Kenny Smith vs. Corliss Williamson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Corliss Williamson and Kenny Smith, 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.

Kenny Smith played 10 years in the NBA, 2 less than Corliss Williamson, who played 12. Kenny Smith had the first of his seasons in 1987-88, while Corliss Williamson had his rookie season in 1995-96. 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
	Kenny Smith	Corliss Williamson
Season	1987-88	1995-96
Team	Sacramento Kings	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Kings 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		%
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
Corliss Williamson	53	11.5	5.6	1.1	1.1	2.2	0.4	0.2	0.2	1.4	2.2	2.4	5.1	.466	0.0	0.1	.000	0.9	1.6	.560
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Corliss Williamson	1	2.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.0	1.000

Season 7
	Kenny Smith	Corliss Williamson
Season	1993-94	2001-02
Team	Houston Rockets	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	Sixth Man of the Year
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Pistons 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		%
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
Corliss Williamson	78	21.8	13.6	1.5	2.6	4.1	1.2	0.6	0.3	1.8	2.9	5.3	10.3	.510	0.0	0.1	.200	3.1	3.8	.805
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Corliss Williamson	10	27.0	13.3	1.9	3.4	5.3	1.0	0.9	0.2	2.2	3.1	5.2	11.2	.464	0.0	0.2	.000	2.9	3.8	.763

Season 8
	Kenny Smith	Corliss Williamson
Season	1994-95	2002-03
Team	Houston Rockets	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Pistons 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		%
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
Corliss Williamson	82	25.1	12.0	1.8	2.6	4.4	1.3	0.5	0.3	1.5	2.9	4.6	10.1	.453	0.0	0.1	.182	2.9	3.7	.790
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Corliss Williamson	15	15.6	7.8	0.9	1.3	2.2	1.0	0.3	0.2	1.3	2.5	2.5	6.0	.411	0.0	0.0	-	2.9	3.9	.741

Season 9
	Kenny Smith	Corliss Williamson
Season	1995-96	2003-04
Team	Houston Rockets	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
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
Corliss Williamson	79	19.9	9.5	1.1	2.1	3.2	0.7	0.4	0.3	1.4	2.6	3.8	7.6	.505	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	2.5	.731
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Corliss Williamson	22	14.9	5.7	0.9	1.3	2.2	0.7	0.3	0.1	1.1	2.7	2.0	5.5	.364	0.0	0.0	.000	1.7	2.1	.809