Darrell Armstrong vs. Dennis Johnson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dennis Johnson and Darrell Armstrong, 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

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.

Darrell Armstrong and Dennis Johnson both played 14 years in the NBA. Darrell Armstrong had the first of his seasons in 1994-95, 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 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
Darrell Armstrong	14	8	1994-95 to 2007-08
Dennis Johnson	14	13	1976-77 to 1989-90

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


Rookie Season
	Darrell Armstrong	Dennis Johnson
Season	1994-95	1976-77
Team	Orlando Magic	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Darrell Armstrong	3	2.7	3.3	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.0	1.0	2.7	.375	0.7	2.0	.333	0.7	0.7	1.000
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		%
Darrell Armstrong	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dennis Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Darrell Armstrong	Dennis Johnson
Season	1995-96	1977-78
Team	Orlando Magic	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Supersonics Lost NBA 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		%
Darrell Armstrong	13	3.2	3.2	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.4	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.3	1.2	2.5	.500	0.5	0.9	.500	0.3	0.3	1.000
Dennis Johnson	81	27.3	12.7	1.9	1.8	3.6	2.8	1.5	0.6	2.0	2.6	4.5	10.9	.417	-	-	-	3.7	5.0	.732

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Darrell Armstrong	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dennis Johnson	22	37.6	16.1	2.1	2.5	4.6	3.3	1.0	1.0	2.5	2.9	5.5	13.4	.412	-	-	-	5.1	7.2	.704


Season 3
	Darrell Armstrong	Dennis Johnson
Season	1996-97	1978-79
Team	Orlando Magic	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Darrell Armstrong	67	15.1	6.1	0.5	0.6	1.1	2.6	0.9	0.1	1.5	1.7	2.0	5.1	.383	0.8	2.7	.304	1.4	1.6	.868
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		%
Darrell Armstrong	5	28.8	11.4	0.6	3.6	4.2	3.4	1.6	0.2	1.4	1.2	4.0	8.4	.476	1.2	3.6	.333	2.2	2.6	.846
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
	Darrell Armstrong	Dennis Johnson
Season	1997-98	1979-80
Team	Orlando Magic	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Supersonics 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		%
Darrell Armstrong	48	25.8	9.2	1.4	2.0	3.3	4.9	1.2	0.1	2.3	2.0	3.3	7.9	.411	0.5	1.4	.368	2.2	2.6	.854
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		%
Darrell Armstrong	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Darrell Armstrong	Dennis Johnson
Season	1998-99	1980-81
Team	Orlando Magic	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	Sixth Man of the Year	-
	Most Improved Player	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Suns 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		%
Darrell Armstrong	50	30.0	13.8	1.1	2.5	3.6	6.7	2.2	0.1	3.2	1.8	4.6	10.4	.441	1.4	3.8	.365	3.2	3.6	.904
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		%
Darrell Armstrong	4	40.8	14.8	1.5	3.5	5.0	6.3	2.3	0.0	6.3	4.0	4.3	11.5	.370	2.3	6.0	.375	4.0	4.0	1.000
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
	Darrell Armstrong	Dennis Johnson
Season	1999-00	1981-82
Team	Orlando Magic	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Suns 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		%
Darrell Armstrong	82	31.6	16.2	0.8	2.5	3.3	6.1	2.1	0.1	3.0	1.7	5.9	13.6	.433	1.7	4.9	.340	2.7	3.0	.911
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		%
Darrell Armstrong	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Darrell Armstrong	Dennis Johnson
Season	2000-01	1982-83
Team	Orlando Magic	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Suns 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		%
Darrell Armstrong	75	36.9	15.9	1.3	3.3	4.6	7.0	1.8	0.2	2.7	2.1	5.5	13.4	.412	1.9	5.4	.355	2.9	3.3	.884
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		%
Darrell Armstrong	4	41.5	13.3	1.3	4.3	5.5	4.8	2.0	0.5	2.8	2.5	4.3	11.3	.378	1.8	4.8	.368	3.0	3.3	.923
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
	Darrell Armstrong	Dennis Johnson
Season	2001-02	1983-84
Team	Orlando Magic	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Darrell Armstrong	82	33.3	12.4	1.0	2.9	3.9	5.5	1.9	0.1	2.1	2.0	4.2	10.1	.419	1.7	4.9	.349	2.2	2.5	.888
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		%
Darrell Armstrong	4	39.5	15.3	0.8	2.0	2.8	3.3	1.3	0.0	1.8	3.5	5.0	10.5	.476	1.0	4.3	.235	4.3	5.3	.810
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
	Darrell Armstrong	Dennis Johnson
Season	2002-03	1984-85
Team	Orlando Magic	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Celtics Lost NBA 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		%
Darrell Armstrong	82	28.7	9.4	1.1	2.5	3.6	3.9	1.6	0.2	2.0	2.0	3.2	7.8	.409	1.0	2.8	.336	2.0	2.3	.878
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		%
Darrell Armstrong	7	32.1	9.4	1.0	1.4	2.4	3.7	0.9	0.0	2.4	3.1	2.9	6.3	.455	0.9	2.6	.333	2.9	3.1	.909
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
	Darrell Armstrong	Dennis Johnson
Season	2003-04	1985-86
Team	New Orleans Hornets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Hornets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Darrell Armstrong	79	28.4	10.6	0.8	2.1	2.9	3.9	1.7	0.2	2.0	1.9	3.7	9.3	.395	1.7	5.4	.315	1.6	1.8	.854
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		%
Darrell Armstrong	7	21.4	3.4	0.9	1.3	2.1	2.3	0.9	0.0	1.9	1.4	1.1	4.9	.235	0.7	3.6	.200	0.4	0.4	1.000
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
	Darrell Armstrong	Dennis Johnson
Season	2004-05	1986-87
Team	New Orleans Hornets, Dallas Mavericks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf Semis	Celtics Lost NBA 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		%
Darrell Armstrong	66	15.0	4.0	0.5	1.2	1.7	2.7	0.7	0.1	1.0	1.4	1.3	4.2	.321	0.4	1.7	.252	0.9	1.0	.853
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		%
Darrell Armstrong	9	6.9	2.0	0.3	0.1	0.4	1.0	0.3	0.2	0.2	1.0	0.9	1.8	.500	0.2	0.9	.250	0.0	0.0	-
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
	Darrell Armstrong	Dennis Johnson
Season	2005-06	1987-88
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost NBA Finals	Celtics Lost East 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		%
Darrell Armstrong	62	10.0	2.1	0.3	1.0	1.3	1.4	0.4	0.0	0.9	1.1	0.7	2.1	.336	0.2	0.8	.229	0.5	0.7	.786
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		%
Darrell Armstrong	11	4.3	0.7	0.1	0.5	0.6	0.2	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.8	0.3	1.4	.200	0.0	0.6	.000	0.2	0.2	1.000
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


Season 13
	Darrell Armstrong	Dennis Johnson
Season	2006-07	1988-89
Team	Indiana Pacers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics Lost East 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		%
Darrell Armstrong	81	15.7	5.6	0.4	1.2	1.7	2.4	0.9	0.1	0.9	1.3	1.9	4.7	.414	0.9	2.6	.336	0.9	1.1	.785
Dennis Johnson	72	32.1	10.0	0.4	2.2	2.6	6.6	1.3	0.3	2.4	2.9	3.8	8.9	.434	0.1	0.7	.140	2.2	2.7	.821

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Darrell Armstrong	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dennis Johnson	3	19.7	2.7	0.7	0.7	1.3	3.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	2.7	1.3	5.0	.267	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 14
	Darrell Armstrong	Dennis Johnson
Season	2007-08	1989-90
Team	New Jersey Nets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics Lost East 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		%
Darrell Armstrong	50	11.0	2.5	0.3	1.0	1.3	1.5	0.6	0.0	0.8	1.1	0.8	2.2	.364	0.5	1.4	.333	0.4	0.6	.667
Dennis Johnson	75	27.1	7.1	0.6	2.0	2.7	6.5	1.1	0.2	1.6	2.4	2.7	6.3	.434	0.0	0.3	.042	1.6	1.9	.843

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Darrell Armstrong	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dennis Johnson	5	32.4	13.8	0.4	2.4	2.8	5.6	0.4	0.4	2.0	3.4	6.0	12.4	.484	0.4	1.2	.333	1.4	1.4	1.000

Darrell Armstrong vs. Dennis Johnson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dennis Johnson and Darrell Armstrong, 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