Mario Elie vs. Dennis Johnson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dennis Johnson and Mario Elie, 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.

Mario Elie played 11 years in the NBA, 3 less than Dennis Johnson, who played 14. Mario Elie had the first of his seasons in 1990-91, 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.

Season 3
	Mario Elie	Dennis Johnson
Season	1992-93	1978-79
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West 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		%
Mario Elie	82	21.4	8.6	0.7	1.9	2.6	2.2	0.9	0.2	1.1	1.8	2.9	6.4	.458	0.5	1.6	.349	2.2	2.6	.855
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		%
Mario Elie	4	13.0	5.0	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.0	0.5	0.3	1.3	0.3	1.3	2.5	.500	0.5	0.5	1.000	2.0	2.3	.889
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
	Mario Elie	Dennis Johnson
Season	1993-94	1979-80
Team	Houston Rockets	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Mario Elie	67	24.0	9.3	0.4	2.3	2.7	3.1	0.7	0.1	1.6	1.9	3.1	7.0	.446	0.8	2.5	.335	2.3	2.7	.860
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		%
Mario Elie	23	16.6	5.8	0.4	1.3	1.7	1.7	0.3	0.1	0.9	1.3	1.8	4.6	.396	0.4	1.4	.313	1.7	2.0	.851
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
	Mario Elie	Dennis Johnson
Season	1994-95	1980-81
Team	Houston Rockets	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		%
Mario Elie	81	23.4	8.8	0.6	1.8	2.4	2.3	0.8	0.1	1.3	2.0	3.0	6.0	.499	1.0	2.5	.398	1.8	2.1	.842
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		%
Mario Elie	22	28.9	9.1	0.9	2.0	2.8	2.5	1.0	0.0	1.0	2.5	3.1	6.2	.504	1.3	3.0	.431	1.6	2.0	.795
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
	Mario Elie	Dennis Johnson
Season	1995-96	1981-82
Team	Houston Rockets	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Mario Elie	45	30.8	11.1	1.0	2.4	3.4	3.1	1.0	0.2	1.3	2.1	4.0	7.9	.504	0.9	2.8	.323	2.2	2.6	.852
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		%
Mario Elie	8	29.1	9.8	0.8	2.0	2.8	1.8	0.9	0.4	0.6	2.1	3.6	8.3	.439	1.1	3.0	.375	1.4	1.5	.917
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
	Mario Elie	Dennis Johnson
Season	1996-97	1982-83
Team	Houston Rockets	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Mario Elie	78	34.4	11.7	0.8	2.2	3.0	4.0	1.2	0.2	1.7	2.6	3.7	7.5	.497	1.5	3.7	.420	2.7	3.0	.896
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		%
Mario Elie	16	37.4	11.5	1.2	2.3	3.5	3.8	0.9	0.3	1.9	3.3	3.4	7.3	.466	1.5	3.8	.400	3.3	3.9	.839
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
	Mario Elie	Dennis Johnson
Season	1997-98	1983-84
Team	Houston Rockets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West 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		%
Mario Elie	73	27.2	8.4	0.5	1.6	2.1	3.0	1.1	0.1	1.4	1.6	2.8	6.2	.452	0.8	2.6	.291	2.0	2.4	.833
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		%
Mario Elie	5	26.8	6.6	0.6	2.0	2.6	1.2	0.4	0.0	1.0	2.0	2.4	5.4	.444	0.6	1.8	.333	1.2	1.8	.667
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
	Mario Elie	Dennis Johnson
Season	1998-99	1984-85
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
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		%
Mario Elie	47	27.5	9.7	0.8	2.1	2.9	1.9	1.0	0.3	1.3	1.9	3.3	7.0	.471	0.9	2.3	.374	2.2	2.5	.866
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		%
Mario Elie	17	31.0	7.9	0.5	2.9	3.5	2.9	1.3	0.1	1.5	2.5	2.5	6.6	.384	0.5	1.8	.267	2.4	2.9	.837
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
	Mario Elie	Dennis Johnson
Season	1999-00	1985-86
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West 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		%
Mario Elie	79	28.1	7.5	0.6	2.5	3.2	2.4	0.9	0.1	1.6	2.0	2.5	5.8	.427	0.9	2.4	.398	1.6	1.9	.846
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		%
Mario Elie	4	29.0	7.5	1.3	3.0	4.3	1.8	1.3	0.0	3.0	1.0	1.5	5.5	.273	0.3	1.8	.143	4.3	4.5	.944
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
	Mario Elie	Dennis Johnson
Season	2000-01	1986-87
Team	Phoenix Suns	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Suns Lost West 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		%
Mario Elie	68	22.1	4.4	0.6	1.7	2.3	1.9	0.9	0.2	0.9	1.6	1.5	3.6	.423	0.5	1.5	.360	0.8	1.0	.797
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		%
Mario Elie	4	26.0	9.0	0.5	2.8	3.3	1.8	0.8	0.3	0.5	1.5	3.5	7.8	.452	0.5	3.3	.154	1.5	2.0	.750
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