George Gervin vs. Steve Johnson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Steve 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 Steve Johnson both played 10 years in the NBA. George Gervin had the first of his seasons in 1976-77, while Steve 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	George Gervin	Steve Johnson
Season	1976-77	1981-82
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Kansas City Kings
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
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	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
Steve Johnson	78	22.3	12.8	1.9	3.9	5.9	1.2	0.5	1.1	2.5	4.8	5.1	8.3	.613	0.0	0.0	-	2.7	4.2	.642
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
Steve Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	George Gervin	Steve Johnson
Season	1977-78	1982-83
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Kansas City Kings
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
Steve Johnson	79	19.5	11.7	1.8	3.3	5.0	1.2	0.5	1.1	2.3	4.1	4.7	7.5	.624	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	4.1	.574
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
Steve Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	George Gervin	Steve Johnson
Season	1978-79	1983-84
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Kansas City Kings, Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost East Conf Finals	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	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
Steve Johnson	81	18.4	9.5	2.0	3.2	5.2	1.0	0.5	0.9	2.0	3.8	3.7	6.7	.559	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	3.5	.575
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
Steve Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	George Gervin	Steve Johnson
Season	1979-80	1984-85
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Bulls 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	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
Steve Johnson	74	22.4	10.0	2.0	3.9	5.9	0.9	0.5	0.8	2.0	3.6	3.8	7.0	.545	0.0	0.0	.000	2.4	3.4	.718
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
Steve Johnson	3	7.3	2.0	1.0	0.7	1.7	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.7	1.3	0.7	2.3	.286	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	0.7	1.000

Season 5
	George Gervin	Steve Johnson
Season	1980-81	1985-86
Team	San Antonio Spurs	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	Spurs 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	33.7	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
Steve Johnson	71	25.7	13.8	2.0	4.5	6.5	1.3	0.6	0.9	2.7	4.1	5.1	8.1	.632	0.0	0.0	-	3.6	5.3	.694
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
Steve Johnson	3	17.7	5.0	0.7	1.3	2.0	0.7	0.0	0.3	2.0	4.7	1.7	5.0	.333	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	3.7	.455

Season 6
	George Gervin	Steve Johnson
Season	1981-82	1986-87
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	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	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
Steve Johnson	79	29.7	16.8	2.5	4.7	7.2	2.0	0.6	1.0	3.5	4.3	6.3	11.3	.556	0.0	0.0	-	4.3	6.2	.698
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
Steve Johnson	4	34.3	20.8	4.3	5.8	10.0	0.5	0.5	0.3	2.3	3.8	7.0	15.3	.459	0.0	0.0	-	6.8	10.8	.628

Season 7
	George Gervin	Steve Johnson
Season	1982-83	1987-88
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	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	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
Steve Johnson	43	24.4	15.4	2.0	3.7	5.6	1.3	0.4	0.7	2.8	3.5	6.0	11.3	.529	0.0	0.0	.000	3.4	5.8	.586
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
Steve Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	George Gervin	Steve Johnson
Season	1983-84	1988-89
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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	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
Steve Johnson	72	20.5	10.0	1.9	3.1	5.0	1.5	0.3	0.6	1.9	3.5	4.1	7.8	.524	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	3.4	.527
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Gervin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Steve Johnson	3	11.3	2.3	0.3	1.7	2.0	0.0	0.7	0.0	1.0	2.3	0.7	2.7	.250	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.0	1.000

Season 9
	George Gervin	Steve Johnson
Season	1984-85	1989-90
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Minnesota Timberwolves, Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West 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	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
Steve Johnson	25	10.4	4.7	0.8	1.4	2.1	0.7	0.1	0.2	1.2	2.2	1.9	3.7	.522	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.4	.600
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
Steve Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-