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Mickey Johnson

Wallace Edgar Johnson (Mickey, Rubber Band Man)

Position: Forward ▪ Height: 6-10 ▪ Weight: 190 lbs.
Born: August 31, 1952 in Chicago, Illinois
High School: Lindblom in Chicago, Illinois
College: Aurora University
Draft: Portland Trail Blazers, 4th round (2nd pick, 56th overall), 1974 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: October 19, 1974
Relatives: Uncle of Linton Johnson

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Fan Ratings

Fine Details ▪ Last Updated Feb 12, 2012, 6:52AM
All-Time Rank: #303. Kelly Tripucka… #304. Darryl Dawkins… #305. Antonio Davis… #305. MICKEY JOHNSON… #307. Bill Bradley… 

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
1974-75 22 CHI NBA 38 291 53 118 .449 37 58 .638 32 62 94 20 10 11 57 143
1975-76 23 CHI NBA 81 2390 478 1033 .463 283 360 .786 279 479 758 130 93 66 292 1239
1976-77 24 CHI NBA 81 2847 538 1205 .446 324 407 .796 297 531 828 195 103 64 315 1400
1977-78 25 CHI NBA 81 2870 561 1215 .462 362 446 .812 218 520 738 267 92 68 270 317 1484
1978-79 26 CHI NBA 82 2594 496 1105 .449 273 329 .830 193 434 627 380 88 59 312 286 1265
1979-80 27 IND NBA 82 2647 588 1271 .463 5 32 .156 385 482 .799 258 423 681 344 153 112 286 291 1566
1980-81 28 MIL NBA 82 2118 379 846 .448 3 18 .167 262 332 .789 183 362 545 286 94 71 230 256 1023
1981-82 29 MIL NBA 76 71 1934 372 757 .491 1 7 .143 233 291 .801 133 321 454 215 72 45 191 240 978
1982-83 30 TOT NBA 78 16 2053 391 921 .425 3 36 .083 312 380 .821 163 331 494 255 82 46 238 288 1097
1982-83 30 MIL NBA 6 0 153 30 66 .455 0 2 .000 7 9 .778 9 16 25 11 1 2 12 22 67
1982-83 30 NJN NBA 42 7 1001 199 496 .401 2 17 .118 164 201 .816 66 158 224 144 56 21 121 135 564
1982-83 30 GSW NBA 30 9 899 162 359 .451 1 17 .059 141 170 .829 88 157 245 100 25 23 105 131 466
1983-84 31 GSW NBA 78 25 2122 359 852 .421 5 29 .172 339 432 .785 198 320 518 219 101 30 216 290 1062
1984-85 32 GSW NBA 66 9 1565 304 714 .426 7 30 .233 260 316 .823 149 247 396 149 70 35 142 221 875
1985-86 33 NJN NBA 79 4 1574 214 507 .422 5 24 .208 183 233 .785 98 234 332 217 67 25 165 248 616
Career NBA 904 125 25005 4733 10544 .449 29 176 .165 3253 4066 .800 2201 4264 6465 2677 1025 632 2050 3101 12748

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
1974-75 22 CHI NBA 38 7.7 1.4 3.1 .449 1.0 1.5 .638 0.8 1.6 2.5 0.5 0.3 0.3 1.5 3.8
1975-76 23 CHI NBA 81 29.5 5.9 12.8 .463 3.5 4.4 .786 3.4 5.9 9.4 1.6 1.1 0.8 3.6 15.3
1976-77 24 CHI NBA 81 35.1 6.6 14.9 .446 4.0 5.0 .796 3.7 6.6 10.2 2.4 1.3 0.8 3.9 17.3
1977-78 25 CHI NBA 81 35.4 6.9 15.0 .462 4.5 5.5 .812 2.7 6.4 9.1 3.3 1.1 0.8 3.3 3.9 18.3
1978-79 26 CHI NBA 82 31.6 6.0 13.5 .449 3.3 4.0 .830 2.4 5.3 7.6 4.6 1.1 0.7 3.8 3.5 15.4
1979-80 27 IND NBA 82 32.3 7.2 15.5 .463 0.1 0.4 .156 4.7 5.9 .799 3.1 5.2 8.3 4.2 1.9 1.4 3.5 3.5 19.1
1980-81 28 MIL NBA 82 25.8 4.6 10.3 .448 0.0 0.2 .167 3.2 4.0 .789 2.2 4.4 6.6 3.5 1.1 0.9 2.8 3.1 12.5
1981-82 29 MIL NBA 76 71 25.4 4.9 10.0 .491 0.0 0.1 .143 3.1 3.8 .801 1.8 4.2 6.0 2.8 0.9 0.6 2.5 3.2 12.9
1982-83 30 TOT NBA 78 16 26.3 5.0 11.8 .425 0.0 0.5 .083 4.0 4.9 .821 2.1 4.2 6.3 3.3 1.1 0.6 3.1 3.7 14.1
1982-83 30 MIL NBA 6 0 25.5 5.0 11.0 .455 0.0 0.3 .000 1.2 1.5 .778 1.5 2.7 4.2 1.8 0.2 0.3 2.0 3.7 11.2
1982-83 30 NJN NBA 42 7 23.8 4.7 11.8 .401 0.0 0.4 .118 3.9 4.8 .816 1.6 3.8 5.3 3.4 1.3 0.5 2.9 3.2 13.4
1982-83 30 GSW NBA 30 9 30.0 5.4 12.0 .451 0.0 0.6 .059 4.7 5.7 .829 2.9 5.2 8.2 3.3 0.8 0.8 3.5 4.4 15.5
1983-84 31 GSW NBA 78 25 27.2 4.6 10.9 .421 0.1 0.4 .172 4.3 5.5 .785 2.5 4.1 6.6 2.8 1.3 0.4 2.8 3.7 13.6
1984-85 32 GSW NBA 66 9 23.7 4.6 10.8 .426 0.1 0.5 .233 3.9 4.8 .823 2.3 3.7 6.0 2.3 1.1 0.5 2.2 3.3 13.3
1985-86 33 NJN NBA 79 4 19.9 2.7 6.4 .422 0.1 0.3 .208 2.3 2.9 .785 1.2 3.0 4.2 2.7 0.8 0.3 2.1 3.1 7.8
Career NBA 904 125 27.7 5.2 11.7 .449 0.1 0.3 .165 3.6 4.5 .800 2.4 4.7 7.2 3.0 1.1 0.7 2.9 3.4 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
1974-75 22 CHI NBA 38 291 6.6 14.6 .449 4.6 7.2 .638 4.0 7.7 11.6 2.5 1.2 1.4 7.1 17.7
1975-76 23 CHI NBA 81 2390 7.2 15.6 .463 4.3 5.4 .786 4.2 7.2 11.4 2.0 1.4 1.0 4.4 18.7
1976-77 24 CHI NBA 81 2847 6.8 15.2 .446 4.1 5.1 .796 3.8 6.7 10.5 2.5 1.3 0.8 4.0 17.7
1977-78 25 CHI NBA 81 2870 7.0 15.2 .462 4.5 5.6 .812 2.7 6.5 9.3 3.3 1.2 0.9 3.4 4.0 18.6
1978-79 26 CHI NBA 82 2594 6.9 15.3 .449 3.8 4.6 .830 2.7 6.0 8.7 5.3 1.2 0.8 4.3 4.0 17.6
1979-80 27 IND NBA 82 2647 8.0 17.3 .463 0.1 0.4 .156 5.2 6.6 .799 3.5 5.8 9.3 4.7 2.1 1.5 3.9 4.0 21.3
1980-81 28 MIL NBA 82 2118 6.4 14.4 .448 0.1 0.3 .167 4.5 5.6 .789 3.1 6.2 9.3 4.9 1.6 1.2 3.9 4.4 17.4
1981-82 29 MIL NBA 76 71 1934 6.9 14.1 .491 0.0 0.1 .143 4.3 5.4 .801 2.5 6.0 8.5 4.0 1.3 0.8 3.6 4.5 18.2
1982-83 30 TOT NBA 78 16 2053 6.9 16.2 .425 0.1 0.6 .083 5.5 6.7 .821 2.9 5.8 8.7 4.5 1.4 0.8 4.2 5.1 19.2
1982-83 30 MIL NBA 6 0 153 7.1 15.5 .455 0.0 0.5 .000 1.6 2.1 .778 2.1 3.8 5.9 2.6 0.2 0.5 2.8 5.2 15.8
1982-83 30 NJN NBA 42 7 1001 7.2 17.8 .401 0.1 0.6 .118 5.9 7.2 .816 2.4 5.7 8.1 5.2 2.0 0.8 4.4 4.9 20.3
1982-83 30 GSW NBA 30 9 899 6.5 14.4 .451 0.0 0.7 .059 5.6 6.8 .829 3.5 6.3 9.8 4.0 1.0 0.9 4.2 5.2 18.7
1983-84 31 GSW NBA 78 25 2122 6.1 14.5 .421 0.1 0.5 .172 5.8 7.3 .785 3.4 5.4 8.8 3.7 1.7 0.5 3.7 4.9 18.0
1984-85 32 GSW NBA 66 9 1565 7.0 16.4 .426 0.2 0.7 .233 6.0 7.3 .823 3.4 5.7 9.1 3.4 1.6 0.8 3.3 5.1 20.1
1985-86 33 NJN NBA 79 4 1574 4.9 11.6 .422 0.1 0.5 .208 4.2 5.3 .785 2.2 5.4 7.6 5.0 1.5 0.6 3.8 5.7 14.1
Career NBA 904 125 25005 6.8 15.2 .449 0.1 0.5 .165 4.7 5.9 .800 3.2 6.1 9.3 3.9 1.5 0.9 3.8 4.5 18.4

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 WS/48
1974-75 22 CHI NBA 38 291 17.6 .498 .449 11.6 22.3 17.0 11.2 1.7 2.1 91 0.1 0.6 0.7 .117
1975-76 23 CHI NBA 81 2390 19.4 .520 .463 11.0 21.7 16.0 9.3 1.9 1.6 95 4.8 3.6 8.3 .167
1976-77 24 CHI NBA 81 2847 17.6 .506 .446 10.7 19.6 15.1 10.8 1.7 1.3 95 3.9 4.5 8.5 .143
1977-78 25 CHI NBA 81 2870 17.4 .526 .462 8.3 19.7 14.0 14.4 1.5 1.3 16.1 23.6 103 101 4.4 2.9 7.2 .121
1978-79 26 CHI NBA 82 2594 15.5 .506 .449 8.2 18.2 13.2 21.3 1.6 1.2 20.0 24.1 98 103 0.8 2.9 3.7 .069
1979-80 27 IND NBA 82 2647 20.3 .528 .465 9.8 17.1 13.3 18.7 2.7 2.3 16.2 25.9 106 103 3.7 3.5 7.3 .132
1980-81 28 MIL NBA 82 2118 16.3 .516 .450 9.8 18.4 14.2 17.7 2.1 1.9 18.8 22.6 103 100 1.6 3.7 5.3 .121
1981-82 29 MIL NBA 76 1934 16.4 .553 .492 8.2 18.3 13.5 15.8 1.8 1.3 17.8 22.9 106 101 2.1 3.4 5.5 .136
1982-83 30 TOT NBA 78 2053 15.8 .504 .426 8.7 18.0 13.3 17.5 1.8 1.3 17.9 25.5 100 102 1.2 2.9 4.1 .095
1982-83 30 MIL NBA 6 153 9.8 .479 .455 6.8 11.0 9.0 10.5 0.3 0.7 14.6 22.2 94 105 0.0 0.1 0.1 .034
1982-83 30 NJN NBA 42 1001 16.1 .483 .403 7.5 17.6 12.7 20.8 2.6 1.2 17.2 27.7 98 97 0.3 2.0 2.3 .111
1982-83 30 GSW NBA 30 899 16.5 .537 .453 10.3 19.6 14.8 15.1 1.3 1.4 19.5 23.5 103 107 0.9 0.7 1.7 .088
1983-84 31 GSW NBA 78 2122 15.3 .510 .424 9.5 17.7 13.3 14.4 2.2 0.8 17.2 23.1 103 107 1.1 2.4 3.5 .079
1984-85 32 GSW NBA 66 1565 17.2 .513 .431 9.8 19.3 14.2 13.9 2.1 1.3 14.3 24.9 106 111 1.6 1.1 2.7 .083
1985-86 33 NJN NBA 79 1574 11.8 .505 .427 6.9 16.7 11.8 18.1 2.0 0.9 21.3 19.6 98 106 -0.1 1.9 1.8 .055
Career NBA 904 25005 16.9 .517 .450 9.3 18.7 13.9 15.5 1.9 1.4 17.6 23.7 102 101 25.3 33.3 58.6 .113

Playoffs

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
1974-75 22 CHI NBA 3 5 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 .333 1.7 0.7 0.0 0.0
1976-77 24 CHI NBA 3 124 34 72 14 16 14 39 7 5 2 13 82 .472 .875 41.3 27.3 13.0 2.3
1980-81 28 MIL NBA 7 170 26 65 0 1 30 35 24 47 13 9 6 21 25 82 .400 .000 .857 24.3 11.7 6.7 1.9
1981-82 29 MIL NBA 6 206 43 75 0 1 33 39 15 32 18 8 4 13 27 119 .573 .000 .846 34.3 19.8 5.3 3.0
1985-86 33 NJN NBA 3 54 5 19 0 2 7 11 2 11 2 2 0 3 7 17 .263 .000 .636 18.0 5.7 3.7 0.7
Career NBA 22 559 109 234 0 4 84 101 55 129 40 24 13 37 74 302 .466 .000 .832 25.4 13.7 5.9 1.8

Playoffs Advanced

Season Age Tm Lg G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1974-75 22 CHI NBA 3 5 2.9 .333 .333 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 11.4 91 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.293
1976-77 24 CHI NBA 3 124 21.0 .519 .472 12.7 26.4 19.0 12.2 1.9 0.9 98 0.1 0.2 0.3 .113
1980-81 28 MIL NBA 7 170 16.0 .510 .400 16.2 16.3 16.2 10.7 2.6 2.1 20.7 24.3 102 105 0.2 0.2 0.3 .089
1981-82 29 MIL NBA 6 206 21.7 .646 .573 8.5 11.7 9.9 14.6 2.0 1.2 12.4 21.6 128 113 0.8 0.0 0.9 .201
1985-86 33 NJN NBA 3 54 4.6 .357 .263 4.1 21.6 12.2 5.1 1.8 0.0 11.2 20.3 80 116 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 -0.095
Career NBA 22 559 18.0 .542 .466 11.3 17.2 14.0 11.8 2.1 1.4 15.9 22.5 112 107 0.9 0.4 1.3 .115

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2010-11)
Thru 12 Years Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Mickey Johnson 8.5 8.3 7.3 7.2 5.5 5.3 4.1 3.7 3.5 2.7 1.8 0.7
Nick Anderson 93.4 8.3 7.7 7.6 7.4 5.3 4.2 3.9 3.6 3.1 2.8 1.8 0.0
Jack Marin 92.5 9.1 8.5 8.3 7.5 6.1 5.4 3.9 3.6 3.1 2.5 1.3
Tom Sanders 92.3 7.6 7.5 7.2 6.8 5.5 5.4 4.3 4.0 3.0 3.0 2.4 0.0
Corey Maggette 91.6 8.6 8.1 7.0 6.9 6.3 5.0 3.9 3.4 3.3 3.3 3.0 2.6
Don Nelson 91.0 8.8 8.3 7.5 7.4 6.1 5.9 5.8 5.4 3.3 2.3 2.1 0.4
Hedo Turkoglu 91.0 9.0 7.6 7.3 6.9 6.7 5.2 4.9 3.4 3.4 2.8 2.6
Bill Bridges 90.8 8.6 7.6 6.7 6.7 6.6 6.5 3.9 3.9 3.1 2.8 2.6 0.6
Grant Long 90.2 8.4 7.7 6.6 6.5 5.1 5.0 4.9 4.6 2.7 2.6 1.6 1.4
Jerome Kersey 89.8 8.8 8.6 6.8 6.8 6.7 6.4 3.6 3.4 3.2 2.5 2.4 2.2
Antonio McDyess 88.9 9.4 7.8 6.7 6.2 6.0 5.7 4.6 4.2 3.6 1.8 1.2 0.8
Career Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Mickey Johnson 8.5 8.3 7.3 7.2 5.5 5.3 4.1 3.7 3.5 2.7 1.8 0.7
Nick Anderson 93.1 8.3 7.7 7.6 7.4 5.3 4.2 3.9 3.6 3.1 2.8 1.8 0.0 -0.4
Jack Marin 92.5 9.1 8.5 8.3 7.5 6.1 5.4 3.9 3.6 3.1 2.5 1.3
Tom Sanders 92.2 7.6 7.5 7.2 6.8 5.5 5.4 4.3 4.0 3.0 3.0 2.4 0.0 -0.2
Corey Maggette 91.6 8.6 8.1 7.0 6.9 6.3 5.0 3.9 3.4 3.3 3.3 3.0 2.6
Hedo Turkoglu 91.0 9.0 7.6 7.3 6.9 6.7 5.2 4.9 3.4 3.4 2.8 2.6
Bill Bridges 90.6 8.6 7.6 6.7 6.7 6.6 6.5 3.9 3.9 3.1 2.8 2.6 0.6 0.2
Wally Szczerbiak 88.7 8.7 8.0 7.4 7.3 6.2 5.2 4.5 2.9 1.6 1.6
Truck Robinson 88.5 7.6 7.3 6.9 6.5 6.0 5.1 4.3 3.3 3.2 2.7 -0.1
Scott Wedman 88.5 8.6 7.8 7.1 6.0 4.9 4.8 4.7 2.7 2.2 2.2 1.6 1.2 -0.1
Greg Ballard 88.3 9.4 7.9 6.9 6.9 6.0 5.6 3.9 3.6 2.0 1.7 0.0

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
1970-71 18 AURORA 22 252 438 91 148 419 595 .575 .615 27.0 19.0
1971-72 19 AURORA 24 232 412 109 174 492 573 .563 .626 23.9 20.5
1972-73 20 AURORA 24 278 483 66 107 550 622 .576 .617 25.9 22.9
1973-74 21 AURORA 24 288 520 87 106 506 663 .554 .821 27.6 21.1
Career 94 1050 1853 353 535 1967 2453 .567 .660 26.1 20.9

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Games
1978-79 NBA 82 (1)
1979-80 NBA 82 (2)
1980-81 NBA 82 (3)
Offensive Rebounds
1975-76 NBA 279 (5)
1976-77 NBA 297 (4)
1979-80 NBA 258 (10)
Career NBA 2201 (57)
Career 2201 (66)
Defensive Rebounds
Career NBA 4264 (96)
Turnovers
1978-79 NBA 312 (7)
1979-80 NBA 286 (7)
Career NBA 2050 (89)
Career 2050 (94)
Personal Fouls
1976-77 NBA 315 (7)
1977-78 NBA 317 (8)
Career NBA 3101 (53)
Career 3101 (63)
Offensive Rebound Pct
1975-76 NBA 11.0 (6)
1976-77 NBA 10.7 (9)
Career NBA 9.3 (80)
Defensive Rebound Pct
Career NBA 18.7 (100)
Defensive Rating
Career NBA 101.5 (90)
Career 101.5 (100)
Defensive Win Shares
1976-77 NBA 4.5 (8)
Win Shares Per 48 Minutes
1975-76 NBA .167 (6)
Hall of Fame Probability
Career 0.003 (387)
NBA Elo Player Rating
305th (overall) as of Feb 12, 2012, 6:52AM

Transactions

May 28, 1974: Drafted by the Portland Trail Blazers in the 4th round (56th pick) of the 1974 NBA Draft.

September 18, 1974: Traded by the Portland Trail Blazers to the Chicago Bulls for a 1975 3rd round draft pick (Gus Gerard).

July 17, 1979: Signed as a veteran free agent with the Indiana Pacers; the Chicago Bulls received Ricky Sobers as compensation.

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

November 10, 1982: Traded by the Milwaukee Bucks with Fred Roberts to the New Jersey Nets for Phil Ford and a 1983 2nd round draft pick (Ted Kitchel). Milwaukee received the best of three 2nd round draft picks in 1983 (all owned by New Jersey).

February 6, 1983: Traded by the New Jersey Nets with Sleepy Floyd to the Golden State Warriors for Micheal Ray Richardson.

August 21, 1985: Traded by the Golden State Warriors to the New Jersey Nets for a 1986 3rd round draft pick (Wendell Alexis).

Salaries

Season Team Lg Salary
1985-86 New Jersey Nets NBA $200,000
Career (may be incomplete) $200,000

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