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Larry Johnson

Larry Johnson stats, teams and career impact

#525 all-timeCareer averages · 16.2 PPG · 7.5 RPG · 3.3 APGPeak-weighted regular-season model · playoffs, awards, and championships excluded

Position: Power forward
Final NBA team: New York Knicks
Height / weight: 6 ft 7 in (201 cm) · 250 lb (113 kg)
Born: March 14, 1969 (57 yrs old)
College: Odessa College, UNLV
NBA seasons: 10 seasons · 1991–92 to 2000–01

Career or season view

Career summaryLarry Johnson was a power forward who played 10 NBA seasons, from 1991–92 through 2000–01.

Career PPG: 16.2
Career RPG: 7.5
Career APG: 3.3; #31 in 1991–92; #525 all-time

Peak-weighted regular-season model · playoffs, awards, and championships excluded

Career overview

Why Larry Johnson ranks #525 all time

Larry Johnson ranks #525 all time. Across his three best seasons, his average league finish was #42.0. His full-career value ranks #299, so longevity is a major reason he lands this high.

Peak#31 in 1991–92

Best league finish

Sustained excellence10 ranked seasons

450+ minutes required per season

Career breadth10 seasons

707 games · Career Value Rank #299

NBA honors2× All-Star · All-NBA · ROYContext only; honors are not model inputs.

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Full player detailsTeam history, career shooting and sources

Full team history

Teams: Charlotte Hornets and New York Knicks
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Career shooting

NBA regular season

Field goal: 48.4%FG%
Three-point: 33.2%3P%
Free throw: 76.6%FT%

707 career games · 25,685 minutes

Sources and updateConventional stats and measurements: Basketball Reference, accessed Sep 13, 2026. hussEyquation ranking data through 2025–26. Life dates: Wikidata; conflicting dates checked against Basketball Reference, accessed Sep 17, 2026.

Traditional box score

Larry Johnson stats by season

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2000–01	9.9	5.6	2.0	-1.60	NYK	65	65	32.4	41.1%	31.3%	79.7%	#207	15.2
1999–00	10.7	5.4	2.5	-0.88	NYK	70	68	32.6	43.3%	33.3%	76.6%	#185	47.4
1998–99	12.0	5.8	2.4	+0.50	NYK	49	48	33.4	45.9%	35.9%	81.7%	#109	74.3
1997–98	15.5	5.7	2.1	-0.00	NYK	70	70	34.5	48.5%	23.8%	75.6%	#124	88.4
1996–97	12.8	5.2	2.3	-0.14	NYK	76	76	34.4	51.2%	32.4%	69.3%	#126	91.4
1995–96	20.5	8.4	4.4	+2.25	CHH	81	81	40.4	47.6%	36.6%	75.7%	#49	265.4
1994–95	18.8	7.2	4.6	+1.78	CHH	81	81	39.9	48.0%	38.6%	77.4%	#55	232.3
1993–94	16.4	8.8	3.6	+0.23	CHH	51	51	34.5	51.5%	23.8%	69.5%	#100	79.7
1992–93	22.1	10.5	4.3	+1.90	CHH	82	82	40.5	52.6%	25.4%	76.7%	#46	270.8
1991–92	19.2	11.0	3.6	+2.45	CHH	82	77	37.2	49.0%	22.7%	82.9%	#31	287.2
Career	16.2	7.5	3.3	—	CHH/NYK	707	—	36.3	48.4%	33.2%	76.6%	—	—

Source: Basketball Reference regular-season totals, accessed Sep 13, 2026.

What these measures mean

Era-centered box impact: Estimated points per 100 possessions above that season's league average.
Impact Rate Rank: The player's place among qualified players in one season.
Value contribution / Season Value: Completed seasons use a fixed-baseline contribution to Career Value. The live season instead uses Season Value, combining that season's impact with workload.
Career Impact Rank: An all-time rank weighted toward the player's best three, five, and ten seasons.

Career Impact Rank#525

58.5 composite · lower is better

Best 5#518

56.2 average league finish

Career Value Rank#299

1,452 total value

Career standing

How Larry Johnson ranks all time

These are league placements, not raw scores. Each season is judged against that season's qualified player pool.

Number-one seasons0

Best in the league

Top-five seasons0

Elite finishes

Top-ten seasons0

Upper-tier finishes

Top-10 Impact Margin0.0

Tie-breaker across top-ten seasons

Career Composite Score58.5

Best 3, Best 5, and Best 10 average league finishes receive 50%, 30%, and 20% window weights. Missing seasons receive a replacement finish just below the player's typical qualified field. Lower is better.

Best 3 effective weight: 74%
Missing-season finish: 314.5
Qualified seasons: 10
All-time rank: #525

Strongest seasons

Every season

Larry Johnson advanced stats by season

Era-centered box impact supports comparisons through time. Impact Rate and its rank compare players only within that season.

More advanced statsAge, minutes, impact, rank, value and data coverage


2000–01Historical Defense Estimate	NYK	31	65	2,105	-1.60	37.0	#207	15.2	41st	Broad
1999–00Historical Defense Estimate	NYK	30	70	2,281	-0.88	42.5	#185	47.4	53rd	Broad
1998–99Historical Defense Estimate	NYK	29	49	1,639	+0.50	60.9	#109	74.3	73rd	Broad
1997–98Historical Defense Estimate	NYK	28	70	2,412	-0.00	61.2	#124	88.4	69th	Broad
1996–97Historical Defense Estimate	NYK	27	76	2,613	-0.14	60.4	#126	91.4	69th	Broad
1995–96Historical Defense Estimate	CHH	26	81	3,274	+2.25	85.2	#49	265.4	94th	Broad
1994–95Historical Defense Estimate	CHH	25	81	3,234	+1.78	82.5	#55	232.3	92nd	Broad
1993–94Historical Defense Estimate	CHH	24	51	1,757	+0.23	66.0	#100	79.7	65th	Broad
1992–93Historical Defense Estimate	CHH	23	82	3,323	+1.90	84.7	#46	270.8	92nd	Broad
1991–92Historical Defense Estimate	CHH	22	82	3,047	+2.45	89.6	#31	287.2	94th	Broad

Career movement

Larry Johnson's career impact by season

Peak +2.45 in 1991–92 · 10 seasons · 25,685 minutes

The same historical box-score model is used for every season, making the career shape comparable through time. The vertical scale adapts to this player's range and always includes zero.

Era-centered box impactMinutes

Player-specific impact scaleWorkload

Career comparison

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Larry JohnsonVern Mikkelsen

Era-centered box impactEstimated points per 100 possessions above that season's league average · dashed marker means the player did not play

Larry Johnson and Vern Mikkelsen era-centered impact values by NBA season number
NBA season	Larry Johnson	Vern Mikkelsen
1	2.4	1.3
2	1.9	2.7
3	0.2	2.0
4	1.8	0.2
5	2.2	0.8
6	-0.1	-0.2
7	-0.0	-0.3
8	0.5	1.0
9	-0.9	0.1
10	-1.6	Did not play

NBA season number

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How to read this page

Impact Rate shows how strong a player was compared with everyone else that season. Season Value adds how much he played; completed player-profile rows instead show each season's fixed-baseline contribution to Career Value. Career Impact Rank rewards a high peak, a long prime, and repeated seasons near the top. Older seasons use clearly labeled estimates where the NBA did not record today's full set of statistics. Read how every ranking works →