De'Aaron Fox vs. Mike James Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Mike James and De'Aaron Fox, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

Who had the better rookie season? Who had best stats in their 10th season? Who won a championship first? These questions and many others, are answered here.

De'Aaron Fox played 7 years in the NBA, 5 less than Mike James, who played 12. De'Aaron Fox had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while Mike James had his rookie season in 2001-02. With that starting point, here you can take a look at each of their seasons side by side and compare how their careers evolved in achivements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
De'Aaron Fox	7	1	2017-18 to 2023-24
Mike James	12	3	2001-02 to 2013-14

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12


Rookie Season
	De'Aaron Fox	Mike James
Season	2017-18	2001-02
Team	Sacramento Kings	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
De'Aaron Fox	73	27.8	11.6	0.5	2.3	2.8	4.4	1.0	0.3	2.4	2.2	4.5	10.9	.412	0.6	2.1	.307	1.9	2.7	.723
Mike James	15	7.9	2.8	0.1	0.8	0.9	1.3	0.4	0.1	0.9	1.1	1.0	2.9	.349	0.5	1.4	.381	0.3	0.5	.571

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
De'Aaron Fox	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mike James	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	De'Aaron Fox	Mike James
Season	2018-19	2002-03
Team	Sacramento Kings	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
De'Aaron Fox	81	31.4	17.3	0.5	3.2	3.8	7.3	1.6	0.6	2.8	2.5	6.2	13.6	.458	1.1	2.9	.371	3.7	5.1	.727
Mike James	78	22.1	7.8	0.3	1.6	1.9	3.2	0.8	0.1	1.4	2.3	2.8	7.5	.373	0.9	2.9	.294	1.3	1.8	.732

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
De'Aaron Fox	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mike James	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	De'Aaron Fox	Mike James
Season	2019-20	2003-04
Team	Sacramento Kings	Boston Celtics, Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
De'Aaron Fox	51	32.0	21.1	0.7	3.2	3.8	6.8	1.5	0.5	3.1	2.8	7.7	16.0	.480	1.1	3.6	.292	4.7	6.7	.705
Mike James	81	27.1	9.3	0.3	2.5	2.9	4.2	1.2	0.0	1.5	1.9	3.4	8.1	.414	1.3	3.5	.377	1.3	1.6	.811

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
De'Aaron Fox	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mike James	22	8.8	2.6	0.3	0.9	1.2	1.1	0.2	0.0	0.7	1.0	1.0	2.4	.396	0.3	0.6	.429	0.4	0.7	.563


Season 4
	De'Aaron Fox	Mike James
Season	2020-21	2004-05
Team	Sacramento Kings	Milwaukee Bucks, Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
De'Aaron Fox	58	35.1	25.2	0.6	2.9	3.5	7.2	1.5	0.5	3.0	2.9	9.1	19.1	.477	1.8	5.5	.322	5.2	7.2	.719
Mike James	74	25.1	11.8	0.5	2.3	2.8	3.6	0.9	0.1	1.4	2.4	4.5	10.1	.441	1.4	3.5	.386	1.5	2.0	.752

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
De'Aaron Fox	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mike James	7	24.6	11.6	0.3	1.6	1.9	2.3	0.9	0.3	1.4	2.4	4.1	8.9	.468	0.0	1.3	.000	3.3	3.4	.958


Season 5
	De'Aaron Fox	Mike James
Season	2021-22	2005-06
Team	Sacramento Kings	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
De'Aaron Fox	59	35.3	23.2	0.4	3.5	3.9	5.6	1.2	0.4	2.8	2.9	8.7	18.5	.473	1.3	4.2	.297	4.4	5.9	.750
Mike James	79	37.0	20.3	0.6	2.7	3.3	5.8	0.9	0.0	2.6	2.7	7.3	15.5	.469	2.1	4.8	.442	3.6	4.3	.837

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
De'Aaron Fox	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mike James	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	De'Aaron Fox	Mike James
Season	2022-23	2006-07
Team	Sacramento Kings	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	Clutch Player of the Year	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Kings Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
De'Aaron Fox	73	33.4	25.0	0.5	3.6	4.2	6.1	1.1	0.3	2.5	2.4	9.3	18.2	.512	1.6	5.0	.324	4.7	6.0	.780
Mike James	82	25.2	10.1	0.3	1.7	2.0	3.6	0.7	0.1	1.6	2.1	3.6	8.6	.422	1.0	2.6	.372	1.9	2.2	.837

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
De'Aaron Fox	7	38.6	27.4	1.7	3.7	5.4	7.7	2.1	0.6	4.0	3.3	10.0	23.6	.424	3.0	9.0	.333	4.4	5.9	.756
Mike James	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	De'Aaron Fox	Mike James
Season	2023-24	2007-08
Team	Sacramento Kings	Houston Rockets, New Orleans Hornets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hornets Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
De'Aaron Fox	74	35.9	26.6	0.9	3.7	4.6	5.6	2.0	0.4	2.6	2.6	9.7	20.9	.465	2.9	7.8	.369	4.2	5.7	.738
Mike James	54	13.3	5.0	0.3	1.0	1.3	1.1	0.4	0.0	0.7	1.0	1.9	5.4	.348	0.6	1.8	.320	0.7	0.9	.813

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
De'Aaron Fox	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mike James	4	7.0	3.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.0	0.3	0.0	1.0	3.0	.333	0.5	1.3	.400	0.5	0.5	1.000


Season 8
	De'Aaron Fox	Mike James
Season	-	2008-09
Team	-	New Orleans Hornets, Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
De'Aaron Fox	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mike James	61	27.0	8.7	0.4	1.8	2.2	3.3	0.7	0.1	1.5	1.8	3.2	8.4	.383	1.1	3.0	.375	1.1	1.3	.829

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
De'Aaron Fox	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mike James	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	De'Aaron Fox	Mike James
Season	-	2009-10
Team	-	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
De'Aaron Fox	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mike James	4	11.5	4.5	0.3	0.5	0.8	1.3	0.8	0.0	1.3	0.8	1.5	5.0	.300	0.5	1.5	.333	1.0	2.0	.500

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
De'Aaron Fox	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mike James	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Mike James didn't play in 2010-11.


Season 10
	De'Aaron Fox	Mike James
Season	-	2011-12
Team	-	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
De'Aaron Fox	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mike James	11	10.9	4.8	0.2	0.7	0.9	2.6	0.4	0.2	1.3	1.8	1.8	4.5	.408	0.5	0.9	.600	0.6	0.7	.875

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
De'Aaron Fox	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mike James	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	De'Aaron Fox	Mike James
Season	-	2012-13
Team	-	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
De'Aaron Fox	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mike James	45	19.2	6.1	0.2	1.4	1.6	3.1	0.6	0.1	1.2	2.1	2.2	6.0	.373	1.1	2.8	.384	0.5	0.6	.793

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
De'Aaron Fox	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mike James	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	De'Aaron Fox	Mike James
Season	-	2013-14
Team	-	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
De'Aaron Fox	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mike James	11	7.0	1.0	0.0	0.6	0.6	1.5	0.2	0.0	0.5	1.0	0.5	1.9	.238	0.1	0.5	.200	0.0	0.2	.000

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
De'Aaron Fox	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mike James	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

De'Aaron Fox vs. Mike James Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Mike James and De'Aaron Fox, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12