Spencer Haywood vs. Clemon Johnson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Clemon 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 more than Clemon Johnson, who played 10. Spencer Haywood had the first of his seasons in 1970-71, while Clemon Johnson had his rookie season in 1978-79. 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
Clemon Johnson	10	8	1978-79 to 1987-88

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Spencer Haywood	Clemon Johnson
Season	1970-71	1978-79
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers Lost West 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	33	35.2	20.6	-	-	12.0	1.5	-	-	-	2.5	7.9	17.5	.449	-	-	-	4.8	6.6	.734
Clemon Johnson	74	10.7	3.2	1.1	1.9	3.1	1.1	0.3	0.5	0.9	1.6	1.4	2.9	.470	-	-	-	0.5	1.0	.486

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Clemon Johnson	3	15.7	4.7	1.7	4.0	5.7	0.7	0.7	1.3	2.3	1.7	1.3	3.7	.364	-	-	-	2.0	3.7	.545


Season 2
	Spencer Haywood	Clemon Johnson
Season	1971-72	1979-80
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Indiana Pacers
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
Clemon Johnson	79	19.5	6.0	1.8	3.2	5.0	1.5	0.6	1.5	1.0	2.7	2.5	5.0	.503	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.5	.632

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


Season 3
	Spencer Haywood	Clemon Johnson
Season	1972-73	1980-81
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pacers 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	77	42.3	29.2	-	-	12.9	2.5	-	-	-	2.8	11.5	24.3	.476	-	-	-	6.1	7.3	.839
Clemon Johnson	81	20.3	7.2	2.1	3.6	5.8	1.8	0.5	1.5	1.5	2.3	2.9	5.8	.504	0.0	0.0	.000	1.4	2.3	.593

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Clemon Johnson	2	27.5	7.5	5.0	5.0	10.0	1.5	2.0	1.0	1.5	1.5	2.5	6.0	.417	0.0	0.0	-	2.5	5.0	.500


Season 4
	Spencer Haywood	Clemon Johnson
Season	1973-74	1981-82
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second 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	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
Clemon Johnson	79	25.1	9.5	2.3	4.9	7.2	1.6	0.8	1.4	1.7	3.1	3.9	8.1	.487	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	2.4	.651

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


Season 5
	Spencer Haywood	Clemon Johnson
Season	1974-75	1982-83
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Indiana Pacers, Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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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
Clemon Johnson	83	23.1	8.5	2.3	4.0	6.3	1.7	0.8	1.1	1.5	2.7	3.6	7.0	.515	0.0	0.0	.000	1.3	2.2	.617

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
Clemon Johnson	12	16.8	4.2	1.8	1.8	3.6	0.6	0.3	0.4	1.0	2.3	2.1	4.1	.510	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.3	.000


Season 6
	Spencer Haywood	Clemon Johnson
Season	1975-76	1983-84
Team	New York Knicks	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers 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	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
Clemon Johnson	80	21.5	5.7	1.6	3.3	5.0	0.7	0.4	0.8	1.2	2.6	2.4	5.2	.468	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.4	.611

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Clemon Johnson	5	9.0	1.6	0.6	0.6	1.2	0.0	0.2	0.8	0.6	1.6	0.8	2.4	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 7
	Spencer Haywood	Clemon Johnson
Season	1976-77	1984-85
Team	New York Knicks	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers 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	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
Clemon Johnson	58	15.1	4.7	1.6	2.2	3.8	0.6	0.3	0.8	0.7	1.9	2.0	4.1	.498	0.0	0.0	.000	0.6	0.8	.735

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Clemon Johnson	13	12.7	3.2	1.3	1.5	2.8	0.2	0.2	0.5	1.0	2.5	1.0	2.5	.394	0.0	0.1	.000	1.2	1.6	.762


Season 8
	Spencer Haywood	Clemon Johnson
Season	1977-78	1985-86
Team	New York Knicks	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	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	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
Clemon Johnson	75	14.3	3.5	1.4	2.0	3.4	0.2	0.3	0.8	0.5	1.7	1.4	3.0	.471	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.1	.630

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
Clemon Johnson	12	25.3	6.2	1.9	3.1	5.0	0.7	0.9	1.3	0.8	2.9	2.4	4.4	.547	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	2.1	.640


Season 9
	Spencer Haywood	Clemon Johnson
Season	1978-79	1986-87
Team	New York Knicks, New Orleans Jazz	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Supersonics Lost West 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	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
Clemon Johnson	78	13.5	3.2	1.4	2.2	3.6	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.5	1.8	1.1	2.3	.494	0.0	0.0	.000	0.9	1.4	.636

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Clemon Johnson	14	18.7	4.3	1.8	1.7	3.5	0.3	0.5	1.1	0.1	1.3	1.7	3.8	.453	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.4	.632


Season 10
	Spencer Haywood	Clemon Johnson
Season	1979-80	1987-88
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Supersonics Lost West 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
Clemon Johnson	74	9.8	1.6	0.9	1.5	2.4	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.4	1.4	0.7	1.4	.467	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.4	.688

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
Clemon Johnson	5	7.8	1.4	0.0	1.4	1.4	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.4	2.0	0.6	1.4	.429	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.4	.500

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


Season 11
	Spencer Haywood	Clemon Johnson
Season	1981-82	-
Team	Washington Bullets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bullets 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	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
Clemon Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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
Clemon Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Spencer Haywood	Clemon Johnson
Season	1982-83	-
Team	Washington Bullets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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	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
Clemon Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Spencer Haywood vs. Clemon Johnson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Clemon 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