Eddie Johnson

Seasons 1981-82–1998-99 · 17 on record · Ht 6-7 · b. 1959

★ Sixth Man

Player info

Position	SF
Number	#8 (also #22)
Team	Houston Rockets
Height	6-7
Weight	215 lb
Born	1959-05-01
College	Illinois
Drafted	1981 · Round 2, Pick 29 · KCK
Seasons	1981-82–1998-99 (17)

Career averages

16.0 PPG, 4.0 RPG, 2.1 APG · 1199 games · .472 FG% · .335 3P%.

Stats by season — per game

Season	Tm	Age	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	PER	TS%
1981-82	KCK	22	74	20.5	.459	.091	.664	4.4	1.5	0.7	0.2	9.3	13.1	.487
1982-83	KCK	23	82	35.8	.494	.282	.779	6.1	2.6	0.9	0.2	19.8	15.9	.537
1983-84	KCK	24	82	35.6	.485	.313	.810	5.5	3.6	0.9	0.3	21.9	16.6	.528
1984-85	KCK	25	82	36.9	.491	.241	.871	5.0	3.3	1.0	0.3	22.9	16.2	.542
1985-86	SAC	26	82	30.7	.475	.200	.816	5.1	2.6	0.7	0.2	18.7	15.8	.523
1986-87	SAC	27	81	30.3	.463	.314	.829	4.4	3.1	0.5	0.2	18.7	16.2	.523
1987-88	PHX	28	73	29.8	.480	.255	.850	4.4	2.5	0.5	0.1	17.7	15.2	.532
1988-89	PHX	29	70	29.2	.497	.413	.868	4.4	2.3	0.7	0.1	21.5	19.4	.564
1989-90	PHX	30	64	28.3	.453	.380	.917	3.8	1.7	0.5	0.2	16.9	14.9	.542
1990-91	2TM	31	81	25.7	.484	.325	.891	3.3	1.4	0.7	0.1	16.7	17.8	.548
	PHX	31	15	20.8	.473	.286	.724	3.1	1.1	0.6	0.1	13.5	14.5	.511
	SEA	31	66	26.9	.486	.333	.912	3.4	1.4	0.7	0.1	17.4	18.4	.555
1991-92	SEA	32	81	29.2	.459	.252	.861	3.6	2.0	0.7	0.1	17.1	16.1	.528
1992-93	SEA	33	82	22.8	.467	.304	.911	3.3	1.6	0.4	0.0	14.4	17.1	.533
1993-94	CHH	34	73	20.0	.459	.393	.780	3.1	1.7	0.5	0.1	11.5	15.9	.527
1995-96	IND	36	62	16.2	.413	.352	.886	2.5	1.1	0.3	0.1	7.7	13.1	.505
1996-97	2TM	37	52	17.6	.442	.374	.809	2.7	1.0	0.3	0.0	8.2	13.4	.541
	IND	37	28	10.9	.434	.321	.741	1.4	0.6	0.2	0.0	5.3	11.7	.497
	HOU	37	24	25.3	.447	.388	.854	4.1	1.5	0.4	0.0	11.5	14.2	.568
1997-98	HOU	38	75	19.9	.417	.333	.831	2.0	1.2	0.4	0.0	8.4	13.1	.524
1998-99	HOU	39	3	6.0	.462	0.000	—	0.7	0.3	0.0	0.0	4.0	10.2	.462

Stats by season — totals

Season	Tm	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1981-82	KCK	74	27	1,517	295	643	.459	1	11	99	149	322	109	50	14	97	690
1982-83	KCK	82	82	2,933	677	1,370	.494	20	71	247	317	501	216	70	20	181	1,621
1983-84	KCK	82	82	2,920	753	1,552	.485	20	64	268	331	455	296	76	21	213	1,794
1984-85	KCK	82	81	3,029	769	1,565	.491	13	54	325	373	407	273	83	22	225	1,876
1985-86	SAC	82	30	2,514	623	1,311	.475	4	20	280	343	419	214	54	17	191	1,530
1986-87	SAC	81	30	2,457	606	1,309	.463	37	118	267	322	353	251	42	19	163	1,516
1987-88	PHX	73	59	2,177	533	1,110	.480	24	94	204	240	318	180	33	9	139	1,294
1988-89	PHX	70	7	2,043	608	1,224	.497	71	172	217	250	306	162	47	7	122	1,504
1989-90	PHX	64	4	1,811	411	907	.453	70	184	188	205	246	107	32	10	108	1,080
1990-91	2TM	81	27	2,085	543	1,122	.484	39	120	229	257	271	111	58	9	122	1,354
	PHX	15	0	312	88	186	.473	6	21	21	29	46	17	9	2	24	203
	SEA	66	27	1,773	455	936	.486	33	99	208	228	225	94	49	7	98	1,151
1991-92	SEA	81	19	2,366	534	1,164	.459	27	107	291	338	292	161	55	11	130	1,386
1992-93	SEA	82	0	1,869	463	991	.467	17	56	234	257	272	135	36	4	134	1,177
1993-94	CHH	73	27	1,460	339	738	.459	59	150	99	127	224	125	36	8	84	836
1995-96	IND	62	1	1,002	180	436	.413	45	128	70	79	153	69	20	4	56	475
1996-97	2TM	52	2	913	160	362	.442	49	131	55	68	138	52	15	2	47	424
	IND	28	0	306	59	136	.434	9	28	20	27	40	17	5	1	17	147
	HOU	24	2	607	101	226	.447	40	103	35	41	98	35	10	1	30	277
1997-98	HOU	75	1	1,490	227	544	.417	66	198	113	136	153	88	32	3	62	633
1998-99	HOU	3	0	18	6	13	.462	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	2	12
Career		1199	—	—	7,727	16,361	.472	562	1679	3186	3792	4832	2550	739	180	2076	19,202

Per 36 minutes

Season	Tm	G	MPG	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1981-82	KCK	74	20.5	7.0	15.3	.459	0.0	0.3	2.3	3.5	7.6	2.6	1.2	0.3	2.3	16.4
1982-83	KCK	82	35.8	8.3	16.8	.494	0.2	0.9	3.0	3.9	6.1	2.7	0.9	0.2	2.2	19.9
1983-84	KCK	82	35.6	9.3	19.1	.485	0.2	0.8	3.3	4.1	5.6	3.6	0.9	0.3	2.6	22.1
1984-85	KCK	82	36.9	9.1	18.6	.491	0.2	0.6	3.9	4.4	4.8	3.2	1.0	0.3	2.7	22.3
1985-86	SAC	82	30.7	8.9	18.8	.475	0.1	0.3	4.0	4.9	6.0	3.1	0.8	0.2	2.7	21.9
1986-87	SAC	81	30.3	8.9	19.2	.463	0.5	1.7	3.9	4.7	5.2	3.7	0.6	0.3	2.4	22.2
1987-88	PHX	73	29.8	8.8	18.4	.480	0.4	1.6	3.4	4.0	5.3	3.0	0.5	0.1	2.3	21.4
1988-89	PHX	70	29.2	10.7	21.6	.497	1.3	3.0	3.8	4.4	5.4	2.9	0.8	0.1	2.1	26.5
1989-90	PHX	64	28.3	8.2	18.0	.453	1.4	3.7	3.7	4.1	4.9	2.1	0.6	0.2	2.1	21.5
1990-91	2TM	81	25.7	9.4	19.4	.484	0.7	2.1	4.0	4.4	4.7	1.9	1.0	0.2	2.1	23.4
	PHX	15	20.8	10.2	21.5	.473	0.7	2.4	2.4	3.3	5.3	2.0	1.0	0.2	2.8	23.4
	SEA	66	26.9	9.2	19.0	.486	0.7	2.0	4.2	4.6	4.6	1.9	1.0	0.1	2.0	23.4
1991-92	SEA	81	29.2	8.1	17.7	.459	0.4	1.6	4.4	5.1	4.4	2.4	0.8	0.2	2.0	21.1
1992-93	SEA	82	22.8	8.9	19.1	.467	0.3	1.1	4.5	5.0	5.2	2.6	0.7	0.1	2.6	22.7
1993-94	CHH	73	20.0	8.4	18.2	.459	1.5	3.7	2.4	3.1	5.5	3.1	0.9	0.2	2.1	20.6
1995-96	IND	62	16.2	6.5	15.7	.413	1.6	4.6	2.5	2.8	5.5	2.5	0.7	0.1	2.0	17.1
1996-97	2TM	52	17.6	6.3	14.3	.442	1.9	5.2	2.2	2.7	5.4	2.1	0.6	0.1	1.9	16.7
	IND	28	10.9	6.9	16.0	.434	1.1	3.3	2.4	3.2	4.7	2.0	0.6	0.1	2.0	17.3
	HOU	24	25.3	6.0	13.4	.447	2.4	6.1	2.1	2.4	5.8	2.1	0.6	0.1	1.8	16.4
1997-98	HOU	75	19.9	5.5	13.1	.417	1.6	4.8	2.7	3.3	3.7	2.1	0.8	0.1	1.5	15.3
1998-99	HOU	3	6.0	12.0	26.0	.462	0.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	4.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	4.0	24.0

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
1981-82	KCK	74	1,517	13.1	.487	21.7	0.3	1.4	1.8	.056	-1.4	-0.9	-2.4	-0.1
1982-83	KCK	82	2,933	15.9	.537	22.2	5.3	2.1	7.4	.121	+1.6	-1.3	+0.2	+1.7
1983-84	KCK	82	2,920	16.6	.528	26.3	3.4	2.2	5.6	.093	+1.3	-1.3	+0.0	+1.5
1984-85	KCK	82	3,029	16.2	.542	25.5	4.4	0.9	5.3	.083	+1.3	-1.8	-0.6	+1.1
1985-86	SAC	82	2,514	15.8	.523	26.6	2.7	1.4	4.0	.077	+0.8	-1.9	-1.1	+0.6
1986-87	SAC	81	2,457	16.2	.523	26.2	3.6	0.7	4.3	.084	+1.3	-2.0	-0.7	+0.9
1987-88	PHX	73	2,177	15.2	.532	25.4	2.5	0.5	3.0	.065	+0.8	-2.8	-2.0	+0.0
1988-89	PHX	70	2,043	19.4	.564	28.3	4.6	1.9	6.5	.152	+3.3	-1.1	+2.1	+2.1
1989-90	PHX	64	1,811	14.9	.542	25.2	2.4	1.5	3.9	.104	+0.7	-1.6	-0.9	+0.5
1990-91	2TM	81	2,085	17.8	.548	27.2	4.3	1.2	5.5	.127	+1.9	-2.1	-0.3	+0.9
	PHX	15	312	14.5	.511	29.1	0.0	0.3	0.3	.051	-1.0	-2.2	-3.2	-0.1
	SEA	66	1,773	18.4	.555	26.9	4.2	0.9	5.2	.140	+2.4	-2.1	+0.2	+1.0
1991-92	SEA	81	2,366	16.1	.528	25.6	4.5	1.1	5.6	.114	+1.2	-1.9	-0.7	+0.8
1992-93	SEA	82	1,869	17.1	.533	27.9	3.4	1.5	4.8	.124	+1.4	-2.3	-0.9	+0.5
1993-94	CHH	73	1,460	15.9	.527	25.6	1.8	0.6	2.4	.079	+1.4	-2.3	-0.9	+0.4
1995-96	IND	62	1,002	13.1	.505	24.1	0.8	0.8	1.6	.077	+0.2	-1.4	-1.2	+0.2
1996-97	2TM	52	913	13.4	.541	22.0	0.9	0.9	1.8	.093	-0.5	-1.3	-1.8	+0.0
	IND	28	306	11.7	.497	24.9	0.0	0.3	0.3	.048	-2.4	-1.0	-3.4	-0.1
	HOU	24	607	14.2	.568	20.5	0.9	0.6	1.5	.115	+0.4	-1.4	-1.0	+0.2
1997-98	HOU	75	1,490	13.1	.524	20.3	2.0	0.1	2.2	.070	+0.3	-2.2	-2.0	+0.0
1998-99	HOU	3	18	10.2	.462	39.2	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	-.134	-8.7	-6.5	-15.1	-0.1
Career		1199	—	—	—	—	—	—	65.6	—	—	—	—	+11.0

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%
1983-84	3	35.7	17.0	3.3	4.0	1.0	0.3	.438	.400	.499
1985-86	3	32.0	18.7	7.0	1.3	1.0	0.3	.436	0.000	.475
1988-89	12	32.7	17.8	7.2	2.1	1.0	0.2	.413	.342	.477
1989-90	16	21.1	12.2	3.6	1.1	0.6	0.2	.450	.395	.542
1990-91	5	34.2	24.0	4.2	1.4	1.4	0.2	.517	.267	.590
1991-92	9	27.4	18.4	3.0	0.9	0.3	0.3	.474	.182	.546
1992-93	19	20.1	10.8	2.4	0.9	0.2	0.1	.390	.333	.458
1995-96	1	9.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.000	0.000	0.000
1996-97	16	17.3	8.3	2.2	0.6	0.3	0.0	.410	.298	.521
1997-98	5	17.0	5.6	1.6	0.2	0.0	0.0	.333	.300	.459
Career	89	23.6	13.1	3.5	1.1	0.5	0.1	.429	.310	.506

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

Career splits

Split	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
Home	604	15.8	3.8	2.0	397–207
Away	625	15.5	3.6	1.8	222–403
In wins	619	16.1	3.7	2.0	619–0
In losses	610	15.1	3.6	1.8	0–610

Regular-season career splits by venue and result.

Career stats vs each team

Opponent	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
ATL Atlanta Hawks	33	15.5	3.3	1.4	15–18
BOS Boston Celtics	30	14.1	3.0	1.8	14–16
BKN Brooklyn Nets	35	13.4	3.1	1.3	19–16
CHA Charlotte Hornets	16	15.2	3.1	1.9	10–6
CHI Chicago Bulls	37	13.7	3.5	2.2	12–25
CLE Cleveland Cavaliers	38	15.4	3.6	1.5	16–22
DAL Dallas Mavericks	71	16.3	3.6	1.9	37–34
DEN Denver Nuggets	73	17.8	4.4	2.0	45–28
DET Detroit Pistons	34	13.7	3.4	2.0	18–16
GSW Golden State Warriors	70	17.5	3.7	2.0	39–31
HOU Houston Rockets	61	15.4	4.1	2.0	28–33
IND Indiana Pacers	30	16.6	3.2	1.9	16–14
LAC Los Angeles Clippers	68	18.4	4.0	1.8	48–20
LAL Los Angeles Lakers	73	13.6	3.7	1.9	23–50
MEM Memphis Grizzlies	9	6.6	2.4	1.6	8–1
MIA Miami Heat	22	13.3	2.8	1.9	11–11
MIL Milwaukee Bucks	36	13.6	4.3	1.9	17–19
MIN Minnesota Timberwolves	25	12.6	2.6	2.1	19–6
NYK New York Knicks	30	13.6	3.7	1.8	14–16
ORL Orlando Magic	21	11.4	3.1	1.6	11–10
PHI Philadelphia 76ers	27	14.3	3.5	2.1	9–18
PHX Phoenix Suns	57	14.3	3.5	1.7	26–31
POR Portland Trail Blazers	65	17.7	3.5	1.7	23–42
SAC Sacramento Kings	39	17.3	3.9	1.8	29–10
SAS San Antonio Spurs	69	17.4	3.8	2.4	32–37
TOR Toronto Raptors	8	3.6	0.9	1.2	7–1
UTA Utah Jazz	66	18.3	4.2	2.0	26–40
WAS Washington Wizards	2	10.5	1.5	0.5	1–1

Regular-season career averages against each current franchise.

Shooting by distance — 1998-99

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)	23%	1.000
In the paint (3-10 ft)	8%	0.000
Mid-range (10-16 ft)	23%	0.000
Long two (16 ft-3P)	38%	.600
Three-pointers (3-pointers)	8%	0.000

Average shot distance 12.9 ft · 0% of attempts were dunks · 100% of threes from the corner

Contract & salary

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

Season	Salary
1990-91	$1,000,000
1991-92	$1,050,000
1992-93	$1,100,000
1993-94	$1,150,000
1995-96	$1,000,000
1996-97	$1,200,000
1997-98	$300,000
Career earnings	$6,800,000

Frequently asked questions

What team does Eddie Johnson play for?

Eddie Johnson plays SF for the Houston Rockets.

What are Eddie Johnson's career stats?

Eddie Johnson has averaged 16.0 PPG, 4.0 RPG, 2.1 APG over 17 seasons (1981-82–1998-99).

How much does Eddie Johnson make?

Eddie Johnson's salary is $300,000 for the 1997-98 season, with career earnings of about $6.8M.

How tall is Eddie Johnson?

Eddie Johnson is 6-7 (215 lb).

When was Eddie Johnson drafted?

Eddie Johnson was drafted in 1981, round 2, pick 29.