Larry Johnson vs. Zeke Nnaji Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Zeke Nnaji 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, 6 more than Zeke Nnaji, who played 4. Larry Johnson had the first of his seasons in 1991-92, while Zeke Nnaji had his rookie season in 2020-21. 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Larry Johnson	Zeke Nnaji
Season	1991-92	2020-21
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis

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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
Zeke Nnaji	42	9.5	3.2	0.3	1.2	1.5	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.7	1.2	2.5	.481	0.6	1.4	.407	0.3	0.4	.800
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Zeke Nnaji	5	3.6	2.4	0.2	0.2	0.4	0.4	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.8	1.6	.500	0.6	1.4	.429	0.2	0.4	.500

Season 2
	Larry Johnson	Zeke Nnaji
Season	1992-93	2021-22
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hornets Lost East Conf Semis	Nuggets 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	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
Zeke Nnaji	41	17.0	6.6	1.4	2.2	3.6	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.6	1.9	2.3	4.5	.516	0.9	2.0	.463	1.0	1.6	.631
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
Zeke Nnaji	2	4.5	1.5	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.5	0.5	1.000	0.5	0.5	1.000	0.0	0.0	-

Season 3
	Larry Johnson	Zeke Nnaji
Season	1993-94	2022-23
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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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
Zeke Nnaji	53	13.7	5.2	1.2	1.4	2.6	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.6	2.0	2.1	3.7	.561	0.3	1.2	.262	0.8	1.2	.645
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Zeke Nnaji	5	2.4	1.0	0.0	0.4	0.4	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.4	0.8	.500	0.2	0.6	.333	0.0	0.0	-

Season 4
	Larry Johnson	Zeke Nnaji
Season	1994-95	2023-24
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hornets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis

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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
Zeke Nnaji	58	9.9	3.2	1.1	1.1	2.2	0.6	0.3	0.7	0.5	1.4	1.2	2.6	.463	0.1	0.4	.261	0.7	1.1	.677
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
Zeke Nnaji	3	4.7	1.7	0.7	0.0	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.7	0.3	0.7	1.0	.667	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.7	.500