Dennis Johnson vs. Dan Majerle Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dan Majerle and Dennis Johnson, 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 / Games against each other

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.

Dennis Johnson and Dan Majerle both played 14 years in the NBA. Dennis Johnson had the first of his seasons in 1976-77, while Dan Majerle 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Dennis Johnson	14	13	1976-77 to 1989-90
Dan Majerle	14	13	1988-89 to 2001-02

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


Rookie Season
	Dennis Johnson	Dan Majerle
Season	1976-77	1988-89
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Suns 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		%
Dennis Johnson	81	20.6	9.2	2.0	1.7	3.7	1.5	1.5	0.7	-	2.7	3.5	7.0	.504	-	-	-	2.2	3.5	.624
Dan Majerle	54	25.1	8.6	1.1	2.7	3.9	2.4	1.2	0.3	0.9	2.6	3.4	8.0	.419	0.5	1.5	.329	1.4	2.4	.614

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dennis Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dan Majerle	12	29.3	14.3	1.8	2.9	4.8	1.2	1.1	0.3	1.3	2.3	5.3	12.0	.438	0.7	2.3	.286	3.2	4.0	.792


Season 2
	Dennis Johnson	Dan Majerle
Season	1977-78	1989-90
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost NBA Finals	Suns 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		%
Dennis Johnson	81	27.3	12.7	1.9	1.8	3.6	2.8	1.5	0.6	2.0	2.6	4.5	10.9	.417	-	-	-	3.7	5.0	.732
Dan Majerle	73	30.7	11.1	2.0	3.9	5.9	2.6	1.4	0.4	1.1	2.4	4.1	9.6	.424	0.3	1.1	.238	2.7	3.6	.762

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dennis Johnson	22	37.6	16.1	2.1	2.5	4.6	3.3	1.0	1.0	2.5	2.9	5.5	13.4	.412	-	-	-	5.1	7.2	.704
Dan Majerle	16	29.9	12.6	1.9	3.2	5.1	2.1	1.3	0.1	1.1	2.1	4.6	9.4	.487	0.3	0.8	.333	3.2	4.1	.785


Season 3
	Dennis Johnson	Dan Majerle
Season	1978-79	1990-91
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Suns 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		%
Dennis Johnson	80	34.0	15.9	1.8	2.9	4.7	3.5	1.3	1.2	2.4	2.6	6.0	13.9	.434	-	-	-	3.8	4.9	.781
Dan Majerle	77	29.6	13.6	2.2	3.2	5.4	2.8	1.4	0.5	1.5	2.1	5.2	10.7	.484	0.4	1.1	.349	2.9	3.9	.762

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dennis Johnson	17	40.1	20.9	2.6	3.5	6.1	4.1	1.6	1.5	3.0	3.7	8.0	17.8	.450	-	-	-	4.9	6.4	.771
Dan Majerle	4	27.5	10.5	1.5	2.3	3.8	1.8	1.3	0.3	0.5	3.0	3.0	8.0	.375	1.0	2.8	.364	3.5	4.8	.737


Season 4
	Dennis Johnson	Dan Majerle
Season	1979-80	1991-92
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf Finals	Suns 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		%
Dennis Johnson	81	36.3	19.0	2.1	3.0	5.1	4.1	1.8	1.0	2.8	3.3	7.1	16.8	.422	0.1	0.7	.207	4.7	6.0	.780
Dan Majerle	82	34.8	17.3	1.8	4.1	5.9	3.3	1.6	0.5	1.2	1.9	6.7	14.1	.478	1.1	2.8	.382	2.8	3.7	.756

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dennis Johnson	15	38.8	17.1	1.7	2.6	4.3	3.8	1.8	0.7	2.9	3.2	6.7	16.3	.410	0.3	1.0	.333	3.5	4.1	.839
Dan Majerle	7	38.0	18.6	1.9	4.4	6.3	2.9	1.4	0.0	1.3	1.6	6.9	15.9	.432	1.3	4.7	.273	3.6	3.7	.962


Season 5
	Dennis Johnson	Dan Majerle
Season	1980-81	1992-93
Team	Phoenix Suns	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	Suns 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		%
Dennis Johnson	79	33.1	18.8	2.0	2.6	4.6	3.7	1.7	0.8	2.6	3.1	6.7	15.4	.436	0.1	0.6	.216	5.2	6.3	.820
Dan Majerle	82	39.0	16.9	1.5	3.2	4.7	3.8	1.7	0.4	1.6	2.2	6.2	13.4	.464	2.0	5.3	.381	2.5	3.2	.778

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dennis Johnson	7	38.1	19.6	1.0	3.7	4.7	2.9	1.3	1.3	2.7	2.6	7.4	15.7	.473	0.1	0.7	.200	4.6	6.0	.762
Dan Majerle	24	44.6	15.4	1.2	4.6	5.8	3.7	1.4	1.2	1.3	2.4	5.6	13.0	.431	2.3	5.7	.394	2.0	2.9	.696


Season 6
	Dennis Johnson	Dan Majerle
Season	1981-82	1993-94
Team	Phoenix Suns	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	Suns 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		%
Dennis Johnson	80	36.7	19.5	1.8	3.4	5.1	4.6	1.3	0.7	2.9	3.2	7.2	15.4	.470	0.1	0.5	.190	5.0	6.2	.806
Dan Majerle	80	40.1	16.5	1.5	2.9	4.4	3.4	1.6	0.5	1.7	1.9	6.0	14.2	.418	2.4	6.3	.382	2.2	3.0	.739

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dennis Johnson	7	38.7	22.3	1.9	2.6	4.4	4.6	2.1	0.6	3.6	4.0	9.0	18.9	.477	0.0	0.4	.000	4.3	5.6	.769
Dan Majerle	10	41.0	12.3	1.5	2.8	4.3	2.4	1.1	0.4	1.0	2.3	4.6	12.7	.362	2.0	5.9	.339	1.1	1.6	.688


Season 7
	Dennis Johnson	Dan Majerle
Season	1982-83	1994-95
Team	Phoenix Suns	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Suns 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		%
Dennis Johnson	77	33.1	14.2	1.2	3.2	4.4	5.0	1.3	0.5	2.6	2.6	5.2	11.2	.462	0.1	0.4	.161	3.8	4.8	.791
Dan Majerle	82	37.7	15.6	1.3	3.3	4.6	4.1	1.2	0.5	1.3	1.9	5.3	12.6	.425	2.4	6.7	.363	2.5	3.4	.730

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dennis Johnson	3	36.0	18.0	2.0	5.7	7.7	5.7	1.7	0.7	2.7	3.0	7.3	16.0	.458	0.0	0.3	.000	3.3	4.0	.833
Dan Majerle	10	30.7	8.2	0.8	2.3	3.1	1.7	1.4	0.3	0.9	2.4	2.7	7.3	.370	1.6	4.4	.364	1.2	1.7	.706


Season 8
	Dennis Johnson	Dan Majerle
Season	1983-84	1995-96
Team	Boston Celtics	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
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		%
Dennis Johnson	80	33.3	13.2	1.1	2.4	3.5	4.2	1.2	0.7	2.2	3.1	4.8	11.0	.437	0.1	0.4	.125	3.5	4.1	.852
Dan Majerle	82	28.9	10.6	0.9	2.9	3.7	2.6	1.0	0.4	1.1	1.6	3.7	9.1	.405	1.8	5.0	.353	1.5	2.1	.710

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dennis Johnson	22	36.7	16.6	1.4	2.2	3.6	4.4	1.1	0.3	2.4	3.4	5.9	14.5	.404	0.1	0.3	.429	4.7	5.5	.867
Dan Majerle	3	30.3	16.7	0.7	3.3	4.0	3.0	1.3	0.7	1.0	2.0	5.3	12.0	.444	3.3	7.7	.435	2.7	3.0	.889


Season 9
	Dennis Johnson	Dan Majerle
Season	1984-85	1996-97
Team	Boston Celtics	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Dennis Johnson	80	37.2	15.7	1.1	2.8	4.0	6.8	1.2	0.5	2.7	2.8	6.2	13.3	.462	0.1	0.3	.269	3.3	3.8	.853
Dan Majerle	36	35.1	10.8	1.3	3.3	4.5	3.2	1.5	0.4	1.4	2.1	3.9	9.6	.406	1.9	5.6	.338	1.1	1.6	.678

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dennis Johnson	21	40.4	17.3	1.1	2.9	4.0	7.3	1.5	0.4	3.4	3.1	6.8	15.2	.445	0.0	0.7	.000	3.8	4.4	.860
Dan Majerle	17	29.2	8.0	0.9	3.3	4.2	2.5	1.2	0.2	0.8	1.8	2.7	6.9	.393	1.5	4.4	.338	1.1	1.6	.679


Season 10
	Dennis Johnson	Dan Majerle
Season	1985-86	1997-98
Team	Boston Celtics	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Heat 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		%
Dennis Johnson	78	35.0	15.6	0.9	2.6	3.4	5.8	1.4	0.4	2.2	2.6	6.2	13.6	.455	0.1	0.5	.143	3.1	3.8	.818
Dan Majerle	72	26.8	7.2	0.7	3.1	3.7	2.2	0.9	0.2	0.9	1.9	2.6	6.1	.419	1.5	4.1	.376	0.6	0.7	.784

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dennis Johnson	18	39.7	16.2	1.3	2.9	4.2	5.9	2.2	0.3	2.8	3.2	6.1	13.6	.445	0.3	0.9	.375	3.7	4.7	.798
Dan Majerle	2	31.0	4.5	0.5	2.0	2.5	2.5	2.0	0.5	0.5	1.5	1.5	4.0	.375	1.0	3.0	.333	0.5	1.0	.500


Season 11
	Dennis Johnson	Dan Majerle
Season	1986-87	1998-99
Team	Boston Celtics	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost NBA Finals	Heat 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		%
Dennis Johnson	79	37.1	13.4	0.6	2.7	3.3	7.5	1.1	0.5	2.2	2.5	5.4	12.1	.444	0.1	0.8	.113	2.6	3.2	.833
Dan Majerle	48	33.8	7.0	0.4	3.9	4.3	3.1	0.8	0.1	1.1	2.1	2.5	6.2	.396	1.4	4.2	.335	0.7	1.0	.717

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dennis Johnson	23	41.9	18.9	1.0	2.9	4.0	8.9	0.7	0.3	1.9	3.1	7.3	15.7	.465	0.1	1.1	.115	4.2	4.9	.850
Dan Majerle	5	30.2	4.0	0.6	5.2	5.8	1.2	1.0	0.4	0.6	3.0	1.0	5.2	.192	1.0	4.4	.227	1.0	1.4	.714


Season 12
	Dennis Johnson	Dan Majerle
Season	1987-88	1999-00
Team	Boston Celtics	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Heat 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		%
Dennis Johnson	77	34.7	12.6	0.8	2.3	3.1	7.8	1.2	0.4	2.5	2.6	4.6	10.4	.438	0.2	0.6	.261	3.3	3.9	.856
Dan Majerle	69	33.4	7.3	0.4	4.4	4.8	3.0	1.3	0.2	0.9	2.3	2.5	6.1	.403	1.6	4.4	.362	0.8	1.0	.812

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dennis Johnson	17	41.3	15.9	0.9	3.6	4.5	8.2	1.4	0.5	2.6	3.0	5.4	12.4	.433	0.4	0.9	.375	4.8	6.1	.796
Dan Majerle	10	37.0	9.0	0.5	6.5	7.0	3.2	2.1	0.1	1.1	3.4	3.0	7.1	.423	2.0	5.0	.400	1.0	1.4	.714


Season 13
	Dennis Johnson	Dan Majerle
Season	1988-89	2000-01
Team	Boston Celtics	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Heat 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		%
Dennis Johnson	72	32.1	10.0	0.4	2.2	2.6	6.6	1.3	0.3	2.4	2.9	3.8	8.9	.434	0.1	0.7	.140	2.2	2.7	.821
Dan Majerle	53	24.6	5.0	0.4	2.8	3.1	1.7	1.0	0.3	0.7	1.8	1.6	4.9	.336	1.1	3.4	.315	0.7	0.8	.818

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dennis Johnson	3	19.7	2.7	0.7	0.7	1.3	3.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	2.7	1.3	5.0	.267	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Dan Majerle	3	23.7	5.3	1.0	2.3	3.3	1.7	1.0	0.0	0.7	2.3	1.7	5.3	.313	1.3	4.7	.286	0.7	1.3	.500


Season 14
	Dennis Johnson	Dan Majerle
Season	1989-90	2001-02
Team	Boston Celtics	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics 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		%
Dennis Johnson	75	27.1	7.1	0.6	2.0	2.7	6.5	1.1	0.2	1.6	2.4	2.7	6.3	.434	0.0	0.3	.042	1.6	1.9	.843
Dan Majerle	65	18.2	4.6	0.4	2.3	2.7	1.4	0.7	0.2	0.5	1.6	1.5	4.4	.343	1.2	3.6	.336	0.4	0.6	.590

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dennis Johnson	5	32.4	13.8	0.4	2.4	2.8	5.6	0.4	0.4	2.0	3.4	6.0	12.4	.484	0.4	1.2	.333	1.4	1.4	1.000
Dan Majerle	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Dennis Johnson vs. Dan Majerle Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dan Majerle and Dennis Johnson, 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