Kevin Johnson vs. Dennis Johnson Season by Season Comparison

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

Kevin Johnson played 12 years in the NBA, 2 less than Dennis Johnson, who played 14. Kevin Johnson had the first of his seasons in 1987-88, 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 2
	Kevin Johnson	Dennis Johnson
Season	1988-89	1977-78
Team	Phoenix Suns	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Most Improved Player	-
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Finals	Supersonics Lost NBA Finals

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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		%
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
difference:		+11.9	+7.7	+1.3	+1.8	+0.6	+9.4	+0.2	+0.3	-2.0	-0.2	+2.5	+3.0	+.088				+2.6	+2.1	+.150
Dennis Johnson	81	27.3	12.7	1.9	1.8	3.6	2.8	1.5	0.6	2.0	2.6	4.5	10.9	.417	-	-	-	3.7	5.0	.732
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+10	+3.6	+7.7	+1.1	+0.8	+0.3	+9.0	+0.6	+0.6	-2.1	-0.6	+2.0	+1.8	+.083				+3.4	+2.0	+.223
Dennis Johnson	22	37.6	16.1	2.1	2.5	4.6	3.3	1.0	1.0	2.5	2.9	5.5	13.4	.412	-	-	-	5.1	7.2	.704

Season 3
	Kevin Johnson	Dennis Johnson
Season	1989-90	1978-79
Team	Phoenix Suns	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
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
difference:	+6	+3.6	+6.6	+1.2	+0.2	+1.1	+7.9		+1.0	-1.2	-0.7	+1.8	+1.8	+.065				+3.0	+3.2	+.057
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		%
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
difference:	+1	+3.7	+0.4	+2.0	+0.7	+2.8	+6.5		+1.5	-0.9	-1.9	+0.3	+1.7	+.029				+0.9	+0.6	+.050
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
	Kevin Johnson	Dennis Johnson
Season	1990-91	1979-80
Team	Phoenix Suns	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
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
difference:	+4	+0.3	+3.2	+1.4	+0.2	+1.6	+6.0	+0.3	+0.9	-0.7	-1.0	+0.6	+1.9	+.094		+0.1	+.002	+2.0	+2.0	+.063
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		%
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
difference:	+11	+2.3	+4.3	+1.2	+0.2	+1.0	+6.0	+1.3	+0.4	-0.1	-0.9	+2.7	+3.0	+.108		+0.8	+.190	+1.0	+3.4	+.239
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
	Kevin Johnson	Dennis Johnson
Season	1991-92	1980-81
Team	Phoenix Suns	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Third Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
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
difference:	+1	+4.1	+0.9	+1.2	+0.4	+0.9	+7.0	+0.2	+0.5	-0.9	-0.8	+0.2	+1.0	+.043			+.001	+0.5	+0.8	+.013
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		%
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
difference:	+1	+3.8	+4.0		+0.6	+0.6	+8.7	+0.2	+1.0	-0.4	-0.4	+0.4	+0.3	+.011	+0.3	+0.1	+.300	+3.2	+3.0	+.099
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
	Kevin Johnson	Dennis Johnson
Season	1992-93	1981-82
Team	Phoenix Suns	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost NBA Finals	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		%
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
difference:	+31	+3.2	+3.4	+1.2	+1.9	+3.0	+3.2	+0.4	+0.3	-0.2	-1.2	+1.4	+3.9	+.029	+0.1	+0.3	+.065	+0.4	+0.6	+.013
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		%
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
difference:	+16	+1.0	+4.5	+1.5	+0.3	+1.7	+3.3	+0.6		-0.1	-1.5	+2.8	+5.9	+.003		+0.3		+1.1	+1.2	+.026
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

Season 7
	Kevin Johnson	Dennis Johnson
Season	1993-94	1982-83
Team	Phoenix Suns	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
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
difference:	+10	+3.5	+5.8	+0.4	+1.5	+1.9	+4.5	+0.6	+0.4	-0.9	-0.7	+1.9	+3.4	+.025			+.061	+1.9	+2.1	+.028
Dennis Johnson	77	33.1	14.2	1.2	3.2	4.4	5.0	1.3	0.5	2.6	2.6	5.2	11.2	.462	0.1	0.4	.161	3.8	4.8	.791
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+7	+6.7	+8.6	+1.0	+3.2	+4.2	+3.9	+0.7	+0.6	-0.7	-0.7	+2.4	+5.2		+0.3	+0.7	+.300	+3.6	+4.1	+.019
Dennis Johnson	3	36.0	18.0	2.0	5.7	7.7	5.7	1.7	0.7	2.7	3.0	7.3	16.0	.458	0.0	0.3	.000	3.3	4.0	.833

Season 8
	Kevin Johnson	Dennis Johnson
Season	1994-95	1983-84
Team	Phoenix Suns	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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8th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Johnson	47	28.8	15.5	0.7	1.8	2.4	7.7	1.0	0.4	2.2	1.9	5.2	11.1	.470	0.1	0.6	.154	5.0	6.1	.810
difference:	+33	+4.5	+2.3	+0.4	+0.6	+1.1	+3.5	+0.2	+0.3		-1.2	+0.4	+0.1	+.033		+0.2	+.029	+1.5	+2.0	+.042
Dennis Johnson	80	33.3	13.2	1.1	2.4	3.5	4.2	1.2	0.7	2.2	3.1	4.8	11.0	.437	0.1	0.4	.125	3.5	4.1	.852
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Johnson	10	37.1	24.8	0.7	3.4	4.1	9.3	0.9	0.4	3.4	2.5	8.6	15.0	.573	0.5	1.0	.500	7.1	8.4	.845
difference:	+12	+0.4	+8.2	+0.7	+1.2	+0.5	+4.9	+0.2	+0.1	-1.0	-0.9	+2.7	+0.5	+.169	+0.4	+0.7	+.071	+2.4	+2.9	+.022
Dennis Johnson	22	36.7	16.6	1.4	2.2	3.6	4.4	1.1	0.3	2.4	3.4	5.9	14.5	.404	0.1	0.3	.429	4.7	5.5	.867

Season 9
	Kevin Johnson	Dennis Johnson
Season	1995-96	1984-85
Team	Phoenix Suns	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Celtics Lost NBA Finals

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9th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Johnson	56	35.8	18.7	0.8	3.2	3.9	9.2	1.5	0.2	3.0	2.6	6.1	12.0	.507	0.4	1.0	.368	6.1	7.1	.859
difference:	+24	+1.4	+3.0	+0.3	+0.4	+0.1	+2.4	+0.3	+0.3	-0.3	-0.2	+0.1	+1.3	+.045	+0.3	+0.7	+.099	+2.8	+3.3	+.006
Dennis Johnson	80	37.2	15.7	1.1	2.8	4.0	6.8	1.2	0.5	2.7	2.8	6.2	13.3	.462	0.1	0.3	.269	3.3	3.8	.853
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Johnson	4	37.8	17.3	0.5	3.8	4.3	10.8	0.5	0.5	2.8	2.0	6.8	14.3	.474	0.3	1.0	.250	3.5	4.3	.824
difference:	+17	+2.6		+0.6	+0.9	+0.3	+3.5	+1.0	+0.1	-0.6	-1.1		+0.9	+.029	+0.3	+0.3	+.250	+0.3	+0.1	+.036
Dennis Johnson	21	40.4	17.3	1.1	2.9	4.0	7.3	1.5	0.4	3.4	3.1	6.8	15.2	.445	0.0	0.7	.000	3.8	4.4	.860

Season 10
	Kevin Johnson	Dennis Johnson
Season	1996-97	1985-86
Team	Phoenix Suns	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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10th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Johnson	70	38.0	20.1	0.8	2.8	3.6	9.3	1.5	0.2	3.1	2.0	6.3	12.7	.496	1.3	2.9	.441	6.3	7.4	.852
difference:	+8	+3.0	+4.5	+0.1	+0.2	+0.2	+3.5	+0.1	+0.2	-0.9	-0.6	+0.1	+0.9	+.041	+1.2	+2.4	+.298	+3.2	+3.6	+.034
Dennis Johnson	78	35.0	15.6	0.9	2.6	3.4	5.8	1.4	0.4	2.2	2.6	6.2	13.6	.455	0.1	0.5	.143	3.1	3.8	.818
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Johnson	5	41.6	16.8	1.6	2.8	4.4	6.0	2.6	0.0	3.6	3.0	5.2	17.6	.295	0.6	4.4	.136	5.8	6.6	.879
difference:	+13	+1.9	+0.6	+0.3	+0.1	+0.2	+0.1	+0.4	+0.3	-0.8	-0.2	+0.9	+4.0	+.150	+0.3	+3.5	+.239	+2.1	+1.9	+.081
Dennis Johnson	18	39.7	16.2	1.3	2.9	4.2	5.9	2.2	0.3	2.8	3.2	6.1	13.6	.445	0.3	0.9	.375	3.7	4.7	.798

Season 11
	Kevin Johnson	Dennis Johnson
Season	1997-98	1986-87
Team	Phoenix Suns	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Celtics Lost NBA Finals

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11th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Johnson	50	25.8	9.5	0.7	2.6	3.3	4.9	0.5	0.2	2.0	1.1	3.1	6.9	.447	0.1	0.5	.154	3.2	3.7	.871
difference:	+29	+11.3	+3.9	+0.1	+0.1		+2.6	+0.6	+0.3	-0.2	-1.4	+2.3	+5.2	+.003		+0.3	+.041	+0.6	+0.5	+.038
Dennis Johnson	79	37.1	13.4	0.6	2.7	3.3	7.5	1.1	0.5	2.2	2.5	5.4	12.1	.444	0.1	0.8	.113	2.6	3.2	.833
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Johnson	4	30.5	13.8	0.5	1.8	2.3	4.8	0.5	0.3	1.5	1.5	5.8	10.5	.548	0.3	1.0	.250	2.0	3.0	.667
difference:	+19	+11.4	+5.1	+0.5	+1.1	+1.7	+4.1	+0.2		-0.4	-1.6	+1.5	+5.2	+.083	+0.2	+0.1	+.135	+2.2	+1.9	+.183
Dennis Johnson	23	41.9	18.9	1.0	2.9	4.0	8.9	0.7	0.3	1.9	3.1	7.3	15.7	.465	0.1	1.1	.115	4.2	4.9	.850

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