John Havlicek vs. Phil Smith Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Phil Smith and John Havlicek, 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.

John Havlicek played 16 years in the NBA, 7 more than Phil Smith, who played 9. John Havlicek had the first of his seasons in 1962-63, while Phil Smith had his rookie season in 1974-75. 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
John Havlicek	16	13	1962-63 to 1977-78
Phil Smith	9	5	1974-75 to 1982-83

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	John Havlicek	Phil Smith
Season	1962-63	1974-75
Team	Boston Celtics	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
John Havlicek	80	27.5	14.3	-	-	6.7	2.2	-	-	-	2.4	6.0	13.6	.445	-	-	-	2.2	3.0	.728
Phil Smith	74	14.3	7.7	0.7	1.2	1.9	1.8	0.8	0.0	-	1.9	3.0	6.3	.476	-	-	-	1.7	2.1	.804

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Havlicek	11	23.1	11.8	-	-	4.8	1.5	-	-	-	2.5	5.1	11.4	.448	-	-	-	1.6	2.5	.667
Phil Smith	16	14.7	6.4	0.4	1.3	1.8	1.9	0.6	0.4	-	1.9	2.4	6.5	.375	-	-	-	1.6	2.5	.625


Season 2
	John Havlicek	Phil Smith
Season	1963-64	1975-76
Team	Boston Celtics	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Warriors Lost West 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		%
John Havlicek	80	32.3	19.9	-	-	5.4	3.0	-	-	-	2.8	8.0	19.2	.417	-	-	-	3.9	5.3	.746
Phil Smith	82	34.1	20.0	1.6	3.0	4.6	4.4	1.3	0.2	-	2.7	8.0	16.9	.477	-	-	-	3.9	5.0	.788

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Havlicek	10	28.9	15.7	-	-	4.3	3.2	-	-	-	2.6	6.1	15.9	.384	-	-	-	3.5	4.4	.795
Phil Smith	13	37.9	24.0	1.8	2.9	4.7	4.6	1.6	0.5	-	2.5	9.8	18.8	.518	-	-	-	4.5	6.1	.734


Season 3
	John Havlicek	Phil Smith
Season	1964-65	1976-77
Team	Boston Celtics	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Warriors 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		%
John Havlicek	75	28.9	18.3	-	-	4.9	2.7	-	-	-	2.7	7.6	18.9	.401	-	-	-	3.1	4.2	.744
Phil Smith	82	35.1	19.0	1.2	2.8	4.0	4.0	1.2	0.4	-	2.8	7.7	16.1	.479	-	-	-	3.6	4.6	.785

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Havlicek	12	33.8	18.5	-	-	7.3	2.4	-	-	-	3.7	7.3	20.8	.352	-	-	-	3.8	4.6	.836
Phil Smith	10	37.1	14.2	1.0	4.0	5.0	4.5	1.4	0.4	-	2.4	5.3	13.2	.402	-	-	-	3.6	4.5	.800


Season 4
	John Havlicek	Phil Smith
Season	1965-66	1977-78
Team	Boston Celtics	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
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		%
John Havlicek	71	30.6	18.8	-	-	6.0	3.0	-	-	-	2.2	7.5	18.7	.399	-	-	-	3.9	4.9	.785
Phil Smith	82	35.9	19.7	1.2	2.4	3.7	4.8	1.3	0.3	3.2	2.7	7.9	16.7	.472	-	-	-	3.9	4.7	.812

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Havlicek	17	42.3	23.6	-	-	9.1	4.1	-	-	-	4.1	9.0	22.0	.409	-	-	-	5.6	6.6	.841
Phil Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	John Havlicek	Phil Smith
Season	1966-67	1978-79
Team	Boston Celtics	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Div 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		%
John Havlicek	81	32.1	21.4	-	-	6.6	3.4	-	-	-	2.6	8.4	19.0	.444	-	-	-	4.5	5.4	.828
Phil Smith	59	38.8	19.9	0.8	2.8	3.6	4.4	1.7	0.4	2.9	2.7	8.3	16.6	.501	-	-	-	3.3	4.3	.761

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Havlicek	9	36.7	27.4	-	-	8.1	3.1	-	-	-	3.3	10.6	23.6	.448	-	-	-	6.3	7.9	.803
Phil Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	John Havlicek	Phil Smith
Season	1967-68	1979-80
Team	Boston Celtics	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
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		%
John Havlicek	82	35.6	20.7	-	-	6.7	4.7	-	-	-	2.9	8.1	18.9	.429	-	-	-	4.5	5.5	.812
Phil Smith	51	30.4	15.5	0.5	2.3	2.9	3.7	1.2	0.3	2.4	3.0	6.4	13.4	.474	0.1	0.4	.318	2.6	3.4	.789

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Havlicek	19	45.4	25.9	-	-	8.6	7.5	-	-	-	3.5	9.7	21.4	.452	-	-	-	6.6	7.9	.828
Phil Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	John Havlicek	Phil Smith
Season	1968-69	1980-81
Team	Boston Celtics	San Diego Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
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		%
John Havlicek	82	38.7	21.6	-	-	7.0	5.4	-	-	-	3.0	8.4	20.8	.405	-	-	-	4.7	6.0	.780
Phil Smith	76	31.3	16.8	0.6	1.4	2.1	4.9	1.1	0.2	2.3	3.0	6.8	13.9	.491	0.1	0.2	.222	3.1	4.1	.757

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Havlicek	18	47.2	25.4	-	-	9.9	5.6	-	-	-	3.2	9.4	21.2	.445	-	-	-	6.6	7.7	.855
Phil Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	John Havlicek	Phil Smith
Season	1969-70	1981-82
Team	Boston Celtics	San Diego Clippers, Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
John Havlicek	81	41.6	24.2	-	-	7.8	6.8	-	-	-	2.6	9.1	19.6	.464	-	-	-	6.0	7.1	.844
Phil Smith	74	27.6	11.5	0.7	1.8	2.5	4.1	0.9	0.4	2.1	2.9	4.6	10.3	.447	0.1	0.4	.185	2.2	3.0	.731

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Havlicek	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Phil Smith	8	11.5	3.1	0.4	0.6	1.0	0.9	0.6	0.1	0.5	1.4	1.5	3.8	.400	0.0	0.1	.000	0.1	0.4	.333


Season 9
	John Havlicek	Phil Smith
Season	1970-71	1982-83
Team	Boston Celtics	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Supersonics 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		%
John Havlicek	81	45.4	28.9	-	-	9.0	7.5	-	-	-	2.5	11.0	24.5	.450	-	-	-	6.8	8.4	.818
Phil Smith	79	15.7	5.7	0.3	1.3	1.6	2.7	0.6	0.1	1.3	1.4	2.2	5.1	.438	0.0	0.1	.375	1.3	1.7	.759

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Havlicek	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Phil Smith	2	9.5	3.0	0.0	1.5	1.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.5	1.5	3.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 10
	John Havlicek	Phil Smith
Season	1971-72	-
Team	Boston Celtics	-
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	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		%
John Havlicek	82	45.1	27.5	-	-	8.2	7.5	-	-	-	2.2	10.9	23.9	.458	-	-	-	5.6	6.7	.834
Phil Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Havlicek	11	47.0	27.4	-	-	8.4	6.4	-	-	-	3.2	9.8	21.4	.460	-	-	-	7.7	9.0	.859
Phil Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	John Havlicek	Phil Smith
Season	1972-73	-
Team	Boston Celtics	-
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	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		%
John Havlicek	80	42.1	23.8	-	-	7.1	6.6	-	-	-	2.4	9.6	21.3	.450	-	-	-	4.6	5.4	.858
Phil Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Havlicek	12	39.9	23.8	-	-	5.2	5.4	-	-	-	2.0	9.3	19.6	.477	-	-	-	5.1	6.2	.824
Phil Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	John Havlicek	Phil Smith
Season	1973-74	-
Team	Boston Celtics	-
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
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		%
John Havlicek	76	40.7	22.6	1.8	4.6	6.4	5.9	1.3	0.4	-	2.6	9.0	19.8	.456	-	-	-	4.6	5.5	.832
Phil Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Havlicek	18	45.1	27.1	1.6	4.9	6.4	6.0	1.3	0.3	-	2.4	11.1	22.8	.484	-	-	-	4.9	5.6	.881
Phil Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	John Havlicek	Phil Smith
Season	1974-75	-
Team	Boston Celtics	-
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	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		%
John Havlicek	82	38.2	19.2	1.9	4.0	5.9	5.3	1.3	0.2	-	2.8	7.8	17.2	.455	-	-	-	3.5	4.0	.870
Phil Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Havlicek	11	42.2	21.1	1.6	3.5	5.2	4.6	1.5	0.1	-	3.5	7.5	17.5	.432	-	-	-	6.0	6.9	.868
Phil Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	John Havlicek	Phil Smith
Season	1975-76	-
Team	Boston Celtics	-
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
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		%
John Havlicek	76	34.2	17.0	1.5	2.6	4.1	3.7	1.3	0.4	-	2.7	6.6	14.8	.450	-	-	-	3.7	4.4	.844
Phil Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Havlicek	15	33.7	13.2	1.2	2.5	3.7	3.4	0.8	0.3	-	2.1	5.3	12.0	.444	-	-	-	2.5	3.1	.809
Phil Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	John Havlicek	Phil Smith
Season	1976-77	-
Team	Boston Celtics	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	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		%
John Havlicek	79	36.9	17.7	1.4	3.5	4.8	5.1	1.1	0.2	-	2.6	7.3	16.2	.452	-	-	-	3.0	3.6	.816
Phil Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Havlicek	9	41.7	18.3	1.7	3.8	5.4	6.9	0.9	0.4	-	3.7	6.9	18.6	.371	-	-	-	4.6	5.6	.820
Phil Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 16
	John Havlicek	Phil Smith
Season	1977-78	-
Team	Boston Celtics	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
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		%
John Havlicek	82	34.1	16.1	1.1	2.9	4.0	4.0	1.1	0.3	2.5	2.3	6.7	14.8	.449	-	-	-	2.8	3.3	.855
Phil Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Havlicek	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Phil Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

John Havlicek vs. Phil Smith Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Phil Smith and John Havlicek, 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