Kareem Abdul-Jabbar vs. LeBron James Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of LeBron James and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, 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.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar played 20 years in the NBA, 2 less than LeBron James, who played 22. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar had the first of his seasons in 1969-70, 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
	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	LeBron James
Season	1969-70	2003-04
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Rookie of the Year	Rookie of the Year
	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Div 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		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	82	43.1	28.8	-	-	14.5	4.1	-	-	-	3.5	11.4	22.1	.518	-	-	-	5.9	9.1	.653
difference:	+3	+3.6	+7.9			+9.0	+1.8				-1.6	+3.5	+3.2	+.101				+1.5	+3.3	+.101
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		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	10	43.5	35.2	-	-	16.8	4.1	-	-	-	2.5	13.9	24.5	.567	-	-	-	7.4	10.1	.733
LeBron James	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	LeBron James
Season	1970-71	2004-05
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	82	40.1	31.7	-	-	16.0	3.3	-	-	-	3.2	13.0	22.5	.577	-	-	-	5.7	8.3	.690
difference:	+2	+2.3	+4.5			+8.6	+3.9				-1.4	+3.1	+1.4	+.105				+0.3	+0.3	+.060
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		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	14	41.2	26.6	-	-	17.0	2.5	-	-	-	3.2	10.9	21.1	.515	-	-	-	4.9	7.2	.673
LeBron James	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	LeBron James
Season	1971-72	2005-06
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Bucks Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	81	44.2	34.8	-	-	16.6	4.6	-	-	-	2.9	14.3	24.9	.574	-	-	-	6.2	9.0	.689
difference:	+2	+1.7	+3.4			+9.6	+2.0				-0.6	+3.2	+1.8	+.094				+1.4	+1.3	+.049
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		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	11	46.4	28.7	-	-	18.2	5.1	-	-	-	3.2	12.6	28.9	.437	-	-	-	3.5	4.9	.704
difference:	+2	+0.1	+2.1			+10.1	+0.7				-0.2	+1.4	+5.3	+.039				+3.2	+4.2	+.033
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
	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	LeBron James
Season	1972-73	2006-07
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	76	42.8	30.2	-	-	16.1	5.0	-	-	-	2.7	12.9	23.3	.554	-	-	-	4.3	6.1	.713
difference:	+2	+1.9	+2.9			+9.4	+1.0				-0.5	+3.0	+2.5	+.078				+2.0	+2.9	+.015
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		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	6	46.0	22.8	-	-	16.2	2.8	-	-	-	4.3	9.8	23.0	.428	-	-	-	3.2	5.8	.543
difference:	+14	+1.3	+2.3			+8.1	+5.2				-2.3	+1.5	+3.0	+.012				+4.2	+4.0	+.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
	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	LeBron James
Season	1973-74	2007-08
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	Scoring Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Bucks Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	81	43.8	27.0	3.5	11.0	14.5	4.8	1.4	3.5	-	2.9	11.7	21.7	.539	-	-	-	3.6	5.2	.702
difference:	+6	+3.4	+3.0	+1.7	+4.9	+6.6	+2.4	+0.4	+2.4		-0.7	+1.1	+0.2	+.055				+3.7	+5.1	+.010
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		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	16	47.4	32.2	4.2	11.6	15.8	4.9	1.3	2.4	-	2.6	14.0	25.1	.557	-	-	-	4.2	5.7	.736
difference:	+3	+4.9	+4.0	+3.0	+5.0	+8.0	+2.7	+0.5	+1.1		-0.1	+5.3	+3.9	+.146				+5.2	+7.1	+.005
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
	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	LeBron James
Season	1974-75	2008-09
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive First Team	All-Defensive First Team
	Blocks Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	65	42.3	30.0	3.0	11.0	14.0	4.1	1.0	3.3	-	3.2	12.5	24.4	.513	-	-	-	5.0	6.6	.763
difference:	+16	+4.6	+1.6	+1.7	+4.7	+6.4	+3.1	+0.7	+2.2		-1.5	+2.8	+4.5	+.024				+2.3	+2.8	+.017
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		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	LeBron James
Season	1975-76	2009-10
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	Season MVP
	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	Blocks Leader	-
	All-Star Game	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		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	82	41.2	27.7	3.3	13.5	16.9	5.0	1.5	4.1	-	3.6	11.1	21.1	.529	-	-	-	5.5	7.8	.703
difference:	+6	+2.2	+2.0	+2.4	+7.1	+9.6	+3.6	+0.1	+3.1		-2.0	+1.0	+1.0	+.026				+2.3	+2.4	+.064
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		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	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
	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	LeBron James
Season	1976-77	2010-11
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	82	36.8	26.2	3.2	10.0	13.3	3.9	1.2	3.2	-	3.2	10.8	18.7	.579	-	-	-	4.6	6.5	.701
difference:	+3	+2.0	+0.5	+2.2	+3.5	+5.8	+3.1	+0.4	+2.6		-1.1	+1.2	+0.1	+.069				+1.8	+1.9	+.058
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		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	11	42.5	34.6	4.6	13.1	17.7	4.1	1.7	3.5	-	3.8	13.4	22.0	.607	-	-	-	7.9	10.9	.725
difference:	+10	+1.4	+10.9	+3.0	+6.3	+9.3	+1.8		+2.3		-1.1	+5.1	+4.2	+.141				+2.2	+3.5	+.038
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
	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	LeBron James
Season	1977-78	2011-12
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	62	36.5	25.8	3.0	9.9	12.9	4.3	1.7	3.0	3.4	2.9	10.7	19.4	.550	-	-	-	4.4	5.6	.783
difference:		+1.0	+1.3	+1.5	+3.5	+5.0	+1.9	+0.2	+2.2		-1.4	+0.7	+0.5	+.019				+1.8	+2.5	+.012
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		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	3	44.7	27.0	4.7	9.0	13.7	3.7	0.7	4.0	4.7	4.7	12.7	24.3	.521	-	-	-	1.7	3.0	.556
difference:	+20	+2.0	+3.3	+2.4	+1.6	+4.0	+1.9	+1.2	+3.3	-1.2	-2.7	+1.8	+2.5	+.021				+5.8	+7.2	+.183
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
	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	LeBron James
Season	1978-79	2012-13
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	All-Defensive First Team
	Blocks Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	80	39.5	23.8	2.6	10.2	12.8	5.4	1.0	4.0	3.5	2.9	9.7	16.8	.577	-	-	-	4.4	5.9	.736
difference:	+4	+1.6	+3.0	+1.3	+3.4	+4.8	+1.9	+0.7	+3.1	-0.5	-1.5	+0.4	+1.0	+.012				+0.9	+1.1	+.017
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		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	8	45.9	28.5	2.3	10.4	12.6	4.8	1.0	4.1	3.6	3.3	11.0	19.0	.579	-	-	-	6.5	7.8	.839
difference:	+15	+4.2	+2.6	+0.7	+3.6	+4.2	+1.8	+0.8	+3.3	-0.6	-1.4	+1.8	+0.2	+.088				+0.6	+0.2	+.062
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
	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	LeBron James
Season	1979-80	2013-14
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	Blocks Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	82	38.3	24.8	2.3	8.5	10.8	4.5	1.0	3.4	3.6	2.6	10.2	16.9	.604	0.0	0.0	-	4.4	5.8	.765
difference:	+5	+0.6	+2.3	+1.2	+2.6	+3.9	+1.8	+0.6	+3.1	-0.1	-1.0	+0.2	+0.7	+.037	+1.5	+4.0		+1.3	+1.8	+.015
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		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	15	41.2	31.9	3.4	8.7	12.1	3.1	1.1	3.9	3.7	3.4	13.2	23.1	.572	0.0	0.0	-	5.5	7.0	.790
difference:	+5	+3.0	+4.5	+2.7	+2.3	+5.0	+1.7	+0.7	+3.3	-0.6	-1.1	+3.6	+6.1	+.007	+1.8	+4.3		+1.0	+1.0	+.016
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
	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	LeBron James
Season	1980-81	2014-15
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals

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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		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	80	37.2	26.2	2.5	7.8	10.3	3.4	0.7	2.9	3.1	3.1	10.5	18.2	.574	0.0	0.0	-	5.3	6.9	.766
difference:	+11	+1.1	+0.9	+1.8	+2.5	+4.3	+4.0	+0.9	+2.2	-0.8	-1.1	+1.5	+0.3	+.086	+1.7	+4.9		+0.1	+0.8	+.056
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		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	3	44.7	26.7	4.3	12.3	16.7	4.0	1.0	2.7	3.7	4.7	10.0	21.7	.462	0.0	0.0	-	6.7	9.3	.714
difference:	+17	+2.5	+3.4	+2.4	+2.8	+5.4	+4.5	+0.7	+1.6	-0.4	-1.8	+1.4	+5.5	+.045	+1.3	+5.5		+0.6	+0.9	+.017
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

Season 13
	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	LeBron James
Season	1981-82	2015-16
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	NBA Champion

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13th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	76	35.2	23.9	2.3	6.4	8.7	3.0	0.8	2.7	3.0	2.9	9.9	17.1	.579	0.0	0.0	-	4.1	5.8	.706
difference:		+0.4	+1.4	+0.8	+0.4	+1.3	+3.8	+0.6	+2.1	-0.3	-1.0	+0.2	+1.5	+.059	+1.1	+3.7		+0.6	+0.7	+.025
LeBron James	76	35.6	25.3	1.5	6.0	7.4	6.8	1.4	0.6	3.3	1.9	9.7	18.6	.520	1.1	3.7	.309	4.7	6.5	.731
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	14	35.2	20.4	2.4	6.1	8.5	3.6	1.0	3.2	2.9	3.2	8.2	15.8	.520	0.0	0.0	-	3.9	6.2	.632
difference:	+7	+3.9	+5.9	+0.4	+1.4	+1.0	+4.0	+1.3	+1.9	-0.7	-0.6	+2.2	+4.1	+.005	+1.5	+4.5			+0.3	+.029
LeBron James	21	39.1	26.3	2.0	7.5	9.5	7.6	2.3	1.3	3.6	2.6	10.4	19.9	.525	1.5	4.5	.340	3.9	5.9	.661

Season 14
	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	LeBron James
Season	1982-83	2016-17
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals

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14th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	79	32.3	21.8	2.1	5.4	7.5	2.5	0.8	2.2	2.5	2.8	9.1	15.5	.588	0.0	0.0	-	3.5	4.7	.749
difference:	+5	+5.5	+4.6	+0.8	+1.9	+1.1	+6.2	+0.4	+1.6	-1.6	-1.0	+0.8	+2.7	+.040	+1.7	+4.6		+1.3	+2.5	+.075
LeBron James	74	37.8	26.4	1.3	7.3	8.6	8.7	1.2	0.6	4.1	1.8	9.9	18.2	.548	1.7	4.6	.363	4.8	7.2	.674
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	15	39.2	27.1	1.7	6.0	7.7	2.8	1.1	3.7	3.3	4.1	10.9	19.1	.568	0.0	0.1	.000	5.3	7.1	.755
difference:	+3	+2.1	+5.7	+0.6	+2.1	+1.4	+5.0	+0.8	+2.4	-0.7	-1.7	+1.2	+2.2	+.003	+2.4	+5.8	+.411	+1.0	+1.9	+.057
LeBron James	18	41.3	32.8	1.1	8.1	9.1	7.8	1.9	1.3	4.0	2.4	12.1	21.3	.565	2.4	5.9	.411	6.3	9.0	.698

Season 15
	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	LeBron James
Season	1983-84	2017-18
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals

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15th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	80	32.8	21.5	2.1	5.2	7.3	2.6	0.7	1.8	2.8	2.6	9.0	15.5	.578	0.0	0.0	-	3.6	4.9	.723
difference:	+2	+4.1	+6.0	+0.9	+2.3	+1.3	+6.5	+0.7	+0.9	-1.4	-0.9	+1.5	+3.8	+.036	+1.8	+5.0		+1.1	+1.6	+.008
LeBron James	82	36.9	27.5	1.2	7.5	8.6	9.1	1.4	0.9	4.2	1.7	10.5	19.3	.542	1.8	5.0	.367	4.7	6.5	.731
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	21	36.5	23.9	2.7	5.6	8.2	3.8	1.1	2.1	2.1	3.4	9.8	17.7	.555	0.0	0.0	-	4.3	5.7	.750
difference:	+1	+5.4	+10.1	+1.3	+2.1	+0.9	+5.2	+0.3	+1.1	-2.2	-1.0	+2.7	+5.5	+.016	+1.8	+5.2		+2.9	+4.0	+.004
LeBron James	22	41.9	34.0	1.4	7.7	9.1	9.0	1.4	1.0	4.3	2.4	12.5	23.2	.539	1.8	5.2	.342	7.2	9.7	.746

Season 16
	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	LeBron James
Season	1984-85	2018-19
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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16th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	79	33.3	22.0	2.1	5.8	7.9	3.2	0.8	2.1	2.5	3.0	9.2	15.3	.599	0.0	0.0	-	3.7	5.0	.732
difference:	+24	+1.9	+5.4	+1.1	+1.6	+0.6	+5.1	+0.5	+1.5	-1.1	-1.3	+0.9	+4.6	+.089	+2.0	+5.9		+1.4	+2.6	+.067
LeBron James	55	35.2	27.4	1.0	7.4	8.5	8.3	1.3	0.6	3.6	1.7	10.1	19.9	.510	2.0	5.9	.339	5.1	7.6	.665
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	19	32.1	21.9	2.6	5.5	8.1	4.0	1.2	1.9	2.7	3.5	8.8	15.8	.560	0.0	0.0	-	4.2	5.4	.777
LeBron James	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 17
	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	LeBron James
Season	1985-86	2019-20
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	-	Assists Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals	NBA Champion

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17th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	79	33.3	23.4	1.7	4.4	6.1	3.5	0.8	1.6	2.6	3.1	9.6	16.9	.564	0.0	0.0	-	4.3	5.6	.765
difference:	+12	+1.3	+1.9	+0.7	+2.5	+1.7	+6.7	+0.4	+1.1	-1.3	-1.3		+2.5	+.071	+2.2	+6.3		+0.4	+0.1	+.072
LeBron James	67	34.6	25.3	1.0	6.9	7.8	10.2	1.2	0.5	3.9	1.8	9.6	19.4	.493	2.2	6.3	.348	3.9	5.7	.693
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	14	34.9	25.9	1.9	4.1	5.9	3.5	1.1	1.7	3.0	3.9	11.2	20.1	.557	0.0	0.0	-	3.4	4.4	.787
difference:	+7	+1.4	+1.7	+0.6	+5.3	+4.9	+5.3	+0.1	+0.8	-1.0	-2.0	+1.0	+1.9	+.003	+2.1	+5.7		+1.7	+2.7	+.067
LeBron James	21	36.3	27.6	1.3	9.4	10.8	8.8	1.2	0.9	4.0	1.9	10.2	18.2	.560	2.1	5.7	.370	5.1	7.1	.720

Season 18
	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	LeBron James
Season	1986-87	2020-21
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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18th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	78	31.3	17.5	1.9	4.8	6.7	2.6	0.6	1.2	2.4	3.1	7.2	12.7	.564	0.0	0.0	-	3.1	4.4	.714
difference:	+33	+2.1	+7.5	+1.3	+2.2	+1.0	+5.2	+0.5	+0.6	-1.3	-1.5	+2.2	+5.6	+.051	+2.3	+6.3		+0.9	+1.3	+.016
LeBron James	45	33.4	25.0	0.6	7.0	7.7	7.8	1.1	0.6	3.7	1.6	9.4	18.3	.513	2.3	6.3	.365	4.0	5.7	.698
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	18	31.1	19.2	2.2	4.7	6.8	2.0	0.4	1.9	2.2	3.1	6.9	13.0	.530	0.0	0.1	.000	5.4	6.8	.795
difference:	+12	+6.2	+4.1	+1.0	+1.3	+0.4	+6.0	+1.1	+1.6	-2.0	-1.9	+2.1	+6.0	+.056	+3.0	+7.9	+.375	+3.1	+3.0	+.186
LeBron James	6	37.3	23.3	1.2	6.0	7.2	8.0	1.5	0.3	4.2	1.2	9.0	19.0	.474	3.0	8.0	.375	2.3	3.8	.609

Season 19
	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	LeBron James
Season	1987-88	2021-22
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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19th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	80	28.9	14.6	1.5	4.5	6.0	1.7	0.6	1.2	2.0	2.7	6.0	11.3	.532	0.0	0.0	-	2.6	3.4	.762
difference:	+24	+8.3	+15.7	+0.4	+2.6	+2.2	+4.5	+0.7	+0.1	-1.5	-0.5	+5.4	+10.5	+.008	+2.9	+8.0		+1.9	+2.6	+.006
LeBron James	56	37.2	30.3	1.1	7.1	8.2	6.2	1.3	1.1	3.5	2.2	11.4	21.8	.524	2.9	8.0	.359	4.5	6.0	.756
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	24	29.9	14.1	2.0	3.4	5.5	1.5	0.6	1.5	1.9	3.4	5.9	12.7	.464	0.0	0.1	.000	2.3	3.0	.789
LeBron James	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 20
	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	LeBron James
Season	1988-89	2022-23
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals

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20th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	74	22.9	10.1	1.4	3.1	4.5	1.0	0.5	1.1	1.3	2.6	4.2	8.9	.475	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	2.2	.739
difference:	+19	+12.6	+18.8	+0.2	+4.0	+3.8	+5.8	+0.4	+0.5	-1.9	-1.0	+6.9	+13.3	+.025	+2.2	+6.9		+3.0	+3.7	+.029
LeBron James	55	35.5	28.9	1.2	7.1	8.3	6.8	0.9	0.6	3.2	1.6	11.1	22.2	.500	2.2	6.9	.321	4.6	5.9	.768
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	15	23.4	11.1	0.9	3.1	3.9	1.3	0.3	0.7	1.5	2.9	4.5	9.8	.463	0.0	0.0	-	2.1	2.9	.721
difference:	+1	+15.3	+13.4	+0.7	+5.2	+6.0	+5.2	+0.8	+0.4	-1.0	-1.1	+4.7	+8.6	+.035	+1.8	+6.6		+2.3	+2.9	+.040
LeBron James	16	38.7	24.5	1.6	8.3	9.9	6.5	1.1	1.1	2.5	1.8	9.2	18.4	.498	1.8	6.6	.264	4.4	5.8	.761

Additional Years
* LeBron James played 2 seasons more than Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 21 to 22, from 2024 to 2025—LeBron James played in two Playoffs and one NBA Cup. In those 2 extra years over Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, LeBron James got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-NBA Third Team 1 Cup MVP 1 Cup All-Tournament Team 2 All-Star Game