De'Andre Hunter vs. Joe Johnson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Joe Johnson and De'Andre Hunter, 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.

De'Andre Hunter played 7 years in the NBA, 11 less than Joe Johnson, who played 18. De'Andre Hunter 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
	De'Andre Hunter	Joe Johnson
Season	2019-20	2001-02
Team	Atlanta Hawks	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		%
De'Andre Hunter	63	32.0	12.3	0.7	3.8	4.5	1.8	0.7	0.3	1.6	2.9	4.4	10.8	.410	1.7	4.8	.355	1.7	2.3	.764
difference:	+14	+7.1	+4.8	+0.3	+1.4	+1.2	+0.5	+0.1		-0.7	-1.4	+1.1	+3.2	+.020	+1.2	+3.1	+.063	+1.2	+1.6	+.010
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 De'Andre Hunter nor Joe Johnson played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 6
	De'Andre Hunter	Joe Johnson
Season	2024-25	2006-07
Team	Atlanta Hawks, Cleveland Cavaliers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	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		%
De'Andre Hunter	64	27.2	17.0	0.7	3.3	4.0	1.4	0.8	0.2	1.3	2.4	5.6	11.9	.470	2.5	6.1	.405	3.4	4.0	.846
difference:	+7	+14.2	+8.0	+0.2		+0.2	+3.0	+0.3		-1.8	-0.4	+3.8	+8.1	+.001	+0.4	+0.6	+.024	+0.7	+1.5	+.098
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		%
De'Andre Hunter	8	23.1	11.0	0.8	2.9	3.6	1.0	0.5	0.1	0.9	2.1	3.4	7.9	.429	1.5	3.3	.462	2.8	3.3	.846
Joe Johnson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	De'Andre Hunter	Joe Johnson
Season	2025-26	2007-08
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did not play (season in progress)	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		%
De'Andre Hunter	30	27.8	14.7	0.7	3.6	4.2	2.1	0.7	0.2	1.5	2.7	4.9	11.6	.425	1.8	5.8	.314	3.0	3.5	.856
difference:	+52	+13.0	+7.0	+0.3	+0.1	+0.3	+3.7	+0.3		-1.2	-0.7	+3.0	+6.7	+.007	+0.3	+0.4	+.067	+0.9	+1.1	+.022
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		%
De'Andre Hunter	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

Additional Years
* Joe Johnson played 11 seasons more than De'Andre Hunter in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 8 to 18, from 2009 to 2022—Joe Johnson played in 10 Playoffs. In those 11 extra years over De'Andre Hunter, Joe Johnson got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Third Team 5 All-Star Game