Marques Johnson vs. Glen Rice Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Glen Rice and Marques 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 / 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.

Marques Johnson played 11 years in the NBA, 4 less than Glen Rice, who played 15. Marques Johnson had the first of his seasons in 1977-78, while Glen Rice had his rookie season in 1989-90. 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
Marques Johnson	11	6	1977-78 to 1989-90
Glen Rice	15	7	1989-90 to 2003-04

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Marques Johnson	Glen Rice
Season	1977-78	1989-90
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Bucks Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Marques Johnson	80	34.6	19.5	3.7	6.9	10.6	2.4	1.2	1.3	2.2	2.8	7.9	15.1	.522	-	-	-	3.8	5.1	.736
Glen Rice	77	30.0	13.6	1.3	3.3	4.6	1.8	0.9	0.4	1.5	2.6	6.1	13.9	.439	0.2	0.9	.246	1.2	1.6	.734

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Marques Johnson	9	35.7	24.0	3.9	8.6	12.4	3.4	1.1	1.9	1.6	2.8	9.3	17.0	.549	-	-	-	5.3	7.1	.750
Glen Rice	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Marques Johnson	Glen Rice
Season	1978-79	1990-91
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
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		%
Marques Johnson	77	36.1	25.6	2.8	4.9	7.6	3.0	1.5	1.2	2.2	2.4	10.6	19.4	.550	-	-	-	4.3	5.7	.760
Glen Rice	77	34.4	17.4	1.1	3.8	4.9	2.5	1.3	0.3	2.2	2.8	7.1	15.5	.461	0.9	2.4	.386	2.2	2.7	.818

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Marques Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Glen Rice	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Marques Johnson	Glen Rice
Season	1979-80	1991-92
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bucks Lost West Conf Semis	Heat 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		%
Marques Johnson	77	34.9	21.7	2.8	4.5	7.4	3.5	1.3	0.9	2.4	2.2	8.9	16.5	.544	0.0	0.1	.222	3.8	4.8	.791
Glen Rice	79	38.1	22.3	1.1	3.9	5.0	2.3	1.1	0.4	1.8	2.2	8.5	18.1	.469	2.0	5.0	.391	3.4	4.0	.836

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Marques Johnson	7	43.3	19.9	2.4	4.4	6.9	2.9	0.7	0.9	1.1	2.9	7.7	18.3	.422	0.1	0.4	.333	4.3	5.7	.750
Glen Rice	3	39.7	19.0	1.0	2.3	3.3	1.7	0.7	0.0	2.0	2.3	8.0	21.3	.375	1.0	4.0	.250	2.0	2.3	.857


Season 4
	Marques Johnson	Glen Rice
Season	1980-81	1992-93
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Marques Johnson	76	33.4	20.3	3.0	3.9	6.8	4.6	1.5	0.5	2.5	2.6	8.4	15.2	.552	0.0	0.1	.000	3.5	5.0	.706
Glen Rice	82	37.6	19.0	1.1	4.0	5.2	2.2	1.1	0.3	1.9	2.5	7.1	16.1	.440	1.8	4.7	.383	3.0	3.6	.820

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Marques Johnson	7	38.0	24.7	5.9	3.6	9.4	4.9	1.4	1.0	1.9	2.0	10.7	19.3	.556	0.0	0.1	.000	3.3	4.6	.719
Glen Rice	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Marques Johnson	Glen Rice
Season	1981-82	1993-94
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Semis	Heat 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		%
Marques Johnson	60	31.7	16.5	2.6	3.5	6.1	3.6	1.0	0.6	2.4	2.4	6.7	12.7	.532	0.0	0.1	.000	3.0	4.3	.700
Glen Rice	81	37.0	21.1	0.9	4.4	5.4	2.3	1.4	0.4	1.6	2.3	8.2	17.5	.467	1.6	4.3	.382	3.1	3.5	.880

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Marques Johnson	6	39.2	18.8	3.8	3.5	7.3	3.3	1.0	0.3	2.0	4.2	7.3	16.7	.440	0.2	0.7	.250	4.0	7.0	.571
Glen Rice	5	39.0	13.0	1.2	6.0	7.2	2.0	2.2	0.4	2.8	2.8	5.2	13.6	.382	1.4	4.6	.304	1.2	1.6	.750


Season 6
	Marques Johnson	Glen Rice
Season	1982-83	1994-95
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Marques Johnson	80	35.7	21.4	2.5	4.6	7.0	4.5	1.3	0.7	2.5	2.6	9.0	17.8	.509	0.1	0.3	.200	3.3	4.5	.735
Glen Rice	82	36.8	22.3	1.2	3.4	4.6	2.3	1.4	0.2	1.9	2.5	8.1	17.1	.475	2.3	5.5	.410	3.8	4.5	.855

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Marques Johnson	9	42.4	22.0	3.1	4.9	8.0	4.2	0.9	0.8	2.3	2.4	9.4	19.4	.486	0.0	0.1	.000	3.1	4.8	.651
Glen Rice	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Marques Johnson	Glen Rice
Season	1983-84	1995-96
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Marques Johnson	74	36.7	20.7	2.3	4.1	6.5	4.3	1.6	0.6	2.4	2.6	8.7	17.4	.502	0.0	0.2	.154	3.3	4.6	.709
Glen Rice	79	39.8	21.6	1.1	3.7	4.8	2.9	1.2	0.2	2.1	2.7	7.7	16.4	.471	2.2	5.1	.424	4.0	4.8	.837

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Marques Johnson	16	37.8	20.3	1.8	3.5	5.3	3.4	1.1	0.4	2.7	3.1	8.1	17.1	.473	0.1	0.3	.250	4.1	5.6	.722
Glen Rice	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Marques Johnson	Glen Rice
Season	1984-85	1996-97
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hornets 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		%
Marques Johnson	72	34.0	16.4	2.6	3.3	5.9	3.4	1.0	0.4	2.4	2.7	6.9	15.2	.452	0.0	0.2	.231	2.6	3.6	.731
Glen Rice	79	42.6	26.8	0.8	3.2	4.0	2.0	0.9	0.3	2.2	2.4	9.1	19.2	.477	2.6	5.6	.470	5.9	6.8	.867

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Marques Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Glen Rice	3	45.7	27.7	0.3	3.3	3.7	3.7	1.3	0.3	1.3	3.7	9.3	19.0	.491	2.0	5.3	.375	7.0	7.7	.913


Season 9
	Marques Johnson	Glen Rice
Season	1985-86	1997-98
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hornets Lost East 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		%
Marques Johnson	75	34.7	20.3	2.1	3.5	5.5	3.8	1.4	0.7	2.4	2.9	8.2	16.0	.510	0.0	0.2	.067	4.0	5.2	.760
Glen Rice	82	40.2	22.3	1.1	3.2	4.3	2.2	0.9	0.3	2.2	2.4	7.7	16.9	.457	1.6	3.7	.433	5.2	6.1	.849

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Marques Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Glen Rice	9	41.0	22.8	1.2	4.4	5.7	1.4	0.6	0.3	1.4	2.9	9.1	19.2	.474	1.2	4.0	.306	3.3	4.0	.833


Season 10
	Marques Johnson	Glen Rice
Season	1986-87	1998-99
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers 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		%
Marques Johnson	10	30.2	16.6	0.9	2.4	3.3	2.8	1.2	0.5	1.7	2.4	6.8	15.5	.439	0.0	0.6	.000	3.0	4.2	.714
Glen Rice	27	36.5	17.5	0.3	3.3	3.7	2.6	0.6	0.2	1.7	2.5	6.3	14.7	.432	2.0	5.0	.393	2.9	3.3	.856

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Marques Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Glen Rice	7	43.7	18.3	0.6	3.3	3.9	1.6	0.7	0.1	1.3	2.1	6.4	14.4	.446	1.4	4.0	.357	4.0	4.1	.966

Note: Marques Johnson didn't play in 1987-88 and 1988-89.


Season 11
	Marques Johnson	Glen Rice
Season	1989-90	1999-00
Team	Golden State Warriors	Los Angeles Lakers
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		%
Marques Johnson	10	9.9	4.0	0.8	0.9	1.7	0.9	0.0	0.1	1.0	1.2	1.2	3.2	.375	0.2	0.3	.667	1.4	1.7	.824
Glen Rice	80	31.6	15.9	0.7	3.4	4.1	2.2	0.6	0.2	1.4	2.2	5.3	12.3	.430	1.1	2.9	.367	4.3	5.0	.874

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Marques Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Glen Rice	23	33.3	12.4	0.4	3.6	4.0	2.1	0.7	0.2	1.6	2.2	4.0	9.9	.408	1.2	2.9	.418	3.1	3.9	.798


Season 12
	Marques Johnson	Glen Rice
Season	-	2000-01
Team	-	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Knicks 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		%
Marques Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Glen Rice	75	29.5	12.0	0.8	3.3	4.1	1.2	0.5	0.2	1.3	2.4	4.4	10.0	.440	1.1	2.8	.389	2.1	2.4	.852

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Marques Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Glen Rice	5	28.8	12.2	0.6	3.8	4.4	0.6	0.6	0.2	1.4	2.0	4.8	10.4	.462	1.2	2.8	.429	1.4	1.6	.875


Season 13
	Marques Johnson	Glen Rice
Season	-	2001-02
Team	-	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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		%
Marques Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Glen Rice	20	30.3	8.6	0.3	2.1	2.4	1.6	0.6	0.2	1.2	1.7	3.3	8.4	.389	0.9	3.2	.281	1.2	1.5	.800

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Marques Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Glen Rice	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Marques Johnson	Glen Rice
Season	-	2002-03
Team	-	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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		%
Marques Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Glen Rice	62	24.7	9.0	0.5	2.0	2.5	1.0	0.4	0.1	0.9	1.6	3.2	7.4	.429	1.6	4.1	.398	1.0	1.3	.759

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Marques Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Glen Rice	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Marques Johnson	Glen Rice
Season	-	2003-04
Team	-	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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		%
Marques Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Glen Rice	18	14.6	3.7	0.5	1.8	2.3	1.3	0.3	0.0	0.7	1.2	1.2	4.2	.289	0.3	1.6	.179	0.9	0.9	1.000

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Marques Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Glen Rice	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Marques Johnson vs. Glen Rice Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Glen Rice and Marques 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

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14

Season 15