Davis Bertans vs. Dennis Johnson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dennis Johnson and Davis Bertans, 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.

Davis Bertans played 8 years in the NBA, 6 less than Dennis Johnson, who played 14. Davis Bertans had the first of his seasons in 2016-17, 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.

Season 3
	Davis Bertans	Dennis Johnson
Season	2018-19	1978-79
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Davis Bertans	76	21.5	8.0	0.3	3.2	3.5	1.3	0.5	0.4	0.6	1.8	2.7	6.0	.450	1.9	4.4	.429	0.7	0.8	.883
difference:	+4	+12.5	+7.9	+1.5	+0.3	+1.2	+2.2	+0.8	+0.8	-1.8	-0.8	+3.3	+7.9	+.016				+3.1	+4.1	+.102
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		%
Davis Bertans	5	15.8	3.2	0.0	1.6	1.6	1.0	0.0	0.2	0.2	2.0	1.0	3.0	.333	0.6	2.2	.273	0.6	1.0	.600
difference:	+12	+24.3	+17.7	+2.6	+1.9	+4.5	+3.1	+1.6	+1.3	-2.8	-1.7	+7.0	+14.8	+.117				+4.3	+5.4	+.171
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

Season 4
	Davis Bertans	Dennis Johnson
Season	2019-20	1979-80
Team	Washington Wizards	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Supersonics Lost West Conf Finals

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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		%
Davis Bertans	54	29.3	15.4	0.6	3.9	4.5	1.7	0.7	0.6	1.1	2.6	4.9	11.3	.434	3.7	8.7	.424	1.9	2.3	.852
difference:	+27	+7.0	+3.6	+1.5	+0.9	+0.6	+2.4	+1.1	+0.4	-1.7	-0.7	+2.2	+5.5	+.012	+3.6	+8.0	+.217	+2.8	+3.7	+.072
Dennis Johnson	81	36.3	19.0	2.1	3.0	5.1	4.1	1.8	1.0	2.8	3.3	7.1	16.8	.422	0.1	0.7	.207	4.7	6.0	.780
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Davis Bertans	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dennis Johnson	15	38.8	17.1	1.7	2.6	4.3	3.8	1.8	0.7	2.9	3.2	6.7	16.3	.410	0.3	1.0	.333	3.5	4.1	.839

Season 5
	Davis Bertans	Dennis Johnson
Season	2020-21	1980-81
Team	Washington Wizards	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Wizards Lost East 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		%
Davis Bertans	57	25.7	11.5	0.3	2.6	2.9	0.9	0.6	0.2	0.6	2.4	3.4	8.4	.404	3.0	7.5	.395	1.8	2.0	.870
difference:	+22	+7.4	+7.3	+1.7		+1.7	+2.8	+1.1	+0.6	-2.0	-0.7	+3.3	+7.0	+.032	+2.9	+6.9	+.179	+3.4	+4.3	+.050
Dennis Johnson	79	33.1	18.8	2.0	2.6	4.6	3.7	1.7	0.8	2.6	3.1	6.7	15.4	.436	0.1	0.6	.216	5.2	6.3	.820
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Davis Bertans	4	26.5	9.3	0.0	2.8	2.8	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.3	3.0	2.8	6.8	.407	2.0	5.8	.348	1.8	1.8	1.000
difference:	+3	+11.6	+10.3	+1.0	+0.9	+1.9	+2.6	+1.0	+0.8	-2.4	-0.4	+4.6	+8.9	+.066	+1.9	+5.1	+.148	+2.8	+4.2	+.238
Dennis Johnson	7	38.1	19.6	1.0	3.7	4.7	2.9	1.3	1.3	2.7	2.6	7.4	15.7	.473	0.1	0.7	.200	4.6	6.0	.762

Season 6
	Davis Bertans	Dennis Johnson
Season	2021-22	1981-82
Team	Washington Wizards, Dallas Mavericks	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf Finals	Suns Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
Davis Bertans	56	14.4	5.6	0.2	1.9	2.1	0.6	0.3	0.2	0.3	1.5	1.8	4.9	.360	1.4	4.1	.335	0.6	0.7	.900
difference:	+24	+22.3	+13.9	+1.6	+1.5	+3.0	+4.0	+1.0	+0.5	-2.6	-1.7	+5.4	+10.5	+.110	+1.3	+3.6	+.145	+4.4	+5.5	+.094
Dennis Johnson	80	36.7	19.5	1.8	3.4	5.1	4.6	1.3	0.7	2.9	3.2	7.2	15.4	.470	0.1	0.5	.190	5.0	6.2	.806
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Davis Bertans	18	10.7	4.1	0.2	1.2	1.4	0.3	0.4	0.1	0.2	1.4	1.2	3.1	.400	1.1	2.8	.373	0.6	0.7	.833
difference:	+11	+28.0	+18.2	+1.7	+1.4	+3.0	+4.3	+1.7	+0.5	-3.4	-2.6	+7.8	+15.8	+.077	+1.1	+2.4	+.373	+3.7	+4.9	+.064
Dennis Johnson	7	38.7	22.3	1.9	2.6	4.4	4.6	2.1	0.6	3.6	4.0	9.0	18.9	.477	0.0	0.4	.000	4.3	5.6	.769

Season 7
	Davis Bertans	Dennis Johnson
Season	2022-23	1982-83
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Davis Bertans	45	10.9	4.6	0.2	1.0	1.2	0.5	0.2	0.2	0.2	1.2	1.5	3.6	.431	1.2	3.1	.390	0.3	0.3	.867
difference:	+32	+22.2	+9.6	+1.0	+2.2	+3.2	+4.5	+1.1	+0.3	-2.4	-1.4	+3.7	+7.6	+.031	+1.1	+2.7	+.229	+3.5	+4.5	+.076
Dennis Johnson	77	33.1	14.2	1.2	3.2	4.4	5.0	1.3	0.5	2.6	2.6	5.2	11.2	.462	0.1	0.4	.161	3.8	4.8	.791
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Davis Bertans	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dennis Johnson	3	36.0	18.0	2.0	5.7	7.7	5.7	1.7	0.7	2.7	3.0	7.3	16.0	.458	0.0	0.3	.000	3.3	4.0	.833

Season 8
	Davis Bertans	Dennis Johnson
Season	2023-24	1983-84
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder, Charlotte Hornets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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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		%
Davis Bertans	43	15.7	6.7	0.2	1.2	1.4	0.8	0.6	0.3	0.4	1.3	2.1	5.4	.393	1.8	4.7	.380	0.7	0.8	.909
difference:	+37	+17.6	+6.5	+0.9	+1.2	+2.1	+3.4	+0.6	+0.4	-1.8	-1.8	+2.7	+5.6	+.044	+1.7	+4.3	+.255	+2.8	+3.3	+.057
Dennis Johnson	80	33.3	13.2	1.1	2.4	3.5	4.2	1.2	0.7	2.2	3.1	4.8	11.0	.437	0.1	0.4	.125	3.5	4.1	.852
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Davis Bertans	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dennis Johnson	22	36.7	16.6	1.4	2.2	3.6	4.4	1.1	0.3	2.4	3.4	5.9	14.5	.404	0.1	0.3	.429	4.7	5.5	.867

Additional Years
* Dennis Johnson played 6 seasons more than Davis Bertans in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 9 to 14, from 1985 to 1990—Dennis Johnson played in 6 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 6 extra years over Davis Bertans, Dennis Johnson got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Defensive First Team 2 All-Defensive Second Team 1 All-Star Game