Scoot Henderson vs. Magic Johnson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Magic Johnson and Scoot Henderson, 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.

Scoot Henderson played 2 years in the NBA, 11 less than Magic Johnson, who played 13. Scoot Henderson had the first of his seasons in 2023-24, while Magic Johnson had his rookie season in 1979-80. 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
	Scoot Henderson	Magic Johnson
Season	2023-24	1979-80
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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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		%
Scoot Henderson	62	28.5	14.0	0.9	2.3	3.1	5.4	0.8	0.2	3.4	3.1	5.0	12.9	.385	1.4	4.3	.325	2.7	3.3	.819
difference:	+15	+7.8	+4.0	+1.3	+3.3	+4.6	+1.9	+1.6	+0.3	-0.6	-0.3	+1.5	+0.6	+.145	+1.3	+3.9	+.099	+2.2	+2.7	+.009
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Scoot Henderson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Season 2
	Scoot Henderson	Magic Johnson
Season	2024-25	1980-81
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	Steals Leader
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Scoot Henderson	66	26.7	12.7	0.8	2.2	3.0	5.1	1.0	0.2	2.7	2.7	4.3	10.4	.419	1.6	4.5	.354	2.4	3.1	.767
difference:	+29	+10.4	+8.9	+1.9	+3.7	+5.6	+3.5	+2.4	+0.5	-1.2		+4.1	+5.5	+.113	+1.5	+4.0	+.178	+2.2	+3.0	+.007
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Scoot Henderson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Additional Years
* Magic Johnson played 11 seasons more than Scoot Henderson 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 Scoot Henderson, 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