Charles Johnson vs. Bernard King Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bernard King and Charles 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.

Charles Johnson played 7 years in the NBA, 7 less than Bernard King, who played 14. Charles Johnson had the first of his seasons in 1972-73, while Bernard King had his rookie season in 1977-78. 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: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14
Rookie Season
	Charles Johnson	Bernard King
Season	1972-73	1977-78
Team	Golden State Warriors	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Charles Johnson	70	12.7	5.4	-	-	1.9	1.7	-	-	-	1.5	2.4	5.7	.428	-	-	-	0.5	0.7	.717
Bernard King	79	39.1	24.2	3.4	6.2	9.5	2.4	1.5	0.5	3.9	3.8	10.1	21.1	.479	-	-	-	4.0	5.8	.677
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Charles Johnson	6	11.7	3.8	-	-	1.7	1.8	-	-	-	0.7	1.7	4.3	.385	-	-	-	0.5	1.0	.500
Bernard King	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Charles Johnson	Bernard King
Season	1974-75	1979-80
Team	Golden State Warriors	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Charles Johnson	79	27.5	10.9	1.7	2.2	3.9	2.9	1.7	0.1	-	2.6	5.0	12.1	.412	-	-	-	0.9	1.3	.735
Bernard King	19	22.1	9.3	1.3	3.4	4.6	2.7	0.4	0.2	2.6	3.5	3.7	7.2	.518	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	3.3	.540
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Charles Johnson	17	29.9	12.5	1.1	2.4	3.5	2.1	1.5	0.4	-	3.2	5.7	13.6	.420	-	-	-	1.1	1.4	.750
Bernard King	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Charles Johnson	Bernard King
Season	1976-77	1981-82
Team	Golden State Warriors	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Warriors 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		%
Charles Johnson	79	15.1	7.1	0.6	1.2	1.8	1.2	1.0	0.1	-	1.7	3.2	7.4	.437	-	-	-	0.6	0.9	.710
Bernard King	79	36.2	23.2	1.8	4.2	5.9	3.6	1.0	0.3	3.4	3.6	9.4	16.5	.566	0.0	0.1	.200	4.5	6.3	.705
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Charles Johnson	10	16.1	6.5	0.5	1.0	1.5	0.7	0.8	0.1	-	1.6	2.9	7.4	.392	-	-	-	0.7	0.8	.875
Bernard King	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Charles Johnson	Bernard King
Season	1977-78	1982-83
Team	Golden State Warriors, Washington Bullets	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Knicks 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		%
Charles Johnson	71	18.3	7.4	0.6	1.6	2.2	1.8	0.9	0.1	1.0	1.8	3.3	8.2	.408	-	-	-	0.7	0.9	.803
Bernard King	68	32.5	21.9	1.5	3.3	4.8	2.9	1.3	0.2	2.9	3.4	8.9	16.8	.528	0.0	0.1	.000	4.1	5.7	.722
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Charles Johnson	21	20.2	10.2	1.0	1.6	2.5	2.3	1.4	0.0	1.2	2.4	4.4	10.9	.406	-	-	-	1.4	1.8	.784
Bernard King	6	30.7	23.5	1.3	2.7	4.0	2.2	0.3	0.0	1.7	2.7	9.3	16.2	.577	0.2	0.5	.333	4.7	5.8	.800

Season 7
	Charles Johnson	Bernard King
Season	1978-79	1983-84
Team	Washington Bullets	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bullets Lost NBA Finals	Knicks 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		%
Charles Johnson	82	22.2	9.2	0.9	1.6	2.5	2.2	1.2	0.1	1.1	2.0	4.2	9.6	.435	-	-	-	0.8	1.0	.848
Bernard King	77	34.6	26.3	1.6	3.5	5.1	2.1	1.0	0.2	2.6	3.5	10.3	18.1	.572	0.0	0.1	.000	5.7	7.3	.779
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Charles Johnson	18	15.3	4.8	0.7	1.2	1.9	1.2	0.2	0.2	0.6	2.1	2.2	6.6	.336	-	-	-	0.4	0.7	.538
Bernard King	12	39.8	34.8	2.3	3.8	6.2	3.0	1.2	0.5	2.6	4.0	13.5	23.5	.574	0.0	0.1	.000	7.8	10.3	.756

Season 8
	Charles Johnson	Bernard King
Season	-	1984-85
Team	-	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
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		%
Charles Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bernard King	55	37.5	32.9	2.1	3.7	5.8	3.7	1.3	0.3	3.7	3.5	12.6	23.7	.530	0.0	0.2	.100	7.7	10.0	.772
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Charles Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bernard King	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Bernard King didn't play in 1985-86.

Season 13
	Charles Johnson	Bernard King
Season	-	1990-91
Team	-	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
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		%
Charles Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bernard King	64	37.5	28.4	1.8	3.2	5.0	4.6	0.9	0.3	4.0	2.9	11.1	23.6	.472	0.1	0.6	.216	6.0	7.6	.790
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Charles Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bernard King	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Bernard King didn't play in 1991-92.