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Dennis Johnson

Dennis Wayne Johnson (D.J.)

Position: Guard
Height: 6-4    Weight: 185 lbs.
Born: September 18, 1954 in San Pedro, California
Died: February 22, 2007
High School: Dominguez in Compton, California
College: Pepperdine University

Drafted by the Seattle Supersonics in the 2nd round (12th pick, 29th overall) of the 1976 NBA draft.

Coaching Record

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Totals

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1976-77 22 SEA NBA 81 1667 285 566 .504 179 287 .624 161 141 302 123 123 57 221 749
1977-78 23 SEA NBA 81 2209 367 881 .417 297 406 .732 152 142 294 230 118 51 164 213 1031
1978-79 24 SEA NBA 80 2717 482 1110 .434 306 392 .781 146 228 374 280 100 97 191 209 1270
1979-80 25 SEA NBA 81 2937 574 1361 .422 12 58 .207 380 487 .780 173 241 414 332 144 82 227 267 1540
1980-81 26 PHO NBA 79 2615 532 1220 .436 11 51 .216 411 501 .820 160 203 363 291 136 61 208 244 1486
1981-82 27 PHO NBA 80 77 2937 577 1228 .470 8 42 .190 399 495 .806 142 268 410 369 105 55 233 253 1561
1982-83 28 PHO NBA 77 74 2551 398 861 .462 5 31 .161 292 369 .791 92 243 335 388 97 39 204 204 1093
1983-84 29 BOS NBA 80 78 2665 384 878 .437 4 32 .125 281 330 .852 87 193 280 338 93 57 172 251 1053
1984-85 30 BOS NBA 80 77 2976 493 1066 .462 7 26 .269 261 306 .853 91 226 317 543 96 39 212 224 1254
1985-86 31 BOS NBA 78 78 2732 482 1060 .455 6 42 .143 243 297 .818 69 199 268 456 110 35 173 206 1213
1986-87 32 BOS NBA 79 78 2933 423 953 .444 7 62 .113 209 251 .833 45 216 261 594 87 38 177 201 1062
1987-88 33 BOS NBA 77 74 2670 352 803 .438 12 46 .261 255 298 .856 62 178 240 598 93 29 195 204 971
1988-89 34 BOS NBA 72 72 2309 277 638 .434 7 50 .140 160 195 .821 31 159 190 472 94 21 175 211 721
1989-90 35 BOS NBA 75 65 2036 206 475 .434 1 24 .042 118 140 .843 48 153 201 485 81 14 117 179 531
Career NBA 1100 673 35954 5832 13100 .445 80 464 .172 3791 4754 .797 1459 2790 4249 5499 1477 675 2448 3087 15535

Per Game

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1976-77 22 SEA NBA 81 20.6 3.5 7.0 .504 2.2 3.5 .624 2.0 1.7 3.7 1.5 1.5 0.7 2.7 9.2
1977-78 23 SEA NBA 81 27.3 4.5 10.9 .417 3.7 5.0 .732 1.9 1.8 3.6 2.8 1.5 0.6 2.0 2.6 12.7
1978-79 24 SEA NBA 80 34.0 6.0 13.9 .434 3.8 4.9 .781 1.8 2.9 4.7 3.5 1.3 1.2 2.4 2.6 15.9
1979-80 25 SEA NBA 81 36.3 7.1 16.8 .422 0.1 0.7 .207 4.7 6.0 .780 2.1 3.0 5.1 4.1 1.8 1.0 2.8 3.3 19.0
1980-81 26 PHO NBA 79 33.1 6.7 15.4 .436 0.1 0.6 .216 5.2 6.3 .820 2.0 2.6 4.6 3.7 1.7 0.8 2.6 3.1 18.8
1981-82 27 PHO NBA 80 77 36.7 7.2 15.4 .470 0.1 0.5 .190 5.0 6.2 .806 1.8 3.4 5.1 4.6 1.3 0.7 2.9 3.2 19.5
1982-83 28 PHO NBA 77 74 33.1 5.2 11.2 .462 0.1 0.4 .161 3.8 4.8 .791 1.2 3.2 4.4 5.0 1.3 0.5 2.6 2.6 14.2
1983-84 29 BOS NBA 80 78 33.3 4.8 11.0 .437 0.1 0.4 .125 3.5 4.1 .852 1.1 2.4 3.5 4.2 1.2 0.7 2.2 3.1 13.2
1984-85 30 BOS NBA 80 77 37.2 6.2 13.3 .462 0.1 0.3 .269 3.3 3.8 .853 1.1 2.8 4.0 6.8 1.2 0.5 2.7 2.8 15.7
1985-86 31 BOS NBA 78 78 35.0 6.2 13.6 .455 0.1 0.5 .143 3.1 3.8 .818 0.9 2.6 3.4 5.8 1.4 0.4 2.2 2.6 15.6
1986-87 32 BOS NBA 79 78 37.1 5.4 12.1 .444 0.1 0.8 .113 2.6 3.2 .833 0.6 2.7 3.3 7.5 1.1 0.5 2.2 2.5 13.4
1987-88 33 BOS NBA 77 74 34.7 4.6 10.4 .438 0.2 0.6 .261 3.3 3.9 .856 0.8 2.3 3.1 7.8 1.2 0.4 2.5 2.6 12.6
1988-89 34 BOS NBA 72 72 32.1 3.8 8.9 .434 0.1 0.7 .140 2.2 2.7 .821 0.4 2.2 2.6 6.6 1.3 0.3 2.4 2.9 10.0
1989-90 35 BOS NBA 75 65 27.1 2.7 6.3 .434 0.0 0.3 .042 1.6 1.9 .843 0.6 2.0 2.7 6.5 1.1 0.2 1.6 2.4 7.1
Career NBA 1100 673 32.7 5.3 11.9 .445 0.1 0.5 .172 3.4 4.3 .797 1.3 2.5 3.9 5.0 1.3 0.6 2.4 2.8 14.1

Per 36 Minutes

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1976-77 22 SEA NBA 81 1667 6.2 12.2 .504 3.9 6.2 .624 3.5 3.0 6.5 2.7 2.7 1.2 4.8 16.2
1977-78 23 SEA NBA 81 2209 6.0 14.4 .417 4.8 6.6 .732 2.5 2.3 4.8 3.7 1.9 0.8 2.7 3.5 16.8
1978-79 24 SEA NBA 80 2717 6.4 14.7 .434 4.1 5.2 .781 1.9 3.0 5.0 3.7 1.3 1.3 2.5 2.8 16.8
1979-80 25 SEA NBA 81 2937 7.0 16.7 .422 0.1 0.7 .207 4.7 6.0 .780 2.1 3.0 5.1 4.1 1.8 1.0 2.8 3.3 18.9
1980-81 26 PHO NBA 79 2615 7.3 16.8 .436 0.2 0.7 .216 5.7 6.9 .820 2.2 2.8 5.0 4.0 1.9 0.8 2.9 3.4 20.5
1981-82 27 PHO NBA 80 77 2937 7.1 15.1 .470 0.1 0.5 .190 4.9 6.1 .806 1.7 3.3 5.0 4.5 1.3 0.7 2.9 3.1 19.1
1982-83 28 PHO NBA 77 74 2551 5.6 12.2 .462 0.1 0.4 .161 4.1 5.2 .791 1.3 3.4 4.7 5.5 1.4 0.6 2.9 2.9 15.4
1983-84 29 BOS NBA 80 78 2665 5.2 11.9 .437 0.1 0.4 .125 3.8 4.5 .852 1.2 2.6 3.8 4.6 1.3 0.8 2.3 3.4 14.2
1984-85 30 BOS NBA 80 77 2976 6.0 12.9 .462 0.1 0.3 .269 3.2 3.7 .853 1.1 2.7 3.8 6.6 1.2 0.5 2.6 2.7 15.2
1985-86 31 BOS NBA 78 78 2732 6.4 14.0 .455 0.1 0.6 .143 3.2 3.9 .818 0.9 2.6 3.5 6.0 1.4 0.5 2.3 2.7 16.0
1986-87 32 BOS NBA 79 78 2933 5.2 11.7 .444 0.1 0.8 .113 2.6 3.1 .833 0.6 2.7 3.2 7.3 1.1 0.5 2.2 2.5 13.0
1987-88 33 BOS NBA 77 74 2670 4.7 10.8 .438 0.2 0.6 .261 3.4 4.0 .856 0.8 2.4 3.2 8.1 1.3 0.4 2.6 2.8 13.1
1988-89 34 BOS NBA 72 72 2309 4.3 9.9 .434 0.1 0.8 .140 2.5 3.0 .821 0.5 2.5 3.0 7.4 1.5 0.3 2.7 3.3 11.2
1989-90 35 BOS NBA 75 65 2036 3.6 8.4 .434 0.0 0.4 .042 2.1 2.5 .843 0.8 2.7 3.6 8.6 1.4 0.2 2.1 3.2 9.4
Career NBA 1100 673 35954 5.8 13.1 .445 0.1 0.6 .172 3.8 4.8 .797 1.5 2.8 4.3 5.5 1.5 0.7 2.6 3.1 15.6

Advanced

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Season Age Tm Lg G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1976-77 22 SEA NBA 81 1667 16.7 .541 .504 9.5 9.1 9.3 10.6 3.3 1.8 97 2.2 2.3 4.5
1977-78 23 SEA NBA 81 2209 15.6 .486 .417 6.7 6.8 6.8 14.8 2.4 1.2 13.4 21.1 103 99 2.9 2.9 5.8
1978-79 24 SEA NBA 80 2717 15.0 .495 .434 5.6 8.8 7.2 14.5 1.7 1.9 13.0 21.3 103 101 2.8 3.8 6.6
1979-80 25 SEA NBA 81 2937 15.9 .489 .426 6.2 8.7 7.4 16.1 2.3 1.5 12.6 24.2 104 102 3.0 4.4 7.4
1980-81 26 PHO NBA 79 2615 17.0 .516 .441 6.9 8.4 7.7 15.8 2.4 1.3 12.6 24.6 108 100 4.0 4.4 8.4
1981-82 27 PHO NBA 80 2937 16.7 .540 .473 5.5 9.8 7.7 18.3 1.7 1.1 13.9 23.6 108 104 4.1 4.0 8.1
1982-83 28 PHO NBA 77 2551 14.8 .534 .465 4.2 10.1 7.2 20.4 1.8 0.9 16.6 19.6 106 102 3.0 3.6 6.6
1983-84 29 BOS NBA 80 2665 12.8 .515 .440 3.8 7.9 6.0 16.6 1.7 1.2 14.4 18.4 107 106 2.5 3.2 5.7
1984-85 30 BOS NBA 80 2976 14.4 .522 .466 3.5 8.0 5.9 23.4 1.5 0.7 15.0 19.3 109 109 3.5 2.8 6.4
1985-86 31 BOS NBA 78 2732 14.7 .509 .458 3.0 7.5 5.4 22.0 1.9 0.7 12.7 20.5 107 104 3.0 3.7 6.7
1986-87 32 BOS NBA 79 2933 13.2 .499 .448 1.9 7.6 5.0 26.1 1.4 0.7 14.3 18.0 107 109 2.5 2.6 5.2
1987-88 33 BOS NBA 77 2670 14.0 .520 .446 2.9 7.4 5.3 28.8 1.7 0.6 17.3 18.1 110 111 3.4 1.7 5.0
1988-89 34 BOS NBA 72 2309 11.5 .498 .440 1.6 7.8 4.7 26.6 2.0 0.5 19.5 16.2 103 111 1.0 1.5 2.5
1989-90 35 BOS NBA 75 2036 12.4 .495 .435 2.7 7.9 5.5 29.7 1.9 0.4 17.9 13.5 110 109 2.0 1.8 3.8
Career NBA 1100 35954 14.6 .511 .448 4.5 8.3 6.5 20.4 1.9 1.0 14.4 20.1 107 105 39.9 42.7 82.6

Playoffs

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Season Age Tm Lg G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1977-78 23 SEA NBA 22 827 121 294 112 159 47 101 72 23 23 56 63 354 .412 .704 37.6 16.1 4.6 3.3
1978-79 24 SEA NBA 17 681 136 302 84 109 44 104 69 28 26 51 63 356 .450 .771 40.1 20.9 6.1 4.1
1979-80 25 SEA NBA 15 582 100 244 5 15 52 62 25 64 57 27 10 43 48 257 .410 .333 .839 38.8 17.1 4.3 3.8
1980-81 26 PHO NBA 7 267 52 110 1 5 32 42 7 33 20 9 9 19 18 137 .473 .200 .762 38.1 19.6 4.7 2.9
1981-82 27 PHO NBA 7 271 63 132 0 3 30 39 13 31 32 15 4 25 28 156 .477 .000 .769 38.7 22.3 4.4 4.6
1982-83 28 PHO NBA 3 108 22 48 0 1 10 12 6 23 17 5 2 8 9 54 .458 .000 .833 36.0 18.0 7.7 5.7
1983-84 29 BOS NBA 22 808 129 319 3 7 104 120 30 79 97 25 7 53 75 365 .404 .429 .867 36.7 16.6 3.6 4.4
1984-85 30 BOS NBA 21 848 142 319 0 14 80 93 24 84 154 31 9 72 66 364 .445 .000 .860 40.4 17.3 4.0 7.3
1985-86 31 BOS NBA 18 715 109 245 6 16 67 84 23 76 107 39 5 51 58 291 .445 .375 .798 39.7 16.2 4.2 5.9
1986-87 32 BOS NBA 23 964 168 361 3 26 96 113 24 91 205 16 8 44 71 435 .465 .115 .850 41.9 18.9 4.0 8.9
1987-88 33 BOS NBA 17 702 91 210 6 16 82 103 15 77 139 24 8 45 51 270 .433 .375 .796 41.3 15.9 4.5 8.2
1988-89 34 BOS NBA 3 59 4 15 0 0 0 0 2 4 9 3 0 3 8 8 .267 19.7 2.7 1.3 3.0
1989-90 35 BOS NBA 5 162 30 62 2 6 7 7 2 14 28 2 2 10 17 69 .484 .333 1.000 32.4 13.8 2.8 5.6
Career NBA 180 6994 1167 2661 26 109 756 943 262 781 1006 247 113 480 575 3116 .439 .239 .802 38.9 17.3 4.3 5.6

Playoffs Advanced

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Season Age Tm Lg G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1977-78 23 SEA NBA 22 827 13.9 .486 .412 5.7 6.7 6.2 12.9 1.3 1.4 13.3 20.5 102 105 0.8 0.7 1.5
1978-79 24 SEA NBA 17 681 18.1 .509 .450 7.0 9.8 8.4 15.3 2.0 2.1 12.7 23.6 108 101 1.3 0.9 2.2
1979-80 25 SEA NBA 15 582 12.7 .474 .420 4.6 7.5 6.0 14.8 2.3 1.0 13.7 22.2 99 105 0.2 0.6 0.8
1980-81 26 PHO NBA 7 267 17.4 .533 .477 3.0 10.5 6.9 13.5 1.8 2.1 12.9 24.4 106 97 0.4 0.5 0.9
1981-82 27 PHO NBA 7 271 16.2 .523 .477 5.0 7.5 6.2 16.1 2.6 0.8 14.4 25.3 104 114 0.2 0.0 0.3
1982-83 28 PHO NBA 3 108 17.9 .507 .458 5.4 17.1 11.0 22.0 2.2 1.0 13.1 22.3 105 106 0.1 0.1 0.2
1983-84 29 BOS NBA 22 808 12.9 .491 .409 4.2 7.1 5.6 17.4 1.5 0.5 12.5 21.5 106 110 0.6 0.7 1.3
1984-85 30 BOS NBA 21 848 12.8 .506 .445 3.2 7.8 5.5 24.7 1.7 0.6 16.7 20.5 103 111 0.2 0.8 1.0
1985-86 31 BOS NBA 18 715 13.2 .516 .457 3.9 7.6 5.9 19.9 2.7 0.4 15.3 19.6 106 106 0.4 1.1 1.5
1986-87 32 BOS NBA 23 964 15.8 .530 .470 3.1 8.0 5.6 30.3 0.8 0.5 9.7 20.4 118 119 1.7 0.3 2.0
1987-88 33 BOS NBA 17 702 14.9 .529 .448 2.6 10.6 6.7 30.6 1.8 0.7 15.0 19.3 111 110 0.8 0.8 1.6
1988-89 34 BOS NBA 3 59 3.2 .267 .267 4.0 3.9 3.9 21.7 2.6 0.0 16.7 13.7 70 110 -0.2 0.1 -0.1
1989-90 35 BOS NBA 5 162 12.4 .530 .500 1.6 8.5 5.3 22.6 0.6 0.7 13.3 19.5 110 122 0.2 -0.1 0.1
Career NBA 180 6994 14.4 .507 .443 4.2 8.3 6.2 20.7 1.7 0.9 13.5 21.1 107 109 6.7 6.5 13.2

All-Star Games

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1978-79 24 SEA NBA 1 0 27 5 7 .714 2 2 1.000 1 1 3 0 1 1 3 12
1979-80 25 SEA NBA 1 0 20 7 13 .538 0 0 5 6 .833 2 4 1 2 1 2 3 19
1980-81 26 PHO NBA 1 0 24 5 8 .625 0 0 9 10 .900 1 2 1 3 0 2 1 19
1981-82 27 PHO NBA 1 0 15 0 2 .000 0 0 1 2 .500 2 5 1 0 2 3 1 1
1984-85 30 BOS NBA 1 0 12 3 7 .429 0 0 2 2 1.000 1 6 3 0 0 1 2 8
Career NBA 5 0 98 20 37 .541 0 0 19 22 .864 7 18 9 5 4 9 10 59

College

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Season Age College G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1975-76 21 PEPPERDINE 27 930 181 378 63 112 156 88 425 .479 .563 34.4 15.7 5.8 3.3
Career 27 930 181 378 63 112 156 88 425 .479 .563 34.4 15.7 5.8 3.3

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

All-Star Games

1979 NBA
1980 NBA
1981 NBA
1982 NBA
1985 NBA

Awards

1978-79 NBA Finals MVP

Honors

1978-79 NBA All-Defensive (1st)
1979-80 NBA All-Defensive (1st)
1979-80 NBA All-NBA (2nd)
1980-81 NBA All-Defensive (1st)
1980-81 NBA All-NBA (1st)
1981-82 NBA All-Defensive (1st)
1982-83 NBA All-Defensive (1st)
1983-84 NBA All-Defensive (2nd)
1984-85 NBA All-Defensive (2nd)
1985-86 NBA All-Defensive (2nd)
1986-87 NBA All-Defensive (1st)

MVP Award Shares

1979-80 NBA 0.009 (5)
1980-81 NBA 0.072 (8)
1981-82 NBA 0.001 (21)
1985-86 NBA 0.001 (18)
Career 0.084 (84)

Games

Career NBA 1100 (47)
Career 1100 (52)

Minutes Played

Career NBA 35954 (42)
Career 35954 (46)

Field Goal Attempts

Career NBA 13100 (91)
Career 13100 (99)

Free Throws

Career NBA 3791 (67)
Career 3791 (70)

Free Throw Attempts

Career NBA 4754 (76)
Career 4754 (81)

Free Throw Pct

1983-84 NBA .852 (10)

Assists

Career NBA 5499 (37)
Career 5499 (37)

Steals

Career NBA 1477 (34)
Career 1477 (35)

Turnovers

Career NBA 2448 (48)
Career 2448 (54)

Personal Fouls

Career NBA 3087 (52)
Career 3087 (62)

Points

Career NBA 15535 (98)

Assists Per Game

1987-88 NBA 7.8 (10)
Career NBA 5.0 (89)
Career 5.0 (90)

Steals Per Game

Career NBA 1.3 (48)
Career 1.3 (52)

Steal Pct

Career NBA 1.9 (52)
Career 1.9 (56)

Defensive Win Shares

1979-80 NBA 4.4 (10)
Career NBA 42.7 (63)
Career 42.7 (68)

Hall of Fame Probability

Career 0.498 (98)

Transactions

June 8, 1976: Drafted by the Seattle Supersonics in the 2nd round (29th pick) of the 1976 NBA Draft.

June 4, 1980: Traded by the Seattle Supersonics to the Phoenix Suns for Paul Westphal.

June 27, 1983: Traded by the Phoenix Suns with a 1983 1st round draft pick (Greg Kite) and a 1983 3rd round draft pick (Winfred King) to the Boston Celtics for Rick Robey, a 1983 2nd round draft pick (Rod Foster) and a 1983 2nd round draft pick (Paul Williams).

Salaries

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Season Team Lg Salary
1978-79 Seattle Supersonics NBA $450,000
1979-80 Seattle Supersonics NBA $450,000
1980-81 Phoenix Suns NBA $450,000
1981-82 Phoenix Suns NBA *$438,750
1982-83 Phoenix Suns NBA *$427,500
1983-84 Boston Celtics NBA *$416,250
1984-85 Boston Celtics NBA $405,000
1985-86 Boston Celtics NBA $782,500
1986-87 Boston Celtics NBA *$807,500
1987-88 Boston Celtics NBA $832,500
1988-89 Boston Celtics NBA $835,500
Career (may be incomplete) $6,295,500
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*).

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