Darius Garland vs. Joe Johnson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Joe Johnson and Darius Garland, 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.

Darius Garland played 6 years in the NBA, 12 less than Joe Johnson, who played 18. Darius Garland had the first of his seasons in 2019-20, 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
	Darius Garland	Joe Johnson
Season	2019-20	2001-02
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	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		%
Darius Garland	59	30.9	12.3	0.5	1.4	1.9	3.9	0.7	0.1	2.6	1.6	4.7	11.8	.401	1.8	5.0	.355	1.1	1.2	.875
difference:	+18	+6.0	+4.8	+0.5	+1.0	+1.4	+1.6	+0.1	+0.2	-1.7	-0.1	+1.4	+4.2	+.029	+1.3	+3.3	+.063	+0.6	+0.5	+.101
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 Darius Garland nor Joe Johnson played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Darius Garland	Joe Johnson
Season	2021-22	2003-04
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Darius Garland	68	35.7	21.7	0.6	2.7	3.3	8.6	1.3	0.1	3.6	1.7	8.0	17.3	.462	2.6	6.7	.383	3.2	3.5	.892
difference:	+14	+4.9	+5.0	+0.4	+1.0	+1.4	+4.2	+0.2	+0.2	-1.2	-0.5	+1.2	+1.6	+.032	+1.6	+3.4	+.078	+1.1	+0.7	+.142
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
* Neiher Darius Garland nor Joe Johnson played in the postseason in their season 3

Season 6
	Darius Garland	Joe Johnson
Season	2024-25	2006-07
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Darius Garland	75	30.7	20.6	0.6	2.2	2.9	6.7	1.2	0.1	2.5	1.9	7.4	15.7	.472	2.8	7.1	.401	3.0	3.4	.878
difference:	+18	+10.7	+4.4	+0.3	+1.1	+1.3	+2.3	+0.1	+0.1	-0.6	-0.1	+2.0	+4.3	+.001	+0.7	+1.6	+.020	+1.1	+2.1	+.130
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		%
Darius Garland	5	29.6	18.0	0.2	2.0	2.2	5.2	0.4	0.0	3.0	3.4	5.8	13.8	.420	2.0	7.0	.286	4.4	4.8	.917
Joe Johnson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Joe Johnson played 12 seasons more than Darius Garland in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 7 to 18, from 2008 to 2022—Joe Johnson played in 11 Playoffs. In those 12 extra years over Darius Garland, Joe Johnson got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Third Team 6 All-Star Game