Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Magic Johnson and Shawn Kemp

This is the detail of NBA games in which Magic Johnson and Shawn Kemp played against each other, including head-to-head record, stats average, game highs and game-by-game data both in the Regular Season and Playoffs.

They faced each other a total of 9 times in NBA games. Magic Johnson has a 7-2 winning record over Shawn Kemp. They never met in the Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2023-24
Magic Johnson:
1979-80 to 1995-96
Shawn Kemp:
1989-90 to 2002-03
9 Games played
9 in Regular Season
0 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

Games Won in
Regular Season
in
Playoffs
Magic Johnson
7
7
0
Shawn Kemp
2
2
0

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Magic Johnson 22.1 4.7 7.7 1.40.0
Shawn Kemp 13.6 6.1 1.41.31.9
Game Highs
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Magic Johnson 33 7 11 30
Shawn Kemp 21 15 3 410
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Magic Johnson 7

games
3

games
9

games
4

games
0

games
Shawn Kemp 2

games
5

games
0

games
5

games
4

games
Both had same stat 0

games
1

game
0

games
0

games
5

games

Head To Head Games Played: One by One

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1989-90 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Jan. 17, 1990
1. Lakers 100   Magic Johnson 22 6 9 1 0 3 3 38 4-10 .400 0-1 .000 14-16 .875
Supersonics 90   Shawn Kemp 9 4 0 0 1 0 6 16 4-7 .571 0-0 - 1-1 1.000
Feb. 28, 1990
2. Lakers 112   Magic Johnson 25 6 8 0 0 4 3 41 6-17 .353 2-6 .333 11-11 1.000
Supersonics 107   Shawn Kemp 10 3 0 2 0 0 3 19 5-7 .714 0-0 - 0-0 -
Mar. 25, 1990
3. Lakers 116   Magic Johnson 18 2 5 1 0 4 2 31 6-7 .857 1-2 .500 5-5 1.000
Supersonics 94   Shawn Kemp 19 6 0 2 0 2 4 27 8-15 .533 1-1 1.000 2-2 1.000
Apr. 17, 1990
4. Lakers 102   Magic Johnson 21 6 8 2 0 4 2 38 4-12 .333 1-2 .500 12-13 .923
Supersonics 101   Shawn Kemp 4 0 0 0 1 0 2 08 2-2 1.000 0-0 - 0-0 -
1990-91 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Jan. 18, 1991
5. Lakers 105   Magic Johnson 33 4 9 3 0 2 1 44 12-14 .857 0-0 - 9-10 .900
Supersonics 96   Shawn Kemp 20 8 3 0 10 1 5 40 9-21 .429 0-1 .000 2-6 .333
Mar. 20, 1991
6. Lakers 106   Magic Johnson 16 3 6 3 0 0 1 29 4-11 .364 1-6 .167 7-9 .778
Supersonics 114   Shawn Kemp 8 5 2 1 0 2 3 31 4-9 .444 0-0 - 0-0 -
Mar. 24, 1991
7. Lakers 113   Magic Johnson 33 3 11 2 0 7 0 33 11-14 .786 3-3 1.000 8-9 .889
Supersonics 96   Shawn Kemp 21 3 3 4 0 2 4 32 6-12 .500 0-0 - 9-9 1.000
1995-96 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Mar. 19, 1996
8. Lakers 94   Magic Johnson 14 5 10 1 0 0 1 34 4-6 .667 1-3 .333 5-5 1.000
Supersonics 71   Shawn Kemp 13 15 3 2 5 3 3 36 3-10 .300 0-0 - 7-8 .875
Mar. 21, 1996
9. Lakers 93   Magic Johnson 17 7 3 0 0 3 4 39 7-18 .389 1-3 .333 2-4 .500
Supersonics 104   Shawn Kemp 18 11 2 1 0 4 4 40 6-15 .400 0-0 - 6-7 .857