Neil Johnston vs. Kyle Kuzma Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kyle Kuzma and Neil Johnston, 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.

Neil Johnston played 8 years in the NBA, 1 more than Kyle Kuzma, who played 7. Neil Johnston had the first of his seasons in 1951-52, while Kyle Kuzma had his rookie season in 2017-18. 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
	Neil Johnston	Kyle Kuzma
Season	1951-52	2017-18
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Warriors Lost East Div 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		%
Neil Johnston	64	15.5	6.0	-	-	5.3	0.6	-	-	-	2.4	2.2	4.7	.472	-	-	-	1.6	2.4	.662
Kyle Kuzma	77	31.2	16.1	1.1	5.1	6.3	1.8	0.6	0.4	1.8	2.1	6.1	13.5	.450	2.1	5.6	.366	1.9	2.7	.707
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Neil Johnston	3	10.7	5.3	-	-	3.3	0.3	-	-	-	2.7	1.7	3.3	.500	-	-	-	2.0	2.7	.750
Kyle Kuzma	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Neil Johnston	Kyle Kuzma
Season	1952-53	2018-19
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
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		%
Neil Johnston	70	45.2	22.3	-	-	13.9	2.8	-	-	-	3.5	7.2	15.9	.452	-	-	-	7.9	11.3	.700
Kyle Kuzma	70	33.1	18.7	0.9	4.6	5.5	2.5	0.6	0.4	1.9	2.4	7.1	15.5	.456	1.8	6.0	.303	2.7	3.6	.752
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Neil Johnston	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kyle Kuzma	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Neil Johnston	Kyle Kuzma
Season	1953-54	2019-20
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
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		%
Neil Johnston	72	45.8	24.4	-	-	11.1	2.8	-	-	-	3.6	8.2	18.3	.449	-	-	-	8.0	10.7	.747
Kyle Kuzma	61	25.0	12.8	0.9	3.6	4.5	1.3	0.5	0.4	1.5	2.1	4.8	11.0	.436	1.4	4.5	.316	1.9	2.5	.735
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Neil Johnston	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kyle Kuzma	21	23.0	10.0	0.9	2.2	3.1	0.8	0.3	0.3	1.0	2.4	3.7	8.5	.430	1.2	4.0	.313	1.4	1.8	.784

Season 4
	Neil Johnston	Kyle Kuzma
Season	1954-55	2020-21
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers 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		%
Neil Johnston	72	40.5	22.7	-	-	15.1	3.0	-	-	-	3.5	7.2	16.4	.440	-	-	-	8.2	10.7	.766
Kyle Kuzma	68	28.7	12.9	1.6	4.5	6.1	1.9	0.5	0.6	1.7	1.8	4.9	11.1	.443	2.0	5.6	.361	1.0	1.4	.691
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Neil Johnston	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kyle Kuzma	6	21.5	6.3	0.7	3.2	3.8	1.2	0.3	0.2	1.0	1.3	2.3	8.0	.292	0.7	3.8	.174	1.0	1.5	.667

Season 5
	Neil Johnston	Kyle Kuzma
Season	1955-56	2021-22
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-NBA 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		%
Neil Johnston	70	37.1	22.1	-	-	12.5	3.2	-	-	-	3.6	7.1	15.6	.457	-	-	-	7.8	9.8	.801
Kyle Kuzma	66	33.4	17.1	1.1	7.4	8.5	3.5	0.6	0.9	2.6	1.9	6.4	14.2	.452	1.9	5.7	.341	2.4	3.3	.712
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Neil Johnston	10	39.7	20.3	-	-	14.3	5.1	-	-	-	4.1	6.9	16.9	.408	-	-	-	6.5	9.2	.707
Kyle Kuzma	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Neil Johnston	Kyle Kuzma
Season	1956-57	2022-23
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost East Div 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		%
Neil Johnston	69	36.7	22.8	-	-	12.4	2.9	-	-	-	3.3	7.5	16.9	.447	-	-	-	7.8	9.4	.826
Kyle Kuzma	64	35.0	21.2	0.9	6.4	7.2	3.7	0.6	0.5	3.0	2.3	8.0	17.8	.448	2.5	7.5	.333	2.7	3.7	.730
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Neil Johnston	2	42.0	19.0	-	-	17.5	4.5	-	-	-	4.5	8.5	26.5	.321	-	-	-	2.0	3.0	.667
Kyle Kuzma	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Neil Johnston	Kyle Kuzma
Season	1957-58	2023-24
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost East Div 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		%
Neil Johnston	71	33.9	19.5	-	-	11.1	2.3	-	-	-	3.3	6.7	15.5	.429	-	-	-	6.2	7.6	.819
Kyle Kuzma	70	32.6	22.2	0.9	5.7	6.6	4.2	0.5	0.7	2.7	2.2	8.7	18.8	.463	2.2	6.4	.336	2.7	3.4	.775
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Neil Johnston	8	23.6	10.9	-	-	8.6	1.8	-	-	-	2.3	3.8	9.8	.385	-	-	-	3.4	4.1	.818
Kyle Kuzma	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-