Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Dennis Johnson and Sam Perkins

This is the detail of NBA games in which Dennis Johnson and Sam Perkins played against each other, including head-to-head record, stats average, game highs and game-by-game data both in the Regular Season and Playoffs.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Games against each other

They faced each other a total of 11 times in NBA games. Dennis Johnson has an 8-3 winning record over Sam Perkins. They never met in the Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

Dennis Johnson
vs.
Sam Perkins
NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2025-26
Dennis Johnson:
1976-77 to 1989-90
Sam Perkins:
1984-85 to 2000-01
11 Games played
11 in Regular Season
0 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

 Games Won in
Regular Season		 in
Playoffs
Dennis Johnson
8
8
0
Sam Perkins
3
3
0

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Dennis Johnson 12.9 3.2 6.5 0.70.9
Sam Perkins 17.3 8.3 1.71.00.5
Game Highs
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Dennis Johnson 20 7 11 23
Sam Perkins 30 14 5 31
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Dennis Johnson 4

games		 1

game		 10

games		 2

games		3

games
Sam Perkins 7

games 		10

games		 0

games		 4

games		2

games
Both had same stat 0

games		 0

games		 1

game		 5

games		6

games

Head To Head Games Played: One by One

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1984-85 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 27, 1984
1. Celtics 114   Dennis Johnson 17 5 6 2 3 2 1 45 8-17 .471 0-1 .000 1-2 .500
Mavericks 99   Sam Perkins 8 7 1 0 1 1 3 28 2-6 .333 0-0 - 4-4 1.000
Mar. 08, 1985
2. Celtics 133   Dennis Johnson 14 3 4 1 1 0 2 31 6-11 .545 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Mavericks 122   Sam Perkins 8 5 2 1 1 1 3 38 4-9 .444 0-2 .000 0-0 -
1985-86 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 18, 1985
3. Celtics 137   Dennis Johnson 18 4 7 0 1 3 2 36 7-18 .389 0-0 - 4-4 1.000
Mavericks 117   Sam Perkins 17 9 1 0 1 4 2 30 7-16 .438 0-1 .000 3-4 .750
Mar. 10, 1986
4. Celtics 115   Dennis Johnson 19 4 6 0 1 3 6 35 8-18 .444 0-0 - 3-5 .600
Mavericks 116   Sam Perkins 24 9 3 1 1 1 1 38 9-15 .600 0-1 .000 6-7 .857
1986-87 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Jan. 14, 1987
5. Celtics 117   Dennis Johnson 20 2 7 2 0 1 3 43 7-16 .438 0-1 .000 6-7 .857
Mavericks 108   Sam Perkins 29 11 1 2 0 2 4 43 11-24 .458 1-3 .333 6-6 1.000
Feb. 18, 1987
6. Celtics 113   Dennis Johnson 11 7 9 0 0 2 3 42 4-7 .571 1-1 1.000 2-2 1.000
Mavericks 96   Sam Perkins 22 6 0 0 1 3 3 36 10-18 .556 2-3 .667 0-1 .000
1987-88 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Feb. 12, 1988
7. Celtics 105   Dennis Johnson 13 2 11 0 3 0 4 41 6-18 .333 1-5 .200 0-0 -
Mavericks 104   Sam Perkins 3 5 1 0 0 1 2 30 1-5 .200 0-0 - 1-2 .500
1988-89 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 29, 1988
8. Celtics 115   Dennis Johnson 9 1 4 0 1 3 2 28 4-6 .667 0-1 .000 1-2 .500
Mavericks 131   Sam Perkins 21 14 0 2 0 2 4 41 7-10 .700 0-0 - 7-9 .778
Mar. 03, 1989
9. Celtics 107   Dennis Johnson 9 3 7 2 0 1 0 35 4-10 .400 1-3 .333 0-0 -
Mavericks 106   Sam Perkins 14 10 4 0 1 1 4 36 5-11 .455 0-2 .000 4-4 1.000
1989-90 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Feb. 28, 1990
10. Celtics 111   Dennis Johnson 8 4 5 1 0 0 3 21 2-3 .667 0-0 - 4-4 1.000
Mavericks 98   Sam Perkins 14 8 1 2 0 0 5 35 4-15 .267 0-1 .000 6-8 .750
Mar. 14, 1990
11. Celtics 102   Dennis Johnson 4 0 5 0 0 1 2 21 2-3 .667 0-1 .000 0-0 -
Mavericks 113   Sam Perkins 30 7 5 3 0 2 2 43 10-16 .625 1-1 1.000 9-11 .818
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