Kevin Johnson vs. Shawn Kemp Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Shawn Kemp 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 Shawn Kemp, who played 14. Kevin Johnson had the first of his seasons in 1987-88, while Shawn Kemp had his rookie season in 1989-90. 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	Shawn Kemp
Season	1988-89	1990-91
Team	Phoenix Suns	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Most Improved Player	-
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Finals	Supersonics 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:		+9.1	+5.4	+2.7	+1.5	+4.2	+10.4	+0.7	+1.2	-1.5	-1.1	+1.3	+2.7	+.003		+0.2	+.076	+2.7	+1.7	+.221
Shawn Kemp	81	30.1	15.0	3.3	5.1	8.4	1.8	1.0	1.5	2.5	3.9	5.7	11.2	.508	0.0	0.1	.167	3.6	5.4	.661
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	+11.4	+10.6	+1.6	+1.3	+2.9	+11.1	+1.0	+0.4	-1.4	-1.7	+3.1	+3.8	+.109	+0.3	+0.6	+.300	+4.1	+3.8	+.112
Shawn Kemp	5	29.8	13.2	2.6	4.6	7.2	1.2	0.6	0.8	3.2	4.0	4.4	11.4	.386	0.0	0.2	.000	4.4	5.4	.815

Season 3
	Kevin Johnson	Shawn Kemp
Season	1989-90	1991-92
Team	Phoenix Suns	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Finals	Supersonics 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:	+10	+9.3	+7.0	+3.5	+3.2	+6.8	+10.1	+0.2	+1.7	-1.2	-2.2	+2.1	+4.5	+.005	+0.1	+0.6		+2.6	+2.5	+.090
Shawn Kemp	64	28.3	15.5	4.1	6.3	10.4	1.3	1.1	1.9	2.4	4.1	5.7	11.2	.504	0.0	0.0	-	4.2	5.6	.748
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:	+7	+1.2	+3.9	+4.6	+4.2	+8.9	+10.2	+1.0	+1.6	-0.9	-2.8	+2.4	+4.9	+.004	+0.1	+0.7		+1.0	+1.9	+.058
Shawn Kemp	9	37.6	17.4	5.2	7.0	12.2	0.4	0.6	1.6	3.0	4.6	5.3	11.2	.475	0.0	0.0	-	6.8	8.9	.763

Season 4
	Kevin Johnson	Shawn Kemp
Season	1990-91	1992-93
Team	Phoenix Suns	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second 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:	+1	+2.9	+4.4	+3.0	+4.2	+7.2	+8.1	+0.6	+1.8	-0.7	-1.9	+1.1	+1.5	+.024	+0.1	+0.5	+.205	+2.1	+1.6	+.131
Shawn Kemp	78	33.1	17.8	3.7	7.0	10.7	2.0	1.5	1.9	2.8	4.2	6.6	13.4	.492	0.0	0.1	.000	4.6	6.4	.712
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	+1.6	+3.7	+3.7	+3.0	+6.7	+7.2	+1.0	+1.8	-0.2	-1.8	+1.8	+2.0	+.210	+0.3	+1.8		+0.4	+1.4	+.209
Shawn Kemp	19	34.9	16.5	4.2	5.8	10.0	2.6	1.5	2.1	2.8	4.1	5.8	11.3	.512	0.0	0.0	-	4.9	6.1	.809

Season 5
	Kevin Johnson	Shawn Kemp
Season	1991-92	1993-94
Team	Phoenix Suns	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-NBA Third Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	Supersonics Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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	+4.3	+1.6	+3.1	+3.8	+7.1	+8.1	+0.3	+1.8	-0.2	-1.6	+0.2	+1.9	+.059	+0.1	+0.5	+.033	+1.1	+0.9	+.066
Shawn Kemp	79	32.9	18.1	3.9	6.8	10.8	2.6	1.8	2.1	3.3	3.9	6.7	12.5	.538	0.0	0.1	.250	4.6	6.2	.741
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:	+3	+0.7	+8.8	+3.0	+2.7	+5.7	+8.2	+0.5	+2.1	-0.3	-0.6	+2.6	+2.0	+.113	+0.4	+0.8		+3.4	+2.4	+.194
Shawn Kemp	5	41.2	14.8	4.0	5.8	9.8	3.4	2.0	2.4	2.8	3.6	5.2	14.0	.371	0.0	0.0	-	4.4	6.6	.667

Season 6
	Kevin Johnson	Shawn Kemp
Season	1992-93	1994-95
Team	Phoenix Suns	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost NBA Finals	Supersonics Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+33	+0.8	+2.6	+3.3	+5.5	+8.8	+6.0	+0.5	+1.1	-0.1	-2.1	+0.8	+0.7	+.048		+0.1	+.161	+0.7	+1.5	+.070
Shawn Kemp	82	32.7	18.7	3.9	7.0	10.9	1.8	1.2	1.5	3.2	4.1	6.6	12.2	.547	0.0	0.1	.286	5.3	7.1	.749
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:	+19	+0.3	+7.0	+3.9	+5.5	+9.3	+5.1	+0.5	+1.2	-0.1	-1.8	+2.1	+1.3	+.099	+0.3	+0.2	+1.000	+2.6	+3.0	+.026
Shawn Kemp	4	40.0	24.8	4.3	7.8	12.0	2.8	2.0	1.8	3.8	4.3	8.3	14.3	.579	0.3	0.3	1.000	8.0	9.8	.821

Season 7
	Kevin Johnson	Shawn Kemp
Season	1993-94	1995-96
Team	Phoenix Suns	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	Supersonics Lost NBA Finals

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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:	+12	+3.3	+0.4	+2.7	+6.2	+8.9	+7.3	+0.7	+1.5	-0.5	-1.9	+0.4	+2.7	+.074		+0.2	+.195	+0.5	+1.5	+.077
Shawn Kemp	79	33.3	19.6	3.5	7.9	11.4	2.2	1.2	1.6	4.0	3.8	6.7	11.9	.561	0.1	0.2	.417	6.2	8.4	.742
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:	+10	+6.7	+5.7	+2.3	+4.6	+6.9	+8.1	+0.2	+1.9	-0.6	-1.9	+2.3	+8.3	+.112	+0.3	+0.8	+.300	+0.7	+0.3	+.057
Shawn Kemp	20	36.0	20.9	3.3	7.1	10.4	1.5	1.2	2.0	4.0	4.2	7.4	12.9	.570	0.0	0.2	.000	6.2	7.8	.795

Season 8
	Kevin Johnson	Shawn Kemp
Season	1994-95	1996-97
Team	Phoenix Suns	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	Supersonics Lost West Conf Semis

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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:	+34	+5.2	+3.2	+2.7	+4.8	+7.6	+5.8	+0.5	+0.6	-1.3	-2.1	+1.3	+1.6	+.040		+0.2	+.210	+0.6	+1.4	+.068
Shawn Kemp	81	34.0	18.7	3.4	6.6	10.0	1.9	1.5	1.0	3.5	4.0	6.5	12.7	.510	0.1	0.4	.364	5.6	7.5	.742
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:	+2	+0.3	+3.2	+3.6	+4.6	+8.2	+6.3	+0.3	+0.9	-0.5	-2.1	+1.5	+0.4	+.087	+0.3	+0.2	+.300	+0.2	+0.4	+.016
Shawn Kemp	12	36.8	21.6	4.3	8.0	12.3	3.0	1.2	1.3	3.9	4.6	7.1	14.6	.486	0.2	0.8	.200	7.3	8.8	.829

Season 9
	Kevin Johnson	Shawn Kemp
Season	1995-96	1997-98
Team	Phoenix Suns	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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	+1.2	+0.7	+1.9	+3.4	+5.4	+6.7	+0.1	+0.9	-0.4	-1.3	+0.4	+2.6	+.062	+0.4	+0.9	+.118	+1.0	+0.1	+.132
Shawn Kemp	80	34.6	18.0	2.7	6.6	9.3	2.5	1.4	1.1	3.4	3.9	6.5	14.6	.445	0.0	0.1	.250	5.1	7.0	.727
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:		+0.2	+8.7	+3.5	+2.5	+6.0	+8.8	+0.8	+0.5	-1.2	-1.0	+1.5	+3.5	+.009	+0.3	+1.0		+6.0	+7.0	+.020
Shawn Kemp	4	38.0	26.0	4.0	6.3	10.3	2.0	1.3	1.0	4.0	3.0	8.3	17.8	.465	0.0	0.0	-	9.5	11.3	.844

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