Giannis Antetokounmpo vs. LeBron James Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of LeBron James and Giannis Antetokounmpo, 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.

Giannis Antetokounmpo played 12 years in the NBA, 10 less than LeBron James, who played 22. Giannis Antetokounmpo had the first of his seasons in 2013-14, 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
	Giannis Antetokounmpo	LeBron James
Season	2013-14	2003-04
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	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		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	77	24.6	6.8	1.0	3.4	4.4	1.9	0.8	0.8	1.6	2.2	2.2	5.4	.414	0.5	1.5	.347	1.8	2.6	.683
difference:	+2	+14.9	+14.1	+0.3	+0.8	+1.1	+4.0	+0.8	+0.1	-1.9	-0.3	+5.7	+13.5	+.003	+0.3	+1.2	+.057	+2.6	+3.2	+.071
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 Giannis Antetokounmpo nor LeBron James played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Giannis Antetokounmpo	LeBron James
Season	2014-15	2004-05
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East 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		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	81	31.4	12.7	1.2	5.5	6.7	2.6	0.9	1.0	2.1	3.1	4.7	9.6	.491	0.1	0.5	.159	3.2	4.3	.741
difference:	+1	+11.0	+14.5	+0.2	+0.5	+0.7	+4.6	+1.3	+0.3	-1.2	-1.3	+5.2	+11.5	+.019	+1.3	+3.4	+.192	+2.8	+3.7	+.009
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		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	6	33.5	11.5	2.0	5.0	7.0	2.7	0.5	1.5	1.8	3.0	4.3	11.8	.366	0.0	0.2	.000	2.8	3.8	.739
LeBron James	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Giannis Antetokounmpo	LeBron James
Season	2015-16	2005-06
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	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		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	80	35.3	16.9	1.4	6.2	7.7	4.3	1.2	1.4	2.6	3.2	6.4	12.7	.506	0.4	1.4	.257	3.7	5.1	.724
difference:	+1	+7.2	+14.5	+0.5	+0.1	+0.7	+2.3	+0.4	+0.6	-0.7	-0.9	+4.7	+10.4	+.026	+1.2	+3.4	+.078	+3.9	+5.2	+.014
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		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	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
	Giannis Antetokounmpo	LeBron James
Season	2016-17	2006-07
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Most Improved Player	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	80	35.6	22.9	1.8	7.0	8.8	5.4	1.6	1.9	2.9	3.1	8.2	15.7	.521	0.6	2.3	.272	5.9	7.7	.770
difference:	+2	+5.3	+4.4	+0.7	+1.3	+2.1	+0.6		+1.2	-0.3	-0.9	+1.7	+5.1	+.045	+0.7	+1.7	+.047	+0.4	+1.3	+.072
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		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	6	40.5	24.8	1.7	7.8	9.5	4.0	2.2	1.7	3.3	3.5	10.0	18.7	.536	0.7	1.7	.400	4.2	7.7	.543
difference:	+14	+4.2	+0.3	+0.4	+1.0	+1.4	+4.0	+0.5	+1.2		-1.5	+1.7	+1.3	+.120	+0.4	+2.1	+.120	+3.2	+2.1	+.212
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
	Giannis Antetokounmpo	LeBron James
Season	2017-18	2007-08
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	Scoring Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Bucks 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		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	75	36.7	26.9	2.1	8.0	10.0	4.8	1.5	1.4	3.0	3.1	9.9	18.7	.529	0.6	1.9	.307	6.5	8.5	.760
difference:		+3.7	+3.1	+0.3	+1.9	+2.1	+2.4	+0.3	+0.3	-0.4	-0.9	+0.7	+3.2	+.045	+0.9	+2.9	+.008	+0.8	+1.8	+.048
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		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	7	40.0	25.7	1.1	8.4	9.6	6.3	1.4	0.9	2.4	4.0	9.9	17.3	.570	0.6	2.0	.286	5.4	7.9	.691
difference:	+6	+2.5	+2.5	+0.1	+1.8	+1.8	+1.3	+0.4	+0.4	-1.8	-1.5	+1.2	+3.9	+.159	+0.8	+3.4	+.029	+4.0	+4.9	+.040
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
	Giannis Antetokounmpo	LeBron James
Season	2018-19	2008-09
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	Season MVP
	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive First Team	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East 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		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	72	32.8	27.7	2.2	10.3	12.5	5.9	1.3	1.5	3.7	3.2	10.0	17.3	.578	0.7	2.8	.256	6.9	9.5	.729
difference:	+9	+4.9	+0.7	+0.9	+4.0	+4.9	+1.3	+0.4	+0.4	-0.7	-1.5	+0.3	+2.6	+.089	+0.9	+1.9	+.088	+0.4	+0.1	+.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		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	15	34.3	25.5	2.4	9.8	12.2	4.9	1.2	2.0	3.3	3.2	8.6	17.4	.494	1.2	3.7	.327	7.1	11.2	.637
difference:	+1	+7.1	+9.8	+1.0	+2.0	+3.1	+2.4	+0.4	+1.1	-0.6	-1.1	+2.8	+4.9	+.016	+0.7	+2.1	+.006	+3.5	+3.0	+.112
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
	Giannis Antetokounmpo	LeBron James
Season	2019-20	2009-10
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	Season MVP
	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive First Team	All-Defensive First Team
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	63	30.4	29.5	2.2	11.4	13.6	5.6	1.0	1.0	3.7	3.1	10.9	19.7	.553	1.4	4.7	.304	6.3	10.0	.633
difference:	+13	+8.6	+0.2	+1.3	+5.0	+6.3	+3.0	+0.6		-0.3	-1.5	+0.8	+0.4	+.050	+0.3	+0.4	+.029	+1.5	+0.2	+.134
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		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	9	30.8	26.7	3.0	10.8	13.8	5.7	0.7	0.9	3.3	3.4	10.0	17.9	.559	1.4	4.4	.325	5.2	9.0	.580
difference:	+2	+11.0	+2.4	+1.6	+2.9	+4.5	+1.9	+1.0	+0.9	-0.5	-1.3	+0.4	+1.3	+.057	+0.4	+0.1	+.075	+2.8	+1.9	+.153
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
	Giannis Antetokounmpo	LeBron James
Season	2020-21	2010-11
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive First Team	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	All-Star Game MVP	-
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		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	61	33.0	28.1	1.6	9.4	11.0	5.9	1.2	1.2	3.4	2.8	10.3	18.0	.569	1.1	3.6	.303	6.5	9.5	.685
difference:	+18	+5.8	+1.4	+0.6	+2.9	+3.5	+1.1	+0.4	+0.6	-0.2	-0.7	+0.7	+0.8	+.059	+0.1	+0.1	+.027	+0.1	+1.1	+.074
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		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	21	38.1	30.2	2.8	10.0	12.8	5.1	1.0	1.2	3.0	2.9	11.9	20.9	.569	0.6	3.3	.186	5.8	9.8	.587
difference:		+5.8	+6.5	+1.2	+3.2	+4.4	+0.8	+0.7		-0.1	-0.2	+3.6	+3.1	+.103	+0.8	+0.7	+.167	+0.1	+2.4	+.176
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
	Giannis Antetokounmpo	LeBron James
Season	2021-22	2011-12
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	Season MVP
	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive First Team	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks 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		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	67	32.9	29.9	2.0	9.6	11.6	5.8	1.1	1.4	3.3	3.2	10.3	18.6	.553	1.1	3.6	.293	8.3	11.4	.722
difference:	+5	+4.6	+2.8	+0.5	+3.2	+3.7	+0.4	+0.8	+0.6	-0.1	-1.7	+0.3	+0.3	+.022	+0.2	+1.2	+.069	+2.1	+3.3	+.049
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		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	12	37.3	31.7	2.2	12.0	14.2	6.8	0.7	1.3	4.5	3.6	11.7	23.8	.491	0.8	3.4	.220	7.6	11.2	.679
difference:	+11	+5.4	+1.4	+0.1	+4.6	+4.5	+1.2	+1.2	+0.6	-1.0	-1.6	+0.8	+2.0	+.009	+0.2	+0.3	+.039	+0.1	+1.0	+.060
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
	Giannis Antetokounmpo	LeBron James
Season	2022-23	2012-13
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	Season MVP
	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	63	32.1	31.1	2.2	9.6	11.8	5.7	0.8	0.8	3.9	3.1	11.2	20.3	.553	0.7	2.7	.275	7.9	12.3	.645
difference:	+13	+5.8	+4.3	+0.9	+2.8	+3.8	+1.6	+0.9	+0.1	-0.9	-1.7	+1.1	+2.5	+.012	+0.7	+0.6	+.131	+2.6	+5.3	+.108
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		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	3	30.3	23.3	2.7	8.3	11.0	5.3	0.3	0.7	4.7	3.0	9.3	17.7	.528	0.0	1.0	.000	4.7	10.3	.452
difference:	+20	+11.4	+2.6	+1.1	+1.5	+2.6	+1.3	+1.5	+0.1	-1.7	-1.1	+0.1	+1.1	+.037	+1.6	+3.2	+.375	+1.2	+2.7	+.325
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
	Giannis Antetokounmpo	LeBron James
Season	2023-24	2013-14
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	Cup All-Tournament Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	73	35.2	30.4	2.7	8.8	11.5	6.5	1.2	1.1	3.4	2.9	11.5	18.8	.611	0.5	1.7	.274	7.0	10.7	.657
difference:	+4	+2.5	+3.3	+1.6	+2.9	+4.6	+0.2	+0.4	+0.8	-0.1	-1.3	+1.5	+1.2	+.044	+1.0	+2.3	+.105	+1.3	+3.1	+.093
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		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Giannis Antetokounmpo	LeBron James
Season	2024-25	2014-15
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	Cup MVP	-
	Cup All-Tournament Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East 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		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	67	34.2	30.4	2.2	9.7	11.9	6.5	0.9	1.2	3.1	2.3	11.8	19.7	.601	0.2	0.9	.222	6.5	10.6	.617
difference:	+2	+1.9	+5.1	+1.5	+4.4	+5.9	+0.9	+0.7	+0.5	-0.8	-0.3	+2.8	+1.2	+.113	+1.5	+4.0	+.132	+1.1	+2.9	+.093
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		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	5	37.6	33.0	3.8	11.6	15.4	6.6	1.0	1.0	4.6	2.4	12.0	19.8	.606	0.2	1.0	.200	8.8	12.6	.698
difference:	+15	+4.6	+2.9	+1.9	+2.1	+4.1	+1.9	+0.7	+0.1	-0.5	-0.5	+0.6	+7.4	+.189	+1.1	+4.5	+.027	+2.7	+4.2	+.033
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

Additional Years
* LeBron James played 10 seasons more than Giannis Antetokounmpo in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 13 to 22, from 2016 to 2025—LeBron James played in 8 Playoffs and won two NBA Championships and one NBA Cup. In those 10 extra years over Giannis Antetokounmpo, LeBron James got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 Finals MVP 4 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 10 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP