3	3.2	1.8	1.1	2.2	3.6	7.0	15.0	.469	0.1	0.3	.286	3.4	4.9	.694
Kenny Smith	81	33.8	14.0	0.4	1.8	2.2	6.9	1.3	0.1	2.8	1.4	5.3	11.2	.475	0.7	1.7	.394	2.7	3.1	.866

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerome Kersey	3	39.0	20.3	3.7	4.3	8.0	2.3	3.3	0.3	1.3	4.0	7.7	15.7	.489	0.0	0.7	.000	5.0	6.3	.789
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Jerome Kersey	Kenny Smith
Season	1989-90	1992-93
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost NBA Finals	Rockets 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		%
Jerome Kersey	82	34.7	16.0	3.1	5.4	8.4	2.3	1.5	0.8	1.8	3.7	6.3	13.2	.478	0.0	0.2	.150	3.3	4.8	.690
Kenny Smith	82	29.5	13.0	0.3	1.6	2.0	5.4	1.0	0.1	2.0	1.3	4.7	9.1	.520	1.2	2.7	.438	2.4	2.7	.878

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerome Kersey	21	39.6	20.7	3.1	5.1	8.3	2.1	1.6	1.0	2.1	4.1	7.9	17.2	.460	0.0	0.1	.000	4.9	6.9	.715
Kenny Smith	12	32.6	14.8	0.2	1.8	2.0	4.2	0.8	0.1	2.2	1.5	5.3	10.7	.492	1.9	3.8	.500	2.3	3.0	.778


Season 7
	Jerome Kersey	Kenny Smith
Season	1990-91	1993-94
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Jerome Kersey	73	32.3	14.8	2.3	4.3	6.6	3.1	1.4	1.0	2.0	3.4	5.8	12.2	.478	0.1	0.2	.308	3.2	4.5	.709
Kenny Smith	78	28.3	11.6	0.3	1.5	1.8	4.2	0.8	0.1	1.6	1.6	4.4	9.1	.480	1.1	2.8	.405	1.7	2.0	.871

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerome Kersey	16	36.8	17.9	3.3	3.7	6.9	3.1	1.8	0.4	1.1	4.3	6.6	14.1	.465	0.0	0.0	-	4.8	6.3	.752
Kenny Smith	23	30.3	10.8	0.2	2.1	2.3	4.1	1.0	0.2	1.4	1.7	3.7	8.2	.455	1.5	3.3	.447	1.8	2.3	.808


Season 8
	Jerome Kersey	Kenny Smith
Season	1991-92	1994-95
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Jerome Kersey	77	33.2	12.6	3.1	5.1	8.2	3.2	1.5	0.9	2.0	3.3	5.2	11.1	.467	0.0	0.1	.125	2.3	3.4	.664
Kenny Smith	81	25.1	10.4	0.3	1.6	1.9	4.0	0.9	0.1	1.5	1.3	3.5	7.3	.484	1.8	4.1	.429	1.6	1.8	.851

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerome Kersey	21	36.0	16.2	2.8	4.9	7.7	3.6	2.0	0.9	2.5	4.0	6.2	12.2	.510	0.0	0.1	.000	3.8	5.4	.693
Kenny Smith	22	29.6	10.8	0.3	1.9	2.2	4.5	0.6	0.1	1.4	2.1	3.5	8.1	.438	2.1	4.7	.442	1.6	1.8	.900


Season 9
	Jerome Kersey	Kenny Smith
Season	1992-93	1995-96
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Rockets 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		%
Jerome Kersey	65	26.4	10.6	1.9	4.3	6.2	1.9	1.2	0.6	1.3	2.8	4.3	9.9	.438	0.1	0.4	.286	1.8	2.8	.634
Kenny Smith	68	23.8	8.5	0.3	1.1	1.4	3.6	0.7	0.0	1.5	1.7	3.0	6.8	.433	1.3	3.5	.382	1.3	1.6	.821

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerome Kersey	4	24.5	14.3	2.5	6.0	8.5	1.0	1.0	0.5	0.5	3.8	5.5	10.5	.524	0.3	0.3	1.000	3.0	4.3	.706
Kenny Smith	8	23.9	8.9	0.5	1.0	1.5	4.8	0.6	0.0	1.0	1.8	2.9	6.6	.434	1.5	3.9	.387	1.6	1.6	1.000


Season 10
	Jerome Kersey	Kenny Smith
Season	1993-94	1996-97
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Detroit Pistons, Orlando Magic, Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers 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		%
Jerome Kersey	78	16.4	6.5	1.7	2.6	4.2	1.0	0.9	0.6	0.8	2.7	2.6	6.0	.433	0.0	0.1	.125	1.3	1.7	.748
Kenny Smith	48	15.9	6.3	0.1	0.8	0.9	2.4	0.4	0.0	1.5	0.6	2.1	5.0	.423	1.2	2.8	.437	0.8	0.9	.867

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerome Kersey	3	12.7	3.7	1.7	1.3	3.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	1.7	1.7	5.3	.313	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	1.7	.200
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Jerome Kersey	Kenny Smith
Season	1994-95	-
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers 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		%
Jerome Kersey	63	18.1	8.1	1.5	2.6	4.1	1.3	0.8	0.6	1.0	2.7	3.2	7.8	.415	0.1	0.4	.259	1.5	2.0	.766
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerome Kersey	3	21.0	12.7	0.7	2.0	2.7	1.0	1.0	0.3	0.0	3.7	5.3	9.3	.571	0.0	0.7	.000	2.0	3.0	.667
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Jerome Kersey	Kenny Smith
Season	1995-96	-
Team	Golden State Warriors	-
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		%
Jerome Kersey	76	21.3	6.7	2.0	2.8	4.8	1.5	1.2	0.6	1.0	2.7	2.7	6.6	.410	0.0	0.2	.176	1.3	1.9	.660
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerome Kersey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Jerome Kersey	Kenny Smith
Season	1996-97	-
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Jerome Kersey	70	25.2	6.8	1.6	3.6	5.2	1.3	1.7	0.7	1.1	3.1	2.8	6.4	.432	0.2	0.9	.262	1.0	1.7	.602
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerome Kersey	9	23.2	5.4	1.6	3.8	5.3	1.6	1.0	0.7	0.3	3.8	1.9	3.9	.486	0.0	0.1	.000	1.7	2.1	.789
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Jerome Kersey	Kenny Smith
Season	1997-98	-
Team	Seattle Supersonics	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Supersonics 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		%
Jerome Kersey	37	19.4	6.3	1.5	2.1	3.6	1.2	1.4	0.4	1.0	2.8	2.6	6.3	.416	0.0	0.3	.100	1.1	1.8	.600
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerome Kersey	10	21.3	7.8	1.7	2.3	4.0	0.9	1.0	1.0	1.3	3.2	3.1	7.2	.431	0.0	0.3	.000	1.6	1.9	.842
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Jerome Kersey	Kenny Smith
Season	1998-99	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Jerome Kersey	45	15.5	3.2	0.9	2.0	2.9	0.9	0.8	0.3	0.7	2.0	1.5	4.4	.340	0.1	0.3	.214	0.1	0.3	.429
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerome Kersey	14	10.9	2.6	0.7	1.4	2.1	0.3	0.4	0.1	0.4	1.4	1.1	3.1	.349	0.1	0.3	.250	0.4	0.5	.714
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 16
	Jerome Kersey	Kenny Smith
Season	1999-00	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs 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		%
Jerome Kersey	72	18.2	4.5	0.8	2.3	3.1	1.0	0.9	0.7	0.7	2.2	2.0	4.9	.412	0.0	0.1	.000	0.4	0.6	.707
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerome Kersey	2	12.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	0.5	1.0	0.5	0.5	2.5	0.5	3.5	.143	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 17
	Jerome Kersey	Kenny Smith
Season	2000-01	-
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	-
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		%
Jerome Kersey	22	11.0	3.3	0.4	1.7	2.0	0.7	0.6	0.4	0.3	1.6	1.5	3.1	.464	0.0	0.0	.000	0.4	0.7	.500
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerome Kersey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Jerome Kersey vs. Kenny Smith Season by Season Comparison

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

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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

Season 17