Don Kojis vs. John Starks Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of John Starks and Don Kojis, 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.

Don Kojis played 12 years in the NBA, 1 less than John Starks, who played 13. Don Kojis had the first of his seasons in 1963-64, while John Starks had his rookie season in 1988-89. 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.

Note: John Starks didn't play in 1989-90.

Season 4
	Don Kojis	John Starks
Season	1966-67	1992-93
Team	Chicago Bulls	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Bulls Lost West Div Semis	Knicks Lost East Conf 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		%
Don Kojis	78	21.2	10.2	-	-	6.1	0.9	-	-	-	2.6	4.2	9.9	.426	-	-	-	1.7	2.8	.604
John Starks	80	31.0	17.5	0.7	1.9	2.6	5.1	1.1	0.2	2.2	2.9	6.4	15.0	.428	1.4	4.2	.321	3.3	4.1	.795
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don Kojis	3	34.7	17.0	-	-	10.0	1.3	-	-	-	3.3	7.7	16.0	.479	-	-	-	1.7	2.7	.625
John Starks	15	38.3	16.5	0.3	3.2	3.5	6.4	1.0	0.2	3.7	3.8	5.9	13.3	.440	1.9	5.0	.373	2.9	4.0	.717

Season 5
	Don Kojis	John Starks
Season	1967-68	1993-94
Team	San Diego Rockets	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks 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		%
Don Kojis	69	36.9	19.7	-	-	10.3	2.6	-	-	-	3.8	7.7	17.2	.446	-	-	-	4.3	6.0	.726
John Starks	59	34.9	19.0	0.6	2.5	3.1	5.9	1.6	0.1	3.1	3.2	6.9	16.6	.420	1.9	5.7	.335	3.2	4.2	.754
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don Kojis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Starks	25	33.6	14.6	0.4	2.0	2.3	4.6	1.4	0.1	2.3	3.4	4.4	11.6	.381	1.9	5.3	.356	3.9	5.0	.770

Season 6
	Don Kojis	John Starks
Season	1968-69	1994-95
Team	San Diego Rockets	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Div Semis	Knicks 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		%
Don Kojis	81	38.6	22.5	-	-	9.6	2.6	-	-	-	3.7	8.5	19.5	.434	-	-	-	5.5	7.4	.748
John Starks	80	34.1	15.3	0.4	2.3	2.7	5.1	1.2	0.1	2.0	3.2	5.2	13.3	.395	2.7	7.6	.355	2.1	2.9	.737
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don Kojis	6	38.7	20.2	-	-	8.5	3.5	-	-	-	3.7	8.0	18.2	.440	-	-	-	4.2	5.2	.806
John Starks	11	34.5	15.6	0.2	2.1	2.3	5.2	1.2	0.1	2.4	3.6	5.3	11.7	.450	2.7	6.6	.411	2.4	3.8	.619

Season 8
	Don Kojis	John Starks
Season	1970-71	1996-97
Team	Seattle Supersonics	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	Sixth Man of the Year
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks 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		%
Don Kojis	79	27.1	14.6	-	-	5.5	1.6	-	-	-	2.8	5.7	12.9	.446	-	-	-	3.2	4.1	.778
John Starks	77	26.5	13.8	0.5	2.2	2.7	2.8	1.2	0.1	2.1	2.5	4.8	11.1	.431	1.9	5.3	.369	2.2	2.9	.769
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don Kojis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Starks	9	28.3	14.0	0.8	2.7	3.4	2.8	1.1	0.0	2.2	2.8	4.9	11.0	.444	1.4	4.6	.317	2.8	3.4	.806