Davis Bertans vs. LeBron James Season by Season Comparison

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

Davis Bertans played 8 years in the NBA, 14 less than LeBron James, who played 22. Davis Bertans had the first of his seasons in 2016-17, 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
	Davis Bertans	LeBron James
Season	2016-17	2003-04
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Davis Bertans	67	12.1	4.5	0.3	1.1	1.5	0.7	0.3	0.4	0.5	1.1	1.5	3.5	.440	1.0	2.6	.399	0.4	0.5	.824
difference:	+12	+27.4	+16.4	+1.0	+3.1	+4.0	+5.2	+1.3	+0.3	-3.0	-0.8	+6.4	+15.4	+.023	+0.2	+0.1	+.109	+4.0	+5.3	+.070
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		%
Davis Bertans	13	8.6	2.8	0.4	1.2	1.5	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.5	0.5	0.9	2.1	.444	0.6	1.5	.400	0.3	0.5	.667
LeBron James	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Davis Bertans	LeBron James
Season	2017-18	2004-05
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Davis Bertans	77	14.1	5.9	0.2	1.8	2.0	1.0	0.3	0.4	0.5	1.2	2.1	4.8	.440	1.2	3.3	.373	0.5	0.6	.816
difference:	+3	+28.3	+21.3	+1.2	+4.2	+5.4	+6.2	+1.9	+0.3	-2.8	-0.6	+7.8	+16.3	+.032	+0.2	+0.6	+.022	+5.5	+7.4	+.066
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		%
Davis Bertans	5	16.4	3.4	0.2	2.0	2.2	1.2	0.4	0.0	0.2	2.0	0.6	3.6	.167	0.6	3.2	.188	1.6	2.2	.727
LeBron James	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Davis Bertans	LeBron James
Season	2018-19	2005-06
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Spurs 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		%
Davis Bertans	76	21.5	8.0	0.3	3.2	3.5	1.3	0.5	0.4	0.6	1.8	2.7	6.0	.450	1.9	4.4	.429	0.7	0.8	.883
difference:	+3	+21.0	+23.4	+0.6	+2.9	+3.5	+5.3	+1.1	+0.4	-2.7	-0.5	+8.4	+17.1	+.030	+0.3	+0.4	+.094	+6.9	+9.5	+.145
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		%
Davis Bertans	5	15.8	3.2	0.0	1.6	1.6	1.0	0.0	0.2	0.2	2.0	1.0	3.0	.333	0.6	2.2	.273	0.6	1.0	.600
difference:	+8	+30.7	+27.6	+1.7	+4.8	+6.5	+4.8	+1.4	+0.5	-4.8	-1.4	+10.2	+20.6	+.143	+1.0	+2.6	+.060	+6.1	+8.1	+.137
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
	Davis Bertans	LeBron James
Season	2019-20	2006-07
Team	Washington Wizards	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	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		%
Davis Bertans	54	29.3	15.4	0.6	3.9	4.5	1.7	0.7	0.6	1.1	2.6	4.9	11.3	.434	3.7	8.7	.424	1.9	2.3	.852
difference:	+24	+11.6	+11.9	+0.5	+1.8	+2.2	+4.3	+0.9	+0.1	-2.1	-0.4	+5.0	+9.5	+.042	+2.4	+4.7	+.105	+4.4	+6.7	+.154
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		%
Davis Bertans	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
	Davis Bertans	LeBron James
Season	2020-21	2007-08
Team	Washington Wizards	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Wizards 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		%
Davis Bertans	57	25.7	11.5	0.3	2.6	2.9	0.9	0.6	0.2	0.6	2.4	3.4	8.4	.404	3.0	7.5	.395	1.8	2.0	.870
difference:	+18	+14.7	+18.5	+1.5	+3.5	+5.0	+6.3	+1.2	+0.9	-2.8	-0.2	+7.2	+13.5	+.080	+1.5	+2.7	+.080	+5.5	+8.3	+.158
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		%
Davis Bertans	4	26.5	9.3	0.0	2.8	2.8	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.3	3.0	2.8	6.8	.407	2.0	5.8	.348	1.8	1.8	1.000
difference:	+9	+16.0	+18.9	+1.2	+3.8	+5.0	+7.3	+1.5	+0.8	-3.9	-0.5	+5.9	+14.4	+.004	+0.6	+0.4	+.091	+7.6	+11.0	+.269
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
	Davis Bertans	LeBron James
Season	2021-22	2008-09
Team	Washington Wizards, Dallas Mavericks	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Davis Bertans	56	14.4	5.6	0.2	1.9	2.1	0.6	0.3	0.2	0.3	1.5	1.8	4.9	.360	1.4	4.1	.335	0.6	0.7	.900
difference:	+25	+23.3	+22.8	+1.1	+4.4	+5.5	+6.6	+1.4	+0.9	-2.7	-0.2	+7.9	+15.0	+.129	+0.2	+0.6	+.009	+6.7	+8.7	+.120
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		%
Davis Bertans	18	10.7	4.1	0.2	1.2	1.4	0.3	0.4	0.1	0.2	1.4	1.2	3.1	.400	1.1	2.8	.373	0.6	0.7	.833
difference:	+4	+30.7	+31.2	+1.2	+6.6	+7.7	+7.0	+1.2	+0.8	-2.5	-0.7	+10.2	+19.2	+.110	+0.8	+3.0	+.040	+10.0	+13.5	+.084
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
	Davis Bertans	LeBron James
Season	2022-23	2009-10
Team	Dallas Mavericks	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		%
Davis Bertans	45	10.9	4.6	0.2	1.0	1.2	0.5	0.2	0.2	0.2	1.2	1.5	3.6	.431	1.2	3.1	.390	0.3	0.3	.867
difference:	+31	+28.1	+25.1	+0.7	+5.4	+6.1	+8.1	+1.4	+0.8	-3.2	-0.4	+8.6	+16.5	+.072	+0.5	+2.0	+.057	+7.5	+9.9	+.100
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		%
Davis Bertans	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
	Davis Bertans	LeBron James
Season	2023-24	2010-11
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder, Charlotte Hornets	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Davis Bertans	43	15.7	6.7	0.2	1.2	1.4	0.8	0.6	0.3	0.4	1.3	2.1	5.4	.393	1.8	4.7	.380	0.7	0.8	.909
difference:	+36	+23.1	+20.0	+0.8	+5.3	+6.1	+6.2	+1.0	+0.3	-3.2	-0.8	+7.5	+13.4	+.117	+0.6	+1.2	+.050	+5.7	+7.6	+.150
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		%
Davis Bertans	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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 Davis Bertans 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 Davis Bertans, 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