Draymond Green vs. Kevin Johnson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kevin Johnson and Draymond Green, 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.

Draymond Green played 13 years in the NBA, 1 more than Kevin Johnson, who played 12. Draymond Green had the first of his seasons in 2012-13, 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.

Season 2
	Draymond Green	Kevin Johnson
Season	2013-14	1988-89
Team	Golden State Warriors	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Most Improved Player
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Draymond Green	82	21.9	6.2	1.0	3.9	5.0	1.9	1.2	0.9	1.1	2.8	2.3	5.6	.407	0.7	2.0	.333	1.0	1.5	.667
difference:	+1	+17.3	+14.2	+0.4	+0.3	+0.8	+10.3	+0.5	+0.6	-2.9		+4.7	+8.3	+.098	+0.7	+1.7	+.242	+5.3	+5.6	+.215
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		%
Draymond Green	7	32.6	11.9	2.6	5.7	8.3	2.9	1.7	1.7	2.4	4.7	4.0	8.6	.467	1.1	4.1	.276	2.7	3.4	.792
difference:	+5	+8.6	+11.9	+1.6	+2.4	+4.0	+9.4	+0.1	+1.3	-2.2	-2.4	+3.5	+6.6	+.028	+0.8	+3.3	+.024	+5.8	+5.8	+.135
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
	Draymond Green	Kevin Johnson
Season	2014-15	1989-90
Team	Golden State Warriors	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Draymond Green	79	31.5	11.7	1.4	6.7	8.2	3.7	1.6	1.3	1.7	3.2	4.3	9.7	.443	1.4	4.2	.337	1.7	2.5	.660
difference:	+5	+6.1	+10.8	+0.8	+3.6	+4.6	+7.7	+0.3	+1.1	-1.9	-1.3	+3.5	+6.0	+.056	+1.3	+3.6	+.142	+5.1	+5.6	+.178
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		%
Draymond Green	21	37.3	13.7	2.2	7.9	10.1	5.2	1.8	1.2	2.8	4.2	4.8	11.4	.417	1.1	4.3	.264	3.0	4.1	.736
difference:	+5	+0.9	+7.6	+1.6	+5.1	+6.8	+5.4	+0.2	+1.2	-1.1	-2.4	+2.9	+4.7	+.062	+1.0	+3.6	+.082	+2.8	+2.9	+.085
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
	Draymond Green	Kevin Johnson
Season	2015-16	1990-91
Team	Golden State Warriors	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Warriors Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Draymond Green	81	34.7	14.0	1.7	7.8	9.5	7.4	1.5	1.4	3.2	3.0	5.0	10.1	.490	1.2	3.2	.388	2.8	4.1	.696
difference:	+4	+1.3	+8.2	+1.0	+5.0	+6.0	+2.7	+0.6	+1.3	-0.3	-0.7	+2.7	+4.8	+.026	+1.1	+2.6	+.183	+3.9	+3.9	+.147
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		%
Draymond Green	23	38.2	15.4	1.7	8.3	9.9	6.0	1.6	1.8	2.4	3.5	5.2	12.0	.431	1.7	4.5	.365	3.4	4.7	.738
difference:	+19	+1.7	+2.6	+1.2	+5.5	+6.6	+3.8	+1.1	+1.5	-0.6	-1.2	+1.2	+1.3	+.129	+1.4	+2.7	+.222	+1.1	+2.8	+.138
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
	Draymond Green	Kevin Johnson
Season	2016-17	1991-92
Team	Golden State Warriors	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
	Steals Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
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		%
Draymond Green	76	32.5	10.2	1.3	6.6	7.9	7.0	2.0	1.4	2.4	2.9	3.6	8.6	.418	1.1	3.5	.308	2.0	2.8	.709
difference:	+2	+4.7	+9.5	+0.5	+3.6	+4.2	+3.7	+0.5	+1.1	-1.1	-0.6	+3.3	+5.8	+.061	+1.0	+2.9	+.091	+3.7	+4.3	+.098
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		%
Draymond Green	17	34.9	13.1	1.2	7.9	9.1	6.5	1.8	1.6	2.1	3.5	4.2	9.5	.447	1.9	4.6	.410	2.7	3.9	.687
difference:	+9	+7.0	+10.5	+0.2	+4.8	+5.0	+5.1	+0.3	+1.3	-1.0	-0.5	+3.6	+6.5	+.037	+1.5	+3.8	+.090	+5.1	+5.1	+.174
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
	Draymond Green	Kevin Johnson
Season	2017-18	1992-93
Team	Golden State Warriors	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
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		%
Draymond Green	70	32.7	11.0	1.1	6.6	7.6	7.3	1.4	1.3	2.9	2.6	4.0	8.8	.454	1.1	3.7	.301	1.9	2.5	.775
difference:	+21	+0.8	+5.1	+0.5	+5.1	+5.5	+0.5	+0.3	+0.9	-0.2	-0.6	+1.8	+2.7	+.045	+1.1	+3.5	+.176	+2.7	+3.1	+.044
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		%
Draymond Green	21	39.0	10.8	2.0	8.6	10.6	8.1	2.0	1.5	3.0	3.6	4.0	9.1	.432	1.0	3.8	.266	1.9	2.3	.796
difference:	+2	+0.7	+7.0	+1.6	+6.3	+7.9	+0.2	+0.5	+0.9	-0.7	-1.1	+2.2	+3.9	+.048	+1.0	+3.7	+.266	+3.5	+4.5	+.001
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
	Draymond Green	Kevin Johnson
Season	2018-19	1993-94
Team	Golden State Warriors	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Warriors Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Draymond Green	66	31.3	7.4	0.9	6.4	7.3	6.9	1.4	1.1	2.6	3.0	2.8	6.4	.445	0.7	2.5	.285	1.0	1.4	.692
difference:	+1	+5.3	+12.6	+0.1	+4.7	+4.8	+2.6	+0.5	+1.0	-0.9	-1.1	+4.3	+8.2	+.042	+0.6	+2.1	+.063	+4.7	+5.5	+.127
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		%
Draymond Green	22	38.7	13.3	1.9	8.3	10.1	8.5	1.5	1.5	3.8	3.9	5.2	10.4	.498	0.6	2.6	.228	2.3	3.2	.718
difference:	+12	+4.0	+13.3	+0.9	+5.8	+6.6	+1.1	+0.5	+1.4	-0.4	-1.6	+4.5	+10.8	+.040	+0.3	+1.6	+.072	+4.6	+4.9	+.134
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 9
	Draymond Green	Kevin Johnson
Season	2020-21	1995-96
Team	Golden State Warriors	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
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		%
Draymond Green	63	31.5	7.0	0.9	6.2	7.1	8.9	1.7	0.8	3.0	3.1	2.7	6.0	.447	0.5	2.0	.270	1.1	1.4	.795
difference:	+7	+4.3	+11.7	+0.1	+3.0	+3.2	+0.3	+0.2	+0.6		-0.5	+3.4	+6.0	+.060	+0.1	+1.0	+.098	+5.0	+5.7	+.064
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		%
Draymond Green	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
	Draymond Green	Kevin Johnson
Season	2021-22	1996-97
Team	Golden State Warriors	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Draymond Green	46	28.9	7.5	1.0	6.3	7.3	7.0	1.3	1.1	3.0	3.0	2.9	5.6	.525	0.3	1.2	.296	1.3	2.0	.659
difference:	+24	+9.1	+12.6	+0.2	+3.5	+3.7	+2.3	+0.2	+0.9	-0.1	-1.0	+3.4	+7.1	+.029	+1.0	+1.7	+.145	+5.0	+5.4	+.193
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		%
Draymond Green	22	32.0	8.0	1.2	6.0	7.2	6.3	1.1	1.0	2.7	4.0	3.1	6.5	.479	0.4	1.8	.205	1.4	2.1	.638
difference:	+17	+9.6	+8.8	+0.4	+3.2	+2.8	+0.3	+1.5	+1.0	-0.9	-1.0	+2.1	+11.1	+.184	+0.2	+2.6	+.069	+4.4	+4.5	+.241
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
	Draymond Green	Kevin Johnson
Season	2022-23	1997-98
Team	Golden State Warriors	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Draymond Green	73	31.5	8.5	0.9	6.3	7.2	6.8	1.0	0.8	2.8	3.1	3.4	6.5	.527	0.5	1.8	.305	1.1	1.5	.713
difference:	+23	+5.7	+1.0	+0.2	+3.7	+3.9	+1.9	+0.5	+0.6	-0.8	-2.0	+0.3	+0.4	+.080	+0.4	+1.3	+.151	+2.1	+2.2	+.158
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		%
Draymond Green	12	30.6	9.4	1.6	5.3	6.9	6.8	1.5	1.0	2.3	4.0	3.5	7.6	.462	0.4	1.7	.250	2.0	2.8	.727
difference:	+8	+0.1	+4.4	+1.1	+3.5	+4.6	+2.0	+1.0	+0.7	-0.8	-2.5	+2.3	+2.9	+.086	+0.1	+0.7			+0.2	+.060
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.

Additional Years
* Draymond Green played 1 season more than Kevin Johnson in the NBA. In that period—his season 13 in 2025—Draymond Green played in the Playoffs. In that extra year over Kevin Johnson, Draymond Green got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Defensive First Team