Los Angeles Lakers 1979-80 Roster - Season and Playoffs

Full list of players that played for the Los Angeles Lakers in the 1979-80 NBA Regular Season and the 1980 NBA Playoffs with their jersey number, position, height, birthdate, draft information, games played and some basic stats.

The Los Angeles Lakers used 15 players in the 1979-80 Regular Season and 11 in the 1980 Playoffs.

A total of 5 players from this roster played in 82 games, the season high for the Lakers.

Note: Here you have the complete list of players that played in at least 1 game in 1980, ordered by games played and then alphabetically.

Regular Season: 60-22 (.732), 1st in Western Conference
Playoffs: 12-4 (.750), NBA Champions

Jersey	Player	Season	Playoffs
33	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Center 7-2 born Apr. 16, 1947 drafted 1st in 1969 (by the Bucks)	82 games 24.8 pts 10.8 reb 4.5 ast	15 games 31.9 pts 12.1 reb 3.1 ast
9	Jim Chones Center / Forward 6-11 born Nov. 30, 1949 drafted 31st in 1973 (by the Lakers)	82 games 10.6 pts 6.9 reb 1.8 ast	16 games 7.4 pts 6.5 reb 1.8 ast
21	Michael Cooper Guard / Forward 6-5 born Apr. 15, 1956 drafted 60th in 1978 (by the Lakers)	82 games 8.8 pts 2.8 reb 2.7 ast	16 games 9.1 pts 3.7 reb 3.6 ast
10	Norm Nixon Guard 6-2 born Oct. 11, 1955 drafted 22nd in 1977 (by the Lakers)	82 games 17.6 pts 2.8 reb 7.8 ast	16 games 16.9 pts 3.5 reb 7.8 ast
52	Jamaal Wilkes Forward / Guard 6-6 born May. 2, 1953 drafted 11th in 1974 (by the Warriors)	82 games 20.0 pts 6.4 reb 3.0 ast	16 games 20.3 pts 8.0 reb 3.0 ast

Jersey	Player	Season	Playoffs
32	Magic Johnson Point Guard / Forward 6-8 born Aug. 14, 1959 drafted 1st in 1979 (by the Lakers)	77 games 18.0 pts 7.7 reb 7.3 ast	16 games 18.3 pts 10.5 reb 9.4 ast
31	Spencer Haywood Forward / Center 6-8 born Apr. 22, 1949 drafted 30th in 1971 (by the Braves)	76 games 9.7 pts 4.6 reb 1.2 ast	11 games 5.7 pts 2.4 reb 0.4 ast
35	Don Ford Forward 6-9 born Dec. 31, 1952 drafted 92nd in 1975 (by the Lakers)	52 games 3.0 pts 1.9 reb 0.7 ast
14	Brad Holland Guard 6-3 born Dec. 6, 1956 drafted 14th in 1979 (by the Lakers)	38 games 2.8 pts 0.4 reb 0.6 ast	9 games 1.6 pts 0.6 reb 0.3 ast
7	Marty Byrnes Forward 6-7 born Apr. 30, 1956 drafted 19th in 1978 (by the Suns)	32 games 2.0 pts 0.8 reb 0.4 ast	4 games 1.5 pts 0.3 reb 0.3 ast

Jersey	Player	Season	Playoffs
25	Ollie Mack Guard 6-3 born Jun. 6, 1957 drafted 25th in 1979 (by the Lakers)	27 games 1.9 pts 0.8 reb 0.7 ast
54	Mark Landsberger Forward / Center 6-8 born May. 21, 1955 drafted 35th in 1977 (by the Bulls)	23 games 7.0 pts 7.1 reb 0.6 ast	16 games 3.4 pts 4.3 reb 0.1 ast
15	Butch Lee Guard 6-0 born Dec. 5, 1956 drafted 10th in 1978 (by the Hawks)	11 games 1.3 pts 0.7 reb 0.8 ast	3 games 0.7 pts 0.3 reb 0.0 ast
24	Ron Boone Guard / Forward 6-2 born Sep. 6, 1946 drafted 147th in 1968 (by the Suns)	6 games 5.7 pts 1.8 reb 1.2 ast
7	Kenny Carr Forward 6-7 born Aug. 15, 1955 drafted 6th in 1977 (by the Lakers)	5 games 3.2 pts 3.4 reb 0.2 ast