Lonzo Ball vs. James Johnson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of James Johnson and Lonzo Ball, 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 / 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.

Lonzo Ball played 5 years in the NBA, 10 less than James Johnson, who played 15. Lonzo Ball had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while James Johnson had his rookie season in 2009-10. 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 achivements, 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
Lonzo Ball	5	0	2017-18 to 2021-22
James Johnson	15	6	2009-10 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Lonzo Ball	James Johnson
Season	2017-18	2009-10
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lonzo Ball	52	34.2	10.2	1.3	5.6	6.9	7.2	1.7	0.8	2.6	2.3	3.9	10.8	.360	1.7	5.7	.305	0.6	1.4	.451
James Johnson	65	11.6	3.9	0.5	1.4	2.0	0.7	0.3	0.7	1.0	1.9	1.5	3.2	.452	0.2	0.7	.326	0.8	1.1	.729

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lonzo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Johnson	4	5.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.5	2.8	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	0.0	-


Season 2
	Lonzo Ball	James Johnson
Season	2018-19	2010-11
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Chicago Bulls, Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lonzo Ball	47	30.3	9.9	1.1	4.2	5.3	5.4	1.5	0.4	2.2	2.4	3.9	9.7	.406	1.6	4.9	.329	0.4	1.0	.417
James Johnson	38	21.6	7.1	1.0	2.8	3.7	2.3	0.9	1.0	1.7	2.5	2.8	6.2	.456	0.2	0.9	.235	1.2	1.9	.662

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lonzo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Lonzo Ball	James Johnson
Season	2019-20	2011-12
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lonzo Ball	63	32.1	11.8	1.1	5.0	6.1	7.0	1.4	0.6	3.1	2.0	4.4	10.9	.403	2.3	6.3	.375	0.7	1.2	.566
James Johnson	62	25.2	9.1	1.2	3.5	4.7	2.0	1.1	1.4	1.6	2.9	3.8	8.4	.450	0.3	1.0	.317	1.3	1.9	.704

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lonzo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Lonzo Ball	James Johnson
Season	2020-21	2012-13
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lonzo Ball	55	31.8	14.6	0.6	4.2	4.8	5.7	1.5	0.6	2.2	1.9	5.3	12.7	.414	3.1	8.3	.378	0.9	1.2	.781
James Johnson	54	16.3	5.1	0.9	1.8	2.7	1.1	0.8	0.9	1.3	1.8	2.2	5.2	.413	0.0	0.4	.095	0.7	1.2	.597

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lonzo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Lonzo Ball	James Johnson
Season	2021-22	2013-14
Team	Chicago Bulls	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lonzo Ball	35	34.6	13.0	1.0	4.4	5.4	5.1	1.8	0.9	2.3	2.4	4.6	10.9	.423	3.1	7.4	.423	0.6	0.8	.750
James Johnson	52	18.4	7.4	1.2	2.0	3.2	2.1	0.8	1.1	1.3	2.0	2.8	5.9	.464	0.4	1.7	.253	1.5	1.7	.844

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lonzo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Johnson	3	9.3	6.3	1.3	0.7	2.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.7	5.0	.333	0.7	1.7	.400	2.3	3.3	.700


Season 6
	Lonzo Ball	James Johnson
Season	-	2014-15
Team	-	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Raptors Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lonzo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Johnson	70	19.6	7.9	0.9	2.8	3.7	1.4	0.8	1.0	1.1	2.2	3.4	5.8	.589	0.2	0.7	.216	1.0	1.5	.657

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lonzo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Johnson	2	6.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	3.0	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	3.0	.000


Season 7
	Lonzo Ball	James Johnson
Season	-	2015-16
Team	-	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Raptors Lost East Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lonzo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Johnson	57	16.2	5.0	0.5	1.7	2.2	1.2	0.5	0.6	0.9	1.5	2.0	4.2	.475	0.4	1.2	.303	0.7	1.2	.574

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lonzo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Johnson	10	9.8	3.0	0.3	1.2	1.5	0.6	0.3	0.0	0.7	1.3	1.2	2.5	.480	0.4	0.9	.444	0.2	0.3	.667


Season 8
	Lonzo Ball	James Johnson
Season	-	2016-17
Team	-	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lonzo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Johnson	76	27.4	12.8	0.9	4.1	4.9	3.6	1.0	1.1	2.3	2.6	4.8	10.1	.479	1.1	3.4	.340	2.0	2.8	.707

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lonzo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Lonzo Ball	James Johnson
Season	-	2017-18
Team	-	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lonzo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Johnson	73	26.6	10.8	0.8	4.1	4.9	3.8	1.0	0.7	1.9	2.6	4.2	8.4	.503	0.8	2.5	.308	1.5	2.2	.698

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lonzo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Johnson	5	32.2	12.4	0.6	5.4	6.0	4.8	1.2	1.2	2.0	3.4	4.6	8.4	.548	1.4	2.6	.538	1.8	2.8	.643


Season 10
	Lonzo Ball	James Johnson
Season	-	2018-19
Team	-	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lonzo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Johnson	55	21.2	7.8	0.4	2.8	3.2	2.5	0.6	0.5	1.3	2.1	3.0	6.9	.433	0.9	2.7	.336	0.9	1.3	.714

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lonzo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Lonzo Ball	James Johnson
Season	-	2019-20
Team	-	Miami Heat, Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lonzo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Johnson	32	19.4	8.4	0.8	2.9	3.7	2.3	0.8	1.0	1.5	2.5	3.2	6.7	.479	1.0	2.8	.363	1.0	1.5	.646

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lonzo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Lonzo Ball	James Johnson
Season	-	2020-21
Team	-	Dallas Mavericks, New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lonzo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Johnson	51	20.5	7.2	0.6	2.8	3.5	1.9	0.8	0.8	1.1	2.4	2.9	6.4	.446	0.6	2.4	.258	0.9	1.5	.592

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lonzo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Lonzo Ball	James Johnson
Season	-	2021-22
Team	-	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lonzo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Johnson	62	19.2	5.5	0.8	2.6	3.5	2.1	0.5	0.5	0.8	2.6	2.3	5.0	.469	0.4	1.4	.271	0.5	0.9	.527

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lonzo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Lonzo Ball	James Johnson
Season	-	2022-23
Team	-	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lonzo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Johnson	18	9.0	2.8	0.2	1.4	1.7	0.8	0.4	0.3	0.4	1.8	1.2	2.7	.449	0.2	0.8	.200	0.2	0.4	.500

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lonzo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Lonzo Ball	James Johnson
Season	-	2023-24
Team	-	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Pacers TBD

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lonzo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Johnson	9	5.2	0.9	0.1	0.3	0.4	0.9	0.6	0.1	0.6	1.0	0.3	1.1	.300	0.0	0.2	.000	0.2	0.2	1.000

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lonzo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Johnson	1	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	2.0	.500

Lonzo Ball vs. James Johnson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of James Johnson and Lonzo Ball, 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

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14

Season 15