John Johnson

SF · SEA

Seasons 1970-71–1981-82 · 12 on record · Ht 6-7 · b. 1947

2× All-Star

Player info

Nickname	J.J.
Position	SF
Number	#27 (also #32, #34)
Height	6-7
Weight	200 lb
Born	1947-10-18
College	Northwest → Iowa
Drafted	1970 · Round 1, Pick 7 · Cleveland Cavaliers
Seasons	1970-71–1981-82 (12)

12.9 PPG, 5.5 RPG, 3.8 APG · 869 games · .446 FG% · 0.000 3P%.

Season	Tm	Age	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	PER	TS%
1970-71	CLE	23	67	34.5	.422	—	.805	6.8	4.8	—	—	16.6	15.4	.477
1971-72	CLE	24	82	37.1	.433	—	.785	7.7	5.1	—	—	17.0	15.4	.483
1972-73	CLE	25	82	34.3	.430	—	.734	6.7	3.8	—	—	14.4	13.8	.469
1973-74	POR	26	69	33.1	.464	—	.812	7.5	4.1	1.0	0.4	16.4	16.8	.511
1974-75	POR	27	80	31.8	.487	—	.784	6.3	3.0	0.9	0.5	16.1	16.7	.531
1975-76	2TM	28	76	22.3	.453	—	.774	4.4	2.9	0.8	0.5	9.9	15.2	.491
	POR	28	9	23.6	.466	—	.852	4.4	2.2	0.8	0.9	11.7	15.9	.526
	HOU	28	67	22.2	.452	—	.758	4.4	2.9	0.7	0.4	9.7	15.1	.486
1976-77	HOU	29	79	22.0	.458	—	.712	3.4	2.1	0.6	0.3	9.3	13.0	.485
1977-78	2TM	30	77	23.7	.415	—	.751	4.0	2.7	0.6	0.2	10.6	11.9	.453
	HOU	30	1	11.0	.250	—	.667	3.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	4.0	-2.6	.376
	SEA	30	76	23.8	.416	—	.753	4.0	2.8	0.6	0.3	10.7	11.9	.453
1978-79	SEA	31	82	29.1	.434	—	.760	5.0	4.4	0.7	0.3	11.0	11.2	.484
1979-80	SEA	32	81	31.3	.488	—	.801	5.3	5.2	0.9	0.4	11.3	13.3	.532
1980-81	SEA	33	80	29.1	.431	0.000	.808	4.5	3.9	0.7	0.3	11.5	11.3	.479
1981-82	SEA	34	14	13.4	.489	—	.750	1.3	2.1	0.3	0.2	4.2	9.8	.548

Season	Tm	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1970-71	CLE	67	—	2,310	435	1,032	.422	—	—	240	298	453	323	—	—	—	1,110
1971-72	CLE	82	—	3,041	557	1,286	.433	—	—	277	353	631	415	—	—	—	1,391
1972-73	CLE	82	—	2,815	492	1,143	.430	—	—	199	271	552	309	—	—	—	1,183
1973-74	POR	69	—	2,287	459	990	.464	—	—	212	261	515	284	69	29	—	1,130
1974-75	POR	80	—	2,540	527	1,082	.487	—	—	236	301	501	240	75	39	—	1,290
1975-76	2TM	76	—	1,697	316	697	.453	—	—	120	155	332	217	57	36	—	752
	POR	9	—	212	41	88	.466	—	—	23	27	40	20	7	8	—	105
	HOU	67	—	1,485	275	609	.452	—	—	97	128	292	197	50	28	—	647
1976-77	HOU	79	—	1,738	319	696	.458	—	—	94	132	266	163	47	24	—	732
1977-78	2TM	77	—	1,823	342	824	.415	—	—	133	177	310	211	43	19	169	817
	HOU	1	—	11	1	4	.250	—	—	2	3	3	1	0	0	3	4
	SEA	76	—	1,812	341	820	.416	—	—	131	174	307	210	43	19	166	813
1978-79	SEA	82	82	2,386	356	821	.434	—	—	190	250	412	358	59	25	254	902
1979-80	SEA	81	—	2,533	377	772	.488	0	0	161	201	426	424	76	35	247	915
1980-81	SEA	80	—	2,324	373	866	.431	0	1	173	214	362	312	57	25	230	919
1981-82	SEA	14	1	187	22	45	.489	0	0	15	20	18	29	4	3	17	59
Career		869	—	—	4,575	10,254	.446	0	1	2050	2633	4778	3285	487	235	917	11,200

Season	Tm	G	MPG	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1970-71	CLE	67	34.5	6.8	16.1	.422	—	—	3.7	4.6	7.1	5.0	—	—	—	17.3
1971-72	CLE	82	37.1	6.6	15.2	.433	—	—	3.3	4.2	7.5	4.9	—	—	—	16.5
1972-73	CLE	82	34.3	6.3	14.6	.430	—	—	2.5	3.5	7.1	4.0	—	—	—	15.1
1973-74	POR	69	33.1	7.2	15.6	.464	—	—	3.3	4.1	8.1	4.5	1.1	0.5	—	17.8
1974-75	POR	80	31.8	7.5	15.3	.487	—	—	3.3	4.3	7.1	3.4	1.1	0.6	—	18.3
1975-76	2TM	76	22.3	6.7	14.8	.453	—	—	2.5	3.3	7.0	4.6	1.2	0.8	—	16.0
	POR	9	23.6	7.0	14.9	.466	—	—	3.9	4.6	6.8	3.4	1.2	1.4	—	17.8
	HOU	67	22.2	6.7	14.8	.452	—	—	2.4	3.1	7.1	4.8	1.2	0.7	—	15.7
1976-77	HOU	79	22.0	6.6	14.4	.458	—	—	1.9	2.7	5.5	3.4	1.0	0.5	—	15.2
1977-78	2TM	77	23.7	6.8	16.3	.415	—	—	2.6	3.5	6.1	4.2	0.8	0.4	3.3	16.1
	HOU	1	11.0	3.3	13.1	.250	—	—	6.5	9.8	9.8	3.3	0.0	0.0	9.8	13.1
	SEA	76	23.8	6.8	16.3	.416	—	—	2.6	3.5	6.1	4.2	0.9	0.4	3.3	16.2
1978-79	SEA	82	29.1	5.4	12.4	.434	—	—	2.9	3.8	6.2	5.4	0.9	0.4	3.8	13.6
1979-80	SEA	81	31.3	5.4	11.0	.488	0.0	0.0	2.3	2.9	6.1	6.0	1.1	0.5	3.5	13.0
1980-81	SEA	80	29.1	5.8	13.4	.431	0.0	0.0	2.7	3.3	5.6	4.8	0.9	0.4	3.6	14.2
1981-82	SEA	14	13.4	4.2	8.7	.489	0.0	0.0	2.9	3.9	3.5	5.6	0.8	0.6	3.3	11.4

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
1970-71	CLE	67	2,310	15.4	.477	—	1.2	0.9	2.1	.044	—	—	—	—
1971-72	CLE	82	3,041	15.4	.483	—	1.6	3.0	4.6	.073	—	—	—	—
1972-73	CLE	82	2,815	13.8	.469	—	0.8	3.5	4.3	.073	—	—	—	—
1973-74	POR	69	2,287	16.8	.511	—	3.2	0.7	4.0	.083	+1.3	-1.3	+0.0	+1.1
1974-75	POR	80	2,540	16.7	.531	—	4.0	2.2	6.2	.116	+1.4	-0.8	+0.6	+1.7
1975-76	2TM	76	1,697	15.2	.491	—	1.3	1.1	2.5	.070	+0.3	-0.4	-0.1	+0.8
	POR	9	212	15.9	.526	—	0.2	0.2	0.4	.101	-0.6	+0.2	-0.4	+0.1
	HOU	67	1,485	15.1	.486	—	1.1	0.9	2.0	.066	+0.4	-0.5	-0.1	+0.7
1976-77	HOU	79	1,738	13.0	.485	—	1.6	0.7	2.3	.064	-0.2	-0.9	-1.2	+0.4
1977-78	2TM	77	1,823	11.9	.453	22.4	0.1	2.0	2.1	.055	-1.4	-0.6	-2.0	+0.0
	HOU	1	11	-2.6	.376	30.1	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	-.281	-4.9	-0.4	-5.3	+0.0
	SEA	76	1,812	11.9	.453	22.3	0.2	2.0	2.1	.057	-1.3	-0.6	-2.0	+0.0
1978-79	SEA	82	2,386	11.2	.484	19.5	-0.4	3.0	2.7	.053	-1.8	+0.0	-1.8	+0.1
1979-80	SEA	81	2,533	13.3	.532	17.2	1.7	3.2	4.9	.093	-0.1	+0.4	+0.3	+1.5
1980-81	SEA	80	2,324	11.3	.479	20.9	-0.8	2.0	1.2	.025	-1.4	-0.9	-2.4	-0.2
1981-82	SEA	14	187	9.8	.548	15.7	0.0	0.2	0.2	.062	-2.5	+0.3	-2.2	+0.0
Career		869	—	—	—	—	—	—	37.1	—	—	—	—	+5.4

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%
1976-77	12	12.2	4.8	2.4	0.8	0.0	0.0	.393	—	.429
1977-78	22	27.1	10.1	4.5	2.5	0.4	0.3	.424	—	.454
1978-79	17	36.2	12.2	6.8	5.4	0.9	0.1	.474	—	.509
1979-80	15	32.4	12.4	6.8	5.7	0.4	0.1	.494	0.000	.534
1981-82	7	22.7	5.7	2.0	4.9	0.9	0.0	.421	—	.467
Career	73	27.4	9.8	4.9	3.8	0.5	0.1	.451	0.000	.487

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

Split	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
Home	430	13.9	5.7	4.3	265–165
Away	443	11.8	5.2	3.2	143–300
In wins	408	13.2	5.4	4.1	408–0
In losses	465	12.6	5.5	3.4	0–465

Regular-season career splits by venue and result.

Opponent	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
ATL Atlanta Hawks	45	14.2	6.1	3.6	24–21
BOS Boston Celtics	44	14.5	6.2	3.5	15–29
BKN Brooklyn Nets	16	8.6	4.1	3.8	11–5
CHI Chicago Bulls	45	12.9	4.6	3.2	21–24
CLE Cleveland Cavaliers	28	10.0	4.7	3.6	15–13
DAL Dallas Mavericks	5	8.8	5.0	4.0	4–1
DEN Denver Nuggets	24	11.7	3.5	3.5	12–12
DET Detroit Pistons	35	12.3	4.7	3.4	17–18
GSW Golden State Warriors	51	12.3	5.6	4.0	24–27
HOU Houston Rockets	38	17.4	6.4	4.7	17–21
IND Indiana Pacers	16	9.0	4.6	4.3	15–1
LAC Los Angeles Clippers	18	11.7	4.7	4.2	8–10
LAL Los Angeles Lakers	50	11.3	5.4	3.8	18–32
MIL Milwaukee Bucks	45	13.5	5.2	3.7	18–27
NYK New York Knicks	41	12.8	6.0	3.5	13–28
PHI Philadelphia 76ers	44	13.0	5.2	3.5	22–22
PHX Phoenix Suns	53	11.4	5.0	3.3	22–31
POR Portland Trail Blazers	48	13.4	5.9	4.1	24–24
SAC Sacramento Kings	42	13.7	4.9	3.2	21–21
SAS San Antonio Spurs	20	10.6	4.0	3.6	10–10
UTA Utah Jazz	32	9.8	5.2	3.6	20–12

Regular-season career averages against each current franchise.

John Johnson has averaged 12.9 PPG, 5.5 RPG, 3.8 APG over 12 seasons (1970-71–1981-82).

John Johnson is 6-7 (200 lb).

John Johnson was drafted in 1970, round 1, pick 7, by the Cleveland Cavaliers.