Magic Johnson assists per game in 1988-89
12.81988-89 Regular Season
Magic Johnson averaged 12.8 assists per game in the 1988-89 regular season.
- 2nd-best of Magic Johnson's 13 seasons on file; the high is 13.1 in 1983-84.
- Up 0.9 from 11.9 in 1987-88.
Best of 13 regular seasons, 1979-80 through 1995-96. Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on September 22, 2026.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | MIN: Minutes on the floor. | PTS: Points scored — a free throw is worth 1, a shot inside the arc 2, beyond it 3. | REB: Missed shots the player collected, at either end of the floor. | AST: Passes that led directly to a team-mate's basket. | STL: Possessions taken off the opponent by picking off a pass or a dribble. | BLK: Opponent shots swatted away before they reached the rim. | FG%: Share of shots from the floor that went in. League average sits near 47%. | 3P%: Share of three-point attempts that went in. League average sits near 36%. | FT%: Share of free throws that went in. League average sits near 78%. | TS%: Scoring per shot with threes and free throws counted: PTS ÷ (2 × (FGA + 0.44 × FTA)). League average sits near 58%. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979-80 |  LAL | 77 | 36.3 | 18 | 7.7 | 7.3 | 2.4 | 0.5 | 53.0 | 22.6 | 81.0 | 60.2 |
| 1980-81 | LAL | 37 | 37.1 | 21.6 | 8.6 | 8.6 | 3.4 | 0.7 | 53.2 | 17.6 | 76.0 | 58.2 |
| 1981-82 | LAL | 78 | 38.3 | 18.6 | 9.6 | 9.5 | 2.7 | 0.4 | 53.7 | 20.7 | 76.0 | 59.0 |
| 1982-83 | LAL | 79 | 36.8 | 16.8 | 8.6 | 10.5 | 2.2 | 0.6 | 54.8 | 0.0 | 80.0 | 60.3 |
| 1983-84 | LAL | 67 | 38.3 | 17.6 | 7.3 | 13.1 | 2.2 | 0.7 | 56.5 | 20.7 | 81.0 | 62.8 |
| 1984-85 | LAL | 77 | 36.1 | 18.3 | 6.2 | 12.6 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 56.1 | 18.9 | 84.3 | 63.7 |
| 1985-86 | LAL | 72 | 35.8 | 18.8 | 5.9 | 12.6 | 1.6 | 0.2 | 52.6 | 23.3 | 87.1 | 61.0 |
| 1986-87 | LAL | 80 | 36.3 | 23.9 | 6.3 | 12.2 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 52.2 | 20.5 | 84.8 | 60.2 |
| 1987-88 | LAL | 72 | 36.6 | 19.6 | 6.2 | 11.9 | 1.6 | 0.2 | 49.2 | 19.6 | 85.3 | 58.1 |
| 1988-89 | LAL | 77 | 37.5 | 22.5 | 7.9 | 12.8 | 1.8 | 0.3 | 50.9 | 31.4 | 91.1 | 62.5 |
| 1989-90 | LAL | 79 | 37.2 | 22.3 | 6.6 | 11.5 | 1.7 | 0.4 | 48.0 | 38.4 | 89.0 | 62.2 |
| 1990-91 | LAL | 79 | 37.1 | 19.4 | 7 | 12.5 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 47.7 | 32.0 | 90.6 | 62.3 |
| 1995-96 | LAL | 32 | 29.9 | 14.6 | 5.7 | 6.9 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 46.6 | 37.9 | 85.6 | 61.2 |
What the columns mean: GP · MIN · PTS · REB · AST · STL · BLK · FG% · 3P% · FT% · TS%