Chet Holmgren vs. Dennis Johnson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dennis Johnson and Chet Holmgren, 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.

Chet Holmgren played 3 years in the NBA, 11 less than Dennis Johnson, who played 14. Chet Holmgren had the first of his seasons in 2023-24, 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.

Rookie Season
	Chet Holmgren	Dennis Johnson
Season	2023-24	1976-77
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Chet Holmgren	82	29.4	16.5	1.6	6.3	7.9	2.4	0.6	2.3	1.6	2.4	6.2	11.6	.530	1.6	4.3	.370	2.7	3.4	.793
difference:	+1	+8.8	+7.3	+0.4	+4.6	+4.2	+0.9	+0.9	+1.6		-0.3	+2.7	+4.6	+.026				+0.5	+0.1	+.169
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chet Holmgren	10	34.5	15.6	1.4	5.8	7.2	2.1	0.7	2.5	1.9	2.6	5.9	11.9	.496	1.3	5.0	.260	2.5	3.3	.758
Dennis Johnson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Chet Holmgren	Dennis Johnson
Season	2024-25	1977-78
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Chet Holmgren	32	27.4	15.0	1.5	6.5	8.0	2.0	0.7	2.2	1.8	2.3	5.2	10.7	.490	1.4	3.6	.379	3.2	4.2	.754
difference:	+49	+0.1	+2.3	+0.4	+4.7	+4.4	+0.8	+0.8	+1.6	-0.2	-0.3	+0.7	+0.2	+.073				+0.5	+0.8	+.022
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		%
Chet Holmgren	23	29.8	15.2	1.8	6.8	8.7	1.0	0.7	1.9	1.2	2.0	5.3	11.6	.462	1.2	4.0	.297	3.3	4.2	.784
difference:	+1	+7.8	+0.9	+0.3	+4.3	+4.1	+2.3	+0.3	+0.9	-1.3	-0.9	+0.2	+1.8	+.050				+1.8	+3.0	+.080
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
	Chet Holmgren	Dennis Johnson
Season	2025-26	1978-79
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	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		%
Chet Holmgren	11	29.8	19.9	1.6	6.6	8.3	1.6	0.6	1.3	2.2	3.6	7.1	12.0	.591	1.7	4.3	.404	4.0	4.6	.863
difference:	+69	+4.2	+4.0	+0.2	+3.7	+3.6	+1.9	+0.7	+0.1	-0.2	-1.0	+1.1	+1.9	+.157				+0.2	+0.3	+.082
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		%
Chet Holmgren	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

Additional Years
* Dennis Johnson played 11 seasons more than Chet Holmgren in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 4 to 14, from 1980 to 1990—Dennis Johnson played in 11 Playoffs and won two NBA Championships. In those 11 extra years over Chet Holmgren, Dennis Johnson got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA First Team 1 All-NBA Second Team 5 All-Defensive First Team 3 All-Defensive Second Team 4 All-Star Game