Mark Bryant vs. J.R. Smith Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of J.R. Smith and Mark Bryant, 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.

Mark Bryant played 15 years in the NBA, 1 less than J.R. Smith, who played 16. Mark Bryant had the first of his seasons in 1988-89, while J.R. Smith had his rookie season in 2004-05. 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
Mark Bryant	15	12	1988-89 to 2002-03
J.R. Smith	16	12	2004-05 to 2019-20

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16


Rookie Season
	Mark Bryant	J.R. Smith
Season	1988-89	2004-05
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	New Orleans 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		%
Mark Bryant	56	14.3	5.0	1.2	2.0	3.2	0.6	0.4	0.1	0.7	2.6	2.1	4.4	.486	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.2	.580
J.R. Smith	76	24.5	10.3	0.5	1.5	2.0	1.9	0.7	0.1	1.4	1.8	3.9	9.8	.394	1.1	3.7	.288	1.5	2.1	.689

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


Season 2
	Mark Bryant	J.R. Smith
Season	1989-90	2005-06
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost NBA 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		%
Mark Bryant	58	9.7	2.9	0.9	1.6	2.5	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.4	1.6	1.2	2.6	.458	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.9	.560
J.R. Smith	55	18.0	7.7	0.3	1.7	2.0	1.1	0.7	0.1	1.0	1.6	2.6	6.7	.393	0.9	2.5	.371	1.5	1.8	.822

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Bryant	13	12.3	3.2	0.7	1.5	2.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.9	2.1	1.4	2.5	.545	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.6	.750
J.R. Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Mark Bryant	J.R. Smith
Season	1990-91	2006-07
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Mark Bryant	53	14.7	5.1	1.2	2.4	3.6	0.5	0.3	0.2	0.6	2.3	1.9	3.8	.488	0.0	0.0	.000	1.4	1.9	.733
J.R. Smith	63	23.3	13.0	0.5	1.8	2.3	1.4	0.8	0.1	1.3	2.3	4.5	10.2	.441	2.4	6.1	.390	1.6	2.0	.810

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Bryant	14	9.8	2.4	1.0	1.3	2.3	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.3	1.8	0.7	1.6	.455	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.1	.875
J.R. Smith	4	11.8	4.5	0.3	2.0	2.3	0.5	1.0	0.3	0.8	1.5	1.5	5.5	.273	0.0	3.0	.000	1.5	1.5	1.000


Season 4
	Mark Bryant	J.R. Smith
Season	1991-92	2007-08
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Mark Bryant	56	14.3	4.1	1.6	2.0	3.6	0.7	0.5	0.1	0.5	1.9	1.7	3.5	.480	0.0	0.1	.000	0.7	1.1	.667
J.R. Smith	74	19.2	12.3	0.6	1.5	2.1	1.7	0.8	0.2	1.5	1.9	4.2	9.1	.461	2.1	5.3	.403	1.7	2.4	.719

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Bryant	12	9.7	1.9	0.9	1.5	2.4	0.1	0.3	0.0	0.8	1.8	0.8	2.4	.345	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.3	.750
J.R. Smith	4	27.0	18.3	0.3	1.5	1.8	1.8	1.0	0.0	1.3	3.0	5.8	10.8	.535	1.8	5.5	.318	5.0	6.0	.833


Season 5
	Mark Bryant	J.R. Smith
Season	1992-93	2008-09
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Nuggets 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		%
Mark Bryant	80	17.5	6.0	1.7	2.4	4.1	0.5	0.5	0.3	0.8	2.8	2.3	4.6	.503	0.0	0.0	.000	1.3	1.9	.703
J.R. Smith	81	27.7	15.2	0.5	3.1	3.7	2.8	1.0	0.2	1.9	2.3	5.2	11.7	.446	2.2	5.6	.397	2.5	3.4	.754

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Bryant	4	20.8	9.8	2.5	2.0	4.5	0.0	0.0	0.8	1.5	3.5	4.3	9.3	.459	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	1.3	1.000
J.R. Smith	16	27.2	14.9	0.7	2.6	3.3	2.8	1.1	0.3	1.6	3.2	5.5	12.1	.454	2.4	6.6	.358	1.6	2.9	.543


Season 6
	Mark Bryant	J.R. Smith
Season	1993-94	2009-10
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers 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		%
Mark Bryant	79	18.2	5.6	1.5	2.5	4.0	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.8	2.4	2.3	4.9	.482	0.0	0.0	.000	0.9	1.3	.692
J.R. Smith	75	27.8	15.4	0.4	2.7	3.1	2.4	1.3	0.3	1.9	2.3	5.7	13.8	.414	2.1	6.2	.338	1.9	2.7	.706

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Bryant	4	16.0	2.5	1.5	1.5	3.0	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.8	1.8	1.3	4.3	.294	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0	-
J.R. Smith	6	26.5	11.2	0.8	3.0	3.8	1.7	0.7	0.3	1.0	2.8	3.5	9.5	.368	1.8	5.2	.355	2.3	2.7	.875


Season 7
	Mark Bryant	J.R. Smith
Season	1994-95	2010-11
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers 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		%
Mark Bryant	49	13.4	5.0	1.1	2.2	3.3	0.6	0.4	0.3	0.8	2.2	2.1	3.9	.526	0.0	0.0	.500	0.8	1.3	.651
J.R. Smith	79	24.9	12.3	0.6	3.5	4.1	2.2	1.2	0.2	1.3	2.2	4.3	9.9	.435	1.6	4.0	.390	2.1	2.8	.738

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Bryant	2	3.0	1.0	0.5	0.5	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	1.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	1.0	.000
J.R. Smith	5	15.2	9.8	0.2	1.8	2.0	1.0	0.4	0.0	1.6	1.6	3.2	9.0	.356	1.8	4.2	.429	1.6	2.2	.727


Season 8
	Mark Bryant	J.R. Smith
Season	1995-96	2011-12
Team	Houston Rockets	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Mark Bryant	71	22.4	8.6	1.8	3.1	4.9	0.7	0.4	0.3	1.2	3.3	3.4	6.3	.543	0.0	0.0	.000	1.8	2.5	.718
J.R. Smith	35	27.6	12.5	0.8	3.1	3.9	2.4	1.5	0.2	1.3	2.5	4.7	11.6	.407	1.9	5.5	.347	1.1	1.6	.709

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Bryant	8	18.1	6.8	0.9	2.5	3.4	0.5	0.1	0.3	0.4	2.6	2.6	4.4	.600	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	1.9	.800
J.R. Smith	5	35.0	12.2	0.4	2.2	2.6	2.2	1.2	0.2	2.2	3.8	4.8	15.2	.316	1.0	5.6	.179	1.6	1.6	1.000


Season 9
	Mark Bryant	J.R. Smith
Season	1996-97	2012-13
Team	Phoenix Suns	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	Sixth Man of the Year
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Mark Bryant	41	24.8	9.3	1.6	3.5	5.2	1.1	0.5	0.1	1.1	3.3	3.7	6.7	.553	0.0	0.0	-	1.9	2.6	.704
J.R. Smith	80	33.5	18.1	0.8	4.5	5.3	2.7	1.3	0.3	1.7	2.8	6.6	15.6	.422	1.9	5.5	.356	3.0	3.9	.762

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Bryant	4	9.0	2.8	0.3	0.8	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.0	1.0	2.5	.400	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	0.8	1.000
J.R. Smith	11	31.9	14.3	0.5	4.2	4.7	1.4	1.0	0.5	1.8	2.5	4.9	14.8	.331	1.6	6.0	.273	2.8	3.9	.721


Season 10
	Mark Bryant	J.R. Smith
Season	1997-98	2013-14
Team	Phoenix Suns	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Mark Bryant	70	15.9	4.2	1.3	2.2	3.5	0.7	0.5	0.2	0.8	2.6	1.6	3.2	.484	0.0	0.0	.000	1.0	1.4	.768
J.R. Smith	74	32.7	14.5	0.5	3.5	4.0	3.0	0.9	0.3	1.5	2.6	5.4	12.9	.415	2.6	6.5	.394	1.2	1.9	.652

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Bryant	4	23.5	10.0	2.3	3.5	5.8	0.3	1.0	0.5	0.8	4.0	4.3	8.5	.500	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	3.0	.500
J.R. Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Mark Bryant	J.R. Smith
Season	1998-99	2014-15
Team	Chicago Bulls	New York Knicks, Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Cavaliers 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		%
Mark Bryant	45	26.8	9.0	2.0	3.1	5.2	1.1	0.8	0.4	1.5	3.3	3.7	7.7	.483	0.0	0.0	.000	1.6	2.4	.645
J.R. Smith	70	29.7	12.1	0.4	2.7	3.1	2.8	1.2	0.3	1.4	2.3	4.5	10.8	.417	2.3	6.1	.383	0.8	1.0	.750

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Bryant	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
J.R. Smith	18	31.1	12.8	0.5	4.2	4.7	1.2	0.9	0.6	0.8	3.0	4.6	11.4	.403	2.8	7.9	.359	0.8	1.1	.700


Season 12
	Mark Bryant	J.R. Smith
Season	1999-00	2015-16
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Mark Bryant	75	22.8	5.7	1.7	3.0	4.7	0.8	0.4	0.4	1.2	3.3	2.3	4.6	.503	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.3	.809
J.R. Smith	77	30.7	12.4	0.6	2.3	2.8	1.7	1.1	0.3	0.8	2.6	4.6	11.0	.415	2.6	6.6	.400	0.6	0.9	.634

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Bryant	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
J.R. Smith	21	34.8	11.5	0.3	2.9	3.2	1.4	1.2	0.2	0.5	2.6	3.9	9.0	.436	3.1	7.2	.430	0.6	1.0	.619


Season 13
	Mark Bryant	J.R. Smith
Season	2000-01	2016-17
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf Semis	Cavaliers 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		%
Mark Bryant	18	5.6	1.1	0.2	0.9	1.2	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.3	1.6	0.4	1.1	.400	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.3	.600
J.R. Smith	41	29.0	8.6	0.4	2.3	2.8	1.5	1.0	0.3	0.6	1.9	3.0	8.7	.346	2.3	6.6	.351	0.2	0.4	.667

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Bryant	4	8.5	0.5	0.8	0.8	1.5	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.5	0.3	0.5	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
J.R. Smith	18	27.1	8.1	0.3	2.1	2.3	0.7	0.7	0.3	0.7	2.3	2.8	5.5	.505	2.2	4.4	.500	0.3	0.6	.455


Season 14
	Mark Bryant	J.R. Smith
Season	2001-02	2017-18
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	Cavaliers 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		%
Mark Bryant	30	6.9	1.9	0.8	0.6	1.5	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.2	1.3	0.8	1.8	.455	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.3	.750
J.R. Smith	80	28.1	8.3	0.4	2.6	2.9	1.8	0.9	0.1	1.0	2.0	3.0	7.4	.403	1.8	4.8	.375	0.5	0.7	.696

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Bryant	9	10.1	2.3	0.9	0.4	1.3	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.1	1.6	1.0	2.2	.450	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.7	.500
J.R. Smith	22	32.1	8.7	0.5	2.3	2.7	1.1	1.0	0.2	0.9	2.5	3.0	8.5	.348	2.0	5.5	.367	0.8	1.0	.773


Season 15
	Mark Bryant	J.R. Smith
Season	2002-03	2018-19
Team	Philadelphia 76ers, Denver Nuggets, Boston Celtics	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Mark Bryant	16	6.3	0.8	0.5	0.8	1.3	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.4	1.1	0.3	1.2	.263	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.3	.750
J.R. Smith	11	20.2	6.7	0.0	1.6	1.6	1.9	1.0	0.3	1.0	1.7	2.5	7.2	.342	1.1	3.5	.308	0.7	0.9	.800

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Bryant	1	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
J.R. Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 16
	Mark Bryant	J.R. Smith
Season	-	2019-20
Team	-	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
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		%
Mark Bryant	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
J.R. Smith	6	13.2	2.8	0.0	0.8	0.8	0.5	0.2	0.0	0.7	0.8	1.2	3.7	.318	0.2	1.8	.091	0.3	0.3	1.000

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Bryant	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
J.R. Smith	10	7.5	2.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.7	1.1	0.7	2.6	.269	0.6	2.2	.273	0.0	0.0	-

Mark Bryant vs. J.R. Smith Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of J.R. Smith and Mark Bryant, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

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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