Kevin Johnson vs. Peja Stojakovic Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Peja Stojakovic 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, 1 less than Peja Stojakovic, who played 13. Kevin Johnson had the first of his seasons in 1987-88, while Peja Stojakovic had his rookie season in 1998-99. 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	Peja Stojakovic
Season	1988-89	1999-00
Team	Phoenix Suns	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Most Improved Player	-
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Finals	Kings Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+7	+15.6	+8.5	+0.4	+0.9	+0.5	+10.8	+1.0	+0.2	-2.8	-1.5	+2.7	+4.2	+.057	+1.4	+3.3	+.284	+4.5	+5.0
Peja Stojakovic	74	23.6	11.9	1.0	2.7	3.7	1.4	0.7	0.1	1.2	1.3	4.3	9.7	.448	1.4	3.6	.375	1.8	2.1	.882
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:	+7	+15.6	+15.0	+0.6	+0.3	+0.9	+11.7	+0.8	+0.4	-3.6	-0.9	+4.3	+7.2	+.095	+0.9	+1.8	+.162	+7.3	+7.4	+.260
Peja Stojakovic	5	25.6	8.8	0.4	3.0	3.4	0.6	0.8	0.0	1.0	1.4	3.2	8.0	.400	1.2	2.6	.462	1.2	1.8	.667

Season 3
	Kevin Johnson	Peja Stojakovic
Season	1989-90	2000-01
Team	Phoenix Suns	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Finals	Kings Lost West Conf Semis

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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:	+1	+1.1	+2.1	+0.6	+1.4	+2.2	+9.2	+0.1		-1.7		+0.3	+0.2	+.029	+1.8	+4.2	+.205	+3.2	+3.9	+.018
Peja Stojakovic	75	38.7	20.4	1.2	4.5	5.8	2.2	1.2	0.2	1.9	1.9	7.5	15.9	.470	1.9	4.8	.400	3.6	4.2	.856
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:	+8	+2.1	+0.3	+1.5	+1.5	+3.1	+10.2	+1.0	+0.4	-1.6	-0.3	+1.2	+0.1	+.073	+1.0	+2.6	+.164	+1.7	+0.8	+.147
Peja Stojakovic	8	38.5	21.6	2.1	4.3	6.4	0.4	0.6	0.4	2.3	2.1	6.5	16.0	.406	1.1	3.3	.346	7.5	7.8	.968

Season 4
	Kevin Johnson	Peja Stojakovic
Season	1990-91	2001-02
Team	Phoenix Suns	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Kings 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:	+6	+1.3	+1.0	+0.3	+1.4	+1.8	+7.6	+1.0	+0.1	-1.5	-0.6		+1.0	+.032	+1.7	+3.8	+.211	+2.7	+3.5	+.033
Peja Stojakovic	71	37.3	21.2	1.0	4.2	5.3	2.5	1.1	0.2	2.0	1.7	7.7	15.9	.484	1.8	4.4	.416	4.0	4.5	.876
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:	+6	+2.7	+2.0	+1.1	+1.9	+3.0	+8.8		+0.3	-1.1	-0.1	+1.0		+.074	+1.0	+3.0	+.128	+1.0	+3.6	+.297
Peja Stojakovic	10	33.8	14.8	1.6	4.7	6.3	1.0	0.5	0.0	1.9	2.2	5.0	13.3	.376	1.3	4.8	.271	3.5	3.9	.897

Season 5
	Kevin Johnson	Peja Stojakovic
Season	1991-92	2002-03
Team	Phoenix Suns	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	Kings 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:	+6	+3.2	+0.5		+1.7	+1.8	+8.7	+0.5	+0.2	-2.1	-0.3			+.002	+2.1	+5.0	+.165	+2.5	+3.4	+.068
Peja Stojakovic	72	34.0	19.2	0.8	4.7	5.5	2.0	1.0	0.1	1.4	2.0	6.9	14.4	.481	2.2	5.6	.382	3.2	3.7	.875
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:	+4	+1.4	+0.5	+0.4	+2.4	+2.8	+9.1	+0.7	+0.1	-2.1	-0.2	+0.3	+0.8	+.004	+2.3	+5.0	+.043	+3.5	+4.0	+.011
Peja Stojakovic	12	40.5	23.1	1.4	5.5	6.9	2.5	0.8	0.4	1.0	2.8	8.1	16.8	.480	2.7	5.8	.457	4.3	5.0	.850

Season 6
	Kevin Johnson	Peja Stojakovic
Season	1992-93	2003-04
Team	Phoenix Suns	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost NBA Finals	Kings 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:	+32	+6.8	+8.1	+0.5	+3.6	+4.2	+5.7	+0.4	+0.2	-1.2		+2.4	+5.6	+.019	+3.0	+6.6	+.308	+0.3	+0.4	+.108
Peja Stojakovic	81	40.3	24.2	1.1	5.1	6.3	2.1	1.3	0.2	1.9	2.0	8.2	17.1	.480	3.0	6.8	.433	4.9	5.2	.927
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:	+11	+3.4	+0.3	+0.9	+3.5	+4.3	+6.4	+0.3	+0.3	-2.5	-0.3	+0.1	+3.5	+.096	+1.9	+6.0	+.315	+2.5	+3.5	+.102
Peja Stojakovic	12	43.1	17.5	1.3	5.8	7.0	1.5	1.8	0.3	1.2	2.2	6.3	16.5	.384	1.9	6.1	.315	2.9	3.3	.897

Season 7
	Kevin Johnson	Peja Stojakovic
Season	1993-94	2004-05
Team	Phoenix Suns	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	Kings 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:	+1	+1.8	+0.1	+0.1	+1.7	+1.8	+7.4	+0.7	+0.1	-2.0	-0.5	+0.3	+0.8	+.043	+2.5	+6.2	+.180	+1.9	+2.7	+.101
Peja Stojakovic	66	38.4	20.1	0.9	3.4	4.3	2.1	1.2	0.2	1.5	2.4	6.8	15.4	.444	2.6	6.6	.402	3.8	4.2	.920
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:	+5	+2.3	+4.6	+0.2	+1.5	+1.7	+8.2	+0.2	+0.1	-3.0	-0.7	+1.9	+4.6	+.012	+1.9	+5.0	+.067	+2.7	+3.7	+.103
Peja Stojakovic	5	40.4	22.0	1.2	4.0	5.2	1.4	0.8	0.2	0.4	3.0	7.8	16.6	.470	2.2	6.0	.367	4.2	4.4	.955

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