Spencer Haywood vs. Amir Johnson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Amir Johnson and Spencer Haywood, 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.

Spencer Haywood played 12 years in the NBA, 2 less than Amir Johnson, who played 14. Spencer Haywood had the first of his seasons in 1970-71, while Amir Johnson had his rookie season in 2005-06. 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
Spencer Haywood	12	4	1970-71 to 1982-83
Amir Johnson	14	8	2005-06 to 2018-19

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Spencer Haywood	Amir Johnson
Season	1970-71	2005-06
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Detroit Pistons
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		%
Spencer Haywood	33	35.2	20.6	-	-	12.0	1.5	-	-	-	2.5	7.9	17.5	.449	-	-	-	4.8	6.6	.734
Amir Johnson	3	13.0	6.7	1.0	0.3	1.3	1.0	0.0	0.7	1.3	2.3	2.3	3.3	.700	0.7	1.0	.667	1.3	1.3	1.000

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Amir Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Spencer Haywood	Amir Johnson
Season	1971-72	2006-07
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
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		%
Spencer Haywood	73	43.4	26.2	-	-	12.7	2.0	-	-	-	2.8	9.8	21.3	.461	-	-	-	6.6	8.0	.819
Amir Johnson	8	15.5	5.9	1.9	2.8	4.6	0.4	0.6	1.6	1.1	2.4	2.3	4.1	.545	0.0	0.4	.000	1.4	1.8	.786

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Amir Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Spencer Haywood	Amir Johnson
Season	1972-73	2007-08
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pistons 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		%
Spencer Haywood	77	42.3	29.2	-	-	12.9	2.5	-	-	-	2.8	11.5	24.3	.476	-	-	-	6.1	7.3	.839
Amir Johnson	62	12.3	3.6	1.4	2.4	3.8	0.5	0.4	1.3	0.6	2.3	1.5	2.7	.558	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	0.9	.673

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Amir Johnson	8	5.4	2.6	0.4	1.3	1.6	0.1	0.0	0.4	0.3	0.9	1.1	1.5	.750	0.0	0.1	.000	0.4	0.8	.500


Season 4
	Spencer Haywood	Amir Johnson
Season	1973-74	2008-09
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pistons 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		%
Spencer Haywood	75	40.5	23.5	4.2	9.2	13.4	3.2	0.9	1.4	-	2.6	9.3	20.3	.457	-	-	-	5.0	6.1	.814
Amir Johnson	62	14.7	3.5	1.6	2.1	3.7	0.3	0.3	1.0	0.5	2.8	1.6	2.6	.595	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.6	.657

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Amir Johnson	3	4.3	0.7	0.3	0.7	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	1.0	0.3	0.3	1.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 5
	Spencer Haywood	Amir Johnson
Season	1974-75	2009-10
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Spencer Haywood	68	37.2	22.4	2.9	6.4	9.3	2.0	0.8	1.6	-	2.5	8.9	19.5	.459	-	-	-	4.5	5.6	.811
Amir Johnson	82	17.7	6.2	1.9	2.9	4.8	0.6	0.5	0.8	0.8	3.1	2.5	4.1	.623	0.0	0.0	.000	1.2	1.8	.638

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	9	37.4	15.7	2.2	6.8	9.0	2.0	0.8	1.2	-	3.2	5.2	14.6	.359	-	-	-	5.2	6.8	.770
Amir Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Spencer Haywood	Amir Johnson
Season	1975-76	2010-11
Team	New York Knicks	Toronto Raptors
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		%
Spencer Haywood	78	37.1	19.9	3.0	8.3	11.3	1.2	0.7	1.0	-	3.3	7.8	17.4	.445	-	-	-	4.3	5.7	.757
Amir Johnson	72	25.7	9.6	2.6	3.8	6.4	1.1	0.7	1.2	1.0	3.7	3.9	6.9	.568	0.0	0.0	.000	1.8	2.2	.788

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Amir Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Spencer Haywood	Amir Johnson
Season	1976-77	2011-12
Team	New York Knicks	Toronto Raptors
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		%
Spencer Haywood	31	32.9	16.5	2.5	6.5	9.0	1.6	0.5	0.9	-	2.3	6.5	14.5	.450	-	-	-	3.5	4.2	.832
Amir Johnson	64	24.3	7.1	2.3	4.0	6.4	1.2	0.5	1.1	1.5	3.3	3.1	5.3	.576	0.0	0.1	.400	0.9	1.3	.690

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Amir Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Spencer Haywood	Amir Johnson
Season	1977-78	2012-13
Team	New York Knicks	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Spencer Haywood	67	26.3	13.7	2.1	4.5	6.6	1.9	0.6	1.1	2.1	2.8	6.1	12.7	.484	-	-	-	1.4	2.0	.711
Amir Johnson	81	28.7	10.0	2.8	4.7	7.5	1.5	1.0	1.4	1.4	3.7	4.1	7.5	.554	0.1	0.2	.385	1.7	2.3	.727

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	6	29.5	16.2	3.2	3.8	7.0	2.0	0.3	0.8	1.7	4.0	7.2	14.2	.506	-	-	-	1.8	1.8	1.000
Amir Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Spencer Haywood	Amir Johnson
Season	1978-79	2013-14
Team	New York Knicks, New Orleans Jazz	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Raptors 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		%
Spencer Haywood	68	34.7	20.9	2.5	5.3	7.8	1.9	0.6	1.2	2.9	3.5	8.8	17.7	.494	-	-	-	3.4	4.3	.791
Amir Johnson	77	28.8	10.4	2.2	4.3	6.6	1.5	0.7	1.1	1.6	3.5	4.5	7.9	.562	0.3	0.9	.303	1.2	1.9	.636

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Amir Johnson	7	27.3	11.0	2.3	3.7	6.0	1.0	0.4	0.6	1.7	4.1	4.9	7.4	.654	0.0	0.3	.000	1.3	1.7	.750


Season 10
	Spencer Haywood	Amir Johnson
Season	1979-80	2014-15
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Raptors 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		%
Spencer Haywood	76	20.3	9.7	1.7	2.8	4.6	1.2	0.5	0.8	1.8	2.6	3.8	7.8	.487	0.0	0.1	.250	2.1	2.7	.772
Amir Johnson	75	26.4	9.3	2.1	4.0	6.1	1.6	0.6	0.8	1.5	3.0	4.0	6.9	.574	0.3	0.6	.413	1.1	1.7	.612

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	11	13.2	5.7	1.3	1.1	2.4	0.4	0.0	0.5	1.8	1.5	2.3	4.8	.472	0.0	0.1	.000	1.2	1.5	.813
Amir Johnson	4	28.0	11.5	1.8	5.3	7.0	1.0	0.3	0.8	1.8	4.0	5.0	7.3	.690	0.0	0.3	.000	1.5	3.0	.500

Note: Spencer Haywood didn't play in 1980-81.


Season 11
	Spencer Haywood	Amir Johnson
Season	1981-82	2015-16
Team	Washington Bullets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Conf Semis	Celtics 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		%
Spencer Haywood	76	27.4	13.3	1.9	3.7	5.6	0.8	0.6	0.9	2.3	3.3	5.2	10.9	.476	0.0	0.0	.000	2.9	3.4	.842
Amir Johnson	79	22.8	7.3	2.3	4.1	6.4	1.7	0.7	1.1	1.2	2.7	3.2	5.4	.585	0.1	0.5	.233	0.9	1.5	.570

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	7	33.0	20.0	2.3	3.3	5.6	1.0	0.6	2.0	2.1	4.0	8.1	16.4	.496	0.0	0.0	-	3.7	5.0	.743
Amir Johnson	6	22.3	8.5	1.8	5.3	7.2	0.7	0.2	1.3	1.7	2.2	3.7	5.5	.667	0.0	0.3	.000	1.2	1.5	.778


Season 12
	Spencer Haywood	Amir Johnson
Season	1982-83	2016-17
Team	Washington Bullets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics 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		%
Spencer Haywood	38	20.4	8.2	2.0	2.8	4.8	0.8	0.3	0.7	1.8	2.5	3.3	8.2	.401	0.0	0.0	.000	1.7	2.3	.724
Amir Johnson	80	20.1	6.5	1.5	3.1	4.6	1.8	0.6	0.8	1.0	2.6	2.7	4.6	.576	0.3	0.8	.409	0.8	1.3	.670

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Amir Johnson	14	10.1	2.6	1.2	0.9	2.1	0.2	0.3	0.4	0.4	1.7	1.1	2.1	.500	0.1	0.2	.333	0.4	0.6	.625


Season 13
	Spencer Haywood	Amir Johnson
Season	-	2017-18
Team	-	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	76ers 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		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Amir Johnson	74	15.8	4.6	1.7	2.8	4.5	1.6	0.6	0.6	0.7	2.6	1.9	3.5	.538	0.1	0.4	.313	0.7	1.1	.612

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Amir Johnson	8	11.8	3.3	1.8	1.1	2.9	1.1	0.3	0.1	0.4	1.3	1.4	2.6	.524	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.6	.800


Season 14
	Spencer Haywood	Amir Johnson
Season	-	2018-19
Team	-	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	76ers 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		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Amir Johnson	51	10.4	3.9	0.9	2.0	2.9	1.2	0.3	0.3	0.9	1.9	1.5	3.1	.503	0.2	0.8	.300	0.6	0.8	.756

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Amir Johnson	4	5.0	2.0	0.8	0.5	1.3	0.5	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.8	1.0	1.0	1.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Spencer Haywood vs. Amir Johnson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Amir Johnson and Spencer Haywood, 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

Season 14