Zelmo Beaty vs. Keldon Johnson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Keldon Johnson and Zelmo Beaty, 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.

Zelmo Beaty played 8 years in the NBA, 3 more than Keldon Johnson, who played 5. Zelmo Beaty had the first of his seasons in 1962-63, while Keldon Johnson had his rookie season in 2019-20. 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
Zelmo Beaty 8 7 1962-63 to 1974-75
Keldon Johnson 5 0 2019-20 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season

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Rookie Season

Zelmo Beaty Keldon Johnson
Season 1962-632019-20
Team St. Louis HawksSan Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Rookie First Team-
Playoffs Hawks Lost West Div FinalsDid 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 %
Zelmo Beaty 80 24.0 10.2 - - 8.3 1.1 - - - 3.9 3.7 8.5 .439 - - - 2.8 3.8 .717
Keldon Johnson 17 17.7 9.1 0.6 2.8 3.4 0.9 0.8 0.1 0.8 1.6 3.1 5.2 .596 0.8 1.3 .591 2.1 2.6 .795
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Zelmo Beaty 11 27.9 10.3 - - 7.6 1.0 - - - 4.3 3.9 8.8 .443 - - - 2.5 3.3 .750
Keldon Johnson ------- --- ----------

Season 2

Zelmo Beaty Keldon Johnson
Season 1963-642020-21
Team St. Louis HawksSan Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Hawks Lost West Div FinalsDid 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 %
Zelmo Beaty 59 32.6 13.1 - - 10.7 1.3 - - - 4.4 4.9 11.0 .444 - - - 3.4 4.6 .741
Keldon Johnson 69 28.5 12.8 1.3 4.6 6.0 1.8 0.6 0.3 1.1 2.1 4.9 10.2 .479 0.9 2.6 .331 2.1 2.8 .740
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Zelmo Beaty 12 36.3 14.3 - - 9.5 1.0 - - - 4.7 5.3 10.1 .521 - - - 3.8 6.4 .597
Keldon Johnson ------- --- ----------

Season 3

Zelmo Beaty Keldon Johnson
Season 1964-652021-22
Team St. Louis HawksSan Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Hawks Lost West Div SemisDid 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 %
Zelmo Beaty 80 36.5 16.9 - - 12.1 1.4 - - - 4.1 6.3 13.1 .482 - - - 4.3 6.0 .715
Keldon Johnson 75 31.9 17.0 1.1 5.0 6.1 2.1 0.8 0.2 1.2 2.0 6.3 13.5 .466 2.1 5.3 .398 2.4 3.1 .756
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Zelmo Beaty 4 38.5 19.3 - - 13.8 0.3 - - - 4.8 7.3 14.8 .492 - - - 4.8 6.3 .760
Keldon Johnson ------- --- ----------

Season 4

Zelmo Beaty Keldon Johnson
Season 1965-662022-23
Team St. Louis HawksSan Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Hawks Lost West Div FinalsDid 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 %
Zelmo Beaty 80 38.4 20.7 - - 13.6 1.6 - - - 4.3 7.7 16.3 .473 - - - 5.3 7.0 .758
Keldon Johnson 63 32.7 22.0 0.9 4.2 5.0 2.9 0.7 0.2 2.1 2.0 8.0 17.7 .452 2.1 6.5 .329 3.9 5.2 .749
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Zelmo Beaty 10 41.8 19.0 - - 13.1 2.2 - - - 3.8 7.3 14.8 .493 - - - 4.4 5.8 .759
Keldon Johnson ------- --- ----------

Season 5

Zelmo Beaty Keldon Johnson
Season 1966-672023-24
Team St. Louis HawksSan Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Hawks Lost West Div FinalsDid 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 %
Zelmo Beaty 48 34.6 17.8 - - 10.7 1.3 - - - 3.9 6.8 14.5 .473 - - - 4.1 5.4 .758
Keldon Johnson 69 29.5 15.7 1.4 4.1 5.5 2.8 0.7 0.3 1.4 2.2 5.7 12.5 .454 1.8 5.3 .346 2.5 3.2 .792
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Zelmo Beaty 9 35.3 15.9 - - 9.9 1.3 - - - 3.8 5.1 11.6 .442 - - - 5.7 7.2 .785
Keldon Johnson ------- --- ----------

Season 6

Zelmo Beaty Keldon Johnson
Season 1967-68-
Team St. Louis Hawks-
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Hawks Lost West Div 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 %
Zelmo Beaty 82 37.4 21.1 - - 11.7 2.1 - - - 3.6 7.8 16.0 .488 - - - 5.5 7.0 .794
Keldon Johnson ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Zelmo Beaty 6 39.8 21.5 - - 13.5 2.5 - - - 4.3 7.2 15.3 .467 - - - 7.2 9.2 .782
Keldon Johnson ------- --- ----------

Season 7

Zelmo Beaty Keldon Johnson
Season 1968-69-
Team Atlanta Hawks-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Hawks Lost West Div 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 %
Zelmo Beaty 72 35.8 21.5 - - 11.1 1.8 - - - 3.8 8.2 17.4 .470 - - - 5.1 7.0 .731
Keldon Johnson ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Zelmo Beaty 11 43.0 22.5 - - 12.9 2.3 - - - 4.3 9.3 21.5 .432 - - - 3.9 5.8 .672
Keldon Johnson ------- --- ----------

Note: Zelmo Beaty didn't play in 1969-70, 1970-71, 1971-72, 1972-73 and 1973-74.

Season 8

Zelmo Beaty Keldon Johnson
Season 1974-75-
Team Los Angeles Lakers-
Honors & Awards
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 %
Zelmo Beaty 69 17.6 5.5 1.3 3.4 4.7 1.1 0.7 0.4 - 1.9 2.0 4.5 .439 - - - 1.6 2.0 .800
Keldon Johnson ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Zelmo Beaty ------- --- ----------
Keldon Johnson ------- --- ----------