Alex English vs. Joe Johnson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Joe Johnson and Alex English, 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.

Alex English played 15 years in the NBA, 3 less than Joe Johnson, who played 18. Alex English had the first of his seasons in 1976-77, 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
	Alex English	Joe Johnson
Season	1976-77	2001-02
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Boston Celtics, Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Alex English	60	10.8	5.2	1.1	1.7	2.8	0.4	0.3	0.3	-	1.3	2.2	4.6	.477	-	-	-	0.8	1.0	.767
difference:	+17	+14.1	+2.3	+0.1	+0.7	+0.5	+1.9	+0.5			-0.2	+1.1	+3.0	+.047				+0.3	+0.3	+.007
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
* Neiher Alex English nor Joe Johnson played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 6
	Alex English	Joe Johnson
Season	1981-82	2006-07
Team	Denver Nuggets	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West 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		%
Alex English	82	36.8	25.4	2.6	4.2	6.8	5.3	1.1	1.5	3.2	3.2	10.4	18.9	.551	0.0	0.1	.000	4.5	5.4	.840
difference:	+25	+4.6	+0.4	+1.7	+0.9	+2.6	+0.9		+1.3	-0.1	-1.2	+1.0	+1.1	+.080	+2.1	+5.4	+.381	+0.4	+0.1	+.092
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		%
Alex English	3	39.3	19.3	2.7	5.0	7.7	5.7	1.0	1.0	1.3	2.0	8.7	18.3	.473	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.3	.857
Joe Johnson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Alex English	Joe Johnson
Season	1982-83	2007-08
Team	Denver Nuggets	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Alex English	82	36.4	28.4	3.2	4.1	7.3	4.8	1.4	1.5	3.2	2.9	11.7	22.6	.516	0.0	0.1	.167	5.0	6.0	.829
difference:		+4.4	+6.7	+2.2	+0.6	+2.8	+1.0	+0.4	+1.3	-0.5	-0.9	+3.8	+4.3	+.084	+2.1	+5.3	+.214	+1.1	+1.4	+.005
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		%
Alex English	7	38.6	25.9	2.9	3.4	6.3	6.0	0.6	1.0	3.0	3.0	9.6	21.4	.447	0.0	0.3	.000	6.7	7.6	.887
difference:		+0.7	+5.9	+1.6	+0.8	+2.4	+2.0	+0.3	+1.0	-0.7	-0.7	+2.9	+5.0	+.038	+2.3	+4.8	+.444	+2.4	+2.9	+.022
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
	Alex English	Joe Johnson
Season	1983-84	2008-09
Team	Denver Nuggets	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Alex English	82	35.0	26.4	2.6	3.0	5.7	5.0	1.0	1.2	2.7	3.1	11.1	20.9	.529	0.0	0.1	.143	4.3	5.2	.824
difference:	+3	+4.5	+5.0	+1.8	+0.6	+1.3	+0.8	+0.1	+1.0	-0.2	-0.9	+3.3	+2.9	+.092	+1.9	+5.1	+.217	+0.5	+0.6	+.002
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		%
Alex English	5	40.6	29.0	3.2	4.8	8.0	5.6	0.6	0.4	1.4	3.4	12.0	20.4	.588	0.0	0.2	.000	5.0	5.6	.893
difference:	+6	+1.6	+12.6	+1.7	+1.9	+3.5	+2.1	+0.7	+0.4	-1.5	-1.2	+5.6	+5.1	+.171	+1.1	+3.0	+.343	+2.5	+1.5	+.271
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
	Alex English	Joe Johnson
Season	1984-85	2009-10
Team	Denver Nuggets	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Alex English	81	36.1	27.9	2.5	3.1	5.7	4.2	1.2	0.6	3.1	3.2	11.6	22.4	.518	0.0	0.1	.200	4.7	5.7	.829
difference:	+5	+1.9	+6.6	+1.5	+0.6	+1.1	+0.7	+0.1	+0.5	-1.2	-1.3	+3.2	+4.2	+.060	+1.7	+4.5	+.169	+1.8	+2.2	+.011
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		%
Alex English	14	38.3	30.2	2.6	4.0	6.6	4.5	1.2	0.4	2.1	2.9	11.6	21.7	.536	0.0	0.1	.000	6.9	7.8	.890
difference:	+3	+1.7	+12.3	+0.8	+0.7	+1.5	+0.5	+0.3	+0.1	-0.2	-0.9	+4.6	+3.6	+.149	+0.8	+3.6	+.220	+3.8	+4.0	+.080
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
	Alex English	Joe Johnson
Season	1985-86	2010-11
Team	Denver Nuggets	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Alex English	81	37.3	29.8	2.4	2.6	5.0	4.0	0.9	0.4	3.1	2.9	11.7	23.3	.504	0.0	0.1	.200	6.3	7.3	.862
difference:	+9	+1.8	+11.6	+1.6	+0.6	+1.0	+0.7	+0.2	+0.3	-1.1	-1.1	+4.6	+7.2	+.061	+1.2	+4.1	+.097	+3.6	+3.9	+.060
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		%
Alex English	10	39.4	27.3	1.8	1.7	3.5	5.2	0.4	0.4	2.8	2.9	10.6	22.9	.463	0.0	0.1	.000	6.1	7.1	.859
difference:	+2	+2.0	+8.5	+0.3	+1.4	+1.1	+1.9	+0.7	+0.3	-0.2	-1.3	+3.3	+6.4	+.024	+1.5	+3.4	+.429	+3.3	+3.6	+.049
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
	Alex English	Joe Johnson
Season	1986-87	2011-12
Team	Denver Nuggets	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Alex English	82	37.6	28.6	1.8	2.4	4.2	5.1	0.9	0.3	2.6	2.6	11.8	23.4	.503	0.0	0.2	.267	5.0	5.9	.844
difference:	+22	+2.1	+9.8	+0.9	+0.4	+0.5	+1.2	+0.1	+0.1	-0.7	-1.3	+4.7	+7.9	+.049	+2.1	+5.2	+.121	+2.4	+2.8	+.005
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		%
Alex English	3	25.3	18.7	3.3	1.3	4.7	3.3	0.0	0.0	2.7	3.0	8.3	16.3	.510	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.3	.857
difference:	+3	+15.2	+1.5	+2.3	+1.2	+1.2	+0.2	+1.3	+0.2		-1.2	+2.0	+0.7	+.137	+1.5	+6.0		+1.0	+1.7	+.107
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 12
	Alex English	Joe Johnson
Season	1987-88	2012-13
Team	Denver Nuggets	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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12th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex English	80	35.2	25.0	2.1	2.6	4.7	4.7	0.9	0.3	2.3	2.4	10.5	21.3	.495	0.0	0.1	.000	3.9	4.7	.828
difference:	+8	+1.5	+8.7	+1.4	+0.3	+1.7	+1.2	+0.2	+0.1	-0.6	-1.0	+4.3	+6.7	+.072	+2.1	+5.4	+.375	+2.1	+2.5	+.008
Joe Johnson	72	36.7	16.3	0.7	2.3	3.0	3.5	0.7	0.2	1.7	1.4	6.2	14.6	.423	2.1	5.5	.375	1.8	2.2	.820
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex English	11	39.8	24.3	2.8	2.5	5.4	4.4	0.6	0.3	1.5	3.1	10.5	23.2	.455	0.0	0.3	.000	3.2	3.9	.814
difference:	+4	+1.1	+9.4	+2.2	+0.1	+2.3	+1.7	+0.5	+0.3	-0.2	-1.2	+4.4	+8.5	+.038	+1.4	+5.3	+.256	+2.1	+2.6	+.075
Joe Johnson	7	38.7	14.9	0.6	2.6	3.1	2.7	1.1	0.0	1.7	1.9	6.1	14.7	.417	1.4	5.6	.256	1.1	1.3	.889

Season 13
	Alex English	Joe Johnson
Season	1988-89	2013-14
Team	Denver Nuggets	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West 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		%
Alex English	82	36.5	26.5	1.8	2.2	4.0	4.7	0.8	0.1	2.4	2.1	11.3	22.9	.491	0.0	0.1	.250	4.0	4.6	.858
difference:	+3	+3.9	+10.7	+1.2	+0.6	+0.6	+2.0	+0.2		-0.9	-0.5	+5.5	+10.0	+.037	+2.1	+5.0	+.151	+2.0	+2.1	+.043
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		%
Alex English	3	36.0	26.0	2.7	1.7	4.3	3.7	0.3	0.0	4.7	2.0	10.7	20.7	.516	0.0	0.0	-	4.7	5.3	.875
difference:	+9	+3.1	+4.8	+1.9	+1.4	+0.5	+0.8	+0.2	+0.3	-3.1	-0.3	+2.5	+5.4	+.017	+1.8	+4.4		+1.7	+1.7	+.038
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