Scottie Barnes vs. Rik Smits Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Rik Smits and Scottie Barnes, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

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.

Scottie Barnes played 3 years in the NBA, 9 less than Rik Smits, who played 12. Scottie Barnes had the first of his seasons in 2021-22, while Rik Smits had his rookie season in 1988-89. 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Scottie Barnes	Rik Smits
Season	2021-22	1988-89
Team	Toronto Raptors	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Raptors 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		%
Scottie Barnes	74	35.4	15.3	2.6	4.9	7.5	3.5	1.1	0.7	1.8	2.6	6.2	12.6	.492	0.8	2.6	.301	2.1	2.9	.735
Rik Smits	82	24.9	11.7	2.3	3.8	6.1	0.9	0.5	1.8	1.6	3.8	4.7	9.1	.517	0.0	0.0	.000	2.2	3.1	.722
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Scottie Barnes	4	33.3	12.8	1.8	7.3	9.0	4.3	1.0	0.3	1.3	3.0	4.5	10.5	.429	0.5	3.0	.167	3.3	4.0	.813
Rik Smits	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Scottie Barnes	Rik Smits
Season	2023-24	1990-91
Team	Toronto Raptors	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pacers 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		%
Scottie Barnes	60	34.9	19.9	2.4	5.9	8.2	6.1	1.3	1.5	2.8	2.0	7.5	15.7	.475	1.7	4.9	.341	3.3	4.2	.781
Rik Smits	76	22.2	10.9	1.5	3.2	4.7	1.1	0.3	1.5	1.1	3.2	4.5	9.3	.485	0.0	0.0	-	1.9	2.5	.762
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Scottie Barnes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rik Smits	5	17.6	9.8	0.8	2.8	3.6	0.4	0.2	1.4	1.0	4.6	4.2	7.4	.568	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	1.6	.875

Season 10
	Scottie Barnes	Rik Smits
Season	-	1997-98
Team	-	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Pacers Lost East 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		%
Scottie Barnes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rik Smits	73	28.6	16.7	1.7	5.2	6.9	1.4	0.5	1.2	1.8	3.3	7.0	14.2	.495	0.0	0.0	.000	2.6	3.3	.783
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Scottie Barnes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rik Smits	16	29.8	16.6	1.1	4.3	5.3	1.3	0.5	0.9	1.3	4.2	6.6	13.1	.502	0.0	0.1	.000	3.4	4.0	.859