DeMarcus Cousins vs. Frank Johnson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Frank Johnson and DeMarcus Cousins, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

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.

DeMarcus Cousins played 11 years in the NBA, 1 more than Frank Johnson, who played 10. DeMarcus Cousins had the first of his seasons in 2010-11, while Frank Johnson had his rookie season in 1981-82. 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 achivements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
DeMarcus Cousins	11	3	2010-11 to 2021-22
Frank Johnson	10	8	1981-82 to 1993-94

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	DeMarcus Cousins	Frank Johnson
Season	2010-11	1981-82
Team	Sacramento Kings	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bullets Lost East Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeMarcus Cousins	81	28.5	14.1	2.7	6.0	8.6	2.5	1.0	0.8	3.3	4.1	5.3	12.4	.430	0.0	0.2	.167	3.4	5.0	.687
Frank Johnson	79	25.7	10.7	0.4	1.4	1.9	4.8	1.0	0.1	2.0	2.5	4.3	10.3	.414	0.2	1.0	.215	1.9	2.6	.750

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeMarcus Cousins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Frank Johnson	7	40.0	15.6	1.0	2.1	3.1	8.4	1.4	0.0	4.1	3.4	5.7	14.9	.385	0.7	1.7	.417	3.4	4.0	.857


Season 2
	DeMarcus Cousins	Frank Johnson
Season	2011-12	1982-83
Team	Sacramento Kings	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeMarcus Cousins	64	30.5	18.1	4.1	6.8	11.0	1.6	1.5	1.2	2.7	4.0	7.0	15.6	.448	0.0	0.2	.143	4.1	5.8	.702
Frank Johnson	68	34.2	12.5	0.7	1.9	2.6	8.1	1.6	0.1	3.5	2.5	4.7	11.6	.408	0.2	0.9	.230	2.9	3.8	.751

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeMarcus Cousins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Frank Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	DeMarcus Cousins	Frank Johnson
Season	2012-13	1983-84
Team	Sacramento Kings	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bullets Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeMarcus Cousins	75	30.5	17.1	3.0	7.0	9.9	2.7	1.4	0.7	3.0	3.6	6.4	13.8	.465	0.1	0.3	.182	4.2	5.6	.738
Frank Johnson	82	32.8	12.0	0.7	1.5	2.2	6.9	1.2	0.1	2.3	2.1	4.8	10.2	.467	0.1	0.5	.256	2.3	3.1	.742

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeMarcus Cousins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Frank Johnson	4	39.0	14.3	1.0	2.3	3.3	6.3	1.3	0.0	2.3	4.0	6.0	10.5	.571	0.3	0.8	.333	2.0	2.0	1.000


Season 4
	DeMarcus Cousins	Frank Johnson
Season	2013-14	1984-85
Team	Sacramento Kings	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bullets Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeMarcus Cousins	71	32.4	22.7	3.1	8.6	11.7	2.9	1.5	1.3	3.5	3.8	8.3	16.8	.496	0.0	0.1	.000	6.1	8.4	.726
Frank Johnson	46	20.1	9.3	0.5	0.9	1.4	3.1	0.9	0.1	1.3	1.6	3.8	7.8	.489	0.1	0.4	.353	1.6	2.1	.750

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeMarcus Cousins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Frank Johnson	2	19.5	7.5	0.5	1.5	2.0	3.5	1.0	0.0	1.0	2.5	2.0	7.0	.286	0.5	3.0	.167	3.0	3.0	1.000


Season 5
	DeMarcus Cousins	Frank Johnson
Season	2014-15	1985-86
Team	Sacramento Kings	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeMarcus Cousins	59	34.1	24.1	3.1	9.5	12.7	3.6	1.5	1.7	4.3	4.1	8.4	18.1	.467	0.0	0.1	.250	7.2	9.2	.782
Frank Johnson	14	28.7	12.6	0.5	1.5	2.0	5.4	0.8	0.1	2.1	2.1	4.9	11.0	.448	0.0	0.2	.000	2.7	3.9	.704

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeMarcus Cousins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Frank Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	DeMarcus Cousins	Frank Johnson
Season	2015-16	1986-87
Team	Sacramento Kings	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bullets Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeMarcus Cousins	65	34.6	26.9	2.4	9.1	11.5	3.3	1.6	1.4	3.8	3.6	9.2	20.5	.451	1.1	3.2	.333	7.3	10.2	.718
Frank Johnson	18	22.2	8.5	0.6	1.1	1.7	3.2	1.2	0.0	1.7	1.7	3.3	7.1	.461	0.0	0.1	.000	1.9	2.7	.714

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeMarcus Cousins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Frank Johnson	3	9.3	2.7	0.7	0.0	0.7	1.7	0.3	0.0	1.3	1.0	0.7	2.3	.286	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	1.3	1.000


Season 7
	DeMarcus Cousins	Frank Johnson
Season	2016-17	1987-88
Team	Sacramento Kings, New Orleans Pelicans	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bullets Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeMarcus Cousins	72	34.2	27.0	2.1	8.9	11.0	4.6	1.4	1.3	3.7	3.9	9.0	19.9	.452	1.8	5.0	.361	7.2	9.3	.772
Frank Johnson	75	16.8	7.4	0.5	1.1	1.6	2.5	0.9	0.1	1.3	1.6	2.9	6.6	.434	0.0	0.1	.111	1.6	2.0	.812

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeMarcus Cousins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Frank Johnson	5	8.8	3.6	0.0	0.4	0.4	0.2	0.8	0.0	0.4	0.8	1.4	4.4	.318	0.0	0.4	.000	0.8	0.8	1.000


Season 8
	DeMarcus Cousins	Frank Johnson
Season	2017-18	1988-89
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeMarcus Cousins	48	36.2	25.2	2.2	10.7	12.9	5.4	1.6	1.6	5.0	3.8	8.5	18.0	.470	2.2	6.1	.354	6.1	8.2	.746
Frank Johnson	67	13.1	4.4	0.3	0.9	1.2	2.7	0.6	0.0	1.5	1.4	1.6	3.7	.443	0.0	0.1	.167	1.1	1.4	.806

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeMarcus Cousins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Frank Johnson	4	9.0	2.5	0.3	1.0	1.3	1.8	0.3	0.0	1.0	0.8	0.5	1.5	.333	0.0	0.3	.000	1.5	2.5	.600

Note: Frank Johnson didn't play in 1989-90, 1990-91 and 1991-92.


Season 9
	DeMarcus Cousins	Frank Johnson
Season	2018-19	1992-93
Team	Golden State Warriors	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Warriors Lost NBA Finals	Suns Lost NBA Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeMarcus Cousins	30	25.7	16.3	1.4	6.8	8.2	3.6	1.3	1.5	2.4	3.6	5.9	12.4	.480	0.9	3.2	.274	3.5	4.8	.736
Frank Johnson	77	14.6	4.3	0.5	0.9	1.5	2.4	0.8	0.1	1.0	1.5	1.8	4.1	.436	0.0	0.2	.083	0.8	1.0	.776

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeMarcus Cousins	8	16.6	7.6	1.1	3.8	4.9	2.4	0.6	0.8	2.4	3.0	2.6	6.6	.396	0.4	1.5	.250	2.0	3.1	.640
Frank Johnson	22	7.8	3.2	0.1	0.4	0.5	0.8	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.2	1.0	2.3	.440	0.0	0.1	.333	1.1	1.3	.862

Note: DeMarcus Cousins didn't play in 2019-20.


Season 10
	DeMarcus Cousins	Frank Johnson
Season	2020-21	1993-94
Team	Houston Rockets, Los Angeles Clippers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf Finals	Suns Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeMarcus Cousins	41	17.4	8.9	1.3	5.1	6.4	1.9	0.8	0.6	1.6	2.6	3.2	7.4	.426	1.1	3.3	.348	1.4	2.0	.728
Frank Johnson	70	12.5	4.6	0.4	0.8	1.2	2.1	0.6	0.0	0.9	1.7	1.9	4.3	.448	0.0	0.2	.167	0.8	1.0	.783

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeMarcus Cousins	7	8.3	7.6	0.9	1.1	2.0	0.7	0.3	0.4	0.7	1.9	2.7	6.0	.452	0.6	1.4	.400	1.6	2.0	.786
Frank Johnson	7	6.6	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.6	0.7	0.3	0.0	0.4	0.9	0.1	1.7	.083	0.0	0.3	.000	0.1	0.3	.500


Season 11
	DeMarcus Cousins	Frank Johnson
Season	2021-22	-
Team	Milwaukee Bucks, Denver Nuggets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeMarcus Cousins	48	14.9	9.0	1.5	4.1	5.6	1.5	0.7	0.4	1.8	2.9	3.1	6.8	.460	0.8	2.5	.303	2.0	2.6	.760
Frank Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeMarcus Cousins	5	11.4	10.6	0.6	2.8	3.4	1.2	0.6	0.2	1.4	1.8	3.8	5.8	.655	0.8	1.2	.667	2.2	3.0	.733
Frank Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

DeMarcus Cousins vs. Frank Johnson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Frank Johnson and DeMarcus Cousins, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11