Bernard King vs. John Stockton Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of John Stockton and Bernard King, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

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.

Bernard King played 14 years in the NBA, 5 less than John Stockton, who played 19. Bernard King had the first of his seasons in 1977-78, while John Stockton had his rookie season in 1984-85. 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.

Rookie Season
	Bernard King	John Stockton
Season	1977-78	1984-85
Team	New Jersey Nets	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
Bernard King	79	39.1	24.2	3.4	6.2	9.5	2.4	1.5	0.5	3.9	3.8	10.1	21.1	.479	-	-	-	4.0	5.8	.677
difference:	+3	+20.9	+18.6	+3.1	+5.2	+8.2	+2.7	+0.2	+0.4	-2.1	-1.3	+8.2	+17.0	+.008				+2.3	+3.4	+.059
John Stockton	82	18.2	5.6	0.3	1.0	1.3	5.1	1.3	0.1	1.8	2.5	1.9	4.1	.471	0.0	0.1	.182	1.7	2.4	.736
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bernard King	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Stockton	10	18.6	6.8	0.7	2.1	2.8	4.3	1.1	0.2	1.6	3.0	2.1	4.5	.467	0.0	0.2	.000	2.6	3.5	.743

Season 4
	Bernard King	John Stockton
Season	1980-81	1987-88
Team	Golden State Warriors	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Assists Leader
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
Bernard King	81	36.0	21.9	2.2	4.6	6.8	3.5	0.9	0.4	3.3	3.8	9.0	15.4	.588	0.0	0.1	.333	3.8	5.4	.703
difference:	+1	+1.3	+7.2	+1.5	+2.4	+3.9	+10.3	+2.1	+0.2	-0.1	-0.8	+3.5	+5.8	+.014	+0.3	+0.7	+.025	+0.5	+1.4	+.137
John Stockton	82	34.7	14.7	0.7	2.2	2.9	13.8	3.0	0.2	3.2	3.0	5.5	9.6	.574	0.3	0.8	.358	3.3	4.0	.840
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bernard King	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Stockton	11	43.5	19.5	1.3	2.8	4.1	14.8	3.4	0.3	4.4	3.3	6.2	12.2	.507	0.4	1.3	.286	6.8	8.3	.824

Season 5
	Bernard King	John Stockton
Season	1981-82	1988-89
Team	Golden State Warriors	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	Steals Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Bernard King	79	36.2	23.2	1.8	4.2	5.9	3.6	1.0	0.3	3.4	3.6	9.4	16.5	.566	0.0	0.1	.200	4.5	6.3	.705
difference:	+3	+2.5	+6.1	+0.8	+2.2	+2.9	+10.0	+2.2	+0.1	-0.4	-0.7	+3.3	+5.2	+.028	+0.2	+0.7	+.042	+0.3	+0.8	+.158
John Stockton	82	38.7	17.1	1.0	2.0	3.0	13.6	3.2	0.2	3.8	2.9	6.1	11.3	.538	0.2	0.8	.242	4.8	5.5	.863
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bernard King	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Stockton	3	46.3	27.3	0.7	2.7	3.3	13.7	3.7	1.7	3.7	5.0	10.0	19.7	.508	1.0	1.3	.750	6.3	7.0	.905

Season 6
	Bernard King	John Stockton
Season	1982-83	1989-90
Team	New York Knicks	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Bernard King	68	32.5	21.9	1.5	3.3	4.8	2.9	1.3	0.2	2.9	3.4	8.9	16.8	.528	0.0	0.1	.000	4.1	5.7	.722
difference:	+10	+4.9	+4.7	+0.8	+1.4	+2.2	+11.6	+1.4		-0.6	-0.4	+2.8	+5.0	+.014	+0.6	+1.3	+.416	+0.4	+0.2	+.097
John Stockton	78	37.4	17.2	0.7	1.9	2.6	14.5	2.7	0.2	3.5	3.0	6.1	11.8	.514	0.6	1.4	.416	4.5	5.5	.819
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bernard King	6	30.7	23.5	1.3	2.7	4.0	2.2	0.3	0.0	1.7	2.7	9.3	16.2	.577	0.2	0.5	.333	4.7	5.8	.800
difference:	+1	+8.1	+8.5	+0.5	+0.3	+0.8	+12.8	+0.9		-1.1	-1.3	+3.5	+2.4	+.157		+2.1	+.256	+1.5	+1.8
John Stockton	5	38.8	15.0	0.8	2.4	3.2	15.0	1.2	0.0	2.8	4.0	5.8	13.8	.420	0.2	2.6	.077	3.2	4.0	.800

Season 7
	Bernard King	John Stockton
Season	1983-84	1990-91
Team	New York Knicks	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Assists Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Jazz Lost West 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		%
Bernard King	77	34.6	26.3	1.6	3.5	5.1	2.1	1.0	0.2	2.6	3.5	10.3	18.1	.572	0.0	0.1	.000	5.7	7.3	.779
difference:	+5	+3.2	+9.1	+1.0	+1.2	+2.2	+12.1	+1.9		-1.0	-0.7	+4.3	+6.2	+.065	+0.7	+1.9	+.345	+1.3	+2.0	+.057
John Stockton	82	37.8	17.2	0.6	2.3	2.9	14.2	2.9	0.2	3.6	2.8	6.0	11.9	.507	0.7	2.0	.345	4.4	5.3	.836
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bernard King	12	39.8	34.8	2.3	3.8	6.2	3.0	1.2	0.5	2.6	4.0	13.5	23.5	.574	0.0	0.1	.000	7.8	10.3	.756
difference:	+3	+1.6	+16.6	+1.2	+0.2	+1.5	+10.8	+1.0	+0.3	-1.0	-0.3	+7.1	+11.5	+.037	+1.2	+2.9	+.407	+3.7	+5.4	+.085
John Stockton	9	41.4	18.2	1.1	3.6	4.7	13.8	2.2	0.2	3.6	3.7	6.4	12.0	.537	1.2	3.0	.407	4.1	4.9	.841

Season 8
	Bernard King	John Stockton
Season	1984-85	1991-92
Team	New York Knicks	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	Scoring Leader	-
	-	Assists Leader
	-	Steals Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Jazz Lost West Conf 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		%
Bernard King	55	37.5	32.9	2.1	3.7	5.8	3.7	1.3	0.3	3.7	3.5	12.6	23.7	.530	0.0	0.2	.100	7.7	10.0	.772
difference:	+27	+0.9	+17.1	+1.3	+1.2	+2.5	+10.0	+1.7		-0.2	-0.6	+7.1	+12.2	+.048	+1.0	+2.3	+.307	+3.9	+5.5	+.070
John Stockton	82	36.6	15.8	0.8	2.5	3.3	13.7	3.0	0.3	3.5	2.9	5.5	11.5	.482	1.0	2.5	.407	3.8	4.5	.842
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bernard King	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Stockton	16	38.9	14.8	0.6	2.3	2.9	13.6	2.1	0.3	3.6	2.4	4.8	11.4	.423	1.1	3.6	.310	4.1	4.9	.833

Note: Bernard King didn't play in 1985-86.

Season 9
	Bernard King	John Stockton
Season	1986-87	1992-93
Team	New York Knicks	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Bernard King	6	35.7	22.7	2.2	3.2	5.3	3.2	0.3	0.0	2.5	2.3	8.7	17.5	.495	0.0	0.0	-	5.3	7.2	.744
difference:	+76	+0.8	+7.6	+1.4	+1.1	+2.4	+8.8	+2.1	+0.3	-0.7	-0.4	+3.4	+6.5	+.009	+0.9	+2.3		+1.7	+2.7	+.054
John Stockton	82	34.9	15.1	0.8	2.1	2.9	12.0	2.4	0.3	3.2	2.7	5.3	11.0	.486	0.9	2.3	.385	3.6	4.5	.798
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bernard King	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Stockton	5	38.6	13.2	1.0	1.4	2.4	11.0	2.4	0.0	3.0	3.2	4.6	10.2	.451	1.0	2.6	.385	3.0	3.6	.833

Season 10
	Bernard King	John Stockton
Season	1987-88	1993-94
Team	Washington Bullets	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Jazz Lost West Conf Finals

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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		%
Bernard King	69	29.6	17.2	1.2	2.8	4.1	2.8	0.7	0.1	3.1	2.9	6.8	13.6	.501	0.0	0.1	.167	3.6	4.7	.762
difference:	+13	+6.6	+2.1	+0.3	+0.5	+1.0	+9.8	+1.7	+0.2	-0.1		+1.2	+3.0	+.027	+0.6	+1.7	+.155	+0.3	+0.6	+.043
John Stockton	82	36.2	15.1	0.9	2.3	3.1	12.6	2.4	0.3	3.2	2.9	5.6	10.6	.528	0.6	1.8	.322	3.3	4.1	.805
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bernard King	5	33.6	13.8	0.6	1.6	2.2	1.8	0.6	0.0	2.8	3.4	5.2	10.6	.491	0.0	0.0	-	3.4	4.2	.810
difference:	+11	+3.7	+0.6	+0.3	+0.8	+1.1	+8.0	+1.1	+0.5	-0.3	-0.6	+0.3	+1.5	+.035	+0.3	+1.5		+0.2	+0.3
John Stockton	16	37.3	14.4	0.9	2.4	3.3	9.8	1.7	0.5	2.5	2.8	5.5	12.1	.456	0.3	1.5	.167	3.2	3.9	.810

Season 11
	Bernard King	John Stockton
Season	1988-89	1994-95
Team	Washington Bullets	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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11th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bernard King	81	31.6	20.7	1.6	3.1	4.7	3.6	0.8	0.2	2.8	2.7	8.1	16.9	.477	0.1	0.4	.167	4.5	5.4	.819
difference:	+1	+3.4	+6.0	+0.9	+0.7	+1.6	+8.7	+1.6	+0.1	-0.5	-0.1	+2.9	+7.3	+.065	+1.1	+2.4	+.282	+1.5	+1.7	+.015
John Stockton	82	35.0	14.7	0.7	2.4	3.1	12.3	2.4	0.3	3.3	2.6	5.2	9.6	.542	1.2	2.8	.449	3.0	3.7	.804
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bernard King	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Stockton	5	38.6	17.8	1.2	2.2	3.4	10.2	1.4	0.2	2.8	2.6	6.8	14.8	.459	1.6	4.0	.400	2.6	3.4	.765

Season 12
	Bernard King	John Stockton
Season	1989-90	1995-96
Team	Washington Bullets	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Jazz Lost West Conf Finals

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12th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bernard King	82	32.8	22.4	1.6	3.4	4.9	4.6	0.6	0.1	3.0	2.8	8.7	17.8	.487	0.0	0.3	.130	5.0	6.3	.803
difference:		+2.7	+7.7	+0.9	+1.3	+2.1	+6.6	+1.1	+0.1		-0.3	+3.3	+7.8	+.051	+1.2	+2.4	+.292	+2.1	+2.9	+.027
John Stockton	82	35.5	14.7	0.7	2.1	2.8	11.2	1.7	0.2	3.0	2.5	5.4	10.0	.538	1.2	2.7	.422	2.9	3.4	.830
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bernard King	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Stockton	18	37.7	11.1	0.8	2.4	3.2	10.8	1.6	0.4	3.2	2.8	3.9	8.7	.446	0.6	2.1	.289	2.7	3.3	.814

Season 13
	Bernard King	John Stockton
Season	1990-91	1996-97
Team	Washington Bullets	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Jazz Lost NBA Finals

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13th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bernard King	64	37.5	28.4	1.8	3.2	5.0	4.6	0.9	0.3	4.0	2.9	11.1	23.6	.472	0.1	0.6	.216	6.0	7.6	.790
difference:	+18	+2.2	+14.0	+1.3	+1.0	+2.2	+5.9	+1.1	+0.1	-1.0	-0.5	+6.0	+14.3	+.076	+0.8	+1.6	+.206	+2.6	+3.6	+.056
John Stockton	82	35.3	14.4	0.5	2.2	2.8	10.5	2.0	0.2	3.0	2.4	5.1	9.3	.548	0.9	2.2	.422	3.4	4.0	.846
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bernard King	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Stockton	20	36.9	16.1	0.9	3.0	3.9	9.6	1.7	0.3	3.1	2.6	5.7	10.9	.521	1.0	2.5	.380	3.9	4.5	.856

Note: Bernard King didn't play in 1991-92.

Additional Years
* John Stockton played 5 seasons more than Bernard King in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 15 to 19, from 1999 to 2003—John Stockton played in 5 Playoffs. In those 5 extra years over Bernard King, John Stockton got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Third Team 1 All-Star Game