Richard Hamilton vs. Kevin Johnson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kevin Johnson and Richard Hamilton, 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.

Richard Hamilton played 14 years in the NBA, 2 more than Kevin Johnson, who played 12. Richard Hamilton had the first of his seasons in 1999-00, 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.

Season 2
	Richard Hamilton	Kevin Johnson
Season	2000-01	1988-89
Team	Washington Wizards	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Most Improved Player
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Richard Hamilton	78	32.3	18.1	1.0	2.1	3.1	2.9	1.0	0.1	2.6	2.6	7.0	16.0	.438	0.5	1.9	.274	3.6	4.1	.868
difference:	+3	+6.9	+2.3	+0.4	+1.5	+1.1	+9.3	+0.7	+0.2	-1.4	-0.2		+2.1	+.067	+0.5	+1.6	+.183	+2.7	+3.0	+.014
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		%
Richard Hamilton	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Richard Hamilton	Kevin Johnson
Season	2001-02	1989-90
Team	Washington Wizards	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Richard Hamilton	63	35.0	20.0	1.2	2.3	3.4	2.7	0.6	0.2	2.1	2.2	7.5	17.2	.435	0.3	0.7	.381	4.8	5.3	.890
difference:	+11	+2.6	+2.5	+0.6	+0.8	+0.2	+8.7	+0.7		-1.5	-0.3	+0.3	+1.5	+.064	+0.2	+0.1	+.186	+2.0	+2.8	+.052
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		%
Richard Hamilton	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Richard Hamilton	Kevin Johnson
Season	2002-03	1990-91
Team	Detroit Pistons	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Richard Hamilton	82	32.2	19.7	1.1	2.8	3.9	2.5	0.8	0.2	2.4	3.0	7.0	15.7	.443	0.4	1.5	.269	5.4	6.4	.833
difference:	+5	+3.8	+2.5	+0.4		+0.4	+7.6	+1.3	+0.1	-1.1	-0.7	+0.7	+0.8	+.073	+0.3	+0.9	+.064	+1.3	+1.6	+.010
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		%
Richard Hamilton	17	38.7	22.5	1.1	2.8	3.9	2.6	0.8	0.1	3.4	3.0	7.9	17.8	.442	0.5	1.6	.333	6.2	6.9	.906
difference:	+13	+2.2	+9.7	+0.6		+0.6	+7.2	+0.3	+0.2	-0.4	-0.7	+3.9	+4.5	+.140	+0.2	+0.2	+.190	+1.7	+0.6	+.306
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
	Richard Hamilton	Kevin Johnson
Season	2003-04	1991-92
Team	Detroit Pistons	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Richard Hamilton	78	35.5	17.6	1.0	2.6	3.6	4.0	1.3	0.2	2.7	2.8	6.8	14.9	.455	0.2	0.9	.265	3.8	4.4	.868
difference:		+1.7	+2.1	+0.2	+0.4	+0.1	+6.7	+0.2	+0.1	-0.8	-0.5	+0.1	+0.5	+.024	+0.1	+0.3	+.048	+1.9	+2.7	+.061
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		%
Richard Hamilton	23	40.6	21.5	1.4	3.2	4.6	4.2	1.2	0.0	3.1	3.1	7.9	17.6	.447	0.7	1.7	.385	5.1	6.0	.848
difference:	+15	+1.3	+2.1	+0.4	+0.1	+0.5	+7.4	+0.3	+0.3		-0.1	+0.1	+1.6	+.037	+0.3	+0.9	+.115	+2.7	+3.0	+.013
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 7
	Richard Hamilton	Kevin Johnson
Season	2005-06	1993-94
Team	Detroit Pistons	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Richard Hamilton	80	35.3	20.1	1.1	2.2	3.2	3.4	0.7	0.2	2.2	2.6	8.1	16.5	.491	0.7	1.5	.458	3.2	3.8	.845
difference:	+13	+1.3	+0.1	+0.3	+0.5	+0.7	+6.1	+1.2	+0.1	-1.3	-0.7	+1.0	+1.9	+.004	+0.6	+1.1	+.236	+2.5	+3.1	+.026
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		%
Richard Hamilton	18	38.3	20.4	0.9	2.0	2.9	2.7	0.9	0.3	2.2	3.3	7.1	17.2	.413	0.8	2.2	.350	5.4	6.3	.851
difference:	+8	+4.4	+6.2	+0.1	+0.5	+0.6	+6.9	+0.1	+0.2	-1.2	-1.0	+2.6	+4.0	+.045	+0.5	+1.2	+.050	+1.5	+1.8	+.001
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
	Richard Hamilton	Kevin Johnson
Season	2006-07	1994-95
Team	Detroit Pistons	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons 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		%
Richard Hamilton	75	36.8	19.8	1.0	2.8	3.8	3.8	0.8	0.2	2.1	3.1	7.3	15.6	.468	0.6	1.7	.341	4.6	5.4	.861
difference:	+28	+8.0	+4.3	+0.3	+1.0	+1.4	+3.9	+0.2	+0.2	-0.1	-1.2	+2.1	+4.5	+.002	+0.5	+1.1	+.187	+0.4	+0.7	+.051
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		%
Richard Hamilton	16	39.9	18.8	2.0	2.3	4.3	3.8	0.9	0.1	1.9	3.8	6.8	15.8	.429	0.5	1.3	.400	4.8	5.6	.865
difference:	+6	+2.8	+6.0	+1.3	+1.1	+0.2	+5.5		+0.3	-1.5	-1.3	+1.8	+0.8	+.144		+0.3	+.100	+2.3	+2.8	+.020
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
	Richard Hamilton	Kevin Johnson
Season	2007-08	1995-96
Team	Detroit Pistons	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Richard Hamilton	72	33.7	17.3	1.0	2.2	3.3	4.2	1.0	0.1	1.8	2.4	6.9	14.3	.484	0.9	2.0	.440	2.6	3.1	.833
difference:	+16	+2.1	+1.4	+0.2	+1.0	+0.6	+5.0	+0.5	+0.1	-1.2	-0.2	+0.8	+2.3	+.023	+0.5	+1.0	+.072	+3.5	+4.0	+.026
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		%
Richard Hamilton	17	38.6	21.6	1.1	3.1	4.2	3.9	1.4	0.5	2.8	2.8	7.9	16.8	.470	0.5	1.5	.308	5.4	5.9	.911
difference:	+13	+0.8	+4.3	+0.6	+0.7	+0.1	+6.9	+0.9			-0.8	+1.1	+2.5	+.004	+0.2	+0.5	+.058	+1.9	+1.6	+.087
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

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