Magic Johnson career assists per game

• Best season on file: 13.1 in 1983-84.
• Most recent: 6.9 in 1995-96.

Average of 13 regular seasons, 1979-80 through 1995-96. Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on September 22, 2026.

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Magic Johnson career assists per game, season by season

Season↓	Team↓	GP↓iGP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.	MIN↓iMIN: Minutes on the floor.	PTS↓iPTS: Points scored — a free throw is worth 1, a shot inside the arc 2, beyond it 3.	REB↓iREB: Missed shots the player collected, at either end of the floor.	AST↓iAST: Passes that led directly to a team-mate's basket.	STL↓iSTL: Possessions taken off the opponent by picking off a pass or a dribble.	BLK↓iBLK: Opponent shots swatted away before they reached the rim.	FG%↓iFG%: Share of shots from the floor that went in. League average sits near 47%.	3P%↓i3P%: Share of three-point attempts that went in. League average sits near 36%.	FT%↓iFT%: Share of free throws that went in. League average sits near 78%.	TS%↓iTS%: 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%