Tim Duncan vs. Magic Johnson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Magic Johnson and Tim Duncan, 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.

Tim Duncan played 19 years in the NBA, 6 more than Magic Johnson, who played 13. Tim Duncan had the first of his seasons in 1997-98, 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
	Tim Duncan	Magic Johnson
Season	1997-98	1979-80
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Tim Duncan	82	39.1	21.1	3.3	8.6	11.9	2.7	0.7	2.5	3.4	3.1	8.6	15.7	.549	0.0	0.1	.000	3.9	5.9	.662
difference:	+5	+2.8	+3.1	+1.1	+3.0	+4.2	+4.6	+1.7	+2.0	-0.6	-0.3	+2.1	+3.4	+.019	+0.1	+0.3	+.226	+1.0	+0.1	+.148
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		%
Tim Duncan	9	41.6	20.7	2.2	6.8	9.0	1.9	0.6	2.6	2.8	2.7	8.1	15.6	.521	0.0	0.1	.000	4.4	6.7	.667
difference:	+7	+0.5	+2.4	+1.1	+0.5	+1.5	+7.5	+2.5	+2.2	-1.3	-0.2	+1.7	+3.2	+.003	+0.1	+0.4	+.250	+0.9	+0.1	+.135
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
	Tim Duncan	Magic Johnson
Season	1998-99	1980-81
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	Steals Leader
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Tim Duncan	50	39.3	21.7	3.2	8.2	11.4	2.4	0.9	2.5	2.9	2.9	8.4	16.9	.495	0.0	0.1	.143	4.9	7.2	.690
difference:	+13	+2.2	+0.1	+0.5	+2.3	+2.8	+6.2	+2.5	+1.8	-1.0	-0.2		+1.0	+.037	+0.1	+0.4	+.033	+0.3	+1.1	+.070
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		%
Tim Duncan	17	43.1	23.2	3.2	8.2	11.5	2.8	0.8	2.6	3.1	2.9	8.5	16.6	.511	0.0	0.2	.000	6.3	8.4	.748
difference:	+14	+0.8	+6.2	+0.5	+2.8	+2.2	+4.2	+1.9	+1.6	-0.6	-1.8	+2.2	+0.3	+.123		+0.2		+2.0	+1.7	+.098
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

Season 3
	Tim Duncan	Magic Johnson
Season	1999-00	1981-82
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	Steals Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Duncan	74	38.9	23.2	3.5	8.9	12.4	3.2	0.9	2.2	3.3	2.8	8.5	17.3	.490	0.0	0.1	.091	6.2	8.1	.761
difference:	+4	+0.6	+4.6	+0.3	+2.5	+2.8	+6.3	+1.8	+1.8	-0.4	-0.1	+1.4	+4.0	+.047	+0.1	+0.3	+.116	+2.0	+2.5	+.001
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Duncan	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Season 4
	Tim Duncan	Magic Johnson
Season	2000-01	1982-83
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	Assists Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	Lakers Lost NBA Finals

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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Duncan	82	38.7	22.2	3.2	9.0	12.2	3.0	0.9	2.3	3.0	3.0	8.6	17.1	.499	0.1	0.3	.259	5.0	8.1	.618
difference:	+3	+1.9	+5.4	+0.5	+3.1	+3.6	+7.5	+1.3	+1.7	-0.8	-0.5	+2.1	+5.3	+.049	+0.1		+.259	+1.2	+3.3	+.182
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Duncan	13	40.5	24.4	4.2	10.3	14.5	3.8	1.1	2.7	3.8	3.3	9.2	18.9	.488	0.1	0.1	1.000	5.8	9.2	.639
difference:	+2	+2.4	+6.5	+0.8	+5.2	+6.0	+9.0	+1.2	+1.9	-0.5		+2.5	+5.2	+.003	+0.1	+0.6	+1.000	+1.3	+3.8	+.201
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

Season 5
	Tim Duncan	Magic Johnson
Season	2001-02	1983-84
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	Assists Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	Lakers Lost NBA Finals

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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Duncan	82	40.6	25.5	3.3	9.4	12.7	3.7	0.7	2.5	3.2	2.6	9.3	18.3	.508	0.0	0.1	.100	6.8	8.5	.799
difference:	+15	+2.3	+7.9	+1.8	+3.5	+5.4	+9.4	+1.5	+1.8	-1.4	-0.1	+2.7	+6.7	+.057	+0.1	+0.3	+.107	+2.5	+3.2	+.011
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Duncan	9	42.2	27.6	3.1	11.3	14.4	5.0	0.7	4.3	4.1	2.4	9.1	20.1	.453	0.1	0.3	.333	9.2	11.2	.822
difference:	+12	+2.3	+9.4	+1.9	+5.9	+7.8	+8.5	+1.3	+3.3	-0.3	-1.0	+1.9	+7.1	+.098	+0.1		+.333	+5.4	+6.4	+.022
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

Season 6
	Tim Duncan	Magic Johnson
Season	2002-03	1984-85
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	NBA Champion

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6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Duncan	81	39.3	23.3	3.2	9.7	12.9	3.9	0.7	2.9	3.1	2.9	8.8	17.2	.513	0.1	0.3	.273	5.6	7.8	.710
difference:	+4	+3.2	+5.0	+2.0	+4.7	+6.7	+8.7	+0.8	+2.6	-0.9	-0.9	+2.3	+5.5	+.048		+0.2	+.084	+0.5	+1.8	+.133
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Duncan	24	42.5	24.7	4.0	11.4	15.4	5.3	0.6	3.3	3.2	3.3	9.1	17.2	.529	0.0	0.3	.000	6.5	9.7	.677
difference:	+5	+6.3	+7.2	+3.0	+5.3	+8.3	+9.9	+1.1	+3.1	-0.8	-0.8	+3.0	+5.3	+.016	+0.1	+0.1	+.143	+1.2	+3.5	+.170
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

Season 7
	Tim Duncan	Magic Johnson
Season	2003-04	1985-86
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	Assists Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals

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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Duncan	69	36.6	22.3	3.3	9.2	12.4	3.1	0.9	2.7	2.7	2.4	8.6	17.1	.501	0.0	0.2	.167	5.1	8.5	.599
difference:	+3	+0.8	+3.5	+2.1	+4.5	+6.5	+9.5	+0.7	+2.5	-1.1	-0.6	+1.9	+4.3	+.025	+0.1	+0.4	+.066	+0.2	+2.5	+.272
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Duncan	10	40.4	22.1	3.3	8.0	11.3	3.2	0.8	2.0	4.2	3.4	8.3	15.9	.522	0.0	0.1	.000	5.5	8.7	.632
difference:	+4	+1.8	+0.5	+1.8	+2.4	+4.2	+11.9	+1.1	+1.9	-1.0	-0.3	+0.4	+1.3	+.015		+0.7		+0.4	+1.1	+.134
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

Season 8
	Tim Duncan	Magic Johnson
Season	2004-05	1986-87
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	Finals MVP
	-	Season MVP
	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	Assists Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	NBA Champion

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8th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Duncan	66	33.4	20.3	3.1	8.0	11.1	2.7	0.7	2.6	1.9	2.2	7.8	15.8	.496	0.0	0.1	.333	4.6	6.9	.670
difference:	+14	+2.9	+3.6	+1.6	+3.2	+4.8	+9.5	+1.0	+2.1	-1.9	-0.1	+0.7	+0.6	+.026	+0.1	+0.4	+.128	+2.1	+1.0	+.178
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Duncan	23	37.7	23.6	3.8	8.7	12.4	2.7	0.3	2.3	2.7	2.9	8.6	18.5	.464	0.0	0.2	.200	6.4	8.9	.717
difference:	+5	+0.7	+1.8	+2.2	+2.5	+4.7	+9.5	+1.4	+1.9	-0.1	-0.8	+0.5	+3.4	+.075	+0.1	+0.4		+1.0	+2.3	+.114
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

Season 9
	Tim Duncan	Magic Johnson
Season	2005-06	1987-88
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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9th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Duncan	80	34.8	18.6	2.9	8.1	11.0	3.2	0.9	2.0	2.5	2.7	7.2	14.8	.484	0.0	0.1	.400	4.2	6.7	.629
difference:	+8	+1.8	+1.0	+1.7	+3.1	+4.8	+8.7	+0.7	+1.8	-1.2	-0.7	+0.4	+1.0	+.008	+0.2	+0.7	+.204	+1.6	+0.1	+.224
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Duncan	13	37.9	25.8	2.5	8.0	10.5	3.3	0.8	1.9	2.6	3.8	9.3	16.2	.573	0.0	0.2	.000	7.2	10.1	.718
difference:	+11	+2.3	+5.9	+1.2	+3.9	+5.1	+9.3	+0.6	+1.7	-0.9	-1.3	+2.3	+2.5	+.059	+0.3	+0.4	+.500	+1.7	+3.6	+.134
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

Season 10
	Tim Duncan	Magic Johnson
Season	2006-07	1988-89
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Lakers Lost NBA Finals

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10th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Duncan	80	34.1	20.0	2.7	7.9	10.6	3.4	0.8	2.4	2.8	2.5	7.7	14.1	.546	0.0	0.1	.111	4.5	7.1	.637
difference:	+3	+3.4	+2.5	+1.3	+1.5	+2.7	+9.4	+1.0	+2.1	-1.3	-0.3	+0.2	+0.7	+.037	+0.8	+2.3	+.203	+2.2	+0.2	+.274
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Duncan	20	36.8	22.2	3.7	7.8	11.5	3.3	0.7	3.1	3.0	3.0	8.7	16.7	.521	0.0	0.0	-	4.8	7.5	.644
difference:	+6	+0.2	+3.8	+2.6	+2.9	+5.6	+8.5	+1.2	+2.9	-0.8	-0.9	+2.6	+4.3	+.032	+0.7	+2.5		+0.8	+1.4	+.263
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

Season 11
	Tim Duncan	Magic Johnson
Season	2007-08	1989-90
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis

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11th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Duncan	78	34.0	19.3	3.0	8.3	11.3	2.8	0.7	1.9	2.3	2.4	7.5	15.1	.497	0.0	0.1	.000	4.3	5.9	.730
difference:	+1	+3.2	+3.0	+1.4	+3.3	+4.7	+8.7	+1.0	+1.5	-1.4	-0.3	+0.6	+0.7	+.017	+1.3	+3.4	+.384	+2.9	+2.2	+.160
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Duncan	17	39.2	20.2	3.6	10.9	14.5	3.3	0.9	2.1	2.4	2.4	7.9	17.7	.449	0.1	0.3	.200	4.2	6.8	.626
difference:	+8	+2.6	+5.0	+2.3	+5.9	+8.2	+9.5	+0.3	+2.0	-1.6	-0.7	+0.5	+0.5	+.041	+0.5	+2.5		+3.6	+2.0	+.260
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

Season 12
	Tim Duncan	Magic Johnson
Season	2008-09	1990-91
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Lakers Lost NBA Finals

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12th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Duncan	75	33.7	19.3	2.7	8.0	10.7	3.5	0.5	1.7	2.2	2.3	7.4	14.8	.504	0.0	0.0	-	4.5	6.4	.692
difference:	+4	+3.4	+0.1	+1.4	+2.4	+3.7	+9.0	+0.8	+1.5	-1.8	-0.4	+1.5	+2.4	+.027	+1.0	+3.2		+2.1	+0.9	+.214
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Duncan	5	32.8	19.8	2.4	5.6	8.0	3.2	0.6	1.2	1.4	2.2	8.2	15.4	.532	0.0	0.0	-	3.4	5.6	.607
difference:	+14	+10.5	+2.0	+1.2	+1.3	+0.1	+9.4	+0.6	+1.2	-2.7	-0.1	+2.0	+1.3	+.092	+1.1	+3.7		+4.9	+3.8	+.275
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

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

Season 13
	Tim Duncan	Magic Johnson
Season	2009-10	1995-96
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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13th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Duncan	78	31.3	17.9	2.8	7.3	10.1	3.2	0.6	1.5	1.8	1.9	7.2	13.9	.518	0.0	0.1	.182	3.5	4.8	.725
difference:	+46	+1.4	+3.3	+1.5	+2.8	+4.4	+3.7	+0.2	+1.1	-1.4	-0.4	+2.9	+4.7	+.052	+0.7	+1.7	+.197	+1.9	+1.5	+.131
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Duncan	10	37.3	19.0	3.0	6.9	9.9	2.6	0.8	1.7	2.4	2.7	7.8	15.0	.520	0.1	0.2	.500	3.3	6.9	.478
difference:	+6	+3.5	+3.7	+1.0	+0.4	+1.4	+3.9	+0.8	+1.7	-0.6	-1.9	+4.0	+5.2	+.135	+0.7	+2.1	+.167	+3.7	+1.4	+.370
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

Additional Years
* Tim Duncan played 6 seasons more than Magic Johnson in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 14 to 19, from 2011 to 2016—Tim Duncan played in 6 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 6 extra years over Magic Johnson, Tim Duncan got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA First Team 1 All-NBA Third Team 2 All-Defensive Second Team 3 All-Star Game