Head to headVan Johnson against Esther Williams Both careers by TMDB ratingVan JohnsonEsther Williams
Tale of the tape as an actor
Van Johnson vs Esther Williams
Van Johnson averages 6.37 across 20 rated films as an actor, ahead of Esther Williams at 6.20.
- 66 (20 rated)
- Films acted
- 23 (8 rated)
- ◀6.37
- Average
- 6.20
- ◀6.46
- Weighted
- 6.21
- ◀The Purple Rose of Cairo 7.4
- Best film
- A Guy Named Joe 6.7
- ◀6.66, 1948 to 1954
- Peak five
- 6.20, 1944 to 1949
- None
- Longest 7+ run
- None
- 6.10 (−0.28)
- Current form
- 6.20 (0.00)▶
- ◀3.25K
- TMDB votes
- 453
- 1940 to 1989
- Career
- 1942 to 1956
- None
- Oscars
- None
- ◀$187M
- Box office
- $98.1M
Rows won
6 to 1
Van Johnson ahead
Films together
7
averaging 6.63
Dot size shows audience votes. Films below the source vote floor sit on the baseline.
 A Guy Named Joe | 1944 | 6.7 | as Ted Randall | as Ellen Bright |
| Thrill of a Romance | 1945 | · | as Thomas Milvaine | as Cynthia Glenn |
 Easy to Wed | 1946 | · | as Bill Chandler | as Connie Allenbury |
 Till the Clouds Roll By | 1946 | 5.8 | as Bandleader in Elite Club | as Esther Williams - Signing Autographs (uncredited) |
| Duchess of Idaho | 1950 | · | as Dick Layne | as Christine Riverton Duncan |
| Easy to Love | 1953 | · | as Ray Lloyd | as Julie Hallerton |
| That's Entertainment! | 1974 | 7.4 | as (archive footage) (uncredited) | as (archive footage) (uncredited) |