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

This is the detail of NBA games in which Magic Johnson and Major 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 17 times in NBA games. Magic Johnson has a 15-2 winning record over Major Jones. They never met in the Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

Magic Johnson
vs.
Major Jones
NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2025-26
Magic Johnson:
1979-80 to 1995-96
Major Jones:
1979-80 to 1984-85
17 Games played
17 in Regular Season
0 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

 Games Won in
Regular Season		 in
Playoffs
Magic Johnson
15
15
0
Major Jones
2
2
0

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Magic Johnson 19.5 8.2 9.7 2.50.6
Major Jones 3.9 3.3 1.10.70.3
Game Highs
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Magic Johnson 31 11 19 74
Major Jones 17 16 6 43
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Magic Johnson 16

games		 14

games		 16

games		 13

games		4

games
Major Jones 1

game 		3

games		 1

game		 1

game		2

games
Both had same stat 0

games		 0

games		 0

games		 3

games		11

games

Head To Head Games Played: One by One

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1979-80 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 05, 1979
1. Lakers 116   Magic Johnson 16 6 8 1 0 2 3 39 5-10 .500 0-0 - 6-6 1.000
Rockets 114   Major Jones 17 9 6 4 3 4 3 37 8-19 .421 0-0 - 1-3 .333
Feb. 24, 1980
2. Lakers 112   Magic Johnson 8 8 5 2 0 3 0 20 3-8 .375 0-0 - 2-4 .500
Rockets 100   Major Jones 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 13 0-3 .000 0-0 - 0-0 -
1980-81 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Oct. 12, 1980
3. Lakers 114   Magic Johnson 30 9 10 5 0 3 4 40 14-24 .583 0-0 - 2-3 .667
Rockets 103   Major Jones 4 5 1 1 1 1 3 15 1-4 .250 0-0 - 2-3 .667
Nov. 12, 1980
4. Lakers 104   Magic Johnson 17 8 11 2 0 2 3 42 8-16 .500 0-1 .000 1-2 .500
Rockets 107   Major Jones 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 07 1-1 1.000 0-0 - 0-0 -
1981-82 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 11, 1981
5. Lakers 95   Magic Johnson 17 9 6 3 0 3 39 6-13 .462 0-0 - 5-7 .714
Rockets 93   Major Jones 0 0 0 0 0 0 01 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 -
Apr. 06, 1982
6. Lakers 108   Magic Johnson 23 11 10 3 0 3 41 8-10 .800 0-0 - 7-7 1.000
Rockets 97   Major Jones 2 0 0 0 0 0 02 1-2 .500 0-0 - 0-0 -
1982-83 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 12, 1982
7. Lakers 127   Magic Johnson 28 10 6 1 1 3 27 10-15 .667 0-0 - 8-9 .889
Rockets 96   Major Jones 12 16 3 1 0 5 27 6-14 .429 0-0 - 0-1 .000
Dec. 01, 1982
8. Lakers 106   Magic Johnson 19 6 10 1 0 5 3 38 7-11 .636 0-0 - 5-6 .833
Rockets 95   Major Jones 3 4 0 1 0 1 0 11 1-5 .200 0-0 - 1-2 .500
Dec. 26, 1982
9. Lakers 96   Magic Johnson 12 10 4 7 0 4 3 41 4-13 .308 0-1 .000 4-6 .667
Rockets 94   Major Jones 7 6 5 3 0 3 5 29 3-11 .273 0-0 - 1-2 .500
Mar. 27, 1983
10. Lakers 114   Magic Johnson 26 5 9 2 1 2 0 29 12-18 .667 0-1 .000 2-2 1.000
Rockets 93   Major Jones 6 7 2 1 1 0 3 15 3-3 1.000 0-0 - 0-0 -
Apr. 12, 1983
11. Lakers 114   Magic Johnson 31 8 9 3 0 4 3 38 13-22 .591 0-0 - 5-7 .714
Rockets 113   Major Jones 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 07 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 -
1983-84 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Jan. 10, 1984
12. Lakers 136   Magic Johnson 11 6 14 2 3 2 3 47 5-12 .417 1-1 1.000 0-0 -
OT Rockets 132   Major Jones 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 01 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 -
Jan. 26, 1984
13. Lakers 131   Magic Johnson 19 8 11 4 0 4 2 39 6-14 .429 0-1 .000 7-10 .700
Rockets 102   Major Jones 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 03 0-1 .000 0-0 - 0-0 -
Mar. 17, 1984
14. Lakers 123   Magic Johnson 13 7 13 1 4 4 3 39 5-7 .714 0-0 - 3-4 .750
Rockets 111   Major Jones 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 04 1-2 .500 0-0 - 0-0 -
Mar. 29, 1984
15. Lakers 115   Magic Johnson 14 11 10 4 1 4 2 38 7-11 .636 0-0 - 0-0 -
Rockets 109   Major Jones 8 0 1 1 0 1 4 12 3-3 1.000 0-0 - 2-4 .500
1984-85 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Jan. 13, 1985
16. Lakers 98   Magic Johnson 22 8 10 0 0 4 1 37 9-18 .500 0-0 - 4-6 .667
Pistons 121   Major Jones 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 04 1-1 1.000 0-0 - 0-0 -
Mar. 24, 1985
17. Lakers 148   Magic Johnson 25 10 19 1 0 5 3 36 9-13 .692 0-0 - 7-8 .875
Pistons 130   Major Jones 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 05 0-3 .000 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
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