For his feats, Johnson was voted as one of the 50 Greatest Players of All Time by the NBA in 1996, and was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2002.
== Košarkarski dosežki ==Johnson je v ligi NBA odigral 906 prvenstvenih tekem rednega dela, na katerih je dosegel 17.707 točk, 10.141 podaj in 6.559 skokov, kar pomeni v povprečju 19,5 točke, 11,2 podaje in 7,2 skoka na tekmo, po podajah na tekmo je rekorder v zgodovini lige NBA.