Bogdan Bogdanovic vs. LeBron James Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of LeBron James and Bogdan Bogdanovic, 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.

Bogdan Bogdanovic played 8 years in the NBA, 14 less than LeBron James, who played 22. Bogdan Bogdanovic had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, 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
	Bogdan Bogdanovic	LeBron James
Season	2017-18	2003-04
Team	Sacramento Kings	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	All-Rookie Second 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		%
Bogdan Bogdanovic	78	27.9	11.8	0.4	2.5	2.9	3.3	0.9	0.2	1.6	2.2	4.4	9.9	.446	1.7	4.2	.392	1.3	1.5	.840
difference:	+1	+11.6	+9.1	+0.9	+1.7	+2.6	+2.6	+0.7	+0.5	-1.9	-0.3	+3.5	+9.0	+.029	+0.9	+1.5	+.102	+3.1	+4.3	+.086
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 Bogdan Bogdanovic nor LeBron James played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Bogdan Bogdanovic	LeBron James
Season	2018-19	2004-05
Team	Sacramento Kings	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	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		%
Bogdan Bogdanovic	70	27.8	14.1	0.6	2.9	3.5	3.8	1.0	0.2	1.7	2.0	5.2	12.3	.418	1.9	5.3	.360	1.9	2.3	.827
difference:	+10	+14.6	+13.1	+0.8	+3.1	+3.9	+3.4	+1.2	+0.5	-1.6	-0.2	+4.7	+8.8	+.054	+0.5	+1.4	+.009	+4.1	+5.7	+.077
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 Bogdan Bogdanovic nor LeBron James played in the postseason in their season 2

Season 3
	Bogdan Bogdanovic	LeBron James
Season	2019-20	2005-06
Team	Sacramento Kings	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Bogdan Bogdanovic	61	29.0	15.1	0.4	3.0	3.4	3.4	1.0	0.2	1.7	2.2	5.5	12.6	.440	2.7	7.2	.372	1.4	1.9	.741
difference:	+18	+13.5	+16.3	+0.5	+3.1	+3.6	+3.2	+0.6	+0.6	-1.6	-0.1	+5.6	+10.5	+.040	+1.1	+2.4	+.037	+6.2	+8.4	+.003
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		%
Bogdan Bogdanovic	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Bogdan Bogdanovic	LeBron James
Season	2020-21	2006-07
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Bogdan Bogdanovic	44	29.7	16.4	0.5	3.2	3.6	3.3	1.1	0.3	1.2	2.3	6.1	12.8	.473	3.3	7.6	.438	0.9	1.0	.909
difference:	+34	+11.2	+10.9	+0.6	+2.5	+3.1	+2.7	+0.5	+0.4	-2.0	-0.1	+3.8	+8.0	+.003	+2.0	+3.6	+.119	+5.4	+8.0	+.211
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		%
Bogdan Bogdanovic	18	33.2	14.1	0.6	3.6	4.2	2.9	1.6	0.3	1.5	2.8	5.4	13.8	.390	2.6	7.9	.329	0.7	0.9	.706
difference:	+2	+11.5	+11.0	+0.7	+3.2	+3.9	+5.1	+0.1	+0.2	-1.8	-0.8	+2.9	+6.2	+.026	+1.5	+4.1	+.049	+6.7	+8.9	+.049
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
	Bogdan Bogdanovic	LeBron James
Season	2021-22	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		%
Bogdan Bogdanovic	63	29.3	15.1	0.5	3.5	4.0	3.1	1.1	0.2	1.1	2.1	5.4	12.6	.431	2.7	7.3	.368	1.5	1.8	.843
difference:	+12	+11.1	+14.9	+1.3	+2.6	+3.9	+4.1	+0.7	+0.9	-2.3	-0.1	+5.2	+9.3	+.053	+1.2	+2.5	+.053	+5.8	+8.5	+.131
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		%
Bogdan Bogdanovic	4	26.8	14.3	1.0	3.8	4.8	3.0	0.3	0.3	1.0	3.0	5.0	12.3	.408	2.3	6.5	.346	2.0	2.5	.800
difference:	+9	+15.7	+13.9	+0.2	+2.8	+3.0	+4.6	+1.5	+1.0	-3.2	-0.5	+3.7	+8.9	+.003	+0.9	+1.1	+.089	+7.4	+10.3	+.069
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
	Bogdan Bogdanovic	LeBron James
Season	2022-23	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		%
Bogdan Bogdanovic	54	27.9	14.0	0.4	2.6	3.1	2.8	0.8	0.3	1.2	1.6	5.1	11.3	.447	2.7	6.7	.406	1.2	1.4	.831
difference:	+27	+9.8	+14.4	+0.9	+3.7	+4.5	+4.4	+0.9	+0.8	-1.8	-0.1	+4.6	+8.6	+.042	+1.1	+2.0	+.062	+6.1	+8.0	+.051
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		%
Bogdan Bogdanovic	6	26.2	13.3	0.3	2.7	3.0	2.5	1.0	0.8	0.5	2.7	5.0	9.0	.556	2.5	5.5	.455	0.8	1.2	.714
difference:	+8	+15.2	+22.0	+1.1	+5.1	+6.1	+4.8	+0.6	+0.1	-2.2	-0.6	+6.4	+13.3	+.046	+0.6	+0.3	+.122	+9.8	+13.0	+.035
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
	Bogdan Bogdanovic	LeBron James
Season	2023-24	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		%
Bogdan Bogdanovic	79	30.4	16.9	0.7	2.8	3.4	3.1	1.2	0.3	1.4	2.3	6.0	13.9	.428	3.0	8.1	.374	1.9	2.1	.921
difference:	+3	+8.6	+12.8	+0.2	+3.6	+3.9	+5.5	+0.4	+0.7	-2.0	-0.7	+4.1	+6.2	+.075	+1.3	+3.0	+.041	+5.9	+8.1	+.154
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		%
Bogdan Bogdanovic	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
	Bogdan Bogdanovic	LeBron James
Season	2024-25	2010-11
Team	Atlanta Hawks, Los Angeles Clippers	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Bogdan Bogdanovic	54	25.0	10.8	0.4	2.5	2.9	2.7	0.8	0.2	1.4	2.4	3.9	9.1	.427	1.9	5.4	.363	1.1	1.2	.879
difference:	+25	+13.8	+15.9	+0.6	+4.0	+4.6	+4.3	+0.8	+0.4	-2.2	-0.3	+5.7	+9.7	+.083	+0.7	+1.9	+.033	+5.3	+7.2	+.120
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		%
Bogdan Bogdanovic	7	16.7	6.4	0.7	2.1	2.9	2.1	0.4	0.0	1.6	3.6	2.3	6.3	.364	1.0	3.4	.292	0.9	1.0	.857
difference:	+14	+27.2	+17.3	+0.9	+4.7	+5.5	+3.8	+1.3	+1.2	-1.5	-0.9	+6.0	+11.5	+.102	+0.4	+0.6	+.061	+4.8	+6.4	+.094
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

Additional Years
* LeBron James played 14 seasons more than Bogdan Bogdanovic in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 9 to 22, from 2012 to 2025—LeBron James played in 12 Playoffs and won 4 NBA Championships and one NBA Cup. In those 14 extra years over Bogdan Bogdanovic, LeBron James got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	4 Finals MVP 2 Season MVP 8 All-NBA First Team 2 All-NBA Second Team 4 All-NBA Third Team 2 All-Defensive First Team 1 All-Defensive Second Team 1 Assists Leader 1 Cup MVP 1 Cup All-Tournament Team 14 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP