Avery Johnson vs. David Robinson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of David Robinson and Avery 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.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season / Games against each other

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.

Avery Johnson played 16 years in the NBA, 2 more than David Robinson, who played 14. Avery Johnson had the first of his seasons in 1988-89, while David Robinson had his rookie season in 1989-90. 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
Avery Johnson	16	10	1988-89 to 2003-04
David Robinson	14	12	1989-90 to 2002-03

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16


Rookie Season
	Avery Johnson	David Robinson
Season	1988-89	1989-90
Team	Seattle Supersonics	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf Semis	Spurs Lost West 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		%
Avery Johnson	43	6.8	1.6	0.3	0.3	0.6	1.7	0.5	0.1	0.4	0.8	0.7	1.9	.349	0.0	0.2	.111	0.2	0.4	.563
David Robinson	82	36.6	24.3	3.7	8.3	12.0	2.0	1.7	3.9	3.1	3.2	8.4	15.9	.531	0.0	0.0	.000	7.5	10.2	.732

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Avery Johnson	6	5.2	1.8	0.3	0.3	0.7	0.8	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.8	2.0	.417	0.0	0.7	.000	0.2	0.3	.500
David Robinson	10	37.5	24.3	3.6	8.4	12.0	2.3	1.1	4.0	2.4	3.5	8.9	16.7	.533	0.0	0.0	-	6.5	9.6	.677


Season 2
	Avery Johnson	David Robinson
Season	1989-90	1990-91
Team	Seattle Supersonics	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Spurs 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		%
Avery Johnson	53	10.8	2.6	0.4	0.4	0.8	3.1	0.5	0.0	0.9	1.0	1.0	2.7	.387	0.0	0.1	.250	0.5	0.8	.725
David Robinson	82	37.7	25.6	4.1	8.9	13.0	2.5	1.5	3.9	3.3	3.2	9.2	16.7	.552	0.0	0.1	.143	7.2	9.5	.762

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Avery Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Robinson	4	41.5	25.8	2.8	10.8	13.5	2.0	1.5	3.8	3.8	2.8	8.8	12.8	.686	0.0	0.3	.000	8.3	9.5	.868


Season 3
	Avery Johnson	David Robinson
Season	1990-91	1991-92
Team	Denver Nuggets, San Antonio Spurs	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	Blocks Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs 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		%
Avery Johnson	68	14.1	4.7	0.3	0.8	1.1	3.4	0.7	0.1	1.1	0.9	1.9	4.1	.469	0.0	0.1	.111	0.9	1.3	.678
David Robinson	68	37.7	23.2	3.8	8.4	12.2	2.7	2.3	4.5	2.7	3.2	8.7	15.8	.551	0.0	0.1	.125	5.8	8.3	.701

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Avery Johnson	3	6.3	0.7	0.0	0.0	0	1.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.7	.000	0.0	0.3	.000	0.7	0.7	1.000
David Robinson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Avery Johnson	David Robinson
Season	1991-92	1992-93
Team	San Antonio Spurs, Houston Rockets	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Spurs Lost West 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		%
Avery Johnson	69	17.9	5.6	0.2	1.0	1.2	3.9	0.9	0.1	1.6	1.3	2.3	4.8	.479	0.1	0.2	.267	1.0	1.5	.653
David Robinson	82	39.2	23.4	2.8	8.9	11.7	3.7	1.5	3.2	2.9	2.9	8.2	16.4	.501	0.0	0.2	.176	6.8	9.3	.732

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Avery Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Robinson	10	42.1	23.1	2.9	9.7	12.6	4.0	1.0	3.6	2.5	3.9	7.9	17.0	.465	0.0	0.1	.000	7.3	11.0	.664


Season 5
	Avery Johnson	David Robinson
Season	1992-93	1993-94
Team	San Antonio Spurs	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	Spurs 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		%
Avery Johnson	75	27.1	8.7	0.3	1.7	1.9	7.5	1.1	0.2	1.9	1.9	3.4	6.8	.502	0.0	0.1	.000	1.9	2.4	.791
David Robinson	80	40.5	29.8	3.0	7.7	10.7	4.8	1.7	3.3	3.2	2.9	10.5	20.7	.507	0.1	0.4	.345	8.7	11.6	.749

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Avery Johnson	10	31.4	8.2	0.8	2.3	3.1	8.1	1.0	0.1	2.3	2.7	3.6	7.0	.514	0.0	0.1	.000	1.0	1.4	.714
David Robinson	4	36.5	20.0	3.3	6.8	10.0	3.5	0.8	2.5	2.3	3.5	7.5	18.3	.411	0.0	0.3	.000	5.0	6.8	.741


Season 6
	Avery Johnson	David Robinson
Season	1993-94	1994-95
Team	Golden State Warriors	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Spurs 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		%
Avery Johnson	82	28.4	10.9	0.5	1.6	2.1	5.3	1.4	0.1	2.1	2.0	4.3	8.8	.492	0.0	0.1	.000	2.2	3.1	.704
David Robinson	81	38.0	27.6	2.9	7.9	10.8	2.9	1.7	3.2	2.9	2.8	9.7	18.4	.530	0.1	0.2	.300	8.1	10.5	.774

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Avery Johnson	3	13.7	6.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	3.3	1.3	0.3	1.0	0.7	3.0	5.7	.529	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	0.0	-
David Robinson	15	41.5	25.3	3.8	8.3	12.1	3.1	1.5	2.6	3.7	4.2	8.6	19.3	.446	0.1	0.3	.200	8.1	9.9	.812


Season 7
	Avery Johnson	David Robinson
Season	1994-95	1995-96
Team	San Antonio Spurs	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	Spurs Lost West 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		%
Avery Johnson	82	36.7	13.4	0.6	1.9	2.5	8.2	1.4	0.2	2.5	1.9	5.5	10.5	.519	0.0	0.3	.136	2.5	3.6	.685
David Robinson	82	36.8	25.0	3.9	8.3	12.2	3.0	1.4	3.3	2.3	3.2	8.7	16.8	.516	0.0	0.1	.333	7.6	10.0	.761

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Avery Johnson	15	38.3	14.5	0.6	1.5	2.1	8.3	1.3	0.4	2.0	1.9	6.1	11.7	.517	0.0	0.1	.000	2.4	3.9	.621
David Robinson	10	35.3	23.6	3.7	6.4	10.1	2.4	1.5	2.5	2.4	3.8	8.3	16.1	.516	0.0	0.0	-	7.0	10.5	.667


Season 8
	Avery Johnson	David Robinson
Season	1995-96	1996-97
Team	San Antonio Spurs	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Avery Johnson	82	37.6	13.1	0.5	2.1	2.5	9.6	1.5	0.3	2.4	2.2	5.3	10.8	.494	0.1	0.4	.194	2.3	3.2	.721
David Robinson	6	24.5	17.7	3.2	5.3	8.5	1.3	1.0	1.0	1.3	1.5	6.0	12.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	5.7	8.7	.654

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Avery Johnson	10	40.7	12.3	0.6	3.0	3.6	9.4	2.0	0.1	2.4	2.1	5.2	12.1	.430	0.0	0.2	.000	1.9	2.7	.704
David Robinson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Avery Johnson	David Robinson
Season	1996-97	1997-98
Team	San Antonio Spurs	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Spurs Lost West 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		%
Avery Johnson	76	32.5	10.5	0.4	1.5	1.9	6.8	1.3	0.2	1.9	2.1	4.3	9.0	.477	0.1	0.3	.231	1.8	2.7	.690
David Robinson	73	33.7	21.6	3.3	7.3	10.6	2.7	0.9	2.6	2.8	2.8	7.5	14.6	.511	0.0	0.1	.250	6.6	9.0	.735

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Avery Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Robinson	9	39.2	19.4	4.6	9.6	14.1	2.6	1.2	3.3	2.8	3.1	6.3	14.9	.425	0.0	0.0	-	6.8	10.7	.635


Season 10
	Avery Johnson	David Robinson
Season	1997-98	1998-99
Team	San Antonio Spurs	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs 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		%
Avery Johnson	75	35.7	10.2	0.4	1.6	2.0	7.9	1.1	0.2	2.2	1.9	4.3	8.9	.478	0.0	0.2	.154	1.6	2.2	.726
David Robinson	49	31.7	15.8	3.0	7.0	10.0	2.1	1.4	2.4	2.2	2.9	5.5	10.8	.509	0.0	0.0	.000	4.9	7.4	.658

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Avery Johnson	9	38.1	17.3	0.3	1.1	1.4	6.1	1.0	0.0	2.3	3.0	6.8	11.2	.604	0.0	0.2	.000	3.8	5.7	.667
David Robinson	17	35.4	15.6	2.1	7.8	9.9	2.5	1.6	2.4	2.4	3.6	5.1	10.6	.483	0.0	0.0	-	5.4	7.4	.722


Season 11
	Avery Johnson	David Robinson
Season	1998-99	1999-00
Team	San Antonio Spurs	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Spurs 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		%
Avery Johnson	50	33.4	9.7	0.4	1.9	2.4	7.4	1.0	0.2	2.2	2.0	4.4	9.2	.473	0.0	0.2	.083	1.0	1.8	.568
David Robinson	80	32.0	17.8	2.4	7.2	9.6	1.8	1.2	2.3	2.1	3.1	6.6	12.9	.512	0.0	0.0	.000	4.6	6.4	.726

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Avery Johnson	17	38.5	12.6	0.5	1.9	2.5	7.4	1.2	0.1	2.9	1.8	5.4	11.0	.487	0.1	0.2	.333	1.9	2.8	.681
David Robinson	4	38.8	23.5	4.3	9.5	13.8	2.5	1.8	3.0	2.0	3.8	7.8	20.8	.373	0.0	0.3	.000	8.0	10.5	.762


Season 12
	Avery Johnson	David Robinson
Season	1999-00	2000-01
Team	San Antonio Spurs	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Spurs 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		%
Avery Johnson	82	31.4	11.2	0.4	1.5	1.9	6.0	0.9	0.2	1.7	1.8	4.9	10.4	.473	0.0	0.1	.111	1.4	1.9	.735
David Robinson	80	29.6	14.4	2.6	6.0	8.6	1.5	1.0	2.5	1.5	2.7	5.0	10.3	.486	0.0	0.0	.000	4.4	5.9	.747

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Avery Johnson	4	36.3	12.0	0.5	1.8	2.3	5.3	1.0	0.0	2.5	2.5	4.8	10.5	.452	0.0	0.0	-	2.5	3.5	.714
David Robinson	13	31.4	16.6	3.0	8.8	11.8	1.7	1.3	2.4	2.2	3.2	5.8	12.2	.472	0.0	0.1	.000	5.1	7.3	.695


Season 13
	Avery Johnson	David Robinson
Season	2000-01	2001-02
Team	San Antonio Spurs	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	Spurs Lost West 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		%
Avery Johnson	55	23.5	5.6	0.4	1.2	1.5	4.3	0.6	0.1	1.1	1.6	2.4	5.5	.447	0.0	0.1	.167	0.7	1.1	.683
David Robinson	78	29.5	12.2	2.4	5.8	8.3	1.2	1.1	1.8	1.3	2.5	4.4	8.6	.507	0.0	0.0	-	3.4	5.1	.681

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Avery Johnson	13	21.7	5.8	0.2	1.0	1.2	3.2	0.8	0.1	0.8	1.8	2.6	6.8	.386	0.0	0.1	.000	0.6	1.2	.533
David Robinson	4	20.5	4.5	1.5	4.3	5.8	1.3	0.8	0.8	0.5	3.5	2.3	4.8	.474	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	1.0	.000


Season 14
	Avery Johnson	David Robinson
Season	2001-02	2002-03
Team	Denver Nuggets, Dallas Mavericks	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Avery Johnson	68	19.9	7.9	0.2	0.8	1.0	4.2	0.6	0.1	1.1	1.3	3.0	6.4	.479	0.0	0.1	.000	1.8	2.4	.742
David Robinson	64	26.2	8.5	2.5	5.4	7.9	1.0	0.8	1.7	1.3	2.0	3.1	6.6	.469	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	3.3	.710

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Avery Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Robinson	23	23.5	7.8	2.0	4.7	6.6	0.9	0.8	1.3	1.0	2.7	2.8	5.1	.542	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	3.4	.667


Season 15
	Avery Johnson	David Robinson
Season	2002-03	-
Team	Dallas Mavericks	-
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		%
Avery Johnson	48	9.0	3.3	0.2	0.4	0.6	1.3	0.3	0.0	0.6	0.5	1.3	3.1	.420	0.0	0.0	.000	0.6	0.8	.769
David Robinson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Avery Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Robinson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 16
	Avery Johnson	David Robinson
Season	2003-04	-
Team	Golden State Warriors	-
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		%
Avery Johnson	46	13.8	4.6	0.1	0.7	0.7	2.4	0.6	0.1	1.1	0.7	1.7	4.3	.402	0.0	0.1	.000	1.1	1.7	.667
David Robinson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Avery Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Robinson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Avery Johnson vs. David Robinson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of David Robinson and Avery 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.

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

Season 13

Season 14

Season 15

Season 16