Kevin Johnson vs. Dennis Rodman Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dennis Rodman 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 Rodman, who played 14. Kevin Johnson had the first of his seasons in 1987-88, while Dennis Rodman had his rookie season in 1986-87. 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 Rodman
Season	1988-89	1987-88
Team	Phoenix Suns	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Most Improved Player	-
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Finals	Pistons Lost NBA 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		%
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:	+1	+13.0	+8.8	+3.3	+1.2	+4.5	+10.9	+0.8	+0.2	-2.1	-0.5	+2.1	+5.3	+.056	+0.1	+0.1	+.203	+4.4	+3.6	+.347
Dennis Rodman	82	26.2	11.6	3.9	4.8	8.7	1.3	0.9	0.5	1.9	3.3	4.9	8.6	.561	0.1	0.2	.294	1.9	3.5	.535
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:	+11	+20.6	+16.7	+1.2	+0.4	+1.6	+11.4	+1.0	+0.2	-3.3	-1.5	+4.4	+9.3	+.027	+0.3	+0.7	+.300	+7.5	+6.9	+.520
Dennis Rodman	23	20.6	7.1	2.2	3.7	5.9	0.9	0.6	0.6	1.3	3.8	3.1	5.9	.522	0.0	0.1	.000	1.0	2.3	.407

Season 3
	Kevin Johnson	Dennis Rodman
Season	1989-90	1988-89
Team	Phoenix Suns	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Finals	NBA Champion

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		%
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:	+8	+10.7	+13.5	+3.4	+2.3	+5.8	+10.2	+0.6	+0.7	-2.1	-1.7	+3.9	+9.2	+.096		+0.3	+.036	+5.6	+6.2	+.212
Dennis Rodman	82	26.9	9.0	4.0	5.4	9.4	1.2	0.7	0.9	1.5	3.6	3.9	6.5	.595	0.1	0.3	.231	1.2	1.9	.626
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	+12.3	+15.5	+2.7	+3.9	+6.7	+9.7	+1.2	+0.7	-2.5	-1.6	+5.5	+12.0	+.050	+0.1	+0.5	+.182	+4.4	+4.9	+.135
Dennis Rodman	17	24.1	5.8	3.3	6.7	10.0	0.9	0.4	0.7	1.4	3.4	2.2	4.1	.529	0.0	0.2	.000	1.4	2.1	.686

Season 4
	Kevin Johnson	Dennis Rodman
Season	1990-91	1989-90
Team	Phoenix Suns	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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		%
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:	+5	+7.0	+13.4	+3.4	+2.8	+6.2	+9.2	+1.5	+0.6	-2.4	-1.1	+4.2	+8.9	+.065	+0.1	+0.5	+.094	+5.0	+5.4	+.189
Dennis Rodman	82	29.0	8.8	4.1	5.6	9.7	0.9	0.6	0.7	1.1	3.4	3.5	6.0	.581	0.0	0.1	.111	1.7	2.6	.654
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:	+15	+7.0	+6.2	+2.4	+2.8	+5.2	+8.9		+0.4	-1.4	-1.0	+1.2	+8.3	+.266	+0.3	+1.8		+3.6	+5.7	+.086
Dennis Rodman	19	29.5	6.6	2.9	5.6	8.5	0.9	0.5	0.7	1.6	3.3	2.8	5.0	.568	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.8	.514

Season 5
	Kevin Johnson	Dennis Rodman
Season	1991-92	1990-91
Team	Phoenix Suns	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	Pistons Lost East Conf Finals

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		%
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:	+4	+3.7	+11.5	+3.6	+5.1	+8.8	+9.7	+0.7	+0.4	-2.4	-1.1	+3.5	+7.6	+.014		+0.2	+.017	+4.3	+5.0	+.176
Dennis Rodman	82	33.5	8.2	4.4	8.1	12.5	1.0	0.8	0.7	1.1	3.4	3.4	6.8	.493	0.1	0.4	.200	1.4	2.1	.631
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:	+7	+8.9	+17.3	+3.5	+4.2	+7.7	+10.7	+0.8	+0.4	-2.2	-0.7	+5.1	+9.9	+.033	+0.3	+0.2	+.278	+7.1	+7.4	+.444
Dennis Rodman	15	33.0	6.3	4.5	7.3	11.8	0.9	0.7	0.7	0.9	3.7	2.7	6.1	.451	0.1	0.6	.222	0.7	1.6	.417

Season 6
	Kevin Johnson	Dennis Rodman
Season	1992-93	1991-92
Team	Phoenix Suns	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost NBA Finals	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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		%
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:	+33	+6.8	+6.3	+5.8	+10.8	+16.6	+5.5	+0.9	+0.5	-1.4	-1.0	+1.6	+3.8	+.040	+0.4	+1.0	+.192	+3.6	+3.9	+.219
Dennis Rodman	82	40.3	9.8	6.4	12.3	18.7	2.3	0.8	0.9	1.7	3.0	4.2	7.7	.539	0.4	1.2	.317	1.0	1.7	.600
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:	+18	+8.5	+10.6	+2.8	+4.7	+7.5	+6.1	+0.7	+0.2	-2.3	-0.9	+3.0	+7.6	+.113		+0.3		+4.6	+5.2	+.295
Dennis Rodman	5	31.2	7.2	3.2	7.0	10.2	1.8	0.8	0.4	1.4	3.4	3.2	5.4	.593	0.0	0.4	.000	0.8	1.6	.500

Season 7
	Kevin Johnson	Dennis Rodman
Season	1993-94	1992-93
Team	Phoenix Suns	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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		%
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:	+5	+2.3	+12.5	+5.1	+10.6	+15.8	+7.9	+1.1	+0.6	-1.8	-1.3	+4.1	+7.7	+.060	+0.1	+0.8	+.017	+4.3	+4.3	+.285
Dennis Rodman	62	38.9	7.5	5.9	12.3	18.3	1.6	0.8	0.7	1.7	3.2	3.0	6.9	.427	0.2	1.2	.205	1.4	2.6	.534
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
Dennis Rodman	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Kevin Johnson	Dennis Rodman
Season	1994-95	1993-94
Team	Phoenix Suns	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd

more >>

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:	+32	+9.0	+10.8	+5.0	+9.8	+14.9	+5.4	+0.3		-0.5	-1.0	+3.2	+7.4	+.064		+0.3	+.054	+4.3	+4.8	+.290
Dennis Rodman	79	37.8	4.7	5.7	11.6	17.3	2.3	0.7	0.4	1.7	2.9	2.0	3.7	.534	0.1	0.3	.208	0.7	1.3	.520
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:	+7	+0.9	+16.5	+7.3	+4.6	+11.9	+8.6	+1.1	+0.9	-1.4	-2.2	+4.6	+7.0	+.073	+0.5	+0.7	+.500	+6.8	+6.4	+.678
Dennis Rodman	3	38.0	8.3	8.0	8.0	16.0	0.7	2.0	1.3	2.0	4.7	4.0	8.0	.500	0.0	1.7	.000	0.3	2.0	.167

Season 9
	Kevin Johnson	Dennis Rodman
Season	1995-96	1994-95
Team	Phoenix Suns	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals

more >>

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:	+7	+3.8	+11.6	+4.8	+8.0	+12.9	+7.2	+0.9	+0.3	-1.0	-0.6	+3.3	+7.1	+.064	+0.4	+1.0		+4.6	+4.8	+.183
Dennis Rodman	49	32.0	7.1	5.6	11.2	16.8	2.0	0.6	0.5	2.0	3.2	2.8	4.9	.571	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.3	.676
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:	+10	+5.0	+8.4	+4.4	+6.1	+10.5	+9.5	+0.4	+0.5	-1.0	-1.6	+3.1	+7.4	+.068	+0.3	+0.6	+.250	+2.1	+1.8	+.253
Dennis Rodman	14	32.8	8.9	4.9	9.9	14.8	1.3	0.9	0.0	1.8	3.6	3.7	6.9	.542	0.0	0.4	.000	1.4	2.5	.571

Season 10
	Kevin Johnson	Dennis Rodman
Season	1996-97	1995-96
Team	Phoenix Suns	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

more >>

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:	+6	+5.4	+14.6	+4.8	+6.5	+11.3	+6.8	+0.9	+0.2	-0.9	-1.1	+4.0	+7.9	+.016	+1.3	+2.5	+.330	+5.4	+5.7	+.324
Dennis Rodman	64	32.6	5.5	5.6	9.3	14.9	2.5	0.6	0.4	2.2	3.1	2.3	4.8	.480	0.0	0.4	.111	0.9	1.7	.528
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	+7.2	+9.3	+3.8	+5.5	+9.3	+3.9	+1.8	+0.4	-1.3	-1.2	+2.4	+11.9	+.190	+0.6	+4.4		+3.9	+3.3	+.286
Dennis Rodman	18	34.4	7.5	5.4	8.3	13.7	2.1	0.8	0.4	2.3	4.2	2.8	5.7	.485	0.0	0.0	-	1.9	3.3	.593

Season 11
	Kevin Johnson	Dennis Rodman
Season	1997-98	1996-97
Team	Phoenix Suns	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	Rebounds Leader
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

more >>

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:	+5	+9.6	+3.8	+5.1	+7.6	+12.8	+1.8	+0.1	+0.1		-2.0	+0.8	+1.7	+.001		+0.2	+.109	+2.3	+2.1	+.303
Dennis Rodman	55	35.4	5.7	5.8	10.2	16.1	3.1	0.6	0.3	2.0	3.1	2.3	5.2	.448	0.1	0.3	.263	0.9	1.6	.568
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:	+15	+2.4	+9.6	+2.6	+3.5	+6.1	+3.4		+0.1		-2.4	+4.2	+6.2	+.178	+0.1	+0.2		+1.2	+1.6	+.090
Dennis Rodman	19	28.1	4.2	3.1	5.3	8.4	1.4	0.5	0.2	1.5	3.9	1.6	4.3	.370	0.2	0.8	.250	0.8	1.4	.577

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

Season 12
	Kevin Johnson	Dennis Rodman
Season	1999-00	1997-98
Team	Phoenix Suns	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	Rebounds Leader
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	NBA Champion

more >>

12th 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	6	18.8	6.7	0.0	2.7	2.7	4.0	0.3	0.0	1.2	1.0	2.7	4.7	.571	0.2	0.2	1.000	1.2	1.2	1.000
difference:	+74	+16.9	+2.0	+5.3	+7.1	+12.3	+1.1	+0.3	+0.2	-0.6	-2.0	+0.8	+0.2	+.140	+0.1	+0.1	+.826	+0.4	+0.2	+.450
Dennis Rodman	80	35.7	4.7	5.3	9.8	15.0	2.9	0.6	0.2	1.8	3.0	1.9	4.5	.431	0.1	0.3	.174	0.8	1.4	.550
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Johnson	9	14.3	3.2	0.0	1.4	1.4	2.6	0.3	0.1	1.4	1.1	1.3	4.1	.324	0.0	0.3	.000	0.6	0.7	.833
difference:	+12	+20.1	+1.7	+4.7	+5.7	+10.4	+0.6	+0.4	+0.5	-0.3	-3.1	+0.6	+0.9	+.047		+0.1	+.250	+0.5	+1.1	+.228
Dennis Rodman	21	34.4	4.9	4.7	7.1	11.8	2.0	0.7	0.6	1.7	4.2	1.9	5.0	.371	0.0	0.2	.250	1.1	1.8	.605