Head-to-Head: Games Played Between World B. Free and Magic Johnson

This is the detail of NBA games in which World B. Free and Magic Johnson 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 26 times in NBA games. Magic Johnson has a 20-6 winning record over World B. Free. They never met in the Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

World B. Free
vs.
Magic Johnson
NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2025-26
World B. Free:
1975-76 to 1987-88
Magic Johnson:
1979-80 to 1995-96
26 Games played
26 in Regular Season
0 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

 Games Won in
Regular Season		 in
Playoffs
World B. Free
6
6
0
Magic Johnson
20
20
0

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
World B. Free 19.5 2.4 3.7 1.20.3
Magic Johnson 19.9 8.3 9.91.70.6
Game Highs
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
World B. Free 46 7 10 72
Magic Johnson 39 14 22 54
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
World B. Free 12

games		 1

game		 3

games		 5

games		5

games
Magic Johnson 14

games 		25

games		 22

games		 14

games		9

games
Both had same stat 0

games		 0

games		 1

game		 7

games		12

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
%
Oct. 12, 1979
1. Clippers 102   World B. Free 46 7 5 7 1 8 4 41 19-29 .655 0-0 - 8-8 1.000
Lakers 103   Magic Johnson 26 8 4 1 4 3 3 41 10-21 .476 0-0 - 6-10 .600
Nov. 06, 1979
2. Clippers 112   World B. Free 29 4 2 0 2 2 1 44 10-25 .400 0-0 - 9-9 1.000
Lakers 127   Magic Johnson 18 9 8 2 0 0 1 38 7-18 .389 0-0 - 4-5 .800
Dec. 07, 1979
3. Clippers 116   World B. Free 42 1 4 0 1 1 1 45 15-28 .536 1-1 1.000 11-13 .846
Lakers 108   Magic Johnson 31 13 8 0 0 3 3 35 14-22 .636 0-1 .000 3-3 1.000
Mar. 11, 1980
4. Clippers 106   World B. Free 32 1 2 2 0 2 3 39 12-21 .571 2-3 .667 6-10 .600
Lakers 123   Magic Johnson 12 12 8 1 0 2 4 41 5-12 .417 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
1980-81 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Oct. 19, 1980
5. Warriors 107   World B. Free 21 1 2 0 0 3 2 28 8-13 .615 0-0 - 5-5 1.000
Lakers 125   Magic Johnson 26 7 4 5 3 4 4 31 11-18 .611 0-0 - 4-7 .571
Mar. 22, 1981
6. Warriors 118   World B. Free 13 2 4 1 0 2 2 32 4-8 .500 0-0 - 5-9 .556
Lakers 120   Magic Johnson 24 8 9 3 2 3 1 43 9-16 .563 0-0 - 6-7 .857
1981-82 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 13, 1981
7. Warriors 118   World B. Free 22 3 10 1 0 3 1 40 9-22 .409 2-3 .667 2-4 .500
Lakers 122   Magic Johnson 26 13 7 2 0 3 2 41 12-19 .632 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Dec. 17, 1981
8. Warriors 120   World B. Free 32 6 9 3 1 6 3 42 13-26 .500 0-1 .000 6-9 .667
Lakers 115   Magic Johnson 16 7 3 0 0 5 5 37 5-8 .625 0-1 .000 6-8 .750
Feb. 02, 1982
9. Warriors 119   World B. Free 33 5 6 0 2 2 1 45 14-25 .560 0-1 .000 5-9 .556
Lakers 117   Magic Johnson 17 14 10 1 0 5 1 43 5-15 .333 0-0 - 7-8 .875
Feb. 19, 1982
10. Warriors 106   World B. Free 18 2 6 2 0 2 3 32 7-18 .389 0-0 - 4-6 .667
Lakers 126   Magic Johnson 26 14 6 1 1 2 4 34 9-13 .692 0-0 - 8-8 1.000
Apr. 13, 1982
11. Warriors 106   World B. Free 20 4 6 4 0 2 2 46 8-18 .444 0-0 - 4-5 .800
Lakers 101   Magic Johnson 13 3 9 1 0 9 4 39 6-9 .667 0-0 - 1-2 .500
Apr. 16, 1982
12. Warriors 109   World B. Free 9 5 6 0 0 1 3 30 3-17 .176 0-0 - 3-6 .500
Lakers 125   Magic Johnson 14 7 13 2 1 2 1 33 7-11 .636 0-0 - 0-1 .000
1982-83 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Oct. 29, 1982
13. Warriors 132   World B. Free 30 4 6 1 0 1 4 32 12-16 .750 0-0 - 6-10 .600
Lakers 117   Magic Johnson 22 10 10 1 1 3 3 40 10-15 .667 0-1 .000 2-4 .500
Nov. 28, 1982
14. Warriors 127   World B. Free 18 2 5 1 0 3 2 34 9-18 .500 0-0 - 0-1 .000
Lakers 142   Magic Johnson 10 5 13 3 1 4 4 27 4-8 .500 0-1 .000 2-3 .667
Dec. 11, 1982
15. Warriors 107   World B. Free 17 2 4 1 0 3 2 29 8-13 .615 0-0 - 1-1 1.000
Lakers 128   Magic Johnson 14 12 5 4 0 3 3 28 6-9 .667 0-0 - 2-4 .500
Jan. 06, 1983
16. Cavaliers 107   World B. Free 28 2 2 2 0 2 3 39 13-23 .565 2-2 1.000 0-2 .000
Lakers 125   Magic Johnson 14 7 8 3 1 5 2 28 5-9 .556 0-0 - 4-4 1.000
1983-84 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 17, 1983
17. Cavaliers 114   World B. Free 21 3 5 3 0 0 4 31 8-15 .533 0-0 - 5-7 .714
Lakers 127   Magic Johnson 23 9 22 3 1 2 1 37 8-13 .615 0-1 .000 7-10 .700
Jan. 04, 1984
18. Cavaliers 99   World B. Free 12 4 1 1 1 2 3 32 4-14 .286 0-0 - 4-6 .667
Lakers 106   Magic Johnson 23 6 10 2 0 4 1 35 8-16 .500 0-1 .000 7-9 .778
1984-85 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Mar. 09, 1985
19. Cavaliers 106   World B. Free 7 1 2 1 0 1 1 28 2-13 .154 0-2 .000 3-6 .500
Lakers 133   Magic Johnson 6 7 13 1 0 4 4 22 3-8 .375 0-0 - 0-0 -
1985-86 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 05, 1985
20. Cavaliers 129   World B. Free 20 2 3 0 0 1 1 26 9-14 .643 1-2 .500 1-3 .333
Lakers 111   Magic Johnson 23 8 8 0 0 3 1 29 8-13 .615 0-0 - 7-8 .875
Dec. 20, 1985
21. Cavaliers 116   World B. Free 15 1 2 1 0 2 2 28 4-13 .308 1-4 .250 6-6 1.000
Lakers 128   Magic Johnson 19 4 14 1 0 2 2 36 6-13 .462 0-1 .000 7-7 1.000
1986-87 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Feb. 22, 1987
22. 76ers 110   World B. Free 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 07 1-2 .500 0-0 - 0-0 -
OT Lakers 112   Magic Johnson 16 9 18 3 0 4 3 44 7-10 .700 0-0 - 2-4 .500
1987-88 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 08, 1987
23. Rockets 92   World B. Free 10 0 2 1 0 3 1 29 3-10 .300 0-1 .000 4-6 .667
Lakers 101   Magic Johnson 23 10 12 1 0 7 1 37 9-18 .500 1-2 .500 4-5 .800
Jan. 18, 1988
24. Rockets 110   World B. Free 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 08 2-5 .400 0-1 .000 0-0 -
Lakers 121   Magic Johnson 39 5 17 2 0 5 2 38 15-20 .750 0-0 - 9-10 .900
Feb. 18, 1988
25. Rockets 96   World B. Free 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 08 2-4 .500 0-0 - 0-0 -
Lakers 111   Magic Johnson 26 5 7 1 0 2 2 38 10-17 .588 1-2 .500 5-6 .833
Mar. 22, 1988
26. Rockets 95   World B. Free 2 0 1 0 0 2 1 05 1-4 .250 0-0 - 0-0 -
Lakers 117   Magic Johnson 10 5 12 1 0 4 1 24 3-6 .500 0-0 - 4-4 1.000
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