Gerald Henderson vs. Dennis Johnson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dennis Johnson and Gerald Henderson, 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.

Gerald Henderson played 13 years in the NBA, 1 less than Dennis Johnson, who played 14. Gerald Henderson had the first of his seasons in 1979-80, 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
Gerald Henderson	13	8	1979-80 to 1991-92
Dennis Johnson	14	13	1976-77 to 1989-90

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Gerald Henderson	Dennis Johnson
Season	1979-80	1976-77
Team	Boston Celtics	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East 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		%
Gerald Henderson	76	14.0	6.2	0.5	0.6	1.1	1.9	0.6	0.2	1.4	1.3	2.5	5.0	.500	0.0	0.1	.333	1.2	1.7	.690
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		%
Gerald Henderson	9	11.2	4.7	0.4	0.7	1.1	1.3	0.4	0.0	0.8	0.9	1.7	4.1	.405	0.0	0.2	.000	1.3	2.2	.600
Dennis Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Gerald Henderson	Dennis Johnson
Season	1980-81	1977-78
Team	Boston Celtics	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Gerald Henderson	82	19.6	7.8	0.5	1.1	1.6	2.6	1.0	0.1	2.0	2.2	3.2	7.1	.451	0.0	0.2	.063	1.4	1.9	.720
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		%
Gerald Henderson	16	14.3	5.8	0.6	0.9	1.6	1.6	0.6	0.2	0.8	1.5	2.6	5.4	.477	0.0	0.1	.000	0.6	0.8	.833
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
	Gerald Henderson	Dennis Johnson
Season	1981-82	1978-79
Team	Boston Celtics	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
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		%
Gerald Henderson	82	22.5	10.2	0.6	1.3	1.9	3.1	1.0	0.1	1.8	2.4	4.3	8.6	.501	0.0	0.1	.167	1.5	2.1	.727
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		%
Gerald Henderson	12	25.8	8.3	1.0	1.1	2.1	4.0	1.2	0.2	2.1	2.5	3.2	7.8	.409	0.0	0.2	.000	2.0	2.9	.686
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
	Gerald Henderson	Dennis Johnson
Season	1982-83	1979-80
Team	Boston Celtics	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Gerald Henderson	82	18.9	8.2	0.7	0.8	1.5	2.4	1.2	0.0	1.6	2.3	3.5	7.5	.463	0.0	0.2	.188	1.2	1.6	.722
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		%
Gerald Henderson	7	26.7	10.9	1.1	0.9	2.0	4.4	1.6	0.1	2.0	3.6	5.0	12.1	.412	0.0	0.4	.000	0.9	1.0	.857
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
	Gerald Henderson	Dennis Johnson
Season	1983-84	1980-81
Team	Boston Celtics	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Gerald Henderson	78	26.8	11.6	0.9	1.0	1.9	3.8	1.5	0.2	2.1	2.7	4.8	9.2	.524	0.3	0.7	.351	1.7	2.3	.768
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		%
Gerald Henderson	23	26.8	12.5	1.0	1.3	2.3	4.2	1.5	0.0	1.8	3.4	5.0	10.3	.485	0.1	0.5	.273	2.3	3.3	.720
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
	Gerald Henderson	Dennis Johnson
Season	1984-85	1981-82
Team	Seattle Supersonics	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		%
Gerald Henderson	79	33.5	13.4	0.9	1.5	2.4	7.1	1.8	0.1	2.9	2.5	5.4	11.3	.479	0.1	0.5	.237	2.5	3.2	.780
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		%
Gerald Henderson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Gerald Henderson	Dennis Johnson
Season	1985-86	1982-83
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Gerald Henderson	82	31.3	13.1	1.1	1.2	2.3	5.9	1.7	0.1	2.2	2.8	5.3	11.0	.482	0.2	0.6	.346	2.3	2.7	.830
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		%
Gerald Henderson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Gerald Henderson	Dennis Johnson
Season	1986-87	1983-84
Team	Seattle Supersonics, New York Knicks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
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		%
Gerald Henderson	74	27.6	10.9	0.7	1.7	2.4	6.4	1.4	0.1	2.3	2.8	4.0	9.1	.442	0.3	1.0	.247	2.6	3.1	.826
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		%
Gerald Henderson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Gerald Henderson	Dennis Johnson
Season	1987-88	1984-85
Team	New York Knicks, Philadelphia 76ers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Gerald Henderson	75	20.1	7.9	0.4	1.1	1.4	3.1	0.9	0.1	1.8	2.5	2.6	6.0	.428	0.9	2.2	.423	1.8	2.3	.812
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		%
Gerald Henderson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Gerald Henderson	Dennis Johnson
Season	1988-89	1985-86
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	76ers 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		%
Gerald Henderson	65	15.2	6.5	0.3	0.8	1.0	2.2	0.6	0.0	1.1	1.9	2.2	5.4	.414	0.5	1.6	.308	1.6	2.0	.819
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		%
Gerald Henderson	3	23.0	8.0	1.0	1.3	2.3	1.7	0.7	0.0	1.7	3.3	3.3	8.3	.400	0.7	2.3	.286	0.7	2.0	.333
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
	Gerald Henderson	Dennis Johnson
Season	1989-90	1986-87
Team	Milwaukee Bucks, Detroit Pistons	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Gerald Henderson	57	8.1	2.4	0.2	0.6	0.8	1.3	0.3	0.0	0.4	0.9	0.9	1.9	.486	0.3	0.7	.447	0.2	0.3	.800
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		%
Gerald Henderson	8	2.4	0.3	0.3	0.1	0.4	0.5	0.3	0.0	0.1	0.4	0.1	0.6	.200	0.0	0.4	.000	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
	Gerald Henderson	Dennis Johnson
Season	1990-91	1987-88
Team	Detroit Pistons	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 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		%
Gerald Henderson	23	17.0	5.3	0.3	1.3	1.6	2.7	0.5	0.1	1.2	1.9	2.2	5.1	.427	0.3	0.9	.333	0.7	0.9	.762
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		%
Gerald Henderson	10	4.0	0.8	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.6	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.4	1.6	.250	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	0.0	-
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
	Gerald Henderson	Dennis Johnson
Season	1991-92	1988-89
Team	Houston Rockets, Detroit Pistons	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		%
Gerald Henderson	16	6.0	2.3	0.1	0.4	0.5	0.6	0.2	0.0	0.5	0.8	0.8	2.0	.375	0.2	0.5	.375	0.6	0.7	.818
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		%
Gerald Henderson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Gerald Henderson	Dennis Johnson
Season	-	1989-90
Team	-	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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		%
Gerald Henderson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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		%
Gerald Henderson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Gerald Henderson vs. Dennis Johnson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dennis Johnson and Gerald Henderson, 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