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Dennis Johnson

Career (regular season)

GP
1,100
PTS
14.1
REB
3.9
AST
5.0

Personal details

Position
Guard
Height and weight
1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) · 84 kg (185 lb)
Born
September 18, 1954
Died
† February 22, 2007 (aged 52)
Birthplace
San Pedro, Estados Unidos
School / club
Pepperdine
Draft
1976: round 2, pick 29
NBA career
1976-1989 · 14 seasons

Stats

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Regular season

Season Team GP PTS REB AST MIN STL BLK TOV FG% 3P% FT%
1976-77 SEA 81 749 302 123 1,667 123 57 — 50.4 — 62.4
1977-78 SEA 81 1,031 294 230 2,209 118 51 164 41.7 — 73.2
1978-79 SEA 80 1,270 374 280 2,717 100 97 191 43.4 — 78.1
1979-80 SEA 81 1,540 414 332 2,937 144 82 227 42.2 20.7 78.0
1980-81 PHX 79 1,486 363 291 2,615 136 61 208 43.6 21.6 82.0
1981-82 PHX 80 1,561 410 369 2,937 105 55 233 47.0 19.0 80.6
1982-83 PHX 77 1,093 335 388 2,551 97 39 204 46.2 16.1 79.1
1983-84 BOS 80 1,053 280 338 2,665 93 57 172 43.7 12.5 85.2
1984-85 BOS 80 1,254 317 543 2,976 96 39 212 46.2 26.9 85.3
1985-86 BOS 78 1,213 268 456 2,732 110 35 173 45.5 14.3 81.8
1986-87 BOS 79 1,062 261 594 2,933 87 38 177 44.4 11.3 83.3
1987-88 BOS 77 971 240 598 2,670 93 29 195 43.8 26.1 85.6
1988-89 BOS 72 721 190 472 2,309 94 21 175 43.4 14.0 82.1
1989-90 BOS 75 531 201 485 2,036 81 14 117 43.4 4.2 84.3
Career 1,100 15,535 4,249 5,499 35,954 1,477 675 2,448 44.5 17.2 79.7

Playoffs

Season Team GP PTS REB AST MIN STL BLK TOV FG% 3P% FT%
1977-78 SEA 22 354 101 72 827 23 23 56 41.2 — 70.4
1978-79 SEA 17 356 104 69 681 28 26 51 45.0 — 77.1
1979-80 SEA 15 257 64 57 582 27 10 43 41.0 33.3 83.9
1980-81 PHX 7 137 33 20 267 9 9 19 47.3 20.0 76.2
1981-82 PHX 7 156 31 32 271 15 4 25 47.7 0.0 76.9
1982-83 PHX 3 54 23 17 108 5 2 8 45.8 0.0 83.3
1983-84 BOS 22 365 79 97 808 25 7 53 40.4 42.9 86.7
1984-85 BOS 21 364 84 154 848 31 9 72 44.5 0.0 86.0
1985-86 BOS 18 291 76 107 715 39 5 51 44.5 37.5 79.8
1986-87 BOS 23 435 91 205 964 16 8 44 46.5 11.5 85.0
1987-88 BOS 17 270 77 139 702 24 8 45 43.3 37.5 79.6
1988-89 BOS 3 8 4 9 59 3 0 3 26.7 — —
1989-90 BOS 5 69 14 28 162 2 2 10 48.4 33.3 100.0
Career 180 3,116 781 1,006 6,994 247 113 480 43.9 23.6 80.2

Awards and titles

  • Hall of Fame: 2010 (as a player)
  • NBA champion (3): 1978-79, 1983-84, 1985-86
  • Finals MVP: 1978-79
  • All-NBA First Team: 1980-81
  • All-NBA Second Team: 1979-80
  • All-Defensive First Team (6): 1978-79, 1979-80, 1980-81, 1981-82, 1982-83, 1986-87
  • All-Defensive Second Team (3): 1983-84, 1984-85, 1985-86
  • All-Star (5): 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1985

Championship rings (3)

  • Drawing of the Seattle SuperSonics championship ring, 1978-7919791978-79

    Oro de 14 quilates con un diamante de 75 puntos (0,75 quilates) en la parte superior (ejemplar de John Johnson, según la casa de subastas).

    Seattle SuperSonics

  • Drawing of the Boston Celtics championship ring, 1983-8419841983-84

    Maker: Balfour

    Un diamante en el centro de un trébol verde, el símbolo de los Celtics; punzón de Balfour. Las muestras para vendedores llevan circonita en vez de diamante.

    Boston Celtics

  • Drawing of the Boston Celtics championship ring, 1985-8619861985-86

    Maker: Balfour

    Un panel con «BIRD», otro con «16 World Championships» y «PRIDE», y «TEAMWORK» en el lateral. Los anillos de los jugadores llevaban diamantes reales; las muestras de vendedor, imitaciones (según la casa de subastas).

    Boston Celtics

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Retired number

  • Boston Celtics: No. 3 (1983-1990 with the team)

Draft

Transactions

  1. · Trade

    The Phoenix Suns traded Paul Westphal to the Seattle SuperSonics for Dennis Johnson.

  2. · Trade

    The Boston Celtics traded Rick Robey, a 1983 2nd round draft pick (Rod Foster was later selected) and a 1983 2nd round draft pick (Paul Williams was later selected) to the Phoenix Suns for Dennis Johnson, a 1983 1st round draft pick (Greg Kite was later selected) and a 1983 3rd round draft pick (Winfred King was later selected).

Salaries

Season Team Salary
1984-85 BOS $0.4M
1985-86 BOS $0.8M
1987-88 BOS $0.8M
1988-89 BOS $0.8M
Career total $2.9M

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