Joe Johnson vs. Jason Williams Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jason Williams 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 Jason Williams, who played 12. Joe Johnson had the first of his seasons in 2001-02, while Jason Williams had his rookie season in 1998-99. 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	Jason Williams
Season	2001-02	1998-99
Team	Boston Celtics, Phoenix Suns	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Kings Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+27	+11.2	+5.3	+0.7	+0.4	+0.2	+3.7	+1.1	+0.3	-2.0	-0.3	+1.3	+4.7	+.056	+1.5	+4.8	+.018	+1.1	+1.4	+.022
Jason Williams	50	36.1	12.8	0.3	2.8	3.1	6.0	1.9	0.0	2.9	1.8	4.6	12.3	.374	2.0	6.5	.310	1.6	2.1	.752
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Johnson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jason Williams	5	33.0	10.0	0.4	3.2	3.6	4.0	1.6	0.2	2.6	3.0	3.2	9.0	.356	1.8	5.8	.310	1.8	1.8	1.000

Season 6
	Joe Johnson	Jason Williams
Season	2006-07	2003-04
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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	+12.0	+14.1	+0.6	+1.6	+2.2	+2.4	+0.2	+0.1	-1.2	-0.7	+5.4	+10.1	+.064	+0.4	+0.4	+.051	+3.0	+4.1	+.089
Jason Williams	72	29.4	10.9	0.3	1.7	2.0	6.8	1.3	0.1	1.9	1.3	4.0	9.9	.407	1.7	5.1	.330	1.1	1.4	.837
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Johnson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jason Williams	4	32.3	10.8	0.3	2.0	2.3	4.5	0.5	0.0	1.8	2.5	3.8	11.5	.326	1.5	5.3	.286	1.8	1.8	1.000

Season 7
	Joe Johnson	Jason Williams
Season	2007-08	2004-05
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Grizzlies 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:	+11	+13.3	+11.6	+0.7	+2.0	+2.8	+0.2	+0.1	+0.1	-0.9	-0.7	+4.2	+9.2	+.019	+0.6	+0.8	+.057	+2.8	+3.2	+.042
Jason Williams	71	27.5	10.1	0.3	1.5	1.7	5.6	1.1	0.1	1.8	1.3	3.7	9.1	.413	1.5	4.6	.324	1.1	1.4	.792
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:	+3	+10.3	+3.0	+1.0	+0.6	+1.6	+1.3	+1.2		-0.3	-0.5	+0.3	+3.1	+.119	+0.2	+0.2	+.032	+3.8	+4.2	+.091
Jason Williams	4	29.0	17.0	0.3	2.0	2.3	5.3	1.5	0.0	2.0	1.8	7.0	13.3	.528	2.5	5.3	.476	0.5	0.5	1.000

Season 8
	Joe Johnson	Jason Williams
Season	2008-09	2005-06
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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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:	+20	+7.7	+9.1	+0.7	+1.3	+2.0	+0.9	+0.2	+0.1	-0.8	-0.5	+3.3	+7.7	+.005	+0.1	+0.3	+.012	+2.4	+2.9	+.041
Jason Williams	59	31.8	12.3	0.1	2.3	2.4	4.9	0.9	0.1	1.7	1.7	4.5	10.3	.442	1.8	4.9	.372	1.4	1.7	.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:	+12	+9.2	+7.1	+1.4	+1.0	+2.5	+0.4	+0.6		-1.3	-0.4	+3.1	+7.3	+.012		+0.9	+.069	+0.8	+2.1	+.222
Jason Williams	23	29.8	9.3	0.1	1.9	2.0	3.9	0.7	0.0	1.6	1.8	3.3	8.0	.405	1.1	4.1	.274	1.7	2.0	.844

Season 9
	Joe Johnson	Jason Williams
Season	2009-10	2006-07
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	Heat Lost East 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:	+15	+7.4	+10.4	+0.7	+1.7	+2.3	+0.4	+0.1	+0.1	-0.3	-0.8	+4.5	+8.9	+.045	+0.1	+0.2	+.030	+1.4	+1.8	+.095
Jason Williams	61	30.6	10.9	0.3	2.0	2.3	5.3	1.0	0.0	1.6	1.1	3.9	9.3	.413	1.6	4.8	.339	1.5	1.7	.913
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:	+7	+12.0	+12.1	+1.8	+1.3	+3.1	+1.5	+0.4		-1.5	-0.7	+5.2	+11.1	+.137	+0.5	+0.6	+.074	+2.1	+2.5	+.010
Jason Williams	4	28.0	5.8	0.0	2.0	2.0	3.5	1.3	0.3	0.8	1.3	1.8	7.0	.250	1.3	4.3	.294	1.0	1.3	.800

Season 10
	Joe Johnson	Jason Williams
Season	2010-11	2007-08
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Miami Heat
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:	+5	+7.4	+9.4	+0.6	+1.4	+2.1	+0.1	+0.5		-0.6	-0.4	+4.0	+7.9	+.059	+0.2	+0.1	+.056	+1.7	+2.2	+.061
Jason Williams	67	28.1	8.8	0.2	1.8	1.9	4.6	1.2	0.1	1.4	1.4	3.1	8.2	.384	1.4	4.1	.353	1.0	1.2	.863
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
Jason Williams	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Jason Williams didn't play in 2008-09.

Season 11
	Joe Johnson	Jason Williams
Season	2011-12	2009-10
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Magic 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:	+22	+14.7	+12.8	+0.8	+1.3	+2.2	+0.3	+0.2	+0.2	-0.8	-0.5	+4.8	+10.3	+.010	+1.1	+2.7	+.008	+2.2	+2.6	+.093
Jason Williams	82	20.8	6.0	0.1	1.5	1.5	3.6	0.6	0.0	1.1	0.8	2.3	5.2	.444	1.0	2.7	.380	0.4	0.5	.756
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:	+8	+26.8	+14.6	+0.8	+1.9	+2.7	+1.9	+1.0	+0.2	-2.3	-1.2	+5.4	+14.3	+.031	+1.1	+4.3		+2.6	+3.6	+.250
Jason Williams	14	13.7	2.6	0.2	0.6	0.8	1.6	0.3	0.0	0.4	0.6	0.9	2.7	.342	0.4	1.7	.250	0.4	0.4	1.000

Additional Years
* Joe Johnson played 6 seasons more than Jason Williams 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 Jason Williams, Joe Johnson got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Star Game