The Basketball Almanac · No. 24 · 2023-24

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MJ

Magic Johnson

Los Angeles Lakers · 1979-80–1995-96

×3MVP

×3FMVP

10 All-NBA12 All-Star2 ASG MVP1 All-Rk

Scoring

90th

Efficiency

95th

Playmaking

100th

Rebounding

86th

Defense

85th

46

Career-high PTS

6

40-pt games

139

Triple-Dbls

906

Games

Per Game

	Games		Field Goals			3-Pointers			Shooting	Free Throws			Rebounds			Playmaking					Scoring	Awards
Season	GP	MIN	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	eFG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	Awards
1979-80	77	36.3	6.5	12.3	53.0%	0.1	0.4	22.6%	53.4%	4.9	6	81.0%	2.1	5.3	7.7	7.3	2.5	0.5	4.0	2.8	18.0	FMVP AS R1
1980-81	37	37.1	8.4	15.9	53.2%	0.1	0.4	21.4%	53.4%	4.6	6.1	76.0%	2.5	5.2	8.6	8.6	3.4	0.7	3.5	2.7	21.6
1981-82	78	38.3	7.1	13.3	53.7%	0.1	0.4	21.4%	54.0%	4.2	5.6	76.0%	1.4	2.3	9.6	9.5	1.4	0.4	2.1	2.9	18.6	FMVP NBA2 AS
1982-83	79	36.8	6.5	11.8	54.8%	0	0.3	0.0%	54.8%	3.8	4.8	80.0%	1.9	4.3	8.6	10.5	1.8	0.4	2.9	2.5	16.8	NBA1 AS
1983-84	67	38.3	6.6	11.6	56.5%	0.1	0.4	20.7%	56.9%	4.3	5.3	81.0%	1.5	5.9	7.3	13.1	2.2	0.7	4.6	2.5	17.6	NBA1 AS
1984-85	77	36.1	6.5	11.7	56.1%	0.1	0.5	18.9%	56.5%	5.1	6.0	84.3%	1.2	5.0	6.2	12.6	1.5	0.3	4.0	2	18.3	NBA1 AS
1985-86	72	35.9	6.7	12.8	52.6%	0.1	0.6	23.8%	53.2%	5.3	6.0	87.1%	1.2	4.8	5.9	12.6	1.6	0.2	3.8	1.8	18.8	NBA1 AS
1986-87	80	36.3	8.5	16.3	52.3%	0.1	0.5	20.5%	52.6%	6.7	7.9	84.8%	1.5	4.8	6.3	12.2	1.7	0.5	3.8	2.1	23.9	MVP FMVP NBA1 AS
1987-88	72	36.6	6.8	13.8	49.2%	0.2	0.8	19.6%	49.7%	5.8	6.8	85.3%	1.2	5.0	6.2	11.9	1.6	0.2	3.7	2.0	19.6	NBA1 AS
1988-89	77	37.5	7.5	14.8	50.9%	0.8	2.4	31.4%	53.5%	6.7	7.3	91.1%	1.4	6.4	7.9	12.8	1.8	0.3	4.1	2.2	22.5	MVP NBA1 AS
1989-90	79	37.2	6.9	14.4	48.0%	1.3	3.5	38.4%	52.6%	7.2	8.1	89.0%	1.6	5.0	6.6	11.5	1.7	0.4	3.7	2.1	22.3	MVP NBA1 AS ASMVP
1990-91	79	37.1	5.9	12.4	47.7%	1.0	3.2	32.0%	51.8%	6.6	7.3	90.6%	1.3	5.6	7.0	12.5	1.3	0.2	4.0	1.9	19.4	NBA1 AS
1995-96	32	29.9	4.3	9.2	46.6%	0.7	1.8	37.9%	50.3%	5.4	6.3	85.6%	1.3	4.5	5.7	6.9	0.8	0.4	3.2	1.5	14.6
Career	906	36.7	6.9	13.2	52.0%	0.4	1.2	30.4%	53.3%	5.5	6.5	84.8%	1.5	4.9	7.2	11.2	1.8	0.4	3.6	2.3	19.5
13 yrs	906	36.7	6.9	13.2	52.0%	0.4	1.2	30.4%	53.3%	5.5	6.5	84.8%	1.5	4.9	7.2	11.2	1.8	0.4	3.6	2.3	19.5

Advanced

	Shooting				Usage			Rebound %			Value						Impact		Clutch
Season	TS%	eFG%	3PAr	FTr	USG%	AST%	TOV%	OREB%	DREB%	TRB%	PER	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP	PIE	On/Off	+/-	Clutch PTS	Clutch TS%
1979-80	60.2%	53.4%	0.0	0.5	—	25.0%	20.9%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1980-81	58.2%	53.4%	0.0	0.4	—	30.6%	17.1%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1981-82	59.0%	54.0%	0.0	0.4	—	31.1%	20.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1982-83	60.3%	54.8%	0.0	0.4	19.8%	34.5%	21.6%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1983-84	62.8%	56.9%	0.0	0.5	21.1%	42.5%	24.6%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1984-85	63.7%	56.5%	0.0	0.5	14.2%	43.1%	21.7%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1985-86	61.0%	53.2%	0.0	0.5	21.7%	45.4%	19.8%	3.9%	14.5%	9.4%	23.9	12.0	0.2	7.7	6.4	13.5%	—	—	—	—
1986-87	60.3%	52.6%	0.0	0.5	26.4%	47.2%	15.9%	5.0%	13.7%	9.7%	27.2	15.8	0.3	9.3	8.4	14.8%	—	—	—	—
1987-88	58.1%	49.7%	0.1	0.5	23.6%	45.5%	18.2%	4.0%	14.9%	9.7%	23.1	10.8	0.2	6.5	5.7	13.1%	—	—	—	—
1988-89	62.5%	53.5%	0.2	0.5	24.4%	48.5%	18.4%	4.6%	18.0%	11.7%	26.9	15.9	0.3	9.8	8.6	15.5%	—	—	—	—
1989-90	62.2%	52.6%	0.2	0.6	25.0%	45.6%	16.9%	5.2%	14.9%	10.2%	26.6	16.2	0.3	10.0	9.0	14.9%	—	—	—	—
1990-91	62.3%	51.8%	0.3	0.6	23.1%	49.7%	20.4%	4.3%	17.0%	10.9%	25.1	15.1	0.2	9.2	8.3	15.2%	—	—	—	—
1995-96	61.2%	50.3%	0.2	0.7	23.6%	34.9%	21.2%	5.2%	17.2%	11.4%	21.3	3.5	0.2	5.1	1.7	9.6%	—	—	—	—
Career	61.0%	53.3%	0.1	0.5	24.0%	40.6%	19.5%	4.6%	15.6%	10.4%	25.3	89.4	0.2	8.6	48.1	23.0%	—	—	—	—

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