Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Ron Harper and Magic Johnson

This is the detail of NBA games in which Ron Harper and Magic Johnson 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.

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They faced each other a total of 9 times in NBA games. Magic Johnson has an 8-1 winning record over Ron Harper. They never met in the Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2023-24
Ron Harper:
1986-87 to 2000-01
Magic Johnson:
1979-80 to 1995-96
9 Games played
9 in Regular Season
0 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

Games Won in
Regular Season
in
Playoffs
Ron Harper
1
1
0
Magic Johnson
8
8
0

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Ron Harper 17.4 3.9 5.2 1.60.2
Magic Johnson 25.2 6.9 11.31.40.4
Game Highs
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Ron Harper 30 9 12 31
Magic Johnson 34 12 17 41
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Ron Harper 1

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1

game
0

games
3

games
1

game
Magic Johnson 7

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7

games
9

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3

games
3

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Both had same stat 1

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1

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0

games
3

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5

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Head To Head Games Played: One by One

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1986-87 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 16, 1986
1. Cavaliers 116   Ron Harper 16 6 12 3 1 2 5 40 5-14 .357 1-5 .200 5-12 .417
Lakers 121   Magic Johnson 25 11 14 1 1 4 2 42 10-19 .526 0-1 .000 5-8 .625
Mar. 07, 1987
2. Cavaliers 118   Ron Harper 27 9 7 2 0 5 4 40 10-24 .417 0-0 - 7-8 .875
Lakers 122   Magic Johnson 26 8 17 2 0 7 3 38 10-17 .588 0-0 - 6-8 .750
1988-89 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 13, 1988
3. Cavaliers 102   Ron Harper 30 4 7 3 0 3 3 42 12-26 .462 2-6 .333 4-4 1.000
Lakers 111   Magic Johnson 31 12 13 1 1 3 4 42 11-19 .579 2-4 .500 7-10 .700
Jan. 13, 1989
4. Cavaliers 95   Ron Harper 10 4 2 1 0 2 2 28 4-10 .400 0-1 .000 2-2 1.000
Lakers 116   Magic Johnson 26 5 11 0 1 4 2 36 8-14 .571 2-3 .667 8-9 .889
1989-90 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 05, 1989
5. Clippers 103   Ron Harper 26 3 3 2 0 5 5 42 11-17 .647 0-0 - 4-4 1.000
Lakers 111   Magic Johnson 34 6 10 4 1 4 3 41 11-20 .550 0-4 .000 12-15 .800
1990-91 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Feb. 01, 1991
6. Clippers 92   Ron Harper 9 2 2 0 0 3 2 19 4-15 .267 0-1 .000 1-2 .500
Lakers 106   Magic Johnson 30 8 10 0 0 2 3 39 9-17 .529 2-5 .400 10-12 .833
Feb. 05, 1991
7. Clippers 102   Ron Harper 22 1 7 1 1 3 1 25 8-16 .500 1-2 .500 5-7 .714
Lakers 116   Magic Johnson 22 4 13 2 0 5 1 30 7-9 .778 2-4 .500 6-6 1.000
Mar. 19, 1991
8. Clippers 105   Ron Harper 11 3 5 1 0 2 3 29 5-12 .417 0-3 .000 1-1 1.000
Lakers 119   Magic Johnson 18 5 11 2 0 2 1 29 6-10 .600 1-2 .500 5-6 .833
1995-96 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Feb. 02, 1996
9. Bulls 99   Ron Harper 6 3 2 1 0 4 2 29 3-8 .375 0-2 .000 0-0 -
Lakers 84   Magic Johnson 15 3 3 1 0 3 0 32 6-13 .462 2-3 .667 1-2 .500