Larry Johnson vs. Kemba Walker Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kemba Walker 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 / 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, 2 less than Kemba Walker, who played 12. Larry Johnson had the first of his seasons in 1991-92, while Kemba Walker 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 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
Kemba Walker	12	4	2011-12 to 2022-23

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


Rookie Season
	Larry Johnson	Kemba Walker
Season	1991-92	2011-12
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Charlotte Bobcats
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
Honors & Awards	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:	+16	+10.0	+7.1	+3.4	+3.9	+7.5	+0.8	+0.1	+0.3	-0.2	-1.5	+3.2	+3.7	+.124	+0.9	+3.1	+.078	+1.6	+1.8	+.040
Kemba Walker	66	27.2	12.1	0.5	3.1	3.5	4.4	0.9	0.3	1.8	1.2	4.3	11.6	.366	1.0	3.4	.305	2.5	3.2	.789

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Larry Johnson nor Kemba Walker played in the postseason in their season 1


Season 2
	Larry Johnson	Kemba Walker
Season	1992-93	2012-13
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Charlotte Bobcats
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:		+5.6	+4.4	+2.7	+4.4	+7.0	+1.4	+1.4	+0.1	-0.4	-0.4	+2.5	+1.7	+.103	+1.1	+3.1	+.068	+0.5	+0.8	+.031
Kemba Walker	82	34.9	17.7	0.7	2.7	3.5	5.7	2.0	0.4	2.4	1.9	6.4	15.2	.423	1.3	4.0	.322	3.6	4.5	.798

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
Kemba Walker	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Larry Johnson	Kemba Walker
Season	1993-94	2013-14
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Charlotte Bobcats
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bobcats Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+22	+1.3	+1.3	+2.3	+2.3	+4.6	+2.5	+0.6	+0.1		-0.8	+0.6	+2.5	+.122	+1.4	+4.1	+.095	+1.2	+0.7	+.142
Kemba Walker	73	35.8	17.7	0.5	3.7	4.2	6.1	1.2	0.4	2.3	1.8	6.2	15.7	.393	1.5	4.5	.333	3.9	4.6	.837

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Johnson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kemba Walker	4	38.3	19.5	0.3	3.5	3.8	6.0	2.0	0.8	3.8	1.5	6.5	13.8	.473	3.0	6.0	.500	3.5	4.5	.778


Season 4
	Larry Johnson	Kemba Walker
Season	1994-95	2014-15
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Charlotte Hornets
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:	+19	+5.7	+1.5	+1.7	+1.9	+3.7	+0.5	+0.4	+0.2	-1.0	-0.6	+1.1	+0.8	+.095	+0.4	+1.9	+.082	+0.4	+0.2	+.053
Kemba Walker	62	34.2	17.3	0.6	3.0	3.5	5.1	1.4	0.5	1.6	1.5	6.1	15.8	.385	1.4	4.5	.304	3.8	4.6	.827

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
Kemba Walker	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Larry Johnson	Kemba Walker
Season	1995-96	2015-16
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hornets Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:		+4.8	+0.4	+2.4	+1.7	+4.0	+0.8	+0.9		-0.1	-0.7	+0.2	+1.3	+.049	+1.4	+3.7	+.005	+0.7	+1.6	+.090
Kemba Walker	81	35.6	20.9	0.7	3.7	4.4	5.2	1.6	0.5	2.1	1.4	7.0	16.4	.427	2.2	6.0	.371	4.6	5.4	.847

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Johnson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kemba Walker	7	37.1	22.7	0.4	2.6	3.0	4.0	1.3	0.6	1.7	1.4	8.0	21.9	.366	2.0	6.1	.326	4.7	5.0	.943


Season 6
	Larry Johnson	Kemba Walker
Season	1996-97	2016-17
Team	New York Knicks	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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:	+3	+0.3	+10.4	+1.6	+0.3	+1.3	+3.2	+0.3	+0.2	-0.3	-1.8	+3.2	+8.6	+.068	+2.6	+6.2	+.075	+1.3	+0.9	+.154
Kemba Walker	79	34.7	23.2	0.6	3.3	3.9	5.5	1.1	0.3	2.1	1.5	8.1	18.3	.444	3.0	7.6	.399	3.8	4.5	.847

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
Kemba Walker	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Larry Johnson	Kemba Walker
Season	1997-98	2017-18
Team	New York Knicks	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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	+0.3	+6.6	+2.1	+0.5	+2.6	+3.5	+0.5	+0.1	-0.4	-1.6	+1.3	+4.4	+.054	+2.7	+6.6	+.146	+1.4	+1.3	+.108
Kemba Walker	80	34.2	22.1	0.4	2.7	3.1	5.6	1.1	0.3	2.2	1.2	7.4	17.0	.431	2.9	7.5	.384	4.5	5.3	.864

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
Kemba Walker	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Larry Johnson	Kemba Walker
Season	1998-99	2018-19
Team	New York Knicks	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost NBA Finals	Did Not Play

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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:	+33	+1.5	+13.6	+1.3	+0.1	+1.4	+3.5	+0.5	+0.2	-0.8	-1.4	+4.6	+11.2	+.025	+2.5	+7.0	+.003	+1.9	+2.2	+.027
Kemba Walker	82	34.9	25.6	0.6	3.8	4.4	5.9	1.2	0.4	2.6	1.6	8.9	20.5	.434	3.2	8.9	.356	4.6	5.5	.844

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
Kemba Walker	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Larry Johnson	Kemba Walker
Season	1999-00	2019-20
Team	New York Knicks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals

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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:	+14	+1.5	+9.7	+0.6	+1.0	+1.5	+2.3	+0.3	+0.4	-0.8	-1.3	+2.8	+6.6	+.008	+2.4	+5.9	+.048	+1.9	+1.9	+.098
Kemba Walker	56	31.1	20.4	0.6	3.2	3.9	4.8	0.9	0.5	2.1	1.6	6.8	15.9	.425	3.2	8.4	.381	3.7	4.3	.864

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:	+1	+0.1	+8.3	+0.5	+0.4	+0.9	+3.5	+0.4	+0.3	-0.5	-0.4	+2.2	+5.6	+.020	+1.5	+5.3	+.084	+2.4	+2.7	+.058
Kemba Walker	17	36.9	19.6	0.4	3.7	4.1	5.1	0.9	0.4	1.9	2.5	6.6	15.1	.441	2.3	7.4	.310	4.1	4.8	.852


Season 10
	Larry Johnson	Kemba Walker
Season	2000-01	2020-21
Team	New York Knicks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+22	+0.6	+9.4	+1.0	+0.6	+1.6	+2.9	+0.5	+0.1	-0.5	-1.8	+2.8	+6.5	+.009	+2.2	+5.7	+.047	+1.5	+1.5	+.102
Kemba Walker	43	31.8	19.3	0.4	3.6	4.0	4.9	1.1	0.3	2.0	1.4	6.6	15.7	.420	3.0	8.2	.360	3.1	3.5	.899

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Johnson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kemba Walker	3	30.3	12.7	0.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	0.3	0.0	2.7	3.3	4.3	13.7	.317	1.0	5.7	.176	3.0	3.3	.900

Additional Years

* Kemba Walker played 2 seasons more than Larry Johnson in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 11 to 12, from 2022 to 2023—Kemba Walker didn't play in the postseason.

Larry Johnson vs. Kemba Walker Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kemba Walker 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