Kyrie Irving vs. Clemon Johnson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Clemon Johnson and Kyrie Irving, 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.

Kyrie Irving played 13 years in the NBA, 3 more than Clemon Johnson, who played 10. Kyrie Irving had the first of his seasons in 2011-12, while Clemon Johnson had his rookie season in 1978-79. 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
Kyrie Irving	13	7	2011-12 to 2023-24
Clemon Johnson	10	8	1978-79 to 1987-88

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Kyrie Irving	Clemon Johnson
Season	2011-12	1978-79
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers 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		%
Kyrie Irving	51	30.5	18.5	0.9	2.9	3.7	5.4	1.1	0.4	3.1	2.2	6.9	14.6	.469	1.4	3.6	.399	3.4	3.8	.872
Clemon Johnson	74	10.7	3.2	1.1	1.9	3.1	1.1	0.3	0.5	0.9	1.6	1.4	2.9	.470	-	-	-	0.5	1.0	.486

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyrie Irving	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Clemon Johnson	3	15.7	4.7	1.7	4.0	5.7	0.7	0.7	1.3	2.3	1.7	1.3	3.7	.364	-	-	-	2.0	3.7	.545


Season 2
	Kyrie Irving	Clemon Johnson
Season	2012-13	1979-80
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Kyrie Irving	59	34.7	22.5	0.6	3.1	3.7	5.9	1.5	0.4	3.2	2.5	8.2	18.1	.452	1.8	4.7	.391	4.2	4.9	.855
Clemon Johnson	79	19.5	6.0	1.8	3.2	5.0	1.5	0.6	1.5	1.0	2.7	2.5	5.0	.503	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.5	.632

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyrie Irving	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Clemon Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Kyrie Irving	Clemon Johnson
Season	2013-14	1980-81
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pacers 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		%
Kyrie Irving	71	35.2	20.8	0.7	2.9	3.6	6.1	1.5	0.3	2.7	2.3	7.5	17.4	.430	1.7	4.8	.358	4.1	4.8	.861
Clemon Johnson	81	20.3	7.2	2.1	3.6	5.8	1.8	0.5	1.5	1.5	2.3	2.9	5.8	.504	0.0	0.0	.000	1.4	2.3	.593

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyrie Irving	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Clemon Johnson	2	27.5	7.5	5.0	5.0	10.0	1.5	2.0	1.0	1.5	1.5	2.5	6.0	.417	0.0	0.0	-	2.5	5.0	.500


Season 4
	Kyrie Irving	Clemon Johnson
Season	2014-15	1981-82
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Kyrie Irving	75	36.4	21.7	0.7	2.4	3.2	5.2	1.5	0.3	2.5	1.9	7.7	16.5	.468	2.1	5.0	.415	4.2	4.9	.863
Clemon Johnson	79	25.1	9.5	2.3	4.9	7.2	1.6	0.8	1.4	1.7	3.1	3.9	8.1	.487	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	2.4	.651

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyrie Irving	13	35.7	19.0	0.8	2.8	3.6	3.8	1.3	0.8	1.5	2.2	6.2	14.2	.438	2.1	4.6	.450	4.5	5.3	.841
Clemon Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Kyrie Irving	Clemon Johnson
Season	2015-16	1982-83
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Indiana Pacers, Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Kyrie Irving	53	31.5	19.6	0.8	2.1	3.0	4.7	1.1	0.3	2.3	2.0	7.4	16.6	.448	1.6	4.9	.321	3.2	3.6	.885
Clemon Johnson	83	23.1	8.5	2.3	4.0	6.3	1.7	0.8	1.1	1.5	2.7	3.6	7.0	.515	0.0	0.0	.000	1.3	2.2	.617

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyrie Irving	21	36.9	25.2	0.7	2.2	3.0	4.7	1.7	0.6	2.3	2.2	9.6	20.1	.475	2.4	5.5	.440	3.7	4.2	.875
Clemon Johnson	12	16.8	4.2	1.8	1.8	3.6	0.6	0.3	0.4	1.0	2.3	2.1	4.1	.510	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.3	.000


Season 6
	Kyrie Irving	Clemon Johnson
Season	2016-17	1983-84
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals	76ers 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		%
Kyrie Irving	72	35.1	25.2	0.7	2.5	3.2	5.8	1.2	0.3	2.5	2.2	9.3	19.7	.473	2.5	6.1	.401	4.1	4.6	.905
Clemon Johnson	80	21.5	5.7	1.6	3.3	5.0	0.7	0.4	0.8	1.2	2.6	2.4	5.2	.468	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.4	.611

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyrie Irving	18	36.3	25.9	0.7	2.1	2.8	5.3	1.3	0.4	2.7	2.1	9.6	20.6	.468	2.4	6.6	.373	4.2	4.7	.905
Clemon Johnson	5	9.0	1.6	0.6	0.6	1.2	0.0	0.2	0.8	0.6	1.6	0.8	2.4	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 7
	Kyrie Irving	Clemon Johnson
Season	2017-18	1984-85
Team	Boston Celtics	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers 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		%
Kyrie Irving	60	32.2	24.4	0.6	3.2	3.8	5.1	1.1	0.3	2.3	2.0	8.9	18.1	.491	2.8	6.8	.408	3.9	4.4	.889
Clemon Johnson	58	15.1	4.7	1.6	2.2	3.8	0.6	0.3	0.8	0.7	1.9	2.0	4.1	.498	0.0	0.0	.000	0.6	0.8	.735

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyrie Irving	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Clemon Johnson	13	12.7	3.2	1.3	1.5	2.8	0.2	0.2	0.5	1.0	2.5	1.0	2.5	.394	0.0	0.1	.000	1.2	1.6	.762


Season 8
	Kyrie Irving	Clemon Johnson
Season	2018-19	1985-86
Team	Boston Celtics	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	76ers 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		%
Kyrie Irving	67	33.0	23.8	1.1	3.9	5.0	6.9	1.5	0.5	2.6	2.5	9.0	18.5	.487	2.6	6.5	.401	3.2	3.7	.873
Clemon Johnson	75	14.3	3.5	1.4	2.0	3.4	0.2	0.3	0.8	0.5	1.7	1.4	3.0	.471	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.1	.630

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyrie Irving	9	36.7	21.3	0.6	3.8	4.3	7.0	1.4	0.4	3.1	2.9	7.7	19.9	.385	2.0	6.4	.310	4.0	4.4	.900
Clemon Johnson	12	25.3	6.2	1.9	3.1	5.0	0.7	0.9	1.3	0.8	2.9	2.4	4.4	.547	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	2.1	.640


Season 9
	Kyrie Irving	Clemon Johnson
Season	2019-20	1986-87
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Supersonics 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		%
Kyrie Irving	20	32.9	27.4	1.1	4.1	5.2	6.4	1.4	0.5	2.6	2.7	10.0	20.8	.478	2.8	7.1	.394	4.7	5.1	.922
Clemon Johnson	78	13.5	3.2	1.4	2.2	3.6	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.5	1.8	1.1	2.3	.494	0.0	0.0	.000	0.9	1.4	.636

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyrie Irving	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Clemon Johnson	14	18.7	4.3	1.8	1.7	3.5	0.3	0.5	1.1	0.1	1.3	1.7	3.8	.453	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.4	.632


Season 10
	Kyrie Irving	Clemon Johnson
Season	2020-21	1987-88
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf Semis	Supersonics 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		%
Kyrie Irving	54	34.9	26.9	1.0	3.8	4.8	6.0	1.4	0.7	2.4	2.6	10.2	20.1	.506	2.8	7.0	.402	3.7	4.0	.922
Clemon Johnson	74	9.8	1.6	0.9	1.5	2.4	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.4	1.4	0.7	1.4	.467	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.4	.688

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyrie Irving	9	36.1	22.7	1.3	4.4	5.8	3.4	1.0	0.6	1.2	2.1	8.6	18.1	.472	2.7	7.2	.369	2.9	3.1	.929
Clemon Johnson	5	7.8	1.4	0.0	1.4	1.4	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.4	2.0	0.6	1.4	.429	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.4	.500


Season 11
	Kyrie Irving	Clemon Johnson
Season	2021-22	-
Team	Brooklyn Nets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nets 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		%
Kyrie Irving	29	37.6	27.4	0.6	3.8	4.4	5.8	1.4	0.6	2.5	2.8	10.0	21.2	.469	3.4	8.2	.418	4.1	4.4	.915
Clemon Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyrie Irving	4	42.5	21.3	1.5	3.8	5.3	5.3	1.8	1.3	2.3	3.3	7.0	15.8	.444	2.0	5.3	.381	5.3	5.3	1.000
Clemon Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Kyrie Irving	Clemon Johnson
Season	2022-23	-
Team	Brooklyn Nets, Dallas Mavericks	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
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		%
Kyrie Irving	60	37.3	27.1	1.0	4.1	5.1	5.5	1.1	0.8	2.1	2.8	9.9	20.1	.494	3.1	8.3	.379	4.1	4.6	.905
Clemon Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyrie Irving	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Clemon Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Kyrie Irving	Clemon Johnson
Season	2023-24	-
Team	Dallas Mavericks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Mavericks TBD	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyrie Irving	58	35.0	25.6	0.8	4.2	5.0	5.2	1.3	0.5	1.8	1.9	9.7	19.5	.497	3.0	7.3	.411	3.3	3.6	.905
Clemon Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyrie Irving	19	40.1	21.9	1.1	2.7	3.7	5.1	1.2	0.4	2.5	2.9	8.3	17.7	.470	2.4	6.1	.391	2.9	3.5	.833
Clemon Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Kyrie Irving vs. Clemon Johnson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Clemon Johnson and Kyrie Irving, 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