Linton Johnson vs. Caris LeVert Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Caris LeVert and Linton 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.

Linton Johnson played 6 years in the NBA, 2 less than Caris LeVert, who played 8. Linton Johnson had the first of his seasons in 2003-04, while Caris LeVert had his rookie season in 2016-17. 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
Linton Johnson	6	1	2003-04 to 2008-09
Caris LeVert	8	4	2016-17 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Linton Johnson	Caris LeVert
Season	2003-04	2016-17
Team	Chicago Bulls	Brooklyn Nets
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		%
Linton Johnson	41	17.9	4.2	1.4	3.0	4.5	0.7	0.9	0.8	0.9	2.2	1.8	5.0	.355	0.2	0.8	.212	0.5	0.9	.595
Caris LeVert	57	21.7	8.2	0.4	2.9	3.3	1.9	0.9	0.1	1.0	1.6	3.0	6.7	.450	1.0	3.2	.321	1.2	1.6	.720

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Linton Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Caris LeVert	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Linton Johnson	Caris LeVert
Season	2004-05	2017-18
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Linton Johnson	2	7.5	0.0	0.0	1.5	1.5	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0	-
Caris LeVert	71	26.3	12.1	0.7	2.9	3.7	4.2	1.2	0.3	2.2	2.2	4.5	10.4	.435	1.2	3.5	.347	1.9	2.6	.711

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Linton Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Caris LeVert	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Linton Johnson	Caris LeVert
Season	2005-06	2018-19
Team	New Jersey Nets, New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nets Lost East 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		%
Linton Johnson	36	14.6	4.3	1.1	2.3	3.4	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.8	1.7	1.7	4.1	.409	0.4	1.0	.361	0.5	0.8	.667
Caris LeVert	40	26.6	13.7	0.9	2.9	3.8	3.9	1.1	0.4	1.7	1.9	5.2	12.1	.429	1.2	3.9	.312	2.1	3.1	.691

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Linton Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Caris LeVert	5	28.8	21.0	1.2	3.4	4.6	3.0	1.0	0.4	2.0	1.6	7.2	14.6	.493	2.4	5.2	.462	4.2	5.8	.724


Season 4
	Linton Johnson	Caris LeVert
Season	2006-07	2019-20
Team	New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nets Lost East 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		%
Linton Johnson	54	13.3	4.2	1.0	2.1	3.0	0.3	0.6	0.3	0.5	1.9	1.7	3.5	.489	0.2	0.6	.333	0.6	0.7	.811
Caris LeVert	45	29.6	18.7	1.1	3.1	4.2	4.4	1.2	0.2	2.6	1.8	6.9	16.3	.425	1.8	4.9	.364	3.1	4.4	.711

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Linton Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Caris LeVert	4	35.0	20.3	2.0	4.0	6.0	9.5	1.3	0.3	3.3	1.8	6.8	18.3	.370	2.3	5.3	.429	4.5	6.3	.720


Season 5
	Linton Johnson	Caris LeVert
Season	2007-08	2020-21
Team	Phoenix Suns, Toronto Raptors	Brooklyn Nets, Indiana Pacers
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		%
Linton Johnson	8	7.9	2.6	0.6	1.1	1.8	0.5	0.0	0.1	0.6	1.4	1.1	2.4	.474	0.1	0.4	.333	0.3	0.3	1.000
Caris LeVert	47	31.6	20.2	0.7	3.9	4.6	5.2	1.4	0.6	2.2	2.2	7.6	17.3	.441	1.8	5.5	.326	3.1	3.8	.811

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Linton Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Caris LeVert	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Linton Johnson	Caris LeVert
Season	2008-09	2021-22
Team	Charlotte Bobcats, Chicago Bulls	Indiana Pacers, Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls 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		%
Linton Johnson	10	5.5	0.9	0.3	0.5	0.8	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.2	0.7	0.4	1.1	.364	0.1	0.2	.500	0.0	0.0	-
Caris LeVert	58	30.7	17.0	0.7	2.9	3.7	4.3	0.9	0.4	1.9	2.3	6.5	14.7	.444	1.4	4.4	.320	2.5	3.3	.756

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Linton Johnson	3	3.3	1.3	0.7	0.7	1.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.7	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	0.7	1.000
Caris LeVert	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Linton Johnson	Caris LeVert
Season	-	2022-23
Team	-	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Cavaliers Lost East 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		%
Linton Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Caris LeVert	74	30.2	12.1	0.7	3.1	3.8	3.9	1.0	0.3	1.6	2.3	4.3	10.0	.431	1.7	4.4	.392	1.8	2.4	.722

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Linton Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Caris LeVert	5	34.0	15.0	0.8	3.8	4.6	2.6	0.4	0.2	1.0	2.0	5.4	12.6	.429	2.6	7.2	.361	1.6	2.6	.615


Season 8
	Linton Johnson	Caris LeVert
Season	-	2023-24
Team	-	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Cavaliers TBD

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Linton Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Caris LeVert	68	28.8	14.0	0.6	3.5	4.1	5.1	1.1	0.5	1.7	1.8	5.1	12.1	.421	1.6	4.9	.325	2.3	3.0	.766

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Linton Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Caris LeVert	11	25.3	10.1	0.7	2.9	3.6	2.3	0.8	0.5	1.3	1.3	4.0	9.3	.431	0.5	3.0	.182	1.5	2.4	.654

Linton Johnson vs. Caris LeVert Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Caris LeVert and Linton 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