Magic Johnson career steals
1,724Career Regular Season
Magic Johnson has recorded 1,724 steals over 13 regular seasons, 24th among 2,304 NBA players on file.
- Best season on file: 208 in 1981-82.
- Most recent: 26 in 1995-96.
Sum of 13 regular seasons, 1979-80 through 1995-96. Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on September 22, 2026.
| 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 | 1,387 | 596 | 563 | 187 | 41 | 53.0 | 22.6 | 81.0 | 60.2 |
| 1980-81 | LAL | 798 | 320 | 317 | 127 | 27 | 53.2 | 17.6 | 76.0 | 58.2 |
| 1981-82 | LAL | 1,447 | 751 | 743 | 208 | 34 | 53.7 | 20.7 | 76.0 | 59.0 |
| 1982-83 | LAL | 1,326 | 683 | 829 | 176 | 47 | 54.8 | 0.0 | 80.0 | 60.3 |
| 1983-84 | LAL | 1,178 | 491 | 875 | 150 | 49 | 56.5 | 20.7 | 81.0 | 62.8 |
| 1984-85 | LAL | 1,406 | 476 | 968 | 113 | 25 | 56.1 | 18.9 | 84.3 | 63.7 |
| 1985-86 | LAL | 1,354 | 426 | 907 | 113 | 16 | 52.6 | 23.3 | 87.1 | 61.0 |
| 1986-87 | LAL | 1,909 | 504 | 977 | 138 | 36 | 52.2 | 20.5 | 84.8 | 60.2 |
| 1987-88 | LAL | 1,408 | 449 | 858 | 114 | 13 | 49.2 | 19.6 | 85.3 | 58.1 |
| 1988-89 | LAL | 1,730 | 607 | 988 | 138 | 22 | 50.9 | 31.4 | 91.1 | 62.5 |
| 1989-90 | LAL | 1,765 | 522 | 907 | 132 | 34 | 48.0 | 38.4 | 89.0 | 62.2 |
| 1990-91 | LAL | 1,531 | 551 | 989 | 102 | 17 | 47.7 | 32.0 | 90.6 | 62.3 |
| 1995-96 | LAL | 468 | 183 | 220 | 26 | 13 | 46.6 | 37.9 | 85.6 | 61.2 |
What the columns mean: PTS · REB · AST · STL · BLK · FG% · 3P% · FT% · TS%