Brandon Jennings vs. Joe Johnson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Joe Johnson and Brandon Jennings, 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.

Brandon Jennings played 9 years in the NBA, 9 less than Joe Johnson, who played 18. Brandon Jennings had the first of his seasons in 2009-10, 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
	Brandon Jennings	Joe Johnson
Season	2009-10	2001-02
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Boston Celtics, Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Bucks 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		%
Brandon Jennings	82	32.6	15.5	0.6	2.8	3.4	5.7	1.3	0.2	2.4	2.3	5.5	14.8	.371	1.8	4.7	.374	2.7	3.3	.817
difference:	+5	+7.7	+8.0	+0.4	+0.4	+0.1	+3.4	+0.5	+0.1	-1.5	-0.8	+2.2	+7.2	+.059	+1.3	+3.0	+.082	+2.2	+2.6	+.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		%
Brandon Jennings	7	35.6	18.7	0.7	2.3	3.0	3.6	1.1	0.6	1.1	2.7	7.0	17.1	.408	1.7	5.9	.293	3.0	3.7	.808
Joe Johnson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Brandon Jennings	Joe Johnson
Season	2014-15	2006-07
Team	Detroit Pistons	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Brandon Jennings	41	28.6	15.4	0.5	2.0	2.5	6.6	1.1	0.1	2.2	1.6	5.3	13.2	.401	1.9	5.1	.360	2.9	3.5	.839
difference:	+16	+12.8	+9.6	+0.4	+1.3	+1.7	+2.2		+0.1	-0.9	-0.4	+4.1	+6.8	+.070	+0.2	+0.4	+.021	+1.2	+2.0	+.091
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
* Neiher Brandon Jennings nor Joe Johnson played in the postseason in their season 6

Season 7
	Brandon Jennings	Joe Johnson
Season	2015-16	2007-08
Team	Detroit Pistons, Orlando Magic	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		%
Brandon Jennings	48	18.1	6.9	0.3	1.7	2.0	3.5	0.6	0.1	1.2	1.2	2.3	6.3	.368	1.1	3.2	.329	1.2	1.6	.731
difference:	+34	+22.7	+14.8	+0.7	+1.8	+2.5	+2.3	+0.4	+0.1	-1.5	-0.8	+5.6	+12.0	+.064	+1.0	+2.2	+.052	+2.7	+3.0	+.103
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		%
Brandon Jennings	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
	Brandon Jennings	Joe Johnson
Season	2016-17	2008-09
Team	New York Knicks, Washington Wizards	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Wizards Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Brandon Jennings	81	22.2	7.1	0.4	2.1	2.4	4.9	0.9	0.0	1.6	1.4	2.4	6.6	.359	1.0	3.1	.313	1.4	1.9	.750
difference:	+2	+17.3	+14.3	+0.4	+1.5	+2.0	+0.9	+0.2	+0.2	-0.9	-0.8	+5.4	+11.4	+.078	+0.9	+2.1	+.047	+2.4	+2.7	+.076
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		%
Brandon Jennings	13	13.7	2.8	0.4	1.1	1.5	1.8	0.2	0.0	0.6	1.0	1.1	2.8	.389	0.2	1.0	.154	0.5	0.6	.875
difference:	+2	+25.3	+13.6	+1.1	+1.8	+3.0	+1.7	+1.1		-2.3	-1.2	+5.3	+12.5	+.028	+0.9	+2.2	+.189	+2.0	+3.5	+.253
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
	Brandon Jennings	Joe Johnson
Season	2017-18	2009-10
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Brandon Jennings	14	14.6	5.2	0.4	1.9	2.2	3.1	0.4	0.3	1.3	0.8	1.9	5.1	.375	0.6	2.4	.273	0.7	0.7	1.000
difference:	+62	+23.4	+16.1	+0.6	+1.8	+2.4	+1.8	+0.7	+0.2	-0.6	-1.1	+6.5	+13.1	+.083	+1.1	+2.2	+.096	+2.2	+2.8	+.182
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		%
Brandon Jennings	1	5.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	.000	0.0	2.0	.000	2.0	2.0	1.000
difference:	+10	+35.0	+15.9	+1.8	+3.3	+5.1	+5.0	+0.9	+0.3	-1.3	-2.0	+7.0	+16.1	+.387	+0.8	+1.7	+.220	+1.1	+1.8	+.190
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

Additional Years
* Joe Johnson played 9 seasons more than Brandon Jennings in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 10 to 18, from 2011 to 2022—Joe Johnson played in 8 Playoffs. In those 9 extra years over Brandon Jennings, Joe Johnson got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	3 All-Star Game