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James Johnson

James Johnson stats, teams and career impact

#543 all-timeCareer averages · 7.4 PPG · 3.5 RPG · 2.0 APGPeak-weighted regular-season model · playoffs, awards, and championships excluded

Position: Power forward
Final NBA team: Indiana Pacers
Height / weight: 6 ft 7 in (201 cm) · 240 lb (109 kg)
Born: February 20, 1987 (39 yrs old)
College: Wake Forest
NBA seasons: 16 seasons · 2009–10 to 2024–25

Career or season view

Career summaryJames Johnson was a power forward who played 16 NBA seasons, from 2009–10 through 2024–25.

Career PPG: 7.4
Career RPG: 3.5
Career APG: 2.0; #12 in 2013–14; #543 all-time

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

Career overview

Why James Johnson ranks #543 all time

James Johnson ranks #543 all time. Across his three best seasons, his average league finish was #37.7. His full-career value ranks #615, so this placement is driven more by dominance than longevity.

Peak#12 in 2013–14

Best league finish

Sustained excellence13 ranked seasons

450+ minutes required per season

Career breadth16 seasons

786 games · Career Value Rank #615

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Full player detailsTeam history, career shooting and sources

Full team history

Teams: Chicago Bulls, Toronto Raptors, Sacramento Kings, Memphis Grizzlies, Miami Heat, Minnesota Timberwolves, Dallas Mavericks, New Orleans Pelicans, Brooklyn Nets, and Indiana Pacers
Greatest Nets →Greatest Bulls →Greatest Mavericks →Greatest Pacers →Greatest Grizzlies →Greatest Heat →Greatest Timberwolves →Greatest Pelicans →Greatest Kings →Greatest Raptors →

Career shooting

NBA regular season

Field goal: 47.3%FG%
Three-point: 30.0%3P%
Free throw: 67.8%FT%

786 career games · 15,561 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

James 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
2024–25	0.7	0.5	0.3	-13.33	IND	12	0	3.1	36.4%	0.0%	0.0%	—	-8.7
2023–24	0.9	0.4	0.9	-11.38	IND	9	0	5.2	30.0%	0.0%	100.0%	—	-9.3
2022–23	2.8	1.7	0.8	-6.91	IND	18	1	9.0	44.9%	20.0%	50.0%	—	-16.8
2021–22	5.5	3.5	2.1	-2.30	BRK	62	10	19.2	46.9%	27.1%	52.7%	#316	-7.3
2020–21	7.2	3.5	1.9	-1.58	DAL/NOP	51	12	20.5	44.6%	25.8%	59.2%	#262	9.1
2019–20	8.4	3.7	2.3	+1.15	MIA/MIN	32	1	19.3	47.9%	36.3%	64.6%	#97	41.1
2018–19	7.8	3.2	2.5	-0.92	MIA	55	33	21.2	43.3%	33.6%	71.4%	#197	25.8
2017–18	10.8	4.9	3.8	+1.82	MIA	73	41	26.6	50.3%	30.8%	69.8%	#67	147.7
2016–17	12.8	4.9	3.6	+2.99	MIA	76	5	27.4	47.9%	34.0%	70.7%	#34	206.2
2015–16	5.0	2.2	1.2	-1.50	TOR	57	32	16.2	47.5%	30.3%	57.4%	#236	9.0
2014–15	7.9	3.7	1.4	+1.65	TOR	70	17	19.6	58.9%	21.6%	65.7%	#67	96.6
2013–14	7.4	3.2	2.1	+4.58	MEM	52	4	18.4	46.4%	25.3%	84.4%	#12	117.8
2012–13	5.1	2.7	1.1	-3.31	SAC	54	11	16.3	41.3%	9.5%	59.7%	#310	-22.4
2011–12	9.1	4.7	2.0	+1.30	TOR	62	40	25.2	45.0%	31.7%	70.4%	#94	95.7
2010–11	7.1	3.7	2.3	-0.30	CHI/TOR	38	25	21.6	45.6%	23.5%	66.2%	#156	26.9
2009–10	3.9	2.0	0.7	-1.74	CHI	65	11	11.6	45.2%	32.6%	72.9%	#250	3.9
Career	7.4	3.5	2.0	—	BRK/CHI/DAL/IND/MEM/MIA/MIN/NOP/SAC/TOR	786	—	19.8	47.3%	30.0%	67.8%	—	—

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#543

59.5 composite · lower is better

Best 5#503

54.8 average league finish

Career Value Rank#615

715 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 James 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 Score59.5

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: 363.0
Qualified seasons: 13
All-time rank: #543

Strongest seasons

Every season

James 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
2024–25	IND	37	12	37	-13.33	—	—	-8.7	—	Limited
2023–24	IND	36	9	47	-11.38	—	—	-9.3	—	Limited
2022–23	IND	35	18	162	-6.91	—	—	-16.8	—	Limited
2021–22	BRK	34	62	1,191	-2.30	18.0	#316	-7.3	16th	Broad
2020–21	DAL/NOP	33	51	1,043	-1.58	29.1	#262	9.1	29th	Broad
2019–20Historical Defense Estimate	MIA/MIN	32	32	619	+1.15	72.7	#97	41.1	48th	Standard
2018–19Historical Defense Estimate	MIA	31	55	1,164	-0.92	46.7	#197	25.8	45th	Broad
2017–18Historical Defense Estimate	MIA	30	73	1,943	+1.82	81.7	#67	147.7	85th	Broad
2016–17Historical Defense Estimate	MIA	29	76	2,085	+2.99	90.9	#34	206.2	89th	Broad
2015–16Historical Defense Estimate	TOR	28	57	926	-1.50	35.3	#236	9.0	33rd	Standard
2014–15Historical Defense Estimate	TOR	27	70	1,370	+1.65	82.2	#67	96.6	75th	Broad
2013–14Historical Defense Estimate	MEM	26	52	956	+4.58	96.8	#12	117.8	77th	Standard
2012–13Historical Defense Estimate	SAC	25	54	878	-3.31	11.7	#310	-22.4	12th	Standard
2011–12Historical Defense Estimate	TOR	24	62	1,561	+1.30	72.9	#94	95.7	76th	Broad
2010–11Historical Defense Estimate	CHI/TOR	23	38	822	-0.30	55.8	#156	26.9	44th	Standard
2009–10Historical Defense Estimate	CHI	22	65	757	-1.74	25.9	#250	3.9	23rd	Standard

Career movement

James Johnson's box impact by season

Peak box impact +4.58 points per 100 possessions in 2013–14 · 16 seasons · 15,561 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.

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Career comparison

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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

James Johnson and Anderson Varejão era-centered impact values by NBA season number
NBA season	James Johnson	Anderson Varejão
1	-1.7	1.6
2	-0.3	-0.6
3	1.3	0.7
4	-3.3	-1.5
5	4.6	0.3
6	1.6	1.1
7	-1.5	0.5
8	3.0	1.9
9	1.8	3.9
10	-0.9	2.3
11	1.2	0.0
12	-1.6	-2.6
13	-2.3	-8.6
14	-6.9	-11.5
15	-11.4	Did not play
16	-13.3	Did not play

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 →