
Statistical Profile
Magic Johnson has a solid amount of ON-OFF data tracked.
ON-OFF Stats
Regular Season
(28% Complete)
Postseason
(81% Complete)
Lineups
Postseason
(52% Complete)
RAPM
1985-1996
(16% Complete)
WOWYR
1957-2016
(100% Complete)
ON-OFF Stats
Regular Season ON-OFF (From Squared2020. Ratings are calculated using B-Ref minutes and pace estimates. * denotes partial data.)
| Year | ON ORtg | ON DRtg | ON Net | OFF ORtg | OFF DRtg | OFF Net | ON-OFF ORtg | ON-OFF DRtg | ON-OFF Net | Games |
| 1980 | 109.1 | 97.9 | 11.2 | 98.5 | 91.1 | 7.3 | 10.6 | 6.8 | 3.8 | 6* |
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| 1985 | 112.1 | 100.5 | 11.6 | 87.8 | 100.1 | -12.3 | 24.3 | 0.4 | 23.9 | 24* |
| 1986 | 104.7 | 101.5 | 3.2 | 89.8 | 93.3 | -3.5 | 14.9 | 8.2 | 6.7 | 11* |
| 1987 | 112.3 | 100.3 | 12.0 | 97.0 | 103.2 | -6.2 | 15.3 | -2.9 | 18.2 | 35* |
| 1988 | 111.7 | 101.5 | 10.2 | 96.2 | 106.1 | -9.9 | 15.5 | -4.6 | 20.1 | 50* |
| 1989 | 113.4 | 92.1 | 21.2 | 112.1 | 85.3 | 26.8 | 1.3 | 6.8 | -5.6 | 5* |
| 1990 | 116.7 | 104.2 | 12.5 | 106.2 | 112.0 | -5.8 | 10.5 | -7.8 | 18.3 | 57* |
| 1991 | 112.9 | 105.4 | 7.5 | 100.2 | 108.4 | -8.2 | 12.7 | -3.0 | 15.7 | 50* |
| 1996 | 114.3 | 108.0 | 6.3 | 117.3 | 113.2 | 4.1 | -3.0 | -5.2 | 2.2 | 18* |
| Career | 113.1 | 102.8 | 10.3 | 100.3 | 106.0 | -5.7 | 12.8 | -3.2 | 16.0 | 256* |
Regular Season ON Court Offense (rORtg is relative to league average. Projections are based on how the team did in the unsampled games.)
| Year | ON ORtg | ON rORtg | Projected Full Season ON ORtg | Projected Full Season ON rORtg | Games |
| 1980 | 109.1 | 3.8 | 112.0 | 6.7 | 6* |
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| 1985 | 112.1 | 4.2 | 119.5 | 11.6 | 24* |
| 1986 | 104.7 | -2.5 | 117.9 | 10.7 | 11* |
| 1987 | 112.3 | 4.0 | 118.9 | 10.6 | 35* |
| 1988 | 111.7 | 3.7 | 117.5 | 9.5 | 50* |
| 1989 | 113.4 | 5.6 | 114.2 | 6.4 | 5* |
| 1990 | 116.7 | 8.6 | 116.6 | 8.5 | 57* |
| 1991 | 112.9 | 5.0 | 114.9 | 7.0 | 50* |
| 1996 | 114.3 | 6.7 | 113.5 | 5.9 | 18* |
| Career | 113.1 | 5.1 | 116.7 | 8.7 | 256* |
Postseason ON-OFF (From personal tracking. Ratings are calculated using B-Ref minutes and pace estimates. * denotes partial data.)
| Year | ON ORtg | ON DRtg | ON Net | OFF ORtg | OFF DRtg | OFF Net | ON-OFF ORtg | ON-OFF DRtg | ON-OFF Net | Games |
| 1980 | 108.5 | 99.8 | 8.8 | 96.5 | 113.3 | -16.8 | 12.0 | -13.5 | 25.6 | 13* |
| 1981 | 102.7 | 100.8 | 1.9 | 112.9 | 133.2 | -20.3 | -10.2 | -32.4 | 22.2 | 3 |
| 1982 | 114.5 | 103.1 | 11.3 | 99.0 | 121.0 | -22.0 | 15.5 | -17.9 | 33.3 | 14 |
| 1983 | 110.3 | 108.3 | 2.0 | 90.6 | 101.6 | -11.0 | 19.7 | 6.7 | 13.0 | 15 |
| 1984 | 116.9 | 105.8 | 11.1 | 104.0 | 112.1 | -8.1 | 12.9 | -6.3 | 19.2 | 20* |
| 1985 | 120.6 | 105.7 | 14.8 | 108.7 | 117.1 | -8.4 | 11.9 | -11.4 | 23.2 | 18* |
| 1986 | 118.4 | 107.1 | 11.3 | 104.2 | 111.5 | -7.3 | 14.2 | -4.4 | 18.6 | 14 |
| 1987 | 124.7 | 109.1 | 15.6 | 104.2 | 107.1 | -2.9 | 20.5 | 2.0 | 18.5 | 18 |
| 1988 | 115.5 | 110.4 | 5.1 | 96.1 | 105.7 | -9.6 | 19.4 | 4.7 | 14.7 | 24 |
| 1989 | 118.9 | 107.1 | 11.8 | 109.2 | 121.7 | -12.5 | 9.7 | -14.6 | 24.3 | 14 |
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| Career | 116.3 | 106.4 | 9.8 | 103.1 | 113.2 | -10.1 | 13.2 | -6.8 | 19.9 | 153* |
Postseason ON Court Relative Ratings (rORtg is relative to opponent DRtg. rDRtg is relative to opponent ORtg. * denotes partial data.)
| Year | ON ORtg | ON rORtg | ON DRtg | ON rDRtg | ON rNet | Games |
| 1980 | 108.5 | 7.0 | 99.8 | -5.7 | 12.7 | 13* |
| 1981 | 102.7 | -4.0 | 100.8 | -6.2 | 2.2 | 3 |
| 1982 | 114.5 | 9.9 | 103.1 | -5.3 | 15.2 | 14 |
| 1983 | 110.3 | 6.5 | 108.3 | 0.2 | 6.3 | 15 |
| 1984 | 116.9 | 9.4 | 105.8 | -3.3 | 12.7 | 20* |
| 1985 | 120.6 | 13.4 | 105.7 | -4.0 | 17.4 | 18* |
| 1986 | 118.4 | 9.5 | 107.1 | -2.5 | 12.0 | 14 |
| 1987 | 124.7 | 15.1 | 109.1 | -1.5 | 16.6 | 18 |
| 1988 | 115.5 | 8.3 | 110.4 | 1.0 | 7.3 | 24 |
| 1989 | 118.9 | 12.1 | 107.1 | -4.1 | 16.2 | 14 |
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| Career | 116.3 | 9.8 | 106.4 | -2.6 | 12.4 | 153* |
Postseason Game-by-Game Plus Minus
Check out this spreadsheet.
Lineups
Postseason Lineups (From personal tracking. * denotes partial data.)
| 1980 | Lineups Combo | Minutes | ORtg | DRtg | Net | Games: 13* |
| Magic ON Kareem ON | 413.69 | 112.0 | 99.1 | 12.9 | ||
| Magic ON Kareem OFF | 118.31 | 98.1 | 103.7 | -5.6 | ||
| Magic OFF Kareem ON | 80.31 | 95.2 | 108.7 | -13.5 | ||
| Magic OFF Kareem OFF | 11.69 | 88.8 | 125.2 | -36.3 |
| 1981 | Lineups Combo | Minutes | ORtg | DRtg | Net | Games: 3 |
| Magic ON Kareem ON | 117.3 | 105.3 | 99.9 | 5.5 | ||
| Magic ON Kareem OFF | 9.7 | 71.1 | 111.7 | -40.6 | ||
| Magic OFF Kareem ON | 16.7 | 115.0 | 129.7 | -14.7 | ||
| Magic OFF Kareem OFF | 0.3 | 0.0 | 328.2 | -328.2 |
| 1982 | Lineups Combo | Minutes | ORtg | DRtg | Net | Games: 14 |
| Magic ON Kareem ON | 466.7 | 119.0 | 106.0 | 13.0 | ||
| Magic ON Kareem OFF | 138.3 | 102.0 | 95.3 | 6.7 | ||
| Magic OFF Kareem ON | 61.3 | 98.8 | 123.9 | -25.1 | ||
| Magic OFF Kareem OFF | 53.7 | 102.2 | 125.6 | -23.4 |
| 1983 | Lineups Combo | Minutes | ORtg | DRtg | Net | Games: 15 |
| Magic ON Kareem ON | 534.7 | 113.5 | 106.8 | 6.7 | ||
| Magic ON Kareem OFF | 108.3 | 94.5 | 115.6 | -21.1 | ||
| Magic OFF Kareem ON | 53.3 | 99.1 | 92.0 | 7.1 | ||
| Magic OFF Kareem OFF | 28.7 | 74.8 | 119.6 | -44.9 |
| 1984 | Lineups Combo | Minutes | ORtg | DRtg | Net | Games: 20* |
| Magic ON Kareem ON | 628.82 | 123.4 | 110.4 | 12.9 | ||
| Magic ON Kareem OFF | 143.14 | 108.0 | 103.0 | 5.0 | ||
| Magic OFF Kareem ON | 75.14 | 105.7 | 109.5 | -3.8 | ||
| Magic OFF Kareem OFF | 108.9 | 102.8 | 113.8 | -11.0 |
| 1985 | Lineups Combo | Minutes | ORtg | DRtg | Net | Games: 18* |
| Magic ON Kareem ON | 505.45 | 124.8 | 105.8 | 19.0 | ||
| Magic ON Kareem OFF | 146.55 | 106.1 | 105.5 | 0.6 | ||
| Magic OFF Kareem ON | 68.59 | 108.5 | 102.7 | 5.8 | ||
| Magic OFF Kareem OFF | 143.41 | 108.8 | 124.0 | -15.2 |
| 1980-1985 | Lineups Combo | Minutes | ORtg | DRtg | Net | Games: 83* |
| Magic ON Kareem ON | 2666.65 | 118.2 | 105.6 | 12.6 | ||
| Magic ON Kareem OFF | 664.31 | 102.1 | 104.4 | -2.3 | ||
| Magic OFF Kareem ON | 355.35 | 102.0 | 108.6 | -6.6 | ||
| Magic OFF Kareem OFF | 346.69 | 103.8 | 122.5 | -18.8 |
Note: Magic ON Kareem OFF is 100.7 ORtg, 104.6 DRtg, -3.9 Net without including 1980 Finals Game 6. Kareem missed this game entirely.
RAPM
Single-Year RAPM (1985-1996 partial RAPM is from Squared2020.com)
| Year | ORAPM | DRAPM | RAPM | RAPM Rank |
| 1985 | 6.91 | 2.01 | 8.92 | 1st |
| 1986 | 2.74 | -0.47 | 2.27 | 15th |
| 1987 | 9.02 | -0.68 | 8.34 | 1st |
| 1988 | 6.79 | -0.16 | 6.62 | 2nd |
| 1989 | 7.21 | -0.98 | 6.23 | 3rd |
| 1990 | 6.27 | 1.06 | 7.33 | 1st |
| 1991 | 3.56 | 0.43 | 4.00 | 9th |
| 1996 | 1.92 | -0.78 | 1.14 | 96th |
12-Year 1985-1996 RAPM (From Squared2020.)
| Player | ORAPM | DRAPM | RAPM | RAPM Rank |
| Magic Johnson | 6.48 | 0.25 | 6.74 | 2nd |
WOWYR
1957-2016 WOWYR (From Thinking Basketball.)
| Player | Scaled WOWYR | Alt Scaled | 10-Year GPM | Average | Variability | Rank |
| Magic Johnson | 9.3 | 9.3 | 8.3 | 9.0 | 0.6 | 2nd |
