Larry Johnson vs. Enes Kanter Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Enes Kanter 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

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, 1 less than Enes Kanter, who played 11. Larry Johnson had the first of his seasons in 1991-92, while Enes Kanter had his rookie season in 2011-12. 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 achivements, 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
Enes Kanter	11	6	2011-12 to 2021-22

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Larry Johnson	Enes Kanter
Season	1991-92	2011-12
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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
Enes Kanter	66	13.2	4.6	1.6	2.6	4.2	0.1	0.3	0.3	0.8	1.3	1.8	3.6	.496	0.0	0.0	.000	1.1	1.6	.667

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Enes Kanter	4	10.8	3.5	2.0	2.0	4.0	0.3	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.8	1.8	4.0	.438	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.3	.000


Season 2
	Larry Johnson	Enes Kanter
Season	1992-93	2012-13
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hornets Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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
Enes Kanter	70	15.4	7.2	1.9	2.4	4.3	0.4	0.4	0.5	1.4	1.7	2.9	5.4	.544	0.0	0.0	1.000	1.3	1.7	.795

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
Enes Kanter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Larry Johnson	Enes Kanter
Season	1993-94	2013-14
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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
Enes Kanter	80	26.7	12.3	2.8	4.7	7.5	0.9	0.4	0.5	1.8	2.9	5.2	10.7	.491	0.0	0.0	.000	1.9	2.6	.730

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Enes Kanter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Larry Johnson	Enes Kanter
Season	1994-95	2014-15
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Utah Jazz, Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hornets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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
Enes Kanter	75	28.5	15.5	3.7	5.3	8.9	0.7	0.5	0.4	1.9	2.5	6.4	12.4	.519	0.2	0.6	.356	2.4	3.1	.782

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
Enes Kanter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Larry Johnson	Enes Kanter
Season	1995-96	2015-16
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Thunder Lost West Conf Finals

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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
Enes Kanter	82	21.0	12.7	3.0	5.1	8.1	0.4	0.3	0.4	1.4	2.0	5.0	8.8	.576	0.1	0.3	.476	2.4	3.1	.797

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Enes Kanter	18	17.9	9.4	2.6	3.6	6.2	0.3	0.3	0.6	0.9	2.2	3.6	6.6	.551	0.1	0.8	.143	2.1	2.5	.844


Season 6
	Larry Johnson	Enes Kanter
Season	1996-97	2016-17
Team	New York Knicks	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Thunder Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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
Enes Kanter	72	21.3	14.3	2.7	4.0	6.7	0.9	0.4	0.5	1.7	2.1	5.6	10.2	.545	0.1	0.5	.132	3.1	4.0	.786

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
Enes Kanter	5	9.0	4.8	0.6	1.2	1.8	0.2	0.0	0.8	0.4	1.6	2.0	5.2	.385	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	0.8	1.000


Season 7
	Larry Johnson	Enes Kanter
Season	1997-98	2017-18
Team	New York Knicks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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
Enes Kanter	71	25.8	14.1	3.8	7.1	11.0	1.5	0.5	0.5	1.7	2.6	5.9	10.0	.592	0.0	0.0	.000	2.2	2.6	.848

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
Enes Kanter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Larry Johnson	Enes Kanter
Season	1998-99	2018-19
Team	New York Knicks	New York Knicks, Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost NBA Finals	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Finals

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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
Enes Kanter	67	24.5	13.7	3.8	6.0	9.8	1.7	0.5	0.4	1.8	2.5	5.6	10.2	.549	0.1	0.5	.294	2.3	2.9	.787

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
Enes Kanter	16	28.8	11.4	3.3	6.4	9.6	1.2	0.7	0.6	1.6	2.3	4.7	9.1	.514	0.1	0.3	.250	1.9	2.6	.756


Season 9
	Larry Johnson	Enes Kanter
Season	1999-00	2019-20
Team	New York Knicks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals

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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
Enes Kanter	58	16.9	8.1	2.8	4.6	7.4	1.0	0.4	0.7	1.0	1.7	3.4	6.0	.572	0.0	0.1	.143	1.2	1.7	.707

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
Enes Kanter	11	9.3	4.5	1.7	2.2	3.9	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.4	1.7	2.0	3.8	.524	0.1	0.1	1.000	0.5	0.9	.500


Season 10
	Larry Johnson	Enes Kanter
Season	2000-01	2020-21
Team	New York Knicks	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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
Enes Kanter	72	24.4	11.2	3.9	7.1	11.0	1.2	0.5	0.7	1.1	2.3	4.7	7.8	.604	0.0	0.1	.250	1.8	2.3	.774

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Enes Kanter	5	11.2	2.0	1.2	1.4	2.6	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.6	1.8	0.8	1.6	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.4	1.000


Season 11
	Larry Johnson	Enes Kanter
Season	-	2021-22
Team	-	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Enes Kanter	35	11.7	3.7	1.7	2.8	4.6	0.2	0.1	0.4	0.6	1.2	1.5	2.8	.526	0.1	0.1	.400	0.7	0.8	.857

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Enes Kanter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Larry Johnson vs. Enes Kanter Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Enes Kanter 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

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11