Magic Johnson 
#23 PF | 6-9, 233lbs | Lakers | Experience: 4 years
Born: 8/14/1959 (24) | College: Michigan State

 Attributes
  INS JPS FT 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK QKN STR JMP STA  
 Current: 86 97 83 54 93 100 60 71 58 70 100 37 74 86 100 92  
 Potential: A A A C A A C B C B A D          
 Health: Good
 Status: Active Roster

 Contract
  1983  1984  1985  1986  1987  1988  1989  1990 
 Value: $475,000  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0 
 Option: None  None  None  None  None  None  None  None 
 Bird Years: 4                

 Season Averages
 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1983 NPSBL LAL 81 81 37.6 30.9 2.3 6.2 10.8 2.7 4.07 2.3 0.3 3.0 .631 .847 .302  
 1982 NPSBL PHX 82 82 36.9 30.8 2.0 6.4 9.9 3.1 3.20 1.9 0.4 3.4 .579 .849 .387  
 1981 NPSBL PHX 82 82 37.6 33.5 1.9 6.2 10.2 2.8 3.62 1.8 0.3 3.3 .598 .843 .301  
 1980 NPSBL PHX 82 82 38.2 30.3 2.0 5.6 10.0 3.1 3.22 1.8 0.3 2.9 .597 .866 .284  
 1979 NPSBL LAL 77 0 36.3 18.0 2.2 5.6 7.3 4.0 1.85 2.4 0.5 2.8 .530 .810 .226  
 Career     404 327 37.3 28.8 2.1 6.0 9.7 3.1 3.10 2.0 0.4 3.1 .591 .847 .309  

 Shooting Averages
 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1983 NPSBL LAL 11.1 17.6 .631 8.5 10.0 .847 8.3 11.4 .729 2.6 5.5 .468 0.2 0.7 .302  
 1982 NPSBL PHX 10.3 17.9 .579 9.8 11.5 .849 7.1 10.2 .703 2.8 6.8 .418 0.4 0.9 .387  
 1981 NPSBL PHX 11.8 19.7 .598 9.6 11.4 .843 7.7 10.7 .717 3.7 7.7 .480 0.4 1.3 .301  
 1980 NPSBL PHX 10.2 17.1 .597 9.5 11.0 .866 7.2 10.0 .719 2.8 6.2 .451 0.3 1.0 .284  
 1979 NPSBL LAL 6.5 12.3 .530 4.9 6.0 .810 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.1 0.4 .226  
 Career     10.0 17.0 .591 8.5 10.0 .847 6.1 8.5 .717 2.4 5.3 .455 0.3 0.8 .309  

 Season Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1983 81 81 3045 899 1424 687 811 16 53 2501 184 685 876 186 215 186 27 247 584 
 1982 82 82 3025 847 1464 800 942 29 75 2523 163 688 809 152 253 152 30 278 606 
 1981 82 82 3086 965 1615 785 931 31 103 2746 153 663 833 144 230 144 26 270 650 
 1980 82 82 3133 839 1405 783 904 23 81 2484 166 628 824 146 256 146 22 240 417 
 1979 77 0 2795 503 949 374 462 7 31 1387 166 596 563 187 305 187 41 218 0 
 Career 404 327 15084 4053 6857 3429 4050 106 343 11641 832 3260 3905 815 1259 815 146 1253 2257 

 Efficiency
 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1983 NPSBL LAL .702 1.76 30.5 7.5 29.2 7.3 18.7 13.1 37.4 1176.5 39.2 7.2 115.5 107.0  
 1982 NPSBL PHX .672 1.72 27.5 8.6 31.6 6.6 19.0 13.2 37.1 1201.9 40.1 7.4 111.1 102.1  
 1981 NPSBL PHX .678 1.70 27.0 7.4 33.0 6.2 18.9 12.8 39.6 1341.1 44.7 7.9 114.4 104.0  
 1980 NPSBL PHX .689 1.77 28.6 8.9 30.5 6.9 17.7 12.5 38.8 1325.0 44.2 5.1 112.3 105.3  
 1979 NPSBL LAL .602 1.46 27.9 15.1 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 Career     .674 1.70 28.3 9.1 25.3 6.7 18.6 12.9 38.1 5044.5 168.1 5.6 113.3 104.6  

 Playoff Averages
 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1983 NPSBL LAL 16 16 33.5 32.2 2.2 5.1 9.0 1.9 4.65 1.3 0.3 3.7 .673 .839 .000  
 1982 NPSBL PHX 11 11 39.3 34.2 2.3 6.6 10.2 3.2 3.20 1.7 0.2 3.4 .596 .806 .182  
 1981 NPSBL PHX 7 7 39.1 35.4 2.3 5.4 11.1 2.3 4.88 1.6 0.3 4.3 .621 .844 1.000  
 1980 NPSBL PHX 2 2 44.5 32.5 0.5 4.0 11.5 2.0 5.75 2.0 0.5 3.5 .567 .816 .000  
 Career     36 36 37.0 33.4 2.1 5.6 9.9 2.4 4.15 1.5 0.3 3.7 .632 .827 .200  

 Playoff Shooting
 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1983 NPSBL LAL 11.7 17.4 .673 8.8 10.5 .839 8.9 11.8 .757 2.8 4.9 .557 0.0 0.6 .000  
 1982 NPSBL PHX 12.1 20.3 .596 9.8 12.2 .806 8.5 11.3 .750 3.5 8.0 .432 0.2 1.0 .182  
 1981 NPSBL PHX 12.9 20.7 .621 9.3 11.0 .844 9.1 12.6 .727 3.3 7.7 .426 0.4 0.4 1.000  
 1980 NPSBL PHX 8.5 15.0 .567 15.5 19.0 .816 5.5 9.0 .611 3.0 5.5 .545 0.0 0.5 .000  
 Career     11.9 18.8 .632 9.6 11.6 .827 8.6 11.6 .742 3.1 6.4 .478 0.1 0.7 .200  

 Playoff Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1983 16 16 536 187 278 141 168 0 10 515 35 116 144 21 31 21 5 59 199 
 1982 11 11 432 133 223 108 134 2 11 376 25 98 112 19 35 19 2 37 -6 
 1981 7 7 274 90 145 65 77 3 3 248 16 54 78 11 16 11 2 30 43 
 1980 2 2 89 17 30 31 38 0 1 65 1 9 23 4 4 4 1 7 -6 
 Career 36 36 1331 427 676 345 417 5 25 1204 77 277 357 55 86 55 10 133 230 

 Playoff Efficiency
 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1983 NPSBL LAL .733 1.85 27.3 5.9 29.2 8.1 15.4 12.1 32.3 166.3 5.5 12.4 120.8 104.4  
 1982 NPSBL PHX .667 1.69 26.1 8.2 33.5 6.7 18.9 12.9 28.5 116.4 3.9 -0.5 108.5 108.9  
 1981 NPSBL PHX .693 1.71 28.6 5.9 31.9 7.0 14.0 10.8 32.1 88.1 2.9 6.1 113.9 106.1  
 1980 NPSBL PHX .681 2.17 31.1 5.4 27.5 1.2 11.3 5.9 26.9 21.7 0.7 -3.0 116.6 119.7  
 Career     .701 1.78 27.4 6.6 19.3 6.9 15.9 11.7 30.7 392.5 13.1 6.4 115.2 107.1  

 Career Highs
 Type PTS OREB REB AST STL BLK TO FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA  
 Season 60 7 19 21 8 2 9 21 38 20 24 2 3  
 Playoff 56 7 18 18 4 2 5 23 31 21 22 1 3  
 Career 60 7 19 21 8 3 9 23 38 29 33 3 6  

 Game Logs
 Date Opp W/L MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS ORB REB AST TO STL BLK PF +/-
 10/18 LAL L 34 6 13 6 6 0 3 18 2 8 11 4 1 1 5 -4
 10/20 ATL W 46 12 17 19 20 0 0 43 4 14 13 3 3 0 1 7
 10/21 PHI W 43 13 19 13 16 0 2 39 2 14 9 6 5 0 3 18
 10/24 SEA L 32 9 13 6 6 1 3 25 3 5 7 2 3 0 4 -15
 10/25 SAS W 17 9 11 3 3 1 1 22 0 3 8 0 0 0 4 32
 10/27 WAS L 35 11 15 6 7 0 0 28 1 9 9 5 3 0 6 6
 11/1 LAL L 41 14 23 6 8 0 0 34 1 4 10 2 1 1 4 -21
 11/2 KCK L 47 11 18 9 13 0 0 31 1 4 20 6 3 1 5 -6
 11/6 NYK W 45 13 21 11 13 0 2 37 1 9 11 4 3 0 2 10
 11/8 UTA W 43 10 20 3 3 0 0 23 2 11 21 2 5 1 4 8
 11/10 DET L 37 11 16 20 23 0 2 42 2 11 9 2 1 0 3 -2
 11/11 LAL W 45 10 18 14 18 0 0 34 2 13 17 4 2 0 4 13
 11/14 POR L 24 3 4 6 8 0 1 12 2 8 6 4 2 0 5 -7
 11/17 SEA W 28 10 11 6 8 0 0 26 2 9 10 2 0 0 5 16
 11/20 DET L 44 12 25 13 16 0 0 37 7 11 7 1 3 0 2 4
 11/21 DAL L 41 9 17 18 20 0 1 36 5 9 4 5 3 0 1 -9
 11/25 CHI W 31 12 16 6 7 0 0 30 1 2 13 4 6 0 1 13
 11/26 DAL W 40 3 8 10 12 0 0 16 1 2 20 3 5 0 3 15
 11/28 SEA L 35 8 13 3 4 0 0 19 2 5 14 2 5 0 4 -14
 11/30 BOS L 44 17 22 11 13 1 2 46 3 6 10 3 2 0 2 -10
 12/1 MIL W 32 15 20 11 13 0 0 41 3 10 15 4 4 0 1 25
 12/5 SAS W 46 15 20 9 12 1 1 40 3 8 11 1 1 1 3 6
 12/7 GSW L 35 12 17 8 9 0 0 32 0 4 18 5 0 0 3 -14
 12/10 MIL W 43 12 19 6 6 1 1 31 3 12 16 6 6 0 3 18
 12/11 SDC L 45 11 20 20 24 0 1 42 1 9 21 4 2 0 1 -3
 12/13 ATL W 41 9 13 3 4 0 1 21 1 7 19 4 1 0 3 7
 12/17 MIL W 41 11 26 8 8 0 0 30 3 14 12 1 1 1 2 8
 12/19 SAS W 35 14 15 3 6 2 2 33 1 6 7 3 3 0 2 15
 12/23 DEN W 43 10 14 14 16 0 1 34 1 7 15 3 2 0 4 2
 12/26 PHX L 28 2 5 8 10 0 0 12 2 4 10 1 3 0 5 -2
 12/27 KCK W 35 5 6 7 8 0 0 17 2 8 11 2 0 0 3 17
 12/29 UTA L 40 9 14 9 11 0 0 27 2 10 11 4 2 1 1 -6
 12/30 SDC W 31 6 11 9 10 0 0 21 2 7 9 1 0 1 3 22
 1/2 UTA W 40 10 17 15 18 1 3 36 7 10 10 2 2 0 1 3
 1/3 POR W 49 21 38 18 18 0 0 60 4 8 12 3 1 0 5 10
 1/7 CLE W 41 14 16 11 15 0 0 39 2 10 10 5 1 0 6 0
 1/8 SDC W 38 17 24 9 10 0 0 43 5 10 4 1 2 1 3 2
 1/10 UTA L 29 6 10 7 8 1 1 20 1 6 10 4 1 0 6 -3
 1/12 DET L 41 8 13 9 11 0 1 25 4 8 11 9 3 1 3 7
 1/14 GSW L 27 11 13 3 4 0 1 25 2 9 5 2 3 0 4 1
 1/15 NJN W 40 13 19 5 6 0 0 31 1 8 9 3 2 0 1 20
 1/18 NJN L 34 10 15 19 20 0 0 39 1 9 10 5 3 0 4 14
 1/19 SEA L 41 12 20 20 22 0 2 44 2 6 10 3 0 1 3 0
 1/23 UTA W 37 13 18 7 8 0 0 33 1 6 12 1 3 0 3 7
 1/25 DEN W 34 10 17 6 6 0 0 26 4 9 8 2 1 0 2 24
 1/27 DAL W 38 8 17 13 16 0 0 29 3 7 13 3 4 0 3 8
 1/28 SEA L 29 10 14 2 2 0 0 22 3 5 7 0 1 1 3 4
 1/31 GSW L 27 9 14 4 4 0 0 22 2 4 9 0 2 0 6 1
 2/1 DEN W 42 14 20 10 14 0 1 38 1 7 9 7 3 0 2 8
 2/3 SAS W 36 13 19 9 14 0 0 35 1 11 13 2 2 0 2 43
 2/5 DAL W 37 9 16 4 4 1 2 23 3 8 10 3 3 1 2 22
 2/7 CHI L 42 20 32 6 8 0 0 46 3 9 16 1 3 0 4 -6
 2/8 SDC W 31 7 13 12 13 0 0 26 1 6 12 0 2 2 3 27
 2/12 EAS W 23 4 6 1 1 0 0 9 1 8 13 2 1 0 0 4
 2/14 NYK W 32 9 14 9 11 0 1 27 1 9 7 1 3 0 2 29
 2/15 KCK W 41 11 21 8 8 0 1 30 7 19 16 2 6 1 3 8
 2/18 GSW L 42 17 27 1 3 0 1 35 2 7 11 4 2 0 2 -6
 2/19 ATL W 21 7 11 1 1 0 0 15 2 5 4 2 1 0 4 -1
 2/21 PHX W 34 9 11 3 4 0 0 21 3 11 6 2 2 0 3 30
 2/23 KCK W 38 12 18 6 6 1 2 31 3 11 10 2 1 1 5 11
 2/25 GSW W 30 12 16 4 4 1 1 29 2 3 10 2 1 2 5 9
 2/27 KCK L 43 10 17 9 11 0 1 29 1 10 16 1 3 1 2 5
 2/28 SEA W 39 10 14 8 12 1 3 29 3 8 15 4 2 0 3 17
 3/2 POR L 39 16 24 5 7 0 1 37 2 9 11 1 1 0 3 -12
 3/4 SEA W 44 7 18 12 12 0 1 26 6 14 13 1 2 0 5 15
 3/6 SDC L 42 14 23 12 13 1 2 41 2 10 6 4 1 2 3 -2
 3/8 POR L 34 12 16 11 12 1 1 36 1 10 6 2 0 1 3 -7
 3/10 HOU W 37 13 23 14 16 0 2 40 5 7 7 1 2 0 3 28
 3/11 PHX W 31 14 17 8 8 0 0 36 2 9 6 2 2 1 3 30
 3/14 MIL L 41 11 22 7 7 0 1 29 2 10 14 5 4 0 2 3
 3/16 PHX W 38 9 15 11 14 0 0 29 2 12 12 2 0 0 4 4
 3/19 WAS W 36 11 24 8 9 0 1 30 2 4 5 4 1 0 2 11
 3/20 UTA W 33 14 26 2 2 1 1 31 2 7 4 2 1 0 4 13
 3/22 HOU L 40 11 20 4 6 0 0 26 6 10 7 0 4 0 1 -20
 3/24 SEA W 43 12 16 6 8 0 0 30 2 8 11 0 4 0 1 3
 3/27 BOS W 42 7 15 13 16 0 1 27 1 11 12 2 0 0 3 9
 3/28 SAS W 38 8 13 7 8 0 0 23 0 9 9 4 5 0 2 2
 4/1 SAS W 39 10 16 11 12 0 1 31 1 14 15 4 1 0 3 15
 4/2 IND W 41 14 17 8 8 0 0 36 3 12 8 1 2 0 3 22
 4/5 SDC W 43 16 25 15 18 1 1 48 3 10 15 0 5 0 3 2
 4/6 KCK L 30 10 21 2 3 0 1 22 1 11 11 2 1 0 3 -13
 4/8 HOU W 37 8 10 6 8 0 0 22 2 11 12 2 3 0 2 19
 4/10 POR L 33 10 18 3 4 0 1 23 2 7 10 6 1 0 5 4
 4/12 DAL W 31 9 16 0 0 0 0 18 0 9 6 2 2 2 5 -7
 4/13 HOU W 44 15 20 6 6 0 0 36 3 11 10 2 2 0 3 9
 4/16 DAL W 45 13 22 12 13 0 0 38 0 5 13 4 3 2 4 5
 4/18 IND W 33 14 18 6 8 0 1 34 0 8 4 0 2 0 0 28
 4/19 SDC W 38 15 23 9 9 1 1 40 3 8 7 3 8 0 3 24
 4/21 UTA W 44 16 17 19 20 0 0 51 2 14 8 4 4 0 0 17
 4/22 UTA W 32 9 15 3 3 0 2 21 0 4 7 0 1 0 2 19
 4/24 UTA W 32 13 14 12 14 0 1 38 4 13 10 1 0 1 1 30
 4/25 UTA W 44 11 26 8 9 0 2 30 4 9 11 3 1 0 2 11
 5/3 GSW L 40 15 22 10 13 0 1 40 2 5 16 1 4 0 5 0
 5/4 GSW W 24 7 11 6 6 0 1 20 0 1 9 0 1 0 4 8
 5/6 GSW W 47 15 25 17 19 0 0 47 0 4 13 2 1 2 4 12
 5/7 GSW W 27 14 21 12 13 0 0 40 2 9 7 0 0 0 4 28
 5/9 GSW L 35 14 21 9 11 0 1 37 2 10 9 3 2 0 6 2
 5/11 GSW W 42 23 28 10 13 0 0 56 6 12 13 2 2 0 3 23
 5/15 POR W 22 10 16 10 15 0 0 30 1 6 5 1 1 0 4 24
 5/16 POR L 21 10 15 1 1 0 0 21 0 1 7 3 0 0 6 -7
 5/18 POR L 32 8 10 4 7 0 0 20 2 5 3 3 1 1 4 -1
 5/19 POR W 25 3 6 4 4 0 1 10 4 8 8 1 1 0 4 10
 5/21 POR L 38 13 20 6 10 0 1 32 5 11 10 3 2 0 5 7
 5/23 POR L 31 6 11 10 10 0 0 22 1 4 8 4 0 1 5 16

 Awards & Achievements
 Season Award
 Total Player of the Game: 223
 Total Player of the Week: 41
 Total Player of the Month: 16
 Total All-Star Appearances: 4
 Total All-League First Team: 4
 Total All-Defensive First Team: 2
 Total All-Defensive Second Team: 1
 Total Most Valuable Player: 4
 Total Steals Leader: 1
 1980 NPSBL Rookie Game Participant
 1980 NPSBL All-Star
 1980 NPSBL Most Improved Player
 1980 NPSBL Most Valuable Player
 1980 NPSBL All-League First Team
 1980 NPSBL All-Defensive First Team
 1981 NPSBL Slam-Dunk Contest Champion
 1981 NPSBL All-Star
 1981 NPSBL Most Valuable Player
 1981 NPSBL All-League First Team
 1981 NPSBL All-Defensive Second Team
 1982 NPSBL All-Star
 1982 NPSBL Most Valuable Player
 1982 NPSBL All-League First Team
 1983 NPSBL All-Star
 1983 NPSBL Most Valuable Player
 1983 NPSBL All-League First Team
 1983 NPSBL All-Defensive First Team
 1983 NPSBL Steals Leader

 Transactions
 Date Action
 10/8/1981 Drafted by Phoenix with pick #1 of round 1 of the creation draft.
 12/16/1983 Traded to the Lakers

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