Larry Smith vs. P.J. Washington Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of P.J. Washington and Larry 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

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.

Larry Smith played 13 years in the NBA, 8 more than P.J. Washington, who played 5. Larry Smith had the first of his seasons in 1980-81, while P.J. Washington had his rookie season in 2019-20. 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
Larry Smith	13	5	1980-81 to 1992-93
P.J. Washington	5	1	2019-20 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Larry Smith	P.J. Washington
Season	1980-81	2019-20
Team	Golden State Warriors	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second 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		%
Larry Smith	82	31.4	9.6	5.3	6.8	12.1	1.1	0.9	0.8	1.8	3.9	3.7	7.2	.512	0.0	0.0	-	2.2	3.7	.588
P.J. Washington	58	30.3	12.2	1.0	4.4	5.4	2.1	0.9	0.8	1.6	2.7	4.6	10.2	.455	1.5	4.0	.374	1.5	2.3	.647

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
P.J. Washington	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Larry Smith	P.J. Washington
Season	1981-82	2020-21
Team	Golden State Warriors	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards
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		%
Larry Smith	74	29.9	7.1	3.8	7.2	11.0	1.1	0.9	0.7	1.4	3.9	3.0	5.6	.534	0.0	0.0	.000	1.2	2.1	.553
P.J. Washington	64	30.5	12.9	1.5	5.1	6.5	2.5	1.1	1.2	2.0	2.7	4.7	10.7	.440	1.8	4.5	.386	1.7	2.3	.745

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
P.J. Washington	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Larry Smith	P.J. Washington
Season	1982-83	2021-22
Team	Golden State Warriors	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards
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		%
Larry Smith	49	29.2	8.4	4.3	5.6	9.9	0.9	0.7	0.4	1.7	3.8	3.7	6.2	.588	0.0	0.0	-	1.1	2.0	.535
P.J. Washington	65	27.2	10.3	1.3	3.9	5.2	2.3	0.9	0.9	1.3	2.3	3.8	8.2	.470	1.7	4.6	.365	0.9	1.2	.716

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
P.J. Washington	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Larry Smith	P.J. Washington
Season	1983-84	2022-23
Team	Golden State Warriors	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards
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		%
Larry Smith	75	27.9	7.8	3.8	5.2	9.0	1.0	0.8	0.3	1.7	3.7	3.3	5.8	.560	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	2.2	.560
P.J. Washington	73	32.6	15.7	1.0	3.9	4.9	2.4	0.9	1.1	1.5	2.6	5.9	13.4	.444	2.0	5.9	.348	1.7	2.4	.730

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
P.J. Washington	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Larry Smith	P.J. Washington
Season	1984-85	2023-24
Team	Golden State Warriors	Charlotte Hornets, Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Mavericks TBD

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Smith	80	31.2	11.1	5.1	5.8	10.9	1.2	1.0	0.7	2.0	3.6	4.6	8.6	.530	0.0	0.0	-	1.9	3.2	.605
P.J. Washington	73	30.4	12.9	1.2	4.5	5.6	1.9	1.0	0.8	1.3	2.3	4.8	11.1	.436	1.8	5.7	.320	1.4	2.0	.683

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
P.J. Washington	11	36.0	14.7	1.7	5.3	7.0	1.5	1.2	0.8	1.5	3.0	5.5	11.9	.458	2.8	6.9	.408	1.0	1.9	.524


Season 6
	Larry Smith	P.J. Washington
Season	1985-86	-
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		%
Larry Smith	77	31.7	9.6	5.0	6.1	11.1	1.2	0.8	0.6	1.8	3.7	4.1	7.6	.536	0.0	0.0	.000	1.5	2.9	.493
P.J. Washington	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
P.J. Washington	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Larry Smith	P.J. Washington
Season	1986-87	-
Team	Golden State Warriors	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Larry Smith	80	29.7	8.8	4.6	6.9	11.5	1.2	0.9	0.7	1.7	3.7	3.7	6.8	.546	0.0	0.0	.000	1.4	2.5	.574
P.J. Washington	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Smith	10	32.9	10.3	6.1	7.6	13.7	1.7	1.2	0.6	1.4	3.9	4.3	8.1	.531	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	2.4	.708
P.J. Washington	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Larry Smith	P.J. Washington
Season	1987-88	-
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		%
Larry Smith	20	25.0	6.4	4.0	5.2	9.1	1.3	0.6	0.6	1.8	3.2	2.9	6.2	.472	0.0	0.1	.000	0.6	1.4	.407
P.J. Washington	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
P.J. Washington	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Larry Smith	P.J. Washington
Season	1988-89	-
Team	Golden State Warriors	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Larry Smith	80	23.7	5.7	3.4	4.8	8.2	1.5	0.8	0.7	1.4	3.1	2.7	5.0	.552	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.7	.310
P.J. Washington	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Smith	8	18.5	1.0	2.1	2.9	5.0	2.0	0.8	1.4	0.8	3.0	0.5	2.0	.250	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
P.J. Washington	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Larry Smith	P.J. Washington
Season	1989-90	-
Team	Houston Rockets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Larry Smith	74	17.6	3.0	2.4	3.7	6.1	0.9	0.8	0.4	0.9	2.7	1.4	2.9	.474	0.0	0.0	.000	0.3	0.7	.364
P.J. Washington	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Smith	4	18.3	3.0	1.8	1.5	3.3	1.3	1.0	0.0	1.3	2.8	1.5	2.0	.750	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
P.J. Washington	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Larry Smith	P.J. Washington
Season	1990-91	-
Team	Houston Rockets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Larry Smith	81	23.7	3.3	3.7	5.0	8.8	1.1	1.0	0.3	1.1	3.3	1.6	3.2	.487	0.0	0.0	-	0.1	0.6	.240
P.J. Washington	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Smith	3	19.0	0.7	2.0	2.3	4.3	1.3	0.3	0.3	0.7	3.7	0.3	1.3	.250	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	0.3	.000
P.J. Washington	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Larry Smith	P.J. Washington
Season	1991-92	-
Team	Houston Rockets	-
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		%
Larry Smith	45	17.8	2.3	2.4	3.3	5.7	0.7	0.5	0.2	1.0	2.7	1.1	2.0	.543	0.0	0.0	.000	0.1	0.2	.364
P.J. Washington	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
P.J. Washington	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Larry Smith	P.J. Washington
Season	1992-93	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs 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		%
Larry Smith	66	12.6	1.3	1.6	2.5	4.1	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.6	2.0	0.6	1.3	.437	0.0	0.0	-	0.1	0.3	.409
P.J. Washington	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Smith	6	8.3	1.2	1.3	1.3	2.7	0.2	0.7	0.3	0.2	2.7	0.3	0.5	.667	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.7	.750
P.J. Washington	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Larry Smith vs. P.J. Washington Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of P.J. Washington and Larry 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