Joe Johnson vs. D'Angelo Russell Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of D'Angelo Russell 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, 8 more than D'Angelo Russell, who played 10. Joe Johnson had the first of his seasons in 2001-02, while D'Angelo Russell had his rookie season in 2015-16. 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	D'Angelo Russell
Season	2001-02	2015-16
Team	Boston Celtics, Phoenix Suns	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second 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:	+3	+3.3	+5.7	+0.4	+0.4	+0.1	+1.0	+0.4	+0.1	-1.6	-0.3	+1.6	+4.4	+.020	+1.1	+2.9	+.059	+1.3	+1.7	+.037
D'Angelo Russell	80	28.2	13.2	0.6	2.8	3.4	3.3	1.2	0.2	2.5	1.8	4.9	12.0	.410	1.6	4.6	.351	1.8	2.4	.737
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Joe Johnson nor D'Angelo Russell played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 4
	Joe Johnson	D'Angelo Russell
Season	2004-05	2018-19
Team	Phoenix Suns	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Finals	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Joe Johnson	82	39.5	17.1	1.5	3.7	5.1	3.5	1.0	0.3	1.8	2.0	6.6	14.4	.461	2.2	4.5	.478	1.6	2.2	.750
difference:	+1	+9.3	+4.0	+0.8	+0.5	+1.2	+3.5	+0.2	+0.1	-1.3	-0.3	+1.5	+4.3	+.027	+0.7	+3.3	+.109	+0.4	+0.3	+.030
D'Angelo Russell	81	30.2	21.1	0.7	3.2	3.9	7.0	1.2	0.2	3.1	1.7	8.1	18.7	.434	2.9	7.8	.369	2.0	2.5	.780
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Johnson	9	39.3	18.8	0.8	3.6	4.3	3.3	1.1	0.4	1.1	2.0	7.0	13.9	.504	2.2	4.0	.556	2.6	3.7	.697
difference:	+4	+9.7	+0.6	+0.4	+0.4	+0.7	+0.3	+0.3	+0.2	-1.7	-0.4	+0.4	+6.7	+.145	+0.2	+3.4	+.232	+0.4	+1.1	+.149
D'Angelo Russell	5	29.6	19.4	0.4	3.2	3.6	3.6	1.4	0.2	2.8	2.4	7.4	20.6	.359	2.4	7.4	.324	2.2	2.6	.846

Season 6
	Joe Johnson	D'Angelo Russell
Season	2006-07	2020-21
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Minnesota Timberwolves
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:	+15	+12.9	+6.0	+0.5	+1.0	+1.6	+1.4		+0.2	-0.4	-0.4	+2.7	+4.5	+.040	+0.8	+1.9	+.006	+1.4	+2.0	+.017
D'Angelo Russell	42	28.5	19.0	0.4	2.3	2.6	5.8	1.1	0.4	2.7	1.6	6.7	15.5	.431	2.9	7.4	.387	2.7	3.5	.765
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Joe Johnson nor D'Angelo Russell played in the postseason in their season 6

Season 7
	Joe Johnson	D'Angelo Russell
Season	2007-08	2021-22
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Timberwolves 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:	+17	+8.8	+3.6	+0.6	+0.6	+1.2	+1.3		+0.1	-0.2		+1.7	+3.3	+.021	+0.6	+2.6	+.041	+0.9	+0.9	+.009
D'Angelo Russell	65	32.0	18.1	0.4	2.9	3.3	7.1	1.0	0.3	2.5	2.0	6.2	15.0	.411	2.7	8.0	.340	3.0	3.7	.825
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	+6.6	+8.0	+1.3	+0.1	+1.4	+2.7	+1.2		-0.5	-0.5	+2.7	+4.4	+.076	+0.3	+0.1	+.057	+2.3	+2.0	+.159
D'Angelo Russell	6	32.7	12.0	0.0	2.5	2.5	6.7	1.5	0.0	2.8	2.8	4.0	12.0	.333	2.0	5.2	.387	2.0	2.7	.750

Season 8
	Joe Johnson	D'Angelo Russell
Season	2008-09	2022-23
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Minnesota Timberwolves, Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals

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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:	+8	+7.0	+3.6	+0.3	+1.1	+1.4	+0.4	+0.1	+0.2	-0.1	-0.2	+1.5	+4.6	+.032	+0.8	+1.7	+.036	+1.3	+1.6	+.003
D'Angelo Russell	71	32.5	17.8	0.5	2.5	3.0	6.2	1.0	0.4	2.6	2.0	6.3	13.4	.469	2.7	6.9	.396	2.5	3.0	.829
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	+9.4	+3.1	+0.9	+0.6	+1.6	+1.1	+0.6	+0.3	-1.1	-0.2	+1.2	+3.1	+.009	+0.6	+2.2	+.033	+1.2	+2.5	+.147
D'Angelo Russell	16	29.6	13.3	0.6	2.3	2.9	4.6	0.7	0.3	1.8	2.0	5.2	12.2	.426	1.7	5.4	.310	1.3	1.6	.769

Season 9
	Joe Johnson	D'Angelo Russell
Season	2009-10	2023-24
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd
Others	-	NBA Cup Champion

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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:		+5.3	+3.3	+0.6	+1.0	+1.5	+1.4	+0.2	+0.4	-0.2	-0.2	+1.9	+4.0	+.002	+1.3	+2.6	+.046	+0.8	+1.0	+.010
D'Angelo Russell	76	32.7	18.0	0.4	2.7	3.1	6.3	0.9	0.5	2.1	2.1	6.5	14.2	.456	3.0	7.2	.415	2.1	2.5	.828
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:	+6	+3.0	+3.7	+1.6	+0.7	+2.3	+0.8	+0.1	+0.1	-0.5	-0.8	+1.4	+3.5	+.003	+2.0	+5.1	+.098	+2.9	+3.4	+.310
D'Angelo Russell	5	37.0	14.2	0.2	2.6	2.8	4.2	0.8	0.2	1.8	1.2	5.6	14.6	.384	2.8	8.8	.318	0.2	0.4	.500

Season 10
	Joe Johnson	D'Angelo Russell
Season	2010-11	2024-25
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Los Angeles Lakers, Brooklyn Nets
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:	+14	+10.0	+5.6	+0.5	+0.8	+1.2	+0.4	+0.3	+0.3	-0.1	-0.2	+2.8	+5.1	+.053	+0.7	+2.0	+.017	+0.6	+0.9	+.032
D'Angelo Russell	58	25.5	12.6	0.3	2.4	2.8	5.1	1.0	0.4	1.9	2.0	4.3	11.0	.390	1.9	6.2	.314	2.1	2.5	.834
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
D'Angelo Russell	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Joe Johnson played 8 seasons more than D'Angelo Russell in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 11 to 18, from 2012 to 2022—Joe Johnson played in 7 Playoffs. In those 8 extra years over D'Angelo Russell, Joe Johnson got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-Star Game