Tyler Herro vs. Joe Johnson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Joe Johnson and Tyler Herro, 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.

Tyler Herro played 7 years in the NBA, 11 less than Joe Johnson, who played 18. Tyler Herro had the first of his seasons in 2019-20, 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
Tyler Herro	7	6	2019-20 to 2025-26
Joe Johnson	18	13	2001-02 to 2021-22

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Tyler Herro	Joe Johnson
Season	2019-20	2001-02
Team	Miami Heat	Boston Celtics, Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Heat Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Tyler Herro	55	27.4	13.5	0.3	3.8	4.1	2.2	0.6	0.2	1.6	1.4	4.9	11.5	.428	2.1	5.4	.389	1.6	1.8	.870
difference:	+22	+2.5	+6.0	+0.7	+1.4	+0.8	+0.1	+0.2	+0.1	-0.7	-0.1	+1.6	+3.9	+.002	+1.6	+3.7	+.097	+1.1	+1.1	+.096
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		%
Tyler Herro	21	33.7	16.0	0.3	4.8	5.1	3.7	0.4	0.1	2.0	1.5	5.7	13.2	.433	2.3	6.1	.375	2.2	2.6	.870
Joe Johnson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Tyler Herro	Joe Johnson
Season	2020-21	2002-03
Team	Miami Heat	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Tyler Herro	54	30.3	15.1	0.5	4.5	5.0	3.4	0.6	0.3	1.9	1.3	5.7	12.9	.439	2.0	5.5	.360	1.7	2.2	.803
difference:	+28	+2.8	+5.3	+0.2	+2.0	+1.8	+0.8	+0.2	+0.1	-0.6	-0.4	+1.8	+3.2	+.042	+1.1	+3.0	+.006	+0.5	+0.7	+.029
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		%
Tyler Herro	4	23.3	9.3	0.3	3.0	3.3	1.8	0.3	0.3	0.8	0.5	3.0	9.5	.316	1.5	4.8	.316	1.8	1.8	1.000
difference:	+2	+4.0	+4.0	+0.7	+0.3	+1.0	+0.5	+0.4		-1.2	-2.0	+0.7	+1.0	+.041	+1.2	+2.6	+.162	+1.5	+1.0	+.600
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
	Tyler Herro	Joe Johnson
Season	2021-22	2003-04
Team	Miami Heat	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	Sixth Man of the Year	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Tyler Herro	66	32.6	20.7	0.5	4.5	5.0	4.0	0.7	0.1	2.6	1.4	7.6	17.0	.447	2.7	6.7	.399	2.9	3.3	.868
difference:	+16	+8.0	+4.0	+0.5	+0.8	+0.3	+0.4	+0.4	+0.2	-0.2	-0.8	+0.8	+1.3	+.017	+1.7	+3.4	+.094	+0.8	+0.5	+.118
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		%
Tyler Herro	15	25.4	12.6	0.5	3.4	3.9	2.8	0.6	0.4	1.8	1.4	4.9	12.1	.409	1.1	4.7	.229	1.7	1.8	.926
Joe Johnson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Tyler Herro	Joe Johnson
Season	2022-23	2004-05
Team	Miami Heat	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Heat Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Tyler Herro	67	34.9	20.1	0.4	5.0	5.4	4.2	0.8	0.2	2.4	1.5	7.3	16.6	.439	3.0	8.0	.378	2.5	2.7	.934
difference:	+15	+4.6	+3.0	+1.1	+1.3	+0.3	+0.7	+0.2	+0.1	-0.6	-0.5	+0.7	+2.2	+.022	+0.8	+3.5	+.100	+0.9	+0.5	+.184
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		%
Tyler Herro	1	19.0	12.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	5.0	9.0	.556	2.0	4.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-
difference:	+8	+20.3	+6.8	+0.8	+1.6	+2.3	+1.3	+1.1	+0.6	-0.1	-1.0	+2.0	+4.9	+.052	+0.2		+.056	+2.6	+3.7
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
	Tyler Herro	Joe Johnson
Season	2023-24	2005-06
Team	Miami Heat	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Heat 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		%
Tyler Herro	42	33.5	20.8	0.5	4.8	5.3	4.5	0.7	0.1	2.2	1.5	7.7	17.5	.441	3.1	7.9	.396	2.3	2.6	.856
difference:	+40	+7.2	+0.6	+0.7	+1.9	+1.2	+2.0	+0.6	+0.3	-1.1	-0.8		+0.5	+.012	+1.5	+3.5	+.040	+0.9	+1.4	+.065
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		%
Tyler Herro	5	37.0	16.8	0.0	3.6	3.6	5.4	0.4	0.0	2.8	2.0	6.0	15.6	.385	3.0	8.6	.349	1.8	2.0	.900
Joe Johnson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Tyler Herro	Joe Johnson
Season	2024-25	2006-07
Team	Miami Heat	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Tyler Herro	77	35.4	23.9	0.5	4.7	5.2	5.5	0.9	0.2	2.6	1.1	8.5	17.9	.472	3.3	8.7	.375	3.7	4.2	.878
difference:	+20	+6.0	+1.1	+0.4	+1.4	+1.0	+1.1	+0.2		-0.5	-0.9	+0.9	+2.1	+.001	+1.2	+3.2	+.006	+0.4	+1.3	+.130
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tyler Herro	4	36.0	17.8	0.0	3.5	3.5	2.8	0.5	0.0	2.3	3.0	6.8	16.3	.415	2.3	7.3	.310	2.0	2.5	.800
Joe Johnson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Tyler Herro	Joe Johnson
Season	2025-26	2007-08
Team	Miami Heat	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Tyler Herro	6	31.8	23.2	0.5	4.5	5.0	2.3	1.0	0.5	1.2	1.5	8.3	16.5	.505	2.5	6.2	.405	4.0	4.3	.923
difference:	+76	+9.0	+1.5	+0.5	+1.0	+0.5	+3.5		+0.3	-1.5	-0.5	+0.4	+1.8	+.073	+0.4	+0.8	+.024	+0.1	+0.3	+.089
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		%
Tyler Herro	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Additional Years
* Joe Johnson played 11 seasons more than Tyler Herro in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 8 to 18, from 2009 to 2022—Joe Johnson played in 10 Playoffs. In those 11 extra years over Tyler Herro, Joe Johnson got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Third Team 5 All-Star Game

Tyler Herro vs. Joe Johnson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Joe Johnson and Tyler Herro, 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

Additional Years