Al Horford vs. Keldon Johnson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Keldon 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 played 18 years in the NBA, 12 more than Keldon Johnson, who played 6. Al Horford had the first of his seasons in 2007-08, while Keldon Johnson had his rookie season in 2019-20. 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	Keldon Johnson
Season	2007-08	2019-20
Team	Atlanta Hawks	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First 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:	+64	+13.7	+1.0	+2.5	+3.8	+6.3	+0.6	+0.1	+0.8	-0.9	-1.7	+1.0	+3.0	+.097	+0.8	+1.2	+.591	+0.2		+.064
Keldon Johnson	17	17.7	9.1	0.6	2.8	3.4	0.9	0.8	0.1	0.8	1.6	3.1	5.2	.596	0.8	1.3	.591	2.1	2.6	.795
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
Keldon Johnson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Al Horford	Keldon Johnson
Season	2009-10	2021-22
Team	Atlanta Hawks	San Antonio Spurs
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:	+6	+3.2	+2.8	+1.8	+2.0	+3.8	+0.2	+0.1	+0.9	-0.3	-0.8	+0.5	+3.0	+.085	+2.1	+5.3		+0.2	+0.2	+.033
Keldon Johnson	75	31.9	17.0	1.1	5.0	6.1	2.1	0.8	0.2	1.2	2.0	6.3	13.5	.466	2.1	5.3	.398	2.4	3.1	.756
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
Keldon Johnson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Al Horford	Keldon Johnson
Season	2010-11	2022-23
Team	Atlanta Hawks	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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:	+14	+2.4	+6.7	+1.5	+2.8	+4.3	+0.6	+0.1	+0.8	-0.6	-0.5	+1.3	+5.7	+.105	+2.1	+6.4	+.171	+2.0	+2.8	+.049
Keldon Johnson	63	32.7	22.0	0.9	4.2	5.0	2.9	0.7	0.2	2.1	2.0	8.0	17.7	.452	2.1	6.5	.329	3.9	5.2	.749
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
Keldon Johnson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Al Horford played 12 seasons more than Keldon Johnson in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 7 to 18, from 2014 to 2025—Al Horford played in 10 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 12 extra years over Keldon Johnson, Al Horford got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Defensive Second Team 3 All-Star Game