Tim Hardaway Jr. vs. Joe Johnson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Joe Johnson and Tim Hardaway Jr., 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.

Tim Hardaway Jr. played 13 years in the NBA, 5 less than Joe Johnson, who played 18. Tim Hardaway Jr. 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Tim Hardaway Jr.	13	6	2013-14 to 2025-26
Joe Johnson	18	13	2001-02 to 2021-22

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13


Rookie Season
	Tim Hardaway Jr.	Joe Johnson
Season	2013-14	2001-02
Team	New York Knicks	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		%
Tim Hardaway Jr.	81	23.1	10.2	0.2	1.3	1.5	0.8	0.5	0.1	0.6	1.8	3.6	8.5	.428	1.6	4.4	.363	1.3	1.6	.828
difference:	+4	+1.8	+2.7	+0.8	+1.1	+1.8	+1.5	+0.3	+0.2	-0.3	-0.3	+0.3	+0.9	+.002	+1.1	+2.7	+.071	+0.8	+0.9	+.054
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 Tim Hardaway Jr. nor Joe Johnson played in the postseason in their season 1


Season 2
	Tim Hardaway Jr.	Joe Johnson
Season	2014-15	2002-03
Team	New York Knicks	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		%
Tim Hardaway Jr.	70	24.0	11.5	0.2	2.1	2.2	1.8	0.3	0.2	1.2	1.7	4.0	10.2	.389	1.7	5.1	.342	1.8	2.2	.801
difference:	+12	+3.5	+1.7	+0.5	+0.4	+1.0	+0.8	+0.5		-0.1		+0.1	+0.5	+.008	+0.8	+2.6	+.024	+0.6	+0.7	+.027
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		%
Tim Hardaway Jr.	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
	Tim Hardaway Jr.	Joe Johnson
Season	2015-16	2003-04
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks 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		%
Tim Hardaway Jr.	51	16.9	6.4	0.1	1.5	1.7	1.0	0.4	0.1	0.5	0.9	2.2	5.2	.430	0.9	2.8	.336	1.0	1.1	.893
difference:	+31	+23.7	+10.3	+0.9	+2.2	+3.0	+3.4	+0.7	+0.2	-1.9	-1.3	+4.6	+10.5		+0.1	+0.5	+.031	+1.1	+1.7	+.143
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		%
Tim Hardaway Jr.	9	9.7	2.2	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.8	0.0	0.1	0.3	0.2	0.8	2.9	.269	0.2	1.6	.143	0.4	0.7	.667
Joe Johnson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Tim Hardaway Jr.	Joe Johnson
Season	2016-17	2004-05
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Tim Hardaway Jr.	79	27.3	14.5	0.4	2.4	2.8	2.3	0.7	0.2	1.3	1.3	5.3	11.5	.455	1.9	5.3	.357	2.1	2.7	.766
difference:	+3	+12.2	+2.6	+1.1	+1.3	+2.3	+1.2	+0.3	+0.1	-0.5	-0.7	+1.3	+2.9	+.006	+0.3	+0.8	+.121	+0.5	+0.5	+.016
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		%
Tim Hardaway Jr.	6	33.3	12.8	0.5	2.2	2.7	1.2	0.5	0.0	1.7	2.2	4.5	13.7	.329	1.8	7.0	.262	2.0	3.2	.632
difference:	+3	+6.0	+6.0	+0.3	+1.4	+1.6	+2.1	+0.6	+0.4	-0.6	-0.2	+2.5	+0.2	+.175	+0.4	+3.0	+.294	+0.6	+0.5	+.065
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
	Tim Hardaway Jr.	Joe Johnson
Season	2017-18	2005-06
Team	New York Knicks	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		%
Tim Hardaway Jr.	57	33.1	17.5	0.6	3.4	3.9	2.7	1.1	0.2	1.6	2.2	6.3	15.0	.421	2.3	7.2	.317	2.6	3.1	.816
difference:	+25	+7.6	+2.7	+0.6	+0.5	+0.2	+3.8	+0.2	+0.2	-1.7	-0.1	+1.4	+2.0	+.032	+0.7	+2.8	+.039	+0.6	+0.9	+.025
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 Tim Hardaway Jr. nor Joe Johnson played in the postseason in their season 5


Season 6
	Tim Hardaway Jr.	Joe Johnson
Season	2018-19	2006-07
Team	New York Knicks, Dallas Mavericks	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		%
Tim Hardaway Jr.	65	31.6	18.1	0.5	2.9	3.4	2.4	0.8	0.1	1.6	2.2	6.0	15.3	.393	2.5	7.3	.340	3.6	4.2	.841
difference:	+8	+9.8	+6.9	+0.4	+0.4	+0.8	+2.0	+0.3	+0.1	-1.5	-0.2	+3.4	+4.7	+.078	+0.4	+1.8	+.041	+0.5	+1.3	+.093
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 Tim Hardaway Jr. nor Joe Johnson played in the postseason in their season 6


Season 7
	Tim Hardaway Jr.	Joe Johnson
Season	2019-20	2007-08
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Tim Hardaway Jr.	71	29.5	15.8	0.4	2.9	3.3	1.9	0.6	0.1	1.0	1.8	5.4	12.5	.434	2.9	7.2	.398	2.1	2.6	.819
difference:	+11	+11.3	+5.9	+0.6	+0.6	+1.2	+3.9	+0.4	+0.1	-1.7	-0.2	+2.5	+5.8	+.002	+0.8	+1.8	+.017	+1.8	+2.0	+.015
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		%
Tim Hardaway Jr.	6	34.0	17.8	0.5	3.0	3.5	1.8	0.3	0.0	0.5	2.7	6.7	15.8	.421	3.2	9.0	.352	1.3	1.8	.727
difference:	+1	+5.3	+2.2	+0.8	+0.4	+0.4	+2.2			-1.8	-0.4		+0.6	+.012	+0.9	+3.9	+.092	+3.0	+2.9	+.182
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
	Tim Hardaway Jr.	Joe Johnson
Season	2020-21	2008-09
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks 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		%
Tim Hardaway Jr.	70	28.4	16.6	0.3	3.0	3.3	1.8	0.4	0.2	0.9	1.6	5.8	13.0	.447	3.0	7.6	.391	2.0	2.5	.816
difference:	+9	+11.1	+4.8	+0.5	+0.6	+1.1	+4.0	+0.7		-1.6	-0.6	+2.0	+5.0	+.010	+1.1	+2.4	+.031	+1.8	+2.1	+.010
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		%
Tim Hardaway Jr.	7	37.4	17.0	0.7	2.6	3.3	1.4	0.4	0.0	0.9	2.4	6.0	14.4	.416	3.3	8.1	.404	1.7	2.3	.750
difference:	+4	+1.6	+0.6	+0.8	+0.3	+1.2	+2.1	+0.9		-2.0	-0.2	+0.4	+0.9	+.001	+2.2	+4.9	+.061	+0.8	+1.8	+.128
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
	Tim Hardaway Jr.	Joe Johnson
Season	2021-22	2009-10
Team	Dallas Mavericks	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		%
Tim Hardaway Jr.	42	29.6	14.2	0.3	3.4	3.7	2.2	0.9	0.1	0.8	1.8	5.0	12.6	.394	2.4	7.2	.336	1.9	2.5	.757
difference:	+34	+8.4	+7.1	+0.7	+0.3	+0.9	+2.7	+0.2		-1.1	-0.1	+3.4	+5.6	+.064	+0.7	+2.6	+.033	+1.0	+1.0	+.061
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		%
Tim Hardaway Jr.	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
	Tim Hardaway Jr.	Joe Johnson
Season	2022-23	2010-11
Team	Dallas Mavericks	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		%
Tim Hardaway Jr.	71	30.3	14.4	0.3	3.2	3.5	1.8	0.7	0.2	0.8	1.7	4.8	11.9	.401	3.0	7.7	.385	1.8	2.3	.770
difference:	+1	+5.2	+3.8	+0.5		+0.5	+2.9		+0.1	-1.2	-0.1	+2.3	+4.2	+.042	+1.8	+3.5	+.088	+0.9	+1.1	+.032
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		%
Tim Hardaway Jr.	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
	Tim Hardaway Jr.	Joe Johnson
Season	2023-24	2011-12
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Tim Hardaway Jr.	79	26.8	14.4	0.3	2.9	3.2	1.8	0.5	0.1	0.9	1.3	5.0	12.4	.402	2.7	7.6	.353	1.8	2.1	.852
difference:	+19	+8.7	+4.4	+0.6	+0.1	+0.5	+2.1	+0.3	+0.1	-1.0		+2.1	+3.1	+.052	+0.6	+2.2	+.035	+0.8	+1.0	+.003
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		%
Tim Hardaway Jr.	14	12.7	4.4	0.1	1.6	1.8	0.4	0.4	0.1	0.1	0.7	1.6	4.1	.379	0.9	2.6	.351	0.3	0.6	.500
difference:	+8	+27.8	+12.8	+0.9	+0.9	+1.7	+3.1	+0.9	+0.1	-2.6	-1.1	+4.7	+12.9	+.006	+0.6	+3.4	+.101	+2.7	+3.4	+.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 12
	Tim Hardaway Jr.	Joe Johnson
Season	2024-25	2012-13
Team	Detroit Pistons	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Tim Hardaway Jr.	77	28.0	11.0	0.2	2.1	2.4	1.6	0.5	0.1	0.6	1.2	3.6	8.8	.406	2.2	5.9	.368	1.6	1.9	.855
difference:	+5	+8.7	+5.3	+0.5	+0.2	+0.6	+1.9	+0.2	+0.1	-1.1	-0.2	+2.6	+5.8	+.017	+0.1	+0.4	+.007	+0.2	+0.3	+.035
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		%
Tim Hardaway Jr.	6	31.3	12.0	0.3	2.5	2.8	1.2	0.3	0.0	1.5	1.7	4.0	11.8	.338	2.7	8.7	.308	1.3	1.7	.800
difference:	+1	+7.4	+2.9	+0.3	+0.1	+0.3	+1.5	+0.8		-0.2	-0.2	+2.1	+2.9	+.079	+1.3	+3.1	+.052	+0.2	+0.4	+.089
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


Season 13
	Tim Hardaway Jr.	Joe Johnson
Season	2025-26	2013-14
Team	Denver Nuggets	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		%
Tim Hardaway Jr.	13	22.8	11.4	0.3	1.6	1.9	1.5	0.6	0.1	0.2	1.3	3.8	8.2	.462	2.5	5.4	.471	1.3	1.4	.944
difference:	+66	+9.8	+4.4	+0.3	+1.2	+1.5	+1.2			-1.3	-0.3	+2.0	+4.7	+.008	+0.4	+0.3	+.070	+0.7	+1.1	+.129
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		%
Tim Hardaway Jr.	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

Additional Years

* Joe Johnson played 5 seasons more than Tim Hardaway Jr. in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 14 to 18, from 2015 to 2022—Joe Johnson played in 4 Playoffs.

Tim Hardaway Jr. vs. Joe Johnson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Joe Johnson and Tim Hardaway Jr., 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

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