Anthony Davis vs. LeBron James Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of LeBron James and Anthony Davis, 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.

Anthony Davis played 13 years in the NBA, 9 less than LeBron James, who played 22. Anthony Davis had the first of his seasons in 2012-13, 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
	Anthony Davis	LeBron James
Season	2012-13	2003-04
Team	New Orleans Hornets	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Anthony Davis	64	28.8	13.5	2.6	5.6	8.2	1.0	1.2	1.8	1.4	2.5	5.5	10.6	.516	0.0	0.1	.000	2.6	3.5	.751
difference:	+15	+10.7	+7.4	+1.3	+1.4	+2.7	+4.9	+0.4	+1.1	-2.1	-0.6	+2.4	+8.3	+.099	+0.8	+2.6	+.290	+1.8	+2.3	+.003
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
* Neiher Anthony Davis nor LeBron James played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Anthony Davis	LeBron James
Season	2013-14	2004-05
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	Blocks Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Anthony Davis	67	35.2	20.8	3.1	7.0	10.0	1.6	1.3	2.8	1.6	3.0	7.8	15.0	.519	0.0	0.1	.222	5.2	6.6	.791
difference:	+13	+7.2	+6.4	+1.7	+1.0	+2.6	+5.6	+0.9	+2.1	-1.7	-1.2	+2.1	+6.1	+.047	+1.4	+3.8	+.129	+0.8	+1.4	+.041
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
* Neiher Anthony Davis nor LeBron James played in the postseason in their season 2

Season 3
	Anthony Davis	LeBron James
Season	2014-15	2005-06
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Blocks Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Pelicans Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Anthony Davis	68	36.1	24.4	2.5	7.7	10.2	2.2	1.5	2.9	1.4	2.1	9.4	17.6	.535	0.0	0.2	.083	5.5	6.8	.805
difference:	+11	+6.4	+7.0	+1.6	+1.6	+3.2	+4.4	+0.1	+2.1	-1.9	-0.2	+1.7	+5.5	+.055	+1.6	+4.6	+.252	+2.1	+3.5	+.067
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		%
Anthony Davis	4	43.0	31.5	2.3	8.8	11.0	2.0	1.3	3.0	3.3	3.0	11.8	21.8	.540	0.0	0.5	.000	8.0	9.0	.889
difference:	+9	+3.5	+0.7	+0.6	+2.4	+2.9	+3.8	+0.1	+2.3	-1.7	-0.4	+0.6	+1.8	+.064	+1.6	+4.3	+.333	+1.3	+0.1	+.152
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
	Anthony Davis	LeBron James
Season	2015-16	2006-07
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Anthony Davis	61	35.5	24.3	2.1	8.1	10.3	1.9	1.3	2.0	2.0	2.4	9.2	18.6	.493	0.6	1.8	.324	5.3	7.0	.758
difference:	+17	+5.4	+3.0	+1.0	+2.4	+3.6	+4.1	+0.3	+1.3	-1.2	-0.2	+0.7	+2.2	+.017	+0.7	+2.2	+.005	+1.0	+2.0	+.060
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		%
Anthony Davis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Anthony Davis	LeBron James
Season	2016-17	2007-08
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	Scoring Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	All-Star Game MVP	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Anthony Davis	75	36.1	28.0	2.3	9.5	11.8	2.1	1.3	2.2	2.4	2.2	10.3	20.3	.505	0.5	1.8	.299	6.9	8.6	.802
difference:		+4.3	+2.0	+0.5	+3.4	+3.9	+5.1	+0.5	+1.1	-1.0		+0.3	+1.6	+.021	+1.0	+3.0	+.016	+0.4	+1.7	+.090
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		%
Anthony Davis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Anthony Davis	LeBron James
Season	2017-18	2008-09
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive First Team	All-Defensive First Team
	Blocks Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pelicans Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Anthony Davis	75	36.4	28.1	2.5	8.6	11.1	2.3	1.5	2.6	2.2	2.1	10.4	19.5	.534	0.7	2.2	.340	6.6	8.0	.828
difference:	+6	+1.3	+0.3	+1.2	+2.3	+3.5	+4.9	+0.2	+1.5	-0.8	-0.4	+0.7	+0.4	+.045	+0.9	+2.5	+.004	+0.7	+1.4	+.048
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		%
Anthony Davis	9	39.8	30.1	2.7	10.8	13.4	1.7	2.0	2.3	2.6	3.3	11.8	22.7	.520	0.7	2.4	.273	5.9	7.1	.828
difference:	+5	+1.6	+5.2	+1.3	+3.0	+4.3	+5.6	+0.4	+1.4	-0.1	-1.2	+0.4	+0.4	+.010	+1.2	+3.4	+.060	+4.7	+7.1	+.079
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
	Anthony Davis	LeBron James
Season	2018-19	2009-10
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	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		%
Anthony Davis	56	33.0	25.9	3.1	8.9	12.0	3.9	1.6	2.4	2.0	2.4	9.5	18.3	.517	0.9	2.6	.331	6.1	7.7	.794
difference:	+20	+6.0	+3.8	+2.2	+2.5	+4.7	+4.7		+1.4	-1.4	-0.8	+0.6	+1.8	+.014	+0.8	+2.5	+.002	+1.7	+2.5	+.027
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		%
Anthony Davis	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
	Anthony Davis	LeBron James
Season	2019-20	2010-11
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive First Team	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Anthony Davis	62	34.4	26.1	2.3	7.0	9.3	3.2	1.5	2.3	2.5	2.5	8.9	17.7	.503	1.2	3.5	.330	7.2	8.5	.846
difference:	+17	+4.4	+0.6	+1.3	+0.5	+1.8	+3.8	+0.1	+1.7	-1.1	-0.4	+0.7	+1.1	+.007				+0.8	+0.1	+.087
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		%
Anthony Davis	21	36.6	27.7	2.6	7.1	9.7	3.5	1.2	1.4	2.5	2.7	9.8	17.1	.571	1.1	2.9	.383	7.1	8.5	.832
difference:		+7.3	+4.0	+1.0	+0.3	+1.3	+2.4	+0.5	+0.2	-0.6		+1.5	+0.7	+.105	+0.3	+1.1	+.030	+1.4	+1.1	+.069
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
	Anthony Davis	LeBron James
Season	2020-21	2011-12
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Anthony Davis	36	32.3	21.8	1.7	6.2	7.9	3.1	1.3	1.6	2.1	1.7	8.4	17.0	.491	0.7	2.8	.260	4.4	5.9	.738
difference:	+26	+5.2	+5.3	+0.2	+0.2		+3.1	+0.6	+0.8	-1.3	-0.2	+1.6	+1.9	+.040	+0.2	+0.4	+.102	+1.8	+2.2	+.033
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		%
Anthony Davis	5	28.8	17.4	1.4	5.2	6.6	2.6	0.6	1.6	1.2	1.8	5.0	12.4	.403	0.4	2.2	.182	7.0	8.4	.833
difference:	+18	+13.9	+12.9	+0.9	+2.2	+3.1	+3.0	+1.3	+0.9	-2.3	-0.2	+5.9	+9.4	+.097	+0.6	+1.5	+.077	+0.5	+1.8	+.094
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
	Anthony Davis	LeBron James
Season	2021-22	2012-13
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Anthony Davis	40	35.1	23.2	2.7	7.2	9.9	3.1	1.2	2.3	2.1	2.4	9.3	17.4	.532	0.3	1.8	.186	4.4	6.1	.713
difference:	+36	+2.8	+3.6	+1.4	+0.4	+1.9	+4.2	+0.5	+1.4	-0.9	-1.0	+0.8	+0.4	+.033	+1.1	+1.5	+.220	+0.9	+0.9	+.040
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		%
Anthony Davis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Anthony Davis	LeBron James
Season	2022-23	2013-14
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West 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		%
Anthony Davis	56	34.0	25.9	3.5	9.1	12.5	2.6	1.1	2.0	2.2	2.6	9.7	17.2	.563	0.3	1.3	.257	6.2	7.9	.784
difference:	+21	+3.7	+1.2	+2.4	+3.2	+5.6	+3.7	+0.5	+1.7	-1.3	-1.0	+0.3	+0.4	+.004	+1.2	+2.7	+.122	+0.5	+0.3	+.034
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		%
Anthony Davis	16	38.0	22.6	2.4	11.7	14.1	2.6	1.4	3.1	2.1	2.9	8.3	15.9	.520	0.3	0.9	.333	5.8	6.8	.852
difference:	+4	+0.2	+4.8	+1.7	+5.3	+7.0	+2.2	+0.4	+2.5	-1.0	-0.6	+1.3	+1.1	+.045	+1.5	+3.4	+.074	+0.7	+1.2	+.046
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
	Anthony Davis	LeBron James
Season	2023-24	2014-15
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Cup All-Tournament Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals
Others	NBA Cup Champion	-

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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		%
Anthony Davis	76	35.5	24.7	3.1	9.5	12.6	3.5	1.2	2.3	2.1	2.3	9.4	16.9	.556	0.4	1.4	.271	5.5	6.8	.816
difference:	+7	+0.6	+0.6	+2.4	+4.2	+6.6	+3.9	+0.4	+1.6	-1.8	-0.3	+0.4	+1.6	+.068	+1.3	+3.5	+.083	+0.1	+0.9	+.106
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		%
Anthony Davis	5	41.6	27.8	3.0	12.6	15.6	4.0	0.4	1.6	2.2	3.8	11.8	18.6	.634	0.0	1.0	.000	4.2	5.2	.808
difference:	+15	+0.6	+2.3	+1.1	+3.1	+4.3	+4.5	+1.3	+0.5	-1.9	-0.9	+0.4	+8.6	+.217	+1.3	+4.5	+.227	+1.9	+3.2	+.077
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
	Anthony Davis	LeBron James
Season	2024-25	2015-16
Team	Los Angeles Lakers, Dallas Mavericks	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Anthony Davis	51	33.5	24.7	2.6	8.9	11.6	3.5	1.2	2.2	2.2	1.9	9.2	17.8	.516	0.7	2.4	.282	5.6	7.2	.775
difference:	+25	+2.1	+0.6	+1.1	+2.9	+4.2	+3.3	+0.2	+1.6	-1.1		+0.5	+0.8	+.004	+0.4	+1.3	+.027	+0.9	+0.7	+.044
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		%
Anthony Davis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Additional Years
* LeBron James played 9 seasons more than Anthony Davis in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 14 to 22, from 2017 to 2025—LeBron James played in 7 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship and one NBA Cup. In those 9 extra years over Anthony Davis, LeBron James got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Finals MVP 3 All-NBA First Team 2 All-NBA Second Team 4 All-NBA Third Team 1 Assists Leader 1 Cup MVP 1 Cup All-Tournament Team 9 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP