Tony Parker vs. Elmore Smith Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Elmore Smith and Tony Parker, 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.

Tony Parker played 18 years in the NBA, 10 more than Elmore Smith, who played 8. Tony Parker had the first of his seasons in 2001-02, while Elmore Smith had his rookie season in 1971-72. 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
Tony Parker	18	17	2001-02 to 2018-19
Elmore Smith	8	4	1971-72 to 1978-79

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18


Rookie Season
	Tony Parker	Elmore Smith
Season	2001-02	1971-72
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Buffalo Braves
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
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		%
Tony Parker	77	29.4	9.2	0.4	2.1	2.6	4.3	1.2	0.1	2.0	2.2	3.5	8.3	.419	0.8	2.5	.323	1.4	2.1	.675
Elmore Smith	78	40.8	17.3	-	-	15.2	1.4	-	-	-	3.9	7.4	16.3	.454	-	-	-	2.5	4.7	.534

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Parker	10	34.1	15.5	0.5	2.4	2.9	4.0	0.9	0.1	2.2	2.2	6.2	13.6	.456	1.0	2.7	.370	2.1	2.8	.750
Elmore Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Tony Parker	Elmore Smith
Season	2002-03	1972-73
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Buffalo Braves
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		%
Tony Parker	82	33.8	15.5	0.4	2.2	2.6	5.3	0.9	0.0	2.4	2.1	5.9	12.7	.464	1.0	3.0	.337	2.7	3.5	.755
Elmore Smith	76	37.2	18.3	-	-	12.4	2.5	-	-	-	3.9	7.9	16.4	.482	-	-	-	2.5	4.4	.558

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Parker	24	33.9	14.7	0.3	2.4	2.8	3.5	0.9	0.1	2.0	2.1	5.6	14.0	.403	0.6	2.3	.268	2.8	3.9	.713
Elmore Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Tony Parker	Elmore Smith
Season	2003-04	1973-74
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	Blocks Leader
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Tony Parker	75	34.4	14.7	0.6	2.6	3.2	5.5	0.8	0.1	2.4	2.0	5.6	12.6	.447	0.8	2.7	.312	2.5	3.6	.702
Elmore Smith	81	36.1	12.5	2.5	8.7	11.2	1.9	0.9	4.9	-	3.8	5.4	11.7	.457	-	-	-	1.8	3.1	.590

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Parker	10	38.6	18.4	0.5	1.6	2.1	7.0	1.3	0.1	3.1	1.5	7.2	16.8	.429	1.7	4.3	.395	2.3	3.5	.657
Elmore Smith	5	34.2	19.2	3.8	6.8	10.6	1.2	1.4	1.6	-	4.0	8.4	17.6	.477	-	-	-	2.4	3.4	.706


Season 4
	Tony Parker	Elmore Smith
Season	2004-05	1974-75
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Los Angeles Lakers
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		%
Tony Parker	80	34.2	16.6	0.6	3.1	3.7	6.1	1.2	0.1	2.7	2.1	6.7	14.0	.482	0.5	2.0	.276	2.6	4.0	.650
Elmore Smith	74	31.6	10.9	2.8	8.1	10.9	2.0	1.1	2.9	-	3.4	4.7	9.5	.493	-	-	-	1.5	3.1	.485

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Parker	23	37.2	17.2	0.6	2.3	2.9	4.3	0.7	0.1	3.1	3.0	7.2	15.9	.454	0.4	2.1	.188	2.4	3.8	.632
Elmore Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Tony Parker	Elmore Smith
Season	2005-06	1975-76
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	Bucks 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		%
Tony Parker	80	33.9	18.9	0.5	2.8	3.3	5.8	1.0	0.1	3.1	2.0	7.8	14.2	.548	0.1	0.5	.306	3.2	4.5	.707
Elmore Smith	78	36.0	15.6	2.6	8.9	11.4	1.2	1.0	3.1	-	3.4	6.4	12.3	.518	-	-	-	2.8	4.5	.632

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Parker	13	36.5	21.1	0.6	3.0	3.6	3.8	1.0	0.1	3.1	2.4	8.0	17.4	.460	0.2	0.7	.222	4.9	6.1	.810
Elmore Smith	3	34.7	14.7	1.7	5.7	7.3	0.3	0.7	3.7	-	4.7	5.0	9.0	.556	-	-	-	4.7	7.0	.667


Season 6
	Tony Parker	Elmore Smith
Season	2006-07	1976-77
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Milwaukee Bucks, Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Cavaliers 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		%
Tony Parker	77	32.5	18.6	0.4	2.8	3.2	5.5	1.1	0.1	2.5	1.8	7.4	14.2	.520	0.2	0.5	.395	3.6	4.5	.783
Elmore Smith	70	20.9	8.6	1.6	4.6	6.3	0.6	0.5	2.1	-	3.0	3.4	7.2	.475	-	-	-	1.7	3.0	.549

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Parker	20	37.6	20.8	0.7	2.7	3.4	5.8	1.1	0.0	3.3	1.7	8.4	17.5	.480	0.4	1.1	.333	3.6	5.3	.679
Elmore Smith	3	18.7	13.7	2.0	6.0	8.0	0.3	1.7	1.0	-	3.3	6.0	11.0	.545	-	-	-	1.7	2.7	.625


Season 7
	Tony Parker	Elmore Smith
Season	2007-08	1977-78
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	Cavaliers 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		%
Tony Parker	69	33.5	18.8	0.4	2.8	3.2	6.0	0.8	0.1	2.4	1.3	7.5	15.1	.494	0.2	1.0	.258	3.6	5.0	.715
Elmore Smith	81	24.6	12.5	2.2	6.2	8.4	0.7	0.6	2.2	1.7	3.0	5.0	10.0	.497	-	-	-	2.5	3.8	.663

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Parker	17	38.5	22.4	0.6	3.1	3.7	6.1	0.9	0.1	2.9	2.2	8.9	18.0	.497	0.4	1.2	.350	4.1	5.5	.753
Elmore Smith	2	28.0	12.5	3.0	6.5	9.5	0.0	1.5	1.5	2.5	4.5	5.5	12.0	.458	-	-	-	1.5	3.0	.500


Season 8
	Tony Parker	Elmore Smith
Season	2008-09	1978-79
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs 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		%
Tony Parker	72	34.1	22.0	0.4	2.7	3.1	6.9	0.9	0.1	2.6	1.5	8.9	17.5	.506	0.3	0.9	.292	3.9	5.0	.782
Elmore Smith	24	13.8	6.5	1.9	2.5	4.4	0.5	0.3	0.7	1.8	2.5	2.9	5.4	.531	-	-	-	0.8	1.1	.692

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Parker	5	36.2	28.6	0.2	4.0	4.2	6.8	1.2	0.2	4.2	2.6	11.8	21.6	.546	0.6	2.8	.214	4.4	6.2	.710
Elmore Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Tony Parker	Elmore Smith
Season	2009-10	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Tony Parker	56	30.9	16.0	0.1	2.3	2.4	5.7	0.5	0.1	2.7	1.7	6.2	12.8	.487	0.2	0.6	.294	3.3	4.4	.756
Elmore Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Parker	10	33.5	17.3	0.9	2.9	3.8	5.4	0.6	0.0	2.2	2.0	7.3	15.4	.474	0.2	0.3	.667	2.5	4.2	.595
Elmore Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Tony Parker	Elmore Smith
Season	2010-11	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs 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		%
Tony Parker	78	32.4	17.5	0.4	2.7	3.1	6.6	1.2	0.0	2.6	1.7	7.1	13.7	.519	0.3	0.9	.357	3.0	3.9	.769
Elmore Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Parker	6	36.8	19.7	0.2	2.5	2.7	5.2	1.3	0.3	3.3	1.7	7.2	15.5	.462	0.2	1.3	.125	5.2	6.8	.756
Elmore Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Tony Parker	Elmore Smith
Season	2011-12	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West 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		%
Tony Parker	60	32.1	18.3	0.4	2.5	2.9	7.7	1.0	0.1	2.6	1.3	7.1	14.8	.480	0.2	1.0	.230	3.8	4.7	.799
Elmore Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Parker	14	36.1	20.1	0.6	3.0	3.6	6.8	0.9	0.0	3.1	1.6	7.3	16.1	.453	0.5	1.5	.333	5.1	6.3	.807
Elmore Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Tony Parker	Elmore Smith
Season	2012-13	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs 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		%
Tony Parker	66	32.9	20.3	0.3	2.7	3.0	7.6	0.8	0.1	2.6	1.4	7.9	15.1	.522	0.4	1.0	.353	4.2	5.0	.845
Elmore Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Parker	21	36.4	20.6	0.7	2.6	3.2	7.0	1.1	0.1	2.5	1.2	8.0	17.4	.458	0.5	1.5	.355	4.1	5.3	.777
Elmore Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Tony Parker	Elmore Smith
Season	2013-14	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
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		%
Tony Parker	68	29.4	16.7	0.3	2.0	2.3	5.7	0.5	0.1	2.2	1.3	6.7	13.4	.499	0.4	1.0	.373	2.9	3.6	.811
Elmore Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Parker	23	31.3	17.4	0.2	1.7	2.0	4.8	0.7	0.1	2.7	1.6	7.3	15.0	.486	0.6	1.5	.371	2.2	3.0	.729
Elmore Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Tony Parker	Elmore Smith
Season	2014-15	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs 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		%
Tony Parker	68	28.7	14.4	0.2	1.7	1.9	4.9	0.6	0.0	2.1	1.6	5.9	12.2	.486	0.6	1.3	.427	1.9	2.4	.783
Elmore Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Parker	7	30.0	10.9	0.6	2.7	3.3	3.6	0.3	0.0	1.6	2.0	4.7	13.0	.363	0.0	1.3	.000	1.4	2.4	.588
Elmore Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Tony Parker	Elmore Smith
Season	2015-16	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Tony Parker	72	27.5	11.9	0.2	2.2	2.4	5.3	0.8	0.2	1.8	1.6	4.9	9.9	.493	0.4	0.9	.415	1.8	2.4	.760
Elmore Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Parker	10	26.4	10.4	0.1	2.1	2.2	5.3	0.6	0.2	1.8	1.5	4.4	9.8	.449	0.4	1.6	.250	1.2	1.4	.857
Elmore Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 16
	Tony Parker	Elmore Smith
Season	2016-17	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West 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		%
Tony Parker	63	25.2	10.1	0.1	1.7	1.8	4.5	0.5	0.0	1.4	1.5	4.2	9.0	.466	0.4	1.1	.333	1.3	1.9	.726
Elmore Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Parker	8	26.4	15.9	0.3	2.3	2.5	3.1	0.5	0.0	1.5	1.3	6.4	12.1	.526	1.4	2.4	.579	1.8	1.8	1.000
Elmore Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 17
	Tony Parker	Elmore Smith
Season	2017-18	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs 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		%
Tony Parker	55	19.5	7.7	0.1	1.6	1.7	3.5	0.5	0.0	1.2	0.9	3.2	7.1	.459	0.2	0.7	.270	1.0	1.4	.705
Elmore Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Parker	5	13.4	6.6	0.0	0.8	0.8	1.2	0.4	0.0	0.8	0.4	2.8	7.4	.378	0.0	1.0	.000	1.0	1.4	.714
Elmore Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 18
	Tony Parker	Elmore Smith
Season	2018-19	-
Team	Charlotte Hornets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Tony Parker	56	17.9	9.5	0.3	1.2	1.5	3.7	0.4	0.1	1.3	0.9	3.8	8.3	.460	0.2	0.9	.255	1.6	2.2	.734
Elmore Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Parker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Elmore Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Tony Parker vs. Elmore Smith Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Elmore Smith and Tony Parker, 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

Season 15

Season 16

Season 17

Season 18