Carmelo Anthony vs. Keldon Johnson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Keldon Johnson and Carmelo Anthony, 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.

Carmelo Anthony played 19 years in the NBA, 12 more than Keldon Johnson, who played 7. Carmelo Anthony had the first of his seasons in 2003-04, while Keldon Johnson had his rookie season in 2019-20. 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
	Carmelo Anthony	Keldon Johnson
Season	2003-04	2019-20
Team	Denver Nuggets	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Carmelo Anthony	82	36.5	21.0	2.2	3.8	6.1	2.8	1.2	0.5	3.0	2.7	7.6	17.9	.426	0.8	2.6	.322	5.0	6.4	.777
difference:	+65	+18.8	+11.9	+1.6	+1.0	+2.7	+1.9	+0.4	+0.4	-2.2	-1.1	+4.5	+12.7	+.170		+1.3	+.269	+2.9	+3.8	+.018
Keldon Johnson	17	17.7	9.1	0.6	2.8	3.4	0.9	0.8	0.1	0.8	1.6	3.1	5.2	.596	0.8	1.3	.591	2.1	2.6	.795
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	4	36.3	15.0	1.8	6.5	8.3	2.8	1.3	0.0	4.3	2.8	5.3	16.0	.328	0.5	2.8	.182	4.0	5.0	.800
Keldon Johnson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Carmelo Anthony	Keldon Johnson
Season	2005-06	2021-22
Team	Denver Nuggets	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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		%
Carmelo Anthony	80	36.8	26.5	1.5	3.4	4.9	2.7	1.1	0.5	2.7	2.9	9.5	19.7	.481	0.5	1.9	.243	7.2	8.9	.808
difference:	+5	+4.9	+9.5	+0.4	+1.6	+1.2	+0.6	+0.3	+0.3	-1.5	-0.9	+3.2	+6.2	+.015	+1.6	+3.4	+.155	+4.8	+5.8	+.052
Keldon Johnson	75	31.9	17.0	1.1	5.0	6.1	2.1	0.8	0.2	1.2	2.0	6.3	13.5	.466	2.1	5.3	.398	2.4	3.1	.756
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	5	38.6	21.0	2.4	4.2	6.6	2.8	0.8	0.2	3.0	4.0	6.6	19.8	.333	0.0	0.8	.000	7.8	10.4	.750
Keldon Johnson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Carmelo Anthony	Keldon Johnson
Season	2006-07	2022-23
Team	Denver Nuggets	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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		%
Carmelo Anthony	65	38.2	28.9	2.2	3.8	6.0	3.8	1.2	0.4	3.6	3.1	10.6	22.4	.476	0.6	2.3	.268	7.1	8.7	.808
difference:	+2	+5.5	+6.9	+1.3	+0.4	+1.0	+0.9	+0.5	+0.2	-1.5	-1.1	+2.6	+4.7	+.024	+1.5	+4.2	+.061	+3.2	+3.5	+.059
Keldon Johnson	63	32.7	22.0	0.9	4.2	5.0	2.9	0.7	0.2	2.1	2.0	8.0	17.7	.452	2.1	6.5	.329	3.9	5.2	.749
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	5	42.0	26.8	3.6	5.0	8.6	1.2	1.0	0.0	3.8	2.4	9.4	19.6	.480	1.8	3.6	.500	6.2	7.8	.795
Keldon Johnson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Carmelo Anthony	Keldon Johnson
Season	2007-08	2023-24
Team	Denver Nuggets	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Carmelo Anthony	77	36.4	25.7	2.3	5.1	7.4	3.4	1.3	0.5	3.3	3.3	9.5	19.2	.492	0.8	2.1	.354	6.0	7.7	.786
difference:	+8	+6.9	+10.0	+0.9	+1.0	+1.9	+0.6	+0.6	+0.2	-1.9	-1.1	+3.8	+6.7	+.038	+1.0	+3.2	+.008	+3.5	+4.5	+.006
Keldon Johnson	69	29.5	15.7	1.4	4.1	5.5	2.8	0.7	0.3	1.4	2.2	5.7	12.5	.454	1.8	5.3	.346	2.5	3.2	.792
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	4	36.5	22.5	4.8	4.8	9.5	2.0	0.5	0.3	3.0	4.3	8.0	22.0	.364	0.5	2.0	.250	6.0	7.3	.828
Keldon Johnson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Carmelo Anthony	Keldon Johnson
Season	2008-09	2024-25
Team	Denver Nuggets	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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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		%
Carmelo Anthony	66	34.5	22.8	1.6	5.2	6.8	3.4	1.1	0.4	3.0	3.0	8.1	18.3	.443	1.0	2.6	.371	5.6	7.1	.793
difference:	+11	+10.6	+10.1	+0.1	+1.8	+2.0	+1.8	+0.5	+0.1	-2.0	-1.5	+3.3	+8.3	+.039	+0.1	+1.0	+.053	+3.7	+4.6	+.020
Keldon Johnson	77	23.9	12.7	1.5	3.4	4.8	1.6	0.6	0.3	1.0	1.5	4.8	10.0	.482	1.1	3.6	.318	1.9	2.5	.773
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	16	38.3	27.2	1.6	4.2	5.8	4.1	1.8	0.6	2.3	3.8	9.1	20.1	.453	1.5	4.1	.364	7.4	9.0	.826
Keldon Johnson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Carmelo Anthony	Keldon Johnson
Season	2009-10	2025-26
Team	Denver Nuggets	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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		%
Carmelo Anthony	69	38.2	28.2	2.2	4.4	6.6	3.2	1.3	0.4	3.0	3.3	10.0	21.8	.458	0.9	2.7	.316	7.4	8.9	.830
difference:	+63	+14.0	+15.2	+0.3	+1.6	+1.3	+2.0	+0.8	+0.4	-2.5	-1.5	+5.0	+13.6	+.154	+0.3	+0.2	+.151	+5.6	+6.2	+.142
Keldon Johnson	6	24.2	13.0	2.5	2.8	5.3	1.2	0.5	0.0	0.5	1.8	5.0	8.2	.612	1.2	2.5	.467	1.8	2.7	.688
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	6	42.3	30.7	2.3	6.2	8.5	3.3	2.0	0.5	3.5	4.3	10.7	23.0	.464	1.0	3.2	.316	8.3	9.5	.877
Keldon Johnson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Carmelo Anthony played 12 seasons more than Keldon Johnson in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 8 to 19, from 2011 to 2022—Carmelo Anthony played in 6 Playoffs. In those 12 extra years over Keldon Johnson, Carmelo Anthony got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-NBA Third Team 1 Scoring Leader 7 All-Star Game