Mel Davis vs. Larry Johnson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Larry Johnson and Mel Davis, 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.

Mel Davis played 4 years in the NBA, 6 less than Larry Johnson, who played 10. Mel Davis had the first of his seasons in 1973-74, while Larry Johnson had his rookie season in 1991-92. 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
	Mel Davis	Larry Johnson
Season	1973-74	1991-92
Team	New York Knicks	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Knicks 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		%
Mel Davis	30	5.6	2.6	0.6	1.2	1.8	0.3	0.1	0.1	-	1.2	1.1	3.2	.347	-	-	-	0.4	0.5	.750
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mel Davis	4	3.0	3.0	0.5	0.8	1.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	1.5	3.0	.500	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-
Larry Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Mel Davis	Larry Johnson
Season	1974-75	1992-93
Team	New York Knicks	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Mel Davis	62	14.6	5.7	1.1	4.0	5.2	0.9	0.3	0.1	-	1.7	2.5	6.4	.390	-	-	-	0.8	1.1	.686
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mel Davis	3	9.3	4.0	0.0	1.3	1.3	0.7	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.7	4.0	.417	-	-	-	0.7	0.7	1.000
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

Season 4
	Mel Davis	Larry Johnson
Season	1976-77	1994-95
Team	New York Knicks, New York Nets	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
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		%
Mel Davis	56	19.5	7.1	1.8	3.5	5.2	1.3	0.6	0.1	-	2.3	3.0	8.3	.362	-	-	-	1.1	1.6	.703
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mel Davis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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