Kevin Johnson vs. Melvin Newbern Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Melvin Newbern and Kevin 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.
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.
Kevin Johnson played 12 years in the NBA, 11 more than Melvin Newbern, who played 1. Kevin Johnson had the first of his seasons in 1987-88, while Melvin Newbern had his rookie season in 1992-93. 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.
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Kevin Johnson |
80 |
24.0 |
9.2 |
0.5 |
1.9 |
2.4 |
5.5 |
1.3 |
0.3 |
1.8 |
1.9 |
3.4 |
7.5 |
.461 |
0.1 |
0.3 |
.208 |
2.2 |
2.6 |
.839 |
Melvin Newbern |
33 |
9.4 |
3.6 |
0.6 |
0.5 |
1.1 |
1.7 |
0.7 |
0.0 |
1.0 |
1.3 |
1.3 |
3.4 |
.372 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
.125 |
1.0 |
1.8 |
.567 |
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Playoffs Stats |
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G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Kevin Johnson |
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Melvin Newbern |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Kevin Johnson |
81 |
39.2 |
20.4 |
0.6 |
3.6 |
4.2 |
12.2 |
1.7 |
0.3 |
4.0 |
2.8 |
7.0 |
13.9 |
.505 |
0.0 |
0.3 |
.091 |
6.3 |
7.1 |
.882 |
Melvin Newbern |
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- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Kevin Johnson |
12 |
41.2 |
23.8 |
1.0 |
3.3 |
4.3 |
12.3 |
1.6 |
0.4 |
4.6 |
2.3 |
7.5 |
15.2 |
.495 |
0.3 |
0.8 |
.300 |
8.5 |
9.2 |
.927 |
Melvin Newbern |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Kevin Johnson |
74 |
37.6 |
22.5 |
0.6 |
3.1 |
3.6 |
11.4 |
1.3 |
0.2 |
3.6 |
1.9 |
7.8 |
15.7 |
.499 |
0.1 |
0.6 |
.195 |
6.8 |
8.1 |
.838 |
Melvin Newbern |
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Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Kevin Johnson |
16 |
36.4 |
21.3 |
0.6 |
2.8 |
3.3 |
10.6 |
1.6 |
0.0 |
3.9 |
1.8 |
7.7 |
16.1 |
.479 |
0.1 |
0.7 |
.182 |
5.8 |
7.0 |
.821 |
Melvin Newbern |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Kevin Johnson |
77 |
36.0 |
22.2 |
0.7 |
2.8 |
3.5 |
10.1 |
2.1 |
0.1 |
3.5 |
2.3 |
7.7 |
14.9 |
.516 |
0.1 |
0.6 |
.205 |
6.7 |
8.0 |
.843 |
Melvin Newbern |
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Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Kevin Johnson |
4 |
36.5 |
12.8 |
0.5 |
2.8 |
3.3 |
9.8 |
0.5 |
0.3 |
3.0 |
2.3 |
4.0 |
13.3 |
.302 |
0.3 |
1.8 |
.143 |
4.5 |
7.5 |
.600 |
Melvin Newbern |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Kevin Johnson |
78 |
37.2 |
19.7 |
0.8 |
3.0 |
3.7 |
10.7 |
1.5 |
0.3 |
3.5 |
2.3 |
6.9 |
14.4 |
.479 |
0.1 |
0.6 |
.217 |
5.7 |
7.1 |
.807 |
Melvin Newbern |
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Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Kevin Johnson |
8 |
41.9 |
23.6 |
1.0 |
3.1 |
4.1 |
11.6 |
1.5 |
0.3 |
3.1 |
3.0 |
7.8 |
16.0 |
.484 |
0.4 |
0.8 |
.500 |
7.8 |
9.0 |
.861 |
Melvin Newbern |
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- | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Kevin Johnson |
49 |
33.5 |
16.1 |
0.6 |
1.5 |
2.1 |
7.8 |
1.7 |
0.4 |
3.1 |
2.0 |
5.8 |
11.5 |
.499 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
.125 |
4.6 |
5.6 |
.819 |
Melvin Newbern |
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- | - | - |
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Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Kevin Johnson |
23 |
39.7 |
17.8 |
0.4 |
2.3 |
2.7 |
7.9 |
1.5 |
0.6 |
3.7 |
2.5 |
6.2 |
13.0 |
.480 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
.000 |
5.4 |
6.8 |
.795 |
Melvin Newbern |
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- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Kevin Johnson |
67 |
36.6 |
20.0 |
0.8 |
1.7 |
2.5 |
9.5 |
1.9 |
0.1 |
3.5 |
1.9 |
7.1 |
14.6 |
.487 |
0.1 |
0.4 |
.222 |
5.7 |
6.9 |
.819 |
Melvin Newbern |
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- | - | - |
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Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Kevin Johnson |
10 |
42.7 |
26.6 |
1.0 |
2.5 |
3.5 |
9.6 |
1.0 |
0.1 |
3.4 |
2.3 |
9.7 |
21.2 |
.458 |
0.3 |
1.0 |
.300 |
6.9 |
8.1 |
.852 |
Melvin Newbern |
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- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Kevin Johnson |
47 |
28.8 |
15.5 |
0.7 |
1.8 |
2.4 |
7.7 |
1.0 |
0.4 |
2.2 |
1.9 |
5.2 |
11.1 |
.470 |
0.1 |
0.6 |
.154 |
5.0 |
6.1 |
.810 |
Melvin Newbern |
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Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Kevin Johnson |
10 |
37.1 |
24.8 |
0.7 |
3.4 |
4.1 |
9.3 |
0.9 |
0.4 |
3.4 |
2.5 |
8.6 |
15.0 |
.573 |
0.5 |
1.0 |
.500 |
7.1 |
8.4 |
.845 |
Melvin Newbern |
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- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Kevin Johnson |
56 |
35.8 |
18.7 |
0.8 |
3.2 |
3.9 |
9.2 |
1.5 |
0.2 |
3.0 |
2.6 |
6.1 |
12.0 |
.507 |
0.4 |
1.0 |
.368 |
6.1 |
7.1 |
.859 |
Melvin Newbern |
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Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Kevin Johnson |
4 |
37.8 |
17.3 |
0.5 |
3.8 |
4.3 |
10.8 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
2.8 |
2.0 |
6.8 |
14.3 |
.474 |
0.3 |
1.0 |
.250 |
3.5 |
4.3 |
.824 |
Melvin Newbern |
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- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Kevin Johnson |
70 |
38.0 |
20.1 |
0.8 |
2.8 |
3.6 |
9.3 |
1.5 |
0.2 |
3.1 |
2.0 |
6.3 |
12.7 |
.496 |
1.3 |
2.9 |
.441 |
6.3 |
7.4 |
.852 |
Melvin Newbern |
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Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Kevin Johnson |
5 |
41.6 |
16.8 |
1.6 |
2.8 |
4.4 |
6.0 |
2.6 |
0.0 |
3.6 |
3.0 |
5.2 |
17.6 |
.295 |
0.6 |
4.4 |
.136 |
5.8 |
6.6 |
.879 |
Melvin Newbern |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Kevin Johnson |
50 |
25.8 |
9.5 |
0.7 |
2.6 |
3.3 |
4.9 |
0.5 |
0.2 |
2.0 |
1.1 |
3.1 |
6.9 |
.447 |
0.1 |
0.5 |
.154 |
3.2 |
3.7 |
.871 |
Melvin Newbern |
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Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Kevin Johnson |
4 |
30.5 |
13.8 |
0.5 |
1.8 |
2.3 |
4.8 |
0.5 |
0.3 |
1.5 |
1.5 |
5.8 |
10.5 |
.548 |
0.3 |
1.0 |
.250 |
2.0 |
3.0 |
.667 |
Melvin Newbern |
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Note: Kevin Johnson didn't play in 1998-99.
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Kevin Johnson |
6 |
18.8 |
6.7 |
0.0 |
2.7 |
2.7 |
4.0 |
0.3 |
0.0 |
1.2 |
1.0 |
2.7 |
4.7 |
.571 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
1.000 |
1.2 |
1.2 |
1.000 |
Melvin Newbern |
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Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Kevin Johnson |
9 |
14.3 |
3.2 |
0.0 |
1.4 |
1.4 |
2.6 |
0.3 |
0.1 |
1.4 |
1.1 |
1.3 |
4.1 |
.324 |
0.0 |
0.3 |
.000 |
0.6 |
0.7 |
.833 |
Melvin Newbern |
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