Joe Johnson vs. C.J. McCollum Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of C.J. McCollum 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 played 18 years in the NBA, 6 more than C.J. McCollum, who played 12. Joe Johnson had the first of his seasons in 2001-02, while C.J. McCollum had his rookie season in 2013-14. 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	C.J. McCollum
Season	2001-02	2013-14
Team	Boston Celtics, Phoenix Suns	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Semis

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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:	+39	+12.4	+2.2	+0.8	+1.3	+2.0	+1.6	+0.4	+0.2		-0.1	+1.4	+2.9	+.014	+0.3	+0.4	+.083	+0.1	+0.2	+.098
C.J. McCollum	38	12.5	5.3	0.2	1.1	1.3	0.7	0.4	0.1	0.9	1.4	1.9	4.7	.416	0.8	2.1	.375	0.6	0.9	.676
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Johnson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
C.J. McCollum	6	4.0	0.7	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.3	0.2	1.8	.091	0.0	0.8	.000	0.3	0.3	1.000

Season 3
	Joe Johnson	C.J. McCollum
Season	2003-04	2015-16
Team	Phoenix Suns	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	Most Improved Player
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
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
difference:	+2	+5.8	+4.1	+0.4	+1.0	+1.5	+0.1	+0.1		-0.1	-0.1	+1.2	+2.2	+.018	+1.5	+2.6	+.112	+0.2		+.077
C.J. McCollum	80	34.8	20.8	0.6	2.7	3.2	4.3	1.2	0.3	2.5	2.3	8.0	17.9	.448	2.5	5.9	.417	2.3	2.8	.827
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Johnson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
C.J. McCollum	11	40.2	20.5	0.6	3.0	3.6	3.3	0.9	0.5	1.8	2.7	7.6	17.9	.426	1.8	5.3	.345	3.4	4.2	.804

Season 6
	Joe Johnson	C.J. McCollum
Season	2006-07	2018-19
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Finals

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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:	+13	+7.5	+4.0		+0.2	+0.2	+1.4	+0.3	+0.2	-1.6	-0.5	+1.2	+2.2	+.012	+0.3	+0.9	+.006	+1.8	+2.8	+.080
C.J. McCollum	70	33.9	21.0	0.9	3.1	4.0	3.0	0.8	0.4	1.5	2.5	8.2	17.8	.459	2.4	6.4	.375	2.3	2.7	.828
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Johnson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
C.J. McCollum	16	39.7	24.7	0.9	4.1	5.0	3.7	0.8	0.6	1.9	2.1	9.6	21.9	.440	2.9	7.3	.393	2.6	3.5	.732

Season 7
	Joe Johnson	C.J. McCollum
Season	2007-08	2019-20
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Trail Blazers Lost West 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:	+12	+4.3	+0.5	+0.3	+0.1	+0.3	+1.4	+0.2	+0.4	-0.9	-0.6	+0.8	+1.1	+.019	+0.7	+1.9	+.002	+1.9	+2.0	+.077
C.J. McCollum	70	36.5	22.2	0.7	3.6	4.2	4.4	0.8	0.6	1.8	2.6	8.7	19.4	.451	2.8	7.3	.379	2.0	2.6	.757
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:	+2	+0.1	+3.2	+0.3	+2.2	+1.9	+0.8	+0.9	+0.4	-0.7	-0.3	+2.1	+3.4	+.035	+0.3	+1.9	+.073	+1.3	+0.3	+.227
C.J. McCollum	5	39.2	23.2	1.0	4.8	5.8	3.2	1.2	0.4	3.0	2.0	8.8	19.8	.444	2.6	7.0	.371	3.0	4.4	.682

Season 8
	Joe Johnson	C.J. McCollum
Season	2008-09	2020-21
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+32	+5.5	+1.7	+0.2	+0.3	+0.5	+1.1	+0.2	+0.2	-1.1	-0.3	+0.8	+0.8	+.021	+1.7	+3.7	+.042	+1.5	+1.8	+.014
C.J. McCollum	47	34.0	23.1	0.6	3.3	3.9	4.7	0.9	0.4	1.4	1.9	8.6	18.8	.458	3.6	8.9	.402	2.3	2.8	.812
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
difference:	+5	+1.0	+4.3	+0.5	+2.1	+1.5	+0.8	+1.0	+0.7	-0.9	-2.0	+1.9	+3.7	+.022	+1.2	+3.8	+.010	+0.8	+1.9	+.147
C.J. McCollum	6	40.0	20.7	1.0	5.0	6.0	4.3	0.3	0.7	2.0	4.2	8.3	19.0	.439	2.3	7.0	.333	1.7	2.2	.769

Season 9
	Joe Johnson	C.J. McCollum
Season	2009-10	2021-22
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Portland Trail Blazers, New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	Pelicans Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+14	+3.4	+0.8	+0.1	+0.2	+0.3	+0.2		+0.3	-0.1	-0.1	+0.2	+0.6	+.002	+1.2	+3.0	+.019	+1.0	+0.8	+.136
C.J. McCollum	62	34.6	22.1	0.9	3.5	4.3	5.1	1.1	0.4	2.0	2.0	8.6	18.8	.460	2.9	7.6	.388	1.9	2.7	.682
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
difference:	+5	+1.0	+4.3		+1.5	+1.6	+0.2	+0.2	+0.5	-0.2	-0.5	+1.2	+2.7	+.005	+2.0	+4.8	+.113	+0.1	+0.5	+.118
C.J. McCollum	6	39.0	22.2	1.8	4.8	6.7	4.8	0.7	0.8	2.5	2.5	8.2	20.8	.392	2.8	8.5	.333	3.0	4.3	.692

Season 10
	Joe Johnson	C.J. McCollum
Season	2010-11	2022-23
Team	Atlanta Hawks	New Orleans Pelicans
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:	+3	+0.2	+2.7	+0.1	+0.4	+0.4	+1.0	+0.2	+0.4	-0.4	-0.2	+0.7	+1.8	+.006	+1.6	+3.0	+.092	+0.3	+0.2	+.033
C.J. McCollum	75	35.3	20.9	0.7	3.6	4.4	5.7	0.9	0.5	2.4	2.0	7.8	17.9	.437	2.8	7.2	.389	2.4	3.2	.769
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
C.J. McCollum	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 11
	Joe Johnson	C.J. McCollum
Season	2011-12	2023-24
Team	Atlanta Hawks	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Pelicans Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+6	+2.8	+1.2	+0.3	+0.9	+0.6	+0.7	+0.1	+0.4	-0.2	-0.6	+0.2	+0.5	+.005	+1.5	+3.0	+.041	+0.9	+1.0	+.022
C.J. McCollum	66	32.7	20.0	0.6	3.7	4.3	4.6	0.9	0.6	1.7	1.9	7.3	16.0	.459	3.6	8.4	.429	1.7	2.1	.827
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:	+2	+3.5	+0.6	+0.5	+1.8	+1.3	+1.3	+0.5	+0.6	-1.3	-1.7	+1.5	+1.5	+.046	+0.3	+1.3	+.009	+2.5	+3.5	+.250
C.J. McCollum	4	37.0	17.8	0.5	4.3	4.8	4.8	1.8	0.8	4.0	3.5	7.8	18.5	.419	1.8	7.3	.241	0.5	0.5	1.000

Additional Years
* Joe Johnson played 6 seasons more than C.J. McCollum in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 13 to 18, from 2014 to 2022—Joe Johnson played in 5 Playoffs. In those 6 extra years over C.J. McCollum, Joe Johnson got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Star Game