Vlade Divac vs. Dennis Johnson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dennis Johnson and Vlade Divac, 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.

Vlade Divac played 16 years in the NBA, 2 more than Dennis Johnson, who played 14. Vlade Divac had the first of his seasons in 1989-90, 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
	Vlade Divac	Dennis Johnson
Season	1989-90	1976-77
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Vlade Divac	82	19.6	8.5	2.0	4.2	6.2	0.9	1.0	1.4	1.3	2.9	3.3	6.7	.499	0.0	0.1	.000	1.9	2.6	.708
difference:	+1	+1.0	+0.7		+2.5	+2.5	+0.6	+0.5	+0.7		-0.2	+0.2	+0.3	+.005				+0.3	+0.9	+.084
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		%
Vlade Divac	9	19.4	9.1	1.8	3.6	5.3	1.1	0.9	1.7	1.4	3.0	3.6	4.9	.727	0.1	0.2	.500	1.9	2.1	.895
Dennis Johnson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Vlade Divac	Dennis Johnson
Season	1991-92	1978-79
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Vlade Divac	36	27.2	11.3	2.4	4.4	6.9	1.7	1.5	1.0	2.4	3.2	4.4	8.8	.495	0.1	0.5	.263	2.4	3.1	.768
difference:	+44	+6.8	+4.6	+0.6	+1.5	+2.2	+1.8	+0.2	+0.2		-0.6	+1.6	+5.1	+.061				+1.4	+1.8	+.013
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		%
Vlade Divac	4	35.8	9.8	1.5	4.0	5.5	3.8	1.3	0.8	4.5	4.3	3.8	10.8	.349	0.0	0.5	.000	2.3	2.5	.900
difference:	+13	+4.3	+11.1	+1.1	+0.5	+0.6	+0.3	+0.3	+0.7	-1.5	-0.6	+4.2	+7.0	+.101				+2.6	+3.9	+.129
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
	Vlade Divac	Dennis Johnson
Season	1992-93	1979-80
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Vlade Divac	82	30.8	12.8	2.7	6.2	8.9	2.8	1.6	1.7	2.6	3.8	4.8	10.0	.485	0.3	0.9	.280	2.9	4.2	.689
difference:	+1	+5.5	+6.2	+0.6	+3.2	+3.8	+1.3	+0.2	+0.7	-0.2	-0.5	+2.3	+6.8	+.063	+0.2	+0.2	+.073	+1.8	+1.8	+.091
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		%
Vlade Divac	5	33.4	18.0	3.4	6.0	9.4	5.6	1.2	2.4	2.2	4.4	7.4	14.8	.500	0.8	1.8	.444	2.4	4.4	.545
difference:	+10	+5.4	+0.9	+1.7	+3.4	+5.1	+1.8	+0.6	+1.7	-0.7	-1.2	+0.7	+1.5	+.090	+0.5	+0.8	+.111	+1.1	+0.3	+.294
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
	Vlade Divac	Dennis Johnson
Season	1993-94	1980-81
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Vlade Divac	79	34.0	14.2	3.6	7.2	10.8	3.9	1.2	1.4	2.4	3.6	5.7	11.3	.506	0.1	0.6	.191	2.6	3.8	.686
difference:		+0.9	+4.6	+1.6	+4.6	+6.2	+0.2	+0.5	+0.6	-0.2	-0.5	+1.0	+4.1	+.070			+.025	+2.6	+2.5	+.134
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		%
Vlade Divac	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Vlade Divac	Dennis Johnson
Season	1994-95	1981-82
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Vlade Divac	80	35.1	16.0	3.3	7.1	10.4	4.1	1.4	2.2	2.6	3.8	6.1	12.0	.507	0.1	0.7	.189	3.7	4.8	.777
difference:		+1.6	+3.5	+1.5	+3.7	+5.3	+0.5	+0.1	+1.5	-0.3	-0.6	+1.1	+3.4	+.037		+0.2	+.001	+1.3	+1.4	+.029
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		%
Vlade Divac	10	38.8	15.6	3.4	5.1	8.5	3.1	0.8	1.3	2.8	4.4	5.7	12.2	.467	0.2	0.9	.222	4.0	6.2	.645
difference:	+3	+0.1	+6.7	+1.5	+2.5	+4.1	+1.5	+1.3	+0.7	-0.8	-0.4	+3.3	+6.7	+.010	+0.2	+0.5	+.222	+0.3	+0.6	+.124
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

Season 7
	Vlade Divac	Dennis Johnson
Season	1995-96	1982-83
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Vlade Divac	79	31.3	12.9	2.5	6.1	8.6	3.3	1.0	1.7	2.5	3.5	5.2	10.2	.513	0.0	0.2	.167	2.4	3.7	.641
difference:	+2	+1.8	+1.3	+1.3	+2.9	+4.2	+1.7	+0.3	+1.2	-0.1	-0.9		+1.0	+.051	+0.1	+0.2	+.006	+1.4	+1.1	+.150
Dennis Johnson	77	33.1	14.2	1.2	3.2	4.4	5.0	1.3	0.5	2.6	2.6	5.2	11.2	.462	0.1	0.4	.161	3.8	4.8	.791
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vlade Divac	4	28.8	9.0	2.8	4.8	7.5	2.0	0.0	1.3	2.0	2.5	3.8	8.8	.429	0.3	1.3	.200	1.3	2.0	.625
difference:	+1	+7.2	+9.0	+0.8	+0.9	+0.2	+3.7	+1.7	+0.6	-0.7	-0.5	+3.5	+7.2	+.029	+0.3	+1.0	+.200	+2.0	+2.0	+.208
Dennis Johnson	3	36.0	18.0	2.0	5.7	7.7	5.7	1.7	0.7	2.7	3.0	7.3	16.0	.458	0.0	0.3	.000	3.3	4.0	.833

Season 8
	Vlade Divac	Dennis Johnson
Season	1996-97	1983-84
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Hornets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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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		%
Vlade Divac	81	35.1	12.6	3.0	6.0	9.0	3.7	1.3	2.2	2.4	3.4	5.2	10.5	.494	0.1	0.6	.234	2.2	3.2	.683
difference:	+1	+1.8	+0.6	+1.9	+3.6	+5.5	+0.5	+0.1	+1.5	-0.2	-0.3	+0.4	+0.5	+.057		+0.2	+.109	+1.3	+0.9	+.169
Dennis Johnson	80	33.3	13.2	1.1	2.4	3.5	4.2	1.2	0.7	2.2	3.1	4.8	11.0	.437	0.1	0.4	.125	3.5	4.1	.852
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vlade Divac	3	38.7	18.0	4.3	4.3	8.7	3.3	1.0	2.0	2.0	3.7	7.0	15.3	.457	0.0	1.0	.000	4.0	5.0	.800
difference:	+19	+2.0	+1.4	+2.9	+2.1	+5.1	+1.1	+0.1	+1.7	-0.4	-0.3	+1.1	+0.8	+.053	+0.1	+0.7	+.429	+0.7	+0.5	+.067
Dennis Johnson	22	36.7	16.6	1.4	2.2	3.6	4.4	1.1	0.3	2.4	3.4	5.9	14.5	.404	0.1	0.3	.429	4.7	5.5	.867

Season 9
	Vlade Divac	Dennis Johnson
Season	1997-98	1984-85
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hornets Lost East Conf Semis	Celtics 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		%
Vlade Divac	64	28.2	10.4	2.9	5.2	8.1	2.7	1.3	1.5	1.8	2.8	4.2	8.4	.498	0.0	0.2	.214	2.0	2.9	.691
difference:	+16	+9.0	+5.3	+1.8	+2.4	+4.1	+4.1	+0.1	+1.0	-0.9		+2.0	+4.9	+.036	+0.1	+0.1	+.055	+1.3	+0.9	+.162
Dennis Johnson	80	37.2	15.7	1.1	2.8	4.0	6.8	1.2	0.5	2.7	2.8	6.2	13.3	.462	0.1	0.3	.269	3.3	3.8	.853
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vlade Divac	9	38.1	11.6	2.8	8.1	10.9	3.4	0.8	1.6	2.4	3.8	4.7	9.7	.483	0.0	0.1	.000	2.2	3.7	.606
difference:	+12	+2.3	+5.7	+1.7	+5.2	+6.9	+3.9	+0.7	+1.2	-1.0	-0.7	+2.1	+5.5	+.038		+0.6		+1.6	+0.7	+.254
Dennis Johnson	21	40.4	17.3	1.1	2.9	4.0	7.3	1.5	0.4	3.4	3.1	6.8	15.2	.445	0.0	0.7	.000	3.8	4.4	.860

Season 10
	Vlade Divac	Dennis Johnson
Season	1998-99	1985-86
Team	Sacramento Kings	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Kings Lost West Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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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		%
Vlade Divac	50	35.2	14.3	2.8	7.2	10.0	4.3	0.9	1.0	2.6	3.3	5.2	11.1	.470	0.2	0.9	.256	3.6	5.1	.702
difference:	+28	+0.2	+1.3	+1.9	+4.6	+6.6	+1.5	+0.5	+0.6	-0.4	-0.7	+1.0	+2.5	+.015	+0.1	+0.4	+.113	+0.5	+1.3	+.116
Dennis Johnson	78	35.0	15.6	0.9	2.6	3.4	5.8	1.4	0.4	2.2	2.6	6.2	13.6	.455	0.1	0.5	.143	3.1	3.8	.818
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vlade Divac	5	39.4	16.2	1.8	8.2	10.0	4.6	1.6	0.8	3.8	3.4	5.0	11.2	.446	0.2	1.0	.200	6.0	7.2	.833
difference:	+13	+0.3		+0.5	+5.3	+5.8	+1.3	+0.6	+0.5	-1.0	-0.2	+1.1	+2.4	+.001	+0.1	+0.1	+.175	+2.3	+2.5	+.035
Dennis Johnson	18	39.7	16.2	1.3	2.9	4.2	5.9	2.2	0.3	2.8	3.2	6.1	13.6	.445	0.3	0.9	.375	3.7	4.7	.798

Season 11
	Vlade Divac	Dennis Johnson
Season	1999-00	1986-87
Team	Sacramento Kings	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Kings Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Celtics Lost NBA Finals

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11th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vlade Divac	82	29.0	12.3	2.1	5.9	8.0	3.0	1.3	1.3	2.3	3.1	4.7	9.3	.503	0.1	0.3	.269	2.8	4.1	.691
difference:	+3	+8.1	+1.1	+1.5	+3.2	+4.7	+4.5	+0.2	+0.8	-0.1	-0.6	+0.7	+2.8	+.059		+0.5	+.156	+0.2	+0.9	+.142
Dennis Johnson	79	37.1	13.4	0.6	2.7	3.3	7.5	1.1	0.5	2.2	2.5	5.4	12.1	.444	0.1	0.8	.113	2.6	3.2	.833
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vlade Divac	5	32.2	11.2	1.8	5.4	7.2	2.8	1.4	0.8	1.8	4.4	4.0	11.2	.357	0.0	0.4	.000	3.2	4.6	.696
difference:	+18	+9.7	+7.7	+0.8	+2.5	+3.2	+6.1	+0.7	+0.5	-0.1	-1.3	+3.3	+4.5	+.108	+0.1	+0.7	+.115	+1.0	+0.3	+.154
Dennis Johnson	23	41.9	18.9	1.0	2.9	4.0	8.9	0.7	0.3	1.9	3.1	7.3	15.7	.465	0.1	1.1	.115	4.2	4.9	.850

Season 12
	Vlade Divac	Dennis Johnson
Season	2000-01	1987-88
Team	Sacramento Kings	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Kings Lost West Conf Semis	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals

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12th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vlade Divac	81	29.9	12.0	2.6	5.8	8.3	2.9	1.1	1.1	2.4	3.0	4.5	9.3	.482	0.0	0.2	.286	3.0	4.3	.691
difference:	+4	+4.8	+0.6	+1.8	+3.5	+5.2	+4.9	+0.1	+0.7	-0.1	-0.4	+0.1	+1.1	+.044	+0.2	+0.4	+.025	+0.3	+0.4	+.165
Dennis Johnson	77	34.7	12.6	0.8	2.3	3.1	7.8	1.2	0.4	2.5	2.6	4.6	10.4	.438	0.2	0.6	.261	3.3	3.9	.856
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vlade Divac	8	28.1	10.8	2.5	5.9	8.4	2.4	1.0	1.5	2.3	3.1	3.5	10.0	.350	0.1	0.4	.333	3.6	4.8	.763
difference:	+9	+13.2	+5.1	+1.6	+2.3	+3.9	+5.8	+0.4	+1.0	-0.3	-0.1	+1.9	+2.4	+.083	+0.3	+0.5	+.042	+1.2	+1.3	+.033
Dennis Johnson	17	41.3	15.9	0.9	3.6	4.5	8.2	1.4	0.5	2.6	3.0	5.4	12.4	.433	0.4	0.9	.375	4.8	6.1	.796