Dennis Johnson vs. Shaun Livingston Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Shaun Livingston and Dennis 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

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.

Dennis Johnson and Shaun Livingston both played 14 years in the NBA. Dennis Johnson had the first of his seasons in 1976-77, while Shaun Livingston had his rookie season in 2004-05. 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
Dennis Johnson	14	13	1976-77 to 1989-90
Shaun Livingston	14	7	2004-05 to 2018-19

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


Rookie Season
	Dennis Johnson	Shaun Livingston
Season	1976-77	2004-05
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Los Angeles Clippers
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		%
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
Shaun Livingston	30	27.1	7.4	0.7	2.2	3.0	5.0	1.1	0.4	2.5	2.7	3.0	7.2	.414	0.0	0.1	.000	1.5	2.0	.746

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dennis Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shaun Livingston	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Dennis Johnson	Shaun Livingston
Season	1977-78	2005-06
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost NBA Finals	Clippers 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		%
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
Shaun Livingston	61	25.0	5.8	0.7	2.3	3.0	4.5	0.8	0.5	1.8	2.6	2.4	5.7	.427	0.0	0.1	.125	0.9	1.3	.688

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Shaun Livingston	12	27.7	7.5	1.3	3.3	4.7	4.8	0.6	0.5	1.9	2.6	3.0	6.3	.474	0.1	0.1	1.000	1.4	1.8	.810


Season 3
	Dennis Johnson	Shaun Livingston
Season	1978-79	2006-07
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
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		%
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
Shaun Livingston	54	29.8	9.3	1.0	2.4	3.4	5.1	1.1	0.5	2.0	2.5	3.9	8.3	.463	0.1	0.3	.313	1.5	2.1	.707

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Shaun Livingston	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Shaun Livingston didn't play in 2007-08.


Season 4
	Dennis Johnson	Shaun Livingston
Season	1979-80	2008-09
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Miami Heat, Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Supersonics 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		%
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
Shaun Livingston	12	19.3	5.9	0.3	2.1	2.3	1.7	0.6	0.2	0.8	1.0	2.6	5.0	.517	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	0.8	.900

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Shaun Livingston	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Dennis Johnson	Shaun Livingston
Season	1980-81	2009-10
Team	Phoenix Suns	Oklahoma City Thunder, Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Suns 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		%
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
Shaun Livingston	36	22.1	6.9	0.4	1.7	2.2	3.6	0.5	0.3	1.6	1.7	2.9	5.6	.517	0.0	0.2	.000	1.2	1.3	.875

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Shaun Livingston	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Dennis Johnson	Shaun Livingston
Season	1981-82	2010-11
Team	Phoenix Suns	Charlotte Bobcats
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Suns 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		%
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
Shaun Livingston	73	17.3	6.6	0.4	1.6	2.0	2.2	0.6	0.4	1.2	1.5	2.5	5.4	.466	0.0	0.1	.250	1.5	1.7	.864

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Shaun Livingston	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Dennis Johnson	Shaun Livingston
Season	1982-83	2011-12
Team	Phoenix Suns	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Suns 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		%
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
Shaun Livingston	58	18.8	5.5	0.7	1.4	2.1	2.1	0.5	0.3	1.1	1.4	2.2	4.7	.469	0.0	0.1	.667	1.1	1.4	.785

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Shaun Livingston	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Dennis Johnson	Shaun Livingston
Season	1983-84	2012-13
Team	Boston Celtics	Washington Wizards, Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
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		%
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
Shaun Livingston	66	22.0	6.3	0.5	1.9	2.4	3.3	0.7	0.5	1.2	1.9	2.5	5.2	.480	0.0	0.1	.000	1.3	1.5	.867

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Shaun Livingston	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Dennis Johnson	Shaun Livingston
Season	1984-85	2013-14
Team	Boston Celtics	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost NBA Finals	Nets 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		%
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
Shaun Livingston	76	26.0	8.3	0.9	2.4	3.2	3.2	1.2	0.4	1.4	2.3	3.1	6.4	.483	0.0	0.1	.167	2.1	2.5	.827

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Shaun Livingston	12	27.1	9.7	0.7	2.8	3.5	3.3	0.4	0.4	1.8	3.4	3.7	7.2	.512	0.1	0.1	1.000	2.3	3.1	.730


Season 10
	Dennis Johnson	Shaun Livingston
Season	1985-86	2014-15
Team	Boston Celtics	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
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
Shaun Livingston	78	18.8	5.9	0.6	1.8	2.3	3.3	0.6	0.3	1.3	1.4	2.5	5.1	.500	0.0	0.0	.000	0.8	1.2	.714

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Shaun Livingston	21	17.9	5.0	0.6	1.8	2.4	1.8	0.4	0.2	1.0	1.5	2.0	3.8	.532	0.0	0.0	.000	1.0	1.2	.840


Season 11
	Dennis Johnson	Shaun Livingston
Season	1986-87	2015-16
Team	Boston Celtics	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost NBA Finals	Warriors 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		%
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
Shaun Livingston	78	19.5	6.3	0.5	1.6	2.2	3.0	0.7	0.3	1.0	1.8	2.6	4.9	.536	0.0	0.2	.167	1.0	1.2	.860

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Shaun Livingston	24	21.4	8.2	0.5	2.6	3.2	3.3	0.5	0.2	1.2	2.0	3.4	7.0	.488	0.0	0.0	.000	1.3	1.5	.865


Season 12
	Dennis Johnson	Shaun Livingston
Season	1987-88	2016-17
Team	Boston Celtics	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
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
Shaun Livingston	76	17.7	5.1	0.4	1.6	2.0	1.8	0.5	0.3	0.8	1.6	2.3	4.2	.547	0.0	0.0	.333	0.6	0.8	.700

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Shaun Livingston	14	15.7	5.2	0.7	1.4	2.1	1.4	0.4	0.1	0.7	1.7	2.4	4.2	.576	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.5	.714


Season 13
	Dennis Johnson	Shaun Livingston
Season	1988-89	2017-18
Team	Boston Celtics	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics 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		%
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
Shaun Livingston	71	15.9	5.5	0.5	1.4	1.8	2.0	0.5	0.3	0.8	1.6	2.4	4.8	.501	0.0	0.1	.000	0.7	0.9	.820

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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	-
Shaun Livingston	21	17.2	6.7	0.5	1.7	2.2	1.5	0.3	0.0	0.8	1.6	2.8	5.2	.536	0.0	0.0	.000	1.0	1.2	.880


Season 14
	Dennis Johnson	Shaun Livingston
Season	1989-90	2018-19
Team	Boston Celtics	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Warriors 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		%
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
Shaun Livingston	64	15.1	4.0	0.7	1.2	1.8	1.8	0.5	0.4	0.6	1.2	1.7	3.3	.519	0.0	0.0	.000	0.6	0.8	.784

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Shaun Livingston	22	14.6	4.0	0.5	0.9	1.4	1.4	0.5	0.2	0.4	1.6	1.5	3.4	.453	0.0	0.1	.000	1.0	1.1	.840

Dennis Johnson vs. Shaun Livingston Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Shaun Livingston and Dennis 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