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Chris Johnson

Dayton's co-MVP as a senior, Johnson scratched out his NBA years the hard way — undrafted in 2012, then 10-day contracts with Memphis and Boston between D-League tours with Rio Grande Valley. Utah gave him his longest run: 82 games across two seasons, including his first full NBA campaign in 2015–16.

Overseas he became a fixture. He earned a Pro A monthly MVP award in France with Gravelines-Dunkerque, won the 2019 Israeli State Cup with Hapoel Jerusalem, and kept a steady career going in Israel and France well into his thirties, signing with Élan Chalon in 2025.

HOW HE CAME & WENTHe came in on a 10-day contract on January 28, 2015, was let go when it expired, and returned that March on a multi-year deal for his first full NBA season. Utah waived him on October 22, 2016 to cut the roster to the 15-man limit.

Full name
Christapher Johnson
Utah Jazz tenure
2014–16
Position
Forward
Born
1990, Los Angeles
Height
6′6″ (198 cm)
Weight
201 lb (91 kg)
College
Dayton
Drafted
undrafted
Why this player is hard to find
Eighty-two games for the Jazz. No Jazz cards were produced.
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With the Jazz

CHRIS JOHNSON · 2014–16 · PER GAME
SEASONTEAMGMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFG%3P%FT%
2014–15UTA1217.66.81.50.61.00.0.484.3421.000
2015–16UTA7012.22.91.90.60.50.3.371.273.810
JAZZ TOTAL2 SEASONS8213.03.51.80.60.50.2.399.292.833

Season by season, regular season, with this franchise only. More info: Basketball-Reference ↗  ·  Wikipedia ↗

Did you know

CHRIS JOHNSON · 3 NOTES
  • A Gatorade Call-Up from the Rio Grande Valley Vipers in January 2013 sent him straight into an NBA debut that same night against the Lakers.
  • A string of 10-day contracts with four different clubs preceded the multi-year Utah deal that finally gave him a full NBA season.
  • In France with Gravelines-Dunkerque he averaged 15.5 points and was named Pro A player of the month for February 2018.