Chauncey Billups vs. Kevin Johnson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kevin Johnson and Chauncey Billups, 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.

Chauncey Billups played 17 years in the NBA, 5 more than Kevin Johnson, who played 12. Chauncey Billups had the first of his seasons in 1997-98, while Kevin Johnson had his rookie season in 1987-88. 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 2
	Chauncey Billups	Kevin Johnson
Season	1998-99	1988-89
Team	Denver Nuggets	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Most Improved Player
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Suns Lost West Conf 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		%
Chauncey Billups	45	33.1	13.9	0.5	1.6	2.1	3.8	1.3	0.3	2.2	2.6	4.2	11.0	.386	1.9	5.2	.362	3.5	3.8	.913
difference:	+36	+6.1	+6.5	+0.1	+2.0	+2.1	+8.4	+0.4		-1.8	-0.2	+2.8	+2.9	+.119	+1.9	+4.9	+.271	+2.8	+3.3	+.031
Kevin Johnson	81	39.2	20.4	0.6	3.6	4.2	12.2	1.7	0.3	4.0	2.8	7.0	13.9	.505	0.0	0.3	.091	6.3	7.1	.882
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chauncey Billups	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kevin Johnson	12	41.2	23.8	1.0	3.3	4.3	12.3	1.6	0.4	4.6	2.3	7.5	15.2	.495	0.3	0.8	.300	8.5	9.2	.927

Season 3
	Chauncey Billups	Kevin Johnson
Season	1999-00	1989-90
Team	Denver Nuggets	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Suns Lost West Conf Finals

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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		%
Chauncey Billups	13	23.5	8.6	0.6	2.0	2.6	3.0	0.8	0.2	1.8	2.1	2.6	7.8	.337	0.5	3.2	.171	2.8	3.4	.841
difference:	+61	+14.1	+13.9		+1.1	+1.0	+8.4	+0.5		-1.8	-0.2	+5.2	+7.9	+.162	+0.4	+2.6	+.024	+4.0	+4.7	+.003
Kevin Johnson	74	37.6	22.5	0.6	3.1	3.6	11.4	1.3	0.2	3.6	1.9	7.8	15.7	.499	0.1	0.6	.195	6.8	8.1	.838
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chauncey Billups	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kevin Johnson	16	36.4	21.3	0.6	2.8	3.3	10.6	1.6	0.0	3.9	1.8	7.7	16.1	.479	0.1	0.7	.182	5.8	7.0	.821

Season 4
	Chauncey Billups	Kevin Johnson
Season	2000-01	1990-91
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Chauncey Billups	77	23.2	9.3	0.4	1.6	2.1	3.4	0.7	0.1	1.4	2.3	3.2	7.6	.422	0.9	2.5	.376	1.9	2.2	.842
difference:		+12.8	+12.9	+0.3	+1.2	+1.4	+6.7	+1.4		-2.1		+4.5	+7.3	+.094	+0.8	+1.9	+.171	+4.8	+5.8	+.001
Kevin Johnson	77	36.0	22.2	0.7	2.8	3.5	10.1	2.1	0.1	3.5	2.3	7.7	14.9	.516	0.1	0.6	.205	6.7	8.0	.843
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chauncey Billups	3	9.0	1.0	0.3	1.3	1.7	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.3	1.7	0.3	2.0	.167	0.0	0.3	.000	0.3	0.3	1.000
difference:	+1	+27.5	+11.8	+0.2	+1.5	+1.6	+9.1	+0.5	+0.3	-2.7	-0.6	+3.7	+11.3	+.135	+0.3	+1.5	+.143	+4.2	+7.2	+.400
Kevin Johnson	4	36.5	12.8	0.5	2.8	3.3	9.8	0.5	0.3	3.0	2.3	4.0	13.3	.302	0.3	1.8	.143	4.5	7.5	.600

Season 5
	Chauncey Billups	Kevin Johnson
Season	2001-02	1991-92
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Chauncey Billups	82	28.7	12.5	0.4	2.3	2.8	5.5	0.8	0.2	1.7	2.1	4.2	10.0	.423	1.5	3.8	.394	2.5	2.9	.885
difference:	+4	+8.5	+7.2	+0.4	+0.7	+0.9	+5.2	+0.7	+0.1	-1.8	-0.2	+2.7	+4.4	+.056	+1.4	+3.2	+.177	+3.2	+4.2	+.078
Kevin Johnson	78	37.2	19.7	0.8	3.0	3.7	10.7	1.5	0.3	3.5	2.3	6.9	14.4	.479	0.1	0.6	.217	5.7	7.1	.807
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chauncey Billups	3	44.7	22.0	0.3	4.7	5.0	5.7	1.0	0.3	3.0	4.7	7.7	17.0	.451	2.0	5.0	.400	4.7	6.7	.700
difference:	+5	+2.8	+1.6	+0.7	+1.6	+0.9	+5.9	+0.5		-0.1	-1.7	+0.1	+1.0	+.033	+1.6	+4.2	+.100	+3.1	+2.3	+.161
Kevin Johnson	8	41.9	23.6	1.0	3.1	4.1	11.6	1.5	0.3	3.1	3.0	7.8	16.0	.484	0.4	0.8	.500	7.8	9.0	.861

Season 7
	Chauncey Billups	Kevin Johnson
Season	2003-04	1993-94
Team	Detroit Pistons	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Suns 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		%
Chauncey Billups	78	35.4	16.9	0.4	3.1	3.5	5.7	1.1	0.1	2.4	2.3	5.0	12.8	.394	1.7	4.3	.388	5.2	5.9	.878
difference:	+11	+1.2	+3.1	+0.4	+1.4	+1.0	+3.8	+0.8		-1.1	-0.4	+2.1	+1.8	+.093	+1.6	+3.9	+.166	+0.5	+1.0	+.059
Kevin Johnson	67	36.6	20.0	0.8	1.7	2.5	9.5	1.9	0.1	3.5	1.9	7.1	14.6	.487	0.1	0.4	.222	5.7	6.9	.819
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chauncey Billups	23	38.4	16.4	0.6	2.4	3.0	5.9	1.3	0.1	2.6	2.5	4.8	12.4	.385	1.6	4.7	.346	5.3	5.9	.890
difference:	+13	+4.3	+10.2	+0.4	+0.1	+0.5	+3.7	+0.3		-0.8	-0.2	+4.9	+8.8	+.073	+1.3	+3.7	+.046	+1.6	+2.2	+.038
Kevin Johnson	10	42.7	26.6	1.0	2.5	3.5	9.6	1.0	0.1	3.4	2.3	9.7	21.2	.458	0.3	1.0	.300	6.9	8.1	.852

Season 8
	Chauncey Billups	Kevin Johnson
Season	2004-05	1994-95
Team	Detroit Pistons	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost NBA Finals	Suns Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
Chauncey Billups	80	35.8	16.5	0.6	2.8	3.4	5.8	1.0	0.1	2.3	2.4	5.1	11.4	.442	2.1	4.8	.426	4.3	4.8	.898
difference:	+33	+7.0	+1.0	+0.1	+1.0	+1.0	+1.9		+0.3	-0.1	-0.5	+0.1	+0.3	+.028	+2.0	+4.2	+.272	+0.7	+1.3	+.088
Kevin Johnson	47	28.8	15.5	0.7	1.8	2.4	7.7	1.0	0.4	2.2	1.9	5.2	11.1	.470	0.1	0.6	.154	5.0	6.1	.810
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chauncey Billups	25	39.5	18.7	0.9	3.4	4.3	6.5	1.0	0.2	2.0	2.8	5.8	13.6	.428	1.8	5.0	.349	5.3	6.0	.893
difference:	+15	+2.4	+6.1	+0.2		+0.2	+2.8	+0.1	+0.2	-1.4	-0.3	+2.8	+1.4	+.145	+1.3	+4.0	+.151	+1.8	+2.4	+.048
Kevin Johnson	10	37.1	24.8	0.7	3.4	4.1	9.3	0.9	0.4	3.4	2.5	8.6	15.0	.573	0.5	1.0	.500	7.1	8.4	.845

Season 9
	Chauncey Billups	Kevin Johnson
Season	2005-06	1995-96
Team	Detroit Pistons	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf Finals	Suns 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		%
Chauncey Billups	81	36.1	18.5	0.5	2.6	3.1	8.6	0.9	0.1	2.1	2.0	5.2	12.5	.418	2.3	5.2	.433	5.7	6.4	.894
difference:	+25	+0.3	+0.2	+0.3	+0.6	+0.8	+0.6	+0.6	+0.1	-0.9	-0.6	+0.9	+0.5	+.089	+1.9	+4.2	+.065	+0.4	+0.7	+.035
Kevin Johnson	56	35.8	18.7	0.8	3.2	3.9	9.2	1.5	0.2	3.0	2.6	6.1	12.0	.507	0.4	1.0	.368	6.1	7.1	.859
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chauncey Billups	18	39.2	17.9	0.4	3.0	3.4	6.5	1.2	0.1	2.4	2.4	5.2	12.7	.406	1.8	5.2	.340	5.8	6.4	.905
difference:	+14	+1.4	+0.6	+0.1	+0.8	+0.9	+4.3	+0.7	+0.4	-0.4	-0.4	+1.6	+1.6	+.068	+1.5	+4.2	+.090	+2.3	+2.1	+.081
Kevin Johnson	4	37.8	17.3	0.5	3.8	4.3	10.8	0.5	0.5	2.8	2.0	6.8	14.3	.474	0.3	1.0	.250	3.5	4.3	.824

Season 10
	Chauncey Billups	Kevin Johnson
Season	2006-07	1996-97
Team	Detroit Pistons	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf Finals	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Chauncey Billups	70	36.2	17.0	0.3	3.1	3.4	7.2	1.2	0.2	2.0	2.3	5.0	11.6	.427	1.6	4.5	.345	5.5	6.2	.883
difference:		+1.8	+3.1	+0.5	+0.3	+0.2	+2.1	+0.3		-1.1	-0.3	+1.3	+1.1	+.069	+0.3	+1.6	+.096	+0.8	+1.2	+.031
Kevin Johnson	70	38.0	20.1	0.8	2.8	3.6	9.3	1.5	0.2	3.1	2.0	6.3	12.7	.496	1.3	2.9	.441	6.3	7.4	.852
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chauncey Billups	16	40.6	18.6	0.4	2.9	3.3	5.7	1.2	0.1	2.9	2.4	5.3	12.1	.435	2.2	5.6	.389	5.9	7.1	.832
difference:	+11	+1.0	+1.8	+1.2	+0.1	+1.1	+0.3	+1.4	+0.1	-0.7	-0.6	+0.1	+5.5	+.140	+1.6	+1.2	+.253	+0.1	+0.5	+.047
Kevin Johnson	5	41.6	16.8	1.6	2.8	4.4	6.0	2.6	0.0	3.6	3.0	5.2	17.6	.295	0.6	4.4	.136	5.8	6.6	.879

Season 11
	Chauncey Billups	Kevin Johnson
Season	2007-08	1997-98
Team	Detroit Pistons	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf Finals	Suns 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		%
Chauncey Billups	78	32.3	17.0	0.5	2.2	2.7	6.8	1.3	0.2	2.1	1.7	5.0	11.2	.448	1.8	4.4	.401	5.1	5.6	.918
difference:	+28	+6.5	+7.5	+0.2	+0.4	+0.6	+1.9	+0.8		-0.1	-0.6	+1.9	+4.3	+.001	+1.7	+3.9	+.247	+1.9	+1.9	+.047
Kevin Johnson	50	25.8	9.5	0.7	2.6	3.3	4.9	0.5	0.2	2.0	1.1	3.1	6.9	.447	0.1	0.5	.154	3.2	3.7	.871
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chauncey Billups	15	32.0	16.1	0.4	2.5	2.9	5.5	0.8	0.1	1.3	2.1	4.6	11.5	.401	1.6	4.3	.375	5.3	6.3	.832
difference:	+11	+1.5	+2.3	+0.1	+0.7	+0.6	+0.7	+0.3	+0.2	-0.2	-0.6	+1.2	+1.0	+.147	+1.3	+3.3	+.125	+3.3	+3.3	+.165
Kevin Johnson	4	30.5	13.8	0.5	1.8	2.3	4.8	0.5	0.3	1.5	1.5	5.8	10.5	.548	0.3	1.0	.250	2.0	3.0	.667

Note: Kevin Johnson didn't play in 1998-99.

Season 12
	Chauncey Billups	Kevin Johnson
Season	2008-09	1999-00
Team	Detroit Pistons, Denver Nuggets	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Finals	Suns Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
Chauncey Billups	79	35.3	17.7	0.4	2.6	3.0	6.4	1.2	0.2	2.2	2.0	5.2	12.4	.418	2.1	5.0	.408	5.3	5.8	.913
difference:	+73	+16.5	+11.0	+0.4	+0.1	+0.3	+2.4	+0.9	+0.2	-1.0	-1.0	+2.5	+7.7	+.153	+1.9	+4.8	+.592	+4.1	+4.6	+.087
Kevin Johnson	6	18.8	6.7	0.0	2.7	2.7	4.0	0.3	0.0	1.2	1.0	2.7	4.7	.571	0.2	0.2	1.000	1.2	1.2	1.000
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chauncey Billups	16	38.7	20.6	0.3	3.5	3.8	6.8	1.3	0.3	1.9	2.4	5.6	12.3	.457	2.8	5.9	.468	6.6	7.3	.906
difference:	+7	+24.4	+17.4	+0.3	+2.1	+2.4	+4.2	+1.0	+0.2	-0.5	-1.3	+4.3	+8.2	+.133	+2.8	+5.6	+.468	+6.0	+6.6	+.073
Kevin Johnson	9	14.3	3.2	0.0	1.4	1.4	2.6	0.3	0.1	1.4	1.1	1.3	4.1	.324	0.0	0.3	.000	0.6	0.7	.833

Additional Years
* Chauncey Billups played 5 seasons more than Kevin Johnson in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 13 to 17, from 2010 to 2014—Chauncey Billups played in 3 Playoffs. In those 5 extra years over Kevin Johnson, Chauncey Billups got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Star Game