Anthony Johnson vs. Dennis Johnson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dennis Johnson and Anthony 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

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 Johnson played 13 years in the NBA, 1 less than Dennis Johnson, who played 14. Anthony Johnson had the first of his seasons in 1997-98, while Dennis Johnson had his rookie season in 1976-77. 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
Anthony Johnson	13	8	1997-98 to 2009-10
Dennis Johnson	14	13	1976-77 to 1989-90

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Anthony Johnson	Dennis Johnson
Season	1997-98	1976-77
Team	Sacramento Kings	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
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		%
Anthony Johnson	77	29.4	7.5	0.7	1.6	2.2	4.3	0.8	0.1	1.6	2.4	2.9	7.9	.371	0.5	1.7	.328	1.0	1.4	.727
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

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


Season 2
	Anthony Johnson	Dennis Johnson
Season	1998-99	1977-78
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	Supersonics 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		%
Anthony Johnson	49	18.1	5.0	0.3	1.2	1.5	2.2	0.7	0.1	1.3	1.4	1.9	4.6	.404	0.1	0.4	.263	1.2	1.7	.695
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Johnson	9	12.4	2.7	0.3	0.7	1.0	1.1	0.1	0.1	0.6	1.0	0.9	3.2	.276	0.1	0.2	.500	0.8	1.1	.700
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


Season 3
	Anthony Johnson	Dennis Johnson
Season	1999-00	1978-79
Team	Atlanta Hawks, Orlando Magic	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Anthony Johnson	56	11.4	2.8	0.4	0.5	0.9	1.3	0.6	0.1	0.6	1.0	1.1	2.9	.378	0.0	0.2	.182	0.5	0.7	.718
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

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


Season 4
	Anthony Johnson	Dennis Johnson
Season	2000-01	1979-80
Team	Atlanta Hawks, Cleveland Cavaliers	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
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		%
Anthony Johnson	53	9.6	2.5	0.2	0.6	0.8	1.5	0.4	0.1	0.6	1.2	1.0	2.9	.349	0.0	0.1	.200	0.4	0.6	.697
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

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


Season 5
	Anthony Johnson	Dennis Johnson
Season	2001-02	1980-81
Team	New Jersey Nets	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nets Lost NBA 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		%
Anthony Johnson	34	10.8	2.8	0.3	0.6	0.9	1.4	0.9	0.0	0.6	0.9	1.1	2.6	.411	0.1	0.4	.333	0.5	0.7	.640
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Johnson	19	8.4	2.6	0.1	0.6	0.7	1.1	0.3	0.0	0.4	1.3	1.1	2.8	.377	0.1	0.5	.100	0.5	0.6	.818
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


Season 6
	Anthony Johnson	Dennis Johnson
Season	2002-03	1981-82
Team	New Jersey Nets	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nets Lost NBA 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		%
Anthony Johnson	66	12.8	4.1	0.2	1.0	1.2	1.3	0.6	0.1	0.6	1.4	1.6	3.5	.446	0.2	0.5	.371	0.8	1.1	.689
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Johnson	17	7.1	2.5	0.2	0.5	0.7	1.1	0.1	0.0	0.5	0.9	1.0	1.8	.548	0.2	0.4	.500	0.3	0.4	.833
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


Season 7
	Anthony Johnson	Dennis Johnson
Season	2003-04	1982-83
Team	Indiana Pacers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Anthony Johnson	73	21.9	6.2	0.4	1.4	1.8	2.8	0.9	0.1	1.0	1.9	2.3	5.6	.406	0.6	1.7	.336	1.0	1.3	.798
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Johnson	16	20.9	4.6	0.4	1.7	2.1	2.1	0.8	0.3	0.7	2.1	1.6	4.3	.362	0.4	1.3	.300	1.1	1.4	.773
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


Season 8
	Anthony Johnson	Dennis Johnson
Season	2004-05	1983-84
Team	Indiana Pacers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Anthony Johnson	63	27.7	8.4	0.5	2.3	2.8	4.8	0.9	0.2	1.5	2.3	3.2	7.2	.445	0.7	1.7	.380	1.3	1.8	.752
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Johnson	13	24.2	7.0	0.3	2.6	2.9	5.1	1.0	0.4	1.9	2.2	2.1	5.9	.351	0.6	1.8	.348	2.2	2.8	.806
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


Season 9
	Anthony Johnson	Dennis Johnson
Season	2005-06	1984-85
Team	Indiana Pacers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Celtics 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		%
Anthony Johnson	75	26.4	9.2	0.4	1.8	2.2	4.3	0.8	0.3	1.5	1.8	3.6	8.0	.443	0.7	2.1	.329	1.4	1.9	.752
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Johnson	6	40.3	20.0	1.3	3.7	5.0	5.2	1.0	0.0	2.3	2.8	7.5	14.5	.517	1.3	3.3	.400	3.7	5.5	.667
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


Season 10
	Anthony Johnson	Dennis Johnson
Season	2006-07	1985-86
Team	Dallas Mavericks, Atlanta Hawks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Anthony Johnson	67	19.4	5.3	0.3	1.2	1.5	3.0	0.5	0.0	1.1	1.8	2.1	5.1	.414	0.4	1.1	.342	0.7	0.9	.754
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

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


Season 11
	Anthony Johnson	Dennis Johnson
Season	2007-08	1986-87
Team	Atlanta Hawks, Sacramento Kings	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics 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		%
Anthony Johnson	69	22.2	5.6	0.3	1.7	2.0	3.8	0.8	0.1	1.2	1.7	2.2	5.1	.437	0.6	1.3	.452	0.5	0.6	.814
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

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


Season 12
	Anthony Johnson	Dennis Johnson
Season	2008-09	1987-88
Team	Orlando Magic	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Magic Lost NBA Finals	Celtics 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		%
Anthony Johnson	80	18.5	5.3	0.4	1.5	1.8	2.5	0.6	0.1	1.0	1.4	1.9	4.8	.404	0.7	1.7	.391	0.8	1.0	.753
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Johnson	19	14.7	4.3	0.4	1.0	1.4	2.1	0.6	0.0	0.6	1.5	1.7	4.5	.376	0.5	1.6	.300	0.5	0.9	.500
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


Season 13
	Anthony Johnson	Dennis Johnson
Season	2009-10	1988-89
Team	Orlando Magic	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf Finals	Celtics 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		%
Anthony Johnson	31	13.1	4.2	0.3	1.3	1.5	2.0	0.4	0.0	0.8	1.0	1.6	3.6	.441	0.4	1.3	.333	0.6	0.6	.950
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Johnson	1	5.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	.500	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-
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	-


Season 14
	Anthony Johnson	Dennis Johnson
Season	-	1989-90
Team	-	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Celtics 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		%
Anthony Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

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

Anthony Johnson vs. Dennis Johnson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dennis Johnson and Anthony 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