Magic Johnson vs. Victor Wembanyama Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Victor Wembanyama 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, 11 more than Victor Wembanyama, who played 2. Magic Johnson had the first of his seasons in 1979-80, while Victor Wembanyama had his rookie season in 2023-24. 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 achievements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Rookie Season
	Magic Johnson	Victor Wembanyama
Season	1979-80	2023-24
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Rookie of the Year
	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
	-	Blocks Leader
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+6	+6.6	+3.4	+0.1	+2.8	+2.9	+3.4	+1.2	+3.1	-0.3	-0.6	+1.3	+4.4	+.065	+1.7	+5.1	+.099	+0.8	+0.8	+.014
Victor Wembanyama	71	29.7	21.4	2.3	8.4	10.6	3.9	1.2	3.6	3.7	2.2	7.8	16.7	.465	1.8	5.5	.325	4.1	5.2	.796
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
Victor Wembanyama	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Magic Johnson	Victor Wembanyama
Season	1980-81	2024-25
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	Steals Leader	-
	-	Blocks Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+9	+3.9	+2.7	+0.9	+3.3	+2.4	+4.9	+2.3	+3.1	-0.7	-0.4	+0.5	+2.7	+.056	+3.0	+8.3	+.176	+1.2	+2.0	+.076
Victor Wembanyama	46	33.2	24.3	1.8	9.2	11.0	3.7	1.1	3.8	3.2	2.3	8.9	18.6	.476	3.1	8.8	.352	3.4	4.1	.836
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
Victor Wembanyama	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Magic Johnson played 11 seasons more than Victor Wembanyama in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 3 to 13, from 1982 to 1996—Magic Johnson played in 11 Playoffs and won 4 NBA Championships. In those 11 extra years over Victor Wembanyama, Magic Johnson got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 Finals MVP 3 Season MVP 9 All-NBA First Team 1 All-NBA Second Team 4 Assists Leader 1 Steals Leader 10 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP