Gordon Hayward vs. Larry Johnson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Larry Johnson and Gordon Hayward, 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.

Gordon Hayward played 14 years in the NBA, 4 more than Larry Johnson, who played 10. Gordon Hayward had the first of his seasons in 2010-11, while Larry Johnson had his rookie season in 1991-92. 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.

Rookie Season
	Gordon Hayward	Larry Johnson
Season	2010-11	1991-92
Team	Utah Jazz	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Gordon Hayward	72	16.9	5.4	0.6	1.4	1.9	1.1	0.4	0.3	1.0	1.5	2.0	4.1	.485	0.5	1.0	.473	1.0	1.3	.711
difference:	+10	+20.3	+13.8	+3.3	+5.6	+9.1	+2.5	+0.6	+0.3	-1.0	-1.2	+5.5	+11.2	+.005	+0.4	+0.7	+.246	+3.1	+3.7	+.118
Larry Johnson	82	37.2	19.2	3.9	7.0	11.0	3.6	1.0	0.6	2.0	2.7	7.5	15.3	.490	0.1	0.3	.227	4.1	5.0	.829
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Gordon Hayward nor Larry Johnson played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Gordon Hayward	Larry Johnson
Season	2011-12	1992-93
Team	Utah Jazz	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Hornets Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
Gordon Hayward	66	30.5	11.8	0.9	2.6	3.5	3.1	0.8	0.6	1.7	1.6	4.0	8.9	.456	0.8	2.4	.346	2.9	3.5	.832
difference:	+16	+10.0	+10.3	+2.5	+4.5	+7.0	+1.2	+0.2	+0.3	-1.1	-0.7	+4.9	+8.0	+.070	+0.6	+1.5	+.092	+1.2	+1.8	+.065
Larry Johnson	82	40.5	22.1	3.4	7.1	10.5	4.3	0.6	0.3	2.8	2.3	8.9	16.9	.526	0.2	0.9	.254	4.1	5.3	.767
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gordon Hayward	4	30.8	7.3	0.5	2.3	2.8	3.0	0.8	0.0	0.8	1.0	1.5	8.3	.182	0.3	3.0	.083	4.0	4.0	1.000
difference:	+5	+7.9	+12.5	+1.6	+2.5	+4.1	+0.3	+0.2	+0.2	-1.3	-2.0	+6.1	+5.3	+.375	+0.2	+2.6	+.167	+0.6	+1.8	+.212
Larry Johnson	9	38.7	19.8	2.1	4.8	6.9	3.3	0.6	0.2	2.1	3.0	7.6	13.6	.557	0.1	0.4	.250	4.6	5.8	.788

Season 4
	Gordon Hayward	Larry Johnson
Season	2013-14	1994-95
Team	Utah Jazz	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hornets Lost East 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		%
Gordon Hayward	77	36.4	16.2	0.8	4.3	5.1	5.2	1.4	0.5	2.8	2.0	5.5	13.4	.413	1.1	3.6	.304	4.0	4.9	.816
difference:	+4	+3.5	+2.6	+1.5	+0.6	+2.1	+0.6	+0.4	+0.2	-0.2	-0.1	+1.7	+1.6	+.067	+0.1	+1.0	+.082	+0.6	+0.5	+.042
Larry Johnson	81	39.9	18.8	2.3	4.9	7.2	4.6	1.0	0.3	2.6	2.1	7.2	15.0	.480	1.0	2.6	.386	3.4	4.4	.774
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gordon Hayward	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Larry Johnson	4	43.0	20.8	2.5	3.3	5.8	2.8	1.0	0.5	1.5	1.8	7.8	16.3	.477	0.3	2.3	.111	5.0	6.3	.800

Season 7
	Gordon Hayward	Larry Johnson
Season	2016-17	1997-98
Team	Utah Jazz	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	Knicks Lost East 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		%
Gordon Hayward	73	34.5	21.9	0.7	4.7	5.4	3.5	1.0	0.3	1.9	1.6	7.5	15.8	.471	2.0	5.1	.398	5.0	5.9	.844
difference:	+3		+6.4	+1.8	+1.5	+0.3	+1.4	+0.4	+0.1	-0.1	-1.2	+1.4	+3.2	+.014	+1.8	+4.2	+.160	+1.9	+1.9	+.088
Larry Johnson	70	34.5	15.5	2.5	3.2	5.7	2.1	0.6	0.2	1.8	2.8	6.1	12.6	.485	0.2	0.9	.238	3.1	4.0	.756
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gordon Hayward	11	37.4	24.1	0.6	5.5	6.1	3.4	0.9	0.3	2.2	2.1	7.5	17.1	.441	2.5	6.2	.412	6.5	6.9	.934
difference:	+3	+1.4	+6.2	+2.5	+2.0	+0.5	+1.8	+0.4	+0.1	-0.9	-1.7	+1.0	+3.7	+.045	+2.2	+4.9	+.212	+1.9	+0.6	+.194
Larry Johnson	8	38.8	17.9	3.1	3.5	6.6	1.6	1.3	0.4	3.1	3.8	6.5	13.4	.486	0.3	1.3	.200	4.6	6.3	.740