Tom Heinsohn vs. Charles Smith Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Charles Smith and Tom Heinsohn, 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.

Tom Heinsohn and Charles Smith both played 9 years in the NBA. Tom Heinsohn had the first of his seasons in 1956-57, while Charles Smith 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
	Tom Heinsohn	Charles Smith
Season	1956-57	1988-89
Team	Boston Celtics	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	All-Star Game	-
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		%
Tom Heinsohn	72	29.9	16.2	-	-	9.8	1.6	-	-	-	4.2	6.2	15.6	.397	-	-	-	3.8	4.8	.790
Charles Smith	71	30.4	16.3	2.4	4.1	6.5	1.5	1.0	1.3	2.1	3.8	6.1	12.4	.495	0.0	0.0	.000	4.0	5.5	.725
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Heinsohn	10	37.0	22.9	-	-	11.7	2.0	-	-	-	4.0	9.0	23.1	.390	-	-	-	4.9	6.9	.710
Charles Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Tom Heinsohn	Charles Smith
Season	1958-59	1990-91
Team	Boston Celtics	Los Angeles Clippers
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		%
Tom Heinsohn	66	31.7	18.8	-	-	9.7	2.5	-	-	-	4.1	7.0	18.1	.390	-	-	-	4.7	5.9	.798
Charles Smith	74	36.5	20.0	2.9	5.3	8.2	1.8	1.1	2.0	2.2	3.6	7.4	15.8	.469	0.0	0.1	.000	5.2	6.5	.793
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Heinsohn	11	31.6	19.9	-	-	8.9	2.9	-	-	-	3.7	8.3	20.0	.414	-	-	-	3.4	5.1	.661
Charles Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Tom Heinsohn	Charles Smith
Season	1959-60	1991-92
Team	Boston Celtics	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Clippers 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		%
Tom Heinsohn	75	32.3	21.7	-	-	10.6	2.3	-	-	-	3.7	9.0	21.2	.423	-	-	-	3.8	5.1	.733
Charles Smith	49	26.7	14.6	1.9	4.2	6.1	1.1	0.8	2.0	1.4	3.2	5.1	11.0	.466	0.0	0.1	.000	4.3	5.5	.785
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Heinsohn	13	32.5	21.8	-	-	9.7	2.1	-	-	-	4.1	8.6	20.5	.419	-	-	-	4.6	6.2	.750
Charles Smith	5	29.6	11.6	2.0	3.6	5.6	1.8	0.8	2.4	2.0	4.8	4.4	11.2	.393	0.0	0.0	-	2.8	3.0	.933

Season 5
	Tom Heinsohn	Charles Smith
Season	1960-61	1992-93
Team	Boston Celtics	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Knicks 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		%
Tom Heinsohn	74	30.5	21.3	-	-	9.9	1.9	-	-	-	3.5	8.5	21.2	.400	-	-	-	4.4	5.7	.767
Charles Smith	81	26.8	12.4	2.1	3.2	5.3	1.8	0.6	1.2	1.9	3.1	4.4	9.4	.469	0.0	0.0	.000	3.5	4.5	.782
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Heinsohn	10	29.1	19.7	-	-	9.9	2.0	-	-	-	3.6	8.2	20.1	.408	-	-	-	3.3	4.3	.767
Charles Smith	15	25.9	11.1	1.8	2.2	4.0	1.3	0.6	0.9	1.9	3.5	4.3	9.2	.471	0.0	0.0	-	2.5	3.3	.740

Season 6
	Tom Heinsohn	Charles Smith
Season	1961-62	1993-94
Team	Boston Celtics	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Knicks 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		%
Tom Heinsohn	79	30.2	22.1	-	-	9.5	2.1	-	-	-	3.5	8.8	20.4	.429	-	-	-	4.5	5.5	.819
Charles Smith	43	25.7	10.4	1.5	2.3	3.8	1.2	0.6	1.0	1.5	3.3	4.1	9.2	.443	0.2	0.4	.500	2.0	2.8	.719
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Heinsohn	14	31.8	20.7	-	-	8.2	2.4	-	-	-	4.1	8.3	20.8	.399	-	-	-	4.1	5.4	.763
Charles Smith	25	24.5	8.8	1.4	2.4	3.8	1.0	0.5	1.0	1.3	3.7	3.4	7.1	.480	0.0	0.1	.000	2.0	2.8	.729

Season 7
	Tom Heinsohn	Charles Smith
Season	1962-63	1994-95
Team	Boston Celtics	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Tom Heinsohn	76	26.4	18.9	-	-	7.5	1.3	-	-	-	3.6	7.2	17.1	.423	-	-	-	4.5	5.4	.835
Charles Smith	76	28.3	12.7	1.9	2.4	4.3	1.6	0.6	1.3	1.9	3.8	4.6	9.8	.471	0.1	0.4	.226	3.4	4.2	.792
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Heinsohn	13	31.8	24.7	-	-	8.9	1.2	-	-	-	4.2	9.5	20.8	.456	-	-	-	5.8	7.5	.765
Charles Smith	11	27.5	10.8	1.8	2.0	3.8	1.2	1.2	1.5	2.2	4.0	4.6	8.6	.537	0.0	0.2	.000	1.5	2.7	.567

Season 8
	Tom Heinsohn	Charles Smith
Season	1963-64	1995-96
Team	Boston Celtics	New York Knicks, San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Tom Heinsohn	76	26.8	16.5	-	-	6.1	2.4	-	-	-	3.5	6.4	16.1	.398	-	-	-	3.7	4.5	.827
Charles Smith	73	23.5	8.3	1.8	3.1	5.0	0.9	0.7	1.1	1.5	3.1	3.3	7.9	.422	0.0	0.2	.133	1.6	2.2	.730
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Heinsohn	10	30.8	17.4	-	-	8.0	2.6	-	-	-	3.6	7.0	18.0	.389	-	-	-	3.4	4.2	.810
Charles Smith	10	16.5	5.1	1.1	2.6	3.7	1.0	0.7	1.0	0.8	2.8	2.4	4.8	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.8	.375

Season 9
	Tom Heinsohn	Charles Smith
Season	1964-65	1996-97
Team	Boston Celtics	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
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		%
Tom Heinsohn	67	25.5	13.6	-	-	6.0	2.3	-	-	-	3.8	5.4	14.2	.383	-	-	-	2.7	3.4	.795
Charles Smith	19	17.3	4.6	0.9	2.5	3.4	0.7	0.7	1.2	1.2	2.3	1.8	4.4	.405	0.0	0.1	.000	1.1	1.4	.769
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Heinsohn	12	23.0	12.7	-	-	7.0	1.9	-	-	-	3.8	5.5	15.1	.365	-	-	-	1.7	2.7	.625
Charles Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-