Kenny Smith vs. Kiki Vandeweghe Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kiki Vandeweghe 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.

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.

Kenny Smith played 10 years in the NBA, 3 less than Kiki Vandeweghe, who played 13. Kenny Smith had the first of his seasons in 1987-88, while Kiki Vandeweghe had his rookie season in 1980-81. 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
Kenny Smith	10	5	1987-88 to 1996-97
Kiki Vandeweghe	13	12	1980-81 to 1992-93

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Kenny Smith	Kiki Vandeweghe
Season	1987-88	1980-81
Team	Sacramento Kings	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
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		%
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
Kiki Vandeweghe	51	27.0	11.5	1.7	3.6	5.3	1.8	0.6	0.5	1.7	2.3	4.5	10.5	.426	0.0	0.1	.000	2.5	3.1	.818

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


Season 2
	Kenny Smith	Kiki Vandeweghe
Season	1988-89	1981-82
Team	Sacramento Kings	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nuggets 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	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
Kiki Vandeweghe	82	33.8	21.5	1.8	3.8	5.6	3.0	0.6	0.4	2.3	2.6	8.6	15.4	.560	0.0	0.2	.077	4.2	4.9	.857

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kiki Vandeweghe	3	36.3	22.7	1.3	4.7	6.0	3.0	0.7	1.3	2.0	2.3	8.3	14.3	.581	0.0	0.0	-	6.0	6.0	1.000


Season 3
	Kenny Smith	Kiki Vandeweghe
Season	1989-90	1982-83
Team	Sacramento Kings, Atlanta Hawks	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nuggets 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		%
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
Kiki Vandeweghe	82	35.5	26.7	1.5	3.8	5.3	2.5	0.8	0.5	2.2	2.4	10.3	18.7	.547	0.2	0.6	.294	6.0	6.8	.875

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kiki Vandeweghe	8	39.6	26.8	0.8	5.8	6.5	4.0	0.5	0.9	1.5	2.0	10.9	20.0	.544	0.0	0.5	.000	5.0	6.3	.800


Season 4
	Kenny Smith	Kiki Vandeweghe
Season	1990-91	1983-84
Team	Houston Rockets	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Nuggets 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	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
Kiki Vandeweghe	78	35.1	29.4	1.1	3.7	4.8	3.1	0.7	0.6	2.0	2.4	11.5	20.6	.558	0.1	0.4	.367	6.3	7.4	.852

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Kiki Vandeweghe	5	36.0	25.4	1.2	3.4	4.6	4.0	1.8	1.0	2.0	2.8	9.8	19.2	.510	0.4	1.0	.400	5.4	5.6	.964


Season 5
	Kenny Smith	Kiki Vandeweghe
Season	1991-92	1984-85
Team	Houston Rockets	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers 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		%
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
Kiki Vandeweghe	72	34.8	22.4	1.0	2.1	3.2	1.5	0.5	0.3	1.6	1.6	8.6	16.1	.534	0.2	0.5	.333	5.1	5.7	.896

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kiki Vandeweghe	9	34.6	22.4	1.6	1.4	3.0	1.9	0.9	0.3	1.3	2.6	9.4	17.6	.538	0.1	0.8	.143	3.4	3.7	.939


Season 6
	Kenny Smith	Kiki Vandeweghe
Season	1992-93	1985-86
Team	Houston Rockets	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
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
Kiki Vandeweghe	79	35.3	24.8	1.2	1.6	2.7	2.4	0.7	0.2	2.2	2.0	9.1	16.9	.540	0.0	0.1	.125	6.6	7.6	.869

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Kiki Vandeweghe	4	37.3	28.0	0.5	0.8	1.3	2.0	0.5	0.5	2.3	3.0	10.0	17.3	.580	0.0	0.5	.000	8.0	8.0	1.000


Season 7
	Kenny Smith	Kiki Vandeweghe
Season	1993-94	1986-87
Team	Houston Rockets	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
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
Kiki Vandeweghe	79	38.3	26.9	1.1	2.1	3.2	2.8	0.7	0.2	1.8	1.7	10.2	19.6	.523	0.5	1.0	.481	5.9	6.7	.886

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
Kiki Vandeweghe	4	43.5	24.8	1.3	2.0	3.3	2.8	0.3	0.3	2.8	2.5	9.5	17.8	.535	0.3	1.0	.250	5.5	6.5	.846


Season 8
	Kenny Smith	Kiki Vandeweghe
Season	1994-95	1987-88
Team	Houston Rockets	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
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
Kiki Vandeweghe	37	28.1	20.2	1.0	2.0	2.9	1.9	0.6	0.2	1.3	1.8	7.6	15.1	.508	0.6	1.6	.379	4.3	4.9	.878

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
Kiki Vandeweghe	4	18.0	7.8	0.8	2.5	3.3	1.8	0.3	0.0	0.8	2.0	2.8	10.0	.275	0.0	1.3	.000	2.3	2.3	1.000


Season 9
	Kenny Smith	Kiki Vandeweghe
Season	1995-96	1988-89
Team	Houston Rockets	Portland Trail Blazers, New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis	Knicks 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	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
Kiki Vandeweghe	45	20.8	11.1	0.6	1.0	1.6	1.5	0.4	0.2	0.9	1.7	4.4	9.5	.469	0.4	1.1	.396	1.8	2.0	.899

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
Kiki Vandeweghe	9	17.7	8.1	0.2	1.0	1.2	0.8	0.3	0.2	0.6	1.1	2.8	5.4	.510	0.3	0.9	.375	2.2	2.3	.952


Season 10
	Kenny Smith	Kiki Vandeweghe
Season	1996-97	1989-90
Team	Detroit Pistons, Orlando Magic, Denver Nuggets	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks 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	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
Kiki Vandeweghe	22	25.6	11.7	0.7	1.7	2.4	1.9	0.7	0.1	1.2	1.3	4.6	10.5	.442	0.5	0.9	.526	2.0	2.2	.917

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kiki Vandeweghe	10	23.6	7.6	0.7	0.5	1.2	1.4	0.5	0.2	0.7	1.4	3.1	7.4	.419	0.6	1.3	.462	0.8	1.0	.800


Season 11
	Kenny Smith	Kiki Vandeweghe
Season	-	1990-91
Team	-	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Knicks 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		%
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kiki Vandeweghe	75	32.3	16.3	1.0	1.4	2.4	1.5	0.6	0.1	1.4	1.6	6.1	12.4	.494	0.7	1.9	.362	3.5	3.8	.899

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kiki Vandeweghe	3	33.0	17.0	0.3	2.3	2.7	1.3	0.3	0.0	4.0	2.7	4.3	10.7	.406	1.0	1.7	.600	7.3	8.3	.880


Season 12
	Kenny Smith	Kiki Vandeweghe
Season	-	1991-92
Team	-	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Knicks 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kiki Vandeweghe	67	14.3	7.0	0.5	0.9	1.3	0.9	0.2	0.1	0.4	1.3	2.8	5.7	.491	0.4	1.0	.394	1.0	1.2	.802

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kiki Vandeweghe	8	9.4	4.5	0.4	0.4	0.8	0.5	0.3	0.1	0.1	1.3	1.6	3.0	.542	0.5	0.6	.800	0.8	0.9	.857


Season 13
	Kenny Smith	Kiki Vandeweghe
Season	-	1992-93
Team	-	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Clippers 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kiki Vandeweghe	41	12.0	6.2	0.3	0.9	1.2	0.6	0.3	0.2	0.5	1.1	2.2	5.0	.453	0.3	0.9	.324	1.4	1.6	.879

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kiki Vandeweghe	1	9.0	4.0	0.0	0.0	0	1.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	2.0	6.0	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Kenny Smith vs. Kiki Vandeweghe Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kiki Vandeweghe 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.

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