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Mickey Johnson

Mickey Johnson stats, teams and career impact

#259 all-timeCareer averages · 14.1 PPG · 7.2 RPG · 3.0 APGPeak-weighted regular-season model · playoffs, awards, and championships excluded

Position: Power forward
Final NBA team: New Jersey Nets
Height / weight: 6 ft 10 in (208 cm) · 190 lb (86 kg)
Born: August 31, 1952 (74 yrs old)
College: Aurora University
NBA seasons: 12 seasons · 1974–75 to 1985–86

Career or season view

Career summaryMickey Johnson was a power forward who played 12 NBA seasons, from 1974–75 through 1985–86.

Career PPG: 14.1
Career RPG: 7.2
Career APG: 3.0; #8 in 1979–80; #259 all-time

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

Career overview

Why Mickey Johnson ranks #259 all time

Mickey Johnson ranks #259 all time. Across his three best seasons, his average league finish was #21.0. His full-career value ranks #242, so longevity is a major reason he lands this high.

Peak#8 in 1979–80

Best league finish

Sustained excellence1 top-ten finish

450+ minutes required per season

Career breadth12 seasons

904 games · Career Value Rank #242

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Full player detailsTeam history, career shooting and sources

Full team history

Teams: Chicago Bulls, Indiana Pacers, Milwaukee Bucks, Golden State Warriors, and New Jersey Nets
Greatest Bulls →Greatest Warriors →Greatest Pacers →Greatest Bucks →Greatest Nets →

Career shooting

NBA regular season

Field goal: 44.9%FG%
Three-point: 16.5%3P%
Free throw: 80.0%FT%

904 career games · 25,005 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

Mickey Johnson stats by season

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1985–86	7.8	4.2	2.7	-1.34	NJN	79	4	19.9	42.2%	20.8%	78.5%	#158	22.3
1984–85	13.3	6.0	2.3	+0.32	GSW	66	9	23.7	42.6%	23.3%	82.3%	#90	78.1
1983–84	13.6	6.6	2.8	+0.01	GSW	78	25	27.2	42.1%	17.2%	78.5%	#98	91.7
1982–83	14.1	6.3	3.3	-0.10	GSW/MIL/NJN	78	16	26.3	42.5%	8.3%	82.1%	#110	84.4
1981–82	12.9	6.0	2.8	+1.07	MIL	76	71	25.4	49.1%	14.3%	80.1%	#58	123.6
1980–81	12.5	6.6	3.5	+1.44	MIL	82	82	25.8	44.8%	16.7%	78.9%	#55	157.2
1979–80	19.1	8.3	4.2	+3.98	IND	82	61	32.3	46.3%	15.6%	79.9%	#8	344.5
1978–79	15.4	7.6	4.6	+0.31	CHI	82	0	31.6	44.9%	—	83.0%	#80	128.4
1977–78	18.3	9.1	3.3	+0.62	CHI	81	0	35.4	46.2%	—	81.2%	#61	159.3
1976–77	17.3	10.2	2.4	+1.41	CHI	81	0	35.1	44.6%	—	79.6%	#42	202.5
1975–76	15.3	9.4	1.6	+3.09	CHI	81	0	29.5	46.3%	—	78.6%	#13	254.0
1974–75	3.8	2.5	0.5	-2.14	CHI	38	0	7.7	44.9%	—	63.8%	—	-0.8
Career	14.1	7.2	3.0	—	CHI/GSW/IND/MIL/NJN	904	—	27.7	44.9%	16.5%	80.0%	—	—

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

What these measures mean

Era-centered box impact: Estimated points per 100 possessions above that season's league average.
Impact Rate Rank: The player's place among qualified players in one season.
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#259

33.4 composite · lower is better

Best 5#301

35.2 average league finish

Career Value Rank#242

1,645 total value

Career standing

How Mickey 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 seasons1

Upper-tier finishes

Top-10 Impact Margin1.9

Tie-breaker across top-ten seasons

Career Composite Score33.4

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: 250.0
Qualified seasons: 11
All-time rank: #259

Strongest seasons

Every season

Mickey 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


1985–86Historical Defense Estimate	NJN	33	79	1,574	-1.34	38.2	#158	22.3	39th	Broad
1984–85Historical Defense Estimate	GSW	32	66	1,565	+0.32	64.8	#90	78.1	60th	Broad
1983–84Historical Defense Estimate	GSW	31	78	2,122	+0.01	60.9	#98	91.7	62nd	Broad
1982–83Historical Defense Estimate	GSW/MIL/NJN	30	78	2,053	-0.10	56.9	#110	84.4	65th	Broad
1981–82Historical Defense Estimate	MIL	29	76	1,934	+1.07	77.6	#58	123.6	76th	Broad
1980–81Historical Defense Estimate	MIL	28	82	2,118	+1.44	78.2	#55	157.2	79th	Broad
1979–80Historical Defense Estimate	IND	27	82	2,647	+3.98	97.0	#8	344.5	95th	Broad
1978–79Historical Defense Estimate	CHI	26	82	2,594	+0.31	65.2	#80	128.4	74th	Broad
1977–78Historical Defense Estimate	CHI	25	81	2,870	+0.62	74.6	#61	159.3	80th	Broad
1976–77Historical Defense Estimate	CHI	24	81	2,847	+1.41	83.1	#42	202.5	88th	Broad
1975–76Historical Defense Estimate	CHI	23	81	2,390	+3.09	93.6	#13	254.0	90th	Broad
1974–75Historical Defense Estimate	CHI	22	38	291	-2.14	—	—	-0.8	—	Limited

Career movement

Mickey Johnson's career impact by season

Peak +3.98 in 1979–80 · 12 seasons · 25,005 minutes

The same historical box-score model is used for every season, making the career shape comparable through time. The vertical scale adapts to this player's range and always includes zero.

Era-centered box impactMinutes

Player-specific impact scaleWorkload

Career comparison

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Mickey JohnsonBailey Howell

Era-centered box impactEstimated points per 100 possessions above that season's league average · dashed marker means the player did not play

Mickey Johnson and Bailey Howell era-centered impact values by NBA season number
NBA season	Mickey Johnson	Bailey Howell
1	-2.1	-0.0
2	3.1	1.6
3	1.4	1.9
4	0.6	3.8
5	0.3	3.2
6	4.0	1.4
7	1.4	1.0
8	1.1	1.4
9	-0.1	1.1
10	0.0	1.9
11	0.3	-1.5
12	-1.3	-0.2

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 →