Joe Johnson vs. Brook Lopez Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Brook Lopez and Joe Johnson, 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.

Joe Johnson and Brook Lopez both played 18 years in the NBA. Joe Johnson had the first of his seasons in 2001-02, while Brook Lopez had his rookie season in 2008-09. 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
	Joe Johnson	Brook Lopez
Season	2001-02	2008-09
Team	Boston Celtics, Phoenix Suns	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
	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		%
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
difference:	+5	+5.6	+5.5	+1.7	+3.0	+4.8	+1.3	+0.3	+1.5	-0.9	-1.6	+2.2	+2.7	+.101	+0.5	+1.7		+1.6	+1.9	+.019
Brook Lopez	82	30.5	13.0	2.7	5.4	8.1	1.0	0.5	1.8	1.8	3.1	5.5	10.3	.531	0.0	0.0	-	2.1	2.6	.793
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Joe Johnson nor Brook Lopez played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 5
	Joe Johnson	Brook Lopez
Season	2005-06	2012-13
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Joe Johnson	82	40.7	20.2	1.2	2.9	4.1	6.5	1.3	0.4	3.3	2.3	7.7	17.0	.453	1.6	4.4	.356	3.2	4.0	.791
difference:	+8	+10.3	+0.8	+1.6	+1.2	+2.8	+5.6	+0.9	+1.7	-1.5	-0.2		+2.2	+.068	+1.6	+4.4		+0.8	+1.3	+.033
Brook Lopez	74	30.4	19.4	2.8	4.1	6.9	0.9	0.4	2.1	1.8	2.1	7.7	14.8	.521	0.0	0.0	-	4.0	5.3	.758
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Johnson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brook Lopez	7	37.6	22.3	4.1	3.3	7.4	1.4	0.9	3.0	2.3	2.9	8.3	17.6	.472	0.1	0.1	1.000	5.6	6.3	.886

Season 6
	Joe Johnson	Brook Lopez
Season	2006-07	2013-14
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Brooklyn Nets
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		%
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
difference:	+40	+10.0	+4.3	+1.4	+0.4	+1.8	+3.5	+0.6	+1.6	-1.5	-1.1	+1.8	+6.5	+.092	+2.1	+5.4	+.381	+1.4	+1.3	+.069
Brook Lopez	17	31.4	20.7	2.3	3.7	6.0	0.9	0.5	1.8	1.6	3.1	7.6	13.5	.563	0.0	0.1	.000	5.5	6.8	.817
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Joe Johnson nor Brook Lopez played in the postseason in their season 6

Season 7
	Joe Johnson	Brook Lopez
Season	2007-08	2014-15
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Nets 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		%
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
difference:	+10	+11.6	+4.5	+2.0	+1.0	+2.9	+5.1	+0.4	+1.6	-1.3	-0.9	+0.9	+4.6	+.081	+2.1	+5.3	+.281	+0.8	+0.8	+.020
Brook Lopez	72	29.2	17.2	3.0	4.5	7.4	0.7	0.6	1.8	1.4	2.9	7.0	13.7	.513	0.0	0.1	.100	3.1	3.8	.814
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+1	+0.3	+0.2	+2.0	+3.1	+5.1	+3.2	+0.4	+2.2	-1.3	-0.7	+0.5	+1.9	+.085	+2.3	+5.1		+1.2	+2.0	+.084
Brook Lopez	6	39.0	19.8	3.3	5.7	9.0	0.8	0.7	2.2	1.0	3.0	7.2	14.5	.494	0.0	0.0	-	5.5	6.7	.825

Season 8
	Joe Johnson	Brook Lopez
Season	2008-09	2015-16
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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		%
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
difference:	+6	+5.8	+0.8	+2.0	+1.5	+3.4	+3.8	+0.3	+1.5	-0.1	-0.7	+0.3	+2.2	+.074	+1.9	+5.0	+.217	+0.5	+0.9	+.039
Brook Lopez	73	33.7	20.6	2.8	5.1	7.8	2.0	0.8	1.7	2.4	2.9	8.1	15.8	.511	0.0	0.2	.143	4.3	5.5	.787
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Brook Lopez	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Joe Johnson	Brook Lopez
Season	2009-10	2016-17
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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		%
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
difference:	+1	+8.4	+0.8	+0.6	+0.1	+0.8	+2.6	+0.6	+1.6	-0.6	-0.7	+1.0	+2.6	+.016	+0.1	+0.6	+.023	+1.0	+1.4	+.008
Brook Lopez	75	29.6	20.5	1.6	3.8	5.4	2.3	0.5	1.7	2.5	2.6	7.4	15.6	.474	1.8	5.2	.346	3.9	4.9	.810
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Brook Lopez	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 10
	Joe Johnson	Brook Lopez
Season	2010-11	2017-18
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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10th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Johnson	72	35.5	18.2	0.8	3.2	4.0	4.7	0.7	0.1	2.0	1.8	7.1	16.1	.443	1.2	4.2	.297	2.7	3.4	.802
difference:	+2	+12.1	+5.2	+0.2	+0.2		+3.0	+0.3	+1.2	-0.7	-0.8	+2.1	+5.4	+.022	+0.3	+0.2	+.048	+1.2	+1.3	+.099
Brook Lopez	74	23.4	13.0	1.0	3.0	4.0	1.7	0.4	1.3	1.3	2.6	5.0	10.7	.465	1.5	4.4	.345	1.5	2.1	.703
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Johnson	12	41.4	18.8	1.5	3.1	4.6	3.3	1.1	0.1	2.6	1.6	7.3	16.5	.439	1.5	3.5	.429	2.8	3.5	.810
Brook Lopez	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 11
	Joe Johnson	Brook Lopez
Season	2011-12	2018-19
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Bucks Lost East Conf Finals

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11th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Johnson	60	35.5	18.8	0.9	2.8	3.7	3.9	0.8	0.2	1.9	1.3	7.1	15.5	.454	2.1	5.4	.388	2.6	3.1	.849
difference:	+21	+6.8	+6.3	+0.5	+1.7	+1.2	+2.7	+0.2	+2.0	-0.9	-1.0	+2.7	+5.8	+.002	+0.2	+0.9	+.023	+1.2	+1.5	+.007
Brook Lopez	81	28.7	12.5	0.4	4.5	4.9	1.2	0.6	2.2	1.0	2.3	4.4	9.7	.452	2.3	6.3	.365	1.4	1.6	.842
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Johnson	6	40.5	17.2	1.0	2.5	3.5	3.5	1.3	0.2	2.7	1.8	6.3	17.0	.373	1.5	6.0	.250	3.0	4.0	.750
difference:	+9	+11.3	+6.0	+0.2	+2.2	+2.0	+2.1	+0.9	+1.7	-2.0	-1.3	+2.2	+8.1	+.082		+1.0	+.043	+1.4	+2.1	+.078
Brook Lopez	15	29.2	11.2	0.8	4.7	5.5	1.4	0.4	1.9	0.7	3.1	4.1	8.9	.455	1.5	5.0	.293	1.6	1.9	.828

Season 12
	Joe Johnson	Brook Lopez
Season	2012-13	2019-20
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Bucks Lost East Conf Semis

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12th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Johnson	72	36.7	16.3	0.7	2.3	3.0	3.5	0.7	0.2	1.7	1.4	6.2	14.6	.423	2.1	5.5	.375	1.8	2.2	.820
difference:	+4	+10.0	+4.3	+0.2	+1.4	+1.6	+2.0		+2.2	-0.7	-1.0	+1.9	+4.7	+.012	+0.6	+0.7	+.061	+0.1		+.016
Brook Lopez	68	26.7	12.0	0.9	3.7	4.6	1.5	0.7	2.4	1.0	2.4	4.3	9.9	.435	1.5	4.8	.314	1.9	2.2	.836
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Johnson	7	38.7	14.9	0.6	2.6	3.1	2.7	1.1	0.0	1.7	1.9	6.1	14.7	.417	1.4	5.6	.256	1.1	1.3	.889
difference:	+3	+5.9	+0.9	+1.3	+1.0	+2.4	+2.2	+0.1	+1.3	-0.5	-0.8		+3.3	+.118	+0.7	+0.3	+.140	+0.4	+0.7	+.139
Brook Lopez	10	32.8	15.8	1.9	3.6	5.5	0.5	1.0	1.3	1.2	2.7	6.1	11.4	.535	2.1	5.3	.396	1.5	2.0	.750

Season 13
	Joe Johnson	Brook Lopez
Season	2013-14	2020-21
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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13th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Johnson	79	32.6	15.8	0.6	2.8	3.4	2.7	0.6	0.1	1.5	1.6	5.8	12.9	.454	2.1	5.1	.401	2.0	2.5	.815
difference:	+9	+5.4	+3.5	+0.9	+0.7	+1.6	+2.0		+1.4	-0.6	-0.5	+1.2	+3.8	+.049	+0.7	+1.1	+.063	+0.3	+0.5	+.030
Brook Lopez	70	27.2	12.3	1.5	3.5	5.0	0.7	0.6	1.5	0.9	2.1	4.6	9.1	.503	1.4	4.0	.338	1.7	2.0	.845
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Johnson	12	39.1	21.2	0.8	3.1	3.8	2.9	0.5	0.3	1.6	1.7	8.2	15.3	.533	1.8	4.4	.415	3.0	3.6	.837
difference:	+11	+10.1	+8.2	+1.3	+0.7	+2.1	+2.6	+0.2	+1.2	-0.5	-0.4	+3.0	+5.9	+.015	+0.8	+1.3	+.096	+1.4	+1.7	+.023
Brook Lopez	23	29.0	13.0	2.1	3.8	5.9	0.3	0.7	1.5	1.1	2.1	5.2	9.4	.548	1.0	3.1	.319	1.6	1.9	.860

Season 15
	Joe Johnson	Brook Lopez
Season	2015-16	2022-23
Team	Brooklyn Nets, Miami Heat	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf Semis	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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15th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Johnson	81	33.4	12.2	0.6	3.0	3.6	3.9	0.8	0.0	2.0	1.8	4.7	10.6	.439	1.5	3.9	.383	1.5	1.8	.831
difference:	+3	+3.0	+3.7	+1.4	+1.7	+3.1	+2.6	+0.3	+2.5	-0.6	-0.8	+1.4	+0.9	+.092	+0.2	+0.8	+.009	+0.4	+0.6	+.047
Brook Lopez	78	30.4	15.9	2.0	4.7	6.7	1.3	0.5	2.5	1.4	2.6	6.1	11.5	.531	1.7	4.7	.374	1.9	2.4	.784
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Johnson	14	35.1	12.1	0.5	4.2	4.7	2.5	0.6	0.2	1.3	1.9	4.9	11.3	.430	0.9	3.3	.283	1.5	1.7	.875
difference:	+9	+1.3	+6.9	+2.3	+0.6	+1.7	+1.3	+0.8	+1.6	-0.9	-0.1	+2.9	+2.1	+.152	+0.5	+0.1	+.129	+0.5	+0.9	+.106
Brook Lopez	5	36.4	19.0	2.8	3.6	6.4	1.2	1.4	1.8	2.2	2.0	7.8	13.4	.582	1.4	3.4	.412	2.0	2.6	.769

Season 17
	Joe Johnson	Brook Lopez
Season	2017-18	2024-25
Team	Utah Jazz, Houston Rockets	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Finals	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd
Others	-	NBA Cup Champion

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17th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Johnson	55	21.9	6.8	0.3	2.9	3.1	1.5	0.3	0.1	0.9	1.2	2.7	6.5	.406	0.7	2.6	.276	0.7	0.8	.889
difference:	+25	+9.9	+6.2	+1.1	+0.7	+1.9	+0.3	+0.3	+1.8	-0.2	-0.9	+2.2	+3.2	+.103	+1.0	+2.1	+.097	+0.7	+0.9	+.063
Brook Lopez	80	31.8	13.0	1.4	3.6	5.0	1.8	0.6	1.9	1.1	2.1	4.9	9.7	.509	1.7	4.7	.373	1.4	1.7	.826
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Johnson	8	6.8	1.5	0.0	1.3	1.3	0.4	0.0	0.1	0.4	0.5	0.8	2.1	.353	0.0	0.4	.000	0.0	0.0	-
difference:	+3	+8.0	+3.5	+0.6	+0.3	+0.3	+0.4	+0.2	+0.9	-0.4	-1.7	+0.8	+2.3	+.011	+0.8	+2.6	+.267	+1.0	+1.0
Brook Lopez	5	14.8	5.0	0.6	1.0	1.6	0.8	0.2	1.0	0.8	2.2	1.6	4.4	.364	0.8	3.0	.267	1.0	1.0	1.000

Note: Joe Johnson didn't play in 2018-19, 2019-20 and 2020-21.