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Eddie Johnson

Edward Johnson Jr. (Eddie, Fast Eddie)

Position: Guard ▪ Shoots: Right
Height: 6-2 ▪ Weight: 180 lbs.
Born: February 24, 1955 in Ocala, Florida
High School: Lake Weir in Summerfield, Florida
College: Auburn University
Draft: Atlanta Hawks, 3rd round (5th pick, 49th overall), 1977 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: October 22, 1977
Relatives: Brother of Frank Johnson

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Totals

Season Age Tm Lg Pos G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1977-78 22 ATL NBA SG 79 1875 332 686 .484 164 201 .816 51 102 153 235 100 4 168 232 828
1978-79 23 ATL NBA SG 78 2413 501 982 .510 243 292 .832 65 105 170 360 121 11 213 241 1245
1979-80 24 ATL NBA SG 79 2622 590 1212 .487 5 13 .385 280 338 .828 95 105 200 370 120 24 189 216 1465
1980-81 25 ATL NBA SG 75 2693 573 1136 .504 6 20 .300 279 356 .784 60 119 179 407 126 11 197 188 1431
1981-82 26 ATL NBA SG 68 57 2314 455 1011 .450 7 30 .233 294 385 .764 63 128 191 358 102 16 186 188 1211
1982-83 27 ATL NBA SG 61 57 1813 389 858 .453 14 41 .341 186 237 .785 26 98 124 318 61 6 156 138 978
1983-84 28 ATL NBA SG 67 43 1893 353 798 .442 16 43 .372 164 213 .770 31 115 146 374 58 7 173 155 886
1984-85 29 ATL NBA SG 73 66 2367 453 946 .479 22 72 .306 265 332 .798 38 154 192 566 43 7 244 184 1193
1985-86 30 TOT NBA SG 71 9 1477 284 621 .457 29 85 .341 112 155 .723 30 91 121 333 18 2 150 128 709
1985-86 30 ATL NBA SG 39 5 862 155 328 .473 5 20 .250 79 110 .718 17 58 75 219 10 1 90 72 394
1985-86 30 CLE NBA SG 32 4 615 129 293 .440 24 65 .369 33 45 .733 13 33 46 114 8 1 60 56 315
1986-87 31 SEA NBA SG 24 0 508 85 186 .457 5 15 .333 42 55 .764 11 35 46 115 12 1 41 36 217
Career NBA 675 232 19975 4015 8436 .476 104 319 .326 2029 2564 .791 470 1052 1522 3436 761 89 1717 1706 10163

Per Game

Season Age Tm Lg Pos G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1977-78 22 ATL NBA SG 79 23.7 4.2 8.7 .484 2.1 2.5 .816 0.6 1.3 1.9 3.0 1.3 0.1 2.1 2.9 10.5
1978-79 23 ATL NBA SG 78 30.9 6.4 12.6 .510 3.1 3.7 .832 0.8 1.3 2.2 4.6 1.6 0.1 2.7 3.1 16.0
1979-80 24 ATL NBA SG 79 33.2 7.5 15.3 .487 0.1 0.2 .385 3.5 4.3 .828 1.2 1.3 2.5 4.7 1.5 0.3 2.4 2.7 18.5
1980-81 25 ATL NBA SG 75 35.9 7.6 15.1 .504 0.1 0.3 .300 3.7 4.7 .784 0.8 1.6 2.4 5.4 1.7 0.1 2.6 2.5 19.1
1981-82 26 ATL NBA SG 68 57 34.0 6.7 14.9 .450 0.1 0.4 .233 4.3 5.7 .764 0.9 1.9 2.8 5.3 1.5 0.2 2.7 2.8 17.8
1982-83 27 ATL NBA SG 61 57 29.7 6.4 14.1 .453 0.2 0.7 .341 3.0 3.9 .785 0.4 1.6 2.0 5.2 1.0 0.1 2.6 2.3 16.0
1983-84 28 ATL NBA SG 67 43 28.3 5.3 11.9 .442 0.2 0.6 .372 2.4 3.2 .770 0.5 1.7 2.2 5.6 0.9 0.1 2.6 2.3 13.2
1984-85 29 ATL NBA SG 73 66 32.4 6.2 13.0 .479 0.3 1.0 .306 3.6 4.5 .798 0.5 2.1 2.6 7.8 0.6 0.1 3.3 2.5 16.3
1985-86 30 TOT NBA SG 71 9 20.8 4.0 8.7 .457 0.4 1.2 .341 1.6 2.2 .723 0.4 1.3 1.7 4.7 0.3 0.0 2.1 1.8 10.0
1985-86 30 ATL NBA SG 39 5 22.1 4.0 8.4 .473 0.1 0.5 .250 2.0 2.8 .718 0.4 1.5 1.9 5.6 0.3 0.0 2.3 1.8 10.1
1985-86 30 CLE NBA SG 32 4 19.2 4.0 9.2 .440 0.8 2.0 .369 1.0 1.4 .733 0.4 1.0 1.4 3.6 0.3 0.0 1.9 1.8 9.8
1986-87 31 SEA NBA SG 24 0 21.2 3.5 7.8 .457 0.2 0.6 .333 1.8 2.3 .764 0.5 1.5 1.9 4.8 0.5 0.0 1.7 1.5 9.0
Career NBA 675 232 29.6 5.9 12.5 .476 0.2 0.6 .326 3.0 3.8 .791 0.7 1.6 2.3 5.1 1.1 0.1 2.5 2.5 15.1

Per 36 Minutes

Season Age Tm Lg Pos G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1977-78 22 ATL NBA SG 79 1875 6.4 13.2 .484 3.1 3.9 .816 1.0 2.0 2.9 4.5 1.9 0.1 3.2 4.5 15.9
1978-79 23 ATL NBA SG 78 2413 7.5 14.7 .510 3.6 4.4 .832 1.0 1.6 2.5 5.4 1.8 0.2 3.2 3.6 18.6
1979-80 24 ATL NBA SG 79 2622 8.1 16.6 .487 0.1 0.2 .385 3.8 4.6 .828 1.3 1.4 2.7 5.1 1.6 0.3 2.6 3.0 20.1
1980-81 25 ATL NBA SG 75 2693 7.7 15.2 .504 0.1 0.3 .300 3.7 4.8 .784 0.8 1.6 2.4 5.4 1.7 0.1 2.6 2.5 19.1
1981-82 26 ATL NBA SG 68 57 2314 7.1 15.7 .450 0.1 0.5 .233 4.6 6.0 .764 1.0 2.0 3.0 5.6 1.6 0.2 2.9 2.9 18.8
1982-83 27 ATL NBA SG 61 57 1813 7.7 17.0 .453 0.3 0.8 .341 3.7 4.7 .785 0.5 1.9 2.5 6.3 1.2 0.1 3.1 2.7 19.4
1983-84 28 ATL NBA SG 67 43 1893 6.7 15.2 .442 0.3 0.8 .372 3.1 4.1 .770 0.6 2.2 2.8 7.1 1.1 0.1 3.3 2.9 16.8
1984-85 29 ATL NBA SG 73 66 2367 6.9 14.4 .479 0.3 1.1 .306 4.0 5.0 .798 0.6 2.3 2.9 8.6 0.7 0.1 3.7 2.8 18.1
1985-86 30 TOT NBA SG 71 9 1477 6.9 15.1 .457 0.7 2.1 .341 2.7 3.8 .723 0.7 2.2 2.9 8.1 0.4 0.0 3.7 3.1 17.3
1985-86 30 ATL NBA SG 39 5 862 6.5 13.7 .473 0.2 0.8 .250 3.3 4.6 .718 0.7 2.4 3.1 9.1 0.4 0.0 3.8 3.0 16.5
1985-86 30 CLE NBA SG 32 4 615 7.6 17.2 .440 1.4 3.8 .369 1.9 2.6 .733 0.8 1.9 2.7 6.7 0.5 0.1 3.5 3.3 18.4
1986-87 31 SEA NBA SG 24 0 508 6.0 13.2 .457 0.4 1.1 .333 3.0 3.9 .764 0.8 2.5 3.3 8.1 0.9 0.1 2.9 2.6 15.4
Career NBA 675 232 19975 7.2 15.2 .476 0.2 0.7 .326 3.7 4.6 .791 0.8 1.9 2.7 6.2 1.4 0.2 3.1 3.1 18.3

Advanced

Season Age Tm Lg Pos G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1977-78 22 ATL NBA SG 79 1875 13.6 .535 .484 2.9 6.1 4.4 18.9 2.5 0.1 17.8 20.2 100 102 1.8 1.8 3.5 .091
1978-79 23 ATL NBA SG 78 2413 16.7 .561 .510 2.8 4.9 3.8 22.1 2.3 0.3 16.1 21.7 109 106 4.4 1.9 6.3 .126
1979-80 24 ATL NBA SG 79 2622 18.0 .538 .489 3.9 4.3 4.1 23.5 2.2 0.5 12.2 24.1 111 105 5.4 2.7 8.2 .150
1980-81 25 ATL NBA SG 75 2693 17.9 .554 .507 2.5 5.1 3.8 24.7 2.3 0.2 13.2 22.9 111 109 5.3 1.5 6.9 .122
1981-82 26 ATL NBA SG 68 2314 16.5 .513 .454 3.1 6.3 4.7 25.3 2.2 0.4 13.6 25.6 104 106 2.2 2.6 4.8 .100
1982-83 27 ATL NBA SG 61 1813 16.0 .508 .462 1.5 5.7 3.6 27.7 1.6 0.2 13.9 25.7 102 106 1.6 1.5 3.0 .081
1983-84 28 ATL NBA SG 67 1893 14.2 .497 .452 1.8 7.0 4.4 31.5 1.5 0.2 16.2 24.3 100 110 0.3 1.4 1.7 .044
1984-85 29 ATL NBA SG 73 2367 15.8 .546 .490 1.8 7.0 4.4 35.4 0.9 0.2 18.3 23.3 107 112 2.8 1.4 4.2 .084
1985-86 30 TOT NBA SG 71 1477 13.5 .514 .481 2.2 6.8 4.5 33.0 0.6 0.1 17.9 23.2 102 112 0.8 0.7 1.5 .049
1985-86 30 ATL NBA SG 39 862 14.3 .523 .480 2.2 7.4 4.8 36.8 0.6 0.1 19.3 22.1 105 111 0.8 0.5 1.3 .071
1985-86 30 CLE NBA SG 32 615 12.4 .504 .481 2.3 5.9 4.1 27.7 0.6 0.1 16.1 24.8 99 113 0.1 0.2 0.2 .018
1986-87 31 SEA NBA SG 24 508 13.9 .516 .470 2.4 7.5 4.9 30.7 1.1 0.1 16.3 19.5 110 114 0.6 0.2 0.8 .075
Career NBA 675 19975 16.0 .531 .482 2.6 5.9 4.2 26.7 1.8 0.3 15.2 23.3 106 108 25.3 15.7 41.0 .098

Playoffs Totals

Season Age Tm Lg Pos G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1977-78 22 ATL NBA SG 2 64 12 19 .632 7 8 .875 2 4 6 6 8 1 5 10 31
1978-79 23 ATL NBA SG 9 262 65 128 .508 18 25 .720 8 15 23 45 4 2 19 22 148
1979-80 24 ATL NBA SG 5 188 38 74 .514 0 0 21 28 .750 3 15 18 21 8 2 11 12 97
1981-82 26 ATL NBA SG 2 67 9 26 .346 0 0 4 4 1.000 0 6 6 9 0 1 7 8 22
1983-84 28 ATL NBA SG 5 123 19 54 .352 1 6 .167 15 22 .682 2 7 9 24 6 0 7 11 54
1986-87 31 SEA NBA SG 14 0 181 31 58 .534 2 5 .400 26 30 .867 5 9 14 45 5 0 9 16 90
Career NBA 37 0 885 174 359 .485 3 11 .273 91 117 .778 20 56 76 150 31 6 58 79 442

Playoffs Per Game

Season Age Tm Lg Pos G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1977-78 22 ATL NBA SG 2 32.0 6.0 9.5 .632 3.5 4.0 .875 1.0 2.0 3.0 3.0 4.0 0.5 2.5 5.0 15.5
1978-79 23 ATL NBA SG 9 29.1 7.2 14.2 .508 2.0 2.8 .720 0.9 1.7 2.6 5.0 0.4 0.2 2.1 2.4 16.4
1979-80 24 ATL NBA SG 5 37.6 7.6 14.8 .514 0.0 0.0 4.2 5.6 .750 0.6 3.0 3.6 4.2 1.6 0.4 2.2 2.4 19.4
1981-82 26 ATL NBA SG 2 33.5 4.5 13.0 .346 0.0 0.0 2.0 2.0 1.000 0.0 3.0 3.0 4.5 0.0 0.5 3.5 4.0 11.0
1983-84 28 ATL NBA SG 5 24.6 3.8 10.8 .352 0.2 1.2 .167 3.0 4.4 .682 0.4 1.4 1.8 4.8 1.2 0.0 1.4 2.2 10.8
1986-87 31 SEA NBA SG 14 0 12.9 2.2 4.1 .534 0.1 0.4 .400 1.9 2.1 .867 0.4 0.6 1.0 3.2 0.4 0.0 0.6 1.1 6.4
Career NBA 37 0 23.9 4.7 9.7 .485 0.1 0.4 .273 2.5 3.2 .778 0.5 1.5 2.1 4.1 0.8 0.2 1.6 2.1 11.9

Playoffs Per 36 Minutes

Season Age Tm Lg Pos G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1977-78 22 ATL NBA SG 2 64 6.8 10.7 .632 3.9 4.5 .875 1.1 2.3 3.4 3.4 4.5 0.6 2.8 5.6 17.4
1978-79 23 ATL NBA SG 9 262 8.9 17.6 .508 2.5 3.4 .720 1.1 2.1 3.2 6.2 0.5 0.3 2.6 3.0 20.3
1979-80 24 ATL NBA SG 5 188 7.3 14.2 .514 0.0 0.0 4.0 5.4 .750 0.6 2.9 3.4 4.0 1.5 0.4 2.1 2.3 18.6
1981-82 26 ATL NBA SG 2 67 4.8 14.0 .346 0.0 0.0 2.1 2.1 1.000 0.0 3.2 3.2 4.8 0.0 0.5 3.8 4.3 11.8
1983-84 28 ATL NBA SG 5 123 5.6 15.8 .352 0.3 1.8 .167 4.4 6.4 .682 0.6 2.0 2.6 7.0 1.8 0.0 2.0 3.2 15.8
1986-87 31 SEA NBA SG 14 0 181 6.2 11.5 .534 0.4 1.0 .400 5.2 6.0 .867 1.0 1.8 2.8 9.0 1.0 0.0 1.8 3.2 17.9
Career NBA 37 0 885 7.1 14.6 .485 0.2 0.7 .273 3.7 4.8 .778 0.8 2.3 3.1 6.1 1.3 0.2 2.4 3.2 18.0

Playoffs Advanced

Season Age Tm Lg Pos G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1977-78 22 ATL NBA SG 2 64 23.7 .688 .632 3.4 7.4 5.3 15.0 6.2 1.0 18.2 18.7 121 96 0.2 0.1 0.3 .243
1978-79 23 ATL NBA SG 9 262 19.3 .532 .508 3.3 5.4 4.4 28.9 0.8 0.4 12.0 25.4 110 110 0.7 0.0 0.7 .127
1979-80 24 ATL NBA SG 5 188 18.8 .562 .514 1.7 9.4 5.3 20.1 2.1 0.7 11.3 22.2 113 108 0.4 0.1 0.5 .131
1981-82 26 ATL NBA SG 2 67 5.1 .396 .346 0.0 13.1 5.9 27.4 0.0 1.0 20.1 24.3 77 115 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 -0.141
1983-84 28 ATL NBA SG 5 123 13.2 .424 .361 1.8 7.6 4.4 35.2 2.5 0.0 9.9 24.9 96 111 -0.1 0.1 0.0 .009
1986-87 31 SEA NBA SG 14 181 19.9 .632 .552 2.8 6.1 4.3 35.1 1.4 0.0 11.2 18.0 135 116 0.6 0.1 0.7 .197
Career NBA 37 885 17.7 .538 .489 2.4 7.4 4.8 28.1 1.8 0.4 12.4 22.6 111 110 1.6 0.5 2.1 .114

All-Star Games

Season Age Tm Lg Pos G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1979-80 24 ATL NBA SG 1 1 32:00 11 16 .688 0 0 0 0 1 1 7 6 0 2 2 22
1980-81 25 ATL NBA SG 1 1 28:00 7 12 .583 0 0 2 3 .667 1 2 2 1 0 3 1 16
Career NBA 2 2 60 18 28 .643 0 0 2 3 .667 2 3 9 7 0 5 3 38

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2012-13)
Thru 10 Years Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Eddie Johnson 8.2 6.9 6.3 4.8 4.2 3.5 3.0 1.7 1.5 0.8
Lucius Allen 90.1 8.2 7.6 7.6 4.9 3.9 3.6 2.2 2.1 1.9 0.1
Kendall Gill 89.6 8.8 6.7 5.9 4.7 4.6 3.7 3.2 2.9 2.6 1.8
Vinny Del Negro 89.3 8.3 6.8 5.7 3.7 3.5 3.1 2.5 2.2 1.6 1.5
Steve Kerr 89.0 8.3 7.5 6.1 5.9 3.8 3.2 2.4 1.3 0.6 0.4
Phil Smith 88.9 9.4 7.0 6.3 5.2 4.8 2.9 2.2 1.7 1.6
Eric Snow 88.5 8.4 6.1 5.5 5.5 3.8 3.8 1.9 1.9 1.3 0.5
Slater Martin 88.3 8.2 6.3 6.2 6.1 4.7 4.2 3.5 2.4 2.4 1.4
Jay Humphries 88.3 8.6 7.6 5.8 4.9 4.8 4.5 3.5 2.0 1.9 1.8
Jerry Stackhouse 88.3 9.2 7.3 6.5 5.8 4.7 3.5 2.1 1.9 1.2 0.2
Latrell Sprewell 88.1 8.1 8.0 6.6 5.5 5.1 4.0 3.0 2.8 2.0 0.4
Career Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Eddie Johnson 8.2 6.9 6.3 4.8 4.2 3.5 3.0 1.7 1.5 0.8
Lucius Allen 90.1 8.2 7.6 7.6 4.9 3.9 3.6 2.2 2.1 1.9 0.1
Phil Smith 88.9 9.4 7.0 6.3 5.2 4.8 2.9 2.2 1.7 1.6
Devin Harris 87.8 7.5 6.5 5.6 4.2 4.2 3.7 3.3 2.7 2.7
Jay Humphries 87.7 8.6 7.6 5.8 4.9 4.8 4.5 3.5 2.0 1.9 1.8 -0.4
Vinny Del Negro 87.0 8.3 6.8 5.7 3.7 3.5 3.1 2.5 2.2 1.6 1.6 1.5 0.0
Michael Adams 86.9 8.3 7.5 6.9 6.3 5.3 4.6 3.1 2.7 1.6 0.8 -0.1
Steve Jones 86.6 8.2 7.1 5.6 5.4 4.4 2.7 1.6 1.1 0.8
Rickey Green 86.3 7.9 6.7 6.6 5.7 5.6 5.2 3.3 1.8 1.8 1.2 0.7 0.5 0.3 -0.1
Eric Snow 86.2 8.4 6.1 5.5 5.5 3.8 3.8 2.8 2.1 1.9 1.9 1.3 0.5 -0.1
B.J. Armstrong 85.8 8.1 7.5 7.5 7.0 4.6 4.1 2.2 1.7 1.3 0.7 0.4

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
1973-74 18 AUBURN 26 567 21.8
1974-75 19 AUBURN 24 502 20.9
1975-76 20 AUBURN 26 513 19.7
1976-77 21 AUBURN 26 406 15.6
Career 102 1988 19.5

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

All-Star Games
1980 NBA
1981 NBA
Weekly & Monthly Awards

Player of the Week: 1 time (Show/Hide)
Honors
1978-79 NBA All-Defensive (2nd)
1979-80 NBA All-Defensive (2nd)
Assists Per Game
1984-85 NBA 7.8 (8)
Career NBA 5.1 (88)
Career 5.1 (91)
Assist Pct
1984-85 NBA 35.4 (6)
Career NBA 26.7 (80)
Career 26.7 (82)
Hall of Fame Probability
Career 0.015 (272)
NBA Elo Player Rating
275th (overall) as of May 25, 2013, 4:59AM
  

Transactions

October 8, 1973: Traded by the Phoenix Suns (as a 1977 3rd round draft pick) with a 1976 2nd round draft pick (Bob Carrington) to the Atlanta Hawks for Bob Christian.

June 10, 1977: Drafted by the Atlanta Hawks in the 3rd round (49th pick) of the 1977 NBA Draft.

October 28, 1985: Signed as a free agent with the Atlanta Hawks.

February 10, 1986: Traded by the Atlanta Hawks to the Cleveland Cavaliers for Johnny Davis.

March 2, 1987: Signed the first of two 10-day contracts with the Seattle SuperSonics.

March 23, 1987: Signed a contract for the rest of the season with the Seattle SuperSonics

Salaries

Season Team Lg Salary
1985-86 Atlanta Hawks NBA $275,000
Career (may be incomplete) $275,000

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