Blake Griffin vs. Clemon Johnson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Clemon Johnson and Blake Griffin, 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.

Blake Griffin played 13 years in the NBA, 3 more than Clemon Johnson, who played 10. Blake Griffin had the first of his seasons in 2010-11, while Clemon Johnson had his rookie season in 1978-79. 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
Blake Griffin	13	10	2010-11 to 2022-23
Clemon Johnson	10	8	1978-79 to 1987-88

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Blake Griffin	Clemon Johnson
Season	2010-11	1978-79
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers 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		%
Blake Griffin	82	38.0	22.5	3.3	8.8	12.1	3.8	0.8	0.5	2.7	3.1	8.5	16.8	.506	0.1	0.3	.292	5.4	8.5	.642
Clemon Johnson	74	10.7	3.2	1.1	1.9	3.1	1.1	0.3	0.5	0.9	1.6	1.4	2.9	.470	-	-	-	0.5	1.0	.486

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Blake Griffin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Clemon Johnson	3	15.7	4.7	1.7	4.0	5.7	0.7	0.7	1.3	2.3	1.7	1.3	3.7	.364	-	-	-	2.0	3.7	.545


Season 2
	Blake Griffin	Clemon Johnson
Season	2011-12	1979-80
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West 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		%
Blake Griffin	66	36.2	20.7	3.3	7.6	10.9	3.2	0.8	0.7	2.3	3.3	8.5	15.5	.549	0.0	0.2	.125	3.7	7.1	.521
Clemon Johnson	79	19.5	6.0	1.8	3.2	5.0	1.5	0.6	1.5	1.0	2.7	2.5	5.0	.503	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.5	.632

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Blake Griffin	11	35.7	19.1	1.7	5.2	6.9	2.5	1.8	0.9	2.3	3.7	7.6	15.3	.500	0.0	0.1	.000	3.8	6.0	.636
Clemon Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Blake Griffin	Clemon Johnson
Season	2012-13	1980-81
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Pacers 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		%
Blake Griffin	80	32.5	18.0	2.3	6.0	8.3	3.7	1.2	0.6	2.3	2.9	7.2	13.4	.538	0.1	0.4	.179	3.5	5.3	.660
Clemon Johnson	81	20.3	7.2	2.1	3.6	5.8	1.8	0.5	1.5	1.5	2.3	2.9	5.8	.504	0.0	0.0	.000	1.4	2.3	.593

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Blake Griffin	6	26.3	13.2	1.3	4.2	5.5	2.5	0.0	0.8	2.2	4.0	4.8	10.7	.453	0.0	0.0	-	3.5	4.3	.808
Clemon Johnson	2	27.5	7.5	5.0	5.0	10.0	1.5	2.0	1.0	1.5	1.5	2.5	6.0	.417	0.0	0.0	-	2.5	5.0	.500


Season 4
	Blake Griffin	Clemon Johnson
Season	2013-14	1981-82
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West 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		%
Blake Griffin	80	35.8	24.1	2.4	7.1	9.5	3.9	1.2	0.6	2.8	3.3	9.0	17.0	.528	0.2	0.6	.273	6.0	8.4	.715
Clemon Johnson	79	25.1	9.5	2.3	4.9	7.2	1.6	0.8	1.4	1.7	3.1	3.9	8.1	.487	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	2.4	.651

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Blake Griffin	13	36.8	23.5	2.7	4.7	7.4	3.8	1.2	1.1	2.4	4.2	9.0	18.0	.500	0.1	0.5	.143	5.5	7.4	.740
Clemon Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Blake Griffin	Clemon Johnson
Season	2014-15	1982-83
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Indiana Pacers, Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Blake Griffin	67	35.2	21.9	1.9	5.7	7.6	5.3	0.9	0.5	2.3	2.9	8.6	17.1	.502	0.1	0.4	.400	4.6	6.4	.728
Clemon Johnson	83	23.1	8.5	2.3	4.0	6.3	1.7	0.8	1.1	1.5	2.7	3.6	7.0	.515	0.0	0.0	.000	1.3	2.2	.617

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Blake Griffin	14	39.8	25.5	2.7	10.0	12.7	6.1	1.0	1.0	3.2	3.1	10.0	19.6	.511	0.1	0.5	.143	5.4	7.6	.717
Clemon Johnson	12	16.8	4.2	1.8	1.8	3.6	0.6	0.3	0.4	1.0	2.3	2.1	4.1	.510	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.3	.000


Season 6
	Blake Griffin	Clemon Johnson
Season	2015-16	1983-84
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	76ers 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		%
Blake Griffin	35	33.4	21.4	1.5	6.9	8.4	4.9	0.8	0.5	2.4	2.7	8.6	17.2	.499	0.2	0.5	.333	4.0	5.5	.727
Clemon Johnson	80	21.5	5.7	1.6	3.3	5.0	0.7	0.4	0.8	1.2	2.6	2.4	5.2	.468	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.4	.611

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Blake Griffin	4	31.8	15.0	1.8	7.0	8.8	4.0	0.8	0.5	2.3	2.3	5.0	13.3	.377	0.3	0.5	.500	4.8	6.3	.760
Clemon Johnson	5	9.0	1.6	0.6	0.6	1.2	0.0	0.2	0.8	0.6	1.6	0.8	2.4	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 7
	Blake Griffin	Clemon Johnson
Season	2016-17	1984-85
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	76ers Lost East Conf 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		%
Blake Griffin	61	34.0	21.6	1.8	6.3	8.1	4.9	0.9	0.4	2.3	2.6	7.9	15.9	.493	0.6	1.9	.336	5.2	6.9	.760
Clemon Johnson	58	15.1	4.7	1.6	2.2	3.8	0.6	0.3	0.8	0.7	1.9	2.0	4.1	.498	0.0	0.0	.000	0.6	0.8	.735

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Blake Griffin	3	33.0	20.3	1.0	5.0	6.0	2.3	0.7	0.3	2.0	0.7	8.3	17.0	.490	1.3	2.0	.667	2.3	2.3	1.000
Clemon Johnson	13	12.7	3.2	1.3	1.5	2.8	0.2	0.2	0.5	1.0	2.5	1.0	2.5	.394	0.0	0.1	.000	1.2	1.6	.762


Season 8
	Blake Griffin	Clemon Johnson
Season	2017-18	1985-86
Team	Los Angeles Clippers, Detroit Pistons	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers 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		%
Blake Griffin	58	34.0	21.4	1.3	6.1	7.4	5.8	0.7	0.3	2.8	2.4	7.5	17.2	.438	1.9	5.6	.345	4.5	5.7	.785
Clemon Johnson	75	14.3	3.5	1.4	2.0	3.4	0.2	0.3	0.8	0.5	1.7	1.4	3.0	.471	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.1	.630

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Blake Griffin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Clemon Johnson	12	25.3	6.2	1.9	3.1	5.0	0.7	0.9	1.3	0.8	2.9	2.4	4.4	.547	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	2.1	.640


Season 9
	Blake Griffin	Clemon Johnson
Season	2018-19	1986-87
Team	Detroit Pistons	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Supersonics Lost West Conf 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		%
Blake Griffin	75	35.0	24.5	1.3	6.2	7.5	5.4	0.7	0.4	3.4	2.7	8.3	17.9	.462	2.5	7.0	.362	5.5	7.3	.753
Clemon Johnson	78	13.5	3.2	1.4	2.2	3.6	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.5	1.8	1.1	2.3	.494	0.0	0.0	.000	0.9	1.4	.636

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Blake Griffin	2	29.0	24.5	2.0	4.0	6.0	6.0	1.0	0.0	3.0	4.5	9.0	19.5	.462	3.0	6.5	.462	3.5	3.5	1.000
Clemon Johnson	14	18.7	4.3	1.8	1.7	3.5	0.3	0.5	1.1	0.1	1.3	1.7	3.8	.453	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.4	.632


Season 10
	Blake Griffin	Clemon Johnson
Season	2019-20	1987-88
Team	Detroit Pistons	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Supersonics 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		%
Blake Griffin	18	28.4	15.5	0.9	3.7	4.7	3.3	0.4	0.4	2.2	1.5	4.9	13.9	.352	1.5	6.2	.243	4.2	5.4	.776
Clemon Johnson	74	9.8	1.6	0.9	1.5	2.4	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.4	1.4	0.7	1.4	.467	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.4	.688

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Blake Griffin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Clemon Johnson	5	7.8	1.4	0.0	1.4	1.4	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.4	2.0	0.6	1.4	.429	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.4	.500


Season 11
	Blake Griffin	Clemon Johnson
Season	2020-21	-
Team	Detroit Pistons, Brooklyn Nets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nets 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		%
Blake Griffin	46	25.8	11.0	0.8	4.1	4.9	3.0	0.7	0.3	1.3	2.4	3.8	8.9	.423	1.5	4.5	.341	1.9	2.5	.744
Clemon Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Blake Griffin	12	26.5	9.0	1.3	4.7	5.9	1.8	0.8	0.5	0.4	3.3	3.5	6.6	.532	1.2	3.0	.389	0.8	1.2	.714
Clemon Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Blake Griffin	Clemon Johnson
Season	2021-22	-
Team	Brooklyn 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		%
Blake Griffin	56	17.1	6.4	1.1	3.0	4.1	1.9	0.5	0.3	0.6	1.7	2.4	5.6	.425	0.7	2.6	.262	1.0	1.4	.724
Clemon Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Blake Griffin	2	12.5	4.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	2.0	0.5	0.5	0.5	1.5	1.0	3.5	.286	1.0	2.5	.400	1.0	1.0	1.000
Clemon Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Blake Griffin	Clemon Johnson
Season	2022-23	-
Team	Boston Celtics	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf 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		%
Blake Griffin	41	13.9	4.1	1.1	2.6	3.8	1.5	0.3	0.2	0.5	1.8	1.5	3.2	.485	0.6	1.6	.348	0.5	0.8	.656
Clemon Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Blake Griffin	1	6.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Clemon Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Blake Griffin vs. Clemon Johnson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Clemon Johnson and Blake Griffin, 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

Season 13