Cameron Johnson vs. Bill Walton Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bill Walton 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, 3 less than Bill Walton, who played 10. Cameron Johnson had the first of his seasons in 2019-20, while Bill Walton had his rookie season in 1974-75. 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.

Season 3
	Cameron Johnson	Bill Walton
Season	2021-22	1976-77
Team	Phoenix Suns	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	Blocks Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Cameron Johnson	66	26.2	12.5	0.6	3.5	4.1	1.5	0.9	0.2	0.7	1.7	4.2	9.2	.460	2.5	5.9	.425	1.5	1.7	.860
difference:	+1	+8.6	+6.1	+2.6	+7.6	+10.3	+2.3	+0.1	+3.0		-1.0	+3.4	+5.1	+.068				+2.0	+3.3	+.163
Bill Walton	65	34.8	18.6	3.2	11.1	14.4	3.8	1.0	3.2	-	2.7	7.6	14.3	.528	-	-	-	3.5	5.0	.697
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Cameron Johnson	13	24.6	10.8	0.7	2.8	3.5	1.5	0.4	0.1	0.9	2.4	3.5	7.6	.465	1.7	4.5	.373	2.0	2.5	.813
difference:	+6	+15.1	+7.4	+2.2	+9.4	+11.7	+4.0	+0.7	+3.3		-1.8	+4.6	+8.3	+.042				+0.1	+0.5	+.129
Bill Walton	19	39.7	18.2	2.9	12.2	15.2	5.5	1.1	3.4	-	4.2	8.1	15.9	.507	-	-	-	2.1	3.0	.684

Season 4
	Cameron Johnson	Bill Walton
Season	2022-23	1977-78
Team	Phoenix Suns, Brooklyn Nets	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Trail Blazers 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		%
Cameron Johnson	42	28.6	15.5	0.8	3.6	4.4	1.9	1.2	0.3	0.9	2.0	5.3	11.3	.470	2.5	6.1	.404	2.4	2.9	.842
difference:	+16	+4.7	+3.4	+1.2	+7.6	+8.8	+3.1	+0.2	+2.2	-2.7	-0.5	+2.6	+3.9	+.052				+0.7	+1.3	+.122
Bill Walton	58	33.3	18.9	2.0	11.2	13.2	5.0	1.0	2.5	3.6	2.5	7.9	15.2	.522	-	-	-	3.1	4.2	.720
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Cameron Johnson	4	38.0	18.5	0.8	5.0	5.8	2.8	0.8	0.3	1.3	2.5	7.0	13.8	.509	3.0	7.0	.429	1.5	1.8	.857
difference:	+2	+13.5	+5.0	+1.7	+3.5	+5.2	+0.8	+0.7	+1.2	-1.7	-2.0	+1.5	+4.8	+.102				+1.0	+1.7	+.143
Bill Walton	2	24.5	13.5	2.5	8.5	11.0	2.0	1.5	1.5	3.0	0.5	5.5	9.0	.611	-	-	-	2.5	3.5	.714

Note: Bill Walton didn't play in 1978-79.

Note: Bill Walton didn't play in 1980-81 and 1981-82.

Additional Years
* Bill Walton played 3 seasons more than Cameron Johnson in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 8 to 10, from 1985 to 1987—Bill Walton played in two Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 3 extra years over Cameron Johnson, Bill Walton got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Sixth Man of the Year