George Johnson vs. Joakim Noah Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Joakim Noah and George 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.

George Johnson and Joakim Noah both played 13 years in the NBA. George Johnson had the first of his seasons in 1972-73, while Joakim Noah had his rookie season in 2007-08. 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
George Johnson	13	8	1972-73 to 1985-86
Joakim Noah	13	8	2007-08 to 2019-20

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


Rookie Season
	George Johnson	Joakim Noah
Season	1972-73	2007-08
Team	Golden State Warriors	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf 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		%
George Johnson	56	6.2	1.6	-	-	2.5	0.1	-	-	-	0.7	0.7	1.8	.410	-	-	-	0.1	0.3	.412
Joakim Noah	74	20.7	6.6	2.4	3.3	5.6	1.1	0.9	0.9	1.2	2.3	2.4	5.0	.482	0.0	0.0	.000	1.8	2.6	.691

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Johnson	9	5.0	1.4	-	-	1.6	0.3	-	-	-	0.8	0.7	1.7	.400	-	-	-	0.1	0.4	.250
Joakim Noah	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	George Johnson	Joakim Noah
Season	1973-74	2008-09
Team	Golden State Warriors	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bulls 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		%
George Johnson	66	19.6	6.1	2.9	5.0	7.9	1.1	0.5	1.9	-	2.7	2.6	5.4	.483	-	-	-	0.9	1.6	.551
Joakim Noah	80	24.2	6.7	3.1	4.5	7.6	1.3	0.6	1.4	1.0	3.0	2.6	4.7	.556	0.0	0.0	.000	1.5	2.3	.676

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Joakim Noah	7	38.7	10.1	4.0	9.1	13.1	2.3	0.9	2.1	1.1	4.4	3.7	7.3	.510	0.0	0.0	-	2.7	3.6	.760


Season 3
	George Johnson	Joakim Noah
Season	1974-75	2009-10
Team	Golden State Warriors	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Bulls 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		%
George Johnson	82	17.5	4.4	2.6	4.4	7.0	0.8	0.4	1.7	-	2.5	1.9	3.9	.476	-	-	-	0.7	1.1	.659
Joakim Noah	64	30.1	10.7	3.4	7.6	11.0	2.1	0.5	1.6	1.8	3.1	4.1	8.1	.504	0.0	0.0	-	2.5	3.4	.744

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Johnson	17	18.9	5.2	3.2	4.2	7.4	0.9	0.5	2.4	-	2.9	2.1	3.7	.571	-	-	-	0.9	1.6	.593
Joakim Noah	5	37.6	14.8	4.0	9.0	13.0	2.6	1.8	1.4	3.0	4.0	5.6	10.6	.528	0.0	0.0	-	3.6	3.8	.947


Season 4
	George Johnson	Joakim Noah
Season	1975-76	2010-11
Team	Golden State Warriors	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf Finals	Bulls 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		%
George Johnson	82	21.3	4.9	2.4	5.2	7.6	1.0	0.6	2.1	-	3.4	2.0	4.2	.484	-	-	-	0.9	1.3	.673
Joakim Noah	48	32.8	11.7	3.8	6.6	10.4	2.2	1.0	1.5	1.9	3.3	4.4	8.4	.525	0.0	0.0	.000	2.9	3.9	.739

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Johnson	13	20.1	5.8	2.9	3.8	6.7	1.3	1.1	1.8	-	3.5	2.4	4.2	.574	-	-	-	1.1	1.5	.737
Joakim Noah	16	33.1	8.7	4.3	5.9	10.2	2.5	1.0	2.1	1.2	3.9	3.2	7.8	.411	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	3.2	.725


Season 5
	George Johnson	Joakim Noah
Season	1976-77	2011-12
Team	Golden State Warriors, Buffalo Braves	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bulls 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		%
George Johnson	78	21.2	6.0	2.6	5.2	7.8	1.3	0.5	2.3	-	3.2	2.5	5.5	.462	-	-	-	0.9	1.3	.724
Joakim Noah	64	30.4	10.2	3.8	6.0	9.8	2.5	0.6	1.4	1.4	2.5	3.9	7.7	.508	0.0	0.0	.000	2.4	3.2	.748

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Joakim Noah	3	33.0	15.0	3.0	6.3	9.3	3.0	0.7	1.3	0.3	1.7	6.3	8.7	.731	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	3.7	.636


Season 6
	George Johnson	Joakim Noah
Season	1977-78	2012-13
Team	New Jersey Nets	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	Blocks Leader	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bulls 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		%
George Johnson	81	29.8	8.7	3.0	6.6	9.6	1.4	1.0	3.4	2.7	4.2	3.5	8.9	.395	-	-	-	1.6	2.3	.719
Joakim Noah	66	36.8	11.9	3.9	7.2	11.1	4.0	1.2	2.1	2.7	2.8	4.6	9.5	.481	0.0	0.1	.000	2.7	3.6	.751

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Joakim Noah	12	34.1	10.8	4.3	5.3	9.6	2.3	0.8	2.2	2.0	3.6	4.3	9.9	.437	0.0	0.0	-	2.1	3.3	.641


Season 7
	George Johnson	Joakim Noah
Season	1978-79	2013-14
Team	New Jersey Nets	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Bulls 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		%
George Johnson	78	26.4	6.6	2.6	5.3	7.9	1.1	0.9	3.2	2.3	4.0	2.6	6.2	.427	-	-	-	1.3	1.8	.761
Joakim Noah	80	35.3	12.6	3.5	7.7	11.3	5.4	1.2	1.5	2.4	3.1	4.8	10.0	.475	0.0	0.0	.000	3.1	4.2	.737

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Johnson	2	35.0	14.5	4.0	8.5	12.5	1.0	1.0	3.5	2.0	4.0	7.0	10.5	.667	-	-	-	0.5	1.5	.333
Joakim Noah	5	42.0	10.4	3.0	9.8	12.8	4.6	1.0	1.4	3.8	3.8	4.2	8.2	.512	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	3.4	.588


Season 8
	George Johnson	Joakim Noah
Season	1979-80	2014-15
Team	New Jersey Nets	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bulls 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		%
George Johnson	81	26.2	7.2	2.4	5.1	7.4	2.1	0.7	3.2	2.5	3.9	3.1	6.7	.457	0.0	0.0	.000	1.1	1.6	.706
Joakim Noah	67	30.6	7.2	3.3	6.4	9.6	4.7	0.7	1.1	1.8	3.0	2.8	6.4	.445	0.0	0.0	.000	1.6	2.6	.603

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Joakim Noah	12	32.9	5.8	3.8	7.3	11.0	3.2	0.8	1.2	1.7	3.1	2.6	6.3	.408	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	1.7	.350


Season 9
	George Johnson	Joakim Noah
Season	1980-81	2015-16
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	Blocks Leader	-
Playoffs	Spurs 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		%
George Johnson	82	23.6	5.0	2.6	4.7	7.3	1.1	0.6	3.4	1.3	3.3	2.0	4.2	.473	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.3	.734
Joakim Noah	29	21.9	4.3	3.0	5.8	8.8	3.8	0.6	1.0	1.8	2.7	1.8	4.6	.383	0.0	0.0	.000	0.8	1.6	.489

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Johnson	7	23.6	4.4	3.4	5.6	9.0	0.9	0.4	2.3	1.0	2.9	1.7	3.7	.462	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.4	.700
Joakim Noah	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	George Johnson	Joakim Noah
Season	1981-82	2016-17
Team	San Antonio Spurs	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	Blocks Leader	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 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		%
George Johnson	75	21.0	3.0	2.0	4.0	6.1	1.1	0.3	3.1	1.2	3.5	1.2	2.6	.467	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	0.9	.672
Joakim Noah	46	22.1	5.0	3.5	5.2	8.8	2.2	0.7	0.8	1.3	2.8	2.2	4.4	.490	0.0	0.0	.000	0.7	1.7	.436

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Johnson	9	19.4	1.2	1.3	3.8	5.1	1.3	0.7	1.7	0.4	3.8	0.4	0.9	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.6	.600
Joakim Noah	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	George Johnson	Joakim Noah
Season	1982-83	2017-18
Team	Atlanta Hawks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East 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		%
George Johnson	37	12.5	1.7	1.2	2.0	3.2	0.5	0.3	1.6	0.5	1.9	0.7	1.5	.439	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.5	.737
Joakim Noah	7	5.7	1.7	0.9	1.1	2.0	0.6	0.3	0.3	0.6	0.7	0.7	1.4	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.6	.500

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Johnson	1	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Joakim Noah	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: George Johnson didn't play in 1983-84.


Season 12
	George Johnson	Joakim Noah
Season	1984-85	2018-19
Team	New Jersey Nets	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nets Lost East 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		%
George Johnson	65	12.3	1.6	1.1	1.7	2.8	0.3	0.3	1.2	0.6	2.3	0.6	1.2	.532	0.0	0.0	1.000	0.3	0.4	.815
Joakim Noah	42	16.5	7.1	1.4	4.3	5.7	2.1	0.5	0.7	1.2	2.3	2.6	5.1	.516	0.0	0.0	.000	1.9	2.6	.716

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Johnson	1	4.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Joakim Noah	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	George Johnson	Joakim Noah
Season	1985-86	2019-20
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Clippers 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		%
George Johnson	41	6.4	0.9	0.6	0.8	1.5	0.3	0.1	0.9	0.3	1.1	0.3	0.6	.522	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.4	.688
Joakim Noah	5	10.0	2.8	1.0	2.2	3.2	1.4	0.2	0.2	1.2	1.8	0.8	1.6	.500	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	1.6	.750

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Joakim Noah	2	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

George Johnson vs. Joakim Noah Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Joakim Noah and George 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