Joe Johnson vs. Jaden McDaniels Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jaden McDaniels 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, 12 more than Jaden McDaniels, who played 6. Joe Johnson had the first of his seasons in 2001-02, while Jaden McDaniels had his rookie season in 2020-21. 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	Jaden McDaniels
Season	2001-02	2020-21
Team	Boston Celtics, Phoenix Suns	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	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:	+14	+0.9	+0.7	+0.2	+0.5	+0.4	+1.2	+0.2	+0.7	-0.2	-1.2	+0.7	+1.8	+.017	+0.6	+1.4	+.072	+0.1		+.174
Jaden McDaniels	63	24.0	6.8	0.8	2.9	3.7	1.1	0.6	1.0	0.7	2.7	2.6	5.8	.447	1.1	3.1	.364	0.4	0.7	.600
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Joe Johnson nor Jaden McDaniels played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 4
	Joe Johnson	Jaden McDaniels
Season	2004-05	2023-24
Team	Phoenix Suns	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Finals	Timberwolves 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		%
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:	+10	+10.3	+6.6	+0.7	+1.4	+2.0	+2.1	+0.1	+0.3	-0.6	-1.0	+2.3	+5.7	+.028	+1.0	+1.0	+.141	+0.8	+1.1	+.028
Jaden McDaniels	72	29.2	10.5	0.8	2.3	3.1	1.4	0.9	0.6	1.2	3.0	4.3	8.7	.489	1.2	3.5	.337	0.8	1.1	.722
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:	+7	+5.7	+6.6	+1.0	+1.5	+0.5	+2.2	+0.2	+0.7		-1.4	+2.5	+5.1	+.010	+0.7	+0.5	+.127	+0.9	+1.5	+.074
Jaden McDaniels	16	33.6	12.2	1.8	2.1	3.8	1.1	0.9	1.1	1.1	3.4	4.5	8.8	.514	1.5	3.5	.429	1.7	2.2	.771

Season 6
	Joe Johnson	Jaden McDaniels
Season	2006-07	2025-26
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:	+30	+8.3	+9.4	+0.4	+0.2	+0.6	+1.7		+0.7	-1.2	-1.6	+3.4	+8.1	+.031	+0.6	+1.8	+.023	+1.9	+3.0	+.120
Jaden McDaniels	27	33.1	15.6	1.3	3.5	4.8	2.7	1.1	0.9	1.9	3.6	6.0	11.9	.502	1.5	3.7	.404	2.2	2.5	.868
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Joe Johnson nor Jaden McDaniels played in the postseason in their season 6

Additional Years
* Joe Johnson played 12 seasons more than Jaden McDaniels in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 7 to 18, from 2008 to 2022—Joe Johnson played in 11 Playoffs. In those 12 extra years over Jaden McDaniels, Joe Johnson got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Third Team 6 All-Star Game