Tony Allen vs. Magic Johnson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Magic Johnson and Tony Allen, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

Who had the better rookie season? Who had best stats in their 10th season? Who won a championship first? These questions and many others, are answered here.

Tony Allen played 14 years in the NBA, 1 more than Magic Johnson, who played 13. Tony Allen had the first of his seasons in 2004-05, while Magic Johnson had his rookie season in 1979-80. With that starting point, here you can take a look at each of their seasons side by side and compare how their careers evolved in achivements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Tony Allen	14	10	2004-05 to 2017-18
Magic Johnson	13	13	1979-80 to 1995-96

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Tony Allen	Magic Johnson
Season	2004-05	1979-80
Team	Boston Celtics	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Allen	77	16.4	6.4	1.1	1.8	2.9	0.8	1.0	0.3	1.0	2.0	2.4	5.0	.475	0.2	0.4	.387	1.5	2.0	.737
Magic Johnson	77	36.3	18.0	2.2	5.6	7.7	7.3	2.4	0.5	4.0	2.8	6.5	12.3	.530	0.1	0.4	.226	4.9	6.0	.810

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Allen	7	12.4	2.7	0.6	1.1	1.7	0.3	0.4	0.3	0.7	2.4	1.1	2.6	.444	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	1.0	.429
Magic Johnson	16	41.1	18.3	3.3	7.3	10.5	9.4	3.1	0.4	4.1	2.9	6.4	12.4	.518	0.1	0.5	.250	5.3	6.6	.802


Season 2
	Tony Allen	Magic Johnson
Season	2005-06	1980-81
Team	Boston Celtics	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	Steals Leader
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Allen	51	19.2	7.2	0.6	1.5	2.2	1.3	1.0	0.4	1.3	2.5	2.5	5.4	.471	0.2	0.7	.324	2.0	2.6	.746
Magic Johnson	37	37.1	21.6	2.7	5.9	8.6	8.6	3.4	0.7	3.9	2.7	8.4	15.9	.532	0.1	0.5	.176	4.6	6.1	.760

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Allen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Magic Johnson	3	42.3	17.0	2.7	11.0	13.7	7.0	2.7	1.0	3.7	4.7	6.3	16.3	.388	0.0	0.0	-	4.3	6.7	.650


Season 3
	Tony Allen	Magic Johnson
Season	2006-07	1981-82
Team	Boston Celtics	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Steals Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Allen	33	24.4	11.5	1.1	2.7	3.8	1.7	1.5	0.4	2.3	2.6	4.0	7.8	.514	0.2	1.0	.242	3.2	4.1	.784
Magic Johnson	78	38.3	18.6	3.2	6.4	9.6	9.5	2.7	0.4	3.7	2.9	7.1	13.3	.537	0.1	0.4	.207	4.2	5.6	.760

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Allen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Magic Johnson	14	40.1	17.4	3.9	7.4	11.3	9.3	2.9	0.2	3.1	3.6	5.9	11.2	.529	0.0	0.3	.000	5.5	6.6	.828


Season 4
	Tony Allen	Magic Johnson
Season	2007-08	1982-83
Team	Boston Celtics	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Lakers Lost NBA Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Allen	75	18.3	6.6	0.5	1.8	2.2	1.5	0.8	0.3	1.5	2.2	2.3	5.2	.434	0.2	0.8	.316	1.8	2.4	.762
Magic Johnson	79	36.8	16.8	2.7	5.9	8.6	10.5	2.2	0.6	3.8	2.5	6.5	11.8	.548	0.0	0.3	.000	3.8	4.8	.800

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Allen	15	4.3	1.3	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.3	0.6	1.1	.563	0.0	0.1	.000	0.1	0.3	.400
Magic Johnson	15	42.9	17.9	3.4	5.1	8.5	12.8	2.3	0.8	4.3	3.3	6.7	13.7	.485	0.0	0.7	.000	4.5	5.4	.840


Season 5
	Tony Allen	Magic Johnson
Season	2008-09	1983-84
Team	Boston Celtics	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	Lakers Lost NBA Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Allen	46	19.3	7.8	0.5	1.8	2.3	1.4	1.2	0.5	1.7	2.1	3.0	6.2	.482	0.1	0.6	.222	1.7	2.4	.725
Magic Johnson	67	38.3	17.6	1.5	5.9	7.3	13.1	2.2	0.7	4.6	2.5	6.6	11.6	.565	0.1	0.4	.207	4.3	5.3	.810

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Allen	10	6.0	0.9	0.1	0.8	0.9	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.1	0.4	0.4	0.8	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.1	0.1	1.000
Magic Johnson	21	39.9	18.2	1.2	5.4	6.6	13.5	2.0	1.0	3.8	3.4	7.2	13.0	.551	0.0	0.3	.000	3.8	4.8	.800


Season 6
	Tony Allen	Magic Johnson
Season	2009-10	1984-85
Team	Boston Celtics	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost NBA Finals	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Allen	54	16.5	6.1	1.0	1.7	2.7	1.3	1.1	0.4	1.2	2.0	2.4	4.7	.510	0.0	0.1	.000	1.3	2.2	.605
Magic Johnson	77	36.1	18.3	1.2	5.0	6.2	12.6	1.5	0.3	4.0	2.0	6.5	11.7	.561	0.1	0.5	.189	5.1	6.0	.843

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Allen	24	16.3	5.1	0.5	1.2	1.7	0.7	1.0	0.6	1.0	2.4	2.0	4.1	.480	0.0	0.2	.000	1.2	1.5	.778
Magic Johnson	19	36.2	17.5	1.0	6.1	7.1	15.2	1.7	0.2	4.0	2.5	6.1	11.9	.513	0.1	0.4	.143	5.3	6.2	.847


Season 7
	Tony Allen	Magic Johnson
Season	2010-11	1985-86
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	Assists Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf Semis	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Allen	72	20.8	8.9	1.0	1.7	2.7	1.4	1.8	0.6	1.2	2.2	3.5	6.8	.510	0.1	0.3	.174	1.9	2.5	.753
Magic Johnson	72	35.8	18.8	1.2	4.7	5.9	12.6	1.6	0.2	3.8	1.8	6.7	12.8	.526	0.1	0.6	.233	5.3	6.0	.871

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Allen	13	26.9	8.8	1.2	1.8	2.9	1.5	1.9	0.4	1.8	3.3	3.3	7.8	.426	0.1	0.5	.143	2.1	3.2	.659
Magic Johnson	14	38.6	21.6	1.5	5.6	7.1	15.1	1.9	0.1	3.2	3.1	7.9	14.6	.537	0.0	0.8	.000	5.9	7.6	.766


Season 8
	Tony Allen	Magic Johnson
Season	2011-12	1986-87
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	Assists Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Allen	58	26.3	9.8	1.7	2.3	4.0	1.4	1.8	0.6	1.6	2.4	3.6	7.7	.469	0.1	0.4	.308	2.4	3.0	.800
Magic Johnson	80	36.3	23.9	1.5	4.8	6.3	12.2	1.7	0.5	3.8	2.1	8.5	16.4	.522	0.1	0.5	.205	6.7	7.9	.848

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Allen	7	24.3	6.9	1.1	2.0	3.1	0.7	1.3	1.0	1.4	3.0	2.6	6.4	.400	0.0	0.7	.000	1.7	2.4	.706
Magic Johnson	18	37.0	21.8	1.6	6.2	7.7	12.2	1.7	0.4	2.8	2.1	8.1	15.1	.539	0.1	0.6	.200	5.4	6.6	.831


Season 9
	Tony Allen	Magic Johnson
Season	2012-13	1987-88
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf Finals	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Allen	79	26.7	8.9	1.5	3.1	4.6	1.2	1.5	0.6	1.2	2.7	3.6	8.1	.445	0.0	0.3	.125	1.7	2.4	.717
Magic Johnson	72	36.6	19.6	1.2	5.0	6.2	11.9	1.6	0.2	3.7	2.0	6.8	13.8	.492	0.2	0.8	.196	5.8	6.8	.853

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Allen	15	28.1	10.3	2.5	3.6	6.1	1.8	2.0	0.3	1.3	3.2	3.6	8.3	.432	0.1	0.5	.250	2.9	3.9	.759
Magic Johnson	24	40.2	19.9	1.3	4.1	5.4	12.6	1.4	0.2	3.5	2.5	7.0	13.7	.514	0.3	0.6	.500	5.5	6.5	.852


Season 10
	Tony Allen	Magic Johnson
Season	2013-14	1988-89
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Lakers Lost NBA Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Allen	55	23.2	9.0	1.4	2.3	3.8	1.7	1.6	0.3	1.6	2.2	3.7	7.5	.494	0.2	0.9	.234	1.4	2.2	.628
Magic Johnson	77	37.5	22.5	1.4	6.4	7.9	12.8	1.8	0.3	4.1	2.2	7.5	14.8	.509	0.8	2.4	.314	6.7	7.3	.911

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Allen	7	32.9	12.3	3.3	4.4	7.7	1.4	1.7	0.1	1.7	3.3	5.0	10.3	.486	0.0	1.0	.000	2.3	3.0	.762
Magic Johnson	14	37.0	18.4	1.1	4.9	5.9	11.8	1.9	0.2	3.8	2.1	6.1	12.4	.489	0.7	2.5	.286	5.6	6.1	.907


Season 11
	Tony Allen	Magic Johnson
Season	2014-15	1989-90
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf Semis	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Allen	63	26.2	8.6	1.6	2.8	4.4	1.4	2.0	0.5	1.4	2.6	3.6	7.2	.495	0.2	0.5	.345	1.3	2.0	.627
Magic Johnson	79	37.2	22.3	1.6	5.0	6.6	11.5	1.7	0.4	3.7	2.1	6.9	14.4	.480	1.3	3.5	.384	7.2	8.1	.890

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Allen	10	27.9	6.6	1.4	3.8	5.2	1.5	2.4	1.1	1.3	2.7	2.8	5.7	.491	0.1	0.7	.143	0.9	1.2	.750
Magic Johnson	9	41.8	25.2	1.3	5.0	6.3	12.8	1.2	0.1	4.0	3.1	8.4	17.2	.490	0.6	2.8	.200	7.8	8.8	.886


Season 12
	Tony Allen	Magic Johnson
Season	2015-16	1990-91
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Lakers Lost NBA Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Allen	64	25.3	8.4	1.6	3.0	4.6	1.1	1.7	0.3	1.2	2.7	3.4	7.3	.458	0.2	0.7	.357	1.4	2.2	.652
Magic Johnson	79	37.1	19.4	1.3	5.6	7.0	12.5	1.3	0.2	4.0	1.9	5.9	12.4	.477	1.0	3.2	.320	6.6	7.3	.906

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Allen	4	23.5	7.5	1.5	1.3	2.8	0.8	1.3	0.5	1.5	2.8	2.5	8.3	.303	0.3	1.8	.143	2.3	3.3	.692
Magic Johnson	19	43.3	21.8	1.2	6.9	8.1	12.6	1.2	0.0	4.1	2.3	6.2	14.1	.440	1.1	3.7	.296	8.3	9.4	.882

Note: Magic Johnson didn't play in 1991-92, 1992-93, 1993-94 and 1994-95.


Season 13
	Tony Allen	Magic Johnson
Season	2016-17	1995-96
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Allen	71	27.0	9.1	2.3	3.2	5.5	1.4	1.6	0.4	1.4	2.5	3.9	8.4	.461	0.2	0.8	.278	1.1	1.8	.615
Magic Johnson	32	29.9	14.6	1.3	4.5	5.7	6.9	0.8	0.4	3.2	1.5	4.3	9.2	.466	0.7	1.8	.379	5.4	6.3	.856

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Allen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Magic Johnson	4	33.8	15.3	2.0	6.5	8.5	6.5	0.0	0.0	3.0	0.8	3.8	9.8	.385	0.8	2.3	.333	7.0	8.3	.848


Season 14
	Tony Allen	Magic Johnson
Season	2017-18	-
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Allen	22	12.4	4.7	0.9	1.2	2.1	0.4	0.5	0.1	0.9	2.2	2.0	4.1	.484	0.2	0.5	.333	0.5	1.0	.524
Magic Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Allen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Magic Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Tony Allen vs. Magic Johnson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Magic Johnson and Tony Allen, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14