Mitch Richmond vs. Larry Smith Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Larry Smith and Mitch Richmond, 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.

Mitch Richmond played 14 years in the NBA, 1 more than Larry Smith, who played 13. Mitch Richmond had the first of his seasons in 1988-89, while Larry Smith 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
Mitch Richmond	14	4	1988-89 to 2001-02
Larry Smith	13	5	1980-81 to 1992-93

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Mitch Richmond	Larry Smith
Season	1988-89	1980-81
Team	Golden State Warriors	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West 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		%
Mitch Richmond	79	34.4	22.0	2.0	3.9	5.9	4.2	1.0	0.2	3.4	2.8	8.2	17.5	.468	0.4	1.1	.367	5.2	6.4	.810
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mitch Richmond	8	39.3	20.1	1.3	6.0	7.3	4.4	1.8	0.1	3.0	3.1	7.8	16.9	.459	0.4	2.0	.188	4.3	4.8	.895
Larry Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Mitch Richmond	Larry Smith
Season	1989-90	1981-82
Team	Golden State Warriors	Golden State Warriors
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		%
Mitch Richmond	78	35.9	22.1	1.3	3.4	4.6	2.9	1.3	0.3	2.6	2.7	8.2	16.5	.497	0.4	1.2	.358	5.2	6.0	.866
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mitch Richmond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Larry Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Mitch Richmond	Larry Smith
Season	1990-91	1982-83
Team	Golden State Warriors	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West 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		%
Mitch Richmond	77	39.3	23.9	1.9	4.0	5.9	3.1	1.6	0.4	3.0	2.7	9.1	18.5	.494	0.5	1.5	.348	5.1	6.0	.847
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mitch Richmond	9	41.3	22.3	1.1	4.1	5.2	2.4	0.6	0.7	1.9	3.1	9.4	18.8	.503	0.9	2.7	.333	2.6	2.7	.958
Larry Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Mitch Richmond	Larry Smith
Season	1991-92	1983-84
Team	Sacramento Kings	Golden State Warriors
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		%
Mitch Richmond	80	38.7	22.5	0.8	3.2	4.0	5.1	1.2	0.4	3.1	2.9	8.6	18.3	.468	1.3	3.4	.384	4.1	5.1	.813
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mitch Richmond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Larry Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Mitch Richmond	Larry Smith
Season	1992-93	1984-85
Team	Sacramento Kings	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
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		%
Mitch Richmond	45	38.4	21.9	0.4	3.0	3.4	4.9	1.2	0.2	2.9	3.0	8.2	17.4	.474	1.1	2.9	.369	4.4	5.2	.845
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mitch Richmond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Larry Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Mitch Richmond	Larry Smith
Season	1993-94	1985-86
Team	Sacramento Kings	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
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		%
Mitch Richmond	78	37.1	23.4	0.9	2.8	3.7	4.0	1.3	0.2	2.8	2.7	8.1	18.3	.445	1.6	4.0	.407	5.5	6.6	.834
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mitch Richmond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Larry Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Mitch Richmond	Larry Smith
Season	1994-95	1986-87
Team	Sacramento Kings	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Mitch Richmond	82	38.7	22.8	0.8	3.5	4.4	3.8	1.1	0.4	2.9	2.8	8.1	18.3	.446	1.9	5.2	.368	4.6	5.4	.843
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mitch Richmond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 8
	Mitch Richmond	Larry Smith
Season	1995-96	1987-88
Team	Sacramento Kings	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Kings 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		%
Mitch Richmond	81	36.4	23.1	0.7	2.7	3.3	3.1	1.5	0.2	2.7	2.9	7.5	16.9	.447	2.8	6.4	.437	5.2	6.1	.866
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mitch Richmond	4	36.5	21.0	0.8	3.5	4.3	3.0	0.8	0.0	3.8	2.8	6.0	13.5	.444	2.0	5.8	.348	7.0	8.8	.800
Larry Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Mitch Richmond	Larry Smith
Season	1996-97	1988-89
Team	Sacramento Kings	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Mitch Richmond	81	38.6	25.9	0.7	3.2	3.9	4.2	1.5	0.3	2.9	2.6	8.9	19.5	.454	2.5	5.9	.428	5.6	6.6	.861
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mitch Richmond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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	-


Season 10
	Mitch Richmond	Larry Smith
Season	1997-98	1989-90
Team	Sacramento Kings	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Mitch Richmond	70	36.7	23.2	0.7	2.6	3.3	4.0	1.3	0.2	2.6	2.2	7.8	17.4	.445	1.9	4.8	.389	5.8	6.7	.864
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mitch Richmond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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	-


Season 11
	Mitch Richmond	Larry Smith
Season	1998-99	1990-91
Team	Washington Wizards	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Mitch Richmond	50	38.2	19.7	0.6	2.8	3.4	2.4	1.3	0.2	2.7	2.4	6.6	16.1	.412	1.4	4.4	.317	5.0	5.9	.857
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mitch Richmond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 12
	Mitch Richmond	Larry Smith
Season	1999-00	1991-92
Team	Washington Wizards	Houston Rockets
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		%
Mitch Richmond	74	32.4	17.4	0.5	2.4	2.9	2.5	1.5	0.2	2.1	2.6	6.0	14.2	.426	1.3	3.3	.386	4.0	4.6	.876
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mitch Richmond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Larry Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Mitch Richmond	Larry Smith
Season	2000-01	1992-93
Team	Washington Wizards	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Mitch Richmond	37	32.9	16.2	0.4	2.5	2.9	3.0	1.2	0.2	2.3	2.3	5.5	13.6	.407	1.2	3.6	.338	3.9	4.3	.894
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mitch Richmond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 14
	Mitch Richmond	Larry Smith
Season	2001-02	-
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		%
Mitch Richmond	64	11.1	4.1	0.2	1.3	1.5	0.9	0.3	0.1	0.6	1.0	1.6	3.9	.405	0.3	1.0	.290	0.7	0.7	.955
Larry Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mitch Richmond	2	2.5	1.5	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.5	1.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	1.0	.500
Larry Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Mitch Richmond vs. Larry Smith Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Larry Smith and Mitch Richmond, 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