Keldon Johnson vs. Dennis Johnson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dennis Johnson and Keldon Johnson, 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.

Keldon Johnson played 6 years in the NBA, 8 less than Dennis Johnson, who played 14. Keldon Johnson had the first of his seasons in 2019-20, while Dennis Johnson had his rookie season in 1976-77. 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 3
	Keldon Johnson	Dennis Johnson
Season	2021-22	1978-79
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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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		%
Keldon Johnson	75	31.9	17.0	1.1	5.0	6.1	2.1	0.8	0.2	1.2	2.0	6.3	13.5	.466	2.1	5.3	.398	2.4	3.1	.756
difference:	+5	+2.1	+1.1	+0.7	+2.1	+1.4	+1.4	+0.5	+1.0	-1.2	-0.6	+0.3	+0.4	+.032				+1.4	+1.8	+.025
Dennis Johnson	80	34.0	15.9	1.8	2.9	4.7	3.5	1.3	1.2	2.4	2.6	6.0	13.9	.434	-	-	-	3.8	4.9	.781
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Keldon Johnson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dennis Johnson	17	40.1	20.9	2.6	3.5	6.1	4.1	1.6	1.5	3.0	3.7	8.0	17.8	.450	-	-	-	4.9	6.4	.771

Season 4
	Keldon Johnson	Dennis Johnson
Season	2022-23	1979-80
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Supersonics Lost West Conf Finals

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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		%
Keldon Johnson	63	32.7	22.0	0.9	4.2	5.0	2.9	0.7	0.2	2.1	2.0	8.0	17.7	.452	2.1	6.5	.329	3.9	5.2	.749
difference:	+18	+3.6	+3.0	+1.2	+1.2	+0.1	+1.2	+1.1	+0.8	-0.7	-1.3	+0.9	+0.9	+.030	+2.0	+5.8	+.122	+0.8	+0.8	+.031
Dennis Johnson	81	36.3	19.0	2.1	3.0	5.1	4.1	1.8	1.0	2.8	3.3	7.1	16.8	.422	0.1	0.7	.207	4.7	6.0	.780
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Keldon Johnson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dennis Johnson	15	38.8	17.1	1.7	2.6	4.3	3.8	1.8	0.7	2.9	3.2	6.7	16.3	.410	0.3	1.0	.333	3.5	4.1	.839

Season 5
	Keldon Johnson	Dennis Johnson
Season	2023-24	1980-81
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Keldon Johnson	69	29.5	15.7	1.4	4.1	5.5	2.8	0.7	0.3	1.4	2.2	5.7	12.5	.454	1.8	5.3	.346	2.5	3.2	.792
difference:	+10	+3.6	+3.1	+0.6	+1.5	+0.9	+0.9	+1.0	+0.5	-1.2	-0.9	+1.0	+2.9	+.018	+1.7	+4.7	+.130	+2.7	+3.1	+.028
Dennis Johnson	79	33.1	18.8	2.0	2.6	4.6	3.7	1.7	0.8	2.6	3.1	6.7	15.4	.436	0.1	0.6	.216	5.2	6.3	.820
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Keldon Johnson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dennis Johnson	7	38.1	19.6	1.0	3.7	4.7	2.9	1.3	1.3	2.7	2.6	7.4	15.7	.473	0.1	0.7	.200	4.6	6.0	.762

Season 6
	Keldon Johnson	Dennis Johnson
Season	2024-25	1981-82
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Suns Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
Keldon Johnson	77	23.9	12.7	1.5	3.4	4.8	1.6	0.6	0.3	1.0	1.5	4.8	10.0	.482	1.1	3.6	.318	1.9	2.5	.773
difference:	+3	+12.8	+6.8	+0.3		+0.3	+3.0	+0.7	+0.4	-1.9	-1.7	+2.4	+5.4	+.012	+1.0	+3.1	+.128	+3.1	+3.7	+.033
Dennis Johnson	80	36.7	19.5	1.8	3.4	5.1	4.6	1.3	0.7	2.9	3.2	7.2	15.4	.470	0.1	0.5	.190	5.0	6.2	.806
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Keldon Johnson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dennis Johnson	7	38.7	22.3	1.9	2.6	4.4	4.6	2.1	0.6	3.6	4.0	9.0	18.9	.477	0.0	0.4	.000	4.3	5.6	.769

Additional Years
* Dennis Johnson played 8 seasons more than Keldon Johnson in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 7 to 14, from 1983 to 1990—Dennis Johnson played in 8 Playoffs and won two NBA Championships. In those 8 extra years over Keldon Johnson, Dennis Johnson got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-Defensive First Team 3 All-Defensive Second Team 1 All-Star Game