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Magic JohnsonvsJerry West

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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PG · VAL group G

Jerry West

1961–1974 · 14 seasons

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At a glance

Magic Johnson and Jerry West: seasons, VAL, honors and league-leading seasons
Magic Johnson	Stat	Jerry West
13	Seasons	14
229.2	Career VAL	182.2
23.5 (1987)	Peak-season VAL	19.2 (1965)
Inducted 2002	Hall of Fame	Inducted 1980

VAL is Value Above League — regular-season production measured against the league at the same position group (NBA VAL board).

Career regular season

Career regular-season statistics both Magic Johnson and Jerry West have
Magic Johnson	Stat	Jerry West
Career
906	Games	932
Per game
19.5	Points / game	27.0
7.2	Rebounds / game	5.8
11.2	Assists / game	6.7
Shooting
52.0%	FG %	47.4%
84.8%	FT %

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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View data (17 rows)

VAL by age
Age	Magic Johnson	Jerry West
20	15.7	—
21	9.7	—
22	19	5.7
23	20.9	12.6
24	21	9.2
25	22	16.9
26	19.5	19.2
27	23.5	18
28	16.6	13.6
29	22.2	11.2
30	17.9	10.7
31	17.2	15.7
32	—	16.1
33	—	16.1
34	—	12.6
35	—	4.6
36	4	—