Aaron Gordon vs. Frank Johnson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Frank Johnson and Aaron Gordon, 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.

Aaron Gordon and Frank Johnson both played 10 years in the NBA. Aaron Gordon had the first of his seasons in 2014-15, while Frank Johnson had his rookie season in 1981-82. 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
Aaron Gordon	10	5	2014-15 to 2023-24
Frank Johnson	10	8	1981-82 to 1993-94

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Aaron Gordon	Frank Johnson
Season	2014-15	1981-82
Team	Orlando Magic	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bullets 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		%
Aaron Gordon	47	17.0	5.2	1.0	2.6	3.6	0.7	0.4	0.5	0.8	1.8	2.0	4.4	.447	0.3	1.0	.271	0.9	1.3	.721
Frank Johnson	79	25.7	10.7	0.4	1.4	1.9	4.8	1.0	0.1	2.0	2.5	4.3	10.3	.414	0.2	1.0	.215	1.9	2.6	.750

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron Gordon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Frank Johnson	7	40.0	15.6	1.0	2.1	3.1	8.4	1.4	0.0	4.1	3.4	5.7	14.9	.385	0.7	1.7	.417	3.4	4.0	.857


Season 2
	Aaron Gordon	Frank Johnson
Season	2015-16	1982-83
Team	Orlando Magic	Washington Bullets
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		%
Aaron Gordon	78	23.9	9.2	2.0	4.5	6.5	1.6	0.8	0.7	0.8	2.0	3.5	7.4	.473	0.5	1.8	.296	1.7	2.5	.668
Frank Johnson	68	34.2	12.5	0.7	1.9	2.6	8.1	1.6	0.1	3.5	2.5	4.7	11.6	.408	0.2	0.9	.230	2.9	3.8	.751

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron Gordon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Frank Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Aaron Gordon	Frank Johnson
Season	2016-17	1983-84
Team	Orlando Magic	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bullets 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		%
Aaron Gordon	80	28.7	12.7	1.5	3.6	5.1	1.9	0.8	0.5	1.1	2.2	4.9	10.8	.454	1.0	3.3	.288	2.0	2.7	.719
Frank Johnson	82	32.8	12.0	0.7	1.5	2.2	6.9	1.2	0.1	2.3	2.1	4.8	10.2	.467	0.1	0.5	.256	2.3	3.1	.742

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron Gordon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Frank Johnson	4	39.0	14.3	1.0	2.3	3.3	6.3	1.3	0.0	2.3	4.0	6.0	10.5	.571	0.3	0.8	.333	2.0	2.0	1.000


Season 4
	Aaron Gordon	Frank Johnson
Season	2017-18	1984-85
Team	Orlando Magic	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bullets 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		%
Aaron Gordon	58	32.9	17.6	1.5	6.4	7.9	2.3	1.0	0.8	1.8	1.9	6.5	14.9	.434	2.0	5.9	.336	2.7	3.9	.698
Frank Johnson	46	20.1	9.3	0.5	0.9	1.4	3.1	0.9	0.1	1.3	1.6	3.8	7.8	.489	0.1	0.4	.353	1.6	2.1	.750

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron Gordon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Frank Johnson	2	19.5	7.5	0.5	1.5	2.0	3.5	1.0	0.0	1.0	2.5	2.0	7.0	.286	0.5	3.0	.167	3.0	3.0	1.000


Season 5
	Aaron Gordon	Frank Johnson
Season	2018-19	1985-86
Team	Orlando Magic	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Magic Lost East 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		%
Aaron Gordon	78	33.8	16.0	1.7	5.7	7.4	3.7	0.7	0.7	2.1	2.2	6.0	13.4	.449	1.6	4.4	.349	2.4	3.2	.731
Frank Johnson	14	28.7	12.6	0.5	1.5	2.0	5.4	0.8	0.1	2.1	2.1	4.9	11.0	.448	0.0	0.2	.000	2.7	3.9	.704

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron Gordon	5	32.8	15.2	2.2	5.0	7.2	3.6	1.2	0.2	2.6	3.2	5.8	12.4	.468	1.6	4.0	.400	2.0	3.8	.526
Frank Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Aaron Gordon	Frank Johnson
Season	2019-20	1986-87
Team	Orlando Magic	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bullets 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		%
Aaron Gordon	62	32.5	14.4	1.7	5.9	7.7	3.7	0.8	0.6	1.6	2.0	5.4	12.4	.437	1.2	3.8	.308	2.4	3.6	.674
Frank Johnson	18	22.2	8.5	0.6	1.1	1.7	3.2	1.2	0.0	1.7	1.7	3.3	7.1	.461	0.0	0.1	.000	1.9	2.7	.714

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron Gordon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Frank Johnson	3	9.3	2.7	0.7	0.0	0.7	1.7	0.3	0.0	1.3	1.0	0.7	2.3	.286	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	1.3	1.000


Season 7
	Aaron Gordon	Frank Johnson
Season	2020-21	1987-88
Team	Orlando Magic, Denver Nuggets	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	Bullets 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		%
Aaron Gordon	50	27.7	12.4	1.5	4.1	5.7	3.2	0.7	0.7	1.9	1.8	4.6	10.0	.463	1.2	3.5	.335	1.9	3.0	.651
Frank Johnson	75	16.8	7.4	0.5	1.1	1.6	2.5	0.9	0.1	1.3	1.6	2.9	6.6	.434	0.0	0.1	.111	1.6	2.0	.812

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron Gordon	10	29.9	11.1	2.1	3.3	5.4	2.0	0.5	0.3	1.4	2.3	4.3	9.9	.434	0.9	2.3	.391	1.6	2.5	.640
Frank Johnson	5	8.8	3.6	0.0	0.4	0.4	0.2	0.8	0.0	0.4	0.8	1.4	4.4	.318	0.0	0.4	.000	0.8	0.8	1.000


Season 8
	Aaron Gordon	Frank Johnson
Season	2021-22	1988-89
Team	Denver Nuggets	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets 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		%
Aaron Gordon	75	31.7	15.0	1.7	4.2	5.9	2.5	0.6	0.6	1.8	2.0	5.8	11.1	.520	1.2	3.5	.335	2.3	3.1	.743
Frank Johnson	67	13.1	4.4	0.3	0.9	1.2	2.7	0.6	0.0	1.5	1.4	1.6	3.7	.443	0.0	0.1	.167	1.1	1.4	.806

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron Gordon	5	32.0	13.8	3.6	3.6	7.2	2.6	0.4	1.2	1.6	2.8	4.6	10.8	.426	0.6	3.0	.200	4.0	5.6	.714
Frank Johnson	4	9.0	2.5	0.3	1.0	1.3	1.8	0.3	0.0	1.0	0.8	0.5	1.5	.333	0.0	0.3	.000	1.5	2.5	.600

Note: Frank Johnson didn't play in 1989-90, 1990-91 and 1991-92.


Season 9
	Aaron Gordon	Frank Johnson
Season	2022-23	1992-93
Team	Denver Nuggets	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Suns 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		%
Aaron Gordon	68	30.2	16.3	2.4	4.1	6.6	3.0	0.8	0.8	1.4	1.9	6.3	11.2	.564	0.9	2.5	.347	2.8	4.6	.608
Frank Johnson	77	14.6	4.3	0.5	0.9	1.5	2.4	0.8	0.1	1.0	1.5	1.8	4.1	.436	0.0	0.2	.083	0.8	1.0	.776

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron Gordon	20	35.7	13.3	2.5	3.6	6.0	2.6	0.6	0.7	1.0	2.9	5.1	9.8	.518	0.9	2.3	.391	2.3	3.5	.652
Frank Johnson	22	7.8	3.2	0.1	0.4	0.5	0.8	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.2	1.0	2.3	.440	0.0	0.1	.333	1.1	1.3	.862


Season 10
	Aaron Gordon	Frank Johnson
Season	2023-24	1993-94
Team	Denver Nuggets	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	Suns 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		%
Aaron Gordon	73	31.5	13.9	2.4	4.1	6.5	3.5	0.8	0.6	1.4	1.9	5.5	9.8	.556	0.5	1.9	.290	2.4	3.7	.658
Frank Johnson	70	12.5	4.6	0.4	0.8	1.2	2.1	0.6	0.0	0.9	1.7	1.9	4.3	.448	0.0	0.2	.167	0.8	1.0	.783

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron Gordon	12	37.1	14.3	3.0	4.3	7.3	4.4	0.8	0.6	1.5	2.3	5.8	9.8	.585	0.9	2.3	.407	1.9	2.3	.821
Frank Johnson	7	6.6	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.6	0.7	0.3	0.0	0.4	0.9	0.1	1.7	.083	0.0	0.3	.000	0.1	0.3	.500

Aaron Gordon vs. Frank Johnson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Frank Johnson and Aaron Gordon, 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