Head-to-Head: Games Played Between LeBron James and Nick Van Exel

This is the detail of NBA games in which LeBron James and Nick Van Exel 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.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Games against each other

They faced each other a total of 4 times in NBA games. LeBron James has a 3-1 winning record over Nick Van Exel. They never met in the Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2025-26
LeBron James:
2003-04 to 2024-25
Nick Van Exel:
1993-94 to 2005-06
4 Games played
4 in Regular Season
0 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

Games Won in
Regular Season
in
Playoffs
LeBron James
3
3
0
Nick Van Exel
1
1
0

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
LeBron James 29.0 7.8 6.5 2.80.8
Nick Van Exel 12.0 2.3 2.50.50.0
Game Highs
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
LeBron James 44 11 10 42
Nick Van Exel 28 6 4 20
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
LeBron James 3

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3

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4

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3

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2

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Nick Van Exel 1

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0

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0

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0

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0

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Both had same stat 0

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1

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1

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Head To Head Games Played: One by One

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2004-05 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 15, 2004
1. Cavaliers 112   LeBron James 25 11 7 3 2 3 1 37 10-18 .556 2-3 .667 3-3 1.000
Trail Blazers 88   Nick Van Exel 9 1 2 0 0 3 1 23 4-11 .364 1-5 .200 0-0 -
Jan. 19, 2005
2. Cavaliers 107   LeBron James 27 11 10 4 0 2 4 44 11-16 .688 1-1 1.000 4-6 .667
Trail Blazers 101   Nick Van Exel 28 2 4 2 0 1 3 39 10-16 .625 5-9 .556 3-4 .750
2005-06 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 04, 2005
3. Cavaliers 76   LeBron James 20 6 4 0 1 3 3 37 7-16 .438 0-3 .000 6-7 .857
Spurs 102   Nick Van Exel 6 6 1 0 0 1 0 18 2-5 .400 2-4 .500 0-0 -
Feb. 13, 2006
4. Cavaliers 101   LeBron James 44 3 5 4 0 2 0 41 19-33 .576 1-3 .333 5-8 .625
Spurs 87   Nick Van Exel 5 0 3 0 0 0 0 19 2-5 .400 1-1 1.000 0-0 -