George Gervin vs. Clemon Johnson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Clemon Johnson and George Gervin, 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.

George Gervin and Clemon Johnson both played 10 years in the NBA. George Gervin had the first of his seasons in 1976-77, while Clemon Johnson had his rookie season in 1978-79. 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	George Gervin	Clemon Johnson
Season	1976-77	1978-79
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Trail Blazers 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		%
George Gervin	82	33.0	23.1	1.6	3.9	5.5	2.9	1.3	1.3	-	3.5	8.9	16.3	.544	-	-	-	5.4	6.5	.833
Clemon Johnson	74	10.7	3.2	1.1	1.9	3.1	1.1	0.3	0.5	0.9	1.6	1.4	2.9	.470	-	-	-	0.5	1.0	.486
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Gervin	2	31.0	25.0	2.5	3.0	5.5	1.5	0.5	1.0	-	4.5	9.5	22.0	.432	-	-	-	6.0	7.5	.800
Clemon Johnson	3	15.7	4.7	1.7	4.0	5.7	0.7	0.7	1.3	2.3	1.7	1.3	3.7	.364	-	-	-	2.0	3.7	.545

Season 2
	George Gervin	Clemon Johnson
Season	1977-78	1979-80
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
George Gervin	82	34.8	27.2	1.4	3.7	5.1	3.7	1.7	1.3	3.7	3.1	10.5	19.6	.536	-	-	-	6.1	7.4	.830
Clemon Johnson	79	19.5	6.0	1.8	3.2	5.0	1.5	0.6	1.5	1.0	2.7	2.5	5.0	.503	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.5	.632
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Gervin	6	37.8	33.2	1.8	3.8	5.7	3.2	1.0	2.7	3.2	3.8	13.0	23.7	.549	-	-	-	7.2	9.3	.768
Clemon Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	George Gervin	Clemon Johnson
Season	1978-79	1980-81
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost East Conf Finals	Pacers 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		%
George Gervin	80	36.1	29.6	1.8	3.2	5.0	2.7	1.7	1.1	3.6	3.4	11.8	21.9	.541	-	-	-	5.9	7.1	.826
Clemon Johnson	81	20.3	7.2	2.1	3.6	5.8	1.8	0.5	1.5	1.5	2.3	2.9	5.8	.504	0.0	0.0	.000	1.4	2.3	.593
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Gervin	14	36.6	28.6	2.4	3.5	5.9	2.5	1.9	1.1	2.9	3.6	11.3	21.1	.536	-	-	-	6.0	7.4	.808
Clemon Johnson	2	27.5	7.5	5.0	5.0	10.0	1.5	2.0	1.0	1.5	1.5	2.5	6.0	.417	0.0	0.0	-	2.5	5.0	.500

Season 4
	George Gervin	Clemon Johnson
Season	1979-80	1981-82
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
George Gervin	78	37.6	33.1	2.0	3.2	5.2	2.6	1.4	1.0	3.3	2.7	13.1	24.9	.528	0.4	1.3	.314	6.5	7.6	.852
Clemon Johnson	79	25.1	9.5	2.3	4.9	7.2	1.6	0.8	1.4	1.7	3.1	3.9	8.1	.487	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	2.4	.651
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Gervin	3	40.7	33.3	3.0	3.7	6.7	4.0	1.7	1.0	3.0	2.7	12.3	24.7	.500	0.0	0.7	.000	8.7	10.0	.867
Clemon Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	George Gervin	Clemon Johnson
Season	1980-81	1982-83
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Indiana Pacers, Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Gervin	82	33.7	27.1	1.5	3.6	5.1	3.2	1.1	0.7	3.1	2.6	10.4	21.1	.492	0.1	0.4	.257	6.2	7.6	.826
Clemon Johnson	83	23.1	8.5	2.3	4.0	6.3	1.7	0.8	1.1	1.5	2.7	3.6	7.0	.515	0.0	0.0	.000	1.3	2.2	.617
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Gervin	7	39.1	27.1	1.3	3.7	5.0	3.4	0.7	0.7	2.9	2.7	11.0	22.0	.500	0.0	0.4	.000	5.1	6.4	.800
Clemon Johnson	12	16.8	4.2	1.8	1.8	3.6	0.6	0.3	0.4	1.0	2.3	2.1	4.1	.510	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.3	.000

Season 6
	George Gervin	Clemon Johnson
Season	1981-82	1983-84
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	76ers 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		%
George Gervin	79	35.7	32.3	1.7	3.2	5.0	2.4	1.0	0.6	2.7	2.7	12.6	25.2	.500	0.1	0.5	.278	7.0	8.1	.864
Clemon Johnson	80	21.5	5.7	1.6	3.3	5.0	0.7	0.4	0.8	1.2	2.6	2.4	5.2	.468	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.4	.611
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Gervin	9	41.4	29.4	2.1	5.2	7.3	4.6	1.1	0.4	3.4	4.0	11.4	25.3	.452	0.0	0.3	.000	6.6	7.9	.831
Clemon Johnson	5	9.0	1.6	0.6	0.6	1.2	0.0	0.2	0.8	0.6	1.6	0.8	2.4	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Season 7
	George Gervin	Clemon Johnson
Season	1982-83	1984-85
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	76ers 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		%
George Gervin	78	36.3	26.2	1.4	3.2	4.6	3.4	1.1	0.9	3.2	3.1	9.7	19.9	.487	0.2	0.4	.364	6.6	7.8	.853
Clemon Johnson	58	15.1	4.7	1.6	2.2	3.8	0.6	0.3	0.8	0.7	1.9	2.0	4.1	.498	0.0	0.0	.000	0.6	0.8	.735
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Gervin	11	39.7	25.2	1.9	4.8	6.7	3.4	1.1	0.4	4.2	3.5	9.8	18.9	.519	0.0	0.2	.000	5.5	6.3	.884
Clemon Johnson	13	12.7	3.2	1.3	1.5	2.8	0.2	0.2	0.5	1.0	2.5	1.0	2.5	.394	0.0	0.1	.000	1.2	1.6	.762

Season 8
	George Gervin	Clemon Johnson
Season	1983-84	1985-86
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers 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		%
George Gervin	76	34.0	25.9	1.4	2.7	4.1	2.9	1.0	0.6	2.9	2.9	10.1	20.5	.490	0.1	0.3	.417	5.6	6.7	.842
Clemon Johnson	75	14.3	3.5	1.4	2.0	3.4	0.2	0.3	0.8	0.5	1.7	1.4	3.0	.471	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.1	.630
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Gervin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Clemon Johnson	12	25.3	6.2	1.9	3.1	5.0	0.7	0.9	1.3	0.8	2.9	2.4	4.4	.547	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	2.1	.640

Season 9
	George Gervin	Clemon Johnson
Season	1984-85	1986-87
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Supersonics Lost West 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		%
George Gervin	72	29.0	21.2	1.1	2.2	3.3	2.5	0.9	0.7	2.8	2.9	8.3	16.4	.508	0.0	0.1	.000	4.5	5.3	.844
Clemon Johnson	78	13.5	3.2	1.4	2.2	3.6	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.5	1.8	1.1	2.3	.494	0.0	0.0	.000	0.9	1.4	.636
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Gervin	5	36.6	22.2	0.6	3.0	3.6	2.8	0.6	0.6	4.0	3.8	8.4	15.8	.532	0.0	0.6	.000	5.4	6.8	.794
Clemon Johnson	14	18.7	4.3	1.8	1.7	3.5	0.3	0.5	1.1	0.1	1.3	1.7	3.8	.453	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.4	.632