Keldon Johnson vs. Ricky Pierce Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ricky Pierce 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.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

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 5 years in the NBA, 11 less than Ricky Pierce, who played 16. Keldon Johnson had the first of his seasons in 2019-20, while Ricky Pierce had his rookie season in 1982-83. 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Keldon Johnson	5	0	2019-20 to 2023-24
Ricky Pierce	16	12	1982-83 to 1997-98

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16


Rookie Season
	Keldon Johnson	Ricky Pierce
Season	2019-20	1982-83
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Keldon Johnson	17	17.7	9.1	0.6	2.8	3.4	0.9	0.8	0.1	0.8	1.6	3.1	5.2	.596	0.8	1.3	.591	2.1	2.6	.795
Ricky Pierce	39	6.8	2.2	0.4	0.5	0.9	0.4	0.2	0.1	0.5	1.1	0.8	2.3	.375	0.0	0.2	.143	0.5	0.8	.563

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Keldon Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ricky Pierce	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Keldon Johnson	Ricky Pierce
Season	2020-21	1983-84
Team	San Antonio Spurs	San Diego Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Keldon Johnson	69	28.5	12.8	1.3	4.6	6.0	1.8	0.6	0.3	1.1	2.1	4.9	10.2	.479	0.9	2.6	.331	2.1	2.8	.740
Ricky Pierce	69	18.6	9.9	0.9	1.1	2.0	0.9	0.4	0.2	1.2	2.1	3.9	8.3	.470	0.0	0.1	.000	2.2	2.5	.861

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Keldon Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ricky Pierce	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Keldon Johnson	Ricky Pierce
Season	2021-22	1984-85
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bucks 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		%
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
Ricky Pierce	44	20.0	9.8	1.1	1.5	2.7	2.1	0.8	0.1	1.4	2.7	3.8	7.0	.537	0.0	0.1	.250	2.3	2.8	.823

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Keldon Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ricky Pierce	8	24.8	9.9	1.0	1.3	2.3	1.9	0.4	0.1	2.1	3.3	4.5	9.1	.493	0.0	0.3	.000	0.9	1.1	.778


Season 4
	Keldon Johnson	Ricky Pierce
Season	2022-23	1985-86
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bucks 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		%
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
Ricky Pierce	81	26.5	13.9	1.2	1.7	2.9	2.2	1.0	0.1	1.3	3.1	5.3	9.9	.538	0.0	0.3	.130	3.3	3.8	.858

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Keldon Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ricky Pierce	13	24.8	11.1	1.5	1.2	2.8	1.5	0.6	0.2	1.2	3.2	4.0	8.7	.460	0.0	0.2	.000	3.1	3.5	.889


Season 5
	Keldon Johnson	Ricky Pierce
Season	2023-24	1986-87
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	-	Sixth Man of the Year
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bucks 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		%
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
Ricky Pierce	79	31.7	19.5	1.5	1.9	3.4	1.8	0.8	0.3	1.5	2.8	7.3	13.6	.534	0.0	0.4	.107	4.9	5.6	.880

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Keldon Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ricky Pierce	12	26.4	15.9	1.0	1.3	2.3	1.3	0.8	0.4	1.6	3.3	5.7	11.8	.479	0.0	0.0	-	4.6	5.6	.821


Season 6
	Keldon Johnson	Ricky Pierce
Season	-	1987-88
Team	-	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Bucks 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		%
Keldon Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ricky Pierce	37	26.1	16.4	0.8	1.4	2.2	2.0	0.6	0.2	1.5	2.5	6.7	13.1	.510	0.1	0.4	.214	2.9	3.3	.877

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Keldon Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ricky Pierce	5	21.0	11.8	1.2	1.6	2.8	1.8	0.2	0.4	0.8	1.8	5.0	10.6	.472	0.2	1.0	.200	1.6	1.8	.889


Season 7
	Keldon Johnson	Ricky Pierce
Season	-	1988-89
Team	-	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Bucks 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		%
Keldon Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ricky Pierce	75	27.7	17.6	1.1	1.5	2.6	2.1	1.0	0.3	1.5	2.6	7.0	13.6	.518	0.1	0.5	.222	3.4	4.0	.859

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Keldon Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ricky Pierce	9	32.4	22.3	0.6	2.2	2.8	2.8	1.2	0.2	1.0	3.4	8.6	15.7	.546	0.7	0.9	.750	4.6	5.2	.872


Season 8
	Keldon Johnson	Ricky Pierce
Season	-	1989-90
Team	-	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	-	Sixth Man of the Year
Playoffs	-	Bucks 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		%
Keldon Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ricky Pierce	59	29.0	23.0	1.1	1.7	2.8	2.3	0.8	0.1	2.2	2.7	8.5	16.7	.510	0.8	2.3	.346	5.2	6.2	.839

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Keldon Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ricky Pierce	4	30.5	22.3	1.5	0.8	2.3	1.5	1.3	0.0	0.8	3.5	7.0	15.0	.467	1.3	2.5	.500	7.0	7.8	.903


Season 9
	Keldon Johnson	Ricky Pierce
Season	-	1990-91
Team	-	Milwaukee Bucks, Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Supersonics 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		%
Keldon Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ricky Pierce	78	27.8	20.5	0.9	1.6	2.4	2.2	0.8	0.2	1.9	2.2	7.2	14.8	.485	0.6	1.5	.397	5.5	6.0	.913

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Keldon Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ricky Pierce	5	22.4	11.4	1.2	1.6	2.8	0.8	0.8	0.2	2.2	2.4	3.8	11.4	.333	0.6	2.0	.300	3.2	3.4	.941


Season 10
	Keldon Johnson	Ricky Pierce
Season	-	1991-92
Team	-	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Supersonics Lost West 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		%
Keldon Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ricky Pierce	78	34.1	21.7	1.2	1.8	3.0	3.1	1.1	0.3	2.4	2.7	7.9	16.7	.475	0.4	1.6	.268	5.3	5.8	.916

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Keldon Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ricky Pierce	9	35.1	19.6	1.0	1.4	2.4	3.1	0.6	0.1	2.7	2.7	7.0	14.6	.481	0.3	1.2	.273	5.2	6.0	.870


Season 11
	Keldon Johnson	Ricky Pierce
Season	-	1992-93
Team	-	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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		%
Keldon Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ricky Pierce	77	28.8	18.2	0.8	1.7	2.5	2.9	1.3	0.1	2.1	2.2	6.8	13.9	.489	0.5	1.5	.372	4.1	4.6	.889

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Keldon Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ricky Pierce	19	30.4	17.7	0.9	1.5	2.4	2.2	0.6	0.2	1.5	2.1	6.5	14.2	.456	0.6	1.6	.400	4.2	4.6	.898


Season 12
	Keldon Johnson	Ricky Pierce
Season	-	1993-94
Team	-	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Supersonics 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		%
Keldon Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ricky Pierce	51	20.0	14.5	0.6	1.1	1.6	1.8	0.8	0.1	1.3	1.6	5.3	11.3	.471	0.1	0.6	.188	3.7	4.1	.896

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Keldon Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ricky Pierce	5	14.8	8.0	0.8	0.2	1.0	0.6	0.2	0.0	1.8	1.6	2.8	6.2	.452	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	3.4	.706


Season 13
	Keldon Johnson	Ricky Pierce
Season	-	1994-95
Team	-	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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		%
Keldon Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ricky Pierce	27	24.9	12.5	0.4	1.9	2.4	1.5	0.8	0.1	0.9	1.4	4.1	9.4	.437	0.9	2.6	.329	3.4	3.9	.877

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Keldon Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ricky Pierce	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Keldon Johnson	Ricky Pierce
Season	-	1995-96
Team	-	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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		%
Keldon Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ricky Pierce	76	18.5	9.7	0.5	1.3	1.8	1.3	0.8	0.1	1.2	2.5	3.5	7.8	.447	0.5	1.4	.337	2.3	2.7	.849

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Keldon Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ricky Pierce	5	26.6	10.2	0.6	0.2	0.8	3.0	1.6	0.2	2.4	2.6	3.2	9.4	.340	0.4	1.6	.250	3.4	4.0	.850


Season 15
	Keldon Johnson	Ricky Pierce
Season	-	1996-97
Team	-	Denver Nuggets, Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Hornets 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		%
Keldon Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ricky Pierce	60	20.8	11.0	0.6	1.4	2.0	1.3	0.5	0.2	1.1	1.6	4.0	8.3	.481	0.7	1.6	.442	2.3	2.6	.897

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Keldon Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ricky Pierce	3	29.0	7.7	0.3	2.3	2.7	1.3	0.7	0.0	1.0	2.7	3.7	8.0	.458	0.3	2.3	.143	0.0	0.0	-


Season 16
	Keldon Johnson	Ricky Pierce
Season	-	1997-98
Team	-	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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		%
Keldon Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ricky Pierce	39	11.3	3.9	0.5	0.7	1.2	0.9	0.2	0.0	0.5	0.9	1.3	3.7	.364	0.1	0.3	.308	1.1	1.3	.827

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Keldon Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ricky Pierce	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Keldon Johnson vs. Ricky Pierce Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ricky Pierce 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.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14

Season 15

Season 16