Dave Gambee vs. Joe Johnson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Joe Johnson and Dave Gambee, 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.

Dave Gambee played 12 years in the NBA, 6 less than Joe Johnson, who played 18. Dave Gambee had the first of his seasons in 1958-59, while Joe Johnson had his rookie season in 2001-02. 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
Dave Gambee	12	7	1958-59 to 1969-70
Joe Johnson	18	13	2001-02 to 2021-22

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18


Rookie Season
	Dave Gambee	Joe Johnson
Season	1958-59	2001-02
Team	St. Louis Hawks	Boston Celtics, Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
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		%
Dave Gambee	2	3.5	1.0	-	-	1.0	0.0	-	-	-	1.0	0.5	0.5	1.000	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-
Joe Johnson	77	24.9	7.5	1.0	2.4	3.3	2.3	0.8	0.3	0.9	1.5	3.3	7.6	.430	0.5	1.7	.292	0.5	0.7	.774

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Gambee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Joe Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Dave Gambee	Joe Johnson
Season	1959-60	2002-03
Team	St. Louis Hawks, Cincinnati Royals	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Suns 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		%
Dave Gambee	61	10.8	5.0	-	-	3.8	0.6	-	-	-	1.4	1.9	4.8	.402	-	-	-	1.1	1.7	.651
Joe Johnson	82	27.5	9.8	0.7	2.5	3.2	2.6	0.8	0.2	1.3	1.7	3.9	9.7	.397	0.9	2.5	.366	1.2	1.5	.774

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Gambee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Joe Johnson	6	27.3	5.3	1.0	3.3	4.3	1.3	0.7	0.3	2.0	2.5	2.3	8.5	.275	0.3	2.2	.154	0.3	0.8	.400


Season 3
	Dave Gambee	Joe Johnson
Season	1960-61	2003-04
Team	Syracuse Nationals	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nationals 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		%
Dave Gambee	79	26.5	13.7	-	-	7.4	1.3	-	-	-	3.5	5.0	12.0	.419	-	-	-	3.7	4.5	.827
Joe Johnson	82	40.6	16.7	1.0	3.7	4.7	4.4	1.1	0.3	2.4	2.2	6.8	15.7	.430	1.0	3.3	.305	2.1	2.8	.750

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Gambee	8	26.0	12.5	-	-	6.9	1.5	-	-	-	4.1	4.3	11.9	.358	-	-	-	4.0	5.1	.780
Joe Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Dave Gambee	Joe Johnson
Season	1961-62	2004-05
Team	Syracuse Nationals	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nationals Lost East Div Semis	Suns Lost West Conf 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		%
Dave Gambee	80	28.9	16.7	-	-	7.9	1.4	-	-	-	3.4	6.0	14.1	.424	-	-	-	4.8	5.9	.817
Joe Johnson	82	39.5	17.1	1.5	3.7	5.1	3.5	1.0	0.3	1.8	2.0	6.6	14.4	.461	2.2	4.5	.478	1.6	2.2	.750

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Gambee	5	34.0	11.2	-	-	9.0	0.8	-	-	-	4.4	3.4	10.8	.315	-	-	-	4.4	5.0	.880
Joe Johnson	9	39.3	18.8	0.8	3.6	4.3	3.3	1.1	0.4	1.1	2.0	7.0	13.9	.504	2.2	4.0	.556	2.6	3.7	.697


Season 5
	Dave Gambee	Joe Johnson
Season	1962-63	2005-06
Team	Syracuse Nationals	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nationals 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		%
Dave Gambee	60	20.6	11.2	-	-	4.8	0.8	-	-	-	3.2	3.9	9.0	.438	-	-	-	3.3	4.0	.836
Joe Johnson	82	40.7	20.2	1.2	2.9	4.1	6.5	1.3	0.4	3.3	2.3	7.7	17.0	.453	1.6	4.4	.356	3.2	4.0	.791

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Gambee	5	15.0	6.4	-	-	3.2	0.0	-	-	-	2.8	2.0	6.8	.294	-	-	-	2.4	2.6	.923
Joe Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Dave Gambee	Joe Johnson
Season	1963-64	2006-07
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers 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		%
Dave Gambee	41	22.6	11.0	-	-	6.2	0.9	-	-	-	3.9	3.6	9.2	.394	-	-	-	3.7	4.5	.816
Joe Johnson	57	41.4	25.0	0.9	3.3	4.2	4.4	1.1	0.2	3.1	2.0	9.4	20.0	.471	2.1	5.5	.381	4.1	5.5	.748

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Gambee	5	29.8	13.8	-	-	5.8	1.6	-	-	-	4.6	4.8	12.0	.400	-	-	-	4.2	5.4	.778
Joe Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Dave Gambee	Joe Johnson
Season	1964-65	2007-08
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div Finals	Hawks Lost East 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		%
Dave Gambee	80	24.9	12.6	-	-	5.9	1.4	-	-	-	3.5	4.5	10.8	.412	-	-	-	3.7	4.6	.813
Joe Johnson	82	40.8	21.7	1.0	3.5	4.5	5.8	1.0	0.2	2.7	2.0	7.9	18.3	.432	2.1	5.4	.381	3.9	4.6	.834

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Gambee	10	13.2	6.2	-	-	2.3	0.6	-	-	-	3.1	1.6	4.8	.333	-	-	-	3.0	3.4	.882
Joe Johnson	7	39.3	20.0	1.3	2.6	3.9	4.0	0.3	0.0	2.3	2.3	6.7	16.4	.409	2.3	5.1	.444	4.3	4.7	.909


Season 8
	Dave Gambee	Joe Johnson
Season	1965-66	2008-09
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div Finals	Hawks Lost East Conf 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		%
Dave Gambee	72	14.8	6.9	-	-	3.8	1.0	-	-	-	2.6	2.3	6.1	.384	-	-	-	2.2	2.6	.850
Joe Johnson	79	39.5	21.4	0.8	3.6	4.4	5.8	1.1	0.2	2.5	2.2	7.8	18.0	.437	1.9	5.2	.360	3.8	4.6	.826

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Gambee	5	16.4	6.0	-	-	2.8	0.8	-	-	-	2.8	2.2	5.8	.379	-	-	-	1.6	2.2	.727
Joe Johnson	11	39.0	16.4	1.5	2.9	4.5	3.5	1.3	0.0	2.9	2.2	6.4	15.3	.417	1.1	3.2	.343	2.5	4.1	.622


Season 9
	Dave Gambee	Joe Johnson
Season	1966-67	2009-10
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Hawks Lost East Conf 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		%
Dave Gambee	63	12.0	6.5	-	-	3.1	0.7	-	-	-	2.3	2.4	5.5	.435	-	-	-	1.7	2.0	.856
Joe Johnson	76	38.0	21.3	1.0	3.7	4.6	4.9	1.1	0.1	1.9	1.9	8.4	18.2	.458	1.7	4.6	.369	2.9	3.5	.818

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Gambee	5	4.8	3.6	-	-	1.2	0.4	-	-	-	1.2	1.2	2.2	.545	-	-	-	1.2	1.2	1.000
Joe Johnson	11	40.0	17.9	1.8	3.3	5.1	5.0	0.9	0.3	2.3	2.0	7.0	18.1	.387	0.8	3.7	.220	3.1	3.8	.810


Season 10
	Dave Gambee	Joe Johnson
Season	1967-68	2010-11
Team	San Diego Rockets	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks Lost East Conf 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		%
Dave Gambee	80	21.9	13.4	-	-	5.8	1.2	-	-	-	3.2	4.7	10.7	.440	-	-	-	4.0	4.7	.847
Joe Johnson	72	35.5	18.2	0.8	3.2	4.0	4.7	0.7	0.1	2.0	1.8	7.1	16.1	.443	1.2	4.2	.297	2.7	3.4	.802

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Gambee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Joe Johnson	12	41.4	18.8	1.5	3.1	4.6	3.3	1.1	0.1	2.6	1.6	7.3	16.5	.439	1.5	3.5	.429	2.8	3.5	.810


Season 11
	Dave Gambee	Joe Johnson
Season	1968-69	2011-12
Team	Milwaukee Bucks, Detroit Pistons	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks Lost East 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		%
Dave Gambee	59	15.7	9.8	-	-	4.4	0.8	-	-	-	2.7	3.6	7.9	.452	-	-	-	2.7	3.3	.815
Joe Johnson	60	35.5	18.8	0.9	2.8	3.7	3.9	0.8	0.2	1.9	1.3	7.1	15.5	.454	2.1	5.4	.388	2.6	3.1	.849

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Gambee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Joe Johnson	6	40.5	17.2	1.0	2.5	3.5	3.5	1.3	0.2	2.7	1.8	6.3	17.0	.373	1.5	6.0	.250	3.0	4.0	.750


Season 12
	Dave Gambee	Joe Johnson
Season	1969-70	2012-13
Team	San Francisco Warriors	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nets Lost East 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		%
Dave Gambee	73	13.0	7.2	-	-	3.3	0.8	-	-	-	2.4	2.5	6.4	.399	-	-	-	2.1	2.5	.839
Joe Johnson	72	36.7	16.3	0.7	2.3	3.0	3.5	0.7	0.2	1.7	1.4	6.2	14.6	.423	2.1	5.5	.375	1.8	2.2	.820

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Gambee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Joe Johnson	7	38.7	14.9	0.6	2.6	3.1	2.7	1.1	0.0	1.7	1.9	6.1	14.7	.417	1.4	5.6	.256	1.1	1.3	.889


Season 13
	Dave Gambee	Joe Johnson
Season	-	2013-14
Team	-	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Nets Lost East Conf 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		%
Dave Gambee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Joe Johnson	79	32.6	15.8	0.6	2.8	3.4	2.7	0.6	0.1	1.5	1.6	5.8	12.9	.454	2.1	5.1	.401	2.0	2.5	.815

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Gambee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Joe Johnson	12	39.1	21.2	0.8	3.1	3.8	2.9	0.5	0.3	1.6	1.7	8.2	15.3	.533	1.8	4.4	.415	3.0	3.6	.837


Season 14
	Dave Gambee	Joe Johnson
Season	-	2014-15
Team	-	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Nets Lost East 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		%
Dave Gambee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Joe Johnson	80	34.9	14.4	0.7	4.1	4.8	3.7	0.7	0.2	1.7	1.5	5.6	12.8	.435	1.5	4.2	.359	1.8	2.2	.801

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Gambee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Joe Johnson	6	41.5	16.5	0.8	6.8	7.7	4.8	1.2	0.0	0.8	2.7	5.7	15.7	.362	2.0	6.8	.293	3.2	4.0	.792


Season 15
	Dave Gambee	Joe Johnson
Season	-	2015-16
Team	-	Brooklyn Nets, Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Heat Lost East Conf 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		%
Dave Gambee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Joe Johnson	81	33.4	12.2	0.6	3.0	3.6	3.9	0.8	0.0	2.0	1.8	4.7	10.6	.439	1.5	3.9	.383	1.5	1.8	.831

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Gambee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Joe Johnson	14	35.1	12.1	0.5	4.2	4.7	2.5	0.6	0.2	1.3	1.9	4.9	11.3	.430	0.9	3.3	.283	1.5	1.7	.875


Season 16
	Dave Gambee	Joe Johnson
Season	-	2016-17
Team	-	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Jazz Lost West Conf 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		%
Dave Gambee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Joe Johnson	78	23.6	9.2	0.4	2.7	3.1	1.8	0.5	0.2	0.9	1.2	3.5	8.0	.436	1.4	3.3	.411	0.8	1.0	.818

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Gambee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Joe Johnson	11	29.6	12.9	0.7	3.2	3.9	2.5	0.5	0.1	1.2	1.9	5.3	12.1	.436	1.4	4.1	.333	1.0	1.4	.733


Season 17
	Dave Gambee	Joe Johnson
Season	-	2017-18
Team	-	Utah Jazz, Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Rockets Lost West Conf 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		%
Dave Gambee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Joe Johnson	55	21.9	6.8	0.3	2.9	3.1	1.5	0.3	0.1	0.9	1.2	2.7	6.5	.406	0.7	2.6	.276	0.7	0.8	.889

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Gambee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Joe Johnson	8	6.8	1.5	0.0	1.3	1.3	0.4	0.0	0.1	0.4	0.5	0.8	2.1	.353	0.0	0.4	.000	0.0	0.0	-

Note: Joe Johnson didn't play in 2018-19, 2019-20 and 2020-21.


Season 18
	Dave Gambee	Joe Johnson
Season	-	2021-22
Team	-	Boston Celtics
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		%
Dave Gambee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Joe Johnson	1	2.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Gambee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Joe Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Dave Gambee vs. Joe Johnson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Joe Johnson and Dave Gambee, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14

Season 15

Season 16

Season 17

Season 18