Jaxson Hayes vs. LeBron James Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of LeBron James and Jaxson Hayes, 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.

Jaxson Hayes played 6 years in the NBA, 16 less than LeBron James, who played 22. Jaxson Hayes had the first of his seasons in 2019-20, 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
	Jaxson Hayes	LeBron James
Season	2019-20	2003-04
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	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		%
Jaxson Hayes	64	16.9	7.4	1.5	2.5	4.0	0.9	0.4	0.9	0.8	2.5	2.7	4.0	.672	0.0	0.1	.250	1.9	3.0	.647
difference:	+15	+22.6	+13.5	+0.2	+1.7	+1.5	+5.0	+1.2	+0.2	-2.7	-0.6	+5.2	+14.9	+.255	+0.8	+2.6	+.040	+2.5	+2.8	+.107
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 Jaxson Hayes nor LeBron James played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Jaxson Hayes	LeBron James
Season	2020-21	2004-05
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	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		%
Jaxson Hayes	60	16.1	7.5	1.5	2.8	4.3	0.6	0.4	0.6	0.7	1.7	2.9	4.7	.625	0.1	0.2	.429	1.6	2.0	.775
difference:	+20	+26.3	+19.7	+0.1	+3.2	+3.1	+6.6	+1.8	+0.1	-2.6	-0.1	+7.0	+16.4	+.153	+1.3	+3.7	+.078	+4.4	+6.0	+.025
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 Jaxson Hayes nor LeBron James played in the postseason in their season 2

Season 3
	Jaxson Hayes	LeBron James
Season	2021-22	2005-06
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	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		%
Jaxson Hayes	70	20.0	9.3	1.6	2.9	4.5	0.6	0.5	0.8	0.8	2.2	3.5	5.7	.616	0.3	0.8	.351	2.1	2.7	.766
difference:	+9	+22.5	+22.1	+0.7	+3.2	+2.5	+6.0	+1.1		-2.5	-0.1	+7.6	+17.4	+.136	+1.3	+4.0	+.016	+5.5	+7.6	+.028
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		%
Jaxson Hayes	6	13.8	5.8	0.7	1.8	2.5	0.2	0.0	0.3	0.7	1.8	2.3	4.2	.560	0.0	0.5	.000	1.2	1.8	.636
difference:	+7	+32.7	+25.0	+1.0	+4.6	+5.6	+5.6	+1.4	+0.4	-4.3	-1.6	+8.9	+19.4	+.084	+1.6	+4.3	+.333	+5.5	+7.3	+.101
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
	Jaxson Hayes	LeBron James
Season	2022-23	2006-07
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	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		%
Jaxson Hayes	47	13.0	5.0	0.8	2.0	2.8	0.7	0.4	0.4	0.7	1.4	1.8	3.3	.551	0.1	0.6	.103	1.2	1.8	.699
difference:	+31	+27.9	+22.3	+0.3	+3.7	+3.9	+5.3	+1.2	+0.3	-2.5	-0.8	+8.1	+17.5	+.075	+1.2	+3.4	+.216	+5.1	+7.2	+.001
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		%
Jaxson Hayes	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
	Jaxson Hayes	LeBron James
Season	2023-24	2007-08
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis
Others	NBA Cup Champion	-

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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		%
Jaxson Hayes	70	12.5	4.3	1.0	2.0	3.0	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.6	1.8	1.8	2.5	.720	0.0	0.1	.000	0.7	1.2	.622
difference:	+5	+27.9	+25.7	+0.8	+4.1	+4.9	+6.7	+1.3	+0.7	-2.8	-0.4	+8.8	+19.4	+.236	+1.5	+4.7	+.315	+6.6	+9.1	+.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		%
Jaxson Hayes	4	6.0	0.3	0.8	2.3	3.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.8	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.5	.500
difference:	+9	+36.5	+27.9	+0.4	+4.3	+4.8	+7.3	+1.8	+1.3	-3.7	-0.7	+8.7	+20.7	+.411	+1.4	+5.4		+9.1	+12.3	+.231
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
	Jaxson Hayes	LeBron James
Season	2024-25	2008-09
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West 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		%
Jaxson Hayes	56	19.5	6.8	1.4	3.4	4.8	1.0	0.6	0.9	0.8	2.4	2.9	4.0	.722	0.0	0.1	.000	1.1	1.8	.622
difference:	+25	+18.2	+21.6	+0.1	+2.9	+2.8	+6.2	+1.1	+0.2	-2.2	-0.7	+6.8	+15.9	+.233	+1.6	+4.6	+.344	+6.2	+7.6	+.158
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		%
Jaxson Hayes	4	7.8	1.8	1.3	0.8	2.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.3	2.0	0.8	2.0	.375	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.5	.500
difference:	+10	+33.6	+33.5	+0.1	+7.0	+7.1	+7.0	+1.6	+0.6	-2.4	-0.1	+10.6	+20.3	+.135	+1.9	+5.8		+10.3	+13.7	+.249
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

Additional Years
* LeBron James played 16 seasons more than Jaxson Hayes in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 7 to 22, from 2010 to 2025—LeBron James played in 14 Playoffs and won 4 NBA Championships and one NBA Cup. In those 16 extra years over Jaxson Hayes, LeBron James got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	4 Finals MVP 3 Season MVP 10 All-NBA First Team 2 All-NBA Second Team 4 All-NBA Third Team 4 All-Defensive First Team 1 All-Defensive Second Team 1 Assists Leader 1 Cup MVP 1 Cup All-Tournament Team 16 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP