Mark Jackson vs. John Johnson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of John Johnson and Mark Jackson, 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

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.

Mark Jackson played 17 years in the NBA, 5 more than John Johnson, who played 12. Mark Jackson had the first of his seasons in 1987-88, while John Johnson had his rookie season in 1970-71. 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
Mark Jackson	17	14	1987-88 to 2003-04
John Johnson	12	5	1970-71 to 1981-82

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Mark Jackson	John Johnson
Season	1987-88	1970-71
Team	New York Knicks	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Mark Jackson	82	39.6	13.6	1.5	3.4	4.8	10.6	2.5	0.1	3.1	3.0	5.3	12.4	.432	0.4	1.5	.254	2.5	3.2	.774
John Johnson	67	34.5	16.6	-	-	6.8	4.8	-	-	-	3.7	6.5	15.4	.422	-	-	-	3.6	4.4	.805

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Jackson	4	42.8	14.3	1.5	3.3	4.8	9.8	2.5	0.0	3.5	3.3	5.5	15.0	.367	1.3	3.0	.417	2.0	2.8	.727
John Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Mark Jackson	John Johnson
Season	1988-89	1971-72
Team	New York Knicks	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Mark Jackson	72	34.4	16.9	1.5	3.3	4.7	8.6	1.9	0.1	3.1	2.3	6.7	14.2	.467	1.1	3.3	.338	2.5	3.6	.698
John Johnson	82	37.1	17.0	-	-	7.7	5.1	-	-	-	3.3	6.8	15.7	.433	-	-	-	3.4	4.3	.785

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Jackson	9	37.3	14.7	0.8	2.7	3.4	10.1	1.1	0.3	3.1	1.0	5.7	11.1	.510	1.2	3.1	.393	2.1	3.1	.679
John Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Mark Jackson	John Johnson
Season	1989-90	1972-73
Team	New York Knicks	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Mark Jackson	82	29.6	9.9	1.3	2.6	3.9	7.4	1.3	0.0	2.6	1.5	4.0	9.1	.437	0.4	1.6	.267	1.5	2.0	.727
John Johnson	82	34.3	14.4	-	-	6.7	3.8	-	-	-	3.0	6.0	13.9	.430	-	-	-	2.4	3.3	.734

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Jackson	9	9.0	3.8	0.1	0.4	0.6	2.3	0.2	0.0	0.8	0.6	1.4	3.4	.419	0.0	0.2	.000	0.9	1.2	.727
John Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Mark Jackson	John Johnson
Season	1990-91	1973-74
Team	New York Knicks	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Mark Jackson	72	22.2	8.8	0.9	1.9	2.7	6.3	0.8	0.1	1.9	1.1	3.5	7.1	.492	0.2	0.7	.255	1.6	2.2	.731
John Johnson	69	33.1	16.4	2.3	5.1	7.5	4.1	1.0	0.4	-	3.2	6.7	14.3	.464	-	-	-	3.1	3.8	.812

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Jackson	3	12.0	0.7	0.0	0.0	0	2.7	0.3	0.3	1.7	0.3	0.3	1.0	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
John Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Mark Jackson	John Johnson
Season	1991-92	1974-75
Team	New York Knicks	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Mark Jackson	81	30.4	11.3	1.2	2.6	3.8	8.6	1.4	0.2	2.6	1.9	4.5	9.2	.491	0.1	0.5	.256	2.1	2.7	.770
John Johnson	80	31.8	16.1	2.0	4.2	6.3	3.0	0.9	0.5	-	3.1	6.6	13.5	.487	-	-	-	3.0	3.8	.784

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Jackson	12	30.7	8.3	1.0	1.3	2.3	7.2	0.8	0.0	2.5	2.2	3.1	7.7	.402	0.3	1.8	.190	1.8	2.3	.815
John Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Mark Jackson	John Johnson
Season	1992-93	1975-76
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Portland Trail Blazers, Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Mark Jackson	82	38.0	14.4	1.6	3.2	4.7	8.8	1.7	0.1	2.7	1.9	5.6	11.5	.486	0.3	1.0	.268	2.9	3.7	.803
John Johnson	76	22.3	9.9	1.2	3.1	4.4	2.9	0.8	0.5	-	2.6	4.2	9.2	.453	-	-	-	1.6	2.0	.774

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Jackson	5	37.6	15.2	1.6	4.2	5.8	7.6	1.6	0.2	2.6	1.6	5.6	12.8	.438	0.2	0.4	.500	3.8	4.4	.864
John Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Mark Jackson	John Johnson
Season	1993-94	1976-77
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Rockets 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		%
Mark Jackson	79	34.3	10.9	1.4	3.1	4.4	8.6	1.5	0.1	2.9	1.5	4.2	9.3	.452	0.5	1.6	.283	2.1	2.7	.791
John Johnson	79	22.0	9.3	0.9	2.4	3.4	2.1	0.6	0.3	-	2.5	4.0	8.8	.458	-	-	-	1.2	1.7	.712

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Jackson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Johnson	12	12.2	4.8	0.6	1.8	2.4	0.8	0.3	0.0	-	1.7	2.0	5.1	.393	-	-	-	0.8	1.3	.667


Season 8
	Mark Jackson	John Johnson
Season	1994-95	1977-78
Team	Indiana Pacers	Houston Rockets, Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf Finals	Supersonics Lost NBA 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		%
Mark Jackson	82	29.3	7.6	0.9	2.8	3.7	7.5	1.3	0.2	2.6	1.8	2.9	6.9	.422	0.3	1.1	.310	1.5	1.9	.778
John Johnson	77	23.7	10.6	1.3	2.7	4.0	2.7	0.6	0.2	2.2	2.6	4.4	10.7	.415	-	-	-	1.7	2.3	.751

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Jackson	17	32.6	9.9	1.6	3.6	5.2	7.2	0.9	0.0	2.4	2.0	3.5	7.6	.454	0.9	2.4	.400	2.0	2.7	.739
John Johnson	22	27.1	10.1	1.6	2.9	4.5	2.5	0.4	0.3	2.4	2.9	4.3	10.2	.424	-	-	-	1.5	2.1	.696


Season 9
	Mark Jackson	John Johnson
Season	1995-96	1978-79
Team	Indiana Pacers	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Jackson	81	32.6	10.0	0.8	3.0	3.8	7.8	1.2	0.1	2.5	1.9	3.7	7.7	.473	0.8	1.8	.430	1.9	2.4	.785
John Johnson	82	29.1	11.0	1.5	3.5	5.0	4.4	0.7	0.3	3.1	3.0	4.3	10.0	.434	-	-	-	2.3	3.0	.760

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Jackson	5	37.2	10.6	0.6	4.4	5.0	6.0	1.2	0.0	2.6	1.8	3.6	10.2	.353	0.8	3.6	.222	2.6	3.4	.765
John Johnson	17	36.2	12.2	2.4	4.4	6.8	5.4	1.0	0.2	3.8	2.9	4.9	10.3	.474	-	-	-	2.4	3.8	.641


Season 10
	Mark Jackson	John Johnson
Season	1996-97	1979-80
Team	Denver Nuggets, Indiana Pacers	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	Assists Leader	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Supersonics Lost West 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		%
Mark Jackson	82	37.2	9.9	1.1	3.7	4.8	11.4	1.2	0.1	3.3	2.0	3.5	8.3	.426	0.8	2.2	.371	2.0	2.6	.789
John Johnson	81	31.3	11.3	2.0	3.2	5.3	5.2	0.9	0.4	3.0	2.6	4.7	9.5	.488	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.5	.801

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Jackson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Johnson	15	32.4	12.4	2.9	3.9	6.8	5.7	0.5	0.2	3.7	3.0	5.2	10.5	.494	0.0	0.1	.000	2.0	2.5	.811


Season 11
	Mark Jackson	John Johnson
Season	1997-98	1980-81
Team	Indiana Pacers	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Mark Jackson	82	29.4	8.3	0.8	3.1	3.9	8.7	1.0	0.0	2.1	1.6	3.0	7.3	.416	0.5	1.7	.314	1.7	2.2	.761
John Johnson	80	29.1	11.5	1.7	2.8	4.5	3.9	0.7	0.3	2.9	2.5	4.7	10.8	.431	0.0	0.0	.000	2.2	2.7	.808

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Jackson	16	30.9	9.2	1.1	3.4	4.6	8.3	1.4	0.0	2.9	1.8	3.3	7.9	.417	0.9	2.3	.378	1.7	2.1	.794
John Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Mark Jackson	John Johnson
Season	1998-99	1981-82
Team	Indiana Pacers	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf Finals	Supersonics Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Jackson	49	28.2	7.6	0.7	3.1	3.8	7.9	0.9	0.1	2.0	1.2	2.8	6.7	.419	0.7	2.1	.311	1.3	1.6	.823
John Johnson	14	13.4	4.2	0.2	1.1	1.3	2.1	0.3	0.2	1.2	1.4	1.6	3.2	.489	0.0	0.0	-	1.1	1.4	.750

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Jackson	13	34.8	11.2	1.1	3.5	4.5	8.6	1.1	0.1	2.7	2.5	3.9	7.9	.495	1.1	2.6	.412	2.3	3.2	.714
John Johnson	7	22.7	5.4	1.0	1.0	2.0	4.9	0.9	0.0	1.6	2.4	2.1	5.4	.395	0.0	0.0	-	1.1	1.6	.727


Season 13
	Mark Jackson	John Johnson
Season	1999-00	-
Team	Indiana Pacers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers Lost NBA 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		%
Mark Jackson	81	27.0	8.1	0.8	2.9	3.7	8.0	0.9	0.1	2.1	1.4	3.0	7.0	.432	1.1	2.7	.403	1.0	1.2	.806
John Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Jackson	23	27.6	8.1	0.5	3.2	3.7	7.7	0.8	0.1	1.9	1.8	3.0	7.7	.392	0.9	2.9	.313	1.2	1.3	.903
John Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Mark Jackson	John Johnson
Season	2000-01	-
Team	Toronto Raptors, New York Knicks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks 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		%
Mark Jackson	83	31.2	7.6	0.8	2.9	3.7	8.0	1.0	0.1	2.1	1.7	2.9	7.0	.419	0.8	2.5	.338	0.9	1.1	.785
John Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Jackson	5	31.2	9.0	0.6	4.6	5.2	5.2	1.6	0.0	2.0	1.2	4.0	8.0	.500	0.4	1.6	.250	0.6	0.6	1.000
John Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Mark Jackson	John Johnson
Season	2001-02	-
Team	New York Knicks	-
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		%
Mark Jackson	82	28.9	8.4	0.7	3.1	3.8	7.4	0.9	0.0	1.8	2.0	3.2	7.2	.439	1.0	2.4	.405	1.1	1.3	.791
John Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Jackson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 16
	Mark Jackson	John Johnson
Season	2002-03	-
Team	Utah Jazz	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Jazz 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		%
Mark Jackson	82	17.9	4.7	0.4	1.7	2.1	4.6	0.6	0.0	1.9	1.1	1.8	4.5	.398	0.3	1.2	.284	0.7	1.0	.763
John Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Jackson	5	16.6	7.2	0.4	0.6	1.0	3.2	0.6	0.0	0.8	2.2	3.0	6.0	.500	1.0	1.8	.556	0.2	0.2	1.000
John Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 17
	Mark Jackson	John Johnson
Season	2003-04	-
Team	Houston Rockets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets 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		%
Mark Jackson	42	13.7	2.5	0.2	1.4	1.7	2.8	0.4	0.0	1.3	1.0	0.8	2.4	.340	0.2	1.0	.171	0.7	0.9	.718
John Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Jackson	5	7.6	0.4	0.0	0.6	0.6	1.0	0.4	0.0	0.4	0.2	0.2	1.2	.167	0.0	0.6	.000	0.0	0.0	-
John Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Mark Jackson vs. John Johnson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of John Johnson and Mark Jackson, 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

Season 16

Season 17