Kentavious Caldwell-Pope vs. Joe Johnson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Joe Johnson and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, 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.

Kentavious Caldwell-Pope played 13 years in the NBA, 5 less than Joe Johnson, who played 18. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope had the first of his seasons in 2013-14, 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.

Rookie Season
	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	Joe Johnson
Season	2013-14	2001-02
Team	Detroit Pistons	Boston Celtics, Phoenix Suns
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		%
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	80	19.8	5.9	0.5	1.5	2.0	0.7	0.9	0.2	0.4	1.8	2.3	5.8	.396	0.7	2.3	.319	0.6	0.8	.770
difference:	+3	+5.1	+1.6	+0.5	+0.9	+1.3	+1.6	+0.1	+0.1	-0.5	-0.3	+1.0	+1.8	+.034	+0.2	+0.6	+.027	+0.1	+0.1	+.004
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 Kentavious Caldwell-Pope nor Joe Johnson played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 6
	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	Joe Johnson
Season	2018-19	2006-07
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Atlanta Hawks
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		%
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	82	24.8	11.4	0.6	2.3	2.9	1.3	0.9	0.2	0.8	1.7	4.0	9.2	.430	1.8	5.3	.347	1.7	1.9	.867
difference:	+25	+16.6	+13.6	+0.3	+1.0	+1.3	+3.1	+0.2		-2.3	-0.3	+5.4	+10.8	+.041	+0.3	+0.2	+.034	+2.4	+3.6	+.119
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
* Neiher Kentavious Caldwell-Pope nor Joe Johnson played in the postseason in their season 6

Season 7
	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	Joe Johnson
Season	2019-20	2007-08
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	69	25.5	9.3	0.6	1.5	2.1	1.6	0.8	0.2	0.9	1.9	3.4	7.3	.467	1.3	3.5	.385	1.1	1.5	.775
difference:	+13	+15.3	+12.4	+0.4	+2.0	+2.4	+4.2	+0.2		-1.8	-0.1	+4.5	+11.0	+.035	+0.8	+1.9	+.004	+2.8	+3.1	+.059
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		%
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	21	29.0	10.7	0.4	1.7	2.1	1.3	1.0	0.2	0.7	1.9	3.8	9.0	.418	2.1	5.7	.378	1.0	1.3	.815
difference:	+14	+10.3	+9.3	+0.9	+0.9	+1.8	+2.7	+0.7	+0.2	-1.6	-0.4	+2.9	+7.4	+.009	+0.2	+0.6	+.066	+3.3	+3.4	+.094
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
	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	Joe Johnson
Season	2020-21	2008-09
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers 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		%
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	67	28.4	9.7	0.4	2.3	2.7	1.9	0.9	0.4	1.0	1.7	3.3	7.6	.431	1.8	4.4	.410	1.4	1.7	.866
difference:	+12	+11.1	+11.7	+0.4	+1.3	+1.7	+3.9	+0.2	+0.2	-1.5	-0.5	+4.5	+10.4	+.006	+0.1	+0.8	+.050	+2.4	+2.9	+.040
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		%
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	5	29.2	6.2	0.4	2.4	2.8	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.4	3.0	2.2	5.8	.379	0.8	3.8	.211	1.0	1.0	1.000
difference:	+6	+9.8	+10.2	+1.1	+0.5	+1.7	+2.5	+0.3		-2.5	-0.8	+4.2	+9.5	+.038	+0.3	+0.6	+.132	+1.5	+3.1	+.378
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
	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	Joe Johnson
Season	2021-22	2009-10
Team	Washington Wizards	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	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		%
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	77	30.2	13.2	0.5	2.9	3.4	1.9	1.1	0.3	1.3	1.8	4.7	10.8	.435	2.1	5.3	.390	1.8	2.0	.890
difference:	+1	+7.8	+8.1	+0.5	+0.8	+1.2	+3.0		+0.2	-0.6	-0.1	+3.7	+7.4	+.023	+0.4	+0.7	+.021	+1.1	+1.5	+.072
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		%
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	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
	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	Joe Johnson
Season	2022-23	2010-11
Team	Denver Nuggets	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	76	31.3	10.8	0.5	2.3	2.7	2.4	1.5	0.5	1.1	1.9	3.8	8.3	.462	1.8	4.2	.423	1.4	1.6	.824
difference:	+4	+4.2	+7.4	+0.3	+0.9	+1.3	+2.3	+0.8	+0.4	-0.9	-0.1	+3.3	+7.8	+.019	+0.6		+.126	+1.3	+1.8	+.022
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		%
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	20	33.6	10.6	0.7	2.6	3.3	1.6	1.3	0.7	0.8	2.4	3.7	8.1	.457	1.8	4.6	.380	1.5	1.8	.829
difference:	+8	+7.8	+8.2	+0.8	+0.5	+1.3	+1.7	+0.2	+0.6	-1.8	-0.8	+3.6	+8.4	+.018	+0.3	+1.1	+.049	+1.3	+1.7	+.019
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
	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	Joe Johnson
Season	2023-24	2011-12
Team	Denver Nuggets	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	76	31.6	10.1	0.4	2.0	2.4	2.4	1.3	0.6	1.0	2.0	3.6	7.7	.460	1.6	4.1	.406	1.3	1.5	.894
difference:	+16	+3.9	+8.7	+0.5	+0.8	+1.3	+1.5	+0.5	+0.4	-0.9	-0.7	+3.5	+7.8	+.006	+0.5	+1.3	+.018	+1.3	+1.6	+.045
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		%
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	12	35.0	8.1	0.4	2.5	2.9	2.6	1.4	0.4	0.8	3.1	2.8	7.2	.395	1.5	4.6	.327	0.9	0.9	1.000
difference:	+6	+5.5	+9.1	+0.6		+0.6	+0.9	+0.1	+0.2	-1.9	-1.3	+3.5	+9.8	+.022		+1.4	+.077	+2.1	+3.1	+.250
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 13
	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	Joe Johnson
Season	2025-26	2013-14
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nets Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	27	22.0	7.6	0.4	2.0	2.4	3.3	0.8	0.2	1.3	1.0	2.6	6.8	.375	1.1	3.4	.337	1.4	1.5	.925
difference:	+52	+10.6	+8.2	+0.2	+0.8	+1.0	+0.6	+0.2	+0.1	-0.2	-0.6	+3.2	+6.1	+.079	+1.0	+1.7	+.064	+0.6	+1.0	+.110
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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