Steve Smith vs. Kemba Walker Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kemba Walker and Steve 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.

Steve Smith played 14 years in the NBA, 2 more than Kemba Walker, who played 12. Steve Smith had the first of his seasons in 1991-92, while Kemba Walker had his rookie season in 2011-12. 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
Steve Smith	14	13	1991-92 to 2004-05
Kemba Walker	12	4	2011-12 to 2022-23

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


Rookie Season
	Steve Smith	Kemba Walker
Season	1991-92	2011-12
Team	Miami Heat	Charlotte Bobcats
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Heat 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		%
Steve Smith	61	29.6	12.0	1.3	1.8	3.1	4.6	1.0	0.3	2.5	2.7	4.9	10.7	.454	0.7	2.0	.320	1.6	2.1	.748
Kemba Walker	66	27.2	12.1	0.5	3.1	3.5	4.4	0.9	0.3	1.8	1.2	4.3	11.6	.366	1.0	3.4	.305	2.5	3.2	.789

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Smith	3	33.3	16.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	5.0	1.3	0.3	1.0	0.7	6.0	11.3	.529	2.3	3.7	.636	1.7	2.0	.833
Kemba Walker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Steve Smith	Kemba Walker
Season	1992-93	2012-13
Team	Miami Heat	Charlotte Bobcats
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		%
Steve Smith	48	33.5	16.0	1.2	2.9	4.1	5.6	1.0	0.3	2.7	3.1	5.8	12.9	.451	1.1	2.8	.402	3.2	4.1	.787
Kemba Walker	82	34.9	17.7	0.7	2.7	3.5	5.7	2.0	0.4	2.4	1.9	6.4	15.2	.423	1.3	4.0	.322	3.6	4.5	.798

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kemba Walker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Steve Smith	Kemba Walker
Season	1993-94	2013-14
Team	Miami Heat	Charlotte Bobcats
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Bobcats 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		%
Steve Smith	78	35.6	17.3	2.0	2.5	4.5	5.1	1.1	0.4	2.6	2.8	6.3	13.8	.456	1.2	3.4	.347	3.5	4.2	.835
Kemba Walker	73	35.8	17.7	0.5	3.7	4.2	6.1	1.2	0.4	2.3	1.8	6.2	15.7	.393	1.5	4.5	.333	3.9	4.6	.837

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Smith	5	38.4	19.2	3.4	2.6	6.0	2.2	0.8	0.4	2.0	2.4	6.6	16.0	.413	1.8	4.4	.409	4.2	5.0	.840
Kemba Walker	4	38.3	19.5	0.3	3.5	3.8	6.0	2.0	0.8	3.8	1.5	6.5	13.8	.473	3.0	6.0	.500	3.5	4.5	.778


Season 4
	Steve Smith	Kemba Walker
Season	1994-95	2014-15
Team	Miami Heat, Atlanta Hawks	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks 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		%
Steve Smith	80	33.3	16.3	1.3	2.2	3.5	3.4	0.8	0.4	1.9	2.8	5.4	12.6	.426	1.7	5.2	.329	3.9	4.6	.841
Kemba Walker	62	34.2	17.3	0.6	3.0	3.5	5.1	1.4	0.5	1.6	1.5	6.1	15.8	.385	1.4	4.5	.304	3.8	4.6	.827

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Smith	3	36.0	19.0	0.3	2.3	2.7	2.0	2.0	0.3	1.0	4.7	5.7	14.3	.395	2.3	6.0	.389	5.3	6.3	.842
Kemba Walker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Steve Smith	Kemba Walker
Season	1995-96	2015-16
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	Hornets 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		%
Steve Smith	80	35.7	18.1	1.6	2.5	4.1	2.8	0.9	0.2	1.9	2.6	6.2	14.3	.432	1.8	5.3	.331	4.0	4.8	.826
Kemba Walker	81	35.6	20.9	0.7	3.7	4.4	5.2	1.6	0.5	2.1	1.4	7.0	16.4	.427	2.2	6.0	.371	4.6	5.4	.847

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Smith	10	42.1	21.7	1.5	2.6	4.1	3.2	1.3	1.3	1.6	3.1	7.5	17.1	.439	2.5	6.1	.410	4.2	5.2	.808
Kemba Walker	7	37.1	22.7	0.4	2.6	3.0	4.0	1.3	0.6	1.7	1.4	8.0	21.9	.366	2.0	6.1	.326	4.7	5.0	.943


Season 6
	Steve Smith	Kemba Walker
Season	1996-97	2016-17
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks 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		%
Steve Smith	72	39.1	20.1	1.3	2.1	3.3	4.2	0.9	0.3	2.4	2.4	6.8	15.9	.429	1.8	5.4	.335	4.6	5.5	.847
Kemba Walker	79	34.7	23.2	0.6	3.3	3.9	5.5	1.1	0.3	2.1	1.5	8.1	18.3	.444	3.0	7.6	.399	3.8	4.5	.847

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Smith	10	42.0	18.9	1.2	2.7	3.9	1.7	0.4	0.1	2.8	3.8	5.5	13.9	.396	1.8	5.5	.327	6.1	7.4	.824
Kemba Walker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Steve Smith	Kemba Walker
Season	1997-98	2017-18
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks 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		%
Steve Smith	73	39.1	20.1	1.8	2.4	4.2	4.0	1.0	0.4	2.4	3.0	6.7	15.1	.444	1.3	3.8	.351	5.3	6.2	.855
Kemba Walker	80	34.2	22.1	0.4	2.7	3.1	5.6	1.1	0.3	2.2	1.2	7.4	17.0	.431	2.9	7.5	.384	4.5	5.3	.864

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Smith	4	40.0	24.8	0.5	2.3	2.8	2.3	0.5	0.8	1.3	4.3	9.8	17.0	.574	2.5	5.0	.500	2.8	4.0	.688
Kemba Walker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Steve Smith	Kemba Walker
Season	1998-99	2018-19
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks 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		%
Steve Smith	36	36.5	18.7	1.4	2.8	4.2	3.3	1.0	0.3	2.8	2.8	6.0	15.0	.402	1.3	3.9	.338	5.3	6.3	.849
Kemba Walker	82	34.9	25.6	0.6	3.8	4.4	5.9	1.2	0.4	2.6	1.6	8.9	20.5	.434	3.2	8.9	.356	4.6	5.5	.844

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Smith	9	39.6	17.3	1.6	1.9	3.4	3.3	1.6	0.2	2.3	3.6	6.0	17.0	.353	1.0	3.7	.273	4.3	4.8	.907
Kemba Walker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Steve Smith	Kemba Walker
Season	1999-00	2019-20
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Finals	Celtics 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		%
Steve Smith	82	32.8	14.9	1.5	2.3	3.8	2.5	0.9	0.4	1.4	2.6	5.1	11.0	.467	1.2	2.9	.398	3.5	4.1	.850
Kemba Walker	56	31.1	20.4	0.6	3.2	3.9	4.8	0.9	0.5	2.1	1.6	6.8	15.9	.425	3.2	8.4	.381	3.7	4.3	.864

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Smith	16	37.8	17.1	0.8	1.7	2.5	2.8	1.2	0.3	1.7	2.8	5.5	11.3	.486	1.8	3.3	.547	4.3	4.9	.885
Kemba Walker	17	36.9	19.6	0.4	3.7	4.1	5.1	0.9	0.4	1.9	2.5	6.6	15.1	.441	2.3	7.4	.310	4.1	4.8	.852


Season 10
	Steve Smith	Kemba Walker
Season	2000-01	2020-21
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Celtics 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		%
Steve Smith	81	31.4	13.6	1.1	2.3	3.4	2.6	0.6	0.3	1.7	2.5	4.4	9.7	.456	1.0	2.8	.339	3.8	4.3	.890
Kemba Walker	43	31.8	19.3	0.4	3.6	4.0	4.9	1.1	0.3	2.0	1.4	6.6	15.7	.420	3.0	8.2	.360	3.1	3.5	.899

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Smith	3	40.7	17.0	1.7	2.7	4.3	2.3	0.7	0.3	3.3	1.0	5.3	11.3	.471	1.3	3.7	.364	5.0	5.3	.938
Kemba Walker	3	30.3	12.7	0.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	0.3	0.0	2.7	3.3	4.3	13.7	.317	1.0	5.7	.176	3.0	3.3	.900


Season 11
	Steve Smith	Kemba Walker
Season	2001-02	2021-22
Team	San Antonio Spurs	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs 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		%
Steve Smith	77	28.7	11.6	0.6	1.9	2.5	2.0	0.7	0.2	1.4	2.1	4.0	8.9	.455	1.5	3.2	.472	2.1	2.4	.878
Kemba Walker	37	25.6	11.6	0.4	2.6	3.0	3.5	0.7	0.2	1.3	1.0	4.0	10.0	.403	2.0	5.4	.367	1.6	1.9	.845

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Smith	10	29.8	10.3	1.4	2.0	3.4	1.7	0.8	0.1	0.7	2.0	3.2	8.7	.368	1.0	3.8	.263	2.9	3.0	.967
Kemba Walker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Steve Smith	Kemba Walker
Season	2002-03	2022-23
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Dallas Mavericks
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		%
Steve Smith	53	19.5	6.8	0.4	1.5	1.9	1.3	0.5	0.2	0.8	1.5	2.1	5.5	.388	0.7	2.2	.331	1.8	2.2	.833
Kemba Walker	9	16.0	8.0	0.3	1.4	1.8	2.1	0.2	0.2	0.4	1.2	2.7	6.3	.421	0.8	3.1	.250	1.9	2.3	.810

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Smith	9	7.4	1.8	0.1	0.7	0.8	0.7	0.1	0.0	0.2	0.3	0.6	2.7	.208	0.2	1.3	.167	0.4	0.4	1.000
Kemba Walker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Steve Smith	Kemba Walker
Season	2003-04	-
Team	New Orleans Hornets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hornets 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		%
Steve Smith	71	13.1	5.0	0.4	0.8	1.1	0.8	0.2	0.1	0.6	1.3	1.7	4.1	.406	0.6	1.5	.402	1.1	1.2	.928
Kemba Walker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Smith	5	9.0	6.4	0.4	1.2	1.6	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.6	1.0	2.4	5.2	.462	1.2	2.2	.545	0.4	0.6	.667
Kemba Walker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Steve Smith	Kemba Walker
Season	2004-05	-
Team	Charlotte Bobcats, Miami Heat	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Heat 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		%
Steve Smith	50	15.0	6.3	0.3	1.0	1.3	1.4	0.3	0.1	0.5	1.6	2.0	5.0	.411	0.8	2.1	.390	1.4	1.6	.863
Kemba Walker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Smith	3	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.7	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Kemba Walker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Steve Smith vs. Kemba Walker Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kemba Walker and Steve 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

Season 14