Jaxson Hayes vs. Dennis Johnson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dennis Johnson and Jaxson Hayes, 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.

Jaxson Hayes played 6 years in the NBA, 8 less than Dennis Johnson, who played 14. Jaxson Hayes had the first of his seasons in 2019-20, while Dennis Johnson had his rookie season in 1976-77. 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.

Season 3
	Jaxson Hayes	Dennis Johnson
Season	2021-22	1978-79
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pelicans Lost West Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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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		%
Jaxson Hayes	70	20.0	9.3	1.6	2.9	4.5	0.6	0.5	0.8	0.8	2.2	3.5	5.7	.616	0.3	0.8	.351	2.1	2.7	.766
difference:	+10	+14.0	+6.6	+0.2		+0.2	+2.9	+0.8	+0.4	-1.6	-0.4	+2.5	+8.2	+.182				+1.7	+2.2	+.015
Dennis Johnson	80	34.0	15.9	1.8	2.9	4.7	3.5	1.3	1.2	2.4	2.6	6.0	13.9	.434	-	-	-	3.8	4.9	.781
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jaxson Hayes	6	13.8	5.8	0.7	1.8	2.5	0.2	0.0	0.3	0.7	1.8	2.3	4.2	.560	0.0	0.5	.000	1.2	1.8	.636
difference:	+11	+26.3	+15.1	+1.9	+1.7	+3.6	+3.9	+1.6	+1.2	-2.3	-1.9	+5.7	+13.6	+.110				+3.7	+4.6	+.135
Dennis Johnson	17	40.1	20.9	2.6	3.5	6.1	4.1	1.6	1.5	3.0	3.7	8.0	17.8	.450	-	-	-	4.9	6.4	.771

Season 4
	Jaxson Hayes	Dennis Johnson
Season	2022-23	1979-80
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Supersonics Lost West Conf Finals

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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jaxson Hayes	47	13.0	5.0	0.8	2.0	2.8	0.7	0.4	0.4	0.7	1.4	1.8	3.3	.551	0.1	0.6	.103	1.2	1.8	.699
difference:	+34	+23.3	+14.0	+1.3	+1.0	+2.3	+3.4	+1.4	+0.6	-2.1	-1.9	+5.3	+13.5	+.129		+0.1	+.104	+3.5	+4.2	+.081
Dennis Johnson	81	36.3	19.0	2.1	3.0	5.1	4.1	1.8	1.0	2.8	3.3	7.1	16.8	.422	0.1	0.7	.207	4.7	6.0	.780
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jaxson Hayes	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dennis Johnson	15	38.8	17.1	1.7	2.6	4.3	3.8	1.8	0.7	2.9	3.2	6.7	16.3	.410	0.3	1.0	.333	3.5	4.1	.839

Season 5
	Jaxson Hayes	Dennis Johnson
Season	2023-24	1980-81
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Suns Lost West Conf Semis
Others	NBA Cup Champion	-

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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jaxson Hayes	70	12.5	4.3	1.0	2.0	3.0	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.6	1.8	1.8	2.5	.720	0.0	0.1	.000	0.7	1.2	.622
difference:	+9	+20.6	+14.5	+1.0	+0.6	+1.6	+3.2	+1.2	+0.4	-2.0	-1.3	+4.9	+12.9	+.284	+0.1	+0.5	+.216	+4.5	+5.1	+.198
Dennis Johnson	79	33.1	18.8	2.0	2.6	4.6	3.7	1.7	0.8	2.6	3.1	6.7	15.4	.436	0.1	0.6	.216	5.2	6.3	.820
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jaxson Hayes	4	6.0	0.3	0.8	2.3	3.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.8	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.5	.500
difference:	+3	+32.1	+19.3	+0.2	+1.4	+1.7	+2.6	+1.3	+1.3	-2.2	-0.8	+7.4	+15.2	+.473	+0.1	+0.7		+4.3	+5.5	+.262
Dennis Johnson	7	38.1	19.6	1.0	3.7	4.7	2.9	1.3	1.3	2.7	2.6	7.4	15.7	.473	0.1	0.7	.200	4.6	6.0	.762

Season 6
	Jaxson Hayes	Dennis Johnson
Season	2024-25	1981-82
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Suns Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
Jaxson Hayes	56	19.5	6.8	1.4	3.4	4.8	1.0	0.6	0.9	0.8	2.4	2.9	4.0	.722	0.0	0.1	.000	1.1	1.8	.622
difference:	+24	+17.2	+12.7	+0.4		+0.3	+3.6	+0.7	+0.2	-2.1	-0.8	+4.3	+11.4	+.252	+0.1	+0.4	+.190	+3.9	+4.4	+.184
Dennis Johnson	80	36.7	19.5	1.8	3.4	5.1	4.6	1.3	0.7	2.9	3.2	7.2	15.4	.470	0.1	0.5	.190	5.0	6.2	.806
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jaxson Hayes	4	7.8	1.8	1.3	0.8	2.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.3	2.0	0.8	2.0	.375	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.5	.500
difference:	+3	+30.9	+20.5	+0.6	+1.8	+2.4	+4.3	+2.1	+0.3	-3.3	-2.0	+8.2	+16.9	+.102		+0.4		+4.0	+5.1	+.269
Dennis Johnson	7	38.7	22.3	1.9	2.6	4.4	4.6	2.1	0.6	3.6	4.0	9.0	18.9	.477	0.0	0.4	.000	4.3	5.6	.769

Additional Years
* Dennis Johnson played 8 seasons more than Jaxson Hayes in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 7 to 14, from 1983 to 1990—Dennis Johnson played in 8 Playoffs and won two NBA Championships. In those 8 extra years over Jaxson Hayes, Dennis Johnson got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-Defensive First Team 3 All-Defensive Second Team 1 All-Star Game