Kevin Johnson vs. Jason Terry Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jason Terry 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.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season / Stats Rankings / Games against each other

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, 7 less than Jason Terry, who played 19. Kevin Johnson had the first of his seasons in 1987-88, while Jason Terry had his rookie season in 1999-00. 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.

Their Careers

Player
Total Seasons Playoffs Played NBA Years
Kevin Johnson 12 11 1987-88 to 1999-00
Jason Terry 19 13 1999-00 to 2017-18

Comparison Season by Season

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Rookie Season

Kevin Johnson Jason Terry
Season 1987-881999-00
Team Cleveland Cavaliers, Phoenix SunsAtlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards -Achievement All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs Did Not PlayDid Not Play
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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Kevin Johnson 80 24.0 9.2 0.5 1.9 2.4 5.5 1.3 0.3 1.8 1.9 3.4 7.5 .461 0.1 0.3 .208 2.2 2.6 .839
difference:+1+0.7+1.1+0.2+0.1+0.4+1.2+0.2+0.2-0.1-0.3+0.3+0.1+.046+0.5+1.6+.085+0.8+0.9+.032
Jason Terry 81 23.3 8.1 0.3 1.8 2.0 4.3 1.1 0.1 1.9 1.6 3.1 7.4 .415 0.6 1.9 .293 1.4 1.7 .807
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Kevin Johnson nor Jason Terry played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2

Kevin Johnson Jason Terry
Season 1988-892000-01
Team Phoenix SunsAtlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards Achievement All-NBA Second Team-
Achievement Most Improved Player-
Playoffs Suns Lost West Conf FinalsDid Not Play
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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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+1.5+0.7+0.1+0.8+0.9+7.3+0.4+0.2-1.1-0.3+0.3+2.8+.069+1.5+3.5+.304+2.6+2.7+.036
Jason Terry 82 37.7 19.7 0.5 2.8 3.3 4.9 1.3 0.1 2.9 2.5 7.3 16.7 .436 1.5 3.8 .395 3.7 4.4 .846
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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
Jason Terry DNP------ --- ----------

Season 3

Kevin Johnson Jason Terry
Season 1989-902001-02
Team Phoenix SunsAtlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards Achievement All-NBA Second Team-
Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Suns Lost West Conf FinalsDid Not Play
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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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:+4+0.4+3.2+0.1+0.2+0.1+5.7+0.5-1.3-0.1+1.1+0.1+.069+2.1+5.1+.192+3.2+3.7+.003
Jason Terry 78 38.0 19.3 0.5 2.9 3.5 5.7 1.8 0.2 2.3 2.0 6.7 15.6 .430 2.2 5.7 .387 3.6 4.4 .835
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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
Jason Terry DNP------ --- ----------

Season 4

Kevin Johnson Jason Terry
Season 1990-912002-03
Team Phoenix SunsAtlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards Achievement All-NBA Second Team-
Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Suns Lost West Conf 1st RdDid Not Play
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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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+2.0+5.0+0.2+0.2+0.1+2.7+0.5+0.1-0.4-0.1+1.7+0.8+.088+1.9+4.7+.166+3.5+4.4+.044
Jason Terry 81 38.0 17.2 0.5 3.0 3.4 7.4 1.6 0.2 3.1 2.2 6.0 14.1 .428 2.0 5.3 .371 3.2 3.6 .887
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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
Jason Terry DNP------ --- ----------

Season 5

Kevin Johnson Jason Terry
Season 1991-922003-04
Team Phoenix SunsAtlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards Achievement All-NBA Third Team-
Playoffs Suns Lost West Conf SemisDid Not Play
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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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:+3+0.1+2.9+0.2+0.5+0.4+5.3+0.1-0.7-0.1+0.7+0.4+.062+1.7+4.6+.130+3.0+3.9+.020
Jason Terry 81 37.3 16.8 0.6 3.5 4.1 5.4 1.5 0.2 2.8 2.4 6.2 14.8 .417 1.8 5.2 .347 2.7 3.2 .827
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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
Jason Terry DNP------ --- ----------

Season 6

Kevin Johnson Jason Terry
Season 1992-932004-05
Team Phoenix SunsDallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Suns Lost NBA FinalsMavericks Lost West Conf Semis
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6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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+3.5+3.7+0.1+0.4+0.3+2.4+0.3+0.2-1.3-0.2+1.1+2.2+.002+1.3+2.9+.295+2.8+3.4+.025
Jason Terry 80 30.0 12.4 0.5 1.9 2.4 5.4 1.4 0.2 1.8 2.2 4.7 9.3 .501 1.3 3.1 .420 1.8 2.2 .844
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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:+10+1.2+0.3+0.3+1.2+1.5+3.3+0.2+0.1-1.4-0.3+0.7+.026+2.1+4.1+.491+2.5+3.5+.089
Jason Terry 13 38.5 17.5 0.7 3.5 4.2 4.6 1.3 0.5 2.3 2.2 6.2 12.3 .506 2.1 4.2 .491 2.9 3.3 .884

Season 7

Kevin Johnson Jason Terry
Season 1993-942005-06
Team Phoenix SunsDallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards Achievement All-NBA Second Team-
Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Suns Lost West Conf SemisMavericks Lost NBA Finals
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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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:+13+1.6+2.9+0.4+0.1+0.5+5.7+0.6+0.2-1.8-0.6+0.6+0.9+.017+2.0+4.8+.189+3.6+4.3+.019
Jason Terry 80 35.0 17.1 0.4 1.6 2.0 3.8 1.3 0.3 1.7 2.5 6.5 13.7 .470 2.1 5.2 .411 2.1 2.6 .800
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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:+12+4.3+7.7+0.5+0.1+0.6+5.8+0.2+0.1-1.4-0.2+2.3+4.4+.016+1.1+3.6+.007+4.2+4.9+.021
Jason Terry 22 38.4 18.9 0.5 2.4 2.9 3.8 1.2 0.0 2.0 2.5 7.4 16.8 .442 1.4 4.6 .307 2.7 3.2 .831

Season 8

Kevin Johnson Jason Terry
Season 1994-952006-07
Team Phoenix SunsDallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Suns Lost West Conf SemisMavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd
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8th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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:+34+6.3+1.2+0.2+0.5+0.5+2.5+0.2-0.3-0.2+1.1+2.0+.014+1.9+4.0+.284+3.0+3.6+.006
Jason Terry 81 35.1 16.7 0.5 2.3 2.9 5.2 1.0 0.2 1.9 2.1 6.3 13.1 .484 2.0 4.6 .438 2.0 2.5 .804
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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:+4+1.1+7.8+0.2+1.6+1.8+5.6+0.1+0.1-0.6-0.5+2.1+0.3+.149+1.0+4.3+.219+4.6+5.4+.012
Jason Terry 6 38.2 17.0 0.5 1.8 2.3 3.7 0.8 0.3 2.8 2.0 6.5 15.3 .424 1.5 5.3 .281 2.5 3.0 .833

Season 9

Kevin Johnson Jason Terry
Season 1995-962007-08
Team Phoenix SunsDallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Suns Lost West Conf 1st RdMavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd
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9th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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:+26+4.3+3.2+0.4+1.0+1.4+6.0+0.4-1.9-0.5+0.4+0.3+.040+1.3+3.4+.007+3.8+4.4+.002
Jason Terry 82 31.5 15.5 0.4 2.2 2.5 3.2 1.1 0.2 1.1 2.1 5.7 12.3 .467 1.7 4.4 .375 2.3 2.7 .857
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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:+1+1.8+1.5+0.3+2.4+2.7+6.0+0.1+0.3-1.8-1.0+1.6+2.3+.041+2.5+5.4+.188+0.9+1.3+.043
Jason Terry 5 36.0 15.8 0.2 1.4 1.6 4.8 0.4 0.2 1.0 3.0 5.2 12.0 .433 2.8 6.4 .438 2.6 3.0 .867

Season 10

Kevin Johnson Jason Terry
Season 1996-972008-09
Team Phoenix SunsDallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards -Achievement Sixth Man of the Year
Playoffs Suns Lost West Conf 1st RdMavericks Lost West Conf Semis
more >>
10th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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:+4+4.3+0.5+0.3+0.9+1.2+5.9+0.2+0.1-1.5-0.1+1.0+3.1+.033+1.0+3.3+.075+3.6+4.4+.028
Jason Terry 74 33.7 19.6 0.5 1.9 2.4 3.4 1.3 0.3 1.6 1.9 7.3 15.8 .463 2.3 6.2 .366 2.7 3.0 .880
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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:+5+9.1+2.5+1.0+0.6+1.6+4.1+2.0+0.3-2.0-1.2+0.3+5.0+.094+1.6+1.5+.237+3.5+3.6+.112
Jason Terry 10 32.5 14.3 0.6 2.2 2.8 1.9 0.6 0.3 1.6 1.8 4.9 12.6 .389 2.2 5.9 .373 2.3 3.0 .767

Season 11

Kevin Johnson Jason Terry
Season 1997-982009-10
Team Phoenix SunsDallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Suns Lost West Conf 1st RdMavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd
more >>
11th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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:+27+7.2+7.1+0.5+1.0+1.5+1.1+0.7-0.6-0.7+2.8+6.6+.009+1.7+4.3+.211+0.2+0.2+.005
Jason Terry 77 33.0 16.6 0.2 1.6 1.8 3.8 1.2 0.2 1.4 1.8 5.9 13.5 .438 1.8 4.8 .365 3.0 3.5 .866
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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:+2+1.5+1.1+0.2+0.4+0.2+2.8+0.2+0.1-0.5-1.2+1.5+1.0+.171+1.7+4.0+.150+0.3+.083
Jason Terry 6 29.0 12.7 0.3 2.2 2.5 2.0 0.7 0.2 1.0 2.7 4.3 11.5 .377 2.0 5.0 .400 2.0 2.7 .750

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

Season 12

Kevin Johnson Jason Terry
Season 1999-002010-11
Team Phoenix SunsDallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Suns Lost West Conf SemisNBA Champion NBA Champion
more >>
12th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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:+76+12.5+9.1+0.3+1.1+0.8+0.1+0.8+0.2-0.8-0.7+3.3+8.6+.120+1.3+4.1+.638+1.0+1.4+.150
Jason Terry 82 31.3 15.8 0.3 1.6 1.9 4.1 1.1 0.2 2.0 1.7 6.0 13.3 .451 1.5 4.3 .362 2.2 2.6 .850
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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+18.3+14.3+0.3+0.2+0.5+0.6+0.9-0.1-1.0+4.8+8.7+.154+2.0+4.2+.442+2.7+3.3+.010
Jason Terry 21 32.6 17.5 0.3 1.6 1.9 3.2 1.2 0.1 1.5 2.1 6.1 12.8 .478 2.0 4.5 .442 3.3 4.0 .843

Additional Years

* Jason Terry played 7 seasons more than Kevin Johnson in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 13 to 19, from 2012 to 2018—Jason Terry played in 6 Playoffs.