Dennis Johnson vs. Dahntay Jones Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dahntay Jones and Dennis Johnson, 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.

Dennis Johnson played 14 years in the NBA, 1 more than Dahntay Jones, who played 13. Dennis Johnson had the first of his seasons in 1976-77, while Dahntay Jones had his rookie season in 2003-04. 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
Dennis Johnson	14	13	1976-77 to 1989-90
Dahntay Jones	13	9	2003-04 to 2016-17

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


Rookie Season
	Dennis Johnson	Dahntay Jones
Season	1976-77	2003-04
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
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		%
Dennis Johnson	81	20.6	9.2	2.0	1.7	3.7	1.5	1.5	0.7	-	2.7	3.5	7.0	.504	-	-	-	2.2	3.5	.624
Dahntay Jones	20	7.7	1.8	0.4	0.8	1.2	0.6	0.3	0.3	0.6	1.2	0.8	2.7	.283	0.1	0.2	.250	0.3	0.6	.455

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dennis Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dahntay Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Dennis Johnson	Dahntay Jones
Season	1977-78	2004-05
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost NBA Finals	Grizzlies 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		%
Dennis Johnson	81	27.3	12.7	1.9	1.8	3.6	2.8	1.5	0.6	2.0	2.6	4.5	10.9	.417	-	-	-	3.7	5.0	.732
Dahntay Jones	52	12.5	4.5	0.2	1.1	1.3	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.6	1.6	1.6	3.7	.437	0.4	1.2	.383	0.8	1.2	.688

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dennis Johnson	22	37.6	16.1	2.1	2.5	4.6	3.3	1.0	1.0	2.5	2.9	5.5	13.4	.412	-	-	-	5.1	7.2	.704
Dahntay Jones	3	23.7	7.3	0.7	2.3	3.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.7	2.7	2.7	7.0	.381	1.0	1.7	.600	1.0	1.3	.750


Season 3
	Dennis Johnson	Dahntay Jones
Season	1978-79	2005-06
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Grizzlies 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		%
Dennis Johnson	80	34.0	15.9	1.8	2.9	4.7	3.5	1.3	1.2	2.4	2.6	6.0	13.9	.434	-	-	-	3.8	4.9	.781
Dahntay Jones	71	13.6	4.0	0.3	1.2	1.5	0.5	0.5	0.2	0.7	1.5	1.5	3.7	.414	0.0	0.3	.143	0.8	1.3	.645

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dennis Johnson	17	40.1	20.9	2.6	3.5	6.1	4.1	1.6	1.5	3.0	3.7	8.0	17.8	.450	-	-	-	4.9	6.4	.771
Dahntay Jones	4	11.5	4.3	0.3	1.5	1.8	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.5	1.8	1.3	1.8	.714	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	2.5	.700


Season 4
	Dennis Johnson	Dahntay Jones
Season	1979-80	2006-07
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf 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		%
Dennis Johnson	81	36.3	19.0	2.1	3.0	5.1	4.1	1.8	1.0	2.8	3.3	7.1	16.8	.422	0.1	0.7	.207	4.7	6.0	.780
Dahntay Jones	78	21.4	7.5	0.6	1.4	2.0	0.9	0.5	0.3	1.2	2.5	2.8	5.9	.477	0.1	0.2	.417	1.8	2.2	.793

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dennis Johnson	15	38.8	17.1	1.7	2.6	4.3	3.8	1.8	0.7	2.9	3.2	6.7	16.3	.410	0.3	1.0	.333	3.5	4.1	.839
Dahntay Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Dennis Johnson	Dahntay Jones
Season	1980-81	2007-08
Team	Phoenix Suns	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 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		%
Dennis Johnson	79	33.1	18.8	2.0	2.6	4.6	3.7	1.7	0.8	2.6	3.1	6.7	15.4	.436	0.1	0.6	.216	5.2	6.3	.820
Dahntay Jones	25	8.2	3.2	0.3	1.1	1.4	0.5	0.3	0.2	0.4	1.1	0.9	2.1	.434	0.0	0.2	.167	1.4	2.0	.667

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dennis Johnson	7	38.1	19.6	1.0	3.7	4.7	2.9	1.3	1.3	2.7	2.6	7.4	15.7	.473	0.1	0.7	.200	4.6	6.0	.762
Dahntay Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Dennis Johnson	Dahntay Jones
Season	1981-82	2008-09
Team	Phoenix Suns	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	Nuggets 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		%
Dennis Johnson	80	36.7	19.5	1.8	3.4	5.1	4.6	1.3	0.7	2.9	3.2	7.2	15.4	.470	0.1	0.5	.190	5.0	6.2	.806
Dahntay Jones	79	18.1	5.4	0.7	1.4	2.1	1.0	0.6	0.2	0.9	2.5	1.9	4.3	.458	0.1	0.2	.647	1.4	1.9	.728

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dennis Johnson	7	38.7	22.3	1.9	2.6	4.4	4.6	2.1	0.6	3.6	4.0	9.0	18.9	.477	0.0	0.4	.000	4.3	5.6	.769
Dahntay Jones	16	17.5	7.0	1.0	1.4	2.4	0.6	0.8	0.3	0.8	2.6	2.4	4.9	.481	0.2	0.8	.250	2.1	2.7	.767


Season 7
	Dennis Johnson	Dahntay Jones
Season	1982-83	2009-10
Team	Phoenix Suns	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Dennis Johnson	77	33.1	14.2	1.2	3.2	4.4	5.0	1.3	0.5	2.6	2.6	5.2	11.2	.462	0.1	0.4	.161	3.8	4.8	.791
Dahntay Jones	76	24.9	10.2	0.6	2.4	3.0	2.0	0.5	0.5	1.7	3.1	3.8	8.2	.461	0.1	0.4	.125	2.6	3.4	.770

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dennis Johnson	3	36.0	18.0	2.0	5.7	7.7	5.7	1.7	0.7	2.7	3.0	7.3	16.0	.458	0.0	0.3	.000	3.3	4.0	.833
Dahntay Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Dennis Johnson	Dahntay Jones
Season	1983-84	2010-11
Team	Boston Celtics	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Pacers 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		%
Dennis Johnson	80	33.3	13.2	1.1	2.4	3.5	4.2	1.2	0.7	2.2	3.1	4.8	11.0	.437	0.1	0.4	.125	3.5	4.1	.852
Dahntay Jones	45	13.1	6.3	0.1	1.4	1.4	0.7	0.4	0.2	0.7	1.6	2.2	4.8	.467	0.3	0.9	.359	1.5	2.0	.767

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dennis Johnson	22	36.7	16.6	1.4	2.2	3.6	4.4	1.1	0.3	2.4	3.4	5.9	14.5	.404	0.1	0.3	.429	4.7	5.5	.867
Dahntay Jones	3	16.7	8.7	0.7	0.0	0.7	0.7	0.3	0.0	1.0	2.3	3.0	6.7	.450	0.0	1.0	.000	2.7	3.0	.889


Season 9
	Dennis Johnson	Dahntay Jones
Season	1984-85	2011-12
Team	Boston Celtics	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost NBA Finals	Pacers 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		%
Dennis Johnson	80	37.2	15.7	1.1	2.8	4.0	6.8	1.2	0.5	2.7	2.8	6.2	13.3	.462	0.1	0.3	.269	3.3	3.8	.853
Dahntay Jones	65	16.2	5.3	0.4	1.4	1.8	1.0	0.4	0.2	0.7	1.8	1.8	4.3	.409	0.5	1.2	.429	1.3	1.5	.838

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dennis Johnson	21	40.4	17.3	1.1	2.9	4.0	7.3	1.5	0.4	3.4	3.1	6.8	15.2	.445	0.0	0.7	.000	3.8	4.4	.860
Dahntay Jones	7	8.3	2.4	0.6	0.4	1.0	0.4	0.1	0.0	0.4	1.6	0.6	2.6	.222	0.3	1.3	.222	1.0	1.0	1.000


Season 10
	Dennis Johnson	Dahntay Jones
Season	1985-86	2012-13
Team	Boston Celtics	Dallas Mavericks, Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Dennis Johnson	78	35.0	15.6	0.9	2.6	3.4	5.8	1.4	0.4	2.2	2.6	6.2	13.6	.455	0.1	0.5	.143	3.1	3.8	.818
Dahntay Jones	78	13.0	3.4	0.3	1.0	1.3	0.6	0.3	0.1	0.5	1.5	1.1	2.8	.369	0.1	0.6	.224	1.1	1.4	.770

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dennis Johnson	18	39.7	16.2	1.3	2.9	4.2	5.9	2.2	0.3	2.8	3.2	6.1	13.6	.445	0.3	0.9	.375	3.7	4.7	.798
Dahntay Jones	5	3.8	0.8	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.8	.250	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.4	1.000

Note: Dahntay Jones didn't play in 2013-14.


Season 11
	Dennis Johnson	Dahntay Jones
Season	1986-87	2014-15
Team	Boston Celtics	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost NBA Finals	Clippers 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		%
Dennis Johnson	79	37.1	13.4	0.6	2.7	3.3	7.5	1.1	0.5	2.2	2.5	5.4	12.1	.444	0.1	0.8	.113	2.6	3.2	.833
Dahntay Jones	33	3.7	0.6	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.2	0.6	.286	0.0	0.1	.000	0.3	0.3	.818

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dennis Johnson	23	41.9	18.9	1.0	2.9	4.0	8.9	0.7	0.3	1.9	3.1	7.3	15.7	.465	0.1	1.1	.115	4.2	4.9	.850
Dahntay Jones	11	1.6	0.4	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.6	0.2	0.2	1.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 12
	Dennis Johnson	Dahntay Jones
Season	1987-88	2015-16
Team	Boston Celtics	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dennis Johnson	77	34.7	12.6	0.8	2.3	3.1	7.8	1.2	0.4	2.5	2.6	4.6	10.4	.438	0.2	0.6	.261	3.3	3.9	.856
Dahntay Jones	1	42.0	13.0	1.0	4.0	5.0	2.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	6.0	6.0	14.0	.429	1.0	2.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dennis Johnson	17	41.3	15.9	0.9	3.6	4.5	8.2	1.4	0.5	2.6	3.0	5.4	12.4	.433	0.4	0.9	.375	4.8	6.1	.796
Dahntay Jones	15	3.3	1.1	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.4	0.9	.462	0.1	0.2	.333	0.3	0.3	.800


Season 13
	Dennis Johnson	Dahntay Jones
Season	1988-89	2016-17
Team	Boston Celtics	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Cavaliers Lost NBA 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		%
Dennis Johnson	72	32.1	10.0	0.4	2.2	2.6	6.6	1.3	0.3	2.4	2.9	3.8	8.9	.434	0.1	0.7	.140	2.2	2.7	.821
Dahntay Jones	1	12.0	9.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	3.0	8.0	.375	0.0	2.0	.000	3.0	4.0	.750

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dennis Johnson	3	19.7	2.7	0.7	0.7	1.3	3.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	2.7	1.3	5.0	.267	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Dahntay Jones	10	3.3	1.6	0.1	0.6	0.7	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.7	0.5	1.0	.500	0.1	0.2	.500	0.5	0.5	1.000


Season 14
	Dennis Johnson	Dahntay Jones
Season	1989-90	-
Team	Boston Celtics	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics 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		%
Dennis Johnson	75	27.1	7.1	0.6	2.0	2.7	6.5	1.1	0.2	1.6	2.4	2.7	6.3	.434	0.0	0.3	.042	1.6	1.9	.843
Dahntay Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dennis Johnson	5	32.4	13.8	0.4	2.4	2.8	5.6	0.4	0.4	2.0	3.4	6.0	12.4	.484	0.4	1.2	.333	1.4	1.4	1.000
Dahntay Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Dennis Johnson vs. Dahntay Jones Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dahntay Jones and Dennis Johnson, 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