Jeff Hornacek vs. Kevin Johnson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kevin Johnson and Jeff Hornacek, 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.

Jeff Hornacek played 14 years in the NBA, 2 more than Kevin Johnson, who played 12. Jeff Hornacek had the first of his seasons in 1986-87, 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
	Jeff Hornacek	Kevin Johnson
Season	1987-88	1988-89
Team	Phoenix Suns	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Most Improved Player
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Suns Lost West Conf Finals

more >>

2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Hornacek	82	27.4	9.5	0.9	2.3	3.2	6.6	1.3	0.1	1.9	1.8	3.7	7.4	.506	0.2	0.7	.293	1.9	2.3	.822
difference:	+1	+11.8	+10.9	+0.3	+1.3	+1.0	+5.6	+0.4	+0.2	-2.1	-1.0	+3.3	+6.5	+.001	+0.2	+0.4	+.202	+4.4	+4.8	+.060
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		%
Jeff Hornacek	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Jeff Hornacek	Kevin Johnson
Season	1988-89	1989-90
Team	Phoenix Suns	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Finals	Suns Lost West Conf Finals

more >>

3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Hornacek	78	31.9	13.5	1.0	2.4	3.4	6.0	1.7	0.1	1.4	2.4	5.6	11.4	.495	0.3	1.0	.333	1.9	2.3	.826
difference:	+4	+5.7	+9.0	+0.4	+0.7	+0.2	+5.4	+0.4	+0.1	-2.2	-0.5	+2.2	+4.3	+.004	+0.2	+0.4	+.138	+4.9	+5.8	+.012
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		%
Jeff Hornacek	12	31.2	14.1	2.1	3.7	5.8	5.2	1.3	0.3	1.5	2.8	6.2	12.4	.497	0.0	0.6	.000	1.8	2.1	.840
difference:	+4	+5.2	+7.2	+1.5	+0.9	+2.5	+5.4	+0.3	+0.3	-2.4	-1.0	+1.5	+3.7	+.018	+0.1	+0.1	+.182	+4.0	+4.9	+.019
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
	Jeff Hornacek	Kevin Johnson
Season	1989-90	1990-91
Team	Phoenix Suns	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Finals	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd

more >>

4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Hornacek	67	34.0	17.6	1.3	3.4	4.7	5.0	1.7	0.2	1.9	2.1	7.2	13.4	.536	0.6	1.5	.408	2.6	3.0	.856
difference:	+10	+2.0	+4.6	+0.6	+0.6	+1.2	+5.1	+0.4	+0.1	-1.6	-0.2	+0.5	+1.5	+.020	+0.5	+0.9	+.203	+4.1	+5.0	+.013
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		%
Jeff Hornacek	16	36.4	18.6	0.8	3.1	3.9	4.6	1.5	0.0	2.1	2.7	7.0	13.7	.511	0.4	1.5	.250	4.3	4.6	.932
difference:	+12	+0.1	+5.8	+0.3	+0.3	+0.6	+5.2	+1.0	+0.3	-0.9	-0.4	+3.0	+0.4	+.209	+0.1	+0.3	+.107	+0.2	+2.9	+.332
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
	Jeff Hornacek	Kevin Johnson
Season	1990-91	1991-92
Team	Phoenix Suns	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Suns Lost West Conf Semis

more >>

5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Hornacek	80	34.2	16.9	0.9	3.1	4.0	5.1	1.4	0.2	1.6	2.3	6.8	13.1	.518	0.8	1.8	.418	2.5	2.8	.897
difference:	+2	+3.0	+2.8	+0.1	+0.1	+0.3	+5.6	+0.1	+0.1	-1.9		+0.1	+1.3	+.039	+0.7	+1.2	+.201	+3.2	+4.3	+.090
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		%
Jeff Hornacek	4	36.3	18.3	0.8	5.5	6.3	2.0	0.8	0.5	0.8	3.3	5.5	12.8	.431	0.8	1.5	.500	6.5	7.0	.929
difference:	+4	+5.6	+5.3	+0.2	+2.4	+2.2	+9.6	+0.7	+0.2	-2.3	-0.3	+2.3	+3.2	+.053	+0.4	+0.7		+1.3	+2.0	+.068
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
	Jeff Hornacek	Kevin Johnson
Season	1991-92	1992-93
Team	Phoenix Suns	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	Suns Lost NBA Finals

more >>

6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Hornacek	81	38.0	20.1	1.3	3.7	5.0	5.1	2.0	0.4	2.1	2.7	7.8	15.3	.512	1.0	2.3	.439	3.4	3.9	.886
difference:	+32	+4.5	+4.0	+0.7	+2.2	+2.9	+2.7	+0.3		-1.0	-0.7	+2.0	+3.8	+.013	+1.0	+2.1	+.314	+1.2	+1.7	+.067
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		%
Jeff Hornacek	8	42.9	20.4	1.5	4.9	6.4	5.3	1.8	0.3	2.4	2.9	7.8	16.0	.484	1.0	2.1	.471	3.9	4.3	.912
difference:	+15	+3.2	+2.6	+1.1	+2.6	+3.7	+2.6	+0.3	+0.3	-1.3	-0.4	+1.6	+3.0	+.004	+1.0	+2.0	+.471	+1.5	+2.5	+.117
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
	Jeff Hornacek	Kevin Johnson
Season	1992-93	1993-94
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Suns Lost West Conf Semis

more >>

7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Hornacek	79	36.2	19.1	1.1	3.3	4.3	6.9	1.7	0.3	2.8	2.6	7.4	15.7	.470	1.2	3.2	.390	3.2	3.7	.865
difference:	+12	+0.4	+0.9	+0.3	+1.6	+1.8	+2.6	+0.2	+0.2	-0.7	-0.7	+0.3	+1.1	+.017	+1.1	+2.8	+.168	+2.5	+3.2	+.046
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		%
Jeff Hornacek	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Note: Kevin Johnson didn't play in 1998-99.