Dennis Johnson vs. Eddie Jones Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Eddie Jones and Dennis Johnson, 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.

Dennis Johnson and Eddie Jones both played 14 years in the NBA. Dennis Johnson had the first of his seasons in 1976-77, while Eddie Jones had his rookie season in 1994-95. 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
Dennis Johnson	14	13	1976-77 to 1989-90
Eddie Jones	14	11	1994-95 to 2007-08

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14


Rookie Season
	Dennis Johnson	Eddie Jones
Season	1976-77	1994-95
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers 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		%
Dennis Johnson	81	20.6	9.2	2.0	1.7	3.7	1.5	1.5	0.7	-	2.7	3.5	7.0	.504	-	-	-	2.2	3.5	.624
Eddie Jones	64	31.0	14.0	1.2	2.7	3.9	2.0	2.0	0.6	1.2	2.7	5.3	11.6	.460	1.4	3.8	.370	1.9	2.6	.722

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dennis Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Eddie Jones	10	28.6	8.7	0.7	2.5	3.2	2.0	0.8	0.9	1.7	2.7	3.0	8.0	.375	1.2	2.7	.444	1.5	2.1	.714


Season 2
	Dennis Johnson	Eddie Jones
Season	1977-78	1995-96
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost NBA Finals	Lakers 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		%
Dennis Johnson	81	27.3	12.7	1.9	1.8	3.6	2.8	1.5	0.6	2.0	2.6	4.5	10.9	.417	-	-	-	3.7	5.0	.732
Eddie Jones	70	31.2	12.8	0.6	2.7	3.3	3.5	1.8	0.6	1.4	2.3	4.8	9.8	.492	1.2	3.2	.366	1.9	2.6	.739

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dennis Johnson	22	37.6	16.1	2.1	2.5	4.6	3.3	1.0	1.0	2.5	2.9	5.5	13.4	.412	-	-	-	5.1	7.2	.704
Eddie Jones	4	38.8	17.3	1.8	3.5	5.3	1.5	2.0	0.3	1.0	4.0	6.8	12.3	.551	2.5	4.8	.526	1.3	2.0	.625


Season 3
	Dennis Johnson	Eddie Jones
Season	1978-79	1996-97
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Lakers 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		%
Dennis Johnson	80	34.0	15.9	1.8	2.9	4.7	3.5	1.3	1.2	2.4	2.6	6.0	13.9	.434	-	-	-	3.8	4.9	.781
Eddie Jones	80	37.5	17.2	1.1	3.0	4.1	3.4	2.4	0.6	2.1	2.8	5.9	13.5	.438	1.9	4.9	.391	3.5	4.2	.819

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dennis Johnson	17	40.1	20.9	2.6	3.5	6.1	4.1	1.6	1.5	3.0	3.7	8.0	17.8	.450	-	-	-	4.9	6.4	.771
Eddie Jones	9	31.6	11.2	0.9	2.6	3.4	3.2	1.0	0.4	1.4	2.7	3.7	8.0	.458	1.0	2.7	.375	2.9	3.9	.743


Season 4
	Dennis Johnson	Eddie Jones
Season	1979-80	1997-98
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf Finals	Lakers 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		%
Dennis Johnson	81	36.3	19.0	2.1	3.0	5.1	4.1	1.8	1.0	2.8	3.3	7.1	16.8	.422	0.1	0.7	.207	4.7	6.0	.780
Eddie Jones	80	36.4	16.9	1.1	2.7	3.8	3.1	2.0	0.7	1.8	2.1	6.1	12.6	.484	1.8	4.6	.389	2.9	3.8	.765

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dennis Johnson	15	38.8	17.1	1.7	2.6	4.3	3.8	1.8	0.7	2.9	3.2	6.7	16.3	.410	0.3	1.0	.333	3.5	4.1	.839
Eddie Jones	13	36.6	17.0	0.9	3.0	3.9	2.5	2.0	1.6	1.3	2.8	5.3	11.4	.466	1.5	3.7	.417	4.8	5.8	.829


Season 5
	Dennis Johnson	Eddie Jones
Season	1980-81	1998-99
Team	Phoenix Suns	Los Angeles Lakers, Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Suns Lost West 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		%
Dennis Johnson	79	33.1	18.8	2.0	2.6	4.6	3.7	1.7	0.8	2.6	3.1	6.7	15.4	.436	0.1	0.6	.216	5.2	6.3	.820
Eddie Jones	50	37.6	15.6	1.0	2.9	3.9	3.7	2.5	1.2	1.9	2.6	5.2	11.9	.437	1.0	2.8	.338	4.2	5.4	.782

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dennis Johnson	7	38.1	19.6	1.0	3.7	4.7	2.9	1.3	1.3	2.7	2.6	7.4	15.7	.473	0.1	0.7	.200	4.6	6.0	.762
Eddie Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Dennis Johnson	Eddie Jones
Season	1981-82	1999-00
Team	Phoenix Suns	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Steals Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	Hornets 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		%
Dennis Johnson	80	36.7	19.5	1.8	3.4	5.1	4.6	1.3	0.7	2.9	3.2	7.2	15.4	.470	0.1	0.5	.190	5.0	6.2	.806
Eddie Jones	72	39.0	20.1	1.1	3.6	4.8	4.2	2.7	0.7	2.2	2.4	6.6	15.5	.427	1.8	4.7	.375	5.0	5.8	.864

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dennis Johnson	7	38.7	22.3	1.9	2.6	4.4	4.6	2.1	0.6	3.6	4.0	9.0	18.9	.477	0.0	0.4	.000	4.3	5.6	.769
Eddie Jones	4	42.8	17.0	1.0	4.0	5.0	4.8	2.5	0.8	1.3	3.0	5.5	14.5	.379	2.3	6.5	.346	3.8	4.0	.938


Season 7
	Dennis Johnson	Eddie Jones
Season	1982-83	2000-01
Team	Phoenix Suns	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Dennis Johnson	77	33.1	14.2	1.2	3.2	4.4	5.0	1.3	0.5	2.6	2.6	5.2	11.2	.462	0.1	0.4	.161	3.8	4.8	.791
Eddie Jones	63	36.2	17.4	1.2	3.4	4.6	2.7	1.7	0.9	2.1	2.9	6.2	13.8	.445	1.4	3.8	.378	3.6	4.3	.844

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dennis Johnson	3	36.0	18.0	2.0	5.7	7.7	5.7	1.7	0.7	2.7	3.0	7.3	16.0	.458	0.0	0.3	.000	3.3	4.0	.833
Eddie Jones	3	36.0	19.0	0.7	5.3	6.0	2.3	1.0	0.3	2.3	3.0	7.3	14.7	.500	2.3	5.3	.438	2.0	2.3	.857


Season 8
	Dennis Johnson	Eddie Jones
Season	1983-84	2001-02
Team	Boston Celtics	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Dennis Johnson	80	33.3	13.2	1.1	2.4	3.5	4.2	1.2	0.7	2.2	3.1	4.8	11.0	.437	0.1	0.4	.125	3.5	4.1	.852
Eddie Jones	81	39.0	18.3	0.8	3.9	4.7	3.2	1.4	1.0	1.8	3.2	6.4	14.8	.432	1.8	4.7	.390	3.7	4.4	.837

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dennis Johnson	22	36.7	16.6	1.4	2.2	3.6	4.4	1.1	0.3	2.4	3.4	5.9	14.5	.404	0.1	0.3	.429	4.7	5.5	.867
Eddie Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Dennis Johnson	Eddie Jones
Season	1984-85	2002-03
Team	Boston Celtics	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost NBA 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		%
Dennis Johnson	80	37.2	15.7	1.1	2.8	4.0	6.8	1.2	0.5	2.7	2.8	6.2	13.3	.462	0.1	0.3	.269	3.3	3.8	.853
Eddie Jones	47	38.1	18.5	0.7	4.1	4.8	3.7	1.4	0.7	1.8	2.9	6.2	14.6	.423	2.1	5.1	.407	4.0	4.9	.822

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dennis Johnson	21	40.4	17.3	1.1	2.9	4.0	7.3	1.5	0.4	3.4	3.1	6.8	15.2	.445	0.0	0.7	.000	3.8	4.4	.860
Eddie Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Dennis Johnson	Eddie Jones
Season	1985-86	2003-04
Team	Boston Celtics	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Heat Lost East 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		%
Dennis Johnson	78	35.0	15.6	0.9	2.6	3.4	5.8	1.4	0.4	2.2	2.6	6.2	13.6	.455	0.1	0.5	.143	3.1	3.8	.818
Eddie Jones	81	37.0	17.3	0.5	3.3	3.8	3.2	1.1	0.4	1.6	2.8	5.8	14.3	.409	2.2	5.9	.370	3.4	4.1	.835

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dennis Johnson	18	39.7	16.2	1.3	2.9	4.2	5.9	2.2	0.3	2.8	3.2	6.1	13.6	.445	0.3	0.9	.375	3.7	4.7	.798
Eddie Jones	13	37.0	13.2	0.2	3.4	3.6	2.2	1.4	0.8	1.5	2.8	4.3	11.8	.366	1.5	5.2	.299	3.1	3.8	.800


Season 11
	Dennis Johnson	Eddie Jones
Season	1986-87	2004-05
Team	Boston Celtics	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost NBA Finals	Heat 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		%
Dennis Johnson	79	37.1	13.4	0.6	2.7	3.3	7.5	1.1	0.5	2.2	2.5	5.4	12.1	.444	0.1	0.8	.113	2.6	3.2	.833
Eddie Jones	80	35.5	12.7	0.5	4.6	5.1	2.7	1.1	0.5	1.2	3.1	4.4	10.3	.428	1.8	4.8	.372	2.2	2.7	.806

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dennis Johnson	23	41.9	18.9	1.0	2.9	4.0	8.9	0.7	0.3	1.9	3.1	7.3	15.7	.465	0.1	1.1	.115	4.2	4.9	.850
Eddie Jones	15	40.3	13.7	0.7	5.1	5.8	2.6	1.2	0.6	1.5	3.8	4.7	10.4	.455	2.1	5.3	.400	2.1	2.8	.738


Season 12
	Dennis Johnson	Eddie Jones
Season	1987-88	2005-06
Team	Boston Celtics	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Dennis Johnson	77	34.7	12.6	0.8	2.3	3.1	7.8	1.2	0.4	2.5	2.6	4.6	10.4	.438	0.2	0.6	.261	3.3	3.9	.856
Eddie Jones	75	32.5	11.8	0.5	3.3	3.7	2.4	1.7	0.4	1.2	2.7	3.9	9.6	.404	1.8	5.0	.356	2.2	2.9	.781

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dennis Johnson	17	41.3	15.9	0.9	3.6	4.5	8.2	1.4	0.5	2.6	3.0	5.4	12.4	.433	0.4	0.9	.375	4.8	6.1	.796
Eddie Jones	4	29.8	10.3	0.8	2.0	2.8	2.5	0.8	0.3	0.3	2.5	3.5	7.3	.483	0.8	1.8	.429	2.5	3.8	.667


Season 13
	Dennis Johnson	Eddie Jones
Season	1988-89	2006-07
Team	Boston Celtics	Memphis Grizzlies, Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Dennis Johnson	72	32.1	10.0	0.4	2.2	2.6	6.6	1.3	0.3	2.4	2.9	3.8	8.9	.434	0.1	0.7	.140	2.2	2.7	.821
Eddie Jones	64	24.9	7.7	0.5	2.5	3.0	1.7	1.1	0.2	0.7	1.9	2.8	6.6	.422	1.2	3.5	.351	0.9	1.2	.787

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dennis Johnson	3	19.7	2.7	0.7	0.7	1.3	3.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	2.7	1.3	5.0	.267	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Eddie Jones	3	22.0	3.3	0.3	1.7	2.0	1.7	0.3	0.3	0.3	2.3	0.7	3.0	.222	0.3	2.0	.167	1.7	2.0	.833


Season 14
	Dennis Johnson	Eddie Jones
Season	1989-90	2007-08
Team	Boston Celtics	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Mavericks 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		%
Dennis Johnson	75	27.1	7.1	0.6	2.0	2.7	6.5	1.1	0.2	1.6	2.4	2.7	6.3	.434	0.0	0.3	.042	1.6	1.9	.843
Eddie Jones	47	19.6	3.7	0.4	2.4	2.8	1.5	0.6	0.2	0.6	1.5	1.4	3.8	.367	0.7	2.5	.293	0.2	0.3	.714

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dennis Johnson	5	32.4	13.8	0.4	2.4	2.8	5.6	0.4	0.4	2.0	3.4	6.0	12.4	.484	0.4	1.2	.333	1.4	1.4	1.000
Eddie Jones	3	7.3	2.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.0	0.7	2.0	.333	0.3	1.3	.250	0.3	0.3	1.000

Dennis Johnson vs. Eddie Jones Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Eddie Jones and Dennis Johnson, 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