OG Anunoby vs. Joe Johnson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Joe Johnson and OG Anunoby, 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.

OG Anunoby played 9 years in the NBA, 9 less than Joe Johnson, who played 18. OG Anunoby had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, 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
OG Anunoby	9	5	2017-18 to 2025-26
Joe Johnson	18	13	2001-02 to 2021-22

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	OG Anunoby	Joe Johnson
Season	2017-18	2001-02
Team	Toronto Raptors	Boston Celtics, Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
OG Anunoby	74	20.0	5.9	0.6	1.9	2.5	0.7	0.7	0.2	0.6	1.8	2.2	4.7	.471	1.0	2.7	.371	0.5	0.8	.629
difference:	+3	+4.9	+1.6	+0.4	+0.5	+0.8	+1.6	+0.1	+0.1	-0.3	-0.3	+1.1	+2.9	+.041	+0.5	+1.0	+.079		+0.1	+.145
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
OG Anunoby	10	23.8	7.9	0.9	1.2	2.1	0.7	0.6	0.4	0.6	2.3	2.9	5.2	.558	1.3	2.9	.448	0.8	1.1	.727
Joe Johnson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	OG Anunoby	Joe Johnson
Season	2018-19	2002-03
Team	Toronto Raptors	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
OG Anunoby	67	20.2	7.0	0.9	2.1	2.9	0.7	0.7	0.3	0.8	2.1	2.7	6.0	.453	1.0	3.0	.332	0.5	0.9	.581
difference:	+15	+7.3	+2.8	+0.2	+0.4	+0.3	+1.9	+0.1	+0.1	-0.5	-0.4	+1.2	+3.7	+.056	+0.1	+0.5	+.034	+0.7	+0.6	+.193
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		%
OG Anunoby	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
	OG Anunoby	Joe Johnson
Season	2019-20	2003-04
Team	Toronto Raptors	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
OG Anunoby	69	29.9	10.6	1.2	4.1	5.3	1.6	1.4	0.7	1.1	2.4	4.1	8.2	.505	1.3	3.3	.390	1.0	1.5	.706
difference:	+13	+10.7	+6.1	+0.2	+0.4	+0.6	+2.8	+0.3	+0.4	-1.3	-0.2	+2.7	+7.5	+.075	+0.3		+.085	+1.1	+1.3	+.044
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
OG Anunoby	11	35.7	10.5	2.4	4.5	6.9	1.2	1.0	1.2	1.5	2.5	3.6	8.0	.455	1.5	3.7	.415	1.6	2.5	.643
Joe Johnson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	OG Anunoby	Joe Johnson
Season	2020-21	2004-05
Team	Toronto Raptors	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
OG Anunoby	43	33.3	15.9	1.3	4.3	5.5	2.2	1.5	0.7	1.7	2.7	5.8	12.1	.480	2.4	6.1	.398	1.9	2.4	.784
difference:	+39	+6.2	+1.2	+0.2	+0.6	+0.4	+1.3	+0.5	+0.4	-0.1	-0.7	+0.8	+2.3	+.019	+0.2	+1.6	+.080	+0.3	+0.2	+.034
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		%
OG Anunoby	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	OG Anunoby	Joe Johnson
Season	2021-22	2005-06
Team	Toronto Raptors	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
OG Anunoby	48	36.0	17.1	1.5	4.0	5.5	2.6	1.5	0.5	1.7	2.7	6.4	14.5	.443	2.4	6.6	.363	1.9	2.5	.754
difference:	+34	+4.7	+3.1	+0.3	+1.1	+1.4	+3.9	+0.2	+0.1	-1.6	-0.4	+1.3	+2.5	+.010	+0.8	+2.2	+.007	+1.3	+1.5	+.037
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
OG Anunoby	6	36.2	17.3	1.2	2.8	4.0	2.5	1.0	0.2	1.7	3.0	6.5	13.7	.476	2.3	6.8	.341	2.0	2.7	.750
Joe Johnson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	OG Anunoby	Joe Johnson
Season	2022-23	2006-07
Team	Toronto Raptors	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Steals Leader	-
	-	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		%
OG Anunoby	67	35.6	16.8	1.4	3.5	5.0	2.0	1.9	0.7	2.0	3.0	6.3	13.2	.476	2.1	5.5	.387	2.1	2.5	.838
difference:	+10	+5.8	+8.2	+0.5	+0.2	+0.8	+2.4	+0.8	+0.5	-1.1	-1.0	+3.1	+6.8	+.005			+.006	+2.0	+3.0	+.090
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 OG Anunoby nor Joe Johnson played in the postseason in their season 6


Season 7
	OG Anunoby	Joe Johnson
Season	2023-24	2007-08
Team	Toronto Raptors, New York Knicks	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East 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		%
OG Anunoby	50	34.0	14.7	0.9	3.2	4.2	2.1	1.4	0.7	1.6	2.4	5.6	11.5	.489	2.0	5.3	.382	1.3	1.8	.753
difference:	+32	+6.8	+7.0	+0.1	+0.3	+0.3	+3.7	+0.4	+0.5	-1.1	-0.4	+2.3	+6.8	+.057	+0.1	+0.1	+.001	+2.6	+2.8	+.081
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		%
OG Anunoby	9	36.0	15.1	0.8	5.2	6.0	1.1	0.9	1.0	1.1	1.7	6.2	12.3	.505	1.8	4.3	.410	0.9	1.4	.615
difference:	+2	+3.3	+4.9	+0.5	+2.6	+2.1	+2.9	+0.6	+1.0	-1.2	-0.6	+0.5	+4.1	+.096	+0.5	+0.8	+.034	+3.4	+3.3	+.294
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
	OG Anunoby	Joe Johnson
Season	2024-25	2008-09
Team	New York Knicks	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
OG Anunoby	74	36.6	18.0	1.3	3.5	4.8	2.2	1.5	0.9	1.4	2.3	6.6	13.9	.476	2.3	6.2	.372	2.5	3.1	.810
difference:	+5	+2.9	+3.4	+0.5	+0.1	+0.4	+3.6	+0.4	+0.7	-1.1	-0.1	+1.2	+4.1	+.039	+0.4	+1.0	+.012	+1.3	+1.5	+.016
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		%
OG Anunoby	18	39.2	16.3	1.3	3.3	4.6	1.3	2.0	1.2	1.7	2.7	5.7	13.7	.417	2.3	6.7	.339	2.6	3.2	.810
difference:	+7	+0.2	+0.1	+0.2	+0.4	+0.1	+2.2	+0.7	+1.2	-1.2	-0.5	+0.7	+1.6		+1.2	+3.5	+.004	+0.1	+0.9	+.188
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
	OG Anunoby	Joe Johnson
Season	2025-26	2009-10
Team	New York Knicks	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		%
OG Anunoby	7	34.3	17.1	1.1	4.6	5.7	2.6	2.4	0.7	1.9	2.4	6.3	13.4	.468	3.0	7.6	.396	1.6	2.1	.733
difference:	+69	+3.7	+4.2	+0.1	+0.9	+1.1	+2.3	+1.3	+0.6		-0.5	+2.1	+4.8	+.010	+1.3	+3.0	+.027	+1.3	+1.4	+.085
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		%
OG Anunoby	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


Additional Years
* Joe Johnson played 9 seasons more than OG Anunoby in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 10 to 18, from 2011 to 2022—Joe Johnson played in 8 Playoffs. In those 9 extra years over OG Anunoby, Joe Johnson got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	3 All-Star Game

OG Anunoby vs. Joe Johnson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Joe Johnson and OG Anunoby, 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

Additional Years