Magic Johnson played his most minutes per game in a season in 1981-82 with 38.3 minutes per game.

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Magic Johnson highest mpg in a regular season

	NAME	MPG	SEASON	TM	GP	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	38.3	1981-82	LAL	78	18.6	9.6	9.5	2.7	0.4	7.1	13.3	53.7	0.1	0.4	20.7	4.2	5.6	76.0	59.0	3.2	6.4	3.7	2,991	1,447	751	743	208	34	286	223
2	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	38.3	1983-84	LAL	67	17.6	7.3	13.1	2.2	0.7	6.6	11.6	56.5	0.1	0.4	20.7	4.3	5.3	81.0	62.8	1.5	5.9	4.6	2,567	1,178	491	875	150	49	306	169
3	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	37.5	1988-89	LAL	77	22.5	7.9	12.8	1.8	0.3	7.5	14.8	50.9	0.8	2.4	31.4	6.7	7.3	91.1	62.5	1.4	6.4	4.1	2,886	1,730	607	988	138	22	312	172
4	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	37.2	1989-90	LAL	79	22.3	6.6	11.5	1.7	0.4	6.9	14.4	48.0	1.3	3.5	38.4	7.2	8.1	89.0	62.2	1.6	5.0	3.7	2,937	1,765	522	907	132	34	289	167
5	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	37.1	1990-91	LAL	79	19.4	7.0	12.5	1.3	0.2	5.9	12.4	47.7	1.0	3.2	32.0	6.6	7.3	90.6	62.3	1.3	5.6	4.0	2,933	1,531	551	989	102	17	314	150
6	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	37.1	1980-81	LAL	37	21.6	8.6	8.6	3.4	0.7	8.4	15.9	53.2	0.1	0.5	17.6	4.6	6.1	76.0	58.2	2.7	5.9	3.9	1,371	798	320	317	127	27	143	100
7	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	36.8	1982-83	LAL	79	16.8	8.6	10.5	2.2	0.6	6.5	11.8	54.8	0.0	0.3	0.0	3.8	4.8	80.0	60.3	2.7	5.9	3.8	2,907	1,326	683	829	176	47	301	200
8	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	36.6	1987-88	LAL	72	19.6	6.2	11.9	1.6	0.2	6.8	13.8	49.2	0.2	0.8	19.6	5.8	6.8	85.3	58.1	1.2	5.0	3.7	2,637	1,408	449	858	114	13	269	147
9	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	36.3	1986-87	LAL	80	23.9	6.3	12.2	1.7	0.5	8.5	16.4	52.2	0.1	0.5	20.5	6.7	7.9	84.8	60.2	1.5	4.8	3.8	2,904	1,909	504	977	138	36	300	168
10	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	36.3	1979-80	LAL	77	18.0	7.7	7.3	2.4	0.5	6.5	12.3	53.0	0.1	0.4	22.6	4.9	6.0	81.0	60.2	2.2	5.6	4.0	2,795	1,387	596	563	187	41	305	218
11	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	36.1	1984-85	LAL	77	18.3	6.2	12.6	1.5	0.3	6.5	11.7	56.1	0.1	0.5	18.9	5.1	6.0	84.3	63.7	1.2	5.0	4.0	2,781	1,406	476	968	113	25	305	155
12	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	35.8	1985-86	LAL	72	18.8	5.9	12.6	1.6	0.2	6.7	12.8	52.6	0.1	0.6	23.3	5.3	6.0	87.1	61.0	1.2	4.7	3.8	2,578	1,354	426	907	113	16	273	133
13	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	29.9	1995-96	LAL	32	14.6	5.7	6.9	0.8	0.4	4.3	9.2	46.6	0.7	1.8	37.9	5.4	6.3	85.6	61.2	1.3	4.5	3.2	958	468	183	220	26	13	103	48