Larry Johnson vs. Chris Paul Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Chris Paul and Larry 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.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season / Scoring / Stats / Stats Rankings

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.

Larry Johnson played 10 years in the NBA, 10 less than Chris Paul, who played 20. Larry Johnson had the first of his seasons in 1991-92, while Chris Paul had his rookie season in 2005-06. 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Larry Johnson	10	6	1991-92 to 2000-01
Chris Paul	20	15	2005-06 to 2024-25

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10


Rookie Season
	Larry Johnson	Chris Paul
Season	1991-92	2005-06
Team	Charlotte Hornets	New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	Rookie of the Year
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
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		%
Larry Johnson	82	37.2	19.2	3.9	7.0	11.0	3.6	1.0	0.6	2.0	2.7	7.5	15.3	.490	0.1	0.3	.227	4.1	5.0	.829
difference:	+4	+1.2	+3.1	+3.1	+2.7	+5.9	+4.2	+1.2	+0.5	-0.3	-0.1	+2.3	+3.2	+.060	+0.5	+2.0	+.055	+1.0	+1.0	+.018
Chris Paul	78	36.0	16.1	0.8	4.3	5.1	7.8	2.2	0.1	2.3	2.8	5.2	12.1	.430	0.6	2.3	.282	5.1	6.0	.847

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Larry Johnson nor Chris Paul played in the postseason in their season 1


Season 2
	Larry Johnson	Chris Paul
Season	1992-93	2006-07
Team	Charlotte Hornets	New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hornets Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Larry Johnson	82	40.5	22.1	3.4	7.1	10.5	4.3	0.6	0.3	2.8	2.3	8.9	16.9	.526	0.2	0.9	.254	4.1	5.3	.767
difference:	+18	+3.7	+4.8	+2.6	+3.6	+6.1	+4.6	+1.2	+0.3	-0.3	-0.1	+2.9	+3.3	+.089	+0.6	+1.3	+.096	+0.5	+0.3	+.051
Chris Paul	64	36.8	17.3	0.8	3.5	4.4	8.9	1.8	0.0	2.5	2.4	6.0	13.6	.437	0.8	2.2	.350	4.6	5.6	.818

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Johnson	9	38.7	19.8	2.1	4.8	6.9	3.3	0.6	0.2	2.1	3.0	7.6	13.6	.557	0.1	0.4	.250	4.6	5.8	.788
Chris Paul	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Larry Johnson	Chris Paul
Season	1993-94	2007-08
Team	Charlotte Hornets	New Orleans Hornets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	Steals Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hornets 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		%
Larry Johnson	51	34.5	16.4	2.8	6.0	8.8	3.6	0.6	0.3	2.3	2.6	6.8	13.2	.515	0.1	0.4	.238	2.7	3.9	.695
difference:	+29	+3.1	+4.7	+2.0	+2.8	+4.8	+8.0	+2.1	+0.2	-0.2	-0.3	+1.1	+2.9	+.027	+1.1	+2.7	+.131	+1.5	+1.0	+.156
Chris Paul	80	37.6	21.1	0.8	3.2	4.0	11.6	2.7	0.1	2.5	2.3	7.9	16.1	.488	1.2	3.1	.369	4.2	4.9	.851

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Johnson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chris Paul	12	40.5	24.1	1.3	3.6	4.9	11.3	2.3	0.2	1.8	3.6	9.3	18.4	.502	0.4	1.8	.238	5.2	6.6	.785


Season 4
	Larry Johnson	Chris Paul
Season	1994-95	2008-09
Team	Charlotte Hornets	New Orleans Hornets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	Steals Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hornets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Hornets Lost West 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		%
Larry Johnson	81	39.9	18.8	2.3	4.9	7.2	4.6	1.0	0.3	2.6	2.1	7.2	15.0	.480	1.0	2.6	.386	3.4	4.4	.774
difference:	+3	+1.4	+4.0	+1.4	+0.2	+1.7	+6.4	+1.8	+0.2	-0.4	-0.6	+0.9	+1.1	+.023	+0.2	+0.3	+.022	+2.4	+2.3	+.094
Chris Paul	78	38.5	22.8	0.9	4.7	5.5	11.0	2.8	0.1	3.0	2.7	8.1	16.1	.503	0.8	2.3	.364	5.8	6.7	.868

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Johnson	4	43.0	20.8	2.5	3.3	5.8	2.8	1.0	0.5	1.5	1.8	7.8	16.3	.477	0.3	2.3	.111	5.0	6.3	.800
difference:	+1	+2.8	+4.2	+1.7	+0.3	+1.4	+7.6	+0.6	+0.5	-3.3	-0.2	+1.8	+1.7	+.066	+0.7	+0.9	+.202	+1.4	+2.1	+.057
Chris Paul	5	40.2	16.6	0.8	3.6	4.4	10.4	1.6	0.0	4.8	1.6	6.0	14.6	.411	1.0	3.2	.313	3.6	4.2	.857


Season 5
	Larry Johnson	Chris Paul
Season	1995-96	2009-10
Team	Charlotte Hornets	New Orleans Hornets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Larry Johnson	81	40.4	20.5	3.1	5.4	8.4	4.4	0.7	0.5	2.2	2.1	7.2	15.1	.476	0.8	2.3	.366	5.3	7.0	.757
difference:	+36	+2.4	+1.8	+2.7	+1.6	+4.2	+6.3	+1.4	+0.3	-0.3	-0.5	+0.2	+0.9	+.017	+0.4	+0.5	+.043	+1.7	+2.8	+.090
Chris Paul	45	38.0	18.7	0.4	3.8	4.2	10.7	2.1	0.2	2.5	2.6	7.0	14.2	.493	1.2	2.8	.409	3.6	4.2	.847

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Larry Johnson nor Chris Paul played in the postseason in their season 5


Season 6
	Larry Johnson	Chris Paul
Season	1996-97	2010-11
Team	New York Knicks	New Orleans Hornets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Steals Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Hornets 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		%
Larry Johnson	76	34.4	12.8	2.2	3.0	5.2	2.3	0.8	0.5	1.8	3.3	4.9	9.7	.512	0.4	1.4	.324	2.5	3.6	.693
difference:	+4	+1.6	+3.1	+1.7	+0.6	+1.1	+7.5	+1.6	+0.4	-0.4	-0.8	+0.5	+1.9	+.049	+0.5	+0.9	+.064	+1.7	+1.2	+.185
Chris Paul	80	36.0	15.9	0.5	3.6	4.1	9.8	2.4	0.1	2.2	2.5	5.4	11.6	.463	0.9	2.3	.388	4.2	4.8	.878

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Johnson	9	32.6	13.8	1.2	2.8	4.0	2.6	0.8	0.1	1.7	3.0	4.8	8.6	.558	0.7	1.9	.353	3.6	4.2	.842
difference:	+3	+9.1	+8.2	+0.7	+3.4	+2.7	+8.9	+1.0	+0.1	-2.0	-1.2	+2.2	+4.2	+.013	+0.8	+1.3	+.121	+2.9	+4.0	+.046
Chris Paul	6	41.7	22.0	0.5	6.2	6.7	11.5	1.8	0.0	3.7	1.8	7.0	12.8	.545	1.5	3.2	.474	6.5	8.2	.796


Season 7
	Larry Johnson	Chris Paul
Season	1997-98	2011-12
Team	New York Knicks	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Steals Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Clippers Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
Larry Johnson	70	34.5	15.5	2.5	3.2	5.7	2.1	0.6	0.2	1.8	2.8	6.1	12.6	.485	0.2	0.9	.238	3.1	4.0	.756
difference:	+10	+1.9	+4.3	+1.8	+0.3	+2.1	+7.0	+1.9	+0.1	-0.3	-0.5	+1.0	+2.2	+.007	+1.1	+2.7	+.133	+1.2	+1.0	+.105
Chris Paul	60	36.4	19.8	0.7	2.9	3.6	9.1	2.5	0.1	2.1	2.3	7.1	14.8	.478	1.3	3.6	.371	4.3	5.0	.861

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Johnson	8	38.8	17.9	3.1	3.5	6.6	1.6	1.3	0.4	3.1	3.8	6.5	13.4	.486	0.3	1.3	.200	4.6	6.3	.740
difference:	+3	+0.3	+0.3	+2.6	+1.0	+1.5	+6.3	+1.4	+0.3	-0.8	-1.1	+0.1	+1.5	+.059	+0.9	+2.2	+.133	+0.9	+2.0	+.132
Chris Paul	11	38.5	17.6	0.5	4.5	5.1	7.9	2.7	0.1	3.9	2.7	6.4	14.9	.427	1.2	3.5	.333	3.7	4.3	.872


Season 8
	Larry Johnson	Chris Paul
Season	1998-99	2012-13
Team	New York Knicks	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Steals Leader
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Knicks Lost NBA Finals	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Larry Johnson	49	33.4	12.0	1.9	3.9	5.8	2.4	0.7	0.2	1.8	3.0	4.3	9.3	.459	0.7	1.9	.359	2.7	3.3	.817
difference:	+21		+4.9	+1.1	+0.9	+2.1	+7.3	+1.7	+0.1	-0.5	-1.0	+1.6	+2.9	+.022	+0.4	+1.4	+.031	+1.4	+1.3	+.068
Chris Paul	70	33.4	16.9	0.8	3.0	3.7	9.7	2.4	0.1	2.3	2.0	5.9	12.2	.481	1.1	3.3	.328	4.1	4.6	.885

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Johnson	20	34.1	11.5	1.1	3.8	4.9	1.6	1.1	0.1	1.7	3.2	4.4	10.2	.426	1.2	4.1	.293	1.6	2.3	.674
difference:	+14	+3.2	+11.3	+0.6	+0.3	+0.9	+4.7	+0.7	+0.1	-0.2	-0.4	+3.8	+5.1	+.107	+0.2	+0.9	+.023	+3.9	+3.9	+.218
Chris Paul	6	37.3	22.8	0.5	3.5	4.0	6.3	1.8	0.0	1.5	2.8	8.2	15.3	.533	1.0	3.2	.316	5.5	6.2	.892


Season 9
	Larry Johnson	Chris Paul
Season	1999-00	2013-14
Team	New York Knicks	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	Steals Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals	Clippers Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
Larry Johnson	70	32.6	10.7	1.2	4.2	5.4	2.5	0.6	0.1	1.3	2.9	4.0	9.3	.433	0.8	2.5	.333	1.8	2.4	.766
difference:	+8	+2.4	+8.4	+0.6	+0.5	+1.1	+8.2	+1.9		-1.0	-0.4	+2.5	+4.7	+.034	+0.5	+0.9	+.035	+3.0	+3.2	+.089
Chris Paul	62	35.0	19.1	0.6	3.7	4.3	10.7	2.5	0.1	2.3	2.5	6.5	14.0	.467	1.3	3.4	.368	4.8	5.6	.855

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Johnson	16	36.8	11.3	0.9	4.1	5.0	1.6	0.5	0.1	1.4	2.9	4.4	9.5	.461	0.8	2.1	.394	1.7	2.1	.794
difference:	+3	+0.5	+8.5		+0.8	+0.8	+8.7	+2.3	+0.1	-1.6	-0.9	+2.7	+5.7	+.006	+1.7	+3.3	+.063	+1.5	+2.0	+.020
Chris Paul	13	36.3	19.8	0.9	3.3	4.2	10.3	2.8	0.0	3.0	3.8	7.1	15.2	.467	2.5	5.4	.457	3.2	4.1	.774


Season 10
	Larry Johnson	Chris Paul
Season	2000-01	2014-15
Team	New York Knicks	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Clippers Lost West Conf Semis

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10th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Johnson	65	32.4	9.9	1.4	4.2	5.6	2.0	0.6	0.4	1.5	3.2	3.8	9.2	.411	0.8	2.5	.313	1.6	2.0	.797
difference:	+17	+2.4	+9.2	+0.8	+0.2	+1.0	+8.2	+1.3	+0.2	-0.8	-0.7	+3.1	+5.1	+.074	+0.9	+1.8	+.085	+1.9	+1.9	+.103
Chris Paul	82	34.8	19.1	0.6	4.0	4.6	10.2	1.9	0.2	2.3	2.5	6.9	14.3	.485	1.7	4.3	.398	3.5	3.9	.900

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Johnson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chris Paul	12	37.1	22.1	0.6	3.8	4.4	8.8	1.8	0.3	2.2	3.1	7.9	15.8	.503	2.3	5.4	.415	4.0	4.3	.941


Additional Years
* Chris Paul played 10 seasons more than Larry Johnson in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 11 to 20, from 2016 to 2025—Chris Paul played in 8 Playoffs. In those 10 extra years over Larry Johnson, Chris Paul got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	3 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-NBA Third Team 2 All-Defensive First Team 1 Assists Leader 4 All-Star Game

Larry Johnson vs. Chris Paul Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Chris Paul and Larry 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.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Season 9

9th Season Stats Comparison

Season 10

10th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years