Johnny Davis vs. Lance Stephenson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Lance Stephenson and Johnny Davis, 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.

Johnny Davis and Lance Stephenson both played 10 years in the NBA. Johnny Davis had the first of his seasons in 1976-77, while Lance Stephenson had his rookie season in 2010-11. 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
Johnny Davis	10	7	1976-77 to 1985-86
Lance Stephenson	10	6	2010-11 to 2021-22

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Johnny Davis	Lance Stephenson
Season	1976-77	2010-11
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Indiana Pacers
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		%
Johnny Davis	79	18.4	8.0	0.8	0.8	1.6	1.9	0.5	0.1	-	1.6	3.0	6.7	.441	-	-	-	2.1	2.6	.794
Lance Stephenson	12	9.6	3.1	0.1	1.4	1.5	1.8	0.3	0.0	1.3	1.2	1.1	3.3	.333	0.0	0.4	.000	0.9	1.2	.786

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Johnny Davis	16	27.3	10.5	0.6	1.4	2.1	3.3	1.8	0.2	-	2.0	4.1	8.3	.489	-	-	-	2.4	3.3	.717
Lance Stephenson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Johnny Davis	Lance Stephenson
Season	1977-78	2011-12
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Semis	Pacers 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		%
Johnny Davis	82	26.7	10.7	0.8	1.3	2.1	2.6	1.0	0.2	1.8	2.1	4.2	9.2	.454	-	-	-	2.3	2.8	.828
Lance Stephenson	42	10.5	2.5	0.3	1.0	1.3	1.1	0.5	0.1	0.9	0.7	1.1	3.0	.376	0.1	0.7	.133	0.2	0.4	.471

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Johnny Davis	6	33.5	14.3	0.5	1.2	1.7	2.2	0.2	0.3	1.8	2.5	5.8	12.7	.461	-	-	-	2.7	3.8	.696
Lance Stephenson	4	3.0	1.5	0.0	0.0	0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.5	2.3	.222	0.3	0.5	.500	0.3	0.5	.500


Season 3
	Johnny Davis	Lance Stephenson
Season	1978-79	2012-13
Team	Indiana Pacers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pacers 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		%
Johnny Davis	79	37.6	18.3	0.9	1.5	2.4	5.7	1.2	0.3	2.7	2.2	7.2	15.7	.456	-	-	-	4.0	5.0	.793
Lance Stephenson	78	29.2	8.8	0.6	3.3	3.9	2.9	1.0	0.2	1.4	2.1	3.5	7.7	.460	0.8	2.4	.330	1.0	1.5	.652

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Johnny Davis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lance Stephenson	19	35.4	9.4	0.7	6.8	7.6	3.3	1.2	0.1	1.9	2.5	3.6	8.9	.408	0.9	3.4	.281	1.2	1.9	.622


Season 4
	Johnny Davis	Lance Stephenson
Season	1979-80	2013-14
Team	Indiana Pacers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pacers 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		%
Johnny Davis	82	35.5	15.9	1.2	1.5	2.8	5.4	1.3	0.3	2.5	2.2	6.0	14.1	.428	0.0	0.5	.095	3.7	4.3	.864
Lance Stephenson	78	35.3	13.8	1.2	5.9	7.2	4.6	0.7	0.1	2.7	2.5	5.5	11.2	.491	1.1	3.1	.352	1.8	2.5	.711

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Johnny Davis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lance Stephenson	19	37.1	13.6	1.3	5.6	6.9	4.2	0.8	0.2	2.4	2.9	5.3	11.6	.455	1.3	3.5	.358	1.8	2.6	.714


Season 5
	Johnny Davis	Lance Stephenson
Season	1980-81	2014-15
Team	Indiana Pacers	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers 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		%
Johnny Davis	76	33.4	14.4	0.7	1.5	2.2	6.3	1.3	0.2	2.2	2.4	5.6	12.1	.465	0.1	0.4	.121	3.1	3.9	.796
Lance Stephenson	61	25.8	8.2	0.6	3.9	4.5	3.9	0.6	0.1	2.1	2.2	3.4	9.0	.376	0.3	1.7	.171	1.1	1.8	.627

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Johnny Davis	2	37.0	20.0	1.0	3.0	4.0	5.5	1.0	0.0	0.5	3.0	7.0	17.5	.400	0.0	0.5	.000	6.0	6.5	.923
Lance Stephenson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Johnny Davis	Lance Stephenson
Season	1981-82	2015-16
Team	Indiana Pacers	Los Angeles Clippers, Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Grizzlies 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		%
Johnny Davis	82	32.5	17.0	0.9	1.3	2.2	4.2	0.9	0.1	2.3	2.1	6.6	14.1	.467	0.1	0.3	.185	3.8	4.8	.799
Lance Stephenson	69	19.9	8.3	0.6	2.7	3.2	1.9	0.6	0.1	1.4	2.0	3.3	6.9	.481	0.4	1.1	.385	1.3	1.6	.784

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Johnny Davis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lance Stephenson	4	23.8	13.0	0.3	1.3	1.5	1.8	0.3	0.0	0.8	2.5	5.8	11.0	.523	0.5	1.3	.400	1.0	1.3	.800


Season 7
	Johnny Davis	Lance Stephenson
Season	1982-83	2016-17
Team	Atlanta Hawks	New Orleans Pelicans, Minnesota Timberwolves, Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Pacers 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		%
Johnny Davis	53	27.6	12.9	0.7	1.7	2.4	5.9	0.8	0.1	2.2	1.9	4.9	10.7	.455	0.1	0.3	.278	3.1	3.9	.796
Lance Stephenson	18	20.1	6.8	0.2	2.7	2.9	3.3	0.3	0.2	1.4	1.8	3.0	6.7	.450	0.3	1.1	.300	0.4	0.7	.615

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Johnny Davis	3	37.7	17.0	0.3	1.3	1.7	9.0	0.0	0.0	1.7	2.0	7.0	17.3	.404	0.0	0.3	.000	3.0	3.3	.900
Lance Stephenson	4	26.8	16.0	0.3	5.0	5.3	2.8	0.5	0.0	1.0	2.8	6.8	13.3	.509	1.8	4.5	.389	0.8	1.0	.750


Season 8
	Johnny Davis	Lance Stephenson
Season	1983-84	2017-18
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Pacers 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		%
Johnny Davis	75	27.7	12.3	0.7	1.1	1.9	4.3	0.8	0.1	1.8	1.9	4.7	10.7	.443	0.0	0.1	.000	2.9	3.4	.848
Lance Stephenson	82	22.6	9.2	0.8	4.4	5.2	2.9	0.6	0.2	1.6	2.2	3.7	8.6	.427	0.8	2.8	.289	1.0	1.5	.661

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Johnny Davis	5	26.2	10.0	0.4	1.6	2.0	4.8	0.2	0.0	0.8	2.0	4.4	11.0	.400	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	1.2	1.000
Lance Stephenson	7	21.3	10.4	0.4	2.3	2.7	2.9	0.3	0.1	1.3	2.9	4.3	9.3	.462	1.1	3.7	.308	0.7	1.3	.556


Season 9
	Johnny Davis	Lance Stephenson
Season	1984-85	2018-19
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Cavaliers 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		%
Johnny Davis	76	25.3	12.4	0.5	1.1	1.6	5.6	0.6	0.1	2.0	1.8	4.4	10.4	.426	0.2	0.6	.261	3.4	3.9	.850
Lance Stephenson	68	16.5	7.2	0.5	2.7	3.2	2.1	0.6	0.1	1.3	1.6	2.7	6.4	.426	1.1	2.9	.371	0.7	1.1	.685

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Johnny Davis	3	16.7	9.3	0.3	1.7	2.0	5.0	1.7	0.0	0.7	1.7	4.0	5.3	.750	0.0	0.3	.000	1.3	1.7	.800
Lance Stephenson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Lance Stephenson didn't play in 2019-20 and 2020-21.


Season 10
	Johnny Davis	Lance Stephenson
Season	1985-86	2021-22
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers, Atlanta Hawks	Atlanta Hawks, Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East 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		%
Johnny Davis	66	15.4	6.3	0.1	0.7	0.8	3.3	0.6	0.1	1.2	1.2	2.2	5.2	.430	0.0	0.2	.231	1.8	2.1	.855
Lance Stephenson	46	17.7	8.3	0.3	2.5	2.8	3.6	0.5	0.1	1.6	2.1	3.2	7.0	.455	0.6	2.0	.300	1.4	1.7	.788

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Johnny Davis	8	8.1	2.8	0.3	0.5	0.8	1.9	0.3	0.0	0.6	0.8	1.1	3.1	.360	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.5	1.000
Lance Stephenson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Johnny Davis vs. Lance Stephenson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Lance Stephenson and Johnny Davis, 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