Rick Fox vs. Kenny Smith Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kenny Smith and Rick Fox, 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.

Rick Fox played 13 years in the NBA, 3 more than Kenny Smith, who played 10. Rick Fox had the first of his seasons in 1991-92, while Kenny Smith had his rookie season in 1987-88. 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
Rick Fox	13	9	1991-92 to 2003-04
Kenny Smith	10	5	1987-88 to 1996-97

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Rick Fox	Kenny Smith
Season	1991-92	1987-88
Team	Boston Celtics	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
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		%
Rick Fox	81	19.0	8.0	0.9	1.8	2.7	1.6	1.0	0.4	1.5	2.8	3.0	6.5	.459	0.3	0.9	.329	1.7	2.3	.755
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rick Fox	8	8.4	3.6	0.4	0.4	0.8	0.5	0.3	0.3	0.3	1.4	1.4	2.9	.478	0.4	0.8	.500	0.5	0.5	1.000
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Rick Fox	Kenny Smith
Season	1992-93	1988-89
Team	Boston Celtics	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East 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		%
Rick Fox	71	15.2	6.4	0.8	1.5	2.2	1.6	0.9	0.3	1.1	1.9	2.6	5.4	.484	0.1	0.3	.174	1.1	1.4	.802
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rick Fox	4	17.8	4.3	2.0	2.8	4.8	1.3	0.5	0.3	1.0	1.8	1.8	6.3	.280	0.3	0.8	.333	0.5	0.5	1.000
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Rick Fox	Kenny Smith
Season	1993-94	1989-90
Team	Boston Celtics	Sacramento Kings, Atlanta Hawks
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		%
Rick Fox	82	25.6	10.8	1.3	3.0	4.3	2.6	1.0	0.6	1.9	3.0	4.1	8.9	.467	0.4	1.2	.330	2.1	2.8	.757
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

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


Season 4
	Rick Fox	Kenny Smith
Season	1994-95	1990-91
Team	Boston Celtics	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		%
Rick Fox	53	19.6	8.8	1.2	1.8	2.9	2.6	1.0	0.4	1.5	2.9	3.2	6.6	.481	0.6	1.4	.413	1.8	2.3	.772
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

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


Season 5
	Rick Fox	Kenny Smith
Season	1995-96	1991-92
Team	Boston Celtics	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		%
Rick Fox	81	32.0	14.0	2.0	3.6	5.6	4.6	1.4	0.5	2.7	3.6	5.2	11.5	.454	1.2	3.4	.364	2.4	3.1	.772
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

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


Season 6
	Rick Fox	Kenny Smith
Season	1996-97	1992-93
Team	Boston Celtics	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Rockets 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		%
Rick Fox	76	34.9	15.4	1.5	3.7	5.2	3.8	2.2	0.5	2.3	3.7	5.7	12.5	.456	1.3	3.7	.363	2.7	3.5	.787
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

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


Season 7
	Rick Fox	Kenny Smith
Season	1997-98	1993-94
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Rick Fox	82	33.0	12.0	1.0	3.4	4.4	3.4	1.2	0.6	2.5	3.8	4.4	9.4	.471	1.0	3.2	.325	2.1	2.8	.743
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rick Fox	13	33.1	10.9	1.4	3.1	4.5	3.9	0.8	0.2	1.6	3.6	3.9	8.8	.447	1.6	4.1	.396	1.5	1.8	.826
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


Season 8
	Rick Fox	Kenny Smith
Season	1998-99	1994-95
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers 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		%
Rick Fox	44	21.5	9.0	0.6	1.4	2.0	2.0	0.6	0.2	1.3	2.6	3.4	7.5	.448	0.7	2.2	.337	1.5	2.0	.742
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rick Fox	8	22.6	6.6	1.1	1.6	2.8	1.5	0.5	0.6	1.8	3.3	3.0	7.5	.400	0.5	2.6	.190	0.1	0.1	1.000
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


Season 9
	Rick Fox	Kenny Smith
Season	1999-00	1995-96
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Rockets 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		%
Rick Fox	82	18.0	6.5	0.8	1.6	2.4	1.7	0.6	0.3	1.1	2.5	2.5	6.1	.414	0.7	2.2	.326	0.8	1.0	.808
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rick Fox	23	14.4	4.3	0.5	1.2	1.7	1.2	0.4	0.0	0.7	3.0	1.4	3.2	.452	0.8	1.7	.462	0.7	0.9	.762
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


Season 10
	Rick Fox	Kenny Smith
Season	2000-01	1996-97
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Detroit Pistons, Orlando Magic, Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Rick Fox	82	27.9	9.6	1.0	3.0	4.0	3.2	0.9	0.4	1.7	2.7	3.5	7.9	.444	1.4	3.7	.393	1.2	1.5	.779
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rick Fox	16	35.8	10.0	0.8	4.1	4.9	3.6	1.9	0.4	2.3	3.4	3.6	8.1	.450	1.1	3.6	.316	1.6	1.9	.867
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Rick Fox	Kenny 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		%
Rick Fox	82	27.9	7.9	1.1	3.6	4.7	3.5	0.8	0.3	1.6	3.0	3.1	7.4	.421	0.8	2.5	.313	0.9	1.0	.824
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rick Fox	19	34.5	9.8	1.3	4.1	5.4	3.4	1.1	0.3	2.4	3.7	3.5	7.3	.482	0.8	2.3	.349	1.9	2.6	.755
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Rick Fox	Kenny Smith
Season	2002-03	-
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers 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		%
Rick Fox	76	28.7	9.0	0.8	3.4	4.3	3.3	0.9	0.2	1.6	2.8	3.4	8.2	.422	1.4	3.7	.375	0.7	0.9	.754
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rick Fox	4	20.0	6.0	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.8	0.3	0.3	1.0	3.8	2.0	4.5	.444	1.3	2.5	.500	0.8	1.0	.750
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Rick Fox	Kenny Smith
Season	2003-04	-
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers 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		%
Rick Fox	38	22.3	4.8	0.8	1.9	2.7	2.6	0.8	0.1	1.3	2.6	1.9	4.9	.392	0.4	1.6	.246	0.6	0.8	.733
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rick Fox	16	9.2	1.1	0.4	1.1	1.4	1.1	0.2	0.1	0.6	1.3	0.5	1.3	.400	0.1	0.4	.143	0.1	0.1	.500
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rick Fox vs. Kenny Smith Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kenny Smith and Rick Fox, 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