Kevin Johnson vs. Jerry West Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jerry West 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 Jerry West, who played 14. Kevin Johnson had the first of his seasons in 1987-88, while Jerry West had his rookie season in 1960-61. 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 |
Kevin Johnson |
12 |
11 |
1987-88 to 1999-00 |
Jerry West |
14 |
13 |
1960-61 to 1973-74 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
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 |
Jerry West |
79 |
35.4 |
17.6 |
- |
- |
7.7 |
4.2 |
- |
- |
- |
2.7 |
6.7 |
16.0 |
.419 |
- |
- |
- |
4.2 |
6.3 |
.666 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Kevin Johnson |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Jerry West |
12 |
38.4 |
22.9 |
- |
- |
8.7 |
5.3 |
- |
- |
- |
3.3 |
8.3 |
16.8 |
.490 |
- |
- |
- |
6.4 |
8.8 |
.726 |
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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 |
Jerry West |
75 |
41.2 |
30.8 |
- |
- |
7.9 |
5.4 |
- |
- |
- |
2.3 |
10.7 |
23.9 |
.445 |
- |
- |
- |
9.5 |
12.3 |
.769 |
|
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 |
Jerry West |
13 |
42.8 |
31.5 |
- |
- |
6.8 |
4.4 |
- |
- |
- |
2.9 |
11.1 |
23.8 |
.465 |
- |
- |
- |
9.3 |
11.5 |
.807 |
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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 |
Jerry West |
55 |
39.3 |
27.1 |
- |
- |
7.0 |
5.6 |
- |
- |
- |
2.7 |
10.2 |
22.1 |
.461 |
- |
- |
- |
6.7 |
8.7 |
.778 |
|
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 |
Jerry West |
13 |
41.4 |
27.8 |
- |
- |
8.2 |
4.7 |
- |
- |
- |
2.6 |
11.1 |
22.0 |
.503 |
- |
- |
- |
5.7 |
7.7 |
.740 |
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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 |
Jerry West |
72 |
40.4 |
28.7 |
- |
- |
6.0 |
5.6 |
- |
- |
- |
2.8 |
10.3 |
21.2 |
.484 |
- |
- |
- |
8.1 |
9.8 |
.832 |
|
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 |
Jerry West |
5 |
41.2 |
31.2 |
- |
- |
7.2 |
3.4 |
- |
- |
- |
4.0 |
11.4 |
23.0 |
.496 |
- |
- |
- |
8.4 |
10.6 |
.792 |
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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 |
Jerry West |
74 |
41.4 |
31.0 |
- |
- |
6.0 |
4.9 |
- |
- |
- |
3.0 |
11.1 |
22.4 |
.497 |
- |
- |
- |
8.8 |
10.7 |
.821 |
|
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 |
Jerry West |
11 |
42.7 |
40.6 |
- |
- |
5.7 |
5.3 |
- |
- |
- |
3.4 |
14.1 |
31.9 |
.442 |
- |
- |
- |
12.5 |
14.0 |
.890 |
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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 |
Jerry West |
79 |
40.7 |
31.3 |
- |
- |
7.1 |
6.1 |
- |
- |
- |
3.1 |
10.4 |
21.9 |
.473 |
- |
- |
- |
10.6 |
12.4 |
.860 |
|
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 |
Jerry West |
14 |
44.2 |
34.2 |
- |
- |
6.3 |
5.6 |
- |
- |
- |
2.9 |
13.2 |
25.5 |
.518 |
- |
- |
- |
7.8 |
8.9 |
.872 |
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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 |
Jerry West |
66 |
40.5 |
28.7 |
- |
- |
5.9 |
6.8 |
- |
- |
- |
2.4 |
9.8 |
21.0 |
.464 |
- |
- |
- |
9.1 |
10.4 |
.878 |
|
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 |
Jerry West |
1 |
1.0 |
0.0 |
- |
- |
1.0 |
0.0 |
- |
- |
- |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
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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 |
Jerry West |
51 |
37.6 |
26.3 |
- |
- |
5.8 |
6.1 |
- |
- |
- |
3.0 |
9.3 |
18.2 |
.514 |
- |
- |
- |
7.7 |
9.5 |
.811 |
|
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 |
Jerry West |
15 |
41.5 |
30.8 |
- |
- |
5.4 |
5.5 |
- |
- |
- |
3.1 |
11.0 |
20.9 |
.527 |
- |
- |
- |
8.8 |
11.3 |
.781 |
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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 |
Jerry West |
61 |
39.2 |
25.9 |
- |
- |
4.3 |
6.9 |
- |
- |
- |
2.6 |
8.9 |
19.0 |
.471 |
- |
- |
- |
8.0 |
9.8 |
.821 |
|
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 |
Jerry West |
18 |
42.1 |
30.9 |
- |
- |
3.9 |
7.5 |
- |
- |
- |
2.9 |
10.9 |
23.5 |
.463 |
- |
- |
- |
9.1 |
11.3 |
.804 |
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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 |
Jerry West |
74 |
42.0 |
31.2 |
- |
- |
4.6 |
7.5 |
- |
- |
- |
2.2 |
11.2 |
22.6 |
.497 |
- |
- |
- |
8.7 |
10.6 |
.824 |
|
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 |
Jerry West |
18 |
46.1 |
31.2 |
- |
- |
3.7 |
8.4 |
- |
- |
- |
3.1 |
10.9 |
23.2 |
.469 |
- |
- |
- |
9.4 |
11.8 |
.802 |
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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 |
Jerry West |
69 |
41.2 |
26.9 |
- |
- |
4.6 |
9.5 |
- |
- |
- |
2.6 |
9.7 |
19.6 |
.494 |
- |
- |
- |
7.6 |
9.1 |
.832 |
|
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 |
Jerry West |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Note: Kevin Johnson didn't play in 1998-99.
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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 |
Jerry West |
77 |
38.6 |
25.8 |
- |
- |
4.2 |
9.7 |
- |
- |
- |
2.7 |
9.5 |
20.0 |
.477 |
- |
- |
- |
6.7 |
8.2 |
.814 |
|
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 |
Jerry West |
15 |
40.5 |
22.9 |
- |
- |
4.9 |
8.9 |
- |
- |
- |
2.6 |
8.5 |
22.7 |
.376 |
- |
- |
- |
5.9 |
7.1 |
.830 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Kevin Johnson |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Jerry West |
69 |
35.7 |
22.8 |
- |
- |
4.2 |
8.8 |
- |
- |
- |
2.0 |
9.0 |
18.7 |
.479 |
- |
- |
- |
4.9 |
6.1 |
.805 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Kevin Johnson |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Jerry West |
17 |
37.5 |
23.6 |
- |
- |
4.5 |
7.8 |
- |
- |
- |
2.9 |
8.9 |
19.8 |
.449 |
- |
- |
- |
5.8 |
7.5 |
.780 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Kevin Johnson |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Jerry West |
31 |
31.2 |
20.3 |
1.0 |
2.8 |
3.7 |
6.6 |
2.6 |
0.7 |
- |
2.6 |
7.5 |
16.7 |
.447 |
- |
- |
- |
5.3 |
6.4 |
.833 |
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Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Kevin Johnson |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Jerry West |
1 |
14.0 |
4.0 |
0.0 |
2.0 |
2.0 |
1.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
1.0 |
2.0 |
9.0 |
.222 |
- |
- |
- |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |