Magic Johnson had a defensive rating of 101.3 in his rookie season in 1979-80.

	NAME	DRTG	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	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	101.3	1979-80	LAL	77	36.3	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
2	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	98.3	1980-81	LAL	37	37.1	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
3	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	102.3	1981-82	LAL	78	38.3	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
4	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	102.7	1982-83	LAL	79	36.8	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
5	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	104.6	1983-84	LAL	67	38.3	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
6	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	106.9	1984-85	LAL	77	36.1	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
7	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	105.8	1985-86	LAL	72	35.8	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
8	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	105.9	1986-87	LAL	80	36.3	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
9	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	106.8	1987-88	LAL	72	36.6	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
10	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	104.9	1988-89	LAL	77	37.5	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
11	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	106.0	1989-90	LAL	79	37.2	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
12	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	104.5	1990-91	LAL	79	37.1	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
13	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	107.1	1995-96	LAL	32	29.9	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