Joe Johnson vs. Glen Rice Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Glen Rice 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, 3 more than Glen Rice, who played 15. Joe Johnson had the first of his seasons in 2001-02, while Glen Rice had his rookie season in 1989-90. 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	Glen Rice
Season	2001-02	1989-90
Team	Boston Celtics, Phoenix Suns	Miami Heat
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:		+5.1	+6.1	+0.3	+0.9	+1.3	+0.5	+0.1	+0.1	-0.6	-1.1	+2.8	+6.3	+.009	+0.3	+0.8	+.046	+0.7	+0.9	+.040
Glen Rice	77	30.0	13.6	1.3	3.3	4.6	1.8	0.9	0.4	1.5	2.6	6.1	13.9	.439	0.2	0.9	.246	1.2	1.6	.734
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Joe Johnson nor Glen Rice played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 6
	Joe Johnson	Glen Rice
Season	2006-07	1994-95
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Miami Heat
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:	+25	+4.6	+2.7	+0.3	+0.1	+0.4	+2.1	+0.3		-1.2	-0.5	+1.3	+2.9	+.004	+0.2		+.029	+0.3	+1.0	+.107
Glen Rice	82	36.8	22.3	1.2	3.4	4.6	2.3	1.4	0.2	1.9	2.5	8.1	17.1	.475	2.3	5.5	.410	3.8	4.5	.855
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Joe Johnson nor Glen Rice played in the postseason in their season 6

Season 7
	Joe Johnson	Glen Rice
Season	2007-08	1995-96
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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:	+3	+1.0	+0.1	+0.1	+0.2	+0.3	+2.9	+0.2		-0.6	-0.7	+0.2	+1.9	+.039	+0.1	+0.3	+.043	+0.1	+0.2	+.003
Glen Rice	79	39.8	21.6	1.1	3.7	4.8	2.9	1.2	0.2	2.1	2.7	7.7	16.4	.471	2.2	5.1	.424	4.0	4.8	.837
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
Glen Rice	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Joe Johnson	Glen Rice
Season	2008-09	1996-97
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	Hornets Lost East 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:		+3.1	+5.4		+0.4	+0.4	+3.8	+0.2	+0.1	-0.3	-0.2	+1.3	+1.2	+.040	+0.7	+0.4	+.110	+2.1	+2.2	+.041
Glen Rice	79	42.6	26.8	0.8	3.2	4.0	2.0	0.9	0.3	2.2	2.4	9.1	19.2	.477	2.6	5.6	.470	5.9	6.8	.867
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:	+8	+6.7	+11.3	+1.2	+0.4	+0.8	+0.2		+0.3	-1.6	-1.5	+2.9	+3.7	+.074	+0.9	+2.1	+.032	+4.5	+3.6	+.291
Glen Rice	3	45.7	27.7	0.3	3.3	3.7	3.7	1.3	0.3	1.3	3.7	9.3	19.0	.491	2.0	5.3	.375	7.0	7.7	.913

Season 9
	Joe Johnson	Glen Rice
Season	2009-10	1997-98
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	Hornets Lost East Conf Semis

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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:	+6	+2.2	+1.0	+0.1	+0.5	+0.3	+2.7	+0.2	+0.2	-0.3	-0.5	+0.7	+1.3	+.001	+0.1	+0.9	+.064	+2.3	+2.6	+.031
Glen Rice	82	40.2	22.3	1.1	3.2	4.3	2.2	0.9	0.3	2.2	2.4	7.7	16.9	.457	1.6	3.7	.433	5.2	6.1	.849
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:	+2	+1.0	+4.9	+0.6	+1.1	+0.6	+3.6	+0.3		-0.9	-0.9	+2.1	+1.1	+.087	+0.4	+0.3	+.086	+0.2	+0.2	+.023
Glen Rice	9	41.0	22.8	1.2	4.4	5.7	1.4	0.6	0.3	1.4	2.9	9.1	19.2	.474	1.2	4.0	.306	3.3	4.0	.833

Season 10
	Joe Johnson	Glen Rice
Season	2010-11	1998-99
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis

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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:	+45	+1.0	+0.7	+0.5	+0.1	+0.3	+2.1	+0.1	+0.1	-0.3	-0.7	+0.8	+1.4	+.011	+0.8	+0.8	+.096	+0.2	+0.1	+.054
Glen Rice	27	36.5	17.5	0.3	3.3	3.7	2.6	0.6	0.2	1.7	2.5	6.3	14.7	.432	2.0	5.0	.393	2.9	3.3	.856
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
difference:	+5	+2.3	+0.5	+0.9	+0.2	+0.7	+1.7	+0.4		-1.3	-0.5	+0.9	+2.1	+.007	+0.1	+0.5	+.072	+1.2	+0.6	+.156
Glen Rice	7	43.7	18.3	0.6	3.3	3.9	1.6	0.7	0.1	1.3	2.1	6.4	14.4	.446	1.4	4.0	.357	4.0	4.1	.966

Season 11
	Joe Johnson	Glen Rice
Season	2011-12	1999-00
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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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:	+20	+3.9	+2.9	+0.2	+0.6	+0.4	+1.7	+0.2		-0.5	-0.9	+1.8	+3.2	+.024	+1.0	+2.5	+.021	+1.7	+1.9	+.025
Glen Rice	80	31.6	15.9	0.7	3.4	4.1	2.2	0.6	0.2	1.4	2.2	5.3	12.3	.430	1.1	2.9	.367	4.3	5.0	.874
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:	+17	+7.2	+4.8	+0.6	+1.1	+0.5	+1.4	+0.6		-1.1	-0.4	+2.3	+7.1	+.035	+0.3	+3.1	+.168	+0.1	+0.1	+.048
Glen Rice	23	33.3	12.4	0.4	3.6	4.0	2.1	0.7	0.2	1.6	2.2	4.0	9.9	.408	1.2	2.9	.418	3.1	3.9	.798

Season 13
	Joe Johnson	Glen Rice
Season	2013-14	2001-02
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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:	+59	+2.3	+7.2	+0.3	+0.7	+1.0	+1.1		+0.1	-0.3	-0.1	+2.5	+4.5	+.065	+1.2	+1.9	+.120	+0.8	+1.0	+.015
Glen Rice	20	30.3	8.6	0.3	2.1	2.4	1.6	0.6	0.2	1.2	1.7	3.3	8.4	.389	0.9	3.2	.281	1.2	1.5	.800
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
Glen Rice	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-