Magic Johnson dropped his most points in a rookie-season game on December 7, 1979 and on November 9, 1979, with 31 points.
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Magic Johnson most points in regular-season game as rookie| NAME | PTS | DATE | TM | OPP | MIN | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FGM | FGA | FG% | 3PM | 3PA | 3P% | FTM | FTA | FT% | TS% | OREB | DREB | TOV | PF | +/- | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | M. Johnson | 31 | 12/7/1979 | vs | 35 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 22 | 63.6 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 66.5 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 3 | |||
| 2 | | M. Johnson | 31 | 11/9/1979 | vs | 43 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 16 | 62.5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 15 | 73.3 | 68.6 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| 3 | | M. Johnson | 30 | 2/20/1980 | @ | 39 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 19 | 57.9 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 88.9 | 65.3 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 1 | ||||
| 4 | | M. Johnson | 30 | 1/29/1980 | @ | 47 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 18 | 66.7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 85.7 | 71.2 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| 5 | | M. Johnson | 28 | 3/5/1980 | @ | 38 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 17 | 70.6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 80.0 | 72.9 | 5 | 4 | ||||||
| 6 | | M. Johnson | 27 | 12/14/1979 | vs | 37 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 14 | 64.3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 81.8 | 71.7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||||
| 7 | | M. Johnson | 26 | 10/26/1979 | vs | 28 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 13 | 69.2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 88.9 | 76.7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| 8 | | M. Johnson | 26 | 10/12/1979 | @ | 41 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 47.6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 60.0 | 51.2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| 9 | | M. Johnson | 25 | 3/9/1980 | @ | 38 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 17 | 58.8 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 3 | 5 | 60.0 | 65.1 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 3 | |||
| 10 | | M. Johnson | 25 | 1/27/1980 | vs | 39 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 13 | 84.6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 87.3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| 11 | | M. Johnson | 25 | 11/23/1979 | @ | 38 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 40.0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 13 | 15 | 86.7 | 57.9 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | |||
| 12 | | M. Johnson | 24 | 12/26/1979 | @ | 35 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 18 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 6 | 6 | 100.0 | 58.1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | |||
| 13 | | M. Johnson | 24 | 12/21/1979 | vs | 40 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 46.7 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 12 | 83.3 | 59.2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | ||||
| 14 | | M. Johnson | 24 | 12/4/1979 | @ | 39 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 18 | 55.6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 100.0 | 60.7 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| 15 | | M. Johnson | 24 | 11/11/1979 | vs | 34 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 14 | 71.4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 100.0 | 76.1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 3 | ||||
| 16 | | M. Johnson | 24 | 10/30/1979 | @ | 36 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 15 | 60.0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 85.7 | 66.4 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | ||||
| 17 | | M. Johnson | 23 | 12/28/1979 | vs | 40 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 90.0 | 62.5 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | ||||
| 18 | | M. Johnson | 23 | 12/2/1979 | vs | 40 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 16 | 62.5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 66.4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | ||||
| 19 | | M. Johnson | 22 | 3/28/1980 | vs | 27 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 13 | 76.9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 66.7 | 76.8 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 20 | | M. Johnson | 22 | 12/19/1979 | @ | 40 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 58.3 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 8 | 10 | 80.0 | 67.1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | |||
| 21 | | M. Johnson | 22 | 12/18/1979 | @ | 40 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 46.2 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 10 | 13 | 76.9 | 58.8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | |||
| 22 | | M. Johnson | 22 | 11/13/1979 | @ | 33 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 90.0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 66.7 | 87.0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | ||||
| 23 | | M. Johnson | 21 | 3/16/1980 | vs | 37 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 61.5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 83.3 | 67.1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 2 | ||||
| 24 | | M. Johnson | 21 | 2/10/1980 | @ | 43 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 61.5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 100.0 | 69.1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | ||||
| 25 | | M. Johnson | 21 | 12/9/1979 | vs | 40 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 63.6 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 77.8 | 70.2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||||
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