Steve Johnson vs. Pete Maravich Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Pete Maravich and Steve Johnson, 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.

Steve Johnson and Pete Maravich both played 10 years in the NBA. Steve Johnson had the first of his seasons in 1981-82, while Pete Maravich had his rookie season in 1970-71. 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.

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10
Rookie Season
	Steve Johnson	Pete Maravich
Season	1981-82	1970-71
Team	Kansas City Kings	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks 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		%
Steve Johnson	78	22.3	12.8	1.9	3.9	5.9	1.2	0.5	1.1	2.5	4.8	5.1	8.3	.613	0.0	0.0	-	2.7	4.2	.642
Pete Maravich	81	36.1	23.2	-	-	3.7	4.4	-	-	-	2.9	9.1	19.9	.458	-	-	-	5.0	6.2	.800
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pete Maravich	5	39.8	22.0	-	-	5.2	4.8	-	-	-	2.8	9.2	24.4	.377	-	-	-	3.6	5.2	.692

Season 3
	Steve Johnson	Pete Maravich
Season	1983-84	1972-73
Team	Kansas City Kings, Chicago Bulls	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks 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		%
Steve Johnson	81	18.4	9.5	2.0	3.2	5.2	1.0	0.5	0.9	2.0	3.8	3.7	6.7	.559	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	3.5	.575
Pete Maravich	79	39.1	26.1	-	-	4.4	6.9	-	-	-	3.1	10.0	22.6	.441	-	-	-	6.1	7.7	.800
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pete Maravich	6	39.0	26.2	-	-	4.8	6.7	-	-	-	4.0	10.8	25.8	.419	-	-	-	4.5	5.7	.794

Season 4
	Steve Johnson	Pete Maravich
Season	1984-85	1973-74
Team	Chicago Bulls	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Steve Johnson	74	22.4	10.0	2.0	3.9	5.9	0.9	0.5	0.8	2.0	3.6	3.8	7.0	.545	0.0	0.0	.000	2.4	3.4	.718
Pete Maravich	76	38.2	27.7	1.3	3.6	4.9	5.2	1.5	0.2	-	3.4	10.8	23.6	.457	-	-	-	6.2	7.5	.826
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Johnson	3	7.3	2.0	1.0	0.7	1.7	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.7	1.3	0.7	2.3	.286	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	0.7	1.000
Pete Maravich	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Steve Johnson	Pete Maravich
Season	1986-87	1975-76
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	New Orleans Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Steve Johnson	79	29.7	16.8	2.5	4.7	7.2	2.0	0.6	1.0	3.5	4.3	6.3	11.3	.556	0.0	0.0	-	4.3	6.2	.698
Pete Maravich	62	38.3	25.9	0.7	4.1	4.8	5.4	1.4	0.4	-	3.2	9.7	21.2	.459	-	-	-	6.4	7.9	.811
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Johnson	4	34.3	20.8	4.3	5.8	10.0	0.5	0.5	0.3	2.3	3.8	7.0	15.3	.459	0.0	0.0	-	6.8	10.8	.628
Pete Maravich	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Steve Johnson	Pete Maravich
Season	1987-88	1976-77
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	New Orleans Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	All-Star Game	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		%
Steve Johnson	43	24.4	15.4	2.0	3.7	5.6	1.3	0.4	0.7	2.8	3.5	6.0	11.3	.529	0.0	0.0	.000	3.4	5.8	.586
Pete Maravich	73	41.7	31.1	1.2	3.9	5.1	5.4	1.2	0.3	-	2.6	12.1	28.0	.433	-	-	-	6.9	8.2	.835
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pete Maravich	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Steve Johnson	Pete Maravich
Season	1988-89	1977-78
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	New Orleans Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Steve Johnson	72	20.5	10.0	1.9	3.1	5.0	1.5	0.3	0.6	1.9	3.5	4.1	7.8	.524	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	3.4	.527
Pete Maravich	50	40.8	27.0	1.0	2.6	3.6	6.7	2.0	0.2	5.0	2.3	11.1	25.1	.444	-	-	-	4.8	5.5	.870
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Johnson	3	11.3	2.3	0.3	1.7	2.0	0.0	0.7	0.0	1.0	2.3	0.7	2.7	.250	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.0	1.000
Pete Maravich	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Steve Johnson	Pete Maravich
Season	1989-90	1978-79
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves, Seattle Supersonics	New Orleans Jazz
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		%
Steve Johnson	25	10.4	4.7	0.8	1.4	2.1	0.7	0.1	0.2	1.2	2.2	1.9	3.7	.522	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.4	.600
Pete Maravich	49	37.2	22.6	0.7	1.8	2.5	5.0	1.2	0.4	4.1	2.1	8.9	21.1	.421	-	-	-	4.8	5.7	.841
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pete Maravich	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-