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Magic JohnsonvsAllen Iverson

Regular-season careers from the StatVault encyclopedia — the same tables as each player's profile.

PG · VAL group G

Magic Johnson

1980–1996 · 13 seasons

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SG · VAL group G

Allen Iverson

1997–2010 · 14 seasons

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At a glance

Magic Johnson and Allen Iverson: seasons, VAL, honors and league-leading seasons
Magic Johnson	Stat	Allen Iverson
13	Seasons	14
229.2	Career VAL	141.1
23.5 (1987)	Peak-season VAL	19.1 (2008)
Inducted 2002	Hall of Fame	Inducted 2016
—	Black ink (league-leading seasons)	3
—	Gray ink (top-10 finishes)	14

VAL is Value Above League — regular-season production measured against the league at the same position group (NBA VAL board). Black and gray ink count seasons from 2002 on.

Career regular season

Career regular-season statistics both Magic Johnson and Allen Iverson have
Magic Johnson	Stat	Allen Iverson
Career
906	Games	913

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Points, Rebounds, Assists, Steals, Blocks, 3-pointers made, Points / game, Rebounds / game, Assists / game, FG %, 3P %, FT %, True shooting %, PER, Win shares — Allen Iverson's career line covers 2002–2010 only (the table behind it does not cover 5 early-career seasons).

VAL by ageEach season plotted at the player's age that season, so careers line up by age rather than by calendar.

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Age	Magic Johnson	Allen Iverson
20	15.7	—
21	9.7	7.8
22	19	12
23	20.9	4.8
24	21	5.6
25	22	10.4
26	19.5	10.7
27	23.5	13.5
28	16.6	5.3
29	22.2	18.9
30	17.9	17.4
31	17.2	11.4
32	—	19.1
33	—	4
34	—	0.2
36	4	—