Joel Anthony vs. Marcus Smart Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Marcus Smart and Joel Anthony, 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.

Joel Anthony and Marcus Smart both played 10 years in the NBA. Joel Anthony had the first of his seasons in 2007-08, while Marcus Smart had his rookie season in 2014-15. 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
	Joel Anthony	Marcus Smart
Season	2007-08	2014-15
Team	Miami Heat	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics 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		%
Joel Anthony	24	20.8	3.5	1.6	2.3	3.9	0.1	0.4	1.3	0.7	2.3	1.2	2.5	.467	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	2.0	.592
Marcus Smart	67	27.0	7.8	0.9	2.4	3.3	3.1	1.5	0.3	1.3	2.6	2.6	7.1	.367	1.4	4.1	.335	1.2	1.9	.646
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joel Anthony	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Marcus Smart	4	22.5	9.8	1.3	1.5	2.8	1.3	0.3	0.3	1.0	3.0	3.5	7.3	.483	0.8	3.3	.231	2.0	3.8	.533

Season 5
	Joel Anthony	Marcus Smart
Season	2011-12	2018-19
Team	Miami Heat	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Celtics 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		%
Joel Anthony	64	21.1	3.4	1.6	2.3	3.9	0.1	0.6	1.3	0.7	2.0	1.3	2.4	.559	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.1	.690
Marcus Smart	80	27.5	8.9	0.7	2.2	2.9	4.0	1.8	0.4	1.5	2.5	3.0	7.1	.422	1.6	4.3	.364	1.3	1.6	.806
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joel Anthony	17	19.4	3.2	1.3	1.9	3.2	0.1	0.3	0.9	0.5	2.4	1.0	1.7	.586	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	1.5	.800
Marcus Smart	2	16.0	3.5	2.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	1.5	0.0	1.5	1.5	0.5	5.5	.091	0.5	5.5	.091	2.0	3.0	.667

Season 6
	Joel Anthony	Marcus Smart
Season	2012-13	2019-20
Team	Miami Heat	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Celtics Lost East Conf 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		%
Joel Anthony	62	9.1	1.4	0.7	1.1	1.9	0.2	0.2	0.7	0.4	0.8	0.6	1.1	.515	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.5	.607
Marcus Smart	60	32.0	12.9	0.7	3.1	3.8	4.9	1.7	0.5	1.7	2.7	4.3	11.4	.375	2.3	6.6	.347	2.1	2.5	.836
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joel Anthony	14	5.1	0.4	0.7	0.8	1.5	0.0	0.1	0.3	0.2	0.9	0.2	0.7	.300	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Marcus Smart	17	38.1	14.5	0.6	4.6	5.2	4.6	1.2	0.5	2.6	3.2	4.6	11.6	.394	2.4	7.2	.333	2.9	3.3	.875

Season 8
	Joel Anthony	Marcus Smart
Season	2014-15	2021-22
Team	Detroit Pistons	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics 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		%
Joel Anthony	49	8.3	1.8	0.7	1.2	1.9	0.1	0.2	1.0	0.2	1.1	0.7	1.3	.581	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.4	.682
Marcus Smart	71	32.3	12.1	0.6	3.2	3.8	5.9	1.7	0.3	2.2	2.3	4.2	10.1	.418	1.7	5.1	.331	2.0	2.5	.793
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joel Anthony	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Marcus Smart	21	36.2	15.4	1.0	3.6	4.5	5.9	1.2	0.2	2.5	3.4	5.4	13.3	.405	2.3	6.5	.350	2.4	3.0	.806