Mark Jackson vs. Kevin Johnson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kevin Johnson and Mark Jackson, 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 / Games against each other

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.

Mark Jackson played 17 years in the NBA, 5 more than Kevin Johnson, who played 12. Mark Jackson had the first of his seasons in 1987-88, while Kevin Johnson had his rookie season in 1987-88. 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
Mark Jackson	17	14	1987-88 to 2003-04
Kevin Johnson	12	11	1987-88 to 1999-00

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12


Rookie Season
	Mark Jackson	Kevin Johnson
Season	1987-88	1987-88
Team	New York Knicks	Cleveland Cavaliers, Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Mark Jackson	82	39.6	13.6	1.5	3.4	4.8	10.6	2.5	0.1	3.1	3.0	5.3	12.4	.432	0.4	1.5	.254	2.5	3.2	.774
difference:	+2	+15.6	+4.4	+1.0	+1.5	+2.4	+5.1	+1.2	+0.2	-1.3	-1.1	+1.9	+4.9	+.029	+0.3	+1.2	+.046	+0.3	+0.6	+.065
Kevin Johnson	80	24.0	9.2	0.5	1.9	2.4	5.5	1.3	0.3	1.8	1.9	3.4	7.5	.461	0.1	0.3	.208	2.2	2.6	.839

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Jackson	4	42.8	14.3	1.5	3.3	4.8	9.8	2.5	0.0	3.5	3.3	5.5	15.0	.367	1.3	3.0	.417	2.0	2.8	.727
Kevin Johnson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Mark Jackson	Kevin Johnson
Season	1988-89	1988-89
Team	New York Knicks	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Most Improved Player
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Suns Lost West Conf Finals

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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		%
Mark Jackson	72	34.4	16.9	1.5	3.3	4.7	8.6	1.9	0.1	3.1	2.3	6.7	14.2	.467	1.1	3.3	.338	2.5	3.6	.698
difference:	+9	+4.8	+3.5	+0.9	+0.3	+0.5	+3.6	+0.2	+0.2	-0.9	-0.5	+0.3	+0.3	+.038	+1.1	+3.0	+.247	+3.8	+3.5	+.184
Kevin Johnson	81	39.2	20.4	0.6	3.6	4.2	12.2	1.7	0.3	4.0	2.8	7.0	13.9	.505	0.0	0.3	.091	6.3	7.1	.882

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Jackson	9	37.3	14.7	0.8	2.7	3.4	10.1	1.1	0.3	3.1	1.0	5.7	11.1	.510	1.2	3.1	.393	2.1	3.1	.679
difference:	+3	+3.9	+9.1	+0.2	+0.6	+0.9	+2.2	+0.5	+0.1	-1.5	-1.3	+1.8	+4.1	+.015	+0.9	+2.3	+.093	+6.4	+6.1	+.248
Kevin Johnson	12	41.2	23.8	1.0	3.3	4.3	12.3	1.6	0.4	4.6	2.3	7.5	15.2	.495	0.3	0.8	.300	8.5	9.2	.927


Season 3
	Mark Jackson	Kevin Johnson
Season	1989-90	1989-90
Team	New York Knicks	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Suns Lost West Conf Finals

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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		%
Mark Jackson	82	29.6	9.9	1.3	2.6	3.9	7.4	1.3	0.0	2.6	1.5	4.0	9.1	.437	0.4	1.6	.267	1.5	2.0	.727
difference:	+8	+8.0	+12.6	+0.7	+0.5	+0.3	+4.0		+0.2	-1.0	-0.4	+3.8	+6.6	+.062	+0.3	+1.0	+.072	+5.3	+6.1	+.111
Kevin Johnson	74	37.6	22.5	0.6	3.1	3.6	11.4	1.3	0.2	3.6	1.9	7.8	15.7	.499	0.1	0.6	.195	6.8	8.1	.838

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Jackson	9	9.0	3.8	0.1	0.4	0.6	2.3	0.2	0.0	0.8	0.6	1.4	3.4	.419	0.0	0.2	.000	0.9	1.2	.727
difference:	+7	+27.4	+17.5	+0.5	+2.4	+2.7	+8.3	+1.4		-3.1	-1.2	+6.3	+12.7	+.060	+0.1	+0.5	+.182	+4.9	+5.8	+.094
Kevin Johnson	16	36.4	21.3	0.6	2.8	3.3	10.6	1.6	0.0	3.9	1.8	7.7	16.1	.479	0.1	0.7	.182	5.8	7.0	.821


Season 4
	Mark Jackson	Kevin Johnson
Season	1990-91	1990-91
Team	New York Knicks	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Mark Jackson	72	22.2	8.8	0.9	1.9	2.7	6.3	0.8	0.1	1.9	1.1	3.5	7.1	.492	0.2	0.7	.255	1.6	2.2	.731
difference:	+5	+13.8	+13.4	+0.2	+0.9	+0.8	+3.8	+1.3		-1.6	-1.2	+4.2	+7.8	+.024	+0.1	+0.1	+.050	+5.1	+5.8	+.112
Kevin Johnson	77	36.0	22.2	0.7	2.8	3.5	10.1	2.1	0.1	3.5	2.3	7.7	14.9	.516	0.1	0.6	.205	6.7	8.0	.843

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Jackson	3	12.0	0.7	0.0	0.0	0	2.7	0.3	0.3	1.7	0.3	0.3	1.0	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
difference:	+1	+24.5	+12.1	+0.5	+2.8	+3.3	+7.1	+0.2		-1.3	-2.0	+3.7	+12.3	+.031	+0.3	+1.8		+4.5	+7.5
Kevin Johnson	4	36.5	12.8	0.5	2.8	3.3	9.8	0.5	0.3	3.0	2.3	4.0	13.3	.302	0.3	1.8	.143	4.5	7.5	.600


Season 5
	Mark Jackson	Kevin Johnson
Season	1991-92	1991-92
Team	New York Knicks	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Suns Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
Mark Jackson	81	30.4	11.3	1.2	2.6	3.8	8.6	1.4	0.2	2.6	1.9	4.5	9.2	.491	0.1	0.5	.256	2.1	2.7	.770
difference:	+3	+6.8	+8.4	+0.4	+0.4	+0.1	+2.1	+0.1	+0.1	-0.9	-0.4	+2.4	+5.2	+.012		+0.1	+.039	+3.6	+4.4	+.037
Kevin Johnson	78	37.2	19.7	0.8	3.0	3.7	10.7	1.5	0.3	3.5	2.3	6.9	14.4	.479	0.1	0.6	.217	5.7	7.1	.807

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Jackson	12	30.7	8.3	1.0	1.3	2.3	7.2	0.8	0.0	2.5	2.2	3.1	7.7	.402	0.3	1.8	.190	1.8	2.3	.815
difference:	+4	+11.2	+15.3		+1.8	+1.8	+4.4	+0.7	+0.3	-0.6	-0.8	+4.7	+8.3	+.082	+0.1	+1.0	+.310	+6.0	+6.7	+.046
Kevin Johnson	8	41.9	23.6	1.0	3.1	4.1	11.6	1.5	0.3	3.1	3.0	7.8	16.0	.484	0.4	0.8	.500	7.8	9.0	.861


Season 6
	Mark Jackson	Kevin Johnson
Season	1992-93	1992-93
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Suns Lost NBA Finals

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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		%
Mark Jackson	82	38.0	14.4	1.6	3.2	4.7	8.8	1.7	0.1	2.7	1.9	5.6	11.5	.486	0.3	1.0	.268	2.9	3.7	.803
difference:	+33	+4.5	+1.7	+1.0	+1.7	+2.6	+1.0		+0.3	-0.4	-0.1	+0.2		+.013	+0.3	+0.8	+.143	+1.7	+1.9	+.016
Kevin Johnson	49	33.5	16.1	0.6	1.5	2.1	7.8	1.7	0.4	3.1	2.0	5.8	11.5	.499	0.0	0.2	.125	4.6	5.6	.819

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Jackson	5	37.6	15.2	1.6	4.2	5.8	7.6	1.6	0.2	2.6	1.6	5.6	12.8	.438	0.2	0.4	.500	3.8	4.4	.864
difference:	+18	+2.1	+2.6	+1.2	+1.9	+3.1	+0.3	+0.1	+0.4	-1.1	-0.9	+0.6	+0.2	+.042	+0.2	+0.3	+.500	+1.6	+2.4	+.069
Kevin Johnson	23	39.7	17.8	0.4	2.3	2.7	7.9	1.5	0.6	3.7	2.5	6.2	13.0	.480	0.0	0.1	.000	5.4	6.8	.795


Season 7
	Mark Jackson	Kevin Johnson
Season	1993-94	1993-94
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Suns Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
Mark Jackson	79	34.3	10.9	1.4	3.1	4.4	8.6	1.5	0.1	2.9	1.5	4.2	9.3	.452	0.5	1.6	.283	2.1	2.7	.791
difference:	+12	+2.3	+9.1	+0.6	+1.4	+1.9	+0.9	+0.4		-0.6	-0.4	+2.9	+5.3	+.035	+0.4	+1.2	+.061	+3.6	+4.2	+.028
Kevin Johnson	67	36.6	20.0	0.8	1.7	2.5	9.5	1.9	0.1	3.5	1.9	7.1	14.6	.487	0.1	0.4	.222	5.7	6.9	.819

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Jackson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kevin Johnson	10	42.7	26.6	1.0	2.5	3.5	9.6	1.0	0.1	3.4	2.3	9.7	21.2	.458	0.3	1.0	.300	6.9	8.1	.852


Season 8
	Mark Jackson	Kevin Johnson
Season	1994-95	1994-95
Team	Indiana Pacers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf Finals	Suns Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
Mark Jackson	82	29.3	7.6	0.9	2.8	3.7	7.5	1.3	0.2	2.6	1.8	2.9	6.9	.422	0.3	1.1	.310	1.5	1.9	.778
difference:	+35	+0.5	+7.9	+0.2	+1.0	+1.3	+0.2	+0.3	+0.2	-0.4	-0.1	+2.3	+4.2	+.048	+0.2	+0.5	+.156	+3.5	+4.2	+.032
Kevin Johnson	47	28.8	15.5	0.7	1.8	2.4	7.7	1.0	0.4	2.2	1.9	5.2	11.1	.470	0.1	0.6	.154	5.0	6.1	.810

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Jackson	17	32.6	9.9	1.6	3.6	5.2	7.2	0.9	0.0	2.4	2.0	3.5	7.6	.454	0.9	2.4	.400	2.0	2.7	.739
difference:	+7	+4.5	+14.9	+0.9	+0.2	+1.1	+2.1		+0.4	-1.0	-0.5	+5.1	+7.4	+.119	+0.4	+1.4	+.100	+5.1	+5.7	+.106
Kevin Johnson	10	37.1	24.8	0.7	3.4	4.1	9.3	0.9	0.4	3.4	2.5	8.6	15.0	.573	0.5	1.0	.500	7.1	8.4	.845


Season 9
	Mark Jackson	Kevin Johnson
Season	1995-96	1995-96
Team	Indiana Pacers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Mark Jackson	81	32.6	10.0	0.8	3.0	3.8	7.8	1.2	0.1	2.5	1.9	3.7	7.7	.473	0.8	1.8	.430	1.9	2.4	.785
difference:	+25	+3.2	+8.7		+0.2	+0.1	+1.4	+0.3	+0.1	-0.5	-0.7	+2.4	+4.3	+.034	+0.4	+0.8	+.062	+4.2	+4.7	+.074
Kevin Johnson	56	35.8	18.7	0.8	3.2	3.9	9.2	1.5	0.2	3.0	2.6	6.1	12.0	.507	0.4	1.0	.368	6.1	7.1	.859

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Jackson	5	37.2	10.6	0.6	4.4	5.0	6.0	1.2	0.0	2.6	1.8	3.6	10.2	.353	0.8	3.6	.222	2.6	3.4	.765
difference:	+1	+0.6	+6.7	+0.1	+0.6	+0.7	+4.8	+0.7	+0.5	-0.2	-0.2	+3.2	+4.1	+.121	+0.5	+2.6	+.028	+0.9	+0.9	+.059
Kevin Johnson	4	37.8	17.3	0.5	3.8	4.3	10.8	0.5	0.5	2.8	2.0	6.8	14.3	.474	0.3	1.0	.250	3.5	4.3	.824


Season 10
	Mark Jackson	Kevin Johnson
Season	1996-97	1996-97
Team	Denver Nuggets, Indiana Pacers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	Assists Leader	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Suns Lost West 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		%
Mark Jackson	82	37.2	9.9	1.1	3.7	4.8	11.4	1.2	0.1	3.3	2.0	3.5	8.3	.426	0.8	2.2	.371	2.0	2.6	.789
difference:	+12	+0.8	+10.2	+0.3	+0.9	+1.2	+2.1	+0.3	+0.1	-0.2		+2.8	+4.4	+.070	+0.5	+0.7	+.070	+4.3	+4.8	+.063
Kevin Johnson	70	38.0	20.1	0.8	2.8	3.6	9.3	1.5	0.2	3.1	2.0	6.3	12.7	.496	1.3	2.9	.441	6.3	7.4	.852

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Jackson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kevin Johnson	5	41.6	16.8	1.6	2.8	4.4	6.0	2.6	0.0	3.6	3.0	5.2	17.6	.295	0.6	4.4	.136	5.8	6.6	.879


Season 11
	Mark Jackson	Kevin Johnson
Season	1997-98	1997-98
Team	Indiana Pacers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf Finals	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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11th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Jackson	82	29.4	8.3	0.8	3.1	3.9	8.7	1.0	0.0	2.1	1.6	3.0	7.3	.416	0.5	1.7	.314	1.7	2.2	.761
difference:	+32	+3.6	+1.2	+0.1	+0.5	+0.6	+3.8	+0.5	+0.2	-0.1	-0.5	+0.1	+0.4	+.031	+0.4	+1.2	+.160	+1.5	+1.5	+.110
Kevin Johnson	50	25.8	9.5	0.7	2.6	3.3	4.9	0.5	0.2	2.0	1.1	3.1	6.9	.447	0.1	0.5	.154	3.2	3.7	.871

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Jackson	16	30.9	9.2	1.1	3.4	4.6	8.3	1.4	0.0	2.9	1.8	3.3	7.9	.417	0.9	2.3	.378	1.7	2.1	.794
difference:	+12	+0.4	+4.6	+0.6	+1.6	+2.3	+3.5	+0.9	+0.3	-1.4	-0.3	+2.5	+2.6	+.131	+0.6	+1.3	+.128	+0.3	+0.9	+.127
Kevin Johnson	4	30.5	13.8	0.5	1.8	2.3	4.8	0.5	0.3	1.5	1.5	5.8	10.5	.548	0.3	1.0	.250	2.0	3.0	.667

Note: Kevin Johnson didn't play in 1998-99.


Season 12
	Mark Jackson	Kevin Johnson
Season	1998-99	1999-00
Team	Indiana Pacers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf Finals	Suns Lost West Conf Semis

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12th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Jackson	49	28.2	7.6	0.7	3.1	3.8	7.9	0.9	0.1	2.0	1.2	2.8	6.7	.419	0.7	2.1	.311	1.3	1.6	.823
difference:	+43	+9.4	+0.9	+0.7	+0.4	+1.1	+3.9	+0.6	+0.1	-0.8	-0.2	+0.1	+2.0	+.152	+0.5	+1.9	+.689	+0.1	+0.4	+.177
Kevin Johnson	6	18.8	6.7	0.0	2.7	2.7	4.0	0.3	0.0	1.2	1.0	2.7	4.7	.571	0.2	0.2	1.000	1.2	1.2	1.000

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Jackson	13	34.8	11.2	1.1	3.5	4.5	8.6	1.1	0.1	2.7	2.5	3.9	7.9	.495	1.1	2.6	.412	2.3	3.2	.714
difference:	+4	+20.5	+8.0	+1.1	+2.1	+3.1	+6.0	+0.8		-1.3	-1.4	+2.6	+3.8	+.171	+1.1	+2.3	+.412	+1.7	+2.5	+.119
Kevin Johnson	9	14.3	3.2	0.0	1.4	1.4	2.6	0.3	0.1	1.4	1.1	1.3	4.1	.324	0.0	0.3	.000	0.6	0.7	.833

Additional Years

* Mark Jackson played 5 seasons more than Kevin Johnson in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 13 to 17, from 2000 to 2004—Mark Jackson played in 4 Playoffs.

Mark Jackson vs. Kevin Johnson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kevin Johnson and Mark Jackson, 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

Season 11

11th Season Stats Comparison

Season 12

12th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years