Al Horford vs. Joe Johnson Season by Season Comparison

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

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.

Al Horford and Joe Johnson both played 18 years in the NBA. Al Horford had the first of his seasons in 2007-08, 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 achievements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Rookie Season
	Al Horford	Joe Johnson
Season	2007-08	2001-02
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Boston Celtics, Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Horford	81	31.4	10.1	3.1	6.6	9.7	1.5	0.7	0.9	1.7	3.3	4.1	8.2	.499	0.0	0.1	.000	1.9	2.6	.731
difference:	+4	+6.5	+2.6	+2.1	+4.2	+6.4	+0.8	+0.1	+0.6	-0.8	-1.8	+0.8	+0.6	+.069	+0.5	+1.6	+.292	+1.4	+1.9	+.043
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		%
Al Horford	7	39.6	12.6	3.1	7.3	10.4	3.6	0.4	1.0	2.1	3.7	4.9	10.3	.472	0.0	0.0	-	2.9	3.9	.741
Joe Johnson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Al Horford	Joe Johnson
Season	2009-10	2003-04
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Horford	81	35.1	14.2	2.9	7.0	9.9	2.3	0.7	1.1	1.5	2.8	5.8	10.5	.551	0.0	0.0	-	2.6	3.3	.789
difference:	+1	+5.5	+2.5	+1.9	+3.3	+5.2	+2.1	+0.4	+0.8	-0.9	-0.6	+1.0	+5.2	+.121	+1.0	+3.3		+0.5	+0.5	+.039
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		%
Al Horford	11	35.3	14.6	2.5	6.5	9.0	1.8	0.7	1.7	1.4	3.2	6.1	11.6	.523	0.1	0.1	1.000	2.4	2.8	.839
Joe Johnson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Al Horford	Joe Johnson
Season	2010-11	2004-05
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	Suns Lost West Conf Finals

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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Horford	77	35.1	15.3	2.4	7.0	9.3	3.5	0.8	1.0	1.5	2.5	6.7	12.0	.557	0.0	0.1	.500	1.9	2.4	.798
difference:	+5	+4.4	+1.8	+0.9	+3.3	+4.2		+0.2	+0.7	-0.3	-0.5	+0.1	+2.4	+.096	+2.2	+4.4	+.022	+0.3	+0.2	+.048
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		%
Al Horford	12	39.0	11.3	2.1	7.5	9.6	3.5	0.4	1.0	1.4	2.8	4.8	11.4	.423	0.0	0.2	.000	1.7	2.2	.769
difference:	+3	+0.3	+7.5	+1.3	+3.9	+5.3	+0.2	+0.7	+0.6	-0.3	-0.8	+2.2	+2.5	+.081	+2.2	+3.8	+.556	+0.9	+1.5	+.072
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 6
	Al Horford	Joe Johnson
Season	2012-13	2006-07
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Horford	74	37.2	17.4	2.6	7.6	10.2	3.2	1.1	1.1	2.0	2.2	7.8	14.3	.543	0.0	0.1	.500	1.8	2.8	.644
difference:	+17	+4.2	+7.6	+1.7	+4.3	+6.0	+1.2		+0.9	-1.1	-0.2	+1.6	+5.7	+.072	+2.1	+5.4	+.119	+2.3	+2.7	+.104
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		%
Al Horford	6	36.3	16.7	2.0	6.8	8.8	3.0	1.0	0.8	1.5	2.8	6.8	13.8	.494	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	4.5	.667
Joe Johnson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Al Horford	Joe Johnson
Season	2013-14	2007-08
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Horford	29	33.0	18.6	2.3	6.1	8.4	2.6	0.9	1.5	2.2	1.9	8.2	14.5	.567	0.1	0.4	.364	2.0	2.9	.682
difference:	+53	+7.8	+3.1	+1.3	+2.6	+3.9	+3.2	+0.1	+1.3	-0.5	-0.1	+0.3	+3.8	+.135	+2.0	+5.0	+.017	+1.9	+1.7	+.152
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		%
Al Horford	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Al Horford	Joe Johnson
Season	2014-15	2008-09
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Finals	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis

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8th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Horford	76	30.5	15.2	1.7	5.4	7.2	3.2	0.9	1.3	1.3	1.6	6.8	12.7	.538	0.1	0.5	.306	1.4	1.9	.759
difference:	+3	+9.0	+6.2	+0.9	+1.8	+2.8	+2.6	+0.2	+1.1	-1.2	-0.6	+1.0	+5.3	+.101	+1.8	+4.7	+.054	+2.4	+2.7	+.067
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		%
Al Horford	16	32.6	14.4	2.5	6.1	8.6	3.7	0.8	1.4	1.6	2.1	6.7	13.2	.507	0.1	0.6	.222	0.9	1.3	.750
difference:	+5	+6.4	+2.0	+1.0	+3.2	+4.1	+0.2	+0.5	+1.4	-1.3	-0.1	+0.3	+2.1	+.090	+1.0	+2.6	+.121	+1.6	+2.8	+.128
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
	Al Horford	Joe Johnson
Season	2015-16	2009-10
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis

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9th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Horford	82	32.1	15.2	1.8	5.5	7.3	3.2	0.8	1.5	1.3	2.0	6.5	12.8	.505	1.1	3.1	.344	1.3	1.6	.798
difference:	+6	+5.9	+6.1	+0.8	+1.8	+2.7	+1.7	+0.3	+1.4	-0.6	-0.1	+1.9	+5.4	+.047	+0.6	+1.5	+.025	+1.6	+1.9	+.020
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		%
Al Horford	10	32.7	13.4	1.3	5.2	6.5	3.1	1.2	2.4	1.7	2.5	5.4	11.6	.466	1.1	2.8	.393	1.5	1.6	.938
difference:	+1	+7.3	+4.5	+0.5	+1.9	+1.4	+1.9	+0.3	+2.1	-0.6	-0.5	+1.6	+6.5	+.079	+0.3	+0.9	+.173	+1.6	+2.2	+.128
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
	Al Horford	Joe Johnson
Season	2016-17	2010-11
Team	Boston Celtics	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis

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10th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Horford	68	32.3	14.0	1.4	5.4	6.8	5.0	0.8	1.3	1.7	2.0	5.6	11.8	.473	1.3	3.6	.355	1.6	2.0	.800
difference:	+4	+3.2	+4.2	+0.6	+2.2	+2.8	+0.3	+0.1	+1.2	-0.3	-0.2	+1.5	+4.3	+.030	+0.1	+0.6	+.058	+1.1	+1.4	+.002
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		%
Al Horford	18	33.9	15.1	1.7	4.8	6.6	5.4	0.8	0.8	1.8	1.8	6.2	10.6	.584	1.5	2.9	.519	1.2	1.6	.759
difference:	+6	+7.5	+3.7	+0.2	+1.7	+2.0	+2.1	+0.3	+0.7	-0.8	-0.2	+1.1	+5.9	+.145		+0.6	+.090	+1.6	+1.9	+.051
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
	Al Horford	Joe Johnson
Season	2017-18	2011-12
Team	Boston Celtics	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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11th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Horford	72	31.6	12.9	1.4	5.9	7.4	4.7	0.6	1.1	1.8	1.9	5.1	10.5	.489	1.3	3.1	.429	1.3	1.7	.783
difference:	+12	+3.9	+5.9	+0.5	+3.1	+3.7	+0.8	+0.2	+0.9	-0.1	-0.6	+2.0	+5.0	+.035	+0.8	+2.3	+.041	+1.3	+1.4	+.066
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		%
Al Horford	19	35.7	15.7	1.7	6.6	8.3	3.3	1.0	1.2	1.7	2.1	5.8	10.7	.544	0.8	2.3	.349	3.3	3.9	.827
difference:	+13	+4.8	+1.5	+0.7	+4.1	+4.8	+0.2	+0.3	+1.0	-1.0	-0.3	+0.5	+6.3	+.171	+0.7	+3.7	+.099	+0.3	+0.1	+.077
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 13
	Al Horford	Joe Johnson
Season	2019-20	2013-14
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Nets Lost East Conf Semis

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13th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Horford	67	30.2	11.9	1.5	5.3	6.8	4.0	0.8	0.9	1.2	2.1	4.8	10.6	.450	1.5	4.2	.350	0.9	1.2	.763
difference:	+12	+2.4	+3.9	+0.9	+2.5	+3.4	+1.3	+0.2	+0.8	-0.3	-0.5	+1.0	+2.3	+.004	+0.6	+0.9	+.051	+1.1	+1.3	+.052
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		%
Al Horford	4	32.3	7.0	2.3	5.0	7.3	2.3	0.3	1.3	0.8	3.5	3.0	6.3	.480	0.0	1.0	.000	1.0	1.8	.571
difference:	+8	+6.8	+14.2	+1.5	+1.9	+3.5	+0.6	+0.2	+1.0	-0.8	-1.8	+5.2	+9.0	+.053	+1.8	+3.4	+.415	+2.0	+1.8	+.266
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 17
	Al Horford	Joe Johnson
Season	2023-24	2017-18
Team	Boston Celtics	Utah Jazz, Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Rockets Lost West Conf Finals

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17th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Horford	65	26.8	8.6	1.3	5.1	6.4	2.6	0.6	1.0	0.7	1.4	3.3	6.4	.511	1.7	4.0	.419	0.4	0.5	.867
difference:	+10	+4.9	+1.8	+1.0	+2.2	+3.3	+1.1	+0.3	+0.9	-0.2	-0.2	+0.6	+0.1	+.105	+1.0	+1.4	+.143	+0.3	+0.3	+.022
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		%
Al Horford	19	30.3	9.2	1.8	5.2	7.0	2.1	0.8	0.8	0.6	1.5	3.5	7.3	.478	1.8	5.0	.368	0.4	0.6	.636
difference:	+11	+23.5	+7.7	+1.8	+3.9	+5.7	+1.7	+0.8	+0.7	-0.2	-1.0	+2.7	+5.2	+.125	+1.8	+4.6	+.368	+0.4	+0.6
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.