Dennis Johnson

Seasons 1976-77–1989-90 · 14 on record · Ht 6-4 · b. 1954

★ Hall of Fame★ Finals MVP5× All-Star2× All-NBA9× All-Defense

Player info

14.1 PPG, 3.9 RPG, 5.0 APG · 1100 games · .445 FG% · .172 3P%.

Season	Tm	Age	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	PER	TS%
1976-77	SEA	22	81	20.6	.504	—	.624	3.7	1.5	1.5	0.7	9.2	16.7	.541
1977-78	SEA	23	81	27.3	.417	—	.732	3.6	2.8	1.5	0.6	12.7	15.6	.486
1978-79	SEA	24	80	34.0	.434	—	.781	4.7	3.5	1.3	1.2	15.9	15.0	.495
1979-80	SEA	25	81	36.3	.422	.207	.780	5.1	4.1	1.8	1.0	19.0	15.9	.489
1980-81	PHX	26	79	33.1	.436	.216	.820	4.6	3.7	1.7	0.8	18.8	17.0	.516
1981-82	PHX	27	80	36.7	.470	.190	.806	5.1	4.6	1.3	0.7	19.5	16.7	.540
1982-83	PHX	28	77	33.1	.462	.161	.791	4.4	5.0	1.3	0.5	14.2	14.8	.534
1983-84	BOS	29	80	33.3	.437	.125	.852	3.5	4.2	1.2	0.7	13.2	12.8	.515
1984-85	BOS	30	80	37.2	.462	.269	.853	4.0	6.8	1.2	0.5	15.7	14.4	.522
1985-86	BOS	31	78	35.0	.455	.143	.818	3.4	5.8	1.4	0.4	15.6	14.7	.509
1986-87	BOS	32	79	37.1	.444	.113	.833	3.3	7.5	1.1	0.5	13.4	13.2	.499
1987-88	BOS	33	77	34.7	.438	.261	.856	3.1	7.8	1.2	0.4	12.6	14.0	.520
1988-89	BOS	34	72	32.1	.434	.140	.821	2.6	6.6	1.3	0.3	10.0	11.5	.498
1989-90	BOS	35	75	27.1	.434	.042	.843	2.7	6.5	1.1	0.2	7.1	12.4	.495

Season	Tm	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1976-77	SEA	81	—	1,667	285	566	.504	—	—	179	287	302	123	123	57	—	749
1977-78	SEA	81	—	2,209	367	881	.417	—	—	297	406	294	230	118	51	164	1,031
1978-79	SEA	80	—	2,717	482	1,110	.434	—	—	306	392	374	280	100	97	191	1,270
1979-80	SEA	81	—	2,937	574	1,361	.422	12	58	380	487	414	332	144	82	227	1,540
1980-81	PHX	79	—	2,615	532	1,220	.436	11	51	411	501	363	291	136	61	208	1,486
1981-82	PHX	80	77	2,937	577	1,228	.470	8	42	399	495	410	369	105	55	233	1,561
1982-83	PHX	77	74	2,551	398	861	.462	5	31	292	369	335	388	97	39	204	1,093
1983-84	BOS	80	78	2,665	384	878	.437	4	32	281	330	280	338	93	57	172	1,053
1984-85	BOS	80	77	2,976	493	1,066	.462	7	26	261	306	317	543	96	39	212	1,254
1985-86	BOS	78	78	2,732	482	1,060	.455	6	42	243	297	268	456	110	35	173	1,213
1986-87	BOS	79	78	2,933	423	953	.444	7	62	209	251	261	594	87	38	177	1,062
1987-88	BOS	77	74	2,670	352	803	.438	12	46	255	298	240	598	93	29	195	971
1988-89	BOS	72	72	2,309	277	638	.434	7	50	160	195	190	472	94	21	175	721
1989-90	BOS	75	65	2,036	206	475	.434	1	24	118	140	201	485	81	14	117	531
Career		1100	—	—	5,832	13,100	.445	80	464	3791	4754	4249	5499	1477	675	2448	15,535

Season	Tm	G	MPG	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1976-77	SEA	81	20.6	6.2	12.2	.504	—	—	3.9	6.2	6.5	2.7	2.7	1.2	—	16.2
1977-78	SEA	81	27.3	6.0	14.4	.417	—	—	4.8	6.6	4.8	3.7	1.9	0.8	2.7	16.8
1978-79	SEA	80	34.0	6.4	14.7	.434	—	—	4.1	5.2	5.0	3.7	1.3	1.3	2.5	16.8
1979-80	SEA	81	36.3	7.0	16.7	.422	0.1	0.7	4.7	6.0	5.1	4.1	1.8	1.0	2.8	18.9
1980-81	PHX	79	33.1	7.3	16.8	.436	0.2	0.7	5.7	6.9	5.0	4.0	1.9	0.8	2.9	20.5
1981-82	PHX	80	36.7	7.1	15.1	.470	0.1	0.5	4.9	6.1	5.0	4.5	1.3	0.7	2.9	19.1
1982-83	PHX	77	33.1	5.6	12.2	.462	0.1	0.4	4.1	5.2	4.7	5.5	1.4	0.6	2.9	15.4
1983-84	BOS	80	33.3	5.2	11.9	.437	0.1	0.4	3.8	4.5	3.8	4.6	1.3	0.8	2.3	14.2
1984-85	BOS	80	37.2	6.0	12.9	.462	0.1	0.3	3.2	3.7	3.8	6.6	1.2	0.5	2.6	15.2
1985-86	BOS	78	35.0	6.4	14.0	.455	0.1	0.6	3.2	3.9	3.5	6.0	1.4	0.5	2.3	16.0
1986-87	BOS	79	37.1	5.2	11.7	.444	0.1	0.8	2.6	3.1	3.2	7.3	1.1	0.5	2.2	13.0
1987-88	BOS	77	34.7	4.7	10.8	.438	0.2	0.6	3.4	4.0	3.2	8.1	1.3	0.4	2.6	13.1
1988-89	BOS	72	32.1	4.3	9.9	.434	0.1	0.8	2.5	3.0	3.0	7.4	1.5	0.3	2.7	11.2
1989-90	BOS	75	27.1	3.6	8.4	.434	0.0	0.4	2.1	2.5	3.6	8.6	1.4	0.2	2.1	9.4

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

Season	Tm	G	MP	PER	TS%	USG%	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48	OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1976-77	SEA	81	1,667	16.7	.541	—	2.2	2.3	4.5	.130	+1.0	+1.7	+2.6	+2.0
1977-78	SEA	81	2,209	15.6	.486	21.1	2.9	2.9	5.8	.127	+0.7	+1.1	+1.8	+2.1
1978-79	SEA	80	2,717	15.0	.495	21.3	2.8	3.8	6.6	.116	+0.6	+0.9	+1.5	+2.4
1979-80	SEA	81	2,937	15.9	.489	24.2	3.0	4.4	7.4	.120	+0.5	+0.8	+1.3	+2.5
1980-81	PHX	79	2,615	17.0	.516	24.6	4.0	4.4	8.4	.154	+1.0	+0.8	+1.8	+2.5
1981-82	PHX	80	2,937	16.7	.540	23.6	4.1	4.0	8.1	.132	+1.2	+0.1	+1.3	+2.5
1982-83	PHX	77	2,551	14.8	.534	19.6	3.0	3.6	6.6	.125	+0.3	+0.6	+0.9	+1.9
1983-84	BOS	80	2,665	12.8	.515	18.4	2.5	3.2	5.7	.102	-0.5	+0.6	+0.1	+1.4
1984-85	BOS	80	2,976	14.4	.522	19.3	3.5	2.8	6.4	.103	+0.4	+0.0	+0.3	+1.8
1985-86	BOS	78	2,732	14.7	.509	20.5	3.0	3.7	6.7	.118	+0.0	+0.5	+0.5	+1.8
1986-87	BOS	79	2,933	13.2	.499	18.0	2.5	2.6	5.2	.085	-0.2	-0.1	-0.4	+1.2
1987-88	BOS	77	2,670	14.0	.520	18.1	3.4	1.7	5.0	.091	+0.7	-0.6	+0.1	+1.4
1988-89	BOS	72	2,309	11.5	.498	16.2	1.0	1.5	2.5	.051	-1.4	-0.3	-1.7	+0.2
1989-90	BOS	75	2,036	12.4	.495	13.5	2.0	1.8	3.8	.089	-0.9	+0.5	-0.3	+0.9
Career		1100	—	—	—	—	—	—	82.7	—	—	—	—	+24.6

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

Season	G	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FG%	3P%	TS%
1977-78	22	37.6	16.1	4.6	3.3	1.0	1.0	.412	—	.486
1978-79	17	40.1	20.9	6.1	4.1	0.9	1.1	.450	—	.509
1979-80	15	38.8	17.1	4.3	3.8	1.5	0.6	.410	.333	.474
1980-81	7	38.1	19.6	4.7	2.9	1.3	1.3	.473	.200	.533
1981-82	7	38.7	22.3	4.4	4.6	2.1	0.6	.477	0.000	.523
1982-83	3	36.0	18.0	7.7	5.7	1.7	0.7	.458	0.000	.507
1983-84	22	36.7	16.6	3.6	4.4	1.1	0.3	.404	.429	.491
1984-85	21	40.4	17.3	4.0	7.3	1.5	0.4	.445	0.000	.506
1985-86	18	39.7	16.2	4.2	5.9	2.2	0.3	.445	.375	.516
1986-87	23	41.9	18.9	4.0	8.9	0.7	0.3	.465	.115	.530
1987-88	17	41.3	15.9	4.5	8.2	1.4	0.5	.433	.375	.529
1988-89	3	19.7	2.7	1.3	3.0	1.0	0.0	.267	—	.267
1989-90	5	32.4	13.8	2.8	5.6	0.4	0.4	.484	.333	.530
Career	180	38.9	17.3	4.3	5.6	1.3	0.6	.439	.236	.507

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

Split	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
Home	553	14.3	3.9	5.3	449–104
Away	548	13.9	3.8	4.6	275–273
In wins	724	14.6	3.9	5.4	724–0
In losses	377	13.3	3.8	4.3	0–377

Regular-season career splits by venue and result.

Opponent	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
ATL Atlanta Hawks	54	12.9	3.7	5.4	38–16
BOS Boston Celtics	20	16.6	4.4	3.6	11–9
BKN Brooklyn Nets	59	12.9	3.4	5.5	41–18
CHA Charlotte Hornets	5	6.2	2.2	4.0	5–0
CHI Chicago Bulls	56	15.1	3.3	5.5	41–15
CLE Cleveland Cavaliers	52	11.8	3.3	4.8	35–17
DAL Dallas Mavericks	29	16.0	3.6	4.8	21–8
DEN Denver Nuggets	46	15.3	4.6	5.1	24–22
DET Detroit Pistons	54	14.0	4.4	5.1	36–18
GSW Golden State Warriors	47	14.7	3.9	4.4	32–15
HOU Houston Rockets	43	14.0	3.9	4.3	30–13
IND Indiana Pacers	56	13.4	3.3	5.0	41–15
LAC Los Angeles Clippers	42	16.4	4.3	5.1	31–11
LAL Los Angeles Lakers	49	18.1	4.7	5.1	21–28
MIA Miami Heat	7	8.1	2.7	6.3	7–0
MIL Milwaukee Bucks	57	15.0	4.0	5.2	35–22
NYK New York Knicks	56	13.7	3.6	5.5	41–15
ORL Orlando Magic	3	8.0	3.3	7.3	3–0
PHI Philadelphia 76ers	58	13.6	3.5	5.3	28–30
PHX Phoenix Suns	31	14.8	4.1	5.3	17–14
POR Portland Trail Blazers	49	14.2	3.8	4.5	29–20
SAC Sacramento Kings	44	12.7	3.9	4.0	31–13
SAS San Antonio Spurs	41	14.9	4.3	4.3	28–13
UTA Utah Jazz	44	12.3	4.2	4.9	35–9

Regular-season career averages against each current franchise.

Dennis Johnson plays PG for the Boston Celtics.

Dennis Johnson has averaged 14.1 PPG, 3.9 RPG, 5.0 APG over 14 seasons (1976-77–1989-90).

Dennis Johnson is 6-4 (185 lb).

Dennis Johnson was drafted in 1976, round 2, pick 29.