Artis Gilmore vs. Frank Johnson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Frank Johnson and Artis Gilmore, 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 / Games against each other

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.

Artis Gilmore played 12 years in the NBA, 2 more than Frank Johnson, who played 10. Artis Gilmore had the first of his seasons in 1976-77, while Frank Johnson had his rookie season in 1981-82. 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
Artis Gilmore	12	6	1976-77 to 1987-88
Frank Johnson	10	8	1981-82 to 1993-94

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Artis Gilmore	Frank Johnson
Season	1976-77	1981-82
Team	Chicago Bulls	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Bullets 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		%
Artis Gilmore	82	35.1	18.6	3.8	9.2	13.0	2.4	0.5	2.5	-	3.2	7.0	13.3	.522	-	-	-	4.7	7.1	.660
Frank Johnson	79	25.7	10.7	0.4	1.4	1.9	4.8	1.0	0.1	2.0	2.5	4.3	10.3	.414	0.2	1.0	.215	1.9	2.6	.750

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Artis Gilmore	3	42.0	18.7	5.0	8.0	13.0	2.0	1.0	2.7	-	3.0	6.3	13.3	.475	-	-	-	6.0	7.7	.783
Frank Johnson	7	40.0	15.6	1.0	2.1	3.1	8.4	1.4	0.0	4.1	3.4	5.7	14.9	.385	0.7	1.7	.417	3.4	4.0	.857


Season 2
	Artis Gilmore	Frank Johnson
Season	1977-78	1982-83
Team	Chicago Bulls	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
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		%
Artis Gilmore	82	37.4	22.9	3.9	9.2	13.1	3.2	0.5	2.2	4.5	3.2	8.6	15.4	.559	-	-	-	5.7	8.2	.704
Frank Johnson	68	34.2	12.5	0.7	1.9	2.6	8.1	1.6	0.1	3.5	2.5	4.7	11.6	.408	0.2	0.9	.230	2.9	3.8	.751

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


Season 3
	Artis Gilmore	Frank Johnson
Season	1978-79	1983-84
Team	Chicago Bulls	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bullets 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		%
Artis Gilmore	82	39.8	23.7	3.6	9.1	12.7	3.3	0.6	1.9	3.8	3.4	9.2	16.0	.575	-	-	-	5.3	7.2	.739
Frank Johnson	82	32.8	12.0	0.7	1.5	2.2	6.9	1.2	0.1	2.3	2.1	4.8	10.2	.467	0.1	0.5	.256	2.3	3.1	.742

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Artis Gilmore	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Frank Johnson	4	39.0	14.3	1.0	2.3	3.3	6.3	1.3	0.0	2.3	4.0	6.0	10.5	.571	0.3	0.8	.333	2.0	2.0	1.000


Season 4
	Artis Gilmore	Frank Johnson
Season	1979-80	1984-85
Team	Chicago Bulls	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bullets 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		%
Artis Gilmore	48	32.7	17.8	2.3	6.8	9.0	2.8	0.6	1.2	2.8	3.5	6.4	10.7	.595	0.0	0.0	-	5.1	7.2	.712
Frank Johnson	46	20.1	9.3	0.5	0.9	1.4	3.1	0.9	0.1	1.3	1.6	3.8	7.8	.489	0.1	0.4	.353	1.6	2.1	.750

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Artis Gilmore	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Frank Johnson	2	19.5	7.5	0.5	1.5	2.0	3.5	1.0	0.0	1.0	2.5	2.0	7.0	.286	0.5	3.0	.167	3.0	3.0	1.000


Season 5
	Artis Gilmore	Frank Johnson
Season	1980-81	1985-86
Team	Chicago Bulls	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Artis Gilmore	82	34.5	17.9	2.7	7.4	10.1	2.1	0.6	2.4	2.9	3.6	6.7	10.0	.670	0.0	0.0	-	4.6	6.5	.705
Frank Johnson	14	28.7	12.6	0.5	1.5	2.0	5.4	0.8	0.1	2.1	2.1	4.9	11.0	.448	0.0	0.2	.000	2.7	3.9	.704

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Artis Gilmore	6	41.2	18.0	4.0	7.2	11.2	2.0	1.0	2.8	2.8	2.5	5.8	10.0	.583	0.0	0.0	-	6.3	9.2	.691
Frank Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Artis Gilmore	Frank Johnson
Season	1981-82	1986-87
Team	Chicago Bulls	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bullets 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		%
Artis Gilmore	82	34.1	18.5	2.7	7.5	10.2	1.7	0.6	2.7	2.8	3.5	6.7	10.2	.652	0.0	0.0	1.000	5.2	6.7	.768
Frank Johnson	18	22.2	8.5	0.6	1.1	1.7	3.2	1.2	0.0	1.7	1.7	3.3	7.1	.461	0.0	0.1	.000	1.9	2.7	.714

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Artis Gilmore	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Frank Johnson	3	9.3	2.7	0.7	0.0	0.7	1.7	0.3	0.0	1.3	1.0	0.7	2.3	.286	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	1.3	1.000


Season 7
	Artis Gilmore	Frank Johnson
Season	1982-83	1987-88
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	Bullets 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		%
Artis Gilmore	82	34.1	18.0	3.6	8.4	12.0	1.5	0.5	2.3	3.1	3.3	6.8	10.8	.626	0.0	0.1	.000	4.5	6.0	.740
Frank Johnson	75	16.8	7.4	0.5	1.1	1.6	2.5	0.9	0.1	1.3	1.6	2.9	6.6	.434	0.0	0.1	.111	1.6	2.0	.812

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Artis Gilmore	11	36.5	16.7	3.4	9.5	12.9	1.6	0.8	3.1	2.5	4.2	6.9	12.0	.576	0.0	0.0	-	2.9	4.2	.696
Frank Johnson	5	8.8	3.6	0.0	0.4	0.4	0.2	0.8	0.0	0.4	0.8	1.4	4.4	.318	0.0	0.4	.000	0.8	0.8	1.000


Season 8
	Artis Gilmore	Frank Johnson
Season	1983-84	1988-89
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Rockets 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		%
Artis Gilmore	64	31.8	15.3	3.3	7.0	10.3	1.1	0.6	2.1	2.3	3.6	5.5	8.7	.631	0.0	0.0	.000	4.4	6.1	.718
Frank Johnson	67	13.1	4.4	0.3	0.9	1.2	2.7	0.6	0.0	1.5	1.4	1.6	3.7	.443	0.0	0.1	.167	1.1	1.4	.806

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Artis Gilmore	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Frank Johnson	4	9.0	2.5	0.3	1.0	1.3	1.8	0.3	0.0	1.0	0.8	0.5	1.5	.333	0.0	0.3	.000	1.5	2.5	.600

Note: Frank Johnson didn't play in 1989-90, 1990-91 and 1991-92.


Season 9
	Artis Gilmore	Frank Johnson
Season	1984-85	1992-93
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Suns 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		%
Artis Gilmore	81	34.0	19.1	2.9	7.6	10.4	1.6	0.5	2.1	3.0	3.8	6.6	10.5	.623	0.0	0.0	.000	6.0	8.0	.749
Frank Johnson	77	14.6	4.3	0.5	0.9	1.5	2.4	0.8	0.1	1.0	1.5	1.8	4.1	.436	0.0	0.2	.083	0.8	1.0	.776

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Artis Gilmore	5	37.0	17.8	2.0	8.0	10.0	1.4	0.4	1.4	4.6	3.6	5.8	10.4	.558	0.0	0.0	-	6.2	9.0	.689
Frank Johnson	22	7.8	3.2	0.1	0.4	0.5	0.8	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.2	1.0	2.3	.440	0.0	0.1	.333	1.1	1.3	.862


Season 10
	Artis Gilmore	Frank Johnson
Season	1985-86	1993-94
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Artis Gilmore	71	33.7	16.7	2.3	6.1	8.5	1.4	0.5	1.5	2.6	3.4	6.0	9.6	.618	0.0	0.0	.000	4.8	6.8	.701
Frank Johnson	70	12.5	4.6	0.4	0.8	1.2	2.1	0.6	0.0	0.9	1.7	1.9	4.3	.448	0.0	0.2	.167	0.8	1.0	.783

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Artis Gilmore	3	35.7	13.3	2.3	3.7	6.0	1.0	2.3	0.3	3.3	3.7	5.3	8.0	.667	0.0	0.0	-	2.7	4.7	.571
Frank Johnson	7	6.6	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.6	0.7	0.3	0.0	0.4	0.9	0.1	1.7	.083	0.0	0.3	.000	0.1	0.3	.500


Season 11
	Artis Gilmore	Frank Johnson
Season	1986-87	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
Honors & Awards
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		%
Artis Gilmore	82	29.3	11.4	2.3	4.8	7.1	1.8	0.5	1.2	2.2	2.9	4.2	7.1	.597	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	4.3	.680
Frank Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 12
	Artis Gilmore	Frank Johnson
Season	1987-88	-
Team	Chicago Bulls, Boston Celtics	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Artis Gilmore	71	12.6	3.7	1.0	2.0	3.0	0.3	0.2	0.4	0.9	2.1	1.4	2.5	.547	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.8	.523
Frank Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Artis Gilmore	14	6.1	1.1	0.3	1.1	1.4	0.1	0.0	0.3	0.3	1.0	0.3	0.6	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	1.0	.500
Frank Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Artis Gilmore vs. Frank Johnson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Frank Johnson and Artis Gilmore, 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