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Magic JohnsonvsSteve Nash

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

Steve Nash

1997–2014 · 18 seasons

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At a glance

Magic Johnson and Steve Nash: seasons, VAL, honors and league-leading seasons
Magic Johnson	Stat	Steve Nash
13	Seasons	18
229.2	Career VAL	208.5
23.5 (1987)	Peak-season VAL	21.7 (2007)
Inducted 2002	Hall of Fame	Inducted 2018
—	Black ink (league-leading seasons)	6
—	Gray ink (top-10 finishes)	13

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 Steve Nash have
Magic Johnson	Stat	Steve Nash
Career
906	Games	1,215
Per game
19.5	Points / game	14.3
7.2	Rebounds / game	3.0
11.2	Assists / game	8.5

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Points, Rebounds, Assists, Steals, Blocks, 3-pointers made, FG %, 3P %, FT %, True shooting %, PER, Win shares — Steve Nash's career line covers 2002–2014 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	Steve Nash
20	15.7	—
21	9.7	—
22	19	0.3
23	20.9	4.9
24	21	2.3
25	22	5.4
26	19.5	13.7
27	23.5	13.1
28	16.6	16.6
29	22.2	11.4
30	17.9	18.8
31	17.2	21.2
32	—	21.7
33	—	19.3
34	—	12.6
35	—	16.6
36	4	14.4
37	—	11
38	—	5.2