Kevin Johnson vs. Tyrese Maxey Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tyrese Maxey 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, 6 more than Tyrese Maxey, who played 6. Kevin Johnson had the first of his seasons in 1987-88, while Tyrese Maxey had his rookie season in 2020-21. 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	Tyrese Maxey
Season	1988-89	2021-22
Team	Phoenix Suns	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Most Improved Player	-
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Finals	76ers Lost East Conf Semis

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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:	+6	+3.9	+2.9	+0.3	+0.7	+1.0	+7.9	+1.0	+0.1	-2.8	-0.7	+0.6	+0.6	+.020	+1.8	+3.8	+.336	+3.5	+3.8	+.016
Tyrese Maxey	75	35.3	17.5	0.3	2.9	3.2	4.3	0.7	0.4	1.2	2.1	6.4	13.3	.485	1.8	4.1	.427	2.8	3.3	.866
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:		+0.8	+3.0	+0.5	+0.3	+0.8	+8.4	+0.8	+0.2	-2.8	-0.3	+0.2		+.011	+1.9	+5.0	+.077	+4.6	+5.0	+.013
Tyrese Maxey	12	40.4	20.8	0.5	3.0	3.5	3.9	0.8	0.2	1.8	2.0	7.3	15.2	.484	2.2	5.8	.377	3.9	4.2	.940

Season 3
	Kevin Johnson	Tyrese Maxey
Season	1989-90	2022-23
Team	Phoenix Suns	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Finals	76ers Lost East 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:	+14	+4.0	+2.2	+0.2	+0.5	+0.7	+7.9	+0.5	+0.1	-2.3	-0.3	+0.5	+0.5	+.018	+2.6	+5.6	+.239	+3.8	+4.5	+.007
Tyrese Maxey	60	33.6	20.3	0.4	2.6	2.9	3.5	0.8	0.1	1.3	2.2	7.3	15.2	.481	2.7	6.2	.434	3.0	3.6	.845
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:	+5	+2.1	+0.8	+0.2	+1.2	+1.5	+8.3	+0.2	+0.5	-3.2	-0.6	+0.2	+1.4	+.052	+3.0	+7.0	+.218	+3.3	+4.2	+.082
Tyrese Maxey	11	38.5	20.5	0.8	4.0	4.8	2.3	1.4	0.5	0.7	2.4	7.5	17.5	.427	3.1	7.7	.400	2.5	2.8	.903

Season 4
	Kevin Johnson	Tyrese Maxey
Season	1990-91	2023-24
Team	Phoenix Suns	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	Most Improved Player
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+7	+1.5	+3.7	+0.2	+0.4	+0.2	+3.9	+1.1	+0.4	-1.8	-0.1	+1.4	+5.4	+.066	+2.9	+7.5	+.168	+2.0	+2.6	+.025
Tyrese Maxey	70	37.5	25.9	0.5	3.2	3.7	6.2	1.0	0.5	1.7	2.2	9.1	20.3	.450	3.0	8.1	.373	4.7	5.4	.868
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:	+2	+8.0	+17.0	+0.3	+2.2	+1.9	+3.0	+0.3		-0.8	-0.4	+7.0	+9.7	+.176	+3.4	+7.4	+.257	+0.3	+2.8	+.293
Tyrese Maxey	6	44.5	29.8	0.2	5.0	5.2	6.8	0.8	0.3	2.2	2.7	11.0	23.0	.478	3.7	9.2	.400	4.2	4.7	.893

Season 5
	Kevin Johnson	Tyrese Maxey
Season	1991-92	2024-25
Team	Phoenix Suns	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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:	+26	+0.5	+6.6	+0.5	+0.1	+0.4	+4.6	+0.3	+0.1	-1.1	-0.1	+2.3	+6.6	+.042	+3.0	+8.6	+.120	+0.8	+1.5	+.072
Tyrese Maxey	52	37.7	26.3	0.3	3.1	3.3	6.1	1.8	0.4	2.4	2.2	9.2	21.0	.437	3.1	9.2	.337	4.9	5.6	.879
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
Tyrese Maxey	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Kevin Johnson played 6 seasons more than Tyrese Maxey in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 7 to 12, from 1994 to 2000—Kevin Johnson played in 6 Playoffs. In those 6 extra years over Tyrese Maxey, Kevin Johnson got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-Star Game