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Eddie Johnson

Age 67 · USA · 188 cm (6'2") · 82 kg · Born May 1, 1959 · Illinois

15.3 PPG 3.3 RPG 3.1 APG 2,078 games 21 seasons
Eddie Johnson

Career snapshot

21seasons
2,078games
31,857career pts
14.7PER (avg)
Most-played franchise: Atlanta Hawks · 619 games · 1977-78–1985-86

Position rank · 1997-98

#63PPG rank
#54PER rank
#54WS rank
Among 99 Forward players (min. 41 games)

Career highs (single season)

PPG 22.9 1984-85 · SAC
RPG 6.1 1982-83 · SAC
APG 7.8 1984-85 · ATL
PER 18.0 1979-80 · ATL
WS 8.2 1979-80 · ATL

Draft

1981
Round 2 · Pick 29
from Illinois

Honors & awards

1×
NBA Sixth Man of the Year
1988
2×
All-Star Selection
1980, 1979
2×
All-Defense Team
1979, 1978

Career by team

Houston Rockets
1996-97 – 1998-99 · 3 seasons
9.0 PPG 2.5 RPG 1.2 APG
102 games
Indiana Pacers
1995-96 – 1996-97 · 2 seasons
7.0 PPG 2.2 RPG 0.9 APG
90 games
New Orleans Pelicans
1993-94 – 1993-94 · 1 seasons
11.5 PPG 3.1 RPG 1.7 APG
73 games
Oklahoma City Thunder
1986-87 – 1992-93 · 4 seasons
15.5 PPG 3.3 RPG 2.0 APG
253 games
Sacramento Kings
1981-82 – 1986-87 · 6 seasons
18.7 PPG 5.1 RPG 2.8 APG
483 games
Atlanta Hawks
1977-78 – 1985-86 · 9 seasons
15.6 PPG 2.3 RPG 5.2 APG
619 games
Cleveland Cavaliers
1985-86 – 1985-86 · 1 seasons
9.8 PPG 1.4 RPG 3.6 APG
32 games

Stats by season

SeasonTeamGGSMIN PTSREBASTSTLBLK FG%3P%FT%PERWS
1977-78 ATL 79 0 23.7 10.5 1.9 3.0 1.3 0.1 48.4 0.0 81.6 13.6 3.5
1978-79 ATL 78 77 30.9 16.0 2.2 4.6 1.6 0.1 51.0 0.0 83.2 16.7 6.3
1979-80 ATL 79 0 33.2 18.5 2.5 4.7 1.5 0.3 48.7 38.5 82.8 18.0 8.2
1980-81 ATL 75 0 35.9 19.1 2.4 5.4 1.7 0.1 50.4 30.0 78.4 17.9 6.9
1981-82 ATL 68 57 34.0 17.8 2.8 5.3 1.5 0.2 45.0 23.3 76.4 16.5 4.8
1981-82 SAC 74 27 20.5 9.3 4.4 1.5 0.7 0.2 45.9 9.1 66.4 — —
1982-83 ATL 61 57 29.7 16.0 2.0 5.2 1.0 0.1 45.3 34.1 78.5 16.0 3.0
1982-83 SAC 82 82 35.8 19.8 6.1 2.6 0.9 0.2 49.4 28.2 77.9 — —
1983-84 ATL 67 43 28.3 13.2 2.2 5.6 0.9 0.1 44.2 37.2 77.0 14.2 1.7
1983-84 SAC 82 82 35.6 21.9 5.5 3.6 0.9 0.3 48.5 31.3 81.0 — —
1984-85 ATL 73 66 32.4 16.3 2.6 7.8 0.6 0.1 47.9 30.6 79.8 15.8 4.2
1984-85 SAC 82 81 36.9 22.9 5.0 3.3 1.0 0.3 49.1 24.1 87.1 — —
1985-86 NBA 71 9 20.8 10.0 1.7 4.7 0.3 0.0 45.7 34.1 72.3 — —
1985-86 ATL 39 5 22.1 10.1 1.9 5.6 0.3 0.0 47.3 25.0 71.8 14.3 1.3
1985-86 CLE 32 4 19.2 9.8 1.4 3.6 0.3 0.0 44.0 36.9 73.3 12.4 0.2
1985-86 SAC 82 30 30.7 18.7 5.1 2.6 0.7 0.2 47.5 20.0 81.6 15.8 4.0
1986-87 SAC 81 30 30.3 18.7 4.4 3.1 0.5 0.2 46.3 31.4 82.9 16.2 4.3
1986-87 OKC 24 0 21.2 9.0 1.9 4.8 0.5 0.0 45.7 33.3 76.4 — —
1987-88 NBA 73 59 29.8 17.7 4.4 2.5 0.5 0.1 48.0 25.5 85.0 — —
1988-89 NBA 70 7 29.2 21.5 4.4 2.3 0.7 0.1 49.7 41.3 86.8 — —
1989-90 NBA 64 4 28.3 16.9 3.8 1.7 0.5 0.2 45.3 38.0 91.7 — —
1990-91 NBA 15 0 20.8 13.5 3.1 1.1 0.6 0.1 47.3 28.6 72.4 — —
1990-91 NBA 81 27 25.7 16.7 3.3 1.4 0.7 0.1 48.4 32.5 89.1 — —
1990-91 OKC 66 27 26.9 17.4 3.4 1.4 0.7 0.1 48.6 33.3 91.2 — —
1991-92 OKC 81 19 29.2 17.1 3.6 2.0 0.7 0.1 45.9 25.2 86.1 — —
1992-93 OKC 82 0 22.8 14.4 3.3 1.6 0.4 0.0 46.7 30.4 91.1 — —
1993-94 NOP 73 27 20.0 11.5 3.1 1.7 0.5 0.1 45.9 39.3 78.0 — —
1995-96 IND 62 1 16.2 7.7 2.5 1.1 0.3 0.1 41.3 35.2 88.6 13.1 1.6
1996-97 NBA 52 2 17.6 8.2 2.7 1.0 0.3 0.0 44.2 37.4 80.9 — —
1996-97 HOU 24 2 25.3 11.5 4.1 1.5 0.4 0.0 44.7 38.8 85.4 14.2 1.5
1996-97 IND 28 0 10.9 5.3 1.4 0.6 0.2 0.0 43.4 32.1 74.1 11.7 0.3
1997-98 HOU 75 1 19.9 8.4 2.0 1.2 0.4 0.0 41.7 33.3 83.1 13.1 2.2
1998-99 HOU 3 0 6.0 4.0 0.7 0.3 0.0 0.0 46.2 0.0 0.0 10.2 -0.1

Transfers & team changes

Derived from season-by-season team membership.

Date Move Type Notes
Oct 1996 Houston Rockets Indiana Pacers mid season trade From 1996-97 to 1996-97
Jul 1996 Indiana Pacers Houston Rockets season change
Oct 1995 New Orleans Pelicans Indiana Pacers offseason From 1993-94 to 1995-96
Jul 1993 Oklahoma City Thunder New Orleans Pelicans season change
Jul 1986 Cleveland Cavaliers Oklahoma City Thunder season change
Jul 1986 Cleveland Cavaliers Sacramento Kings season change
Jul 1986 Atlanta Hawks Oklahoma City Thunder season change
Jul 1986 Sacramento Kings Oklahoma City Thunder season change
Jul 1985 Atlanta Hawks Cleveland Cavaliers season change
Jul 1985 Sacramento Kings Cleveland Cavaliers season change
Jul 1982 Sacramento Kings Atlanta Hawks season change
Jul 1981 Atlanta Hawks Sacramento Kings season change

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About Eddie Johnson

Edward Arnet Johnson is an American former professional basketball player who spent 17 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and a year in the Greek Basket League midway through his career. With nearly 1,200 games in the NBA, he scored the second-most career points among players who never played in an NBA All-Star Game, behind Jamal Crawford. As of the 2025-26 season, he is ranked 66th in all-time points scored, and ranked seventh-most in points scored by an eligible player not in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. As of 2019 he is the co-host of NBA Today, which air