Mickey Johnson vs. Jeremy Lin Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jeremy Lin and Mickey 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.

Mickey Johnson played 12 years in the NBA, 3 more than Jeremy Lin, who played 9. Mickey Johnson had the first of his seasons in 1974-75, while Jeremy Lin had his rookie season in 2010-11. 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
Mickey Johnson	12	5	1974-75 to 1985-86
Jeremy Lin	9	4	2010-11 to 2018-19

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Mickey Johnson	Jeremy Lin
Season	1974-75	2010-11
Team	Chicago Bulls	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls 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		%
Mickey Johnson	38	7.7	3.8	0.8	1.6	2.5	0.5	0.3	0.3	-	1.5	1.4	3.1	.449	-	-	-	1.0	1.5	.638
Jeremy Lin	29	9.8	2.6	0.4	0.8	1.2	1.4	1.1	0.3	0.6	1.1	1.0	2.5	.389	0.0	0.2	.200	0.7	0.9	.760

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mickey Johnson	3	1.7	0.7	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.3	-	0.7	0.3	1.0	.333	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-
Jeremy Lin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Mickey Johnson	Jeremy Lin
Season	1975-76	2011-12
Team	Chicago Bulls	New York Knicks
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		%
Mickey Johnson	81	29.5	15.3	3.4	5.9	9.4	1.6	1.1	0.8	-	3.6	5.9	12.8	.463	-	-	-	3.5	4.4	.786
Jeremy Lin	35	26.9	14.6	0.5	2.5	3.1	6.2	1.6	0.3	3.6	2.2	4.9	10.9	.446	0.7	2.1	.320	4.2	5.2	.798

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mickey Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jeremy Lin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Mickey Johnson	Jeremy Lin
Season	1976-77	2012-13
Team	Chicago Bulls	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Mickey Johnson	81	35.1	17.3	3.7	6.6	10.2	2.4	1.3	0.8	-	3.9	6.6	14.9	.446	-	-	-	4.0	5.0	.796
Jeremy Lin	82	32.2	13.4	0.4	2.6	3.0	6.1	1.6	0.4	2.9	2.5	4.8	10.9	.441	1.1	3.1	.339	2.6	3.4	.785

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mickey Johnson	3	41.3	27.3	4.7	8.3	13.0	2.3	1.7	0.7	-	4.3	11.3	24.0	.472	-	-	-	4.7	5.3	.875
Jeremy Lin	4	21.0	4.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	0.5	0.3	2.0	2.3	1.5	6.0	.250	0.5	3.0	.167	0.5	0.5	1.000


Season 4
	Mickey Johnson	Jeremy Lin
Season	1977-78	2013-14
Team	Chicago Bulls	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Mickey Johnson	81	35.4	18.3	2.7	6.4	9.1	3.3	1.1	0.8	3.3	3.9	6.9	15.0	.462	-	-	-	4.5	5.5	.812
Jeremy Lin	71	28.9	12.5	0.5	2.2	2.6	4.1	1.0	0.4	2.5	2.3	4.2	9.3	.446	1.2	3.2	.358	3.1	3.7	.823

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mickey Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jeremy Lin	6	29.5	11.3	1.2	2.5	3.7	4.3	0.5	0.2	2.2	2.5	4.2	10.2	.410	0.8	3.8	.217	2.2	2.7	.813


Season 5
	Mickey Johnson	Jeremy Lin
Season	1978-79	2014-15
Team	Chicago Bulls	Los Angeles Lakers
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		%
Mickey Johnson	82	31.6	15.4	2.4	5.3	7.6	4.6	1.1	0.7	3.8	3.5	6.0	13.5	.449	-	-	-	3.3	4.0	.830
Jeremy Lin	74	25.8	11.2	0.4	2.3	2.6	4.6	1.1	0.4	2.2	2.6	3.7	8.8	.424	0.9	2.4	.369	2.9	3.6	.795

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mickey Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jeremy Lin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Mickey Johnson	Jeremy Lin
Season	1979-80	2015-16
Team	Indiana Pacers	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hornets 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		%
Mickey Johnson	82	32.3	19.1	3.1	5.2	8.3	4.2	1.9	1.4	3.5	3.5	7.2	15.5	.463	0.1	0.4	.156	4.7	5.9	.799
Jeremy Lin	78	26.3	11.7	0.5	2.7	3.2	3.0	0.7	0.5	1.9	2.1	3.8	9.3	.412	1.0	2.9	.336	3.1	3.7	.815

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mickey Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jeremy Lin	7	27.0	12.4	0.4	1.9	2.3	2.6	0.7	0.0	1.6	3.0	3.7	9.0	.413	0.4	2.0	.214	4.6	5.6	.821


Season 7
	Mickey Johnson	Jeremy Lin
Season	1980-81	2016-17
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East 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		%
Mickey Johnson	82	25.8	12.5	2.2	4.4	6.6	3.5	1.1	0.9	2.8	3.1	4.6	10.3	.448	0.0	0.2	.167	3.2	4.0	.789
Jeremy Lin	36	24.5	14.5	0.3	3.4	3.8	5.1	1.2	0.4	2.4	2.2	4.9	11.1	.438	1.6	4.3	.372	3.2	3.9	.816

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mickey Johnson	7	24.3	11.7	3.4	3.3	6.7	1.9	1.3	0.9	3.0	3.6	3.7	9.3	.400	0.0	0.1	.000	4.3	5.0	.857
Jeremy Lin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Mickey Johnson	Jeremy Lin
Season	1981-82	2017-18
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East 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		%
Mickey Johnson	76	25.4	12.9	1.8	4.2	6.0	2.8	0.9	0.6	2.5	3.2	4.9	10.0	.491	0.0	0.1	.143	3.1	3.8	.801
Jeremy Lin	1	25.0	18.0	0.0	0.0	0	4.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	3.0	5.0	12.0	.417	1.0	2.0	.500	7.0	7.0	1.000

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mickey Johnson	6	34.3	19.8	2.5	2.8	5.3	3.0	1.3	0.7	2.2	4.5	7.2	12.5	.573	0.0	0.2	.000	5.5	6.5	.846
Jeremy Lin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Mickey Johnson	Jeremy Lin
Season	1982-83	2018-19
Team	Milwaukee Bucks, New Jersey Nets, Golden State Warriors	Atlanta Hawks, Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Mickey Johnson	78	26.3	14.1	2.1	4.2	6.3	3.3	1.1	0.6	3.1	3.7	5.0	11.8	.425	0.0	0.5	.083	4.0	4.9	.821
Jeremy Lin	74	19.4	9.6	0.3	2.1	2.4	3.1	0.6	0.2	1.7	1.9	3.2	7.3	.440	0.7	2.5	.294	2.4	2.8	.838

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mickey Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jeremy Lin	8	3.4	1.1	0.0	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.1	0.0	0.6	0.3	0.3	1.1	.222	0.1	0.3	.500	0.5	0.5	1.000


Season 10
	Mickey Johnson	Jeremy Lin
Season	1983-84	-
Team	Golden State Warriors	-
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		%
Mickey Johnson	78	27.2	13.6	2.5	4.1	6.6	2.8	1.3	0.4	2.8	3.7	4.6	10.9	.421	0.1	0.4	.172	4.3	5.5	.785
Jeremy Lin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mickey Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jeremy Lin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Mickey Johnson	Jeremy Lin
Season	1984-85	-
Team	Golden State Warriors	-
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		%
Mickey Johnson	66	23.7	13.3	2.3	3.7	6.0	2.3	1.1	0.5	2.2	3.3	4.6	10.8	.426	0.1	0.5	.233	3.9	4.8	.823
Jeremy Lin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mickey Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jeremy Lin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Mickey Johnson	Jeremy Lin
Season	1985-86	-
Team	New Jersey 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		%
Mickey Johnson	79	19.9	7.8	1.2	3.0	4.2	2.7	0.8	0.3	2.1	3.1	2.7	6.4	.422	0.1	0.3	.208	2.3	2.9	.785
Jeremy Lin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mickey Johnson	3	18.0	5.7	0.7	3.0	3.7	0.7	0.7	0.0	1.0	2.3	1.7	6.3	.263	0.0	0.7	.000	2.3	3.7	.636
Jeremy Lin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Mickey Johnson vs. Jeremy Lin Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jeremy Lin and Mickey 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