Roy Hibbert vs. Dennis Johnson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dennis Johnson and Roy Hibbert, 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.

Roy Hibbert played 9 years in the NBA, 5 less than Dennis Johnson, who played 14. Roy Hibbert had the first of his seasons in 2008-09, while Dennis Johnson had his rookie season in 1976-77. 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 3
	Roy Hibbert	Dennis Johnson
Season	2010-11	1978-79
Team	Indiana Pacers	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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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		%
Roy Hibbert	81	27.7	12.7	2.2	5.3	7.5	2.0	0.4	1.8	2.3	3.2	5.1	11.0	.461	0.0	0.0	-	2.5	3.4	.745
difference:	+1	+6.3	+3.2	+0.4	+2.4	+2.8	+1.5	+0.9	+0.6	-0.1	-0.6	+0.9	+2.9	+.027				+1.3	+1.5	+.036
Dennis Johnson	80	34.0	15.9	1.8	2.9	4.7	3.5	1.3	1.2	2.4	2.6	6.0	13.9	.434	-	-	-	3.8	4.9	.781
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Roy Hibbert	5	26.4	10.4	3.0	3.8	6.8	0.6	0.4	1.8	2.6	4.2	4.0	9.0	.444	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	3.4	.706
difference:	+12	+13.7	+10.5	+0.4	+0.3	+0.7	+3.5	+1.2	+0.3	-0.4	-0.5	+4.0	+8.8	+.006				+2.5	+3.0	+.065
Dennis Johnson	17	40.1	20.9	2.6	3.5	6.1	4.1	1.6	1.5	3.0	3.7	8.0	17.8	.450	-	-	-	4.9	6.4	.771

Season 4
	Roy Hibbert	Dennis Johnson
Season	2011-12	1979-80
Team	Indiana Pacers	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf Semis	Supersonics Lost West Conf Finals

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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		%
Roy Hibbert	65	29.8	12.8	3.3	5.5	8.8	1.7	0.5	2.0	2.0	3.0	5.1	10.3	.497	0.0	0.0	-	2.6	3.7	.711
difference:	+16	+6.5	+6.2	+1.2	+2.5	+3.7	+2.4	+1.3	+1.0	-0.8	-0.3	+2.0	+6.5	+.075	+0.1	+0.7		+2.1	+2.3	+.069
Dennis Johnson	81	36.3	19.0	2.1	3.0	5.1	4.1	1.8	1.0	2.8	3.3	7.1	16.8	.422	0.1	0.7	.207	4.7	6.0	.780
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Roy Hibbert	11	30.9	11.7	4.1	7.1	11.2	1.1	0.4	3.1	2.0	3.5	4.7	9.5	.500	0.1	0.1	1.000	2.2	3.3	.667
difference:	+4	+7.9	+5.4	+2.4	+4.5	+6.9	+2.7	+1.4	+2.4	-0.9	-0.3	+2.0	+6.8	+.090	+0.2	+0.9	+.667	+1.3	+0.8	+.172
Dennis Johnson	15	38.8	17.1	1.7	2.6	4.3	3.8	1.8	0.7	2.9	3.2	6.7	16.3	.410	0.3	1.0	.333	3.5	4.1	.839

Season 5
	Roy Hibbert	Dennis Johnson
Season	2012-13	1980-81
Team	Indiana Pacers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Roy Hibbert	79	28.7	11.9	3.7	4.6	8.3	1.4	0.5	2.6	2.1	3.5	4.9	10.9	.448	0.0	0.1	.250	2.1	2.8	.741
difference:		+4.4	+6.9	+1.7	+2.0	+3.7	+2.3	+1.2	+1.8	-0.5	-0.4	+1.8	+4.5	+.012	+0.1	+0.5	+.034	+3.1	+3.5	+.079
Dennis Johnson	79	33.1	18.8	2.0	2.6	4.6	3.7	1.7	0.8	2.6	3.1	6.7	15.4	.436	0.1	0.6	.216	5.2	6.3	.820
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Roy Hibbert	19	36.5	17.0	4.7	5.2	9.9	1.4	0.2	1.9	2.3	3.9	6.3	12.4	.511	0.0	0.0	-	4.4	5.4	.806
difference:	+12	+1.6	+2.6	+3.7	+1.5	+5.2	+1.5	+1.1	+0.6	-0.4	-1.3	+1.1	+3.3	+.038	+0.1	+0.7		+0.2	+0.6	+.044
Dennis Johnson	7	38.1	19.6	1.0	3.7	4.7	2.9	1.3	1.3	2.7	2.6	7.4	15.7	.473	0.1	0.7	.200	4.6	6.0	.762

Season 6
	Roy Hibbert	Dennis Johnson
Season	2013-14	1981-82
Team	Indiana Pacers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf Finals	Suns Lost West Conf Semis

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6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Roy Hibbert	81	29.7	10.8	2.5	4.1	6.6	1.1	0.4	2.2	1.8	3.3	4.1	9.3	.439	0.0	0.1	.400	2.6	3.3	.770
difference:	+1	+7.0	+8.7	+0.7	+0.7	+1.5	+3.5	+0.9	+1.5	-1.1	-0.1	+3.1	+6.1	+.031	+0.1	+0.4	+.210	+2.4	+2.9	+.036
Dennis Johnson	80	36.7	19.5	1.8	3.4	5.1	4.6	1.3	0.7	2.9	3.2	7.2	15.4	.470	0.1	0.5	.190	5.0	6.2	.806
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Roy Hibbert	19	28.5	9.3	2.3	3.2	5.5	0.9	0.2	1.4	1.3	3.3	3.5	7.7	.449	0.0	0.1	.000	2.3	3.0	.772
difference:	+12	+10.2	+13.0	+0.4	+0.6	+1.1	+3.7	+1.9	+0.8	-2.3	-0.7	+5.5	+11.2	+.028		+0.3		+2.0	+2.6	+.003
Dennis Johnson	7	38.7	22.3	1.9	2.6	4.4	4.6	2.1	0.6	3.6	4.0	9.0	18.9	.477	0.0	0.4	.000	4.3	5.6	.769

Season 7
	Roy Hibbert	Dennis Johnson
Season	2014-15	1982-83
Team	Indiana Pacers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Roy Hibbert	76	25.3	10.6	2.1	5.1	7.1	1.1	0.2	1.6	1.4	2.8	4.2	9.3	.446	0.0	0.0	-	2.2	2.7	.824
difference:	+1	+7.8	+3.6	+0.9	+1.9	+2.7	+3.9	+1.1	+1.1	-1.2	-0.2	+1.0	+1.9	+.016	+0.1	+0.4		+1.6	+2.1	+.033
Dennis Johnson	77	33.1	14.2	1.2	3.2	4.4	5.0	1.3	0.5	2.6	2.6	5.2	11.2	.462	0.1	0.4	.161	3.8	4.8	.791
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Roy Hibbert	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dennis Johnson	3	36.0	18.0	2.0	5.7	7.7	5.7	1.7	0.7	2.7	3.0	7.3	16.0	.458	0.0	0.3	.000	3.3	4.0	.833

Season 8
	Roy Hibbert	Dennis Johnson
Season	2015-16	1983-84
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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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		%
Roy Hibbert	81	23.2	5.9	1.6	3.3	4.9	1.2	0.4	1.4	0.9	3.1	2.2	5.1	.443	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	1.8	.807
difference:	+1	+10.1	+7.3	+0.5	+0.9	+1.4	+3.0	+0.8	+0.7	-1.3		+2.6	+5.9	+.006	+0.1	+0.4		+2.1	+2.3	+.045
Dennis Johnson	80	33.3	13.2	1.1	2.4	3.5	4.2	1.2	0.7	2.2	3.1	4.8	11.0	.437	0.1	0.4	.125	3.5	4.1	.852
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Roy Hibbert	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dennis Johnson	22	36.7	16.6	1.4	2.2	3.6	4.4	1.1	0.3	2.4	3.4	5.9	14.5	.404	0.1	0.3	.429	4.7	5.5	.867

Season 9
	Roy Hibbert	Dennis Johnson
Season	2016-17	1984-85
Team	Charlotte Hornets, Denver Nuggets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics Lost NBA Finals

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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		%
Roy Hibbert	48	14.2	4.6	1.1	2.0	3.2	0.4	0.2	1.0	0.7	2.1	1.7	3.1	.544	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	1.6	.813
difference:	+32	+23.0	+11.1		+0.8	+0.8	+6.4	+1.0	+0.5	-2.0	-0.7	+4.5	+10.2	+.082	+0.1	+0.3		+2.0	+2.2	+.040
Dennis Johnson	80	37.2	15.7	1.1	2.8	4.0	6.8	1.2	0.5	2.7	2.8	6.2	13.3	.462	0.1	0.3	.269	3.3	3.8	.853
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Roy Hibbert	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dennis Johnson	21	40.4	17.3	1.1	2.9	4.0	7.3	1.5	0.4	3.4	3.1	6.8	15.2	.445	0.0	0.7	.000	3.8	4.4	.860

Additional Years
* Dennis Johnson played 5 seasons more than Roy Hibbert in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 10 to 14, from 1986 to 1990—Dennis Johnson played in 5 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 5 extra years over Roy Hibbert, Dennis Johnson got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Defensive First Team 1 All-Defensive Second Team