Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Magic Johnson and Charles Jones

This is the detail of NBA games in which Magic Johnson and Charles Jones played against each other, including head-to-head record, stats average, game highs and game-by-game data both in the Regular Season and Playoffs.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Games against each other

They faced each other a total of 13 times in NBA games. Magic Johnson has an 8-5 winning record over Charles Jones, but Charles Jones won more matchups in the Playoffs for a 1-0 postseason record.

Games Played Against Each Other

Magic Johnson
vs.
Charles Jones
NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2025-26
Magic Johnson:
1979-80 to 1995-96
Charles Jones:
1983-84 to 1997-98
13 Games played
12 in Regular Season
1 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

 Games Won in
Regular Season		 in
Playoffs
Magic Johnson
8
8
0
Charles Jones
5
4
1

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Magic Johnson 20.5 6.9 12.0 1.80.4
Charles Jones 3.5 4.9 0.90.92.3
Game Highs
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Magic Johnson 30 10 17 41
Charles Jones 12 14 2 45
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Magic Johnson 13

games		 11

games		 13

games		 7

games		1

game
Charles Jones 0

games 		2

games		 0

games		 3

games		9

games
Both had same stat 0

games		 0

games		 0

games		 3

games		3

games

Head To Head Games Played: One by One

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1985-86 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 21, 1985
1. Lakers 96   Magic Johnson 15 8 13 2 0 2 0 37 7-11 .636 0-0 - 1-2 .500
Bullets 84   Charles Jones 0 0 0 0 4 0 3 13 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 -
Jan. 05, 1986
2. Lakers 118   Magic Johnson 18 8 17 4 0 1 0 25 7-10 .700 0-0 - 4-4 1.000
Bullets 88   Charles Jones 5 6 0 1 5 1 1 18 2-5 .400 0-0 - 1-2 .500
1986-87 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Jan. 18, 1987
3. Lakers 115   Magic Johnson 26 6 10 1 0 5 2 38 11-22 .500 0-0 - 4-5 .800
Bullets 101   Charles Jones 12 4 2 4 5 1 3 32 4-7 .571 0-0 - 4-4 1.000
Feb. 17, 1987
4. Lakers 99   Magic Johnson 20 7 10 1 0 4 2 43 7-18 .389 0-0 - 6-7 .857
Bullets 114   Charles Jones 7 4 1 1 2 2 3 21 3-4 .750 0-0 - 1-1 1.000
1987-88 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 09, 1987
5. Lakers 112   Magic Johnson 30 4 14 4 0 6 4 44 10-17 .588 0-0 - 10-12 .833
OT Bullets 120   Charles Jones 0 1 2 0 0 1 3 05 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 -
Feb. 23, 1988
6. Lakers 111   Magic Johnson 17 5 12 3 0 3 1 37 7-14 .500 0-1 .000 3-3 1.000
Bullets 100   Charles Jones 3 14 0 1 3 0 6 33 1-5 .200 0-0 - 1-2 .500
1988-89 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 04, 1988
7. Lakers 119   Magic Johnson 29 8 17 4 0 4 1 46 11-16 .688 1-1 1.000 6-6 1.000
OT Bullets 112   Charles Jones 0 5 1 1 0 1 4 25 0-2 .000 0-0 - 0-0 -
Dec. 18, 1988
8. Lakers 110   Magic Johnson 13 6 8 0 1 4 3 37 4-7 .571 0-0 - 5-6 .833
Bullets 115   Charles Jones 2 4 0 0 0 3 1 15 1-2 .500 0-0 - 0-0 -
1989-90 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 19, 1989
9. Lakers 120   Magic Johnson 25 10 14 1 1 4 0 39 8-18 .444 0-2 .000 9-10 .900
Bullets 115   Charles Jones 6 9 2 0 5 0 6 27 2-5 .400 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Dec. 09, 1989
10. Lakers 101   Magic Johnson 21 7 14 1 1 1 2 40 9-16 .563 0-0 - 3-3 1.000
Bullets 103   Charles Jones 7 8 2 2 2 2 3 31 3-6 .500 0-0 - 1-2 .500
1990-91 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 09, 1990
11. Lakers 106   Magic Johnson 19 6 14 1 1 3 2 44 7-15 .467 0-2 .000 5-5 1.000
Bullets 99   Charles Jones 2 3 0 2 2 1 4 34 1-2 .500 0-0 - 0-0 -
Mar. 09, 1991
12. Lakers 87   Magic Johnson 25 10 8 1 1 2 1 34 8-14 .571 3-4 .750 6-8 .750
Bullets 72   Charles Jones 2 6 2 0 2 0 1 28 0-0 - 0-0 - 2-6 .333
1996 Playoffs - Western Conference First Round
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
May. 02, 1996
13. Lakers 94   Magic Johnson 8 5 5 0 0 4 1 30 2-8 .250 0-2 .000 4-4 1.000
Rockets 102   Charles Jones 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 01 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 -
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