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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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G

Michael Jordan

1985–2003 · 15 seasons

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At a glance

Magic Johnson and Michael Jordan: seasons, VAL, honors and league-leading seasons
Magic Johnson	Stat	Michael Jordan
13	Seasons	15
229.2	Career VAL	232.9
23.5 (1987)	Peak-season VAL	26.8 (1988)
Inducted 2002	Hall of Fame	Inducted 2009

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 Michael Jordan have
Magic Johnson	Stat	Michael Jordan
Career
906	Games	1,072
Per game
19.5	Points / game	30.1
7.2	Rebounds / game	6.2
11.2	Assists / game	5.3

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Points, Rebounds, Assists, Steals, Blocks, 3-pointers made, FG %, 3P %, FT %, True shooting %, PER, Win shares — Michael Jordan's career line covers 2002–2003 only (the table behind it does not cover 13 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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View data (18 rows)

VAL by age
Age	Magic Johnson	Michael Jordan
20	15.7	—
21	9.7	18.1
22	19	1.7
23	20.9	18.8
24	21	26.8
25	22	26.8
26	19.5	23.3
27	23.5	23.1
28	16.6	19.7
29	22.2	17.1
30	17.9	—
31	17.2	1.2
32	—	17.1
33	—	16.1
34	—	11.4
36	4	—
38	—	4.6
39	—	7.1