Marques Johnson vs. Shawn Kemp Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Shawn Kemp 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, 3 less than Shawn Kemp, who played 14. Marques Johnson had the first of his seasons in 1977-78, while Shawn Kemp 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
Shawn Kemp	14	10	1989-90 to 2002-03

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Marques Johnson	Shawn Kemp
Season	1977-78	1989-90
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First 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
Shawn Kemp	81	13.8	6.5	1.8	2.5	4.3	0.3	0.6	0.9	1.3	2.5	2.5	5.2	.479	0.0	0.1	.167	1.4	2.0	.736

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
Shawn Kemp	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Marques Johnson	Shawn Kemp
Season	1978-79	1990-91
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Supersonics 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		%
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
Shawn Kemp	81	30.1	15.0	3.3	5.1	8.4	1.8	1.0	1.5	2.5	3.9	5.7	11.2	.508	0.0	0.1	.167	3.6	5.4	.661

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Marques Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shawn Kemp	5	29.8	13.2	2.6	4.6	7.2	1.2	0.6	0.8	3.2	4.0	4.4	11.4	.386	0.0	0.2	.000	4.4	5.4	.815


Season 3
	Marques Johnson	Shawn Kemp
Season	1979-80	1991-92
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bucks Lost West Conf Semis	Supersonics 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	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
Shawn Kemp	64	28.3	15.5	4.1	6.3	10.4	1.3	1.1	1.9	2.4	4.1	5.7	11.2	.504	0.0	0.0	.000	4.2	5.6	.748

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
Shawn Kemp	9	37.6	17.4	5.2	7.0	12.2	0.4	0.6	1.6	3.0	4.6	5.3	11.2	.475	0.0	0.0	-	6.8	8.9	.763


Season 4
	Marques Johnson	Shawn Kemp
Season	1980-81	1992-93
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Semis	Supersonics Lost West Conf Finals

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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
Shawn Kemp	78	33.1	17.8	3.7	7.0	10.7	2.0	1.5	1.9	2.8	4.2	6.6	13.4	.492	0.0	0.1	.000	4.6	6.4	.712

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
Shawn Kemp	19	34.9	16.5	4.2	5.8	10.0	2.6	1.5	2.1	2.8	4.1	5.8	11.3	.512	0.0	0.0	-	4.9	6.1	.809


Season 5
	Marques Johnson	Shawn Kemp
Season	1981-82	1993-94
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Semis	Supersonics 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		%
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
Shawn Kemp	79	32.9	18.1	3.9	6.8	10.8	2.6	1.8	2.1	3.3	3.9	6.7	12.5	.538	0.0	0.1	.250	4.6	6.2	.741

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
Shawn Kemp	5	41.2	14.8	4.0	5.8	9.8	3.4	2.0	2.4	2.8	3.6	5.2	14.0	.371	0.0	0.0	-	4.4	6.6	.667


Season 6
	Marques Johnson	Shawn Kemp
Season	1982-83	1994-95
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Finals	Supersonics 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		%
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
Shawn Kemp	82	32.7	18.7	3.9	7.0	10.9	1.8	1.2	1.5	3.2	4.1	6.6	12.2	.547	0.0	0.1	.286	5.3	7.1	.749

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
Shawn Kemp	4	40.0	24.8	4.3	7.8	12.0	2.8	2.0	1.8	3.8	4.3	8.3	14.3	.579	0.3	0.3	1.000	8.0	9.8	.821


Season 7
	Marques Johnson	Shawn Kemp
Season	1983-84	1995-96
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Finals	Supersonics Lost NBA Finals

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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
Shawn Kemp	79	33.3	19.6	3.5	7.9	11.4	2.2	1.2	1.6	4.0	3.8	6.7	11.9	.561	0.1	0.2	.417	6.2	8.4	.742

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
Shawn Kemp	20	36.0	20.9	3.3	7.1	10.4	1.5	1.2	2.0	4.0	4.2	7.4	12.9	.570	0.0	0.2	.000	6.2	7.8	.795


Season 8
	Marques Johnson	Shawn Kemp
Season	1984-85	1996-97
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Supersonics 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	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
Shawn Kemp	81	34.0	18.7	3.4	6.6	10.0	1.9	1.5	1.0	3.5	4.0	6.5	12.7	.510	0.1	0.4	.364	5.6	7.5	.742

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Marques Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shawn Kemp	12	36.8	21.6	4.3	8.0	12.3	3.0	1.2	1.3	3.9	4.6	7.1	14.6	.486	0.2	0.8	.200	7.3	8.8	.829


Season 9
	Marques Johnson	Shawn Kemp
Season	1985-86	1997-98
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
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
Shawn Kemp	80	34.6	18.0	2.7	6.6	9.3	2.5	1.4	1.1	3.4	3.9	6.5	14.6	.445	0.0	0.1	.250	5.1	7.0	.727

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Marques Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shawn Kemp	4	38.0	26.0	4.0	6.3	10.3	2.0	1.3	1.0	4.0	3.0	8.3	17.8	.465	0.0	0.0	-	9.5	11.3	.844


Season 10
	Marques Johnson	Shawn Kemp
Season	1986-87	1998-99
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Cleveland Cavaliers
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		%
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
Shawn Kemp	42	35.1	20.5	3.1	6.1	9.2	2.4	1.1	1.1	3.0	3.8	6.6	13.7	.482	0.0	0.0	.500	7.3	9.3	.789

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

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


Season 11
	Marques Johnson	Shawn Kemp
Season	1989-90	1999-00
Team	Golden State Warriors	Cleveland Cavaliers
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		%
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
Shawn Kemp	82	30.4	17.8	2.8	6.0	8.8	1.7	1.2	1.2	3.5	4.5	5.9	14.1	.417	0.0	0.1	.333	6.0	7.7	.776

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


Season 12
	Marques Johnson	Shawn Kemp
Season	-	2000-01
Team	-	Portland Trail Blazers
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shawn Kemp	68	15.9	6.5	0.9	2.9	3.8	1.0	0.7	0.3	1.5	2.7	2.5	6.1	.407	0.1	0.2	.364	1.5	1.9	.771

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


Season 13
	Marques Johnson	Shawn Kemp
Season	-	2001-02
Team	-	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Trail Blazers 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		%
Marques Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shawn Kemp	75	16.4	6.1	1.2	2.6	3.8	0.7	0.6	0.4	1.1	2.5	2.3	5.4	.430	0.0	0.1	.000	1.4	1.7	.794

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Marques Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shawn Kemp	3	12.0	3.7	0.7	2.0	2.7	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.7	2.7	0.7	2.3	.286	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	3.3	.700


Season 14
	Marques Johnson	Shawn Kemp
Season	-	2002-03
Team	-	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Magic 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shawn Kemp	79	20.7	6.8	1.9	3.8	5.7	0.7	0.8	0.4	1.3	3.0	2.7	6.4	.418	0.0	0.0	.000	1.5	2.0	.742

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Marques Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shawn Kemp	7	10.4	3.0	0.1	2.0	2.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.6	1.9	1.1	3.0	.381	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	0.9	.833

Marques Johnson vs. Shawn Kemp Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Shawn Kemp 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