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Eddie Johnson

Eddie Johnson stats, teams and career impact

#1231 all-timeCareer averages · 16.0 PPG · 4.0 RPG · 2.1 APGPeak-weighted regular-season model · playoffs, awards, and championships excluded

Position: Small forward
Final NBA team: Houston Rockets
Height / weight: 6 ft 7 in (201 cm) · 215 lb (98 kg)
Born: May 1, 1959 (67 yrs old)
College: Illinois
NBA seasons: 17 seasons · 1981–82 to 1998–99

Career or season view

Career summaryEddie Johnson was a small forward who played 17 NBA seasons, from 1981–82 through 1998–99.

Career PPG: 16.0
Career RPG: 4.0
Career APG: 2.1; #75 in 1988–89; #1231 all-time

Peak-weighted regular-season model · playoffs, awards, and championships excluded

Career overview

Why Eddie Johnson ranks #1231 all time

Eddie Johnson ranks #1231 all time. Across his three best seasons, his average league finish was #108.0. His full-career value ranks #858, so longevity is a major reason he lands this high.

Peak#75 in 1988–89

Best league finish

Sustained excellence16 ranked seasons

450+ minutes required per season

Career breadth17 seasons

1,199 games · Career Value Rank #858

NBA honorsSixth ManContext only; honors are not model inputs.

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Full player detailsTeam history, career shooting and sources

Full team history

Teams: Kansas City Kings, Sacramento Kings, Phoenix Suns, Seattle SuperSonics, Charlotte Hornets, Indiana Pacers, and Houston Rockets
Greatest Hornets →Greatest Rockets →Greatest Pacers →Greatest Kings →Greatest Suns →Greatest Thunder →

Career shooting

NBA regular season

Field goal: 47.2%FG%
Three-point: 33.5%3P%
Free throw: 84.0%FT%

1,199 career games · 32,604 minutes

Sources and updateConventional stats and measurements: Basketball Reference, accessed Sep 13, 2026. hussEyquation ranking data through 2025–26. Life dates: Wikidata; conflicting dates checked against Basketball Reference, accessed Sep 17, 2026.

Traditional box score

Eddie Johnson stats by season

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Box impact is an estimate in points per 100 possessions, not the 0–100 Impact Rate score. Zero is league average; higher is better. Rate rank is a league place: No. 1 is best.

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				pts/100 · higher is better
1998–99	4.0	0.7	0.3	-12.38	HOU	3	0	6.0	46.2%	0.0%	—	—	-3.5
1997–98	8.4	2.0	1.2	-2.52	HOU	75	1	19.9	41.7%	33.3%	83.1%	#253	-14.8
1996–97	8.2	2.7	1.0	-2.07	HOU/IND	52	2	17.6	44.2%	37.4%	80.9%	#221	-1.3
1995–96	7.7	2.5	1.1	-3.24	IND	62	1	16.2	41.3%	35.2%	88.6%	#263	-23.1
1993–94	11.5	3.1	1.7	-1.08	CHH	73	27	20.0	45.9%	39.3%	78.0%	#162	27.4
1992–93	14.4	3.3	1.6	-1.83	SEA	82	0	22.8	46.7%	30.4%	91.1%	#200	6.4
1991–92	17.1	3.6	2.0	-1.87	SEA	81	19	29.2	45.9%	25.2%	86.1%	#200	6.2
1990–91	16.7	3.3	1.4	-0.67	PHO/SEA	81	27	25.7	48.4%	32.5%	89.1%	#146	56.0
1989–90	16.9	3.8	1.7	-2.63	PHO	64	4	28.3	45.3%	38.0%	91.7%	#224	-23.8
1988–89	21.5	4.4	2.3	+0.55	PHO	70	7	29.2	49.7%	41.3%	86.8%	#75	113.6
1987–88	17.7	4.4	2.5	-1.71	PHO	73	59	29.8	48.0%	25.5%	85.0%	#168	13.1
1986–87	18.7	4.4	3.1	-0.93	SAC	81	30	30.3	46.3%	31.4%	82.9%	#140	55.7
1985–86	18.7	5.1	2.6	-1.46	SAC	82	30	30.7	47.5%	20.0%	81.6%	#161	29.1
1984–85	22.9	5.0	3.3	-1.57	KCK	82	81	36.9	49.1%	24.1%	87.1%	#161	28.3
1983–84	21.9	5.5	3.6	-0.28	KCK	82	82	35.6	48.5%	31.3%	81.0%	#109	107.9
1982–83	19.8	6.1	2.6	-1.00	KCK	82	82	35.8	49.4%	28.2%	77.9%	#142	65.1
1981–82	9.3	4.4	1.5	-2.60	KCK	74	27	20.5	45.9%	9.1%	66.4%	#209	-19.4
Career	16.0	4.0	2.1	—	CHH/HOU/IND/KCK/PHO/SAC/SEA	1199	—	27.2	47.2%	33.5%	84.0%	—	—

Source: Basketball Reference regular-season totals, accessed Sep 13, 2026.

What these measures mean

Box impact: Estimated points per 100 possessions above that season's league average, from the historical box-score model. Zero is league average; higher is better. Historical defense estimates are included where labeled. This is not the live model's lineup-adjusted estimate.
Impact Rate: A 0–100 score comparing performance within one season. Higher is better. This is a score, not points per possession.
Impact estimate: The season model's final estimated points per 100 possessions above league average, before conversion to the 0–100 Impact Rate score. It includes lineup evidence where available. Zero is league average; higher is better.
Impact Rate rank: The player's place among qualified players in that season's Impact Rate ranking. No. 1 is best. This is a rank, not an impact score.
Value contribution / Season Value: Completed seasons use a fixed-baseline contribution to Career Value. The live season instead uses Season Value, combining that season's impact with workload.
Career Impact Rank: An all-time rank weighted toward the player's best three, five, and ten seasons.

Career Impact Rank#1231

120.0 composite · lower is better

Best 5#1244

122.4 average league finish

Career Value Rank#858

423 total value

Impact Rate: 0–100 score within one season. Higher is better.
Box impact: Estimated points per 100 possessions above league average, from the historical model. Zero is average; higher is better.

Career standing

How Eddie Johnson ranks all time

These are league placements, not raw scores. Each season is judged against that season's qualified player pool.

Number-one seasons0

Best in the league

Top-five seasons0

Elite finishes

Top-ten seasons0

Upper-tier finishes

Top-10 Impact Margin0.0

Tie-breaker across top-ten seasons

Career Composite Score120.0

Best 3, Best 5, and Best 10 average league finishes receive 50%, 30%, and 20% window weights. Missing seasons receive a replacement finish just below the player's typical qualified field. Lower is better.

Best 3 effective weight: 74%
Missing-season finish: 277.0
Qualified seasons: 16
All-time rank: #1231

Strongest seasons

Every season

Eddie Johnson advanced stats by season

Era-centered box impact supports comparisons through time. Impact Rate and its rank compare players only within that season.

More advanced statsAge, minutes, impact, rank, value and data coverage

					pts/100 · higher is better	0–100 · higher is better
1998–99Historical Defense Estimate	HOU	39	3	18	-12.38	—	—	-3.5	—	Limited
1997–98Historical Defense Estimate	HOU	38	75	1,490	-2.52	20.5	#253	-14.8	18th	Broad
1996–97Historical Defense Estimate	HOU/IND	37	52	913	-2.07	30.4	#221	-1.3	31st	Standard
1995–96Historical Defense Estimate	IND	36	62	1,002	-3.24	19.4	#263	-23.1	18th	Broad
1993–94Historical Defense Estimate	CHH	34	73	1,460	-1.08	44.7	#162	27.4	44th	Broad
1992–93Historical Defense Estimate	SEA	33	82	1,869	-1.83	32.5	#200	6.4	34th	Broad
1991–92Historical Defense Estimate	SEA	32	81	2,366	-1.87	31.1	#200	6.2	34th	Broad
1990–91Historical Defense Estimate	PHO/SEA	31	81	2,085	-0.67	50.2	#146	56.0	55th	Broad
1989–90Historical Defense Estimate	PHO	30	64	1,811	-2.63	22.3	#224	-23.8	20th	Broad
1988–89Historical Defense Estimate	PHO	29	70	2,043	+0.55	71.9	#75	113.6	73rd	Broad
1987–88Historical Defense Estimate	PHO	28	73	2,177	-1.71	33.2	#168	13.1	36th	Broad
1986–87Historical Defense Estimate	SAC	27	81	2,457	-0.93	45.7	#140	55.7	57th	Broad
1985–86Historical Defense Estimate	SAC	26	82	2,514	-1.46	37.0	#161	29.1	43rd	Broad
1984–85Historical Defense Estimate	KCK	25	82	3,029	-1.57	36.8	#161	28.3	44th	Broad
1983–84Historical Defense Estimate	KCK	24	82	2,920	-0.28	56.5	#109	107.9	69th	Broad
1982–83Historical Defense Estimate	KCK	23	82	2,933	-1.00	44.3	#142	65.1	58th	Broad
1981–82Historical Defense Estimate	KCK	22	74	1,517	-2.60	18.1	#209	-19.4	14th	Broad

Career movement

Eddie Johnson's box impact by season

Peak box impact +0.55 points per 100 possessions in 1988–89 · 17 seasons · 32,604 minutes

Box impact estimates points per 100 possessions above each season's league average. Zero is average; higher is better. Rank labels show Impact Rate league places, not ranks on this chart's box-impact scale.

Box impact · points per 100 possessionsMinutes

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Box impactEra-adjusted points per 100 possessions above league average · higher is better · dashed marker means the player did not play

Eddie Johnson and Jeff Green era-centered impact values by NBA season number
NBA season	Eddie Johnson	Jeff Green
1	-2.6	-3.5
2	-1.0	-0.5
3	-0.3	-0.2
4	-1.6	-2.3
5	-1.5	-0.2
6	-0.9	-1.1
7	-1.7	-0.3
8	0.6	-1.6
9	-2.6	-3.0
10	-0.7	-2.2
11	-1.9	-1.2
12	-1.8	-1.4
13	-1.1	-1.2
14	-3.2	-2.5
15	-2.1	-3.4
16	-2.5	-2.2
17	-12.4	-0.5
18	Did not play	-7.8

NBA season number

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How to read this page

Impact Rate shows how strong a player was compared with everyone else that season. Season Value adds how much he played; completed player-profile rows instead show each season's fixed-baseline contribution to Career Value. Career Impact Rank rewards a high peak, a long prime, and repeated seasons near the top. Older seasons use clearly labeled estimates where the NBA did not record today's full set of statistics. Read how every ranking works →