Shawn Kemp vs. James Worthy Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of James Worthy and Shawn Kemp, 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.

Shawn Kemp played 14 years in the NBA, 2 more than James Worthy, who played 12. Shawn Kemp had the first of his seasons in 1989-90, while James Worthy had his rookie season in 1982-83. 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
	Shawn Kemp	James Worthy
Season	1989-90	1982-83
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First 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		%
Shawn Kemp	81	13.8	6.5	1.8	2.5	4.3	0.3	0.6	0.9	1.3	2.5	2.5	5.2	.479	0.0	0.1	.167	1.4	2.0	.736
difference:	+4	+11.8	+6.9	+0.2	+0.6	+0.9	+1.4	+0.6	+0.1	-1.0	-0.4	+3.3	+4.8	+.100			+.083	+0.4	+0.9	+.112
James Worthy	77	25.6	13.4	2.0	3.1	5.2	1.7	1.2	0.8	2.3	2.9	5.8	10.0	.579	0.0	0.1	.250	1.8	2.9	.624
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Shawn Kemp nor James Worthy played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Shawn Kemp	James Worthy
Season	1991-92	1984-85
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Shawn Kemp	64	28.3	15.5	4.1	6.3	10.4	1.3	1.1	1.9	2.4	4.1	5.7	11.2	.504	0.0	0.0	-	4.2	5.6	.748
difference:	+16	+5.4	+2.1	+2.0	+2.0	+4.0	+1.2		+1.1	-0.1	-1.6	+1.9	+2.1	+.068		+0.1		+1.8	+2.5	+.028
James Worthy	80	33.7	17.6	2.1	4.3	6.4	2.5	1.1	0.8	2.5	2.5	7.6	13.3	.572	0.0	0.1	.000	2.4	3.1	.776
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shawn Kemp	9	37.6	17.4	5.2	7.0	12.2	0.4	0.6	1.6	3.0	4.6	5.3	11.2	.475	0.0	0.0	-	6.8	8.9	.763
difference:	+10	+4.7	+4.1	+3.4	+3.8	+7.1	+1.8	+0.3	+0.9	-1.6	-1.8	+3.4	+2.9	+.147	+0.1	+0.1		+2.9	+3.1	+.087
James Worthy	19	32.9	21.5	1.8	3.2	5.1	2.2	0.9	0.7	1.4	2.8	8.7	14.1	.622	0.1	0.1	.500	3.9	5.8	.676

Season 4
	Shawn Kemp	James Worthy
Season	1992-93	1985-86
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf Finals	Lakers 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		%
Shawn Kemp	78	33.1	17.8	3.7	7.0	10.7	2.0	1.5	1.9	2.8	4.2	6.6	13.4	.492	0.0	0.1	.000	4.6	6.4	.712
difference:	+3	+0.4	+2.2	+1.9	+3.7	+5.5	+0.7	+0.4	+0.9	-0.8	-1.6	+1.8	+1.1	+.087		+0.1		+1.4	+2.2	+.059
James Worthy	75	32.7	20.0	1.8	3.3	5.2	2.7	1.1	1.0	2.0	2.6	8.4	14.5	.579	0.0	0.2	.000	3.2	4.2	.771
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shawn Kemp	19	34.9	16.5	4.2	5.8	10.0	2.6	1.5	2.1	2.8	4.1	5.8	11.3	.512	0.0	0.0	-	4.9	6.1	.809
difference:	+5	+3.6	+3.1	+2.6	+2.7	+5.4	+0.6	+0.4	+1.4	-0.2	-1.0	+2.8	+4.2	+.046		+0.3		+2.6	+2.7	+.128
James Worthy	14	38.5	19.6	1.6	3.1	4.6	3.2	1.1	0.7	2.6	3.1	8.6	15.5	.558	0.0	0.3	.000	2.3	3.4	.681

Season 5
	Shawn Kemp	James Worthy
Season	1993-94	1986-87
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf 1st Rd	NBA 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		%
Shawn Kemp	79	32.9	18.1	3.9	6.8	10.8	2.6	1.8	2.1	3.3	3.9	6.7	12.5	.538	0.0	0.1	.250	4.6	6.2	.741
difference:	+3	+1.5	+1.3	+2.0	+3.0	+5.1	+0.2	+0.5	+1.1	-1.3	-1.4	+1.2	+2.2	+.001		+0.1	+.250	+1.0	+1.5	+.010
James Worthy	82	34.4	19.4	1.9	3.8	5.7	2.8	1.3	1.0	2.0	2.5	7.9	14.7	.539	0.0	0.2	.000	3.6	4.7	.751
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shawn Kemp	5	41.2	14.8	4.0	5.8	9.8	3.4	2.0	2.4	2.8	3.6	5.2	14.0	.371	0.0	0.0	-	4.4	6.6	.667
difference:	+13	+3.4	+8.8	+2.3	+1.9	+4.2	+0.1	+0.4	+1.2	-0.6	-1.3	+4.6	+2.6	+.220		+0.1		+0.3	+1.2	+.086
James Worthy	18	37.8	23.6	1.7	3.9	5.6	3.5	1.6	1.2	2.2	2.3	9.8	16.6	.591	0.0	0.1	.000	4.1	5.4	.753

Season 6
	Shawn Kemp	James Worthy
Season	1994-95	1987-88
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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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		%
Shawn Kemp	82	32.7	18.7	3.9	7.0	10.9	1.8	1.2	1.5	3.2	4.1	6.6	12.2	.547	0.0	0.1	.286	5.3	7.1	.749
difference:	+7	+2.7	+1.0	+2.2	+3.7	+5.9	+2.1	+0.2	+0.8	-1.1	-1.8	+1.6	+3.3	+.016		+0.1	+.161	+2.1	+3.0	+.047
James Worthy	75	35.4	19.7	1.7	3.3	5.0	3.9	1.0	0.7	2.1	2.3	8.2	15.5	.531	0.0	0.2	.125	3.2	4.1	.796
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shawn Kemp	4	40.0	24.8	4.3	7.8	12.0	2.8	2.0	1.8	3.8	4.3	8.3	14.3	.579	0.3	0.3	1.000	8.0	9.8	.821
difference:	+20	+2.7	+3.7	+2.1	+4.2	+6.2	+1.6	+0.6	+1.0	-1.5	-1.9	+0.2	+2.0	+.056	+0.3	+0.1	+.889	+4.0	+4.5	+.063
James Worthy	24	37.3	21.1	2.2	3.6	5.8	4.4	1.4	0.8	2.3	2.4	8.5	16.3	.523	0.0	0.4	.111	4.0	5.3	.758

Season 7
	Shawn Kemp	James Worthy
Season	1995-96	1988-89
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost NBA Finals	Lakers Lost NBA Finals

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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		%
Shawn Kemp	79	33.3	19.6	3.5	7.9	11.4	2.2	1.2	1.6	4.0	3.8	6.7	11.9	.561	0.1	0.2	.417	6.2	8.4	.742
difference:	+2	+3.2	+0.9	+1.4	+3.9	+5.4	+1.4	+0.1	+0.9	-1.8	-1.6	+2.0	+3.9	+.013	+0.1	+0.1	+.330	+3.1	+4.4	+.040
James Worthy	81	36.5	20.5	2.1	4.0	6.0	3.6	1.3	0.7	2.2	2.2	8.7	15.8	.548	0.0	0.3	.087	3.1	4.0	.782
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shawn Kemp	20	36.0	20.9	3.3	7.1	10.4	1.5	1.2	2.0	4.0	4.2	7.4	12.9	.570	0.0	0.2	.000	6.2	7.8	.795
difference:	+5	+4.0	+3.9	+0.8	+2.8	+3.7	+1.3		+0.9	-1.8	-1.8	+2.8	+5.1	+.003	+0.2	+0.3	+.375	+2.0	+2.5	+.007
James Worthy	15	40.0	24.8	2.5	4.3	6.7	2.8	1.2	1.1	2.2	2.4	10.2	18.0	.567	0.2	0.5	.375	4.2	5.3	.788

Season 8
	Shawn Kemp	James Worthy
Season	1996-97	1989-90
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf Semis	Lakers 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		%
Shawn Kemp	81	34.0	18.7	3.4	6.6	10.0	1.9	1.5	1.0	3.5	4.0	6.5	12.7	.510	0.1	0.4	.364	5.6	7.5	.742
difference:	+1	+3.0	+2.4	+1.4	+2.6	+4.0	+1.7	+0.3	+0.4	-1.5	-1.6	+2.4	+3.5	+.038	+0.1	+0.2	+.058	+2.5	+3.5	+.040
James Worthy	80	37.0	21.1	2.0	4.0	6.0	3.6	1.2	0.6	2.0	2.4	8.9	16.2	.548	0.2	0.6	.306	3.1	4.0	.782
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shawn Kemp	12	36.8	21.6	4.3	8.0	12.3	3.0	1.2	1.3	3.9	4.6	7.1	14.6	.486	0.2	0.8	.200	7.3	8.8	.829
difference:	+3	+3.9	+2.6	+3.1	+3.7	+6.7		+0.4	+1.0	-1.5	-2.6	+2.9	+5.5	+.011		+0.1	+.050	+3.3	+4.0	+.008
James Worthy	9	40.7	24.2	1.2	4.3	5.6	3.0	1.6	0.3	2.4	2.0	10.0	20.1	.497	0.2	0.9	.250	4.0	4.8	.837

Season 9
	Shawn Kemp	James Worthy
Season	1997-98	1990-91
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Lakers 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		%
Shawn Kemp	80	34.6	18.0	2.7	6.6	9.3	2.5	1.4	1.1	3.4	3.9	6.5	14.6	.445	0.0	0.1	.250	5.1	7.0	.727
difference:	+2	+4.0	+3.4	+1.3	+3.4	+4.7	+1.0	+0.1	+0.7	-1.8	-2.4	+2.7	+4.1	+.047	+0.3	+1.1	+.039	+2.4	+3.6	+.070
James Worthy	78	38.6	21.4	1.4	3.2	4.6	3.5	1.3	0.4	1.6	1.5	9.2	18.7	.492	0.3	1.2	.289	2.7	3.4	.797
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shawn Kemp	4	38.0	26.0	4.0	6.3	10.3	2.0	1.3	1.0	4.0	3.0	8.3	17.8	.465	0.0	0.0	-	9.5	11.3	.844
difference:	+14	+2.7	+4.9	+2.6	+3.6	+6.2	+1.9	+0.2	+0.9	-1.8	-1.1	+0.6	+1.4		+0.2	+1.3		+6.6	+7.3	+.108
James Worthy	18	40.7	21.1	1.4	2.7	4.1	3.9	1.1	0.1	2.2	1.9	8.9	19.2	.465	0.2	1.3	.167	2.9	4.0	.736

Season 10
	Shawn Kemp	James Worthy
Season	1998-99	1991-92
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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10th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shawn Kemp	42	35.1	20.5	3.1	6.1	9.2	2.4	1.1	1.1	3.0	3.8	6.6	13.7	.482	0.0	0.0	-	7.3	9.3	.789
difference:	+12	+3.9	+0.6	+1.3	+2.3	+3.6	+2.3	+0.3	+0.7	-0.6	-2.2	+1.7	+4.9	+.035	+0.2	+0.8		+4.2	+5.5	+.025
James Worthy	54	39.0	19.9	1.8	3.8	5.6	4.7	1.4	0.4	2.4	1.6	8.3	18.6	.447	0.2	0.8	.209	3.1	3.8	.814
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Shawn Kemp nor James Worthy played in the postseason in their season 10