Dennis Johnson vs. Mike Miller Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Mike Miller 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 played 14 years in the NBA, 3 less than Mike Miller, who played 17. Dennis Johnson had the first of his seasons in 1976-77, while Mike Miller had his rookie season in 2000-01. 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
Mike Miller	17	10	2000-01 to 2016-17

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17


Rookie Season
	Dennis Johnson	Mike Miller
Season	1976-77	2000-01
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Magic 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	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
Mike Miller	82	29.1	11.9	0.8	3.2	4.0	1.7	0.6	0.2	1.2	2.4	4.5	10.3	.436	1.8	4.4	.407	1.1	1.6	.711

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dennis Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mike Miller	4	28.0	12.0	1.3	3.3	4.5	1.8	0.0	0.8	0.8	3.3	4.8	12.0	.396	1.8	4.5	.389	0.8	1.0	.750


Season 2
	Dennis Johnson	Mike Miller
Season	1977-78	2001-02
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost NBA Finals	Magic 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	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
Mike Miller	63	33.7	15.2	0.8	3.6	4.3	3.1	0.7	0.4	1.7	2.3	5.6	12.7	.438	1.8	4.8	.383	2.2	2.9	.762

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
Mike Miller	4	18.0	4.8	0.0	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	1.8	5.3	.333	0.3	2.0	.125	1.0	1.0	1.000


Season 3
	Dennis Johnson	Mike Miller
Season	1978-79	2002-03
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Orlando Magic, Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
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	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
Mike Miller	65	33.6	15.6	0.7	4.5	5.2	2.6	0.6	0.3	1.9	2.7	5.7	13.2	.434	1.7	4.6	.363	2.4	2.9	.839

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
Mike Miller	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Dennis Johnson	Mike Miller
Season	1979-80	2003-04
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West 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	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
Mike Miller	65	27.2	11.1	0.6	2.7	3.3	3.6	0.9	0.2	1.6	2.5	4.2	9.5	.438	1.2	3.3	.372	1.6	2.2	.723

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
Mike Miller	4	24.5	7.5	0.0	3.0	3.0	0.8	1.3	0.0	1.3	1.0	3.0	8.5	.353	1.3	3.3	.385	0.3	0.8	.333


Season 5
	Dennis Johnson	Mike Miller
Season	1980-81	2004-05
Team	Phoenix Suns	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	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	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
Mike Miller	76	30.0	13.4	0.5	3.5	3.9	2.9	0.7	0.3	1.7	2.6	5.1	10.1	.505	1.8	4.3	.433	1.4	2.0	.720

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
Mike Miller	4	27.3	12.0	0.0	2.5	2.5	2.8	0.0	0.8	1.3	1.8	4.5	9.3	.486	2.0	4.3	.471	1.0	1.0	1.000


Season 6
	Dennis Johnson	Mike Miller
Season	1981-82	2005-06
Team	Phoenix Suns	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	Sixth Man of the Year
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	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	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
Mike Miller	74	30.6	13.7	0.6	4.8	5.4	2.7	0.7	0.4	1.9	2.3	4.8	10.3	.466	1.9	4.6	.407	2.3	2.8	.800

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
Mike Miller	4	26.8	8.5	0.3	3.5	3.8	1.8	0.5	0.5	2.0	2.8	3.0	7.5	.400	0.3	2.0	.125	2.3	2.3	1.000


Season 7
	Dennis Johnson	Mike Miller
Season	1982-83	2006-07
Team	Phoenix Suns	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Suns 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		%
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
Mike Miller	70	39.1	18.5	0.7	4.7	5.4	4.3	0.8	0.3	2.6	2.0	6.6	14.4	.460	2.9	7.1	.406	2.3	2.9	.793

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
Mike Miller	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Dennis Johnson	Mike Miller
Season	1983-84	2007-08
Team	Boston Celtics	Memphis Grizzlies
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
Mike Miller	70	35.3	16.4	0.7	5.9	6.7	3.4	0.5	0.2	2.6	2.1	5.9	11.8	.502	2.2	5.1	.432	2.3	3.0	.774

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
Mike Miller	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Dennis Johnson	Mike Miller
Season	1984-85	2008-09
Team	Boston Celtics	Minnesota Timberwolves
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
Mike Miller	73	32.3	9.9	1.0	5.6	6.6	4.5	0.4	0.4	2.0	1.9	3.6	7.5	.482	1.2	3.1	.378	1.5	2.0	.732

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
Mike Miller	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Dennis Johnson	Mike Miller
Season	1985-86	2009-10
Team	Boston Celtics	Washington Wizards
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	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
Mike Miller	54	33.4	10.9	1.0	5.2	6.2	3.9	0.7	0.2	2.1	2.4	4.0	8.0	.501	1.5	3.2	.480	1.3	1.6	.824

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
Mike Miller	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Dennis Johnson	Mike Miller
Season	1986-87	2010-11
Team	Boston Celtics	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost NBA Finals	Heat 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		%
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
Mike Miller	41	20.4	5.6	0.9	3.6	4.5	1.2	0.5	0.0	1.0	2.1	2.0	4.9	.401	1.0	2.9	.364	0.6	0.8	.676

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
Mike Miller	18	11.9	2.6	0.5	2.2	2.7	0.7	0.4	0.1	0.4	1.4	1.0	2.9	.340	0.6	2.1	.297	0.0	0.0	-


Season 12
	Dennis Johnson	Mike Miller
Season	1987-88	2011-12
Team	Boston Celtics	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
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
Mike Miller	39	19.3	6.1	0.6	2.7	3.3	1.1	0.4	0.2	0.8	1.5	2.3	5.4	.435	1.4	3.0	.453	0.1	0.1	.400

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
Mike Miller	23	16.0	5.2	0.4	2.1	2.5	0.7	0.4	0.1	0.5	1.8	1.7	4.3	.404	1.3	3.3	.413	0.4	0.5	.818


Season 13
	Dennis Johnson	Mike Miller
Season	1988-89	2012-13
Team	Boston Celtics	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics 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		%
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
Mike Miller	59	15.3	4.8	0.3	2.4	2.7	1.7	0.4	0.1	0.6	1.1	1.7	3.9	.433	1.2	3.0	.417	0.1	0.2	.727

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	-
Mike Miller	17	13.6	3.4	0.2	1.8	1.9	0.9	0.5	0.1	0.3	1.5	1.2	2.6	.467	0.9	2.1	.444	0.0	0.0	-


Season 14
	Dennis Johnson	Mike Miller
Season	1989-90	2013-14
Team	Boston Celtics	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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	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
Mike Miller	82	20.8	7.1	0.4	2.2	2.5	1.6	0.3	0.1	0.9	1.2	2.6	5.4	.481	1.3	2.8	.459	0.6	0.7	.821

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
Mike Miller	7	24.7	7.3	0.3	3.4	3.7	1.3	0.9	0.0	0.7	2.3	2.1	6.0	.357	2.0	4.1	.483	1.0	1.3	.778


Season 15
	Dennis Johnson	Mike Miller
Season	-	2014-15
Team	-	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Cavaliers 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		%
Dennis Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mike Miller	52	13.5	2.1	0.1	1.7	1.8	0.9	0.3	0.1	0.4	1.4	0.7	2.2	.325	0.6	1.9	.327	0.1	0.1	.750

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dennis Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mike Miller	9	7.2	1.0	0.0	1.1	1.1	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.7	0.3	0.6	.600	0.3	0.6	.600	0.0	0.0	-


Season 16
	Dennis Johnson	Mike Miller
Season	-	2015-16
Team	-	Denver Nuggets
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		%
Dennis Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mike Miller	47	7.9	1.3	0.1	1.0	1.1	0.9	0.3	0.1	0.4	1.1	0.5	1.3	.355	0.4	1.1	.365	0.0	0.0	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dennis Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mike Miller	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 17
	Dennis Johnson	Mike Miller
Season	-	2016-17
Team	-	Denver Nuggets
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		%
Dennis Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mike Miller	20	7.6	1.4	0.1	1.8	1.9	1.1	0.1	0.0	0.7	0.5	0.5	1.2	.391	0.4	1.0	.400	0.1	0.1	1.000

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dennis Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mike Miller	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Dennis Johnson vs. Mike Miller Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Mike Miller 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.

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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