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Larry Johnson

Larry Demetric Johnson (Grandmama)

Position: Forward ▪ Shoots: Right
Height: 6-6 ▪ Weight: 250 lbs.
Born: March 14, 1969 in Tyler, Texas
High School: Skyline in Dallas, Texas
College: University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Draft: Charlotte Hornets, 1st round (1st pick, 1st overall), 1991 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: November 1, 1991

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Totals

Season Age Tm Lg Pos G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1991-92 22 CHH NBA PF 82 77 3047 616 1258 .490 5 22 .227 339 409 .829 323 576 899 292 81 51 160 225 1576
1992-93 23 CHH NBA PF 82 82 3323 728 1385 .526 18 71 .254 336 438 .767 281 583 864 353 53 27 227 187 1810
1993-94 24 CHH NBA PF 51 51 1757 346 672 .515 5 21 .238 137 197 .695 143 305 448 184 29 14 116 131 834
1994-95 25 CHH NBA PF 81 81 3234 585 1219 .480 81 210 .386 274 354 .774 190 395 585 369 78 28 207 174 1525
1995-96 26 CHH NBA PF 81 81 3274 583 1225 .476 67 183 .366 427 564 .757 249 434 683 355 55 43 182 173 1660
1996-97 27 NYK NBA SF 76 76 2613 376 735 .512 34 105 .324 190 274 .693 165 228 393 174 64 36 136 249 976
1997-98 28 NYK NBA SF 70 70 2412 429 884 .485 15 63 .238 214 283 .756 175 226 401 150 40 13 127 193 1087
1998-99 29 NYK NBA PF 49 48 1639 210 458 .459 33 92 .359 134 164 .817 91 193 284 119 34 10 89 147 587
1999-00 30 NYK NBA PF 70 68 2281 282 652 .433 58 174 .333 128 167 .766 87 293 380 175 42 7 94 205 750
2000-01 31 NYK NBA PF 65 65 2105 246 598 .411 51 163 .313 102 128 .797 90 273 363 127 39 29 97 209 645
Career NBA 707 699 25685 4401 9086 .484 367 1104 .332 2281 2978 .766 1794 3506 5300 2298 515 258 1435 1893 11450

Per Game

Season Age Tm Lg Pos G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1991-92 22 CHH NBA PF 82 77 37.2 7.5 15.3 .490 0.1 0.3 .227 4.1 5.0 .829 3.9 7.0 11.0 3.6 1.0 0.6 2.0 2.7 19.2
1992-93 23 CHH NBA PF 82 82 40.5 8.9 16.9 .526 0.2 0.9 .254 4.1 5.3 .767 3.4 7.1 10.5 4.3 0.6 0.3 2.8 2.3 22.1
1993-94 24 CHH NBA PF 51 51 34.5 6.8 13.2 .515 0.1 0.4 .238 2.7 3.9 .695 2.8 6.0 8.8 3.6 0.6 0.3 2.3 2.6 16.4
1994-95 25 CHH NBA PF 81 81 39.9 7.2 15.0 .480 1.0 2.6 .386 3.4 4.4 .774 2.3 4.9 7.2 4.6 1.0 0.3 2.6 2.1 18.8
1995-96 26 CHH NBA PF 81 81 40.4 7.2 15.1 .476 0.8 2.3 .366 5.3 7.0 .757 3.1 5.4 8.4 4.4 0.7 0.5 2.2 2.1 20.5
1996-97 27 NYK NBA SF 76 76 34.4 4.9 9.7 .512 0.4 1.4 .324 2.5 3.6 .693 2.2 3.0 5.2 2.3 0.8 0.5 1.8 3.3 12.8
1997-98 28 NYK NBA SF 70 70 34.5 6.1 12.6 .485 0.2 0.9 .238 3.1 4.0 .756 2.5 3.2 5.7 2.1 0.6 0.2 1.8 2.8 15.5
1998-99 29 NYK NBA PF 49 48 33.4 4.3 9.3 .459 0.7 1.9 .359 2.7 3.3 .817 1.9 3.9 5.8 2.4 0.7 0.2 1.8 3.0 12.0
1999-00 30 NYK NBA PF 70 68 32.6 4.0 9.3 .433 0.8 2.5 .333 1.8 2.4 .766 1.2 4.2 5.4 2.5 0.6 0.1 1.3 2.9 10.7
2000-01 31 NYK NBA PF 65 65 32.4 3.8 9.2 .411 0.8 2.5 .313 1.6 2.0 .797 1.4 4.2 5.6 2.0 0.6 0.4 1.5 3.2 9.9
Career NBA 707 699 36.3 6.2 12.9 .484 0.5 1.6 .332 3.2 4.2 .766 2.5 5.0 7.5 3.3 0.7 0.4 2.0 2.7 16.2

Per 36 Minutes

Season Age Tm Lg Pos G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1991-92 22 CHH NBA PF 82 77 3047 7.3 14.9 .490 0.1 0.3 .227 4.0 4.8 .829 3.8 6.8 10.6 3.4 1.0 0.6 1.9 2.7 18.6
1992-93 23 CHH NBA PF 82 82 3323 7.9 15.0 .526 0.2 0.8 .254 3.6 4.7 .767 3.0 6.3 9.4 3.8 0.6 0.3 2.5 2.0 19.6
1993-94 24 CHH NBA PF 51 51 1757 7.1 13.8 .515 0.1 0.4 .238 2.8 4.0 .695 2.9 6.2 9.2 3.8 0.6 0.3 2.4 2.7 17.1
1994-95 25 CHH NBA PF 81 81 3234 6.5 13.6 .480 0.9 2.3 .386 3.1 3.9 .774 2.1 4.4 6.5 4.1 0.9 0.3 2.3 1.9 17.0
1995-96 26 CHH NBA PF 81 81 3274 6.4 13.5 .476 0.7 2.0 .366 4.7 6.2 .757 2.7 4.8 7.5 3.9 0.6 0.5 2.0 1.9 18.3
1996-97 27 NYK NBA SF 76 76 2613 5.2 10.1 .512 0.5 1.4 .324 2.6 3.8 .693 2.3 3.1 5.4 2.4 0.9 0.5 1.9 3.4 13.4
1997-98 28 NYK NBA SF 70 70 2412 6.4 13.2 .485 0.2 0.9 .238 3.2 4.2 .756 2.6 3.4 6.0 2.2 0.6 0.2 1.9 2.9 16.2
1998-99 29 NYK NBA PF 49 48 1639 4.6 10.1 .459 0.7 2.0 .359 2.9 3.6 .817 2.0 4.2 6.2 2.6 0.7 0.2 2.0 3.2 12.9
1999-00 30 NYK NBA PF 70 68 2281 4.5 10.3 .433 0.9 2.7 .333 2.0 2.6 .766 1.4 4.6 6.0 2.8 0.7 0.1 1.5 3.2 11.8
2000-01 31 NYK NBA PF 65 65 2105 4.2 10.2 .411 0.9 2.8 .313 1.7 2.2 .797 1.5 4.7 6.2 2.2 0.7 0.5 1.7 3.6 11.0
Career NBA 707 699 25685 6.2 12.7 .484 0.5 1.5 .332 3.2 4.2 .766 2.5 4.9 7.4 3.2 0.7 0.4 2.0 2.7 16.0

Advanced

Season Age Tm Lg Pos G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1991-92 22 CHH NBA PF 82 3047 18.9 .548 .492 11.2 20.7 15.9 13.5 1.3 1.0 10.0 21.2 116 110 6.4 2.5 8.9 .140
1992-93 23 CHH NBA PF 82 3323 18.9 .574 .532 9.6 18.0 14.0 15.9 0.8 0.5 12.6 22.4 115 110 7.1 2.5 9.6 .139
1993-94 24 CHH NBA PF 51 1757 16.8 .550 .519 9.3 18.6 14.1 16.0 0.8 0.5 13.3 21.2 110 109 2.8 1.1 3.9 .106
1994-95 25 CHH NBA PF 81 3234 17.1 .555 .513 7.3 13.8 10.7 19.4 1.3 0.6 13.1 22.6 111 108 4.9 3.6 8.5 .126
1995-96 26 CHH NBA PF 81 3274 19.8 .563 .503 9.0 16.4 12.7 18.0 0.9 1.0 11.0 22.9 118 113 8.8 1.3 10.1 .149
1996-97 27 NYK NBA SF 76 2613 13.8 .570 .535 7.9 10.1 9.0 11.4 1.3 1.1 13.7 17.5 113 104 4.0 3.7 7.7 .141
1997-98 28 NYK NBA SF 70 2412 15.8 .539 .494 8.7 11.3 10.0 11.4 0.9 0.4 11.2 22.1 109 104 4.0 2.9 6.9 .137
1998-99 29 NYK NBA PF 49 1639 14.6 .554 .495 6.8 13.4 10.2 13.5 1.1 0.5 14.4 18.1 109 100 2.8 2.1 4.9 .144
1999-00 30 NYK NBA PF 70 2281 12.4 .517 .477 4.7 14.8 9.9 12.6 1.0 0.2 11.5 17.0 105 103 2.3 2.7 5.1 .107
2000-01 31 NYK NBA PF 65 2105 11.2 .493 .454 5.3 15.2 10.4 10.5 1.0 1.1 12.9 17.4 99 99 1.0 3.1 4.1 .093
Career NBA 707 25685 16.3 .551 .505 8.2 15.4 11.9 14.6 1.0 0.7 12.1 20.6 112 107 44.1 25.7 69.7 .130

Playoffs Totals

Season Age Tm Lg Pos G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1992-93 23 CHH NBA PF 9 9 348 68 122 .557 1 4 .250 41 52 .788 19 43 62 30 5 2 19 27 178
1994-95 25 CHH NBA PF 4 4 172 31 65 .477 1 9 .111 20 25 .800 10 13 23 11 4 2 6 7 83
1996-97 27 NYK NBA SF 9 9 295 43 77 .558 6 17 .353 32 38 .842 11 25 36 23 7 1 15 27 124
1997-98 28 NYK NBA SF 8 8 310 52 107 .486 2 10 .200 37 50 .740 25 28 53 13 10 3 25 30 143
1998-99 29 NYK NBA PF 20 20 683 87 204 .426 24 82 .293 31 46 .674 22 75 97 31 21 1 33 64 229
1999-00 30 NYK NBA PF 16 16 589 70 152 .461 13 33 .394 27 34 .794 15 65 80 26 8 2 23 47 180
Career NBA 66 66 2397 351 727 .483 47 155 .303 188 245 .767 102 249 351 134 55 11 121 202 937

Playoffs Per Game

Season Age Tm Lg Pos G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1992-93 23 CHH NBA PF 9 9 38.7 7.6 13.6 .557 0.1 0.4 .250 4.6 5.8 .788 2.1 4.8 6.9 3.3 0.6 0.2 2.1 3.0 19.8
1994-95 25 CHH NBA PF 4 4 43.0 7.8 16.3 .477 0.3 2.3 .111 5.0 6.3 .800 2.5 3.3 5.8 2.8 1.0 0.5 1.5 1.8 20.8
1996-97 27 NYK NBA SF 9 9 32.8 4.8 8.6 .558 0.7 1.9 .353 3.6 4.2 .842 1.2 2.8 4.0 2.6 0.8 0.1 1.7 3.0 13.8
1997-98 28 NYK NBA SF 8 8 38.8 6.5 13.4 .486 0.3 1.3 .200 4.6 6.3 .740 3.1 3.5 6.6 1.6 1.3 0.4 3.1 3.8 17.9
1998-99 29 NYK NBA PF 20 20 34.2 4.4 10.2 .426 1.2 4.1 .293 1.6 2.3 .674 1.1 3.8 4.9 1.6 1.1 0.1 1.7 3.2 11.5
1999-00 30 NYK NBA PF 16 16 36.8 4.4 9.5 .461 0.8 2.1 .394 1.7 2.1 .794 0.9 4.1 5.0 1.6 0.5 0.1 1.4 2.9 11.3
Career NBA 66 66 36.3 5.3 11.0 .483 0.7 2.3 .303 2.8 3.7 .767 1.5 3.8 5.3 2.0 0.8 0.2 1.8 3.1 14.2

Playoffs Per 36 Minutes

Season Age Tm Lg Pos G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1992-93 23 CHH NBA PF 9 9 348 7.0 12.6 .557 0.1 0.4 .250 4.2 5.4 .788 2.0 4.4 6.4 3.1 0.5 0.2 2.0 2.8 18.4
1994-95 25 CHH NBA PF 4 4 172 6.5 13.6 .477 0.2 1.9 .111 4.2 5.2 .800 2.1 2.7 4.8 2.3 0.8 0.4 1.3 1.5 17.4
1996-97 27 NYK NBA SF 9 9 295 5.2 9.4 .558 0.7 2.1 .353 3.9 4.6 .842 1.3 3.1 4.4 2.8 0.9 0.1 1.8 3.3 15.1
1997-98 28 NYK NBA SF 8 8 310 6.0 12.4 .486 0.2 1.2 .200 4.3 5.8 .740 2.9 3.3 6.2 1.5 1.2 0.3 2.9 3.5 16.6
1998-99 29 NYK NBA PF 20 20 683 4.6 10.8 .426 1.3 4.3 .293 1.6 2.4 .674 1.2 4.0 5.1 1.6 1.1 0.1 1.7 3.4 12.1
1999-00 30 NYK NBA PF 16 16 589 4.3 9.3 .461 0.8 2.0 .394 1.7 2.1 .794 0.9 4.0 4.9 1.6 0.5 0.1 1.4 2.9 11.0
Career NBA 66 66 2397 5.3 10.9 .483 0.7 2.3 .303 2.8 3.7 .767 1.5 3.7 5.3 2.0 0.8 0.2 1.8 3.0 14.1

Playoffs Advanced

Season Age Tm Lg Pos G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1992-93 23 CHH NBA PF 9 348 18.4 .614 .561 6.4 14.7 10.5 14.4 0.8 0.4 11.6 20.7 121 109 0.9 0.3 1.3 .175
1994-95 25 CHH NBA PF 4 172 17.6 .546 .485 7.2 10.5 8.8 13.9 1.3 0.9 7.3 22.8 118 113 0.4 0.1 0.5 .136
1996-97 27 NYK NBA SF 9 295 17.0 .662 .597 4.7 10.0 7.4 13.7 1.3 0.3 13.8 17.9 124 105 0.8 0.4 1.2 .190
1997-98 28 NYK NBA SF 8 310 16.0 .554 .495 10.0 11.6 10.8 8.5 1.8 0.9 16.2 23.9 104 105 0.3 0.3 0.6 .098
1998-99 29 NYK NBA PF 20 683 12.5 .511 .485 3.9 13.6 8.7 8.5 1.7 0.1 12.8 18.6 99 99 0.4 0.9 1.4 .096
1999-00 30 NYK NBA PF 16 589 11.4 .539 .503 3.1 12.9 8.1 8.4 0.8 0.3 12.1 16.5 103 104 0.4 0.6 1.0 .084
Career NBA 66 2397 14.5 .561 .515 5.2 12.7 8.9 10.3 1.3 0.4 12.7 19.3 109 104 3.3 2.7 5.9 .119

All-Star Games

Season Age Tm Lg Pos G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1992-93 23 CHH NBA PF 1 1 16:00 2 6 .333 0 0 0 0 3 4 0 0 0 0 1 4
1994-95 25 CHH NBA PF 1 0 20:00 2 3 .667 1 1 1.000 2 2 1.000 1 4 2 0 0 1 0 7
Career NBA 2 1 36 4 9 .444 1 1 1.000 2 2 1.000 4 8 2 0 0 1 1 11

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2012-13)
Thru 10 Years Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Larry Johnson 10.1 9.6 8.9 8.5 7.7 6.9 5.1 4.9 4.1 3.9
John Drew 93.3 10.6 8.9 8.9 7.9 7.1 6.4 5.5 5.4 4.5 3.0
P.J. Brown 92.8 10.2 8.2 8.0 7.5 7.5 6.9 5.3 5.1 4.6 4.2
Jack Twyman 92.7 9.6 9.3 8.8 8.6 8.3 7.3 7.3 5.9 4.3 3.9
Shareef Abdur-Rahim 92.5 9.7 8.8 8.5 8.1 7.2 6.9 6.2 5.4 4.6 2.9
Rasheed Wallace 91.9 11.0 9.7 9.3 8.5 7.6 7.1 6.4 6.2 5.0 2.3
Carlos Boozer 91.6 10.2 9.9 9.9 9.4 7.6 5.9 5.8 4.1 3.5 2.6
Carmelo Anthony 91.0 9.5 9.4 8.2 7.9 7.9 7.3 6.2 6.1 5.0 4.9
Otis Thorpe 90.7 10.4 9.8 9.0 8.9 8.7 8.5 8.1 6.0 4.0 3.8
Alex English 90.1 10.3 9.8 9.5 8.9 8.3 8.2 7.0 5.3 4.0 1.2
Happy Hairston 89.9 9.3 9.2 8.8 7.2 7.0 6.5 5.3 5.1 4.2 0.4
Career Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Larry Johnson 10.1 9.6 8.9 8.5 7.7 6.9 5.1 4.9 4.1 3.9
John Drew 92.7 10.6 8.9 8.9 7.9 7.1 6.4 5.5 5.4 4.5 3.0 0.7
Lamar Odom 91.6 10.1 9.7 9.2 8.4 7.7 6.9 6.5 4.7 4.7 3.2 2.7 2.2 0.7 0.3
Jack Twyman 91.2 9.6 9.3 8.8 8.6 8.3 7.3 7.3 5.9 4.3 3.9 1.8
Carmelo Anthony 91.0 9.5 9.4 8.2 7.9 7.9 7.3 6.2 6.1 5.0 4.9
Carlos Boozer 91.0 10.2 9.9 9.9 9.4 7.6 5.9 5.8 5.7 4.1 3.5 2.6
Happy Hairston 90.7 9.3 9.2 8.8 7.2 7.0 7.0 6.5 5.3 5.1 4.2 0.4
Shareef Abdur-Rahim 90.1 9.7 8.8 8.5 8.1 7.2 6.9 6.2 5.4 4.6 2.9 2.8 0.0
Jamaal Wilkes 88.9 10.0 8.5 8.3 7.7 7.4 7.3 6.9 6.0 5.1 3.3 0.9 0.0
Billy Cunningham 87.7 11.9 10.3 10.0 9.0 8.3 6.8 6.4 6.1 5.0 3.5 1.2
Lou Hudson 86.8 11.1 10.1 9.7 9.3 8.8 7.9 5.9 4.9 4.2 3.3 2.7 2.2 0.8

College

Light text indicates college freshman or JV participant
Totals Shooting Per Game
Season Age College G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1989-90 20 UNLV 40 1259 304 487 13 38 201 262 457 84 65 56 110 128 822 .624 .342 .767 31.5 20.6 11.4 2.1
1990-91 21 UNLV 35 1113 308 465 17 48 162 198 380 104 74 36 78 79 795 .662 .354 .818 31.8 22.7 10.9 3.0
Career 75 2372 612 952 30 86 363 460 837 188 139 92 188 207 1617 .643 .349 .789 31.6 21.6 11.2 2.5

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

All-Star Games
1993 NBA
1995 NBA
Awards
1990-91 NCAA John R. Wooden Award
1990-91 NCAA Naismith Men's College Player of the Year Award
1991-92 NBA Rookie of the Year
Weekly & Monthly Awards

Player of the Week: 4 times (Show/Hide)

Rookie of the Month: 3 times (Show/Hide)
Honors
1987 McDonald's All American
1989-90 NCAA AP All-America (1st)
1990-91 NCAA AP All-America (1st)
1991-92 NBA All-Rookie (1st)
1992-93 NBA All-NBA (2nd)
Games
1991-92 NBA 82 (2)
1992-93 NBA 82 (2)
Minutes Played
1992-93 NBA 3323 (1)
 1994-95 NBA 3234 (3)
1995-96 NBA 3274 (4)
Field Goals
1992-93 NBA 728 (7)
Field Goal Attempts
1992-93 NBA 1385 (9)
Free Throws
1995-96 NBA 427 (10)
Free Throw Attempts
1995-96 NBA 564 (9)
Offensive Rebounds
1991-92 NBA 323 (6)
Defensive Rebounds
1991-92 NBA 576 (9)
Total Rebounds
1991-92 NBA 899 (7)
1992-93 NBA 864 (10)
Points
1992-93 NBA 1810 (9)
Minutes Per Game
1992-93 NBA 40.5 (1)
 1994-95 NBA 39.9 (4)
1995-96 NBA 40.4 (6)
Career NBA 36.3 (44)
Career 36.3 (46)
Offensive Rating
Career NBA 111.9 (96)
Offensive Win Shares
1995-96 NBA 8.8 (7)
Hall of Fame Probability
Career 0.052 (204)
NBA Elo Player Rating
130th (overall) as of May 20, 2013, 5:08AM
  

Transactions

June 26, 1991: Drafted by the Charlotte Hornets in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1991 NBA Draft.

July 14, 1996: Traded by the Charlotte Hornets to the New York Knicks for Brad Lohaus and Anthony Mason.

October 10, 2001: Waived by the New York Knicks.

Salaries

Season Team Lg Salary
1991-92 Charlotte Hornets NBA $1,955,000
1992-93 Charlotte Hornets NBA $2,540,000
1993-94 Charlotte Hornets NBA $3,125,000
1994-95 Charlotte Hornets NBA $3,710,000
1995-96 Charlotte Hornets NBA $4,295,000
1996-97 New York Knicks NBA $5,004,000
1997-98 New York Knicks NBA $8,460,714
1998-99 New York Knicks NBA $10,186,000
1999-00 New York Knicks NBA $11,910,714
2000-01 New York Knicks NBA $11,000,000
2001-02 New York Knicks NBA $11,335,714
2002-03 New York Knicks NBA $9,610,714
Career (may be incomplete) $83,132,856

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