Yes, It should return the same result in both smart and verbose mode. I am also using Splunk 8.2.1 Attaching the screenshot for your reference. I am using index=snow, its returing 99 events. When I am using stats command, index=snow|stats count in verbose mode, its showing same 99 events If I am using same stats command in smart mode, its showing same result index=snow | stats count Hence, the output of stats command in smart and verbose mode in splunk 8.2.1 is same.
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