Magic Johnson vs. Scott Williams Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Scott Williams 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.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season / Games against each other

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, 2 less than Scott Williams, who played 15. Magic Johnson had the first of his seasons in 1979-80, while Scott Williams had his rookie season in 1990-91. 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Magic Johnson	13	13	1979-80 to 1995-96
Scott Williams	15	8	1990-91 to 2004-05

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Magic Johnson	Scott Williams
Season	1979-80	1990-91
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	NBA Champion

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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
Scott Williams	51	6.6	2.5	0.8	1.1	1.9	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.5	1.0	1.0	2.0	.510	0.0	0.0	.500	0.4	0.5	.714

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
Scott Williams	12	6.0	1.9	0.3	1.3	1.7	0.3	0.1	0.3	0.3	1.3	0.5	1.1	.462	0.0	0.1	.000	0.9	1.7	.550


Season 2
	Magic Johnson	Scott Williams
Season	1980-81	1991-92
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	Steals Leader	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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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
Scott Williams	63	11.0	3.4	1.4	2.5	3.9	0.8	0.2	0.6	0.6	1.9	1.3	2.7	.483	0.0	0.0	.000	0.8	1.2	.649

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
Scott Williams	22	14.6	4.0	1.5	2.8	4.3	0.3	0.3	0.8	0.7	3.0	1.5	3.2	.486	0.0	0.0	.000	0.9	1.3	.714


Season 3
	Magic Johnson	Scott Williams
Season	1981-82	1992-93
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Steals Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	NBA Champion

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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
Scott Williams	71	19.3	5.9	2.4	4.0	6.4	1.0	0.8	0.9	1.0	3.2	2.3	5.0	.466	0.0	0.1	.000	1.3	1.8	.714

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
Scott Williams	19	20.8	5.5	2.1	3.7	5.8	1.4	0.4	0.9	1.3	3.1	2.3	4.6	.506	0.0	0.1	.000	0.8	1.5	.552


Season 4
	Magic Johnson	Scott Williams
Season	1982-83	1993-94
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis

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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
Scott Williams	38	16.8	7.6	1.8	2.9	4.8	1.0	0.4	0.6	1.2	2.9	3.0	6.2	.483	0.0	0.1	.200	1.6	2.6	.612

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
Scott Williams	10	15.1	6.3	1.5	2.4	3.9	0.7	0.7	0.3	0.9	2.3	2.4	5.7	.421	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.1	.714


Season 5
	Magic Johnson	Scott Williams
Season	1983-84	1994-95
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Did Not Play

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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
Scott Williams	77	23.1	6.4	2.2	4.1	6.3	0.8	0.9	0.5	1.1	3.1	2.7	5.6	.475	0.0	0.1	.000	1.0	1.4	.738

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
Scott Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Magic Johnson	Scott Williams
Season	1984-85	1995-96
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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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
Scott Williams	13	14.8	3.1	1.0	2.5	3.5	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.6	2.1	1.2	2.2	.517	0.0	0.2	.000	0.8	0.9	.833

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
Scott Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Magic Johnson	Scott Williams
Season	1985-86	1996-97
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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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
Scott Williams	62	21.2	5.8	2.5	3.9	6.4	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.8	3.3	2.6	5.1	.509	0.0	0.0	.000	0.6	0.9	.691

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
Scott Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Magic Johnson	Scott Williams
Season	1986-87	1997-98
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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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
Scott Williams	58	13.8	4.1	1.5	2.1	3.6	0.5	0.3	0.4	0.5	2.3	1.6	3.7	.437	0.0	0.1	.000	0.9	1.1	.810

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
Scott Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Magic Johnson	Scott Williams
Season	1987-88	1998-99
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Philadelphia 76ers, Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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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
Scott Williams	7	6.6	2.0	0.4	1.6	2.0	0.1	0.4	0.3	0.6	1.3	0.7	2.4	.294	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	1.0	.571

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
Scott Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Magic Johnson	Scott Williams
Season	1988-89	1999-00
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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
Scott Williams	68	21.9	7.6	2.6	4.0	6.6	0.4	0.6	1.0	1.0	3.4	3.1	6.3	.500	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	1.9	.729

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
Scott Williams	5	18.6	10.2	1.8	3.8	5.6	0.4	0.4	1.0	0.8	3.2	4.6	7.2	.639	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.2	.833


Season 11
	Magic Johnson	Scott Williams
Season	1989-90	2000-01
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	Bucks Lost East Conf Finals

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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
Scott Williams	66	19.3	6.1	1.5	4.0	5.5	0.5	0.7	0.5	0.6	2.7	2.6	5.5	.474	0.0	0.1	.250	0.9	1.1	.857

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
Scott Williams	17	22.2	7.9	2.6	4.5	7.2	0.7	0.6	1.4	0.7	3.4	3.5	7.1	.492	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.6	.571


Season 12
	Magic Johnson	Scott Williams
Season	1990-91	2001-02
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Did Not Play

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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
Scott Williams	41	18.0	4.9	2.0	3.1	5.1	0.3	0.4	0.8	0.9	2.4	2.1	5.3	.396	0.0	0.0	.000	0.7	1.0	.732

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
Scott Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Magic Johnson didn't play in 1991-92, 1992-93, 1993-94 and 1994-95.


Season 13
	Magic Johnson	Scott Williams
Season	1995-96	2002-03
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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
Scott Williams	69	12.6	4.0	1.0	1.8	2.8	0.3	0.4	0.3	0.5	2.3	1.7	4.2	.411	0.0	0.0	.000	0.5	0.6	.786

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
Scott Williams	6	14.0	4.0	1.0	1.5	2.5	0.2	0.7	0.5	0.2	2.8	1.8	5.3	.344	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.3	1.000


Season 14
	Magic Johnson	Scott Williams
Season	-	2003-04
Team	-	Phoenix Suns, Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Scott Williams	43	12.3	4.6	0.9	2.2	3.1	0.4	0.5	0.4	0.4	2.2	2.1	4.3	.484	0.0	0.1	.667	0.4	0.6	.593

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Magic Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Scott Williams	3	3.7	0.0	0.7	0.7	1.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.3	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 15
	Magic Johnson	Scott Williams
Season	-	2004-05
Team	-	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Did Not Play

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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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Scott Williams	19	8.0	1.7	0.8	0.8	1.6	0.4	0.2	0.3	0.3	1.6	0.6	2.2	.293	0.0	0.1	.000	0.5	0.6	.818

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Magic Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Scott Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Magic Johnson vs. Scott Williams Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Scott Williams 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.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14

Season 15