Michael Cooper vs. Anthony Johnson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Anthony Johnson and Michael Cooper, 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.

Michael Cooper played 12 years in the NBA, 1 less than Anthony Johnson, who played 13. Michael Cooper had the first of his seasons in 1978-79, while Anthony Johnson had his rookie season in 1997-98. 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
Michael Cooper	12	11	1978-79 to 1989-90
Anthony Johnson	13	8	1997-98 to 2009-10

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Michael Cooper	Anthony Johnson
Season	1978-79	1997-98
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Sacramento Kings
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		%
Michael Cooper	3	2.3	2.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.3	1.0	2.0	.500	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-
Anthony Johnson	77	29.4	7.5	0.7	1.6	2.2	4.3	0.8	0.1	1.6	2.4	2.9	7.9	.371	0.5	1.7	.328	1.0	1.4	.727

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Cooper	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Anthony Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Michael Cooper	Anthony Johnson
Season	1979-80	1998-99
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Hawks 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		%
Michael Cooper	82	24.1	8.8	1.2	1.6	2.8	2.7	1.0	0.5	1.7	2.6	3.7	7.0	.524	0.1	0.2	.250	1.4	1.7	.776
Anthony Johnson	49	18.1	5.0	0.3	1.2	1.5	2.2	0.7	0.1	1.3	1.4	1.9	4.6	.404	0.1	0.4	.263	1.2	1.7	.695

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Cooper	16	29.0	9.1	1.8	1.9	3.7	3.6	1.5	0.7	1.8	3.4	3.6	8.8	.407	0.0	0.1	.000	1.9	2.3	.861
Anthony Johnson	9	12.4	2.7	0.3	0.7	1.0	1.1	0.1	0.1	0.6	1.0	0.9	3.2	.276	0.1	0.2	.500	0.8	1.1	.700


Season 3
	Michael Cooper	Anthony Johnson
Season	1980-81	1999-00
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Atlanta Hawks, Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West 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		%
Michael Cooper	81	32.4	9.4	1.5	2.7	4.1	4.1	1.6	1.0	2.0	3.1	4.0	8.1	.491	0.0	0.2	.211	1.4	1.8	.785
Anthony Johnson	56	11.4	2.8	0.4	0.5	0.9	1.3	0.6	0.1	0.6	1.0	1.1	2.9	.378	0.0	0.2	.182	0.5	0.7	.718

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Cooper	3	34.0	10.7	0.7	2.7	3.3	2.3	2.0	0.0	2.3	2.3	3.7	6.7	.550	0.0	1.0	.000	3.3	4.7	.714
Anthony Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Michael Cooper	Anthony Johnson
Season	1981-82	2000-01
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Atlanta Hawks, Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
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		%
Michael Cooper	76	28.9	11.9	1.1	2.4	3.5	3.0	1.6	0.8	2.0	2.8	5.0	9.8	.517	0.0	0.2	.118	1.8	2.3	.813
Anthony Johnson	53	9.6	2.5	0.2	0.6	0.8	1.5	0.4	0.1	0.6	1.2	1.0	2.9	.349	0.0	0.1	.200	0.4	0.6	.697

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Cooper	14	27.4	11.9	1.4	3.0	4.4	4.4	1.7	0.8	2.1	3.4	5.0	8.9	.565	0.1	0.1	.500	1.8	2.4	.735
Anthony Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Michael Cooper	Anthony Johnson
Season	1982-83	2001-02
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Nets 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		%
Michael Cooper	82	26.2	7.8	1.0	2.3	3.3	3.8	1.4	0.6	1.6	2.5	3.2	6.1	.535	0.1	0.3	.238	1.2	1.6	.785
Anthony Johnson	34	10.8	2.8	0.3	0.6	0.9	1.4	0.9	0.0	0.6	0.9	1.1	2.6	.411	0.1	0.4	.333	0.5	0.7	.640

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Cooper	15	30.2	9.4	0.8	3.1	3.9	2.9	1.7	0.4	1.3	3.6	3.5	7.6	.465	0.1	0.5	.143	2.3	2.7	.829
Anthony Johnson	19	8.4	2.6	0.1	0.6	0.7	1.1	0.3	0.0	0.4	1.3	1.1	2.8	.377	0.1	0.5	.100	0.5	0.6	.818


Season 6
	Michael Cooper	Anthony Johnson
Season	1983-84	2002-03
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Nets 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		%
Michael Cooper	82	29.1	9.0	0.6	2.5	3.2	5.9	1.4	0.8	1.8	3.3	3.3	6.7	.497	0.5	1.5	.314	1.9	2.3	.838
Anthony Johnson	66	12.8	4.1	0.2	1.0	1.2	1.3	0.6	0.1	0.6	1.4	1.6	3.5	.446	0.2	0.5	.371	0.8	1.1	.689

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Cooper	21	34.4	11.3	1.0	3.0	3.9	5.7	1.1	1.0	1.4	3.8	4.2	9.1	.461	0.6	1.7	.333	2.4	3.0	.806
Anthony Johnson	17	7.1	2.5	0.2	0.5	0.7	1.1	0.1	0.0	0.5	0.9	1.0	1.8	.548	0.2	0.4	.500	0.3	0.4	.833


Season 7
	Michael Cooper	Anthony Johnson
Season	1984-85	2003-04
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Pacers Lost East 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		%
Michael Cooper	82	26.7	8.6	0.7	2.4	3.1	5.2	1.1	0.6	1.9	2.5	3.4	7.2	.465	0.4	1.5	.285	1.4	1.6	.865
Anthony Johnson	73	21.9	6.2	0.4	1.4	1.8	2.8	0.9	0.1	1.0	1.9	2.3	5.6	.406	0.6	1.7	.336	1.0	1.3	.798

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Cooper	19	26.4	10.4	0.6	3.4	4.0	4.9	1.1	0.5	1.9	2.4	3.7	6.6	.563	0.4	1.4	.308	2.5	2.7	.923
Anthony Johnson	16	20.9	4.6	0.4	1.7	2.1	2.1	0.8	0.3	0.7	2.1	1.6	4.3	.362	0.4	1.3	.300	1.1	1.4	.773


Season 8
	Michael Cooper	Anthony Johnson
Season	1985-86	2004-05
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals	Pacers 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		%
Michael Cooper	82	27.7	9.2	0.5	2.4	3.0	5.7	1.1	0.5	1.8	2.9	3.3	7.4	.452	0.8	2.0	.387	1.8	2.1	.865
Anthony Johnson	63	27.7	8.4	0.5	2.3	2.8	4.8	0.9	0.2	1.5	2.3	3.2	7.2	.445	0.7	1.7	.380	1.3	1.8	.752

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Cooper	14	30.1	9.7	1.1	2.1	3.3	4.9	1.3	0.3	1.5	1.7	3.9	8.2	.470	1.4	2.9	.463	0.6	0.8	.818
Anthony Johnson	13	24.2	7.0	0.3	2.6	2.9	5.1	1.0	0.4	1.9	2.2	2.1	5.9	.351	0.6	1.8	.348	2.2	2.8	.806


Season 9
	Michael Cooper	Anthony Johnson
Season	1986-87	2005-06
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Honors & Awards	Defensive Player of the Year	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Pacers 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		%
Michael Cooper	82	27.5	10.5	0.7	2.4	3.1	4.5	1.0	0.5	1.2	2.4	3.9	9.0	.438	1.1	2.8	.385	1.5	1.8	.851
Anthony Johnson	75	26.4	9.2	0.4	1.8	2.2	4.3	0.8	0.3	1.5	1.8	3.6	8.0	.443	0.7	2.1	.329	1.4	1.9	.752

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Cooper	18	29.0	13.0	0.4	2.8	3.3	5.0	1.4	0.8	2.1	2.6	4.3	8.8	.484	1.9	3.9	.486	2.6	3.0	.852
Anthony Johnson	6	40.3	20.0	1.3	3.7	5.0	5.2	1.0	0.0	2.3	2.8	7.5	14.5	.517	1.3	3.3	.400	3.7	5.5	.667


Season 10
	Michael Cooper	Anthony Johnson
Season	1987-88	2006-07
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Dallas Mavericks, Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
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		%
Michael Cooper	61	29.4	8.7	0.8	2.9	3.7	4.7	1.1	0.4	1.7	2.2	3.1	7.9	.392	0.9	2.9	.320	1.6	1.9	.858
Anthony Johnson	67	19.4	5.3	0.3	1.2	1.5	3.0	0.5	0.0	1.1	1.8	2.1	5.1	.414	0.4	1.1	.342	0.7	0.9	.754

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Cooper	24	24.5	6.4	0.6	1.8	2.4	2.8	0.8	0.4	0.9	2.4	2.3	5.5	.412	1.0	2.6	.403	0.8	1.1	.741
Anthony Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Michael Cooper	Anthony Johnson
Season	1988-89	2007-08
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Atlanta Hawks, Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA 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		%
Michael Cooper	80	24.3	7.3	0.4	2.0	2.4	3.9	0.9	0.4	1.2	2.3	2.7	6.2	.431	1.0	2.6	.381	1.0	1.2	.871
Anthony Johnson	69	22.2	5.6	0.3	1.7	2.0	3.8	0.8	0.1	1.2	1.7	2.2	5.1	.437	0.6	1.3	.452	0.5	0.6	.814

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Cooper	15	27.6	7.7	0.6	2.1	2.7	4.7	0.6	0.5	1.1	2.5	2.5	5.9	.416	1.4	3.7	.382	1.3	1.6	.833
Anthony Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Michael Cooper	Anthony Johnson
Season	1989-90	2008-09
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	Magic 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		%
Michael Cooper	80	23.1	6.4	0.7	2.1	2.8	2.7	0.8	0.5	1.1	2.6	2.4	6.2	.387	0.6	2.0	.318	1.0	1.2	.883
Anthony Johnson	80	18.5	5.3	0.4	1.5	1.8	2.5	0.6	0.1	1.0	1.4	1.9	4.8	.404	0.7	1.7	.391	0.8	1.0	.753

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Cooper	9	19.2	2.6	1.2	1.4	2.7	2.8	0.8	0.4	0.8	2.3	1.1	3.9	.286	0.3	1.3	.250	0.0	0.0	-
Anthony Johnson	19	14.7	4.3	0.4	1.0	1.4	2.1	0.6	0.0	0.6	1.5	1.7	4.5	.376	0.5	1.6	.300	0.5	0.9	.500


Season 13
	Michael Cooper	Anthony Johnson
Season	-	2009-10
Team	-	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Magic Lost East 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		%
Michael Cooper	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Anthony Johnson	31	13.1	4.2	0.3	1.3	1.5	2.0	0.4	0.0	0.8	1.0	1.6	3.6	.441	0.4	1.3	.333	0.6	0.6	.950

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Cooper	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Anthony Johnson	1	5.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	.500	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-

Michael Cooper vs. Anthony Johnson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Anthony Johnson and Michael Cooper, 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