Earvin "Magic" Johnson Michigan State 78-79 6'9, G 1979: First Team All-American (AP, UPI, UPI, NABC) Big Ten Most Valuable Player (Chicago Tribune) First Team All Big Ten 1978: Second Team All-American (NABC) Third Team All American (AP,UPI) First Team All Big Ten College Stats: CL G MP MPG FG 3FG FT Reb RPG A APG BL ST TO Pts PPg 78 Fr 30 175-382 .458 161-205 .785 237 7.9 222 7.4 511 17.0 78 So 32 1159 36.2 173-370 .468 202-240 .842 234 7.3 269 8.4 3 75 548 17.1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 62 348-752 .463 363-445 .816 471 7.6 491 7.9 1059 17.1 NCAA Tournament: Most Outstanding Player (1979) CL G MP MPG FG 3FG FT Reb RPG A APG BL ST TO Pts PPg 78 Fr 3 113 37.7 10-36 .278 13-19 .684 20 6.7 26 8.7 1 5 13 33 11.0 79 So 5 34-65 .523 41-46 .891 44 8.8 50 10.0 0 13 22 109 21.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8 44-101 .436 54-65 .831 64 8.0 76 9.5 1 18 35 142 17.8 1979 NBA Draft: #1 overall, Los Angeles NBA Awards: NBA MVP (87,88,90) NBA Finals MVP (80,82,87) First Team All NBA (83,84,85,86,87,88,89,90,91) Second Team All NBA (82) All Rookie First Team (80) NBA All Star (80,82,83,84,85,86,87,88,89,90,91,92) NBA Regular Season ------------------ Led league in APG (83,84,86,87), Assists (83,86,87), FT% (89), SPG (81,82), TO (91) CL G MP MPG FG 3FG FT Reb RPG A APG BL ST TO Pts PPg 80 LAL 77 2795 36.3 503-949 .530 7-31 .226 374-462 .810 596 7.7 563 7.3 41 187 305 1387 18.0 81 LAL 37 1371 37.1 312-587 .532 3-17 .176 171-225 .760 320 8.6 317 8.6 27 127 143 798 21.6 82 LAL 78 2991 38.3 556-1036 .537 6-29 .207 329-433 .760 751 9.6 743 9.5 34 208 286 1447 18.6 83 LAL 79 2907 36.8 511-933 .548 0-21 .000 304-380 .800 683 8.6 829 10.5 47 176 301 1326 16.8 84 LAL 67 2567 38.3 441-780 .565 6-29 .207 290-358 .810 491 7.3 875 13.1 49 150 306 1178 17.6 85 LAL 77 2781 36.1 504-899 .561 7-37 .189 391-464 .843 476 6.2 968 12.6 25 113 305 1406 18.3 86 LAL 72 2637 36.6 483-918 .526 10-43 .233 378-434 .871 426 5.9 907 12.6 16 113 273 1354 18.8 87 LAL 80 2904 36.3 683-1308 .522 8-39 .205 535-631 .848 504 6.3 977 12.2 36 138 300 1909 23.9 88 LAL 72 2637 36.6 490-996 .492 11-56 .196 417-489 .853 449 6.2 858 11.9 13 114 269 1408 19.6 89 LAL 77 2886 37.5 579-1137 .509 59-188 .314 513-563 .911 607 7.9 988 12.8 22 138 312 1730 22.5 90 LAL 79 2937 37.2 546-1138 .480 106-276 .384 567-637 .890 522 6.6 907 11.5 34 132 289 1765 22.3 91 LAL 79 2933 37.1 466-976 .477 80-250 .320 519-573 .906 551 7.0 989 12.5 17 102 314 1531 19.4 92-95 LAL did not play - retired 96 LAL 32 958 29.9 137-294 .466 22-58 .379 172-201 .856 183 5.7 220 6.9 13 26 103 468 14.6 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 906 33245 36.7 6211-11951 .520 325-1074 .303 4960-5850 .848 6559 7.2 10141 11.2 374 1724 3506 17707 19.5 NBA Playoffs ------------------ CL G MP MPG FG 3FG FT Reb RPG A APG BL ST TO Pts PPg 80 LAL 16 658 41.1 103-199 .518 2-8 .250 85-106 .802 168 10.5 151 9.4 6 49 65 293 18.3 81 LAL 3 127 42.3 19-49 .388 0-0 .000 13-20 .650 41 13.7 21 7.0 3 8 11 51 17.0 82 LAL 14 562 40.1 83-157 .529 0-4 .000 77-93 .828 158 11.3 130 9.3 3 40 44 243 17.4 83 LAL 15 643 42.9 100-206 .485 0-11 .000 68-81 .840 128 8.5 192 12.8 12 34 64 268 17.9 84 LAL 21 837 39.9 151-274 .551 0-7 .000 80-100 .800 139 6.6 284 13.5 20 42 79 382 18.2 85 LAL 19 687 36.2 116-226 .513 1-7 .143 100-118 .847 134 7.1 289 15.2 4 32 76 333 17.5 86 LAL 14 541 38.6 110-205 .537 0-11 .000 82-107 .766 100 7.1 211 15.1 1 27 45 302 21.6 87 LAL 18 666 37.0 146-271 .539 2-10 .200 98-118 .831 139 7.7 219 12.2 7 31 51 392 21.8 88 LAL 24 965 40.2 169-329 .514 7-14 .500 132-155 .852 130 5.4 303 12.6 4 34 83 477 19.9 89 LAL 14 518 37.0 85-174 .489 10-35 .286 78-86 .907 83 5.9 165 11.8 3 27 53 258 18.4 90 LAL 9 376 41.8 76-155 .490 5-25 .200 70-79 .886 57 6.3 115 12.8 1 11 36 227 25.2 91 LAL 19 823 43.3 118-268 .440 21-71 .296 157-178 .882 154 8.1 240 12.6 0 23 77 414 21.8 96 LAL 4 135 33.8 15-39 .385 3-9 .333 28-33 .848 34 8.5 26 6.5 0 0 12 61 15.2 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 190 7538 39.7 1291-2552 .506 51-212 .241 1068-1274 .838 1465 7.7 2346 12.3 64 358 696 3701 19.5 NCAA TOURNEY GAME-BY-GAME MP FG FT Reb A BL ST TO PF Pts ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1978 v Providence 35 5-9 4-6 7 7 1 2 2 3 14 W 77-63 1978 v Western Kentucky 39 3-17 7-11 9 14 0 1 5 2 13 W 90-69 1978 v Kentucky 39 2-10 2-2 4 5 0 2 6 4 6 L 52-49 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1979 v Lamar 35 6-14 1-1 17 10 0 4 6 1 13 W 95-64 1979 v Louisiana St - 5-16 14-15 5 12 0 3 3 2 24 W 87-71 1979 v Notre Dame 40 6-10 7-8 5 13 0 2 3 2 19 W 80-68 1979 v Pennsylvania 35 9-10 11-12 10 10 0 3 4 2 29 W 101-67 1979 v Indiana St 35 8-15 8-10 7 5 0 1 6 3 24 W 75-64 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------