Bronny James vs. Oscar Robertson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Oscar Robertson and Bronny James, 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.

Bronny James played 2 years in the NBA, 12 less than Oscar Robertson, who played 14. Bronny James had the first of his seasons in 2024-25, while Oscar Robertson had his rookie season in 1960-61. 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
	Bronny James	Oscar Robertson
Season	2024-25	1960-61
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	Assists Leader
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West 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		%
Bronny James	27	6.7	2.3	0.1	0.5	0.7	0.8	0.3	0.1	0.5	0.5	0.8	2.5	.313	0.3	1.2	.281	0.4	0.5	.786
difference:	+44	+36.0	+28.2			+9.4	+8.9				-2.6	+9.8	+20.0	+.160				+8.8	+10.7	+.036
Oscar Robertson	71	42.7	30.5	-	-	10.1	9.7	-	-	-	3.1	10.6	22.5	.473	-	-	-	9.2	11.2	.822
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bronny James	2	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-
Oscar Robertson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Bronny James	Oscar Robertson
Season	2025-26	1961-62
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Royals Lost West Div Semis

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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		%
Bronny James	12	9.8	1.8	0.3	0.4	0.8	1.7	0.7	0.1	0.8	1.0	0.7	2.3	.286	0.3	1.0	.250	0.2	0.2	1.000
difference:	+67	+34.5	+29.0			+11.7	+9.7				-2.3	+10.3	+20.6	+.192				+8.7	+10.8	+.197
Oscar Robertson	79	44.3	30.8	-	-	12.5	11.4	-	-	-	3.3	11.0	22.9	.478	-	-	-	8.9	11.0	.803
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bronny James	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oscar Robertson	4	46.3	28.8	-	-	11.0	11.0	-	-	-	4.5	10.5	20.3	.519	-	-	-	7.8	9.8	.795

Additional Years
* Oscar Robertson played 12 seasons more than Bronny James in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 3 to 14, from 1963 to 1974—Oscar Robertson played in 9 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 12 extra years over Bronny James, Oscar Robertson got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Season MVP 7 All-NBA First Team 2 All-NBA Second Team 4 Assists Leader 10 All-Star Game 2 All-Star Game MVP