Tyler Herro vs. Dennis Johnson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dennis Johnson and Tyler Herro, 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.

Tyler Herro played 6 years in the NBA, 8 less than Dennis Johnson, who played 14. Tyler Herro had the first of his seasons in 2019-20, while Dennis Johnson had his rookie season in 1976-77. 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
	Tyler Herro	Dennis Johnson
Season	2019-20	1976-77
Team	Miami Heat	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Tyler Herro	55	27.4	13.5	0.3	3.8	4.1	2.2	0.6	0.2	1.6	1.4	4.9	11.5	.428	2.1	5.4	.389	1.6	1.8	.870
difference:	+26	+6.8	+4.3	+1.7	+2.1	+0.4	+0.7	+0.9	+0.5		-1.3	+1.4	+4.5	+.076				+0.6	+1.7	+.246
Dennis Johnson	81	20.6	9.2	2.0	1.7	3.7	1.5	1.5	0.7	-	2.7	3.5	7.0	.504	-	-	-	2.2	3.5	.624
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tyler Herro	21	33.7	16.0	0.3	4.8	5.1	3.7	0.4	0.1	2.0	1.5	5.7	13.2	.433	2.3	6.1	.375	2.2	2.6	.870
Dennis Johnson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Tyler Herro	Dennis Johnson
Season	2021-22	1978-79
Team	Miami Heat	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	Sixth Man of the Year	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Tyler Herro	66	32.6	20.7	0.5	4.5	5.0	4.0	0.7	0.1	2.6	1.4	7.6	17.0	.447	2.7	6.7	.399	2.9	3.3	.868
difference:	+14	+1.4	+4.8	+1.3	+1.6	+0.3	+0.5	+0.6	+1.1	-0.2	-1.2	+1.6	+3.1	+.013				+0.9	+1.6	+.087
Dennis Johnson	80	34.0	15.9	1.8	2.9	4.7	3.5	1.3	1.2	2.4	2.6	6.0	13.9	.434	-	-	-	3.8	4.9	.781
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tyler Herro	15	25.4	12.6	0.5	3.4	3.9	2.8	0.6	0.4	1.8	1.4	4.9	12.1	.409	1.1	4.7	.229	1.7	1.8	.926
difference:	+2	+14.7	+8.3	+2.1	+0.1	+2.2	+1.3	+1.0	+1.1	-1.2	-2.3	+3.1	+5.7	+.041				+3.2	+4.6	+.155
Dennis Johnson	17	40.1	20.9	2.6	3.5	6.1	4.1	1.6	1.5	3.0	3.7	8.0	17.8	.450	-	-	-	4.9	6.4	.771

Season 4
	Tyler Herro	Dennis Johnson
Season	2022-23	1979-80
Team	Miami Heat	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost NBA Finals	Supersonics 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		%
Tyler Herro	67	34.9	20.1	0.4	5.0	5.4	4.2	0.8	0.2	2.4	1.5	7.3	16.6	.439	3.0	8.0	.378	2.5	2.7	.934
difference:	+14	+1.4	+1.1	+1.7	+2.0	+0.3	+0.1	+1.0	+0.8	-0.4	-1.8	+0.2	+0.2	+.017	+2.9	+7.3	+.171	+2.2	+3.3	+.154
Dennis Johnson	81	36.3	19.0	2.1	3.0	5.1	4.1	1.8	1.0	2.8	3.3	7.1	16.8	.422	0.1	0.7	.207	4.7	6.0	.780
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tyler Herro	1	19.0	12.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	5.0	9.0	.556	2.0	4.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-
difference:	+14	+19.8	+5.1	+1.7	+0.6	+2.3	+1.8	+1.8	+0.3	-1.9	-2.2	+1.7	+7.3	+.146	+1.7	+3.0	+.167	+3.5	+4.1
Dennis Johnson	15	38.8	17.1	1.7	2.6	4.3	3.8	1.8	0.7	2.9	3.2	6.7	16.3	.410	0.3	1.0	.333	3.5	4.1	.839

Season 5
	Tyler Herro	Dennis Johnson
Season	2023-24	1980-81
Team	Miami Heat	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Suns Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
Tyler Herro	42	33.5	20.8	0.5	4.8	5.3	4.5	0.7	0.1	2.2	1.5	7.7	17.5	.441	3.1	7.9	.396	2.3	2.6	.856
difference:	+37	+0.4	+2.0	+1.5	+2.2	+0.7	+0.8	+1.0	+0.7	-0.4	-1.6	+1.0	+2.1	+.005	+3.0	+7.3	+.180	+2.9	+3.7	+.036
Dennis Johnson	79	33.1	18.8	2.0	2.6	4.6	3.7	1.7	0.8	2.6	3.1	6.7	15.4	.436	0.1	0.6	.216	5.2	6.3	.820
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tyler Herro	5	37.0	16.8	0.0	3.6	3.6	5.4	0.4	0.0	2.8	2.0	6.0	15.6	.385	3.0	8.6	.349	1.8	2.0	.900
difference:	+2	+1.1	+2.8	+1.0	+0.1	+1.1	+2.5	+0.9	+1.3	-0.1	-0.6	+1.4	+0.1	+.088	+2.9	+7.9	+.149	+2.8	+4.0	+.138
Dennis Johnson	7	38.1	19.6	1.0	3.7	4.7	2.9	1.3	1.3	2.7	2.6	7.4	15.7	.473	0.1	0.7	.200	4.6	6.0	.762

Season 6
	Tyler Herro	Dennis Johnson
Season	2024-25	1981-82
Team	Miami Heat	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Suns Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
Tyler Herro	77	35.4	23.9	0.5	4.7	5.2	5.5	0.9	0.2	2.6	1.1	8.5	17.9	.472	3.3	8.7	.375	3.7	4.2	.878
difference:	+3	+1.3	+4.4	+1.3	+1.3	+0.1	+0.9	+0.4	+0.5	-0.3	-2.1	+1.3	+2.5	+.002	+3.2	+8.2	+.185	+1.3	+2.0	+.072
Dennis Johnson	80	36.7	19.5	1.8	3.4	5.1	4.6	1.3	0.7	2.9	3.2	7.2	15.4	.470	0.1	0.5	.190	5.0	6.2	.806
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tyler Herro	4	36.0	17.8	0.0	3.5	3.5	2.8	0.5	0.0	2.3	3.0	6.8	16.3	.415	2.3	7.3	.310	2.0	2.5	.800
difference:	+3	+2.7	+4.5	+1.9	+0.9	+0.9	+1.8	+1.6	+0.6	-1.3	-1.0	+2.2	+2.6	+.062	+2.3	+6.9	+.310	+2.3	+3.1	+.031
Dennis Johnson	7	38.7	22.3	1.9	2.6	4.4	4.6	2.1	0.6	3.6	4.0	9.0	18.9	.477	0.0	0.4	.000	4.3	5.6	.769

Additional Years
* Dennis Johnson played 8 seasons more than Tyler Herro in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 7 to 14, from 1983 to 1990—Dennis Johnson played in 8 Playoffs and won two NBA Championships. In those 8 extra years over Tyler Herro, Dennis Johnson got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-Defensive First Team 3 All-Defensive Second Team 1 All-Star Game