Derek Fisher vs. Kevin Johnson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kevin Johnson and Derek Fisher, 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 / Stats Rankings / Games against each other

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.

Derek Fisher played 18 years in the NBA, 6 more than Kevin Johnson, who played 12. Derek Fisher had the first of his seasons in 1996-97, 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Derek Fisher	18	16	1996-97 to 2013-14
Kevin Johnson	12	11	1987-88 to 1999-00

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12


Rookie Season
	Derek Fisher	Kevin Johnson
Season	1996-97	1987-88
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Cleveland Cavaliers, Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers 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		%
Derek Fisher	80	11.5	3.9	0.3	0.9	1.2	1.5	0.5	0.1	0.9	1.1	1.3	3.3	.397	0.3	0.9	.301	1.0	1.5	.658
difference:		+12.5	+5.3	+0.2	+1.0	+1.2	+4.0	+0.8	+0.2	-0.9	-0.8	+2.1	+4.2	+.064	+0.2	+0.6	+.093	+1.2	+1.1	+.181
Kevin Johnson	80	24.0	9.2	0.5	1.9	2.4	5.5	1.3	0.3	1.8	1.9	3.4	7.5	.461	0.1	0.3	.208	2.2	2.6	.839

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derek Fisher	6	5.7	1.3	0.0	0.5	0.5	1.0	0.2	0.0	1.0	0.7	0.5	1.8	.273	0.0	0.8	.000	0.3	0.5	.667
Kevin Johnson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Derek Fisher	Kevin Johnson
Season	1997-98	1988-89
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	Most Improved Player
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Derek Fisher	82	21.5	5.8	0.5	1.9	2.4	4.1	0.9	0.1	1.5	1.5	2.0	4.6	.434	0.4	1.0	.383	1.4	1.9	.757
difference:	+1	+17.7	+14.6	+0.1	+1.7	+1.8	+8.1	+0.8	+0.2	-2.5	-1.3	+5.0	+9.3	+.071	+0.4	+0.7	+.292	+4.9	+5.2	+.125
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		%
Derek Fisher	13	21.5	6.0	0.2	1.8	1.9	3.8	1.3	0.0	1.2	2.5	2.1	5.2	.397	0.5	1.5	.300	1.4	2.2	.621
difference:	+1	+19.7	+17.8	+0.8	+1.5	+2.4	+8.5	+0.3	+0.4	-3.4	-0.2	+5.4	+10.0	+.098	+0.2	+0.7		+7.1	+7.0	+.306
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
	Derek Fisher	Kevin Johnson
Season	1998-99	1989-90
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Derek Fisher	50	22.6	5.9	0.4	1.4	1.8	3.9	1.2	0.0	1.5	1.9	2.0	5.3	.376	0.8	1.9	.392	1.2	1.6	.759
difference:	+24	+15.0	+16.6	+0.2	+1.7	+1.8	+7.5	+0.1	+0.2	-2.1		+5.8	+10.4	+.123	+0.7	+1.3	+.197	+5.6	+6.5	+.079
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		%
Derek Fisher	8	29.8	9.8	0.8	2.9	3.6	4.9	1.0	0.0	1.4	2.5	3.5	8.4	.418	1.3	3.6	.345	1.5	1.9	.800
difference:	+8	+6.6	+11.5	+0.2	+0.1	+0.3	+5.7	+0.6		-2.5	-0.7	+4.2	+7.7	+.061	+1.2	+2.9	+.163	+4.3	+5.1	+.021
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
	Derek Fisher	Kevin Johnson
Season	1999-00	1990-91
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Derek Fisher	78	23.1	6.3	0.3	1.6	1.8	2.8	1.0	0.0	1.0	1.9	2.1	6.2	.346	0.7	2.1	.313	1.3	1.9	.724
difference:	+1	+12.9	+15.9	+0.4	+1.2	+1.7	+7.3	+1.1	+0.1	-2.5	-0.4	+5.6	+8.7	+.170	+0.6	+1.5	+.108	+5.4	+6.1	+.119
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		%
Derek Fisher	21	15.3	4.7	0.2	0.9	1.0	2.0	0.5	0.0	0.4	1.4	1.6	3.8	.430	0.6	1.4	.414	0.9	1.2	.760
difference:	+17	+21.2	+8.1	+0.3	+1.9	+2.3	+7.8		+0.3	-2.6	-0.9	+2.4	+9.5	+.128	+0.3	+0.4	+.271	+3.6	+6.3	+.160
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
	Derek Fisher	Kevin Johnson
Season	2000-01	1991-92
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Derek Fisher	20	35.5	11.5	0.3	2.7	3.0	4.4	2.0	0.1	1.5	2.5	3.9	9.4	.412	1.3	3.2	.397	2.5	3.1	.806
difference:	+58	+1.7	+8.2	+0.5	+0.3	+0.7	+6.3	+0.5	+0.2	-2.0	-0.2	+3.0	+5.0	+.067	+1.2	+2.6	+.180	+3.2	+4.0	+.001
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		%
Derek Fisher	16	35.8	13.4	0.3	3.5	3.8	3.0	1.3	0.1	0.8	2.8	4.8	9.9	.484	2.2	4.3	.515	1.6	2.1	.765
difference:	+8	+6.1	+10.2	+0.7	+0.4	+0.3	+8.6	+0.2	+0.2	-2.3	-0.2	+3.0	+6.1		+1.8	+3.5	+.015	+6.2	+6.9	+.096
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 6
	Derek Fisher	Kevin Johnson
Season	2001-02	1992-93
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Suns Lost NBA Finals

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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		%
Derek Fisher	70	28.2	11.2	0.2	1.9	2.1	2.6	0.9	0.1	0.9	1.7	3.9	9.5	.411	2.1	5.0	.413	1.3	1.6	.847
difference:	+21	+5.3	+4.9	+0.4	+0.4		+5.2	+0.8	+0.3	-2.2	-0.3	+1.9	+2.0	+.088	+2.1	+4.8	+.288	+3.3	+4.0	+.028
Kevin Johnson	49	33.5	16.1	0.6	1.5	2.1	7.8	1.7	0.4	3.1	2.0	5.8	11.5	.499	0.0	0.2	.125	4.6	5.6	.819

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derek Fisher	19	34.2	10.2	0.5	2.7	3.3	2.7	1.0	0.1	1.1	2.6	3.2	8.8	.357	1.5	4.3	.358	2.3	2.9	.786
difference:	+4	+5.5	+7.6	+0.1	+0.4	+0.6	+5.2	+0.5	+0.5	-2.6	-0.1	+3.0	+4.2	+.123	+1.5	+4.2	+.358	+3.1	+3.9	+.009
Kevin Johnson	23	39.7	17.8	0.4	2.3	2.7	7.9	1.5	0.6	3.7	2.5	6.2	13.0	.480	0.0	0.1	.000	5.4	6.8	.795


Season 7
	Derek Fisher	Kevin Johnson
Season	2002-03	1993-94
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Derek Fisher	82	34.5	10.5	0.5	2.4	2.9	3.6	1.1	0.2	1.1	2.4	4.1	9.5	.437	1.0	2.6	.401	1.2	1.5	.800
difference:	+15	+2.1	+9.5	+0.3	+0.7	+0.4	+5.9	+0.8	+0.1	-2.4	-0.5	+3.0	+5.1	+.050	+0.9	+2.2	+.179	+4.5	+5.4	+.019
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		%
Derek Fisher	12	35.4	12.8	0.4	2.6	3.0	1.8	1.5	0.1	1.5	3.3	4.4	8.5	.520	2.4	3.9	.617	1.5	1.8	.818
difference:	+2	+7.3	+13.8	+0.6	+0.1	+0.5	+7.8	+0.5		-1.9	-1.0	+5.3	+12.7	+.062	+2.1	+2.9	+.317	+5.4	+6.3	+.034
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
	Derek Fisher	Kevin Johnson
Season	2003-04	1994-95
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers 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		%
Derek Fisher	82	21.6	7.1	0.4	1.5	1.9	2.3	1.3	0.0	1.0	1.4	2.5	7.0	.352	0.6	2.2	.291	1.5	1.9	.797
difference:	+35	+7.2	+8.4	+0.3	+0.3	+0.5	+5.4	+0.3	+0.4	-1.2	-0.5	+2.7	+4.1	+.118	+0.5	+1.6	+.137	+3.5	+4.2	+.013
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		%
Derek Fisher	22	23.1	7.5	0.5	2.1	2.5	2.2	0.8	0.0	0.9	2.1	2.7	6.7	.405	1.0	2.5	.418	1.0	1.6	.657
difference:	+12	+14.0	+17.3	+0.2	+1.3	+1.6	+7.1	+0.1	+0.4	-2.5	-0.4	+5.9	+8.3	+.168	+0.5	+1.5	+.082	+6.1	+6.8	+.188
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
	Derek Fisher	Kevin Johnson
Season	2004-05	1995-96
Team	Golden State Warriors	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Derek Fisher	74	30.0	11.9	0.5	2.4	2.9	4.1	1.0	0.1	1.7	2.4	4.0	10.2	.393	1.5	3.9	.371	2.4	2.7	.862
difference:	+18	+5.8	+6.8	+0.3	+0.8	+1.0	+5.1	+0.5	+0.1	-1.3	-0.2	+2.1	+1.8	+.114	+1.1	+2.9	+.003	+3.7	+4.4	+.003
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		%
Derek Fisher	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Derek Fisher	Kevin Johnson
Season	2005-06	1996-97
Team	Golden State Warriors	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Derek Fisher	82	31.6	13.3	0.4	2.1	2.6	4.3	1.5	0.1	1.9	2.9	4.4	10.8	.410	1.4	3.6	.397	3.0	3.6	.833
difference:	+12	+6.4	+6.8	+0.4	+0.7	+1.0	+5.0		+0.1	-1.2	-0.9	+1.9	+1.9	+.086	+0.1	+0.7	+.044	+3.3	+3.8	+.019
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		%
Derek Fisher	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Derek Fisher	Kevin Johnson
Season	2006-07	1997-98
Team	Utah Jazz	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West 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		%
Derek Fisher	82	27.9	10.1	0.4	1.5	1.8	3.3	1.0	0.1	1.5	2.9	3.1	8.2	.382	0.6	1.9	.308	3.2	3.7	.853
difference:	+32	+2.1	+0.6	+0.3	+1.1	+1.5	+1.6	+0.5	+0.1	-0.5	-1.8		+1.3	+.065	+0.5	+1.4	+.154			+.018
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		%
Derek Fisher	16	27.8	9.5	0.3	1.3	1.6	2.6	1.0	0.1	1.2	3.2	3.1	7.6	.405	0.8	2.0	.375	2.6	2.8	.933
difference:	+12	+2.7	+4.3	+0.2	+0.5	+0.7	+2.2	+0.5	+0.2	-0.3	-1.7	+2.7	+2.9	+.143	+0.5	+1.0	+.125	+0.6	+0.2	+.266
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
	Derek Fisher	Kevin Johnson
Season	2007-08	1999-00
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA 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		%
Derek Fisher	82	27.4	11.7	0.3	1.8	2.1	2.9	1.0	0.0	1.1	2.3	4.1	9.5	.436	1.4	3.4	.406	2.0	2.3	.883
difference:	+76	+8.6	+5.0	+0.3	+0.9	+0.6	+1.1	+0.7		-0.1	-1.3	+1.4	+4.8	+.135	+1.2	+3.2	+.594	+0.8	+1.1	+.117
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		%
Derek Fisher	21	31.6	10.2	0.1	2.1	2.2	2.5	2.0	0.1	1.0	3.0	3.1	7.0	.452	1.0	2.4	.440	2.9	3.5	.836
difference:	+12	+17.3	+7.0	+0.1	+0.7	+0.8	+0.1	+1.7		-0.4	-1.9	+1.8	+2.9	+.128	+1.0	+2.1	+.440	+2.3	+2.8	+.003
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

* Derek Fisher played 6 seasons more than Kevin Johnson in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 13 to 18, from 2009 to 2014—Derek Fisher played in 6 Playoffs and won two NBA Championships.

Derek Fisher vs. Kevin Johnson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kevin Johnson and Derek Fisher, 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

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Season 9

9th Season Stats Comparison

Season 10

10th Season Stats Comparison

Season 11

11th Season Stats Comparison

Season 12

12th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years