Eddie Johnson vs. Joakim Noah Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Joakim Noah and Eddie 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.

Eddie Johnson played 17 years in the NBA, 4 more than Joakim Noah, who played 13. Eddie Johnson had the first of his seasons in 1981-82, while Joakim Noah had his rookie season in 2007-08. 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
Eddie Johnson	17	10	1981-82 to 1998-99
Joakim Noah	13	8	2007-08 to 2019-20

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


Rookie Season
	Eddie Johnson	Joakim Noah
Season	1981-82	2007-08
Team	Kansas City Kings	Chicago Bulls
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		%
Eddie Johnson	74	20.5	9.3	1.7	2.6	4.4	1.5	0.7	0.2	1.3	2.8	4.0	8.7	.459	0.0	0.1	.091	1.3	2.0	.664
Joakim Noah	74	20.7	6.6	2.4	3.3	5.6	1.1	0.9	0.9	1.2	2.3	2.4	5.0	.482	0.0	0.0	.000	1.8	2.6	.691

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eddie Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Joakim Noah	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Eddie Johnson	Joakim Noah
Season	1982-83	2008-09
Team	Kansas City Kings	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bulls 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		%
Eddie Johnson	82	35.8	19.8	2.3	3.8	6.1	2.6	0.9	0.2	2.2	3.2	8.3	16.7	.494	0.2	0.9	.282	3.0	3.9	.779
Joakim Noah	80	24.2	6.7	3.1	4.5	7.6	1.3	0.6	1.4	1.0	3.0	2.6	4.7	.556	0.0	0.0	.000	1.5	2.3	.676

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eddie Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Joakim Noah	7	38.7	10.1	4.0	9.1	13.1	2.3	0.9	2.1	1.1	4.4	3.7	7.3	.510	0.0	0.0	-	2.7	3.6	.760


Season 3
	Eddie Johnson	Joakim Noah
Season	1983-84	2009-10
Team	Kansas City Kings	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Kings Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Bulls 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		%
Eddie Johnson	82	35.6	21.9	2.0	3.5	5.5	3.6	0.9	0.3	2.6	3.2	9.2	18.9	.485	0.2	0.8	.313	3.3	4.0	.810
Joakim Noah	64	30.1	10.7	3.4	7.6	11.0	2.1	0.5	1.6	1.8	3.1	4.1	8.1	.504	0.0	0.0	-	2.5	3.4	.744

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eddie Johnson	3	35.7	17.0	1.3	2.0	3.3	4.0	1.0	0.3	0.7	2.7	7.0	16.0	.438	0.7	1.7	.400	2.3	2.3	1.000
Joakim Noah	5	37.6	14.8	4.0	9.0	13.0	2.6	1.8	1.4	3.0	4.0	5.6	10.6	.528	0.0	0.0	-	3.6	3.8	.947


Season 4
	Eddie Johnson	Joakim Noah
Season	1984-85	2010-11
Team	Kansas City Kings	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bulls Lost East 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		%
Eddie Johnson	82	36.9	22.9	1.8	3.1	5.0	3.3	1.0	0.3	2.7	2.9	9.4	19.1	.491	0.2	0.7	.241	4.0	4.5	.871
Joakim Noah	48	32.8	11.7	3.8	6.6	10.4	2.2	1.0	1.5	1.9	3.3	4.4	8.4	.525	0.0	0.0	.000	2.9	3.9	.739

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eddie Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Joakim Noah	16	33.1	8.7	4.3	5.9	10.2	2.5	1.0	2.1	1.2	3.9	3.2	7.8	.411	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	3.2	.725


Season 5
	Eddie Johnson	Joakim Noah
Season	1985-86	2011-12
Team	Sacramento Kings	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Kings Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Bulls 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		%
Eddie Johnson	82	30.7	18.7	2.1	3.0	5.1	2.6	0.7	0.2	2.3	2.9	7.6	16.0	.475	0.0	0.2	.200	3.4	4.2	.816
Joakim Noah	64	30.4	10.2	3.8	6.0	9.8	2.5	0.6	1.4	1.4	2.5	3.9	7.7	.508	0.0	0.0	.000	2.4	3.2	.748

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eddie Johnson	3	32.0	18.7	3.3	3.7	7.0	1.3	1.0	0.3	2.0	2.3	8.0	18.3	.436	0.0	1.0	.000	2.7	3.0	.889
Joakim Noah	3	33.0	15.0	3.0	6.3	9.3	3.0	0.7	1.3	0.3	1.7	6.3	8.7	.731	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	3.7	.636


Season 6
	Eddie Johnson	Joakim Noah
Season	1986-87	2012-13
Team	Sacramento Kings	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bulls 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		%
Eddie Johnson	81	30.3	18.7	1.8	2.6	4.4	3.1	0.5	0.2	2.0	2.7	7.5	16.2	.463	0.5	1.5	.314	3.3	4.0	.829
Joakim Noah	66	36.8	11.9	3.9	7.2	11.1	4.0	1.2	2.1	2.7	2.8	4.6	9.5	.481	0.0	0.1	.000	2.7	3.6	.751

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eddie Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Joakim Noah	12	34.1	10.8	4.3	5.3	9.6	2.3	0.8	2.2	2.0	3.6	4.3	9.9	.437	0.0	0.0	-	2.1	3.3	.641


Season 7
	Eddie Johnson	Joakim Noah
Season	1987-88	2013-14
Team	Phoenix Suns	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bulls 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		%
Eddie Johnson	73	29.8	17.7	1.7	2.7	4.4	2.5	0.5	0.1	1.9	2.6	7.3	15.2	.480	0.3	1.3	.255	2.8	3.3	.850
Joakim Noah	80	35.3	12.6	3.5	7.7	11.3	5.4	1.2	1.5	2.4	3.1	4.8	10.0	.475	0.0	0.0	.000	3.1	4.2	.737

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eddie Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Joakim Noah	5	42.0	10.4	3.0	9.8	12.8	4.6	1.0	1.4	3.8	3.8	4.2	8.2	.512	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	3.4	.588


Season 8
	Eddie Johnson	Joakim Noah
Season	1988-89	2014-15
Team	Phoenix Suns	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	Sixth Man of the Year	-
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Finals	Bulls 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		%
Eddie Johnson	70	29.2	21.5	1.3	3.1	4.4	2.3	0.7	0.1	1.7	2.8	8.7	17.5	.497	1.0	2.5	.413	3.1	3.6	.868
Joakim Noah	67	30.6	7.2	3.3	6.4	9.6	4.7	0.7	1.1	1.8	3.0	2.8	6.4	.445	0.0	0.0	.000	1.6	2.6	.603

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eddie Johnson	12	32.7	17.8	2.3	4.9	7.3	2.1	1.0	0.2	1.5	3.4	7.1	17.2	.413	1.1	3.2	.342	2.5	3.3	.769
Joakim Noah	12	32.9	5.8	3.8	7.3	11.0	3.2	0.8	1.2	1.7	3.1	2.6	6.3	.408	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	1.7	.350


Season 9
	Eddie Johnson	Joakim Noah
Season	1989-90	2015-16
Team	Phoenix Suns	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns 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		%
Eddie Johnson	64	28.3	16.9	1.1	2.8	3.8	1.7	0.5	0.2	1.7	2.7	6.4	14.2	.453	1.1	2.9	.380	2.9	3.2	.917
Joakim Noah	29	21.9	4.3	3.0	5.8	8.8	3.8	0.6	1.0	1.8	2.7	1.8	4.6	.383	0.0	0.0	.000	0.8	1.6	.489

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eddie Johnson	16	21.1	12.3	0.9	2.6	3.6	1.1	0.6	0.3	1.3	2.5	4.5	10.0	.450	0.9	2.4	.395	2.3	2.9	.787
Joakim Noah	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Eddie Johnson	Joakim Noah
Season	1990-91	2016-17
Team	Phoenix Suns, Seattle Supersonics	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Supersonics 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		%
Eddie Johnson	81	25.7	16.7	1.3	2.0	3.3	1.4	0.7	0.1	1.5	2.2	6.7	13.9	.484	0.5	1.5	.325	2.8	3.2	.891
Joakim Noah	46	22.1	5.0	3.5	5.2	8.8	2.2	0.7	0.8	1.3	2.8	2.2	4.4	.490	0.0	0.0	.000	0.7	1.7	.436

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eddie Johnson	5	34.2	24.0	2.4	1.8	4.2	1.4	1.4	0.2	1.6	2.6	9.2	17.8	.517	0.8	3.0	.267	4.8	5.8	.828
Joakim Noah	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Eddie Johnson	Joakim Noah
Season	1991-92	2017-18
Team	Seattle Supersonics	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Supersonics 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		%
Eddie Johnson	81	29.2	17.1	1.5	2.1	3.6	2.0	0.7	0.1	1.6	2.5	6.6	14.4	.459	0.3	1.3	.252	3.6	4.2	.861
Joakim Noah	7	5.7	1.7	0.9	1.1	2.0	0.6	0.3	0.3	0.6	0.7	0.7	1.4	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.6	.500

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eddie Johnson	9	27.4	18.4	0.9	2.1	3.0	0.9	0.3	0.3	1.7	2.1	7.2	15.2	.474	0.4	2.4	.182	3.6	3.8	.941
Joakim Noah	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Eddie Johnson	Joakim Noah
Season	1992-93	2018-19
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
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		%
Eddie Johnson	82	22.8	14.4	1.5	1.8	3.3	1.6	0.4	0.0	1.6	2.1	5.6	12.1	.467	0.2	0.7	.304	2.9	3.1	.911
Joakim Noah	42	16.5	7.1	1.4	4.3	5.7	2.1	0.5	0.7	1.2	2.3	2.6	5.1	.516	0.0	0.0	.000	1.9	2.6	.716

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eddie Johnson	19	20.1	10.8	0.9	1.5	2.4	0.9	0.2	0.1	1.0	2.3	4.3	11.1	.390	0.6	1.9	.333	1.5	1.6	.935
Joakim Noah	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Eddie Johnson	Joakim Noah
Season	1993-94	2019-20
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Eddie Johnson	73	20.0	11.5	1.1	2.0	3.1	1.7	0.5	0.1	1.2	2.0	4.6	10.1	.459	0.8	2.1	.393	1.4	1.7	.780
Joakim Noah	5	10.0	2.8	1.0	2.2	3.2	1.4	0.2	0.2	1.2	1.8	0.8	1.6	.500	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	1.6	.750

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eddie Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Joakim Noah	2	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Note: Eddie Johnson didn't play in 1994-95.


Season 14
	Eddie Johnson	Joakim Noah
Season	1995-96	-
Team	Indiana Pacers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Eddie Johnson	62	16.2	7.7	0.7	1.7	2.5	1.1	0.3	0.1	0.9	1.7	2.9	7.0	.413	0.7	2.1	.352	1.1	1.3	.886
Joakim Noah	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eddie Johnson	1	9.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.0	.000	0.0	2.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-
Joakim Noah	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Eddie Johnson	Joakim Noah
Season	1996-97	-
Team	Indiana Pacers, 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		%
Eddie Johnson	52	17.6	8.2	0.5	2.1	2.7	1.0	0.3	0.0	0.9	1.6	3.1	7.0	.442	0.9	2.5	.374	1.1	1.3	.809
Joakim Noah	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eddie Johnson	16	17.7	8.3	0.9	1.3	2.3	0.6	0.3	0.0	0.4	1.1	3.0	7.3	.410	0.9	2.9	.298	1.4	1.5	.958
Joakim Noah	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 16
	Eddie Johnson	Joakim Noah
Season	1997-98	-
Team	Houston Rockets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets 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		%
Eddie Johnson	75	19.9	8.4	0.7	1.4	2.0	1.2	0.4	0.0	0.8	1.2	3.0	7.3	.417	0.9	2.6	.333	1.5	1.8	.831
Joakim Noah	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eddie Johnson	5	17.6	5.6	0.8	0.8	1.6	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.6	2.0	1.8	5.4	.333	0.6	2.0	.300	1.4	1.6	.875
Joakim Noah	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 17
	Eddie Johnson	Joakim Noah
Season	1998-99	-
Team	Houston Rockets	-
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		%
Eddie Johnson	3	6.0	4.0	0.0	0.7	0.7	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.7	1.0	2.0	4.3	.462	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	0.0	-
Joakim Noah	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eddie Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Joakim Noah	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Eddie Johnson vs. Joakim Noah Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Joakim Noah and Eddie 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

Season 15

Season 16

Season 17