George Johnson

George Lee Johnson

Position: Forward-Center ▪ Shoots: Right
Height: 6-7 ▪ Weight: 210 lbs.
Born: December 8, 1956 in Brooklyn, New York
High School: New Utrecht in Brooklyn, New York
College: St. John's University
Draft: Milwaukee Bucks, 1st round (12th pick, 12th overall), 1978 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: October 24, 1978

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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
1978-79	22	MIL	NBA	PF	67		1157	165	342	.482				84	117	.718	106	254	360	81	75	49	100	187	414
1979-80	23	DEN	NBA	PF	75		1938	309	649	.476	2	9	.222	148	189	.783	190	394	584	157	84	67	148	260	768
1980-81	24	IND	NBA	PF	43		930	182	394	.462	0	5	.000	93	122	.762	99	179	278	86	47	23	85	120	457
1981-82	25	IND	NBA	PF	59	4	720	120	291	.412	0	2	.000	60	80	.750	72	145	217	40	36	25	68	147	300
1982-83	26	IND	NBA	SF	82	64	2297	409	858	.477	7	38	.184	126	172	.733	176	369	545	220	77	53	242	279	951
1983-84	27	IND	NBA	SF	81	20	2073	411	884	.465	11	47	.234	223	270	.826	139	321	460	195	82	49	186	256	1056
1984-85	28	PHI	NBA	SF	55	3	756	107	263	.407	1	10	.100	49	56	.875	48	116	164	38	31	16	49	99	264
1985-86	29	WSB	NBA	PF	2	0	7	1	3	.333	0	0		2	2	1.000	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	4
Career			NBA		464	91	9878	1704	3684	.463	21	111	.189	785	1008	.779	831	1779	2610	817	432	282	879	1349	4214

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
1978-79	22	MIL	NBA	PF	67		17.3	2.5	5.1	.482				1.3	1.7	.718	1.6	3.8	5.4	1.2	1.1	0.7	1.5	2.8	6.2
1979-80	23	DEN	NBA	PF	75		25.8	4.1	8.7	.476	0.0	0.1	.222	2.0	2.5	.783	2.5	5.3	7.8	2.1	1.1	0.9	2.0	3.5	10.2
1980-81	24	IND	NBA	PF	43		21.6	4.2	9.2	.462	0.0	0.1	.000	2.2	2.8	.762	2.3	4.2	6.5	2.0	1.1	0.5	2.0	2.8	10.6
1981-82	25	IND	NBA	PF	59	4	12.2	2.0	4.9	.412	0.0	0.0	.000	1.0	1.4	.750	1.2	2.5	3.7	0.7	0.6	0.4	1.2	2.5	5.1
1982-83	26	IND	NBA	SF	82	64	28.0	5.0	10.5	.477	0.1	0.5	.184	1.5	2.1	.733	2.1	4.5	6.6	2.7	0.9	0.6	3.0	3.4	11.6
1983-84	27	IND	NBA	SF	81	20	25.6	5.1	10.9	.465	0.1	0.6	.234	2.8	3.3	.826	1.7	4.0	5.7	2.4	1.0	0.6	2.3	3.2	13.0
1984-85	28	PHI	NBA	SF	55	3	13.7	1.9	4.8	.407	0.0	0.2	.100	0.9	1.0	.875	0.9	2.1	3.0	0.7	0.6	0.3	0.9	1.8	4.8
1985-86	29	WSB	NBA	PF	2	0	3.5	0.5	1.5	.333	0.0	0.0		1.0	1.0	1.000	0.5	0.5	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	2.0
Career			NBA		464	91	21.3	3.7	7.9	.463	0.1	0.3	.189	1.7	2.2	.779	1.8	3.8	5.6	1.8	0.9	0.6	1.9	2.9	9.1

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
1978-79	22	MIL	NBA	PF	67		1157	5.1	10.6	.482				2.6	3.6	.718	3.3	7.9	11.2	2.5	2.3	1.5	3.1	5.8	12.9
1979-80	23	DEN	NBA	PF	75		1938	5.7	12.1	.476	0.0	0.2	.222	2.7	3.5	.783	3.5	7.3	10.8	2.9	1.6	1.2	2.7	4.8	14.3
1980-81	24	IND	NBA	PF	43		930	7.0	15.3	.462	0.0	0.2	.000	3.6	4.7	.762	3.8	6.9	10.8	3.3	1.8	0.9	3.3	4.6	17.7
1981-82	25	IND	NBA	PF	59	4	720	6.0	14.5	.412	0.0	0.1	.000	3.0	4.0	.750	3.6	7.2	10.8	2.0	1.8	1.2	3.4	7.3	15.0
1982-83	26	IND	NBA	SF	82	64	2297	6.4	13.4	.477	0.1	0.6	.184	2.0	2.7	.733	2.8	5.8	8.5	3.4	1.2	0.8	3.8	4.4	14.9
1983-84	27	IND	NBA	SF	81	20	2073	7.1	15.4	.465	0.2	0.8	.234	3.9	4.7	.826	2.4	5.6	8.0	3.4	1.4	0.9	3.2	4.4	18.3
1984-85	28	PHI	NBA	SF	55	3	756	5.1	12.5	.407	0.0	0.5	.100	2.3	2.7	.875	2.3	5.5	7.8	1.8	1.5	0.8	2.3	4.7	12.6
1985-86	29	WSB	NBA	PF	2	0	7	5.1	15.4	.333	0.0	0.0		10.3	10.3	1.000	5.1	5.1	10.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.1	5.1	20.6
Career			NBA		464	91	9878	6.2	13.4	.463	0.1	0.5	.189	2.9	3.7	.779	3.0	6.5	9.5	3.0	1.6	1.0	3.2	4.9	15.4

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
1978-79	22	MIL	NBA	PF	67	1157	14.0	.526	.482	10.1	24.3	17.2	8.3	2.9	2.2	20.3	16.6	99	98	0.4	2.0	2.5	.102
1979-80	23	DEN	NBA	PF	75	1938	15.0	.524	.478	10.0	21.7	15.7	11.4	2.0	1.9	16.8	17.8	104	104	1.5	2.3	3.8	.095
1980-81	24	IND	NBA	PF	43	930	17.4	.510	.462	11.3	21.6	16.3	13.4	2.4	1.4	16.0	22.9	103	101	0.7	1.4	2.2	.112
1981-82	25	IND	NBA	PF	59	720	12.3	.460	.412	10.6	22.3	16.3	8.2	2.4	2.0	17.3	22.8	91	100	-0.8	1.4	0.6	.040
1982-83	26	IND	NBA	SF	82	2297	12.7	.509	.481	7.9	18.2	12.8	12.7	1.5	1.3	20.6	20.1	95	108	-0.4	1.4	1.0	.021
1983-84	27	IND	NBA	SF	81	2073	15.3	.527	.471	7.4	17.1	12.3	14.0	1.9	1.3	15.6	23.7	101	105	0.5	2.7	3.2	.075
1984-85	28	PHI	NBA	SF	55	756	9.9	.459	.409	7.2	17.1	12.2	6.9	2.0	1.2	14.6	17.9	97	106	-0.2	0.9	0.7	.047
1985-86	29	WSB	NBA	PF	2	7	11.5	.515	.333	15.5	15.4	15.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	20.5	29.1	97	109	0.0	0.0	0.0	.025
Career			NBA		464	9878	14.0	.510	.465	8.9	19.9	14.3	11.5	2.0	1.6	17.6	20.3	99	104	1.9	12.2	14.1	.068

Playoffs Totals

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	TOV	PF	PTS
1980-81	24	IND	NBA	PF	2		23	5	8	.625	0	0		1	3	4	1	2	1	10
1984-85	28	PHI	NBA	SF	5	0	24	5	8	.625	1	1	1.000	3	4	7	0	1	2	11
Career			NBA		7	0	47	10	16	.625	1	1	1.000	4	7	11	1	3	3	21

Playoffs Per Game

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	TOV	PF	PTS
1980-81	24	IND	NBA	PF	2		11.5	2.5	4.0	.625	0.0	0.0		0.5	1.5	2.0	0.5	1.0	0.5	5.0
1984-85	28	PHI	NBA	SF	5	0	4.8	1.0	1.6	.625	0.2	0.2	1.000	0.6	0.8	1.4	0.0	0.2	0.4	2.2
Career			NBA		7	0	6.7	1.4	2.3	.625	0.1	0.1	1.000	0.6	1.0	1.6	0.1	0.4	0.4	3.0

Playoffs Per 36 Minutes

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	TOV	PF	PTS
1980-81	24	IND	NBA	PF	2		23	7.8	12.5	.625	0.0	0.0		1.6	4.7	6.3	1.6	3.1	1.6	15.7
1984-85	28	PHI	NBA	SF	5	0	24	7.5	12.0	.625	1.5	1.5	1.000	4.5	6.0	10.5	0.0	1.5	3.0	16.5
Career			NBA		7	0	47	7.7	12.3	.625	0.8	0.8	1.000	3.1	5.4	8.4	0.8	2.3	2.3	16.1

Playoffs Advanced

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	MP	PER	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	TOV%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg	OWS	WS	WS/48
1980-81	24	IND	NBA	PF	2	23	12.1	.625	.625	3.9	15.7	9.0	7.7	20.0	17.0	100	111	0.0	0.0	.034
1984-85	28	PHI	NBA	SF	5	24	16.8	.688	.688	14.2	18.5	16.3	0.0	11.1	15.4	131	109	0.1	0.1	.176
Career			NBA		7	47	14.5	.656	.656	9.2	17.1	12.7	3.8	15.8	16.2	115	110	0.1	0.1	.107

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2012-13)

Thru 8 Years		Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player	Sim	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
George Johnson		3.8	3.2	2.5	2.2	1.0	0.7	0.6	0.0
Duane Ferrell	89.8	3.5	3.2	2.8	1.9	1.2	1.0	0.4	-0.1
Danny Vranes	89.5	4.2	3.4	2.4	2.1	1.8	0.8	0.6
Toby Kimball	88.8	3.4	3.2	2.5	2.0	1.2	1.2	0.4	0.2
Luke Walton	86.7	3.8	3.2	2.0	2.0	1.6	0.5	0.3	-0.2
Scott Williams	85.4	3.9	3.1	2.6	2.3	1.7	1.7	0.9	0.3
Mike Sanders	85.4	3.9	3.1	2.7	1.2	1.0	0.8	0.8	0.6
Jason Caffey	84.6	3.9	3.5	2.7	1.6	0.6	0.5	0.4	0.3
Lawrence Funderburke	84.5	3.7	3.1	2.1	1.9	1.6	0.5	0.1
Brian Skinner	84.2	4.1	2.7	1.9	1.9	1.1	0.9	0.3	0.1
Nick Weatherspoon	83.9	3.7	3.6	2.6	2.4	2.1	0.6	0.1

Career		Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player	Sim	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
George Johnson		3.8	3.2	2.5	2.2	1.0	0.7	0.6	0.0
Danny Vranes	89.5	4.2	3.4	2.4	2.1	1.8	0.8	0.6
Toby Kimball	88.7	3.4	3.2	2.5	2.0	1.2	1.2	0.4	0.2	0.0
Walter McCarty	87.8	4.1	2.9	2.9	1.8	1.1	0.7	0.5	0.0	0.0	-0.2
Luke Walton	86.4	3.8	3.2	2.0	2.0	1.6	0.8	0.5	0.3	-0.2	-0.4
Jason Caffey	84.6	3.9	3.5	2.7	1.6	0.6	0.5	0.4	0.3
Lawrence Funderburke	84.5	3.7	3.1	2.1	1.9	1.6	0.5	0.1
Nick Weatherspoon	83.9	3.7	3.6	2.6	2.4	2.1	0.6	0.1
Don Ford	83.8	3.5	2.8	2.5	2.0	1.5	0.6	-0.1
Marreese Speights	82.6	3.8	2.8	2.7	2.1	1.7
Don Reid	82.4	2.9	2.8	2.7	2.3	1.1	1.0	0.9	-0.1

College

Light text indicates college freshman or JV participant

			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
1974-75	18	STJOHNS	30		139	263			35	53		290						313	.529		.660		10.4	9.7
1975-76	19	STJOHNS	28		164	348			57	76		301						385	.471		.750		13.8	10.8
1976-77	20	STJOHNS	31		228	451			84	114		335						540	.506		.737		17.4	10.8
1977-78	21	STJOHNS	27		213	425			99	128		324						525	.501		.773		19.4	12.0
Career			116		744	1487			275	371		1250						1763	.500		.741		15.2	10.8

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Games 1982-83 NBA 82 (2)	Hall of Fame Probability Career 0.000 (684)

Games

1982-83 NBA 82 (2)

Hall of Fame Probability

Career 0.000 (684)

Transactions

January 13, 1977: Traded by the Cleveland Cavaliers (as a 1978 1st round draft pick) with Rowland Garrett and a 1977 1st round draft pick (Ernie Grunfeld) to the Milwaukee Bucks for Gary Brokaw and Elmore Smith.

June 9, 1978: Drafted by the Milwaukee Bucks in the 1st round (12th pick) of the 1978 NBA Draft.

October 19, 1979: Sold by the Milwaukee Bucks to the Denver Nuggets.

May 16, 1980: Sold by the Denver Nuggets to the Milwaukee Bucks.

September 11, 1980: Traded by the Milwaukee Bucks with a 1982 2nd round draft pick (Jose Slaughter) to the Indiana Pacers for Mickey Johnson.

December 15, 1984: Signed as a veteran free agent with the Philadelphia 76ers; the Indiana Pacers received a 1989 2nd round draft pick (Reggie Cross) as compensation.

October 22, 1985: Waived by the Philadelphia 76ers.

November 14, 1985: Signed as a free agent with the Washington Bullets.

November 25, 1985: Waived by the Washington Bullets.

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