Anthony Davis vs. Larry Johnson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Larry Johnson and Anthony Davis, 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 / Scoring / Stats / Stats Rankings

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.

Anthony Davis played 14 years in the NBA, 4 more than Larry Johnson, who played 10. Anthony Davis had the first of his seasons in 2012-13, while Larry Johnson had his rookie season in 1991-92. 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 achievements, 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
Anthony Davis	14	6	2012-13 to 2025-26
Larry Johnson	10	6	1991-92 to 2000-01

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Anthony Davis	Larry Johnson
Season	2012-13	1991-92
Team	New Orleans Hornets	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Davis	64	28.8	13.5	2.6	5.6	8.2	1.0	1.2	1.8	1.4	2.5	5.5	10.6	.516	0.0	0.1	.000	2.6	3.5	.751
difference:	+18	+8.4	+5.7	+1.3	+1.4	+2.8	+2.6	+0.2	+1.2	-0.6	-0.2	+2.0	+4.7	+.026	+0.1	+0.2	+.227	+1.5	+1.5	+.078
Larry Johnson	82	37.2	19.2	3.9	7.0	11.0	3.6	1.0	0.6	2.0	2.7	7.5	15.3	.490	0.1	0.3	.227	4.1	5.0	.829

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Anthony Davis nor Larry Johnson played in the postseason in their season 1


Season 2
	Anthony Davis	Larry Johnson
Season	2013-14	1992-93
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	Blocks Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hornets Lost East Conf Semis

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Davis	67	35.2	20.8	3.1	7.0	10.0	1.6	1.3	2.8	1.6	3.0	7.8	15.0	.519	0.0	0.1	.222	5.2	6.6	.791
difference:	+15	+5.3	+1.3	+0.3	+0.1	+0.5	+2.7	+0.7	+2.5	-1.2	-0.7	+1.1	+1.9	+.007	+0.2	+0.8	+.032	+1.1	+1.3	+.024
Larry Johnson	82	40.5	22.1	3.4	7.1	10.5	4.3	0.6	0.3	2.8	2.3	8.9	16.9	.526	0.2	0.9	.254	4.1	5.3	.767

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Davis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Larry Johnson	9	38.7	19.8	2.1	4.8	6.9	3.3	0.6	0.2	2.1	3.0	7.6	13.6	.557	0.1	0.4	.250	4.6	5.8	.788


Season 3
	Anthony Davis	Larry Johnson
Season	2014-15	1993-94
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Blocks Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pelicans Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Davis	68	36.1	24.4	2.5	7.7	10.2	2.2	1.5	2.9	1.4	2.1	9.4	17.6	.535	0.0	0.2	.083	5.5	6.8	.805
difference:	+17	+1.6	+8.0	+0.3	+1.7	+1.4	+1.4	+0.9	+2.6	-0.9	-0.5	+2.6	+4.4	+.020	+0.1	+0.2	+.155	+2.8	+2.9	+.110
Larry Johnson	51	34.5	16.4	2.8	6.0	8.8	3.6	0.6	0.3	2.3	2.6	6.8	13.2	.515	0.1	0.4	.238	2.7	3.9	.695

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Davis	4	43.0	31.5	2.3	8.8	11.0	2.0	1.3	3.0	3.3	3.0	11.8	21.8	.540	0.0	0.5	.000	8.0	9.0	.889
Larry Johnson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Anthony Davis	Larry Johnson
Season	2015-16	1994-95
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hornets Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Davis	61	35.5	24.3	2.1	8.1	10.3	1.9	1.3	2.0	2.0	2.4	9.2	18.6	.493	0.6	1.8	.324	5.3	7.0	.758
difference:	+20	+4.4	+5.5	+0.2	+3.2	+3.1	+2.7	+0.3	+1.7	-0.6	-0.3	+2.0	+3.6	+.013	+0.4	+0.8	+.062	+1.9	+2.6	+.016
Larry Johnson	81	39.9	18.8	2.3	4.9	7.2	4.6	1.0	0.3	2.6	2.1	7.2	15.0	.480	1.0	2.6	.386	3.4	4.4	.774

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Davis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Larry Johnson	4	43.0	20.8	2.5	3.3	5.8	2.8	1.0	0.5	1.5	1.8	7.8	16.3	.477	0.3	2.3	.111	5.0	6.3	.800


Season 5
	Anthony Davis	Larry Johnson
Season	2016-17	1995-96
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Davis	75	36.1	28.0	2.3	9.5	11.8	2.1	1.3	2.2	2.4	2.2	10.3	20.3	.505	0.5	1.8	.299	6.9	8.6	.802
difference:	+6	+4.3	+7.5	+0.8	+4.1	+3.4	+2.3	+0.6	+1.7	-0.2	-0.1	+3.1	+5.2	+.029	+0.3	+0.5	+.067	+1.6	+1.6	+.045
Larry Johnson	81	40.4	20.5	3.1	5.4	8.4	4.4	0.7	0.5	2.2	2.1	7.2	15.1	.476	0.8	2.3	.366	5.3	7.0	.757

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Anthony Davis nor Larry Johnson played in the postseason in their season 5


Season 6
	Anthony Davis	Larry Johnson
Season	2017-18	1996-97
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Blocks Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pelicans Lost West Conf Semis	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis

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6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Davis	75	36.4	28.1	2.5	8.6	11.1	2.3	1.5	2.6	2.2	2.1	10.4	19.5	.534	0.7	2.2	.340	6.6	8.0	.828
difference:	+1	+2.0	+15.3	+0.3	+5.6	+5.9		+0.7	+2.1	-0.4	-1.2	+5.5	+9.8	+.022	+0.3	+0.8	+.016	+4.1	+4.4	+.135
Larry Johnson	76	34.4	12.8	2.2	3.0	5.2	2.3	0.8	0.5	1.8	3.3	4.9	9.7	.512	0.4	1.4	.324	2.5	3.6	.693

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Davis	9	39.8	30.1	2.7	10.8	13.4	1.7	2.0	2.3	2.6	3.3	11.8	22.7	.520	0.7	2.4	.273	5.9	7.1	.828
difference:		+7.2	+16.3	+1.5	+8.0	+9.4	+0.9	+1.2	+2.2	-0.9	-0.3	+7.0	+14.1	+.038		+0.5	+.080	+2.3	+2.9	+.014
Larry Johnson	9	32.6	13.8	1.2	2.8	4.0	2.6	0.8	0.1	1.7	3.0	4.8	8.6	.558	0.7	1.9	.353	3.6	4.2	.842


Season 7
	Anthony Davis	Larry Johnson
Season	2018-19	1997-98
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis

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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Davis	56	33.0	25.9	3.1	8.9	12.0	3.9	1.6	2.4	2.0	2.4	9.5	18.3	.517	0.9	2.6	.331	6.1	7.7	.794
difference:	+14	+1.5	+10.4	+0.6	+5.7	+6.3	+1.8	+1.0	+2.2	-0.2	-0.4	+3.4	+5.7	+.032	+0.7	+1.7	+.093	+3.0	+3.7	+.038
Larry Johnson	70	34.5	15.5	2.5	3.2	5.7	2.1	0.6	0.2	1.8	2.8	6.1	12.6	.485	0.2	0.9	.238	3.1	4.0	.756

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Davis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Larry Johnson	8	38.8	17.9	3.1	3.5	6.6	1.6	1.3	0.4	3.1	3.8	6.5	13.4	.486	0.3	1.3	.200	4.6	6.3	.740


Season 8
	Anthony Davis	Larry Johnson
Season	2019-20	1998-99
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Knicks Lost NBA Finals

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8th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Davis	62	34.4	26.1	2.3	7.0	9.3	3.2	1.5	2.3	2.5	2.5	8.9	17.7	.503	1.2	3.5	.330	7.2	8.5	.846
difference:	+13	+1.0	+14.1	+0.4	+3.1	+3.5	+0.8	+0.8	+2.1	-0.7	-0.5	+4.6	+8.4	+.044	+0.5	+1.6	+.029	+4.5	+5.2	+.029
Larry Johnson	49	33.4	12.0	1.9	3.9	5.8	2.4	0.7	0.2	1.8	3.0	4.3	9.3	.459	0.7	1.9	.359	2.7	3.3	.817

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Davis	21	36.6	27.7	2.6	7.1	9.7	3.5	1.2	1.4	2.5	2.7	9.8	17.1	.571	1.1	2.9	.383	7.1	8.5	.832
difference:	+1	+2.5	+16.2	+1.5	+3.3	+4.8	+1.9	+0.1	+1.3	-0.8	-0.5	+5.4	+6.9	+.145	+0.1	+1.2	+.090	+5.5	+6.2	+.158
Larry Johnson	20	34.1	11.5	1.1	3.8	4.9	1.6	1.1	0.1	1.7	3.2	4.4	10.2	.426	1.2	4.1	.293	1.6	2.3	.674


Season 9
	Anthony Davis	Larry Johnson
Season	2020-21	1999-00
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals

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9th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Davis	36	32.3	21.8	1.7	6.2	7.9	3.1	1.3	1.6	2.1	1.7	8.4	17.0	.491	0.7	2.8	.260	4.4	5.9	.738
difference:	+34	+0.3	+11.1	+0.5	+2.0	+2.5	+0.6	+0.7	+1.5	-0.8	-1.2	+4.4	+7.7	+.058	+0.1	+0.3	+.073	+2.6	+3.5	+.028
Larry Johnson	70	32.6	10.7	1.2	4.2	5.4	2.5	0.6	0.1	1.3	2.9	4.0	9.3	.433	0.8	2.5	.333	1.8	2.4	.766

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Davis	5	28.8	17.4	1.4	5.2	6.6	2.6	0.6	1.6	1.2	1.8	5.0	12.4	.403	0.4	2.2	.182	7.0	8.4	.833
difference:	+11	+8.0	+6.1	+0.5	+1.1	+1.6	+1.0	+0.1	+1.5	-0.2	-1.1	+0.6	+2.9	+.058	+0.4	+0.1	+.212	+5.3	+6.3	+.039
Larry Johnson	16	36.8	11.3	0.9	4.1	5.0	1.6	0.5	0.1	1.4	2.9	4.4	9.5	.461	0.8	2.1	.394	1.7	2.1	.794


Season 10
	Anthony Davis	Larry Johnson
Season	2021-22	2000-01
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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10th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Davis	40	35.1	23.2	2.7	7.2	9.9	3.1	1.2	2.3	2.1	2.4	9.3	17.4	.532	0.3	1.8	.186	4.4	6.1	.713
difference:	+25	+2.7	+13.3	+1.3	+3.0	+4.3	+1.1	+0.6	+1.9	-0.6	-0.8	+5.5	+8.2	+.121	+0.5	+0.7	+.127	+2.8	+4.1	+.084
Larry Johnson	65	32.4	9.9	1.4	4.2	5.6	2.0	0.6	0.4	1.5	3.2	3.8	9.2	.411	0.8	2.5	.313	1.6	2.0	.797

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Anthony Davis nor Larry Johnson played in the postseason in their season 10


Additional Years
* Anthony Davis played 4 seasons more than Larry Johnson in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 11 to 14, from 2023 to 2026—Anthony Davis played in two Playoffs and one NBA Cup. In those 4 extra years over Larry Johnson, Anthony Davis got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-Defensive First Team 1 Cup All-Tournament Team 2 All-Star Game

Anthony Davis vs. Larry Johnson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Larry Johnson and Anthony Davis, 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

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Season 9

9th Season Stats Comparison

Season 10

10th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years