Rui Hachimura vs. Kevin Johnson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kevin Johnson and Rui Hachimura, 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.

Rui Hachimura played 6 years in the NBA, 6 less than Kevin Johnson, who played 12. Rui Hachimura had the first of his seasons in 2019-20, 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.

Rookie Season
	Rui Hachimura	Kevin Johnson
Season	2019-20	1987-88
Team	Washington Wizards	Cleveland Cavaliers, Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rui Hachimura	48	30.1	13.5	1.6	4.5	6.1	1.8	0.8	0.2	1.1	2.2	5.3	11.4	.466	0.5	1.8	.287	2.4	2.9	.829
difference:	+32	+6.1	+4.3	+1.1	+2.6	+3.7	+3.7	+0.5	+0.1	-0.7	-0.3	+1.9	+3.9	+.005	+0.4	+1.5	+.079	+0.2	+0.3	+.010
Kevin Johnson	80	24.0	9.2	0.5	1.9	2.4	5.5	1.3	0.3	1.8	1.9	3.4	7.5	.461	0.1	0.3	.208	2.2	2.6	.839
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Rui Hachimura nor Kevin Johnson played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Rui Hachimura	Kevin Johnson
Season	2020-21	1988-89
Team	Washington Wizards	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Most Improved Player
Playoffs	Wizards Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Rui Hachimura	57	31.5	13.8	0.9	4.6	5.5	1.4	0.8	0.1	1.2	2.1	5.4	11.4	.478	0.8	2.4	.328	2.2	2.8	.770
difference:	+24	+7.7	+6.6	+0.3	+1.0	+1.3	+10.8	+0.9	+0.2	-2.8	-0.7	+1.6	+2.5	+.027	+0.8	+2.1	+.237	+4.1	+4.3	+.112
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		%
Rui Hachimura	5	34.6	14.8	1.0	6.2	7.2	1.0	0.4	0.2	1.0	3.6	5.8	9.4	.617	1.8	3.0	.600	1.4	2.4	.583
difference:	+7	+6.6	+9.0		+2.9	+2.9	+11.3	+1.2	+0.2	-3.6	-1.3	+1.7	+5.8	+.122	+1.5	+2.2	+.300	+7.1	+6.8	+.344
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
	Rui Hachimura	Kevin Johnson
Season	2021-22	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		%
Rui Hachimura	42	22.5	11.3	0.6	3.2	3.8	1.1	0.5	0.2	0.8	1.3	4.5	9.1	.491	1.3	2.9	.447	1.1	1.6	.697
difference:	+32	+15.1	+11.2		+0.1	+0.2	+10.3	+0.8		-2.8	-0.6	+3.3	+6.6	+.008	+1.2	+2.3	+.252	+5.7	+6.5	+.141
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		%
Rui Hachimura	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
	Rui Hachimura	Kevin Johnson
Season	2022-23	1990-91
Team	Washington Wizards, Los Angeles Lakers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West 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		%
Rui Hachimura	63	23.3	11.2	0.8	3.7	4.5	0.9	0.3	0.4	0.8	1.1	4.5	9.3	.486	0.8	2.5	.319	1.4	1.9	.739
difference:	+14	+12.7	+11.0	+0.1	+0.9	+1.0	+9.2	+1.8	+0.3	-2.7	-1.2	+3.2	+5.6	+.030	+0.7	+1.9	+.114	+5.3	+6.1	+.104
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		%
Rui Hachimura	16	24.3	12.2	0.6	3.1	3.6	0.6	0.5	0.3	0.6	1.6	4.6	8.2	.557	1.2	2.4	.487	1.9	2.1	.882
difference:	+12	+12.2	+0.6	+0.1	+0.3	+0.3	+9.2			-2.4	-0.7	+0.6	+5.1	+.255	+0.9	+0.6	+.344	+2.6	+5.4	+.282
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
	Rui Hachimura	Kevin Johnson
Season	2023-24	1991-92
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Suns Lost West Conf Semis
Others	NBA Cup Champion	-

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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		%
Rui Hachimura	68	26.9	13.6	0.9	3.5	4.3	1.2	0.6	0.4	0.7	1.5	5.3	9.9	.537	1.4	3.4	.422	1.5	2.0	.739
difference:	+10	+10.3	+6.1	+0.1	+0.5	+0.6	+9.5	+0.9	+0.1	-2.8	-0.8	+1.6	+4.5	+.058	+1.3	+2.8	+.205	+4.2	+5.1	+.068
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		%
Rui Hachimura	5	30.4	7.8	1.2	2.6	3.8	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.4	1.6	3.0	7.6	.395	1.0	2.8	.357	0.8	1.6	.500
difference:	+3	+11.5	+15.8	+0.2	+0.5	+0.3	+10.8	+1.5	+0.3	-2.7	-1.4	+4.8	+8.4	+.089	+0.6	+2.0	+.143	+7.0	+7.4	+.361
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

Additional Years
* Kevin Johnson played 6 seasons more than Rui Hachimura in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 7 to 12, from 1994 to 2000—Kevin Johnson played in 6 Playoffs. In those 6 extra years over Rui Hachimura, Kevin Johnson got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-Star Game