John Collins vs. Bernard King Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bernard King and John Collins, 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.

John Collins played 7 years in the NBA, 7 less than Bernard King, who played 14. John Collins had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, 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
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Rookie Season
	John Collins	Bernard King
Season	2017-18	1977-78
Team	Atlanta Hawks	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
	All-Rookie Second Team	-
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		%
John Collins	74	24.1	10.5	2.4	4.9	7.3	1.3	0.6	1.1	1.4	2.9	4.2	7.4	.576	0.2	0.6	.340	1.8	2.5	.715
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		%
John Collins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bernard King	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	John Collins	Bernard King
Season	2021-22	1981-82
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East 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		%
John Collins	54	30.8	16.2	1.7	6.1	7.8	1.8	0.6	1.0	1.1	3.0	6.3	11.9	.526	1.2	3.3	.364	2.5	3.1	.793
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		%
John Collins	5	24.4	9.4	0.4	4.2	4.6	1.2	0.4	0.2	1.0	2.4	3.8	7.8	.487	0.8	2.2	.364	1.0	2.0	.500
Bernard King	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	John Collins	Bernard King
Season	2023-24	1983-84
Team	Utah Jazz	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
John Collins	68	28.0	15.1	2.3	6.1	8.5	1.1	0.6	0.9	1.4	2.8	5.8	11.0	.532	1.3	3.4	.371	2.2	2.7	.795
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		%
John Collins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	John Collins	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		%
John Collins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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		%
John Collins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bernard King	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Season 13
	John Collins	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		%
John Collins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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		%
John Collins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bernard King	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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