Kevin Johnson vs. Victor Wembanyama Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Victor Wembanyama 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, 10 more than Victor Wembanyama, who played 2. Kevin Johnson had the first of his seasons in 1987-88, while Victor Wembanyama had his rookie season in 2023-24. 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.

Rookie Season
	Kevin Johnson	Victor Wembanyama
Season	1987-88	2023-24
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers, Phoenix Suns	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	-	Blocks Leader
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Rookie 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	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:	+9	+5.7	+12.2	+1.8	+6.5	+8.2	+1.6	+0.1	+3.3	-1.9	-0.3	+4.4	+9.2	+.004	+1.7	+5.2	+.117	+1.9	+2.6	+.043
Victor Wembanyama	71	29.7	21.4	2.3	8.4	10.6	3.9	1.2	3.6	3.7	2.2	7.8	16.7	.465	1.8	5.5	.325	4.1	5.2	.796
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Kevin Johnson nor Victor Wembanyama played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Kevin Johnson	Victor Wembanyama
Season	1988-89	2024-25
Team	Phoenix Suns	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Most Improved Player	-
	-	Blocks Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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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:	+35	+6.0	+3.9	+1.2	+5.6	+6.8	+8.5	+0.6	+3.5	-0.8	-0.5	+1.9	+4.7	+.029	+3.1	+8.5	+.261	+2.9	+3.0	+.046
Victor Wembanyama	46	33.2	24.3	1.8	9.2	11.0	3.7	1.1	3.8	3.2	2.3	8.9	18.6	.476	3.1	8.8	.352	3.4	4.1	.836
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
Victor Wembanyama	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Kevin Johnson played 10 seasons more than Victor Wembanyama in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 3 to 12, from 1990 to 2000—Kevin Johnson played in 10 Playoffs. In those 10 extra years over Victor Wembanyama, Kevin Johnson got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	3 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-NBA Third Team 3 All-Star Game