Avery Johnson

Seasons 1988-89–2003-04 · 16 on record · Ht 5-10 · b. 1965

Player info

Nickname	The Little General, Taz, A.J.
Position	PG
Number	#6 (also #15, #5)
Team	Golden State Warriors
Height	5-10
Weight	175 lb
Born	1965-03-25
College	Cameron → Southern University and A&M
Seasons	1988-89–2003-04 (16)

Career averages

8.4 PPG, 1.7 RPG, 5.5 APG · 1054 games · .479 FG% · .145 3P%.

Stats by season — per game

Season	Tm	Age	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	PER	TS%
1988-89	SEA	23	43	6.8	.349	.111	.563	0.6	1.7	0.5	0.1	1.6	10.8	.378
1989-90	SEA	24	53	10.8	.387	.250	.725	0.8	3.1	0.5	0.0	2.6	11.6	.439
1990-91	2TM	25	68	14.1	.469	.111	.678	1.1	3.4	0.7	0.1	4.7	13.4	.507
	DEN	25	21	10.3	.426	0.000	.656	1.0	3.7	0.7	0.1	3.8	14.2	.481
	SAS	25	47	15.8	.483	.200	.691	1.2	3.3	0.7	0.0	5.1	13.2	.517
1991-92	2TM	26	69	17.9	.479	.267	.653	1.2	3.9	0.9	0.1	5.6	11.9	.515
	SAS	26	20	23.2	.509	.200	.750	1.8	5.0	1.1	0.2	6.8	11.4	.553
	HOU	26	49	15.8	.464	.300	.609	0.9	3.4	0.8	0.1	5.1	12.3	.497
1992-93	SAS	27	75	27.1	.502	0.000	.791	1.9	7.5	1.1	0.2	8.7	15.8	.556
1993-94	GSW	28	82	28.4	.492	0.000	.704	2.1	5.3	1.4	0.1	10.9	13.9	.533
1994-95	SAS	29	82	36.7	.519	.136	.685	2.5	8.2	1.4	0.2	13.4	15.7	.554
1995-96	SAS	30	82	37.6	.494	.194	.721	2.5	9.6	1.5	0.3	13.1	16.3	.534
1996-97	SAS	31	76	32.5	.477	.231	.690	1.9	6.8	1.3	0.2	10.5	15.0	.517
1997-98	SAS	32	75	35.7	.478	.154	.726	2.0	7.9	1.1	0.2	10.2	14.1	.514
1998-99	SAS	33	50	33.4	.473	.083	.568	2.4	7.4	1.0	0.2	9.7	14.0	.487
1999-00	SAS	34	82	31.4	.473	.111	.735	1.9	6.0	0.9	0.2	11.2	14.8	.500
2000-01	SAS	35	55	23.5	.447	.167	.683	1.5	4.3	0.6	0.1	5.6	11.5	.475
2001-02	2TM	36	68	19.9	.479	0.000	.742	1.0	4.2	0.6	0.1	7.9	16.6	.531
	DEN	36	51	23.5	.486	0.000	.747	1.3	5.1	0.7	0.2	9.4	17.3	.538
	DAL	36	17	8.9	.429	—	.706	0.3	1.6	0.3	0.1	3.2	11.8	.478
2002-03	DAL	37	48	9.0	.420	0.000	.769	0.6	1.3	0.3	0.0	3.3	12.2	.467
2003-04	GSW	38	46	13.8	.402	0.000	.667	0.7	2.4	0.6	0.1	4.6	11.7	.454

Stats by season — totals

Season	Tm	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1988-89	SEA	43	0	291	29	83	.349	1	9	9	16	24	73	21	3	18	68
1989-90	SEA	53	10	575	55	142	.387	1	4	29	40	43	162	26	1	48	140
1990-91	2TM	68	14	959	130	277	.469	1	9	59	87	77	230	47	4	74	320
	DEN	21	4	217	29	68	.426	0	4	21	32	21	77	14	2	27	79
	SAS	47	10	742	101	209	.483	1	5	38	55	56	153	33	2	47	241
1991-92	2TM	69	15	1,235	158	330	.479	4	15	66	101	80	266	61	9	110	386
	SAS	20	14	463	55	108	.509	1	5	24	32	35	100	21	3	45	135
	HOU	49	1	772	103	222	.464	3	10	42	69	45	166	40	6	65	251
1992-93	SAS	75	49	2,030	256	510	.502	0	8	144	182	146	561	85	16	145	656
1993-94	GSW	82	70	2,332	356	724	.492	0	12	178	253	176	433	113	8	172	890
1994-95	SAS	82	82	3,011	448	863	.519	3	22	202	295	208	670	114	13	207	1,101
1995-96	SAS	82	82	3,084	438	887	.494	6	31	189	262	206	789	119	21	195	1,071
1996-97	SAS	76	76	2,472	327	685	.477	6	26	140	203	147	513	96	15	146	800
1997-98	SAS	75	73	2,674	321	671	.478	2	13	122	168	150	591	84	18	165	766
1998-99	SAS	50	50	1,672	218	461	.473	1	12	50	88	118	369	51	11	112	487
1999-00	SAS	82	82	2,571	402	850	.473	1	9	114	155	158	491	76	18	140	919
2000-01	SAS	55	20	1,290	134	300	.447	1	6	41	60	85	237	33	4	60	310
2001-02	2TM	68	13	1,352	207	432	.479	0	5	121	163	69	286	40	9	76	535
	DEN	51	13	1,200	186	383	.486	0	5	109	146	64	258	35	8	67	481
	DAL	17	0	152	21	49	.429	0	0	12	17	5	28	5	1	9	54
2002-03	DAL	48	0	430	63	150	.420	0	2	30	39	31	64	15	1	29	156
2003-04	GSW	46	1	637	80	199	.402	0	3	52	78	33	111	26	3	51	212
Career		1054	—	—	3,622	7,564	.479	27	186	1546	2190	1751	5846	1007	154	1748	8,817

Per 36 minutes

Season	Tm	G	MPG	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1988-89	SEA	43	6.8	3.6	10.3	.349	0.1	1.1	1.1	2.0	3.0	9.0	2.6	0.4	2.2	8.4
1989-90	SEA	53	10.8	3.4	8.9	.387	0.1	0.3	1.8	2.5	2.7	10.1	1.6	0.1	3.0	8.8
1990-91	2TM	68	14.1	4.9	10.4	.469	0.0	0.3	2.2	3.3	2.9	8.6	1.8	0.2	2.8	12.0
	DEN	21	10.3	4.8	11.3	.426	0.0	0.7	3.5	5.3	3.5	12.8	2.3	0.3	4.5	13.1
	SAS	47	15.8	4.9	10.1	.483	0.0	0.2	1.8	2.7	2.7	7.4	1.6	0.1	2.3	11.7
1991-92	2TM	69	17.9	4.6	9.6	.479	0.1	0.4	1.9	2.9	2.3	7.8	1.8	0.3	3.2	11.3
	SAS	20	23.1	4.3	8.4	.509	0.1	0.4	1.9	2.5	2.7	7.8	1.6	0.2	3.5	10.5
	HOU	49	15.8	4.8	10.4	.464	0.1	0.5	2.0	3.2	2.1	7.7	1.9	0.3	3.0	11.7
1992-93	SAS	75	27.1	4.5	9.0	.502	0.0	0.1	2.6	3.2	2.6	9.9	1.5	0.3	2.6	11.6
1993-94	GSW	82	28.4	5.5	11.2	.492	0.0	0.2	2.7	3.9	2.7	6.7	1.7	0.1	2.7	13.7
1994-95	SAS	82	36.7	5.4	10.3	.519	0.0	0.3	2.4	3.5	2.5	8.0	1.4	0.2	2.5	13.2
1995-96	SAS	82	37.6	5.1	10.4	.494	0.1	0.4	2.2	3.1	2.4	9.2	1.4	0.2	2.3	12.5
1996-97	SAS	76	32.5	4.8	10.0	.477	0.1	0.4	2.0	3.0	2.1	7.5	1.4	0.2	2.1	11.7
1997-98	SAS	75	35.7	4.3	9.0	.478	0.0	0.2	1.6	2.3	2.0	8.0	1.1	0.2	2.2	10.3
1998-99	SAS	50	33.4	4.7	9.9	.473	0.0	0.3	1.1	1.9	2.5	7.9	1.1	0.2	2.4	10.5
1999-00	SAS	82	31.4	5.6	11.9	.473	0.0	0.1	1.6	2.2	2.2	6.9	1.1	0.3	2.0	12.9
2000-01	SAS	55	23.5	3.7	8.4	.447	0.0	0.2	1.1	1.7	2.4	6.6	0.9	0.1	1.7	8.7
2001-02	2TM	68	19.9	5.5	11.5	.479	0.0	0.1	3.2	4.3	1.8	7.6	1.1	0.2	2.0	14.2
	DEN	51	23.5	5.6	11.5	.486	0.0	0.1	3.3	4.4	1.9	7.7	1.1	0.2	2.0	14.4
	DAL	17	8.9	5.0	11.6	.429	0.0	0.0	2.8	4.0	1.2	6.6	1.2	0.2	2.1	12.8
2002-03	DAL	48	9.0	5.3	12.6	.420	0.0	0.2	2.5	3.3	2.6	5.4	1.3	0.1	2.4	13.1
2003-04	GSW	46	13.8	4.5	11.2	.402	0.0	0.2	2.9	4.4	1.9	6.3	1.5	0.2	2.9	12.0

Counting stats scaled to a per-36-minute pace.

Advanced stats

Season	Tm	G	MP	PER	TS%	USG%	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48	OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1988-89	SEA	43	291	10.8	.378	14.8	0.0	0.3	0.3	.045	-2.0	+1.0	-1.0	+0.1
1989-90	SEA	53	575	11.6	.439	15.1	0.2	0.3	0.5	.043	-0.1	-0.8	-0.8	+0.2
1990-91	2TM	68	959	13.4	.507	16.2	0.7	0.9	1.6	.082	-0.3	+0.1	-0.2	+0.4
	DEN	21	217	14.2	.481	17.7	0.0	0.0	0.1	.014	-0.4	-2.2	-2.6	+0.0
	SAS	47	742	13.2	.517	15.7	0.7	0.9	1.6	.101	-0.3	+0.8	+0.5	+0.5
1991-92	2TM	69	1,235	11.9	.515	16.9	0.1	1.2	1.3	.051	-1.6	-0.1	-1.8	+0.1
	SAS	20	463	11.4	.553	15.2	0.1	0.6	0.6	.066	-2.1	+0.5	-1.6	+0.0
	HOU	49	772	12.3	.497	17.8	0.0	0.6	0.7	.042	-1.3	-0.5	-1.9	+0.0
1992-93	SAS	75	2,030	15.8	.556	15.9	3.3	1.9	5.2	.122	+1.5	+0.0	+1.5	+1.8
1993-94	GSW	82	2,332	13.9	.533	17.8	2.6	1.5	4.1	.085	-0.6	-0.4	-1.1	+0.5
1994-95	SAS	82	3,011	15.7	.554	17.5	5.1	3.0	8.0	.128	+1.2	+0.0	+1.2	+2.4
1995-96	SAS	82	3,084	16.3	.534	17.5	5.6	3.5	9.1	.141	+1.4	+0.3	+1.7	+2.9
1996-97	SAS	76	2,472	15.0	.517	17.3	3.4	0.0	3.4	.066	+0.2	-1.3	-1.1	+0.6
1997-98	SAS	75	2,674	14.1	.514	16.0	3.5	3.2	6.7	.120	+0.3	+0.1	+0.4	+1.6
1998-99	SAS	50	1,672	14.0	.487	17.0	1.7	2.2	3.9	.111	+0.1	+0.0	+0.1	+0.9
1999-00	SAS	82	2,571	14.8	.500	19.0	3.3	3.0	6.3	.117	+0.4	-0.1	+0.3	+1.5
2000-01	SAS	55	1,290	11.5	.475	14.1	1.3	1.3	2.6	.098	-1.3	+0.1	-1.2	+0.3
2001-02	2TM	68	1,352	16.6	.531	19.2	2.8	0.2	3.0	.106	+1.4	-1.4	+0.0	+0.7
	DEN	51	1,200	17.3	.538	19.2	2.7	0.1	2.8	.114	+1.8	-1.3	+0.5	+0.8
	DAL	17	152	11.8	.478	19.5	0.1	0.0	0.1	.044	-2.0	-2.1	-4.0	-0.1
2002-03	DAL	48	430	12.2	.467	20.7	0.1	0.3	0.4	.044	-2.2	-1.0	-3.2	-0.1
2003-04	GSW	46	637	11.7	.454	20.6	-0.2	0.4	0.2	.016	-2.1	-0.7	-2.8	-0.1
Career		1054	—	—	—	—	—	—	56.6	—	—	—	—	+13.8

PER, True Shooting %, Usage %, Win Shares (Off/Def/Total, per 48), Box Plus/Minus (Off/Def/Total) and Value Over Replacement Player.

Playoff stats

Season	G	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FG%	3P%	TS%
1988-89	6	5.2	1.8	0.7	0.8	0.7	0.0	.417	0.000	.427
1990-91	3	6.3	0.7	0.0	1.3	0.3	0.0	0.000	0.000	.170
1992-93	10	31.4	8.2	3.1	8.1	1.0	0.1	.514	0.000	.538
1993-94	3	13.7	6.0	1.0	3.3	1.3	0.3	.529	0.000	.529
1994-95	15	38.3	14.5	2.1	8.3	1.3	0.4	.517	0.000	.541
1995-96	10	40.7	12.3	3.6	9.4	2.0	0.1	.430	0.000	.463
1997-98	9	37.7	17.3	1.4	6.1	1.0	0.0	.604	0.000	.632
1998-99	17	38.1	12.6	2.5	7.4	1.2	0.1	.487	.333	.518
1999-00	4	36.0	12.0	2.2	5.2	1.0	0.0	.452	—	.498
2000-01	13	21.2	5.8	1.2	3.2	0.8	0.1	.386	0.000	.402
Career	90	31.0	10.5	2.1	6.2	1.1	0.1	.486	.062	.516

Full postseason box-score averages by season, from every playoff game played.

Career splits

Split	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
Home	572	7.7	1.5	5.2	407–165
Away	562	7.8	1.6	5.1	259–303
In wins	666	7.9	1.7	5.6	666–0
In losses	468	7.6	1.4	4.5	0–468

Regular-season career splits by venue and result.

Career stats vs each team

Opponent	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
ATL Atlanta Hawks	21	10.4	1.5	5.0	15–6
BOS Boston Celtics	30	8.1	1.6	5.0	18–12
BKN Brooklyn Nets	26	6.2	2.0	4.7	16–10
CHA Charlotte Hornets	30	6.5	1.3	5.4	19–11
CHI Chicago Bulls	27	7.9	1.9	4.7	14–13
CLE Cleveland Cavaliers	23	8.3	1.8	5.5	15–8
DAL Dallas Mavericks	60	8.7	1.7	5.8	37–23
DEN Denver Nuggets	57	7.5	1.8	5.7	43–14
DET Detroit Pistons	23	8.5	1.7	4.8	14–9
GSW Golden State Warriors	49	6.3	1.7	5.7	31–18
HOU Houston Rockets	56	10.8	1.5	6.1	31–25
IND Indiana Pacers	26	8.2	1.4	4.2	12–14
LAC Los Angeles Clippers	62	7.5	1.7	5.5	44–18
LAL Los Angeles Lakers	63	7.2	1.2	4.7	27–36
MEM Memphis Grizzlies	33	6.8	1.5	6.0	27–6
MIA Miami Heat	27	5.8	1.5	4.7	18–9
MIL Milwaukee Bucks	25	7.9	1.3	6.5	13–12
MIN Minnesota Timberwolves	58	9.3	1.6	5.4	36–22
NYK New York Knicks	24	6.2	1.8	4.4	12–12
ORL Orlando Magic	26	7.2	1.5	5.5	17–9
PHI Philadelphia 76ers	28	8.0	1.4	5.5	22–6
PHX Phoenix Suns	61	7.7	1.4	5.2	23–38
POR Portland Trail Blazers	63	7.3	1.5	4.8	32–31
SAC Sacramento Kings	54	8.4	1.6	5.3	31–23
SAS San Antonio Spurs	22	4.6	0.8	2.9	9–13
TOR Toronto Raptors	17	8.1	1.8	5.3	12–5
UTA Utah Jazz	60	7.9	1.0	3.8	29–31
WAS Washington Wizards	11	5.9	1.0	4.0	8–3

Regular-season career averages against each current franchise.

Shooting by distance — 2003-04

Darker = a larger share of this player’s shots came from that range; the number is field-goal % from there.

Range	% of shots	FG%
At the rim (0-3 ft)	48%	.521
In the paint (3-10 ft)	26%	.327
Mid-range (10-16 ft)	9%	.222
Long two (16 ft-3P)	15%	.300
Three-pointers (3-pointers)	2%	0.000

Average shot distance 6.1 ft · 0% of attempts were dunks · 0% of threes from the corner

Contract & salary

Nominal salaries; tracked coverage is limited to seasons in the current dataset.

Season	Salary
1990-91	$50,000
1992-93	$140,000
1993-94	$300,000
1994-95	$650,000
1995-96	$845,000
1996-97	$1,040,000
1997-98	$3,000,000
1998-99	$3,000,000
2000-01	$8,000,000
2001-02	$4,538,000
2002-03	$4,991,000
2003-04	$5,445,000
Career earnings	$31,999,000

Frequently asked questions

What team does Avery Johnson play for?

Avery Johnson plays PG for the Golden State Warriors.

What are Avery Johnson's career stats?

Avery Johnson has averaged 8.4 PPG, 1.7 RPG, 5.5 APG over 16 seasons (1988-89–2003-04).

How much does Avery Johnson make?

Avery Johnson's salary is $5,445,000 for the 2003-04 season, with career earnings of about $32.0M.

How tall is Avery Johnson?

Avery Johnson is 5-10 (175 lb).