Larry Johnson vs. Julius Randle Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Julius Randle 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.

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, 2 less than Julius Randle, who played 12. Larry Johnson had the first of his seasons in 1991-92, while Julius Randle had his rookie season in 2014-15. 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
	Larry Johnson	Julius Randle
Season	1991-92	2014-15
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	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:	+81	+23.2	+17.2	+3.9	+7.0	+11.0	+3.6	+1.0	+0.6	-1.0	-1.7	+6.5	+12.3	+.157	+0.1	+0.3		+4.1	+3.0	+.829
Julius Randle	1	14.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	3.0	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	2.0	.000
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Larry Johnson nor Julius Randle played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Larry Johnson	Julius Randle
Season	1992-93	2015-16
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	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:	+1	+12.3	+10.8	+1.3	+1.0	+0.3	+2.5	+0.1	+0.1	-1.0	-0.7	+4.5	+6.6	+.097	+0.1	+0.5	+.024	+1.7	+2.0	+.052
Julius Randle	81	28.2	11.3	2.1	8.1	10.2	1.8	0.7	0.4	1.8	3.0	4.4	10.3	.429	0.1	0.4	.278	2.4	3.3	.715
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
Julius Randle	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Larry Johnson	Julius Randle
Season	1994-95	2017-18
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hornets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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:	+1	+13.2	+2.7	+0.1	+0.9	+0.8	+2.0	+0.5	+0.2		-1.2	+1.1	+4.0	+.078	+0.9	+2.1	+.164	+0.3	+0.8	+.056
Julius Randle	82	26.7	16.1	2.2	5.8	8.0	2.6	0.5	0.5	2.6	3.3	6.1	11.0	.558	0.1	0.5	.222	3.7	5.2	.718
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
Julius Randle	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Larry Johnson	Julius Randle
Season	1997-98	2020-21
Team	New York Knicks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Most Improved Player
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+1	+3.1	+8.6	+1.3	+5.8	+4.5	+3.9	+0.3	+0.1	-1.6	-0.4	+2.4	+6.0	+.029	+2.1	+4.6	+.173	+1.8	+2.0	+.055
Julius Randle	71	37.6	24.1	1.2	9.0	10.2	6.0	0.9	0.3	3.4	3.2	8.5	18.6	.456	2.3	5.5	.411	4.9	6.0	.811
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	+2.8	+0.1	+0.9	+5.9	+5.0	+2.4	+0.7	+0.4	-1.5	-0.2	+0.9	+5.4	+.188	+1.9	+5.3	+.133		+0.9	+.112
Julius Randle	5	36.0	18.0	2.2	9.4	11.6	4.0	0.6	0.0	4.6	3.6	5.6	18.8	.298	2.2	6.6	.333	4.6	5.4	.852

Season 9
	Larry Johnson	Julius Randle
Season	1999-00	2022-23
Team	New York Knicks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals	Knicks Lost East 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:	+7	+2.9	+14.4	+0.6	+3.9	+4.6	+1.6		+0.2	-1.5	-0.1	+4.5	+9.3	+.026	+2.0	+5.8	+.010	+3.4	+4.5	+.009
Julius Randle	77	35.5	25.1	1.8	8.1	10.0	4.1	0.6	0.3	2.8	3.0	8.5	18.6	.459	2.8	8.3	.343	5.2	6.9	.757
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:	+6	+3.8	+5.3	+0.8	+2.5	+3.3	+2.0		+0.2	-2.1	-0.5	+1.1	+5.2	+.087	+0.9	+4.5	+.136	+2.2	+3.4	+.085
Julius Randle	10	33.0	16.6	1.7	6.6	8.3	3.6	0.5	0.3	3.5	2.4	5.5	14.7	.374	1.7	6.6	.258	3.9	5.5	.709

Season 10
	Larry Johnson	Julius Randle
Season	2000-01	2023-24
Team	New York Knicks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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:	+19	+3.0	+14.1	+0.8	+2.8	+3.6	+3.0	+0.1	+0.1	-2.0	-0.5	+4.8	+9.0	+.061	+0.9	+2.8	+.002	+3.5	+4.6	+.016
Julius Randle	46	35.4	24.0	2.2	7.0	9.2	5.0	0.5	0.3	3.5	2.7	8.6	18.2	.472	1.7	5.3	.311	5.1	6.6	.781
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Larry Johnson nor Julius Randle played in the postseason in their season 10