Brandon Ingram vs. Dennis Johnson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dennis Johnson and Brandon Ingram, 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.

Brandon Ingram played 10 years in the NBA, 4 less than Dennis Johnson, who played 14. Brandon Ingram had the first of his seasons in 2016-17, 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 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
Brandon Ingram	10	2	2016-17 to 2025-26
Dennis Johnson	14	13	1976-77 to 1989-90

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Brandon Ingram	Dennis Johnson
Season	2016-17	1976-77
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second 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		%
Brandon Ingram	79	28.8	9.4	0.8	3.2	4.0	2.1	0.6	0.5	1.5	2.0	3.5	8.7	.402	0.7	2.4	.294	1.7	2.7	.621
difference:	+2	+8.2	+0.2	+1.2	+1.5	+0.3	+0.6	+0.9	+0.2		-0.7		+1.7	+.102				+0.5	+0.8	+.003
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
* Neiher Brandon Ingram nor Dennis Johnson played in the postseason in their season 1


Season 2
	Brandon Ingram	Dennis Johnson
Season	2017-18	1977-78
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Supersonics Lost NBA Finals

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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		%
Brandon Ingram	59	33.5	16.1	1.0	4.4	5.3	3.9	0.8	0.7	2.5	2.8	6.1	12.9	.470	0.7	1.8	.390	3.3	4.8	.681
difference:	+22	+6.2	+3.4	+0.9	+2.6	+1.7	+1.1	+0.7	+0.1	-0.5	-0.2	+1.6	+2.0	+.053				+0.4	+0.2	+.051
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		%
Brandon Ingram	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Brandon Ingram	Dennis Johnson
Season	2018-19	1978-79
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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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		%
Brandon Ingram	52	33.8	18.3	0.8	4.3	5.1	3.0	0.5	0.6	2.5	2.9	7.0	14.0	.497	0.6	1.8	.330	3.8	5.6	.675
difference:	+28	+0.2	+2.4	+1.0	+1.4	+0.4	+0.5	+0.8	+0.6	-0.1	-0.3	+1.0	+0.1	+.063					+0.7	+.106
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		%
Brandon Ingram	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Brandon Ingram	Dennis Johnson
Season	2019-20	1979-80
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	Most Improved Player	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Supersonics Lost West Conf Finals

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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		%
Brandon Ingram	62	33.9	23.8	0.8	5.3	6.1	4.2	1.0	0.6	3.0	2.9	8.2	17.7	.463	2.4	6.2	.391	5.0	5.9	.851
difference:	+19	+2.4	+4.8	+1.3	+2.3	+1.0	+0.1	+0.8	+0.4	-0.2	-0.4	+1.1	+0.9	+.041	+2.3	+5.5	+.184	+0.3	+0.1	+.071
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		%
Brandon Ingram	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Brandon Ingram	Dennis Johnson
Season	2020-21	1980-81
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Suns Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
Brandon Ingram	61	34.3	23.8	0.6	4.3	4.9	4.9	0.7	0.6	2.5	2.0	8.4	18.0	.466	2.3	6.1	.381	4.6	5.2	.878
difference:	+18	+1.2	+5.0	+1.4	+1.7	+0.3	+1.2	+1.0	+0.2	-0.1	-1.1	+1.7	+2.6	+.030	+2.2	+5.5	+.165	+0.6	+1.1	+.058
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		%
Brandon Ingram	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Brandon Ingram	Dennis Johnson
Season	2021-22	1981-82
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pelicans Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Suns Lost West 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		%
Brandon Ingram	55	34.0	22.7	0.6	5.2	5.8	5.6	0.6	0.5	2.7	2.2	8.2	17.9	.461	1.3	4.1	.327	4.8	5.9	.826
difference:	+25	+2.7	+3.2	+1.2	+1.8	+0.7	+1.0	+0.7	+0.2	-0.2	-1.0	+1.0	+2.5	+.009	+1.2	+3.6	+.137	+0.2	+0.3	+.020
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		%
Brandon Ingram	6	39.3	27.0	0.7	5.5	6.2	6.2	0.7	0.3	3.8	1.8	9.3	19.7	.475	1.8	4.5	.407	6.5	7.8	.830
difference:	+1	+0.6	+4.7	+1.2	+2.9	+1.8	+1.6	+1.4	+0.3	-0.2	-2.2	+0.3	+0.8	+.002	+1.8	+4.1	+.407	+2.2	+2.2	+.061
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
	Brandon Ingram	Dennis Johnson
Season	2022-23	1982-83
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Brandon Ingram	45	34.2	24.7	0.5	5.0	5.5	5.8	0.7	0.4	3.3	2.6	9.0	18.6	.484	1.4	3.6	.390	5.3	6.0	.882
difference:	+32	+1.1	+10.5	+0.7	+1.8	+1.1	+0.8	+0.6	+0.1	-0.7		+3.8	+7.4	+.022	+1.3	+3.2	+.229	+1.5	+1.2	+.091
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		%
Brandon Ingram	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Brandon Ingram	Dennis Johnson
Season	2023-24	1983-84
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Pelicans Lost West Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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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		%
Brandon Ingram	64	32.9	20.8	0.7	4.4	5.1	5.7	0.8	0.6	2.5	2.3	7.8	15.9	.492	1.3	3.8	.355	3.8	4.8	.801
difference:	+16	+0.4	+7.6	+0.4	+2.0	+1.6	+1.5	+0.4	+0.1	-0.3	-0.8	+3.0	+4.9	+.055	+1.2	+3.4	+.230	+0.3	+0.7	+.051
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		%
Brandon Ingram	4	36.3	14.3	0.3	4.3	4.5	3.3	1.0	1.3	2.3	2.0	4.8	13.8	.345	0.5	2.0	.250	4.3	4.8	.895
difference:	+18	+0.4	+2.3	+1.1	+2.1	+0.9	+1.1	+0.1	+1.0	-0.1	-1.4	+1.1	+0.7	+.059	+0.4	+1.7	+.179	+0.4	+0.7	+.028
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
	Brandon Ingram	Dennis Johnson
Season	2024-25	1984-85
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics Lost NBA 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		%
Brandon Ingram	18	33.1	22.2	0.9	4.6	5.6	5.2	0.9	0.6	3.8	2.5	8.6	18.5	.465	2.4	6.4	.374	2.6	3.1	.855
difference:	+62	+4.1	+6.5	+0.2	+1.8	+1.6	+1.6	+0.3	+0.1	-1.1	-0.3	+2.4	+5.2	+.003	+2.3	+6.1	+.105	+0.7	+0.7	+.002
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		%
Brandon Ingram	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Brandon Ingram	Dennis Johnson
Season	2025-26	1985-86
Team	Toronto Raptors	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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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		%
Brandon Ingram	14	33.4	20.9	0.7	5.3	6.0	3.8	1.0	0.8	2.6	2.4	7.7	15.9	.486	1.2	4.4	.279	4.2	4.8	.881
difference:	+64	+1.6	+5.3	+0.2	+2.7	+2.6	+2.0	+0.4	+0.4	-0.4	-0.2	+1.5	+2.3	+.031	+1.1	+3.9	+.136	+1.1	+1.0	+.063
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		%
Brandon Ingram	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Additional Years
* Dennis Johnson played 4 seasons more than Brandon Ingram in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 11 to 14, from 1987 to 1990—Dennis Johnson played in 4 Playoffs. In those 4 extra years over Brandon Ingram, Dennis Johnson got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Defensive First Team

Brandon Ingram vs. Dennis Johnson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dennis Johnson and Brandon Ingram, 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