Jordan Clarkson vs. Joe Johnson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Joe Johnson and Jordan Clarkson, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season / Scoring / Stats / Stats Rankings / Games against each other

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.

Jordan Clarkson played 12 years in the NBA, 6 less than Joe Johnson, who played 18. Jordan Clarkson had the first of his seasons in 2014-15, while Joe Johnson had his rookie season in 2001-02. 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Jordan Clarkson	12	4	2014-15 to 2025-26
Joe Johnson	18	13	2001-02 to 2021-22

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12


Rookie Season
	Jordan Clarkson	Joe Johnson
Season	2014-15	2001-02
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Boston Celtics, Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
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		%
Jordan Clarkson	59	25.0	11.9	0.9	2.3	3.2	3.5	0.9	0.2	1.6	1.8	4.5	10.1	.448	0.6	2.1	.314	2.2	2.7	.829
difference:	+18	+0.1	+4.4	+0.1	+0.1	+0.1	+1.2	+0.1	+0.1	-0.7	-0.3	+1.2	+2.5	+.018	+0.1	+0.4	+.022	+1.7	+2.0	+.055
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

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Jordan Clarkson nor Joe Johnson played in the postseason in their season 1


Season 2
	Jordan Clarkson	Joe Johnson
Season	2015-16	2002-03
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jordan Clarkson	79	32.3	15.5	1.2	2.8	4.0	2.4	1.1	0.1	1.7	2.1	6.0	13.9	.433	1.4	4.1	.347	2.1	2.6	.804
difference:	+3	+4.8	+5.7	+0.5	+0.3	+0.8	+0.2	+0.3	+0.1	-0.4	-0.4	+2.1	+4.2	+.036	+0.5	+1.6	+.019	+0.9	+1.1	+.030
Joe Johnson	82	27.5	9.8	0.7	2.5	3.2	2.6	0.8	0.2	1.3	1.7	3.9	9.7	.397	0.9	2.5	.366	1.2	1.5	.774

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jordan Clarkson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Joe Johnson	6	27.3	5.3	1.0	3.3	4.3	1.3	0.7	0.3	2.0	2.5	2.3	8.5	.275	0.3	2.2	.154	0.3	0.8	.400


Season 3
	Jordan Clarkson	Joe Johnson
Season	2016-17	2003-04
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
Jordan Clarkson	82	29.2	14.7	0.6	2.4	3.0	2.6	1.1	0.1	2.0	1.8	5.8	13.1	.445	1.4	4.3	.329	1.6	2.0	.798
difference:		+11.4	+2.0	+0.4	+1.3	+1.7	+1.8		+0.2	-0.4	-0.4	+1.0	+2.6	+.015	+0.4	+1.0	+.024	+0.5	+0.8	+.048
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

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Jordan Clarkson nor Joe Johnson played in the postseason in their season 3


Season 4
	Jordan Clarkson	Joe Johnson
Season	2017-18	2004-05
Team	Los Angeles Lakers, Cleveland Cavaliers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals	Suns 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		%
Jordan Clarkson	81	23.3	13.9	0.7	2.0	2.7	2.7	0.7	0.1	1.6	1.3	5.3	11.8	.451	1.4	3.9	.352	1.9	2.3	.800
difference:	+1	+16.2	+3.2	+0.8	+1.7	+2.4	+0.8	+0.3	+0.2	-0.2	-0.7	+1.3	+2.6	+.010	+0.8	+0.6	+.126	+0.3	+0.1	+.050
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jordan Clarkson	19	15.1	4.7	0.5	1.2	1.7	0.7	0.4	0.2	0.7	1.1	1.9	6.5	.301	0.6	2.4	.239	0.3	0.3	.833
difference:	+10	+24.2	+14.1	+0.3	+2.4	+2.6	+2.6	+0.7	+0.2	-0.4	-0.9	+5.1	+7.4	+.203	+1.6	+1.6	+.317	+2.3	+3.4	+.136
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


Season 5
	Jordan Clarkson	Joe Johnson
Season	2018-19	2005-06
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jordan Clarkson	81	27.3	16.8	1.0	2.3	3.3	2.4	0.7	0.2	1.7	1.4	6.5	14.6	.448	1.8	5.5	.324	2.0	2.4	.844
difference:	+1	+13.4	+3.4	+0.2	+0.6	+0.8	+4.1	+0.6	+0.2	-1.6	-0.9	+1.2	+2.4	+.005	+0.2	+1.1	+.032	+1.2	+1.6	+.053
Joe Johnson	82	40.7	20.2	1.2	2.9	4.1	6.5	1.3	0.4	3.3	2.3	7.7	17.0	.453	1.6	4.4	.356	3.2	4.0	.791

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Jordan Clarkson nor Joe Johnson played in the postseason in their season 5


Season 6
	Jordan Clarkson	Joe Johnson
Season	2019-20	2006-07
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers, Utah Jazz	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Jordan Clarkson	71	24.0	15.2	0.7	1.9	2.6	1.9	0.6	0.2	1.4	1.5	5.5	12.2	.454	2.1	5.8	.368	1.9	2.3	.836
difference:	+14	+17.4	+9.8	+0.2	+1.4	+1.6	+2.5	+0.5		-1.7	-0.5	+3.9	+7.8	+.017		+0.3	+.013	+2.2	+3.2	+.088
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jordan Clarkson	7	28.6	16.7	0.3	3.1	3.4	2.1	0.9	0.0	1.0	2.1	6.4	13.9	.464	2.4	7.0	.347	1.4	1.4	1.000
Joe Johnson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Jordan Clarkson	Joe Johnson
Season	2020-21	2007-08
Team	Utah Jazz	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	Sixth Man of the Year	-
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	Hawks Lost East 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		%
Jordan Clarkson	68	26.7	18.4	0.7	3.3	4.0	2.5	0.9	0.1	1.7	1.6	6.7	15.8	.425	3.1	8.8	.347	1.9	2.1	.896
difference:	+14	+14.1	+3.3	+0.3	+0.2	+0.5	+3.3	+0.1	+0.1	-1.0	-0.4	+1.2	+2.5	+.007	+1.0	+3.4	+.034	+2.0	+2.5	+.062
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jordan Clarkson	11	27.1	17.5	0.5	2.5	3.1	1.5	0.6	0.3	2.1	1.4	6.1	15.0	.406	3.1	8.8	.351	2.3	2.4	.962
difference:	+4	+12.2	+2.5	+0.8	+0.1	+0.8	+2.5	+0.3	+0.3	-0.2	-0.9	+0.6	+1.4	+.003	+0.8	+3.7	+.093	+2.0	+2.3	+.053
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


Season 8
	Jordan Clarkson	Joe Johnson
Season	2021-22	2008-09
Team	Utah Jazz	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
Jordan Clarkson	79	27.1	16.0	0.8	2.6	3.5	2.5	0.8	0.2	1.6	1.9	5.9	14.1	.419	2.4	7.6	.318	1.8	2.2	.828
difference:		+12.4	+5.4		+1.0	+0.9	+3.3	+0.3		-0.9	-0.3	+1.9	+3.9	+.018	+0.5	+2.4	+.042	+2.0	+2.4	+.002
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jordan Clarkson	6	28.3	17.5	0.8	2.3	3.2	1.3	0.5	0.2	1.7	2.8	6.7	12.2	.548	1.5	4.0	.375	2.7	3.0	.889
difference:	+5	+10.7	+1.1	+0.7	+0.6	+1.3	+2.2	+0.8	+0.2	-1.2	-0.6	+0.3	+3.1	+.131	+0.4	+0.8	+.032	+0.2	+1.1	+.267
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


Season 9
	Jordan Clarkson	Joe Johnson
Season	2022-23	2009-10
Team	Utah Jazz	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks 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		%
Jordan Clarkson	61	32.6	20.8	1.2	2.9	4.0	4.4	0.5	0.2	3.0	2.0	7.5	16.9	.444	2.5	7.5	.338	3.3	4.0	.816
difference:	+15	+5.4	+0.5	+0.2	+0.8	+0.6	+0.5	+0.6	+0.1	-1.1	-0.1	+0.9	+1.3	+.014	+0.8	+2.9	+.031	+0.4	+0.5	+.002
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jordan Clarkson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 10
	Jordan Clarkson	Joe Johnson
Season	2023-24	2010-11
Team	Utah Jazz	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks Lost East 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		%
Jordan Clarkson	55	30.6	17.1	0.9	2.5	3.4	5.0	0.6	0.1	2.7	1.5	6.1	14.8	.413	1.7	5.6	.294	3.2	3.7	.881
difference:	+17	+4.9	+1.1	+0.1	+0.7	+0.6	+0.3	+0.1		-0.7	-0.3	+1.0	+1.3	+.030	+0.5	+1.4	+.003	+0.5	+0.3	+.079
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jordan Clarkson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 11
	Jordan Clarkson	Joe Johnson
Season	2024-25	2011-12
Team	Utah Jazz	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks Lost East 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		%
Jordan Clarkson	37	26.0	16.2	0.7	2.5	3.2	3.7	0.8	0.2	2.3	1.4	5.4	13.3	.408	2.3	6.3	.362	3.1	3.9	.797
difference:	+23	+9.5	+2.6	+0.2	+0.3	+0.5	+0.2			-0.4	-0.1	+1.7	+2.2	+.046	+0.2	+0.9	+.026	+0.5	+0.8	+.052
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jordan Clarkson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 12
	Jordan Clarkson	Joe Johnson
Season	2025-26	2012-13
Team	New York Knicks	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd
Others	NBA Cup Champion	-

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12th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jordan Clarkson	27	20.0	9.9	0.9	1.1	2.0	1.6	0.4	0.2	1.2	2.0	3.7	8.4	.439	1.3	4.0	.312	1.2	1.6	.767
difference:	+45	+16.7	+6.4	+0.2	+1.2	+1.0	+1.9	+0.3		-0.5	-0.6	+2.5	+6.2	+.016	+0.8	+1.5	+.063	+0.6	+0.6	+.053
Joe Johnson	72	36.7	16.3	0.7	2.3	3.0	3.5	0.7	0.2	1.7	1.4	6.2	14.6	.423	2.1	5.5	.375	1.8	2.2	.820

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jordan Clarkson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Joe Johnson	7	38.7	14.9	0.6	2.6	3.1	2.7	1.1	0.0	1.7	1.9	6.1	14.7	.417	1.4	5.6	.256	1.1	1.3	.889


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

Jordan Clarkson vs. Joe Johnson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Joe Johnson and Jordan Clarkson, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Season 9

9th Season Stats Comparison

Season 10

10th Season Stats Comparison

Season 11

11th Season Stats Comparison

Season 12

12th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years