Magic Johnson vs. Dick Van Arsdale Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dick Van Arsdale and Magic Johnson, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.
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.
Magic Johnson played 13 years in the NBA, 1 more than Dick Van Arsdale, who played 12. Magic Johnson had the first of his seasons in 1979-80, while Dick Van Arsdale had his rookie season in 1965-66. 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.
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
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 |
Dick Van Arsdale |
79 |
29.0 |
12.3 |
- |
- |
4.8 |
2.3 |
- |
- |
- |
3.0 |
4.5 |
10.6 |
.428 |
- |
- |
- |
3.2 |
4.4 |
.715 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
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 |
Dick Van Arsdale |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
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 |
Dick Van Arsdale |
79 |
36.6 |
15.1 |
- |
- |
7.0 |
3.1 |
- |
- |
- |
3.3 |
5.2 |
11.6 |
.449 |
- |
- |
- |
4.7 |
6.4 |
.729 |
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Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
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 |
Dick Van Arsdale |
4 |
38.3 |
11.5 |
- |
- |
6.3 |
3.5 |
- |
- |
- |
4.0 |
3.8 |
11.8 |
.319 |
- |
- |
- |
4.0 |
5.5 |
.727 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
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 |
Dick Van Arsdale |
78 |
30.1 |
11.0 |
- |
- |
5.4 |
2.9 |
- |
- |
- |
2.9 |
4.1 |
9.3 |
.436 |
- |
- |
- |
2.9 |
4.3 |
.670 |
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Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
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 |
Dick Van Arsdale |
4 |
22.0 |
3.3 |
- |
- |
4.0 |
3.3 |
- |
- |
- |
2.3 |
1.3 |
5.5 |
.227 |
- |
- |
- |
0.8 |
1.0 |
.750 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
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 |
Dick Van Arsdale |
80 |
42.4 |
21.0 |
- |
- |
6.9 |
4.8 |
- |
- |
- |
3.1 |
7.7 |
17.3 |
.442 |
- |
- |
- |
5.7 |
8.1 |
.705 |
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Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
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 |
Dick Van Arsdale |
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- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
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 |
Dick Van Arsdale |
77 |
38.5 |
21.3 |
- |
- |
3.4 |
4.4 |
- |
- |
- |
3.7 |
7.7 |
15.1 |
.508 |
- |
- |
- |
6.0 |
7.5 |
.798 |
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Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
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 |
Dick Van Arsdale |
7 |
36.4 |
16.4 |
- |
- |
2.6 |
4.1 |
- |
- |
- |
3.3 |
6.1 |
14.3 |
.430 |
- |
- |
- |
4.1 |
4.7 |
.879 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
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 |
Dick Van Arsdale |
81 |
39.0 |
21.9 |
- |
- |
3.9 |
4.1 |
- |
- |
- |
3.0 |
7.5 |
16.6 |
.452 |
- |
- |
- |
6.8 |
8.4 |
.811 |
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Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
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 |
Dick Van Arsdale |
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- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
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 |
Dick Van Arsdale |
82 |
37.8 |
19.7 |
- |
- |
4.1 |
3.6 |
- |
- |
- |
2.8 |
6.6 |
14.4 |
.463 |
- |
- |
- |
6.5 |
7.6 |
.845 |
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Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
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 |
Dick Van Arsdale |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
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 |
Dick Van Arsdale |
81 |
36.8 |
18.4 |
- |
- |
4.0 |
3.3 |
- |
- |
- |
2.7 |
6.6 |
13.8 |
.476 |
- |
- |
- |
5.3 |
6.1 |
.859 |
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Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
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 |
Dick Van Arsdale |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
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 |
Dick Van Arsdale |
78 |
36.3 |
17.8 |
0.8 |
2.0 |
2.8 |
4.2 |
1.2 |
0.2 |
- |
3.1 |
6.6 |
13.2 |
.500 |
- |
- |
- |
4.6 |
5.4 |
.853 |
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Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
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 |
Dick Van Arsdale |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
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 |
Dick Van Arsdale |
70 |
34.6 |
16.1 |
0.7 |
2.0 |
2.7 |
2.8 |
1.2 |
0.2 |
- |
2.5 |
6.0 |
12.8 |
.470 |
- |
- |
- |
4.0 |
4.8 |
.832 |
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Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
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 |
Dick Van Arsdale |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
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 |
Dick Van Arsdale |
58 |
32.2 |
12.9 |
0.7 |
1.7 |
2.4 |
2.4 |
0.9 |
0.2 |
- |
1.9 |
4.8 |
9.8 |
.484 |
- |
- |
- |
3.4 |
4.1 |
.830 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
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 |
Dick Van Arsdale |
19 |
24.8 |
8.5 |
0.5 |
0.7 |
1.2 |
2.0 |
0.7 |
0.1 |
- |
2.2 |
3.2 |
6.6 |
.488 |
- |
- |
- |
2.1 |
2.4 |
.870 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
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 |
Dick Van Arsdale |
78 |
19.7 |
7.7 |
0.4 |
1.1 |
1.5 |
1.5 |
0.4 |
0.1 |
- |
1.2 |
2.9 |
6.4 |
.456 |
- |
- |
- |
1.9 |
2.1 |
.873 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
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 |
Dick Van Arsdale |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Note: Magic Johnson didn't play in 1991-92, 1992-93, 1993-94 and 1994-95.
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
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 |
Dick Van Arsdale |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
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 |
Dick Van Arsdale |
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- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |