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Kevin Johnson

Kevin Maurice Johnson (K.J.)

Position: Guard
Height: 6-1    Weight: 180 lbs.
Born: March 4, 1966 in Sacramento, California
High School: Sacramento in Sacramento, California
College: University of California

Drafted by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 1st round (7th pick, 7th overall) of the 1987 NBA draft.

Game Logs and Splits

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Totals

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1987-88 21 TOT NBA 80 28 1917 275 596 .461 5 24 .208 177 211 .839 36 155 191 437 103 24 146 155 732
1987-88 21 CLE NBA 52 3 1043 143 311 .460 2 9 .222 92 112 .821 10 62 72 193 60 17 82 96 380
1987-88 21 PHO NBA 28 25 874 132 285 .463 3 15 .200 85 99 .859 26 93 119 244 43 7 64 59 352
1988-89 22 PHO NBA 81 81 3179 570 1128 .505 2 22 .091 508 576 .882 46 294 340 991 135 24 322 226 1650
1989-90 23 PHO NBA 74 74 2782 578 1159 .499 8 41 .195 501 598 .838 42 228 270 846 95 14 263 143 1665
1990-91 24 PHO NBA 77 76 2772 591 1145 .516 9 44 .205 519 616 .843 54 217 271 781 163 11 269 174 1710
1991-92 25 PHO NBA 78 78 2899 539 1125 .479 10 46 .217 448 555 .807 61 231 292 836 116 23 272 180 1536
1992-93 26 PHO NBA 49 47 1643 282 565 .499 1 8 .125 226 276 .819 30 74 104 384 85 19 151 100 791
1993-94 27 PHO NBA 67 67 2449 477 980 .487 6 27 .222 380 464 .819 55 112 167 637 125 10 235 127 1340
1994-95 28 PHO NBA 47 35 1352 246 523 .470 4 26 .154 234 289 .810 32 83 115 360 47 18 105 88 730
1995-96 29 PHO NBA 56 55 2007 342 674 .507 21 57 .368 342 398 .859 42 179 221 517 82 13 170 144 1047
1996-97 30 PHO NBA 70 70 2658 441 890 .496 89 202 .441 439 515 .852 54 199 253 653 102 12 217 141 1410
1997-98 31 PHO NBA 50 12 1290 155 347 .447 4 26 .154 162 186 .871 35 129 164 245 27 8 101 57 476
1999-00 33 PHO NBA 6 0 113 16 28 .571 1 1 1.000 7 7 1.000 0 16 16 24 2 0 7 6 40
Career NBA 735 623 25061 4512 9160 .493 160 524 .305 3943 4691 .841 487 1917 2404 6711 1082 176 2258 1541 13127

Per Game

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1987-88 21 TOT NBA 80 28 24.0 3.4 7.5 .461 0.1 0.3 .208 2.2 2.6 .839 0.5 1.9 2.4 5.5 1.3 0.3 1.8 1.9 9.2
1987-88 21 CLE NBA 52 3 20.1 2.8 6.0 .460 0.0 0.2 .222 1.8 2.2 .821 0.2 1.2 1.4 3.7 1.2 0.3 1.6 1.8 7.3
1987-88 21 PHO NBA 28 25 31.2 4.7 10.2 .463 0.1 0.5 .200 3.0 3.5 .859 0.9 3.3 4.3 8.7 1.5 0.3 2.3 2.1 12.6
1988-89 22 PHO NBA 81 81 39.2 7.0 13.9 .505 0.0 0.3 .091 6.3 7.1 .882 0.6 3.6 4.2 12.2 1.7 0.3 4.0 2.8 20.4
1989-90 23 PHO NBA 74 74 37.6 7.8 15.7 .499 0.1 0.6 .195 6.8 8.1 .838 0.6 3.1 3.6 11.4 1.3 0.2 3.6 1.9 22.5
1990-91 24 PHO NBA 77 76 36.0 7.7 14.9 .516 0.1 0.6 .205 6.7 8.0 .843 0.7 2.8 3.5 10.1 2.1 0.1 3.5 2.3 22.2
1991-92 25 PHO NBA 78 78 37.2 6.9 14.4 .479 0.1 0.6 .217 5.7 7.1 .807 0.8 3.0 3.7 10.7 1.5 0.3 3.5 2.3 19.7
1992-93 26 PHO NBA 49 47 33.5 5.8 11.5 .499 0.0 0.2 .125 4.6 5.6 .819 0.6 1.5 2.1 7.8 1.7 0.4 3.1 2.0 16.1
1993-94 27 PHO NBA 67 67 36.6 7.1 14.6 .487 0.1 0.4 .222 5.7 6.9 .819 0.8 1.7 2.5 9.5 1.9 0.1 3.5 1.9 20.0
1994-95 28 PHO NBA 47 35 28.8 5.2 11.1 .470 0.1 0.6 .154 5.0 6.1 .810 0.7 1.8 2.4 7.7 1.0 0.4 2.2 1.9 15.5
1995-96 29 PHO NBA 56 55 35.8 6.1 12.0 .507 0.4 1.0 .368 6.1 7.1 .859 0.8 3.2 3.9 9.2 1.5 0.2 3.0 2.6 18.7
1996-97 30 PHO NBA 70 70 38.0 6.3 12.7 .496 1.3 2.9 .441 6.3 7.4 .852 0.8 2.8 3.6 9.3 1.5 0.2 3.1 2.0 20.1
1997-98 31 PHO NBA 50 12 25.8 3.1 6.9 .447 0.1 0.5 .154 3.2 3.7 .871 0.7 2.6 3.3 4.9 0.5 0.2 2.0 1.1 9.5
1999-00 33 PHO NBA 6 0 18.8 2.7 4.7 .571 0.2 0.2 1.000 1.2 1.2 1.000 0.0 2.7 2.7 4.0 0.3 0.0 1.2 1.0 6.7
Career NBA 735 623 34.1 6.1 12.5 .493 0.2 0.7 .305 5.4 6.4 .841 0.7 2.6 3.3 9.1 1.5 0.2 3.1 2.1 17.9

Per 36 Minutes

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1987-88 21 TOT NBA 80 28 1917 5.2 11.2 .461 0.1 0.5 .208 3.3 4.0 .839 0.7 2.9 3.6 8.2 1.9 0.5 2.7 2.9 13.7
1987-88 21 CLE NBA 52 3 1043 4.9 10.7 .460 0.1 0.3 .222 3.2 3.9 .821 0.3 2.1 2.5 6.7 2.1 0.6 2.8 3.3 13.1
1987-88 21 PHO NBA 28 25 874 5.4 11.7 .463 0.1 0.6 .200 3.5 4.1 .859 1.1 3.8 4.9 10.1 1.8 0.3 2.6 2.4 14.5
1988-89 22 PHO NBA 81 81 3179 6.5 12.8 .505 0.0 0.2 .091 5.8 6.5 .882 0.5 3.3 3.9 11.2 1.5 0.3 3.6 2.6 18.7
1989-90 23 PHO NBA 74 74 2782 7.5 15.0 .499 0.1 0.5 .195 6.5 7.7 .838 0.5 3.0 3.5 10.9 1.2 0.2 3.4 1.9 21.5
1990-91 24 PHO NBA 77 76 2772 7.7 14.9 .516 0.1 0.6 .205 6.7 8.0 .843 0.7 2.8 3.5 10.1 2.1 0.1 3.5 2.3 22.2
1991-92 25 PHO NBA 78 78 2899 6.7 14.0 .479 0.1 0.6 .217 5.6 6.9 .807 0.8 2.9 3.6 10.4 1.4 0.3 3.4 2.2 19.1
1992-93 26 PHO NBA 49 47 1643 6.2 12.4 .499 0.0 0.2 .125 5.0 6.0 .819 0.7 1.6 2.3 8.4 1.9 0.4 3.3 2.2 17.3
1993-94 27 PHO NBA 67 67 2449 7.0 14.4 .487 0.1 0.4 .222 5.6 6.8 .819 0.8 1.6 2.5 9.4 1.8 0.1 3.5 1.9 19.7
1994-95 28 PHO NBA 47 35 1352 6.6 13.9 .470 0.1 0.7 .154 6.2 7.7 .810 0.9 2.2 3.1 9.6 1.3 0.5 2.8 2.3 19.4
1995-96 29 PHO NBA 56 55 2007 6.1 12.1 .507 0.4 1.0 .368 6.1 7.1 .859 0.8 3.2 4.0 9.3 1.5 0.2 3.0 2.6 18.8
1996-97 30 PHO NBA 70 70 2658 6.0 12.1 .496 1.2 2.7 .441 5.9 7.0 .852 0.7 2.7 3.4 8.8 1.4 0.2 2.9 1.9 19.1
1997-98 31 PHO NBA 50 12 1290 4.3 9.7 .447 0.1 0.7 .154 4.5 5.2 .871 1.0 3.6 4.6 6.8 0.8 0.2 2.8 1.6 13.3
1999-00 33 PHO NBA 6 0 113 5.1 8.9 .571 0.3 0.3 1.000 2.2 2.2 1.000 0.0 5.1 5.1 7.6 0.6 0.0 2.2 1.9 12.7
Career NBA 735 623 25061 6.5 13.2 .493 0.2 0.8 .305 5.7 6.7 .841 0.7 2.8 3.5 9.6 1.6 0.3 3.2 2.2 18.9

Advanced

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Season Age Tm Lg G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% Usg% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS LS WSAA
1987-88 21 TOT NBA 80 1917 15.5 .531 .466 2.1 9.2 5.7 31.4 2.6 0.7 17.5 18.2 109 109 5.7 5.5 12 12 0.0
1987-88 21 CLE NBA 52 1043 13.4 .527 .463 1.2 6.8 4.1 26.4 2.8 1.0 18.5 18.1 104 107 1.6 3.8 6 7 -0.5
1987-88 21 PHO NBA 28 874 18.0 .536 .468 3.3 12.1 7.7 37.3 2.3 0.5 16.3 18.3 114 111 4.1 1.7 6 5 0.5
1988-89 22 PHO NBA 81 3179 20.5 .597 .506 1.6 9.4 5.7 40.4 2.0 0.4 18.9 21.2 118 107 24.3 10.1 35 10 12.5
1989-90 23 PHO NBA 74 2782 22.8 .585 .502 1.8 8.4 5.3 44.4 1.6 0.3 15.6 25.0 120 109 23.2 7.5 31 11 10.0
1990-91 24 PHO NBA 77 2772 23.7 .604 .520 2.2 8.1 5.3 40.7 2.8 0.2 16.0 24.8 121 107 26.4 9.7 36 8 14.0
1991-92 25 PHO NBA 78 2899 19.9 .561 .484 2.4 8.4 5.5 40.6 1.9 0.5 16.6 23.6 115 108 19.3 8.5 28 12 8.0
1992-93 26 PHO NBA 49 1643 18.1 .576 .500 2.1 4.9 3.5 32.7 2.5 0.7 18.0 21.0 115 109 10.9 5.2 16 5 5.5
1993-94 27 PHO NBA 67 2449 20.6 .566 .490 2.6 5.1 3.8 38.5 2.5 0.3 16.6 24.3 116 109 21.2 5.4 27 9 9.0
1994-95 28 PHO NBA 47 1352 21.0 .561 .474 2.7 7.1 4.9 40.1 1.7 1.0 13.9 24.2 119 113 14.2 2.4 17 4 6.5
1995-96 29 PHO NBA 56 2007 22.8 .617 .523 2.5 10.2 6.4 41.5 2.1 0.5 16.7 22.6 122 111 18.6 3.9 23 9 7.0
1996-97 30 PHO NBA 70 2658 22.9 .631 .546 2.4 8.7 5.6 39.3 2.0 0.3 16.3 22.6 124 111 26.3 4.3 31 13 9.0
1997-98 31 PHO NBA 50 1290 15.6 .555 .452 3.2 11.4 7.4 28.5 1.1 0.4 19.1 18.6 111 106 6.6 3.9 11 5 3.0
1999-00 33 PHO NBA 6 113 17.3 .644 .589 0.0 15.5 7.9 33.2 0.9 0.0 18.4 14.8 123 102 0.8 0.4 1 0 0.5
Career NBA 735 25061 20.7 .585 .501 2.2 8.3 5.4 38.8 2.1 0.4 16.7 22.6 118 109 197.6 66.7 268 98 85.0

Playoffs

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Season Age Tm Lg G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1988-89 22 PHO NBA 12 494 90 182 3 10 102 110 12 51 147 19 5 55 28 285 .495 .300 .927 41.2 23.8 4.3 12.3
1989-90 23 PHO NBA 16 582 123 257 2 11 92 112 9 53 170 25 0 62 28 340 .479 .182 .821 36.4 21.3 3.3 10.6
1990-91 24 PHO NBA 4 146 16 53 1 7 18 30 2 13 39 2 1 12 9 51 .302 .143 .600 36.5 12.8 3.3 9.8
1991-92 25 PHO NBA 8 335 62 128 3 6 62 72 8 33 93 12 2 25 24 189 .484 .500 .861 41.9 23.6 4.1 11.6
1992-93 26 PHO NBA 23 914 143 298 0 3 124 156 10 62 182 35 13 84 57 410 .480 .000 .795 39.7 17.8 2.7 7.9
1993-94 27 PHO NBA 10 427 97 212 3 10 69 81 10 35 96 10 1 34 23 266 .458 .300 .852 42.7 26.6 3.5 9.6
1994-95 28 PHO NBA 10 371 86 150 5 10 71 84 7 41 93 9 4 34 25 248 .573 .500 .845 37.1 24.8 4.1 9.3
1995-96 29 PHO NBA 4 151 27 57 1 4 14 17 2 17 43 2 2 11 8 69 .474 .250 .824 37.8 17.3 4.3 10.8
1996-97 30 PHO NBA 5 208 26 88 3 22 29 33 8 22 30 13 0 18 15 84 .295 .136 .879 41.6 16.8 4.4 6.0
1997-98 31 PHO NBA 4 122 23 42 1 4 8 12 2 9 19 2 1 6 6 55 .548 .250 .667 30.5 13.8 2.3 4.8
1999-00 33 PHO NBA 9 129 12 37 0 3 5 6 0 13 23 3 1 13 10 29 .324 .000 .833 14.3 3.2 1.4 2.6
Career NBA 105 3879 705 1504 22 90 594 713 70 349 935 132 30 354 233 2026 .469 .244 .833 36.9 19.3 3.3 8.9

All-Star Games

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1989-90 23 PHO NBA 1 14 1 1 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 3 2 2
1990-91 24 PHO NBA 1 23 2 5 .400 0 0 1 2 .500 1 2 7 3 1 3 2 5
1993-94 27 PHO NBA 1 14 3 6 .500 0 0 0 1 .000 0 1 2 1 0 2 1 6
Career NBA 3 51 6 12 .500 0 0 1 3 .333 1 3 13 4 1 8 5 13

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

All-Star Games

1990 NBA
1991 NBA
1994 NBA

Awards

1988-89 NBA Most Improved Player

Honors

1988-89 NBA All-NBA (2nd)
1989-90 NBA All-NBA (2nd)
1990-91 NBA All-NBA (2nd)
1991-92 NBA All-NBA (3rd)
1993-94 NBA All-NBA (2nd)

MVP Voting
Season Lg Share (Rank)

1988-89 NBA 0.026 (8)
1990-91 NBA 0.033 (7)
1991-92 NBA 0.002 (14)
1993-94 NBA 0.001 (11)
1996-97 NBA 0.001 (17)

Minutes Played

1988-89 NBA 3179 (3)

3-Pt Field Goal Pct

1996-97 NBA .441 (3)

Free Throws

1988-89 NBA 508 (7)
1989-90 NBA 501 (10)
1990-91 NBA 519 (5)
1991-92 NBA 448 (4)
1996-97 NBA 439 (10)
Career NBA 3943 (62)
Career 3943 (68)

Free Throw Attempts

1988-89 NBA 576 (7)
1989-90 NBA 598 (10)
1990-91 NBA 616 (6)
1991-92 NBA 555 (5)
Career NBA 4691 (79)
Career 4691 (83)

Free Throw Pct

1988-89 NBA .882 (6)
1997-98 NBA .871 (5)
Career NBA .841 (59)
Career .841 (62)

Assists

1988-89 NBA 991 (2)
1989-90 NBA 846 (4)
1990-91 NBA 781 (4)
1991-92 NBA 836 (2)
1993-94 NBA 637 (8)
1996-97 NBA 653 (7)
Career NBA 6711 (17)
Career 6711 (17)

Steals

1990-91 NBA 163 (10)
Career NBA 1082 (99)

Turnovers

1988-89 NBA 322 (1)
 1989-90 NBA 263 (8)
1990-91 NBA 269 (7)
1991-92 NBA 272 (2)
Career NBA 2258 (62)
Career 2258 (67)

Minutes Per Game

1988-89 NBA 39.2 (3)

Points Per Game

Career NBA 17.9 (99)

Assists Per Game

1988-89 NBA 12.2 (3)
1989-90 NBA 11.4 (3)
1990-91 NBA 10.1 (4)
1991-92 NBA 10.7 (2)
1993-94 NBA 9.5 (5)
1995-96 NBA 9.2 (6)
1996-97 NBA 9.3 (3)
Career NBA 9.1 (6)
Career 9.1 (6)

Steals Per Game

1990-91 NBA 2.1 (9)

Player Efficiency Rating

1989-90 NBA 22.8 (10)
1990-91 NBA 23.7 (7)
1995-96 NBA 22.8 (8)
1996-97 NBA 22.9 (5)
Career NBA 20.7 (47)
Career 20.7 (49)

True Shooting Pct

1995-96 NBA .617 (9)
1996-97 NBA .631 (4)
Career NBA .585 (36)
Career .585 (36)

Assist Pct

1988-89 NBA 40.4 (4)
1989-90 NBA 44.4 (4)
1990-91 NBA 40.7 (5)
1991-92 NBA 40.6 (3)
1993-94 NBA 38.5 (6)
1995-96 NBA 41.5 (6)
1996-97 NBA 39.3 (5)
Career NBA 38.8 (8)
Career 38.8 (8)

Offensive Rating

1995-96 NBA 122.3 (7)
1996-97 NBA 124.2 (3)
Career NBA 118.1 (11)
Career 118.1 (11)

Offensive Win Shares

1988-89 NBA 24.3 (5)
1990-91 NBA 26.4 (10)
1993-94 NBA 21.2 (5)
1996-97 NBA 26.3 (6)
Career NBA 197.6 (30)
Career 197.6 (34)

Win Shares

1988-89 NBA 35 (7)
1990-91 NBA 36 (9)
Career NBA 268 (50)
Career 268 (53)

Win Shares Above Average

1990-91 NBA 14.0 (9)
Career NBA 85.0 (45)
Career 85.0 (46)

Hall of Fame Probability

Career 0.394 (104)

Salaries

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Season Team Lg Salary
1987-88 Total NBA $536,100
1988-89 Phoenix Suns NBA $532,000
1989-90 Phoenix Suns NBA *$1,141,000
1990-91 Phoenix Suns NBA $1,750,000
1991-92 Phoenix Suns NBA $1,950,000
1992-93 Phoenix Suns NBA $1,850,000
1993-94 Phoenix Suns NBA $2,300,000
1994-95 Phoenix Suns NBA $2,750,000
1995-96 Phoenix Suns NBA $2,900,000
1996-97 Phoenix Suns NBA $7,000,000
1997-98 Phoenix Suns NBA $8,000,000
1999-00 Phoenix Suns NBA *$1,000,000
Career (may be incomplete) $31,709,100
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*).