Magic Johnson

Seasons 1979-80–1995-96 · 13 on record · Ht 6-9 · b. 1959

★ Hall of Fame★ 3× MVP★ 3× Finals MVP12× All-Star10× All-NBA

Player info

Nickname	Magic
Position	PF
Number	#32
Team	Los Angeles Lakers
Height	6-9
Weight	215 lb
Born	1959-08-14
College	Michigan State
Drafted	1979 · Round 1, Pick 1 · Los Angeles Lakers
Seasons	1979-80–1995-96 (13)

19.5 PPG, 7.2 RPG, 11.2 APG · 906 games · .520 FG% · .303 3P%.

Season	Tm	Age	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	PER	TS%
1979-80	LAL	20	77	36.3	.530	.226	.810	7.7	7.3	2.4	0.5	18.0	20.6	.602
1980-81	LAL	21	37	37.1	.532	.176	.760	8.6	8.6	3.4	0.7	21.6	25.7	.582
1981-82	LAL	22	78	38.3	.537	.207	.760	9.6	9.5	2.7	0.4	18.6	22.9	.590
1982-83	LAL	23	79	36.8	.548	0.000	.800	8.6	10.5	2.2	0.6	16.8	23.0	.603
1983-84	LAL	24	67	38.3	.565	.207	.810	7.3	13.1	2.2	0.7	17.6	22.6	.628
1984-85	LAL	25	77	36.1	.561	.189	.843	6.2	12.6	1.5	0.3	18.3	23.2	.637
1985-86	LAL	26	72	35.8	.526	.233	.871	5.9	12.6	1.6	0.2	18.8	24.0	.610
1986-87	LAL	27	80	36.3	.522	.205	.848	6.3	12.2	1.7	0.5	23.9	27.0	.602
1987-88	LAL	28	72	36.6	.492	.196	.853	6.2	11.9	1.6	0.2	19.6	23.1	.581
1988-89	LAL	29	77	37.5	.509	.314	.911	7.9	12.8	1.8	0.3	22.5	26.9	.625
1989-90	LAL	30	79	37.2	.480	.384	.890	6.6	11.5	1.7	0.4	22.3	26.6	.622
1990-91	LAL	31	79	37.1	.477	.320	.906	7.0	12.5	1.3	0.2	19.4	25.1	.623
1995-96	LAL	36	32	29.9	.466	.379	.856	5.7	6.9	0.8	0.4	14.6	21.1	.612

Season	Tm	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1979-80	LAL	77	—	2,795	503	949	.530	7	31	374	462	596	563	187	41	305	1,387
1980-81	LAL	37	—	1,371	312	587	.532	3	17	171	225	320	317	127	27	143	798
1981-82	LAL	78	77	2,991	556	1,036	.537	6	29	329	433	751	743	208	34	286	1,447
1982-83	LAL	79	79	2,907	511	933	.548	0	21	304	380	683	829	176	47	301	1,326
1983-84	LAL	67	66	2,567	441	780	.565	6	29	290	358	491	875	150	49	306	1,178
1984-85	LAL	77	77	2,781	504	899	.561	7	37	391	464	476	968	113	25	305	1,406
1985-86	LAL	72	70	2,578	483	918	.526	10	43	378	434	426	907	113	16	273	1,354
1986-87	LAL	80	80	2,904	683	1,308	.522	8	39	535	631	504	977	138	36	300	1,909
1987-88	LAL	72	70	2,637	490	996	.492	11	56	417	489	449	858	114	13	269	1,408
1988-89	LAL	77	77	2,886	579	1,137	.509	59	188	513	563	607	988	138	22	312	1,730
1989-90	LAL	79	79	2,937	546	1,138	.480	106	276	567	637	522	907	132	34	289	1,765
1990-91	LAL	79	79	2,933	466	976	.477	80	250	519	573	551	989	102	17	314	1,531
1995-96	LAL	32	9	958	137	294	.466	22	58	172	201	183	220	26	13	103	468
Career		906	—	—	6,211	11,951	.520	325	1074	4960	5850	6559	10141	1724	374	3506	17,707

Season	Tm	G	MPG	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1979-80	LAL	77	36.3	6.5	12.2	.530	0.1	0.4	4.8	6.0	7.7	7.3	2.4	0.5	3.9	17.9
1980-81	LAL	37	37.1	8.2	15.4	.532	0.1	0.4	4.5	5.9	8.4	8.3	3.3	0.7	3.8	21.0
1981-82	LAL	78	38.3	6.7	12.5	.537	0.1	0.3	4.0	5.2	9.0	8.9	2.5	0.4	3.4	17.4
1982-83	LAL	79	36.8	6.3	11.6	.548	0.0	0.3	3.8	4.7	8.5	10.3	2.2	0.6	3.7	16.4
1983-84	LAL	67	38.3	6.2	10.9	.565	0.1	0.4	4.1	5.0	6.9	12.3	2.1	0.7	4.3	16.5
1984-85	LAL	77	36.1	6.5	11.6	.561	0.1	0.5	5.1	6.0	6.2	12.5	1.5	0.3	3.9	18.2
1985-86	LAL	72	35.8	6.7	12.8	.526	0.1	0.6	5.3	6.1	5.9	12.7	1.6	0.2	3.8	18.9
1986-87	LAL	80	36.3	8.5	16.2	.522	0.1	0.5	6.6	7.8	6.2	12.1	1.7	0.4	3.7	23.7
1987-88	LAL	72	36.6	6.7	13.6	.492	0.2	0.8	5.7	6.7	6.1	11.7	1.6	0.2	3.7	19.2
1988-89	LAL	77	37.5	7.2	14.2	.509	0.7	2.3	6.4	7.0	7.6	12.3	1.7	0.3	3.9	21.6
1989-90	LAL	79	37.2	6.7	13.9	.480	1.3	3.4	6.9	7.8	6.4	11.1	1.6	0.4	3.5	21.6
1990-91	LAL	79	37.1	5.7	12.0	.477	1.0	3.1	6.4	7.0	6.8	12.1	1.3	0.2	3.9	18.8
1995-96	LAL	32	29.9	5.1	11.0	.466	0.8	2.2	6.5	7.6	6.9	8.3	1.0	0.5	3.9	17.6

Counting stats scaled to a per-36-minute pace.

Season	Tm	G	MP	PER	TS%	USG%	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48	OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1979-80	LAL	77	2,795	20.6	.602	20.9	6.2	4.3	10.5	.180	+3.1	+1.7	+4.8	+4.8
1980-81	LAL	37	1,371	25.7	.582	24.3	3.8	2.6	6.4	.225	+5.6	+3.3	+8.8	+3.8
1981-82	LAL	78	2,991	22.9	.590	20.1	8.1	4.8	12.9	.207	+4.9	+2.3	+7.2	+7.0
1982-83	LAL	79	2,907	23.0	.603	19.0	8.8	3.8	12.5	.207	+5.4	+1.8	+7.2	+6.8
1983-84	LAL	67	2,567	22.6	.628	19.5	6.7	3.6	10.2	.191	+4.8	+1.8	+6.6	+5.6
1984-85	LAL	77	2,781	23.2	.637	20.5	9.5	3.2	12.7	.220	+5.8	+0.8	+6.7	+6.1
1985-86	LAL	72	2,578	24.0	.610	21.6	9.0	3.1	12.1	.226	+6.0	+0.7	+6.7	+5.7
1986-87	LAL	80	2,904	27.0	.602	26.3	12.1	3.8	15.9	.263	+7.5	+1.3	+8.8	+8.0
1987-88	LAL	72	2,637	23.1	.581	23.4	7.8	3.1	10.9	.199	+5.2	+0.8	+6.0	+5.3
1988-89	LAL	77	2,886	26.9	.625	24.3	12.1	4.0	16.1	.267	+7.3	+2.0	+9.4	+8.3
1989-90	LAL	79	2,937	26.6	.622	24.8	12.8	3.8	16.5	.270	+8.3	+1.8	+10.1	+8.9
1990-91	LAL	79	2,933	25.1	.623	22.9	11.2	4.2	15.4	.251	+7.0	+1.9	+9.0	+8.1
1995-96	LAL	32	958	21.1	.612	22.7	2.6	1.1	3.6	.181	+4.7	+0.5	+5.2	+1.8
Career		906	—	—	—	—	—	—	155.7	—	—	—	—	+80.2

PER, True Shooting %, Usage %, Win Shares (Off/Def/Total, per 48), Box Plus/Minus (Off/Def/Total) and Value Over Replacement Player.

Season	G	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FG%	3P%	TS%
1979-80	16	41.1	18.3	10.5	9.4	2.4	0.1	.518	.250	.596
1980-81	3	42.3	17.0	13.7	7.0	2.7	1.0	.388	—	.441
1981-82	14	40.1	17.4	11.3	9.3	2.9	0.2	.529	0.000	.614
1982-83	15	42.9	17.9	8.5	12.8	2.3	0.8	.485	0.000	.555
1983-84	21	39.9	18.2	6.6	13.5	2.0	1.0	.551	0.000	.601
1984-85	19	36.2	17.5	7.1	15.2	1.7	0.2	.513	.143	.599
1985-86	14	38.6	21.6	7.1	15.1	1.9	0.1	.537	0.000	.599
1986-87	18	37.0	21.8	7.7	12.2	1.7	0.4	.539	.200	.607
1987-88	24	40.2	19.9	5.4	12.6	1.4	0.2	.514	.500	.600
1988-89	14	37.0	18.4	5.9	11.8	1.9	0.2	.489	.286	.609
1989-90	9	41.8	25.2	6.3	12.8	1.2	0.1	.490	.200	.598
1990-91	19	43.3	21.8	8.1	12.6	1.2	0.0	.440	.296	.598
1995-96	4	33.8	15.2	8.5	6.5	0.0	0.0	.385	.333	.570
Career	190	39.7	19.5	7.7	12.3	1.8	0.3	.506	.241	.595

Full postseason box-score averages by season, from every playoff game played.

Split	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
Home	448	19.4	7.1	11.6	379–69
Away	458	19.7	7.4	10.8	291–167
In wins	670	19.8	7.3	11.6	670–0
In losses	236	18.8	7.1	10.0	0–236

Regular-season career splits by venue and result.

Opponent	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
ATL Atlanta Hawks	25	19.5	7.8	11.8	20–5
BOS Boston Celtics	20	20.1	6.7	11.4	12–8
BKN Brooklyn Nets	23	19.2	7.6	10.7	18–5
CHA Charlotte Hornets	10	18.6	6.4	10.6	8–2
CHI Chicago Bulls	27	20.0	6.8	10.9	17–10
CLE Cleveland Cavaliers	23	21.7	8.7	11.0	17–6
DAL Dallas Mavericks	47	19.9	7.1	11.6	36–11
DEN Denver Nuggets	55	20.0	8.3	12.3	40–15
DET Detroit Pistons	21	22.1	7.9	11.9	15–6
GSW Golden State Warriors	63	20.3	7.5	11.0	47–16
HOU Houston Rockets	53	20.7	8.1	11.7	40–13
IND Indiana Pacers	21	22.8	6.8	10.7	18–3
LAC Los Angeles Clippers	62	19.4	6.6	11.5	53–9
MIA Miami Heat	9	20.0	7.1	10.4	9–0
MIL Milwaukee Bucks	25	19.0	6.0	10.1	13–12
MIN Minnesota Timberwolves	9	19.4	6.6	11.3	8–1
NYK New York Knicks	18	19.2	8.3	11.4	15–3
ORL Orlando Magic	8	16.8	5.0	9.5	6–2
PHI Philadelphia 76ers	21	22.1	7.8	13.0	13–8
PHX Phoenix Suns	64	17.3	6.4	11.0	43–21
POR Portland Trail Blazers	59	18.6	7.4	11.5	42–17
SAC Sacramento Kings	54	18.9	6.3	10.9	50–4
SAS San Antonio Spurs	50	19.3	7.4	10.6	31–19
UTA Utah Jazz	51	20.4	7.4	10.9	39–12

Regular-season career averages against each current franchise.

Nominal salaries; tracked coverage is limited to seasons in the current dataset.

Magic Johnson plays PF for the Los Angeles Lakers.

Magic Johnson has averaged 19.5 PPG, 7.2 RPG, 11.2 APG over 13 seasons (1979-80–1995-96).

Magic Johnson's salary is $2,500,000 for the 1993-94 season, with career earnings of about $9.9M.

Magic Johnson is 6-9 (215 lb).

Magic Johnson was drafted in 1979, round 1, pick 1, by the Los Angeles Lakers.