Vlade Divac vs. Kevin Johnson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kevin 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, 4 more than Kevin Johnson, who played 12. Vlade Divac had the first of his seasons in 1989-90, while Kevin Johnson had his rookie season in 1987-88. 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	Kevin Johnson
Season	1989-90	1987-88
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Cleveland Cavaliers, Phoenix Suns
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:	+2	+4.4	+0.7	+1.5	+2.3	+3.8	+4.6	+0.3	+1.1	-0.5	-1.0	+0.1	+0.8	+.038	+0.1	+0.2	+.208	+0.3		+.131
Kevin Johnson	80	24.0	9.2	0.5	1.9	2.4	5.5	1.3	0.3	1.8	1.9	3.4	7.5	.461	0.1	0.3	.208	2.2	2.6	.839
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
Kevin Johnson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Vlade Divac	Kevin Johnson
Season	1990-91	1988-89
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Most Improved Player
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Suns Lost West Conf Finals

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2nd 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	28.2	11.2	2.5	5.6	8.1	1.1	1.3	1.5	1.8	3.0	4.4	7.8	.565	0.1	0.2	.357	2.4	3.4	.703
difference:	+1	+11.0	+9.2	+1.9	+2.0	+3.9	+11.1	+0.4	+1.2	-2.2	-0.2	+2.6	+6.1	+.060	+0.1	+0.1	+.266	+3.9	+3.7	+.179
Kevin Johnson	81	39.2	20.4	0.6	3.6	4.2	12.2	1.7	0.3	4.0	2.8	7.0	13.9	.505	0.0	0.3	.091	6.3	7.1	.882
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vlade Divac	19	32.1	13.3	2.6	4.1	6.7	1.1	1.4	2.2	2.2	3.4	5.1	9.1	.564	0.1	0.3	.167	3.0	3.7	.803
difference:	+7	+9.1	+10.5	+1.6	+0.8	+2.4	+11.2	+0.2	+1.8	-2.4	-1.1	+2.4	+6.1	+.069	+0.2	+0.5	+.133	+5.5	+5.5	+.124
Kevin Johnson	12	41.2	23.8	1.0	3.3	4.3	12.3	1.6	0.4	4.6	2.3	7.5	15.2	.495	0.3	0.8	.300	8.5	9.2	.927

Season 3
	Vlade Divac	Kevin Johnson
Season	1991-92	1989-90
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Suns Lost West Conf Finals

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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:	+38	+10.4	+11.2	+1.8	+1.3	+3.3	+9.7	+0.2	+0.8	-1.2	-1.3	+3.4	+6.9	+.004		+0.1	+.068	+4.4	+5.0	+.070
Kevin Johnson	74	37.6	22.5	0.6	3.1	3.6	11.4	1.3	0.2	3.6	1.9	7.8	15.7	.499	0.1	0.6	.195	6.8	8.1	.838
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:	+12	+0.6	+11.5	+0.9	+1.2	+2.2	+6.8	+0.3	+0.8	-0.6	-2.5	+3.9	+5.3	+.130	+0.1	+0.2	+.182	+3.5	+4.5	+.079
Kevin Johnson	16	36.4	21.3	0.6	2.8	3.3	10.6	1.6	0.0	3.9	1.8	7.7	16.1	.479	0.1	0.7	.182	5.8	7.0	.821

Season 4
	Vlade Divac	Kevin Johnson
Season	1992-93	1990-91
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+5	+5.2	+9.4	+2.0	+3.4	+5.4	+7.3	+0.5	+1.6	-0.9	-1.5	+2.9	+4.9	+.031	+0.2	+0.3	+.075	+3.8	+3.8	+.154
Kevin Johnson	77	36.0	22.2	0.7	2.8	3.5	10.1	2.1	0.1	3.5	2.3	7.7	14.9	.516	0.1	0.6	.205	6.7	8.0	.843
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:	+1	+3.1	+5.2	+2.9	+3.2	+6.1	+4.2	+0.7	+2.1	-0.8	-2.1	+3.4	+1.5	+.198	+0.5		+.301	+2.1	+3.1	+.055
Kevin Johnson	4	36.5	12.8	0.5	2.8	3.3	9.8	0.5	0.3	3.0	2.3	4.0	13.3	.302	0.3	1.8	.143	4.5	7.5	.600

Season 5
	Vlade Divac	Kevin Johnson
Season	1993-94	1991-92
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
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:	+1	+3.2	+5.5	+2.8	+4.2	+7.1	+6.8	+0.3	+1.1	-1.1	-1.3	+1.2	+3.1	+.027			+.026	+3.1	+3.3	+.121
Kevin Johnson	78	37.2	19.7	0.8	3.0	3.7	10.7	1.5	0.3	3.5	2.3	6.9	14.4	.479	0.1	0.6	.217	5.7	7.1	.807
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vlade Divac	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kevin Johnson	8	41.9	23.6	1.0	3.1	4.1	11.6	1.5	0.3	3.1	3.0	7.8	16.0	.484	0.4	0.8	.500	7.8	9.0	.861

Season 7
	Vlade Divac	Kevin Johnson
Season	1995-96	1993-94
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Suns Lost West Conf Semis

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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:	+12	+5.3	+7.1	+1.7	+4.4	+6.1	+6.2	+0.9	+1.6	-1.0	-1.6	+1.9	+4.4	+.026	+0.1	+0.2	+.055	+3.3	+3.2	+.178
Kevin Johnson	67	36.6	20.0	0.8	1.7	2.5	9.5	1.9	0.1	3.5	1.9	7.1	14.6	.487	0.1	0.4	.222	5.7	6.9	.819
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:	+6	+13.9	+17.6	+1.8	+2.3	+4.0	+7.6	+1.0	+1.2	-1.4	-0.2	+5.9	+12.4	+.029		+0.3	+.100	+5.6	+6.1	+.227
Kevin Johnson	10	42.7	26.6	1.0	2.5	3.5	9.6	1.0	0.1	3.4	2.3	9.7	21.2	.458	0.3	1.0	.300	6.9	8.1	.852

Note: Kevin Johnson didn't play in 1998-99.

Season 12
	Vlade Divac	Kevin Johnson
Season	2000-01	1999-00
Team	Sacramento Kings	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Kings Lost West Conf Semis	Suns Lost West Conf Semis

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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:	+75	+11.1	+5.3	+2.6	+3.1	+5.6	+1.1	+0.8	+1.1	-1.2	-2.0	+1.8	+4.6	+.089	+0.2		+.714	+1.8	+3.1	+.309
Kevin Johnson	6	18.8	6.7	0.0	2.7	2.7	4.0	0.3	0.0	1.2	1.0	2.7	4.7	.571	0.2	0.2	1.000	1.2	1.2	1.000
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:	+1	+13.8	+7.6	+2.5	+4.5	+7.0	+0.2	+0.7	+1.4	-0.9	-2.0	+2.2	+5.9	+.026	+0.1	+0.1	+.333	+3.0	+4.1	+.070
Kevin Johnson	9	14.3	3.2	0.0	1.4	1.4	2.6	0.3	0.1	1.4	1.1	1.3	4.1	.324	0.0	0.3	.000	0.6	0.7	.833