Cameron Johnson vs. Bernard King Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bernard King and Cameron 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.

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.

Cameron Johnson played 7 years in the NBA, 7 less than Bernard King, who played 14. Cameron Johnson had the first of his seasons in 2019-20, while Bernard King had his rookie season in 1977-78. 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
	Cameron Johnson	Bernard King
Season	2019-20	1977-78
Team	Phoenix Suns	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	-	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		%
Cameron Johnson	57	22.0	8.8	0.9	2.4	3.3	1.2	0.6	0.4	0.6	1.5	3.1	7.1	.435	1.9	4.8	.390	0.8	1.0	.807
difference:	+22	+17.1	+15.4	+2.5	+3.8	+6.2	+1.2	+0.9	+0.1	-3.3	-2.3	+7.0	+14.0	+.044				+3.2	+4.8	+.130
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
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Cameron Johnson nor Bernard King played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 5
	Cameron Johnson	Bernard King
Season	2023-24	1981-82
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
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		%
Cameron Johnson	58	27.6	13.4	0.9	3.4	4.3	2.4	0.8	0.3	1.0	1.8	4.8	10.7	.446	2.4	6.1	.391	1.5	1.9	.789
difference:	+21	+8.6	+9.8	+0.9	+0.8	+1.6	+1.2	+0.2		-2.4	-1.8	+4.6	+5.8	+.120	+2.4	+6.0	+.191	+3.0	+4.4	+.084
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
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Cameron Johnson nor Bernard King played in the postseason in their season 5

Season 7
	Cameron Johnson	Bernard King
Season	2025-26	1983-84
Team	Denver Nuggets	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	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		%
Cameron Johnson	4	25.8	8.0	0.5	2.0	2.5	1.5	0.5	0.0	1.0	3.3	2.5	6.5	.385	1.3	4.0	.313	1.8	2.0	.875
difference:	+73	+8.8	+18.3	+1.1	+1.5	+2.6	+0.6	+0.5	+0.2	-1.6	-0.2	+7.8	+11.6	+.187	+1.3	+3.9	+.313	+3.9	+5.3	+.096
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Cameron Johnson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Additional Years
* Bernard King played 7 seasons more than Cameron Johnson in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 8 to 14, from 1985 to 1993—Bernard King played in two Playoffs. In those 7 extra years over Cameron Johnson, Bernard King got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA First Team 1 All-NBA Third Team 1 Scoring Leader 2 All-Star Game