Al Horford vs. LeBron James Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of LeBron James and Al Horford, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

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.

Al Horford played 18 years in the NBA, 4 less than LeBron James, who played 22. Al Horford had the first of his seasons in 2007-08, while LeBron James had his rookie season in 2003-04. 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 achievements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Rookie Season
	Al Horford	LeBron James
Season	2007-08	2003-04
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Horford	81	31.4	10.1	3.1	6.6	9.7	1.5	0.7	0.9	1.7	3.3	4.1	8.2	.499	0.0	0.1	.000	1.9	2.6	.731
difference:	+2	+8.1	+10.8	+1.8	+2.4	+4.2	+4.4	+0.9	+0.2	-1.8	-1.4	+3.8	+10.7	+.082	+0.8	+2.6	+.290	+2.5	+3.2	+.023
LeBron James	79	39.5	20.9	1.3	4.2	5.5	5.9	1.6	0.7	3.5	1.9	7.9	18.9	.417	0.8	2.7	.290	4.4	5.8	.754
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Horford	7	39.6	12.6	3.1	7.3	10.4	3.6	0.4	1.0	2.1	3.7	4.9	10.3	.472	0.0	0.0	-	2.9	3.9	.741
LeBron James	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Al Horford	LeBron James
Season	2008-09	2004-05
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Horford	67	33.5	11.5	2.2	7.1	9.3	2.4	0.8	1.4	1.5	2.8	4.7	8.9	.525	0.0	0.0	-	2.2	3.1	.727
difference:	+13	+8.9	+15.7	+0.8	+1.1	+1.9	+4.8	+1.4	+0.7	-1.8	-1.0	+5.2	+12.2	+.053	+1.4	+3.9		+3.8	+4.9	+.023
LeBron James	80	42.4	27.2	1.4	6.0	7.4	7.2	2.2	0.7	3.3	1.8	9.9	21.1	.472	1.4	3.9	.351	6.0	8.0	.750
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Horford	9	28.0	6.9	1.3	4.4	5.8	2.0	0.7	0.7	0.4	2.9	2.8	6.6	.424	0.0	0.1	.000	1.3	2.0	.667
LeBron James	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Al Horford	LeBron James
Season	2009-10	2005-06
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Horford	81	35.1	14.2	2.9	7.0	9.9	2.3	0.7	1.1	1.5	2.8	5.8	10.5	.551	0.0	0.0	-	2.6	3.3	.789
difference:	+2	+7.4	+17.2	+2.0	+0.9	+2.9	+4.3	+0.9	+0.3	-1.8	-0.5	+5.3	+12.6	+.071	+1.6	+4.8		+5.0	+7.0	+.051
LeBron James	79	42.5	31.4	0.9	6.1	7.0	6.6	1.6	0.8	3.3	2.3	11.1	23.1	.480	1.6	4.8	.335	7.6	10.3	.738
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Horford	11	35.3	14.6	2.5	6.5	9.0	1.8	0.7	1.7	1.4	3.2	6.1	11.6	.523	0.1	0.1	1.000	2.4	2.8	.839
difference:	+2	+11.2	+16.2	+0.8	+0.1	+0.9	+4.0	+0.7	+1.0	-3.6	-0.2	+5.1	+12.0	+.047	+1.5	+4.7	+.667	+4.3	+6.3	+.102
LeBron James	13	46.5	30.8	1.7	6.4	8.1	5.8	1.4	0.7	5.0	3.4	11.2	23.6	.476	1.6	4.8	.333	6.7	9.1	.737

Season 4
	Al Horford	LeBron James
Season	2010-11	2006-07
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals

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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Horford	77	35.1	15.3	2.4	7.0	9.3	3.5	0.8	1.0	1.5	2.5	6.7	12.0	.557	0.0	0.1	.500	1.9	2.4	.798
difference:	+1	+5.8	+12.0	+1.3	+1.3	+2.6	+2.5	+0.8	+0.3	-1.7	-0.3	+3.2	+8.8	+.081	+1.3	+3.9	+.181	+4.4	+6.6	+.100
LeBron James	78	40.9	27.3	1.1	5.7	6.7	6.0	1.6	0.7	3.2	2.2	9.9	20.8	.476	1.3	4.0	.319	6.3	9.0	.698
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Horford	12	39.0	11.3	2.1	7.5	9.6	3.5	0.4	1.0	1.4	2.8	4.8	11.4	.423	0.0	0.2	.000	1.7	2.2	.769
difference:	+8	+5.7	+13.8	+0.8	+0.7	+1.5	+4.5	+1.3	+0.5	-1.9	-0.8	+3.5	+8.6	+.007	+1.1	+3.6	+.280	+5.7	+7.6	+.014
LeBron James	20	44.7	25.1	1.3	6.8	8.1	8.0	1.7	0.5	3.3	2.0	8.3	20.0	.416	1.1	3.8	.280	7.4	9.8	.755

Season 5
	Al Horford	LeBron James
Season	2011-12	2007-08
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis

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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Horford	11	31.6	12.4	2.4	4.6	7.0	2.2	0.9	1.3	1.5	1.9	5.2	9.4	.553	0.0	0.1	.000	2.0	2.7	.733
difference:	+64	+8.8	+17.6	+0.6	+1.5	+0.9	+5.0	+0.9	+0.2	-1.9	-0.3	+5.4	+12.5	+.069	+1.5	+4.7	+.315	+5.3	+7.6	+.021
LeBron James	75	40.4	30.0	1.8	6.1	7.9	7.2	1.8	1.1	3.4	2.2	10.6	21.9	.484	1.5	4.8	.315	7.3	10.3	.712
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Horford	3	36.0	15.3	1.7	6.7	8.3	2.7	1.3	1.3	4.0	3.7	6.7	11.3	.588	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.7	.750
difference:	+10	+6.5	+12.9	+0.5	+0.1	+0.5	+4.9	+0.5		-0.2	-1.2	+2.0	+9.9	+.177	+1.4	+5.4		+7.4	+10.1	+.019
LeBron James	13	42.5	28.2	1.2	6.6	7.8	7.6	1.8	1.3	4.2	2.5	8.7	21.2	.411	1.4	5.4	.257	9.4	12.8	.731

Season 6
	Al Horford	LeBron James
Season	2012-13	2008-09
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Finals

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6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Horford	74	37.2	17.4	2.6	7.6	10.2	3.2	1.1	1.1	2.0	2.2	7.8	14.3	.543	0.0	0.1	.500	1.8	2.8	.644
difference:	+7	+0.5	+11.0	+1.3	+1.3	+2.6	+4.0	+0.6		-1.0	-0.5	+1.9	+5.6	+.054	+1.6	+4.6	+.156	+5.5	+6.6	+.136
LeBron James	81	37.7	28.4	1.3	6.3	7.6	7.2	1.7	1.1	3.0	1.7	9.7	19.9	.489	1.6	4.7	.344	7.3	9.4	.780
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Horford	6	36.3	16.7	2.0	6.8	8.8	3.0	1.0	0.8	1.5	2.8	6.8	13.8	.494	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	4.5	.667
difference:	+8	+5.1	+18.6	+0.6	+1.0	+0.3	+4.3	+0.6	+0.1	-1.2	-0.7	+4.6	+8.5	+.016	+1.9	+5.8		+7.6	+9.7	+.082
LeBron James	14	41.4	35.3	1.4	7.8	9.1	7.3	1.6	0.9	2.7	2.1	11.4	22.3	.510	1.9	5.8	.333	10.6	14.2	.749

Season 7
	Al Horford	LeBron James
Season	2013-14	2009-10
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis

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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Horford	29	33.0	18.6	2.3	6.1	8.4	2.6	0.9	1.5	2.2	1.9	8.2	14.5	.567	0.1	0.4	.364	2.0	2.9	.682
difference:	+47	+6.0	+11.1	+1.4	+0.3	+1.1	+6.0	+0.7	+0.5	-1.2	-0.3	+1.9	+5.6	+.064	+1.6	+4.7	+.031	+5.8	+7.3	+.085
LeBron James	76	39.0	29.7	0.9	6.4	7.3	8.6	1.6	1.0	3.4	1.6	10.1	20.1	.503	1.7	5.1	.333	7.8	10.2	.767
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Horford	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
LeBron James	11	41.8	29.1	1.4	7.9	9.3	7.6	1.7	1.8	3.8	2.1	9.6	19.2	.502	1.8	4.5	.400	8.0	10.9	.733

Season 8
	Al Horford	LeBron James
Season	2014-15	2010-11
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Finals	Heat Lost NBA Finals

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8th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Horford	76	30.5	15.2	1.7	5.4	7.2	3.2	0.9	1.3	1.3	1.6	6.8	12.7	.538	0.1	0.5	.306	1.4	1.9	.759
difference:	+3	+8.3	+11.5	+0.7	+1.1	+0.3	+3.8	+0.7	+0.7	-2.3	-0.5	+2.8	+6.1	+.028	+1.1	+3.0	+.024	+5.0	+6.5
LeBron James	79	38.8	26.7	1.0	6.5	7.5	7.0	1.6	0.6	3.6	2.1	9.6	18.8	.510	1.2	3.5	.330	6.4	8.4	.759
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Horford	16	32.6	14.4	2.5	6.1	8.6	3.7	0.8	1.4	1.6	2.1	6.7	13.2	.507	0.1	0.6	.222	0.9	1.3	.750
difference:	+5	+11.3	+9.3	+0.9	+0.7	+0.2	+2.2	+0.9	+0.2	-1.5	-0.6	+1.6	+4.6	+.041	+1.3	+3.4	+.131	+4.8	+6.1	+.013
LeBron James	21	43.9	23.7	1.6	6.8	8.4	5.9	1.7	1.2	3.1	2.7	8.3	17.8	.466	1.4	4.0	.353	5.7	7.4	.763

Season 9
	Al Horford	LeBron James
Season	2015-16	2011-12
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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9th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Horford	82	32.1	15.2	1.8	5.5	7.3	3.2	0.8	1.5	1.3	2.0	6.5	12.8	.505	1.1	3.1	.344	1.3	1.6	.798
difference:	+20	+5.4	+11.9	+0.3	+0.9	+0.6	+3.0	+1.1	+0.7	-2.1	-0.5	+3.5	+6.1	+.026	+0.2	+0.7	+.018	+4.9	+6.5	+.027
LeBron James	62	37.5	27.1	1.5	6.4	7.9	6.2	1.9	0.8	3.4	1.5	10.0	18.9	.531	0.9	2.4	.362	6.2	8.1	.771
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Horford	10	32.7	13.4	1.3	5.2	6.5	3.1	1.2	2.4	1.7	2.5	5.4	11.6	.466	1.1	2.8	.393	1.5	1.6	.938
difference:	+13	+10.0	+16.9	+1.0	+2.2	+3.2	+2.5	+0.7	+1.7	-1.8	-0.5	+5.5	+10.2	+.034	+0.1	+0.9	+.134	+6.0	+8.6	+.199
LeBron James	23	42.7	30.3	2.3	7.4	9.7	5.6	1.9	0.7	3.5	2.0	10.9	21.8	.500	1.0	3.7	.259	7.5	10.2	.739

Season 10
	Al Horford	LeBron James
Season	2016-17	2012-13
Team	Boston Celtics	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	NBA Champion

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10th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Horford	68	32.3	14.0	1.4	5.4	6.8	5.0	0.8	1.3	1.7	2.0	5.6	11.8	.473	1.3	3.6	.355	1.6	2.0	.800
difference:	+8	+5.6	+12.8	+0.1	+1.4	+1.2	+2.3	+0.9	+0.4	-1.3	-0.6	+4.5	+6.0	+.092	+0.1	+0.3	+.051	+3.7	+5.0	+.047
LeBron James	76	37.9	26.8	1.3	6.8	8.0	7.3	1.7	0.9	3.0	1.4	10.1	17.8	.565	1.4	3.3	.406	5.3	7.0	.753
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Horford	18	33.9	15.1	1.7	4.8	6.6	5.4	0.8	0.8	1.8	1.8	6.2	10.6	.584	1.5	2.9	.519	1.2	1.6	.759
difference:	+5	+7.8	+10.8	+0.1	+2.0	+1.8	+1.2	+1.0		-1.2	-0.1	+3.0	+8.2	+.093	+0.1	+1.3	+.144	+4.7	+6.0	+.018
LeBron James	23	41.7	25.9	1.6	6.8	8.4	6.6	1.8	0.8	3.0	1.9	9.2	18.8	.491	1.6	4.2	.375	5.9	7.6	.777

Season 11
	Al Horford	LeBron James
Season	2017-18	2013-14
Team	Boston Celtics	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Heat Lost NBA Finals

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11th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Horford	72	31.6	12.9	1.4	5.9	7.4	4.7	0.6	1.1	1.8	1.9	5.1	10.5	.489	1.3	3.1	.429	1.3	1.7	.783
difference:	+5	+6.1	+14.2	+0.3		+0.5	+1.6	+1.0	+0.8	-1.7	-0.3	+4.9	+7.1	+.078	+0.2	+0.9	+.050	+4.4	+5.9	+.033
LeBron James	77	37.7	27.1	1.1	5.9	6.9	6.3	1.6	0.3	3.5	1.6	10.0	17.6	.567	1.5	4.0	.379	5.7	7.6	.750
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Horford	19	35.7	15.7	1.7	6.6	8.3	3.3	1.0	1.2	1.7	2.1	5.8	10.7	.544	0.8	2.3	.349	3.3	3.9	.827
difference:	+1	+2.5	+11.7	+1.0	+0.2	+1.2	+1.5	+0.8	+0.6	-1.4	-0.2	+3.8	+6.3	+.021	+1.0	+2.0	+.058	+3.2	+4.1	+.021
LeBron James	20	38.2	27.4	0.7	6.4	7.1	4.8	1.8	0.6	3.1	2.3	9.6	17.0	.565	1.8	4.3	.407	6.5	8.0	.806

Season 12
	Al Horford	LeBron James
Season	2018-19	2014-15
Team	Boston Celtics	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals

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12th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Horford	68	29.0	13.6	1.8	5.0	6.7	4.2	0.9	1.3	1.5	1.9	5.7	10.6	.535	1.1	3.0	.360	1.1	1.4	.821
difference:	+1	+7.1	+11.7	+1.1	+0.3	+0.7	+3.2	+0.7	+0.6	-2.4	-0.1	+3.3	+7.9	+.047	+0.6	+1.9	+.006	+4.3	+6.3	+.111
LeBron James	69	36.1	25.3	0.7	5.3	6.0	7.4	1.6	0.7	3.9	2.0	9.0	18.5	.488	1.7	4.9	.354	5.4	7.7	.710
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Horford	9	34.4	13.9	1.4	7.6	9.0	4.4	0.4	0.8	2.1	2.3	5.1	12.2	.418	2.0	4.9	.409	1.7	2.0	.833
difference:	+11	+7.8	+16.2	+0.5	+1.9	+2.3	+4.1	+1.3	+0.3	-2.0	-0.6	+6.3	+15.0	+.001	+0.7	+0.6	+.182	+4.4	+6.4	+.102
LeBron James	20	42.2	30.1	1.9	9.5	11.3	8.5	1.7	1.1	4.1	2.9	11.4	27.2	.417	1.3	5.5	.227	6.1	8.4	.731

Season 13
	Al Horford	LeBron James
Season	2019-20	2015-16
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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13th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Horford	67	30.2	11.9	1.5	5.3	6.8	4.0	0.8	0.9	1.2	2.1	4.8	10.6	.450	1.5	4.2	.350	0.9	1.2	.763
difference:	+9	+5.4	+13.4		+0.7	+0.6	+2.8	+0.6	+0.3	-2.1	-0.2	+4.9	+8.0	+.070	+0.4	+0.5	+.041	+3.8	+5.3	+.032
LeBron James	76	35.6	25.3	1.5	6.0	7.4	6.8	1.4	0.6	3.3	1.9	9.7	18.6	.520	1.1	3.7	.309	4.7	6.5	.731
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Horford	4	32.3	7.0	2.3	5.0	7.3	2.3	0.3	1.3	0.8	3.5	3.0	6.3	.480	0.0	1.0	.000	1.0	1.8	.571
difference:	+17	+6.8	+19.3	+0.3	+2.5	+2.2	+5.3	+2.0		-2.8	-0.9	+7.4	+13.6	+.045	+1.5	+3.5	+.340	+2.9	+4.1	+.090
LeBron James	21	39.1	26.3	2.0	7.5	9.5	7.6	2.3	1.3	3.6	2.6	10.4	19.9	.525	1.5	4.5	.340	3.9	5.9	.661

Season 14
	Al Horford	LeBron James
Season	2020-21	2016-17
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals

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14th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Horford	28	27.9	14.2	1.0	5.7	6.7	3.4	0.9	0.9	1.0	1.7	5.8	12.9	.450	2.0	5.4	.368	0.6	0.8	.818
difference:	+46	+9.9	+12.2	+0.3	+1.6	+1.9	+5.3	+0.3	+0.3	-3.1	-0.1	+4.1	+5.3	+.098	+0.3	+0.8	+.005	+4.2	+6.4	+.144
LeBron James	74	37.8	26.4	1.3	7.3	8.6	8.7	1.2	0.6	4.1	1.8	9.9	18.2	.548	1.7	4.6	.363	4.8	7.2	.674
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Horford	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
LeBron James	18	41.3	32.8	1.1	8.1	9.1	7.8	1.9	1.3	4.0	2.4	12.1	21.3	.565	2.4	5.9	.411	6.3	9.0	.698

Season 15
	Al Horford	LeBron James
Season	2021-22	2017-18
Team	Boston Celtics	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Celtics Lost NBA Finals	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals

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15th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Horford	69	29.1	10.2	1.6	6.1	7.7	3.4	0.7	1.3	0.9	1.9	3.9	8.2	.467	1.3	3.8	.336	1.2	1.4	.842
difference:	+13	+7.8	+17.3	+0.4	+1.4	+0.9	+5.7	+0.7	+0.4	-3.3	-0.2	+6.6	+11.1	+.075	+0.5	+1.2	+.031	+3.5	+5.1	+.111
LeBron James	82	36.9	27.5	1.2	7.5	8.6	9.1	1.4	0.9	4.2	1.7	10.5	19.3	.542	1.8	5.0	.367	4.7	6.5	.731
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Horford	23	35.4	12.0	1.5	7.8	9.3	3.3	0.8	1.3	1.3	2.8	4.4	8.4	.523	2.0	4.3	.480	1.2	1.6	.778
difference:	+1	+6.5	+22.0	+0.1	+0.1	+0.2	+5.7	+0.6	+0.3	-3.0	-0.4	+8.1	+14.8	+.016	+0.2	+0.9	+.138	+6.0	+8.1	+.032
LeBron James	22	41.9	34.0	1.4	7.7	9.1	9.0	1.4	1.0	4.3	2.4	12.5	23.2	.539	1.8	5.2	.342	7.2	9.7	.746

Season 16
	Al Horford	LeBron James
Season	2022-23	2018-19
Team	Boston Celtics	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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16th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Horford	63	30.5	9.8	1.2	5.0	6.2	3.0	0.5	1.0	0.6	1.9	3.6	7.6	.476	2.3	5.2	.446	0.2	0.3	.714
difference:	+8	+4.7	+17.6	+0.2	+2.4	+2.3	+5.3	+0.8	+0.4	-3.0	-0.2	+6.5	+12.3	+.034	+0.3	+0.7	+.107	+4.9	+7.3	+.049
LeBron James	55	35.2	27.4	1.0	7.4	8.5	8.3	1.3	0.6	3.6	1.7	10.1	19.9	.510	2.0	5.9	.339	5.1	7.6	.665
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Horford	20	30.9	6.7	1.5	5.7	7.2	3.0	1.1	1.7	0.6	2.4	2.6	6.6	.386	1.4	4.7	.298	0.2	0.2	.750
LeBron James	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 17
	Al Horford	LeBron James
Season	2023-24	2019-20
Team	Boston Celtics	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	NBA Champion

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17th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Horford	65	26.8	8.6	1.3	5.1	6.4	2.6	0.6	1.0	0.7	1.4	3.3	6.4	.511	1.7	4.0	.419	0.4	0.5	.867
difference:	+2	+7.8	+16.7	+0.3	+1.8	+1.4	+7.6	+0.6	+0.5	-3.2	-0.4	+6.3	+13.0	+.018	+0.5	+2.3	+.071	+3.5	+5.2	+.174
LeBron James	67	34.6	25.3	1.0	6.9	7.8	10.2	1.2	0.5	3.9	1.8	9.6	19.4	.493	2.2	6.3	.348	3.9	5.7	.693
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Horford	19	30.3	9.2	1.8	5.2	7.0	2.1	0.8	0.8	0.6	1.5	3.5	7.3	.478	1.8	5.0	.368	0.4	0.6	.636
difference:	+2	+6.0	+18.4	+0.5	+4.2	+3.8	+6.7	+0.4	+0.1	-3.4	-0.4	+6.7	+10.9	+.082	+0.3	+0.7	+.002	+4.7	+6.5	+.084
LeBron James	21	36.3	27.6	1.3	9.4	10.8	8.8	1.2	0.9	4.0	1.9	10.2	18.2	.560	2.1	5.7	.370	5.1	7.1	.720

Season 18
	Al Horford	LeBron James
Season	2024-25	2020-21
Team	Boston Celtics	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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18th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Horford	60	27.6	9.0	1.3	4.8	6.2	2.1	0.6	0.9	0.8	1.4	3.3	7.7	.423	1.9	5.2	.363	0.6	0.6	.895
difference:	+15	+5.8	+16.0	+0.7	+2.2	+1.5	+5.7	+0.5	+0.3	-2.9	-0.2	+6.1	+10.6	+.090	+0.4	+1.1	+.002	+3.4	+5.1	+.197
LeBron James	45	33.4	25.0	0.6	7.0	7.7	7.8	1.1	0.6	3.7	1.6	9.4	18.3	.513	2.3	6.3	.365	4.0	5.7	.698
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Horford	11	31.6	8.0	1.6	4.4	6.0	1.8	0.6	1.3	0.6	2.7	3.1	6.5	.472	1.3	3.2	.400	0.5	0.6	.857
difference:	+5	+5.7	+15.3	+0.4	+1.6	+1.2	+6.2	+0.9	+1.0	-3.6	-1.5	+5.9	+12.5	+.002	+1.7	+4.8	+.025	+1.8	+3.2	+.248
LeBron James	6	37.3	23.3	1.2	6.0	7.2	8.0	1.5	0.3	4.2	1.2	9.0	19.0	.474	3.0	8.0	.375	2.3	3.8	.609

Additional Years
* LeBron James played 4 seasons more than Al Horford in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 19 to 22, from 2022 to 2025—LeBron James played in 3 Playoffs and one NBA Cup. In those 4 extra years over Al Horford, LeBron James got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Second Team 3 All-NBA Third Team 1 Cup MVP 1 Cup All-Tournament Team 4 All-Star Game