Kentavious Caldwell-Pope vs. LeBron James Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of LeBron James and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, 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.

Kentavious Caldwell-Pope played 12 years in the NBA, 10 less than LeBron James, who played 22. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope 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
	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	LeBron James
Season	2013-14	2003-04
Team	Detroit Pistons	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		%
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	80	19.8	5.9	0.5	1.5	2.0	0.7	0.9	0.2	0.4	1.8	2.3	5.8	.396	0.7	2.3	.319	0.6	0.8	.770
difference:	+1	+19.7	+15.0	+0.8	+2.7	+3.5	+5.2	+0.7	+0.5	-3.1	-0.1	+5.6	+13.1	+.021	+0.1	+0.4	+.029	+3.8	+5.0	+.016
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 Kentavious Caldwell-Pope nor LeBron James played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	LeBron James
Season	2014-15	2004-05
Team	Detroit Pistons	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		%
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	82	31.5	12.7	0.6	2.5	3.1	1.3	1.1	0.2	1.1	2.0	4.8	11.9	.401	1.9	5.4	.345	1.3	1.9	.696
difference:	+2	+10.9	+14.5	+0.8	+3.5	+4.3	+5.9	+1.1	+0.5	-2.2	-0.2	+5.1	+9.2	+.071	+0.5	+1.5	+.006	+4.7	+6.1	+.054
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 Kentavious Caldwell-Pope nor LeBron James played in the postseason in their season 2

Season 3
	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	LeBron James
Season	2015-16	2005-06
Team	Detroit Pistons	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East 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		%
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	76	36.7	14.5	0.9	2.8	3.7	1.8	1.4	0.2	1.4	2.2	5.3	12.6	.420	1.5	4.9	.309	2.4	3.0	.811
difference:	+3	+5.8	+16.9		+3.3	+3.3	+4.8	+0.2	+0.6	-1.9	-0.1	+5.8	+10.5	+.060	+0.1	+0.1	+.026	+5.2	+7.3	+.073
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		%
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	4	40.3	15.3	0.5	3.8	4.3	2.8	1.8	0.3	0.5	1.8	5.5	12.5	.440	3.0	6.8	.444	1.3	1.8	.714
difference:	+9	+6.2	+15.5	+1.2	+2.6	+3.8	+3.0	+0.4	+0.4	-4.5	-1.6	+5.7	+11.1	+.036	+1.4	+2.0	+.111	+5.4	+7.3	+.023
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
	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	LeBron James
Season	2016-17	2006-07
Team	Detroit Pistons	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		%
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	76	33.3	13.8	0.7	2.5	3.3	2.5	1.2	0.2	1.1	1.6	4.9	12.2	.399	2.0	5.8	.350	2.0	2.4	.832
difference:	+2	+7.6	+13.5	+0.4	+3.2	+3.4	+3.5	+0.4	+0.5	-2.1	-0.6	+5.0	+8.6	+.077	+0.7	+1.8	+.031	+4.3	+6.6	+.134
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		%
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	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
	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	LeBron James
Season	2017-18	2007-08
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	74	33.2	13.4	0.8	4.4	5.2	2.2	1.4	0.2	1.3	2.0	4.6	10.8	.426	2.1	5.6	.383	2.1	2.6	.789
difference:	+1	+7.2	+16.6	+1.0	+1.7	+2.7	+5.0	+0.4	+0.9	-2.1	-0.2	+6.0	+11.1	+.058	+0.6	+0.8	+.068	+5.2	+7.7	+.077
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		%
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	LeBron James
Season	2018-19	2008-09
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	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 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		%
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	82	24.8	11.4	0.6	2.3	2.9	1.3	0.9	0.2	0.8	1.7	4.0	9.2	.430	1.8	5.3	.347	1.7	1.9	.867
difference:	+1	+12.9	+17.0	+0.7	+4.0	+4.7	+5.9	+0.8	+0.9	-2.2		+5.7	+10.7	+.059	+0.2	+0.6	+.003	+5.6	+7.5	+.087
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		%
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	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
	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	LeBron James
Season	2019-20	2009-10
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	69	25.5	9.3	0.6	1.5	2.1	1.6	0.8	0.2	0.9	1.9	3.4	7.3	.467	1.3	3.5	.385	1.1	1.5	.775
difference:	+7	+13.5	+20.4	+0.3	+4.9	+5.2	+7.0	+0.8	+0.8	-2.5	-0.3	+6.7	+12.8	+.036	+0.4	+1.6	+.052	+6.7	+8.7	+.008
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		%
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	21	29.0	10.7	0.4	1.7	2.1	1.3	1.0	0.2	0.7	1.9	3.8	9.0	.418	2.1	5.7	.378	1.0	1.3	.815
difference:	+10	+12.8	+18.4	+1.0	+6.2	+7.2	+6.3	+0.7	+1.6	-3.1	-0.2	+5.8	+10.2	+.084	+0.3	+1.2	+.022	+7.0	+9.6	+.082
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
	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	LeBron James
Season	2020-21	2010-11
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	67	28.4	9.7	0.4	2.3	2.7	1.9	0.9	0.4	1.0	1.7	3.3	7.6	.431	1.8	4.4	.410	1.4	1.7	.866
difference:	+12	+10.4	+17.0	+0.6	+4.2	+4.8	+5.1	+0.7	+0.2	-2.6	-0.4	+6.3	+11.2	+.079	+0.6	+0.9	+.080	+5.0	+6.7	+.107
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		%
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	5	29.2	6.2	0.4	2.4	2.8	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.4	3.0	2.2	5.8	.379	0.8	3.8	.211	1.0	1.0	1.000
difference:	+16	+14.7	+17.5	+1.2	+4.4	+5.6	+4.9	+0.7	+1.2	-2.7	-0.3	+6.1	+12.0	+.087	+0.6	+0.2	+.142	+4.7	+6.4	+.237
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
	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	LeBron James
Season	2021-22	2011-12
Team	Washington Wizards	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	77	30.2	13.2	0.5	2.9	3.4	1.9	1.1	0.3	1.3	1.8	4.7	10.8	.435	2.1	5.3	.390	1.8	2.0	.890
difference:	+15	+7.3	+13.9	+1.0	+3.5	+4.5	+4.3	+0.8	+0.5	-2.1	-0.3	+5.3	+8.1	+.096	+1.2	+2.9	+.028	+4.4	+6.1	+.119
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		%
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	LeBron James
Season	2022-23	2012-13
Team	Denver Nuggets	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	76	31.3	10.8	0.5	2.3	2.7	2.4	1.5	0.5	1.1	1.9	3.8	8.3	.462	1.8	4.2	.423	1.4	1.6	.824
difference:		+6.6	+16.0	+0.8	+4.5	+5.3	+4.9	+0.2	+0.4	-1.9	-0.5	+6.3	+9.5	+.103	+0.4	+0.9	+.017	+3.9	+5.4	+.071
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		%
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	20	33.6	10.6	0.7	2.6	3.3	1.6	1.3	0.7	0.8	2.4	3.7	8.1	.457	1.8	4.6	.380	1.5	1.8	.829
difference:	+3	+8.1	+15.3	+0.9	+4.2	+5.1	+5.0	+0.5	+0.1	-2.2	-0.5	+5.5	+10.7	+.034	+0.2	+0.4	+.005	+4.4	+5.8	+.052
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
	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	LeBron James
Season	2023-24	2013-14
Team	Denver Nuggets	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	76	31.6	10.1	0.4	2.0	2.4	2.4	1.3	0.6	1.0	2.0	3.6	7.7	.460	1.6	4.1	.406	1.3	1.5	.894
difference:	+1	+6.1	+17.0	+0.7	+3.9	+4.5	+3.9	+0.3	+0.3	-2.5	-0.4	+6.4	+9.9	+.107	+0.1	+0.1	+.027	+4.4	+6.1	+.144
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		%
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	12	35.0	8.1	0.4	2.5	2.9	2.6	1.4	0.4	0.8	3.1	2.8	7.2	.395	1.5	4.6	.327	0.9	0.9	1.000
difference:	+8	+3.2	+19.3	+0.3	+3.9	+4.2	+2.2	+0.4	+0.2	-2.3	-0.8	+6.8	+9.8	+.170	+0.3	+0.3	+.080	+5.6	+7.1	+.194
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
	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	LeBron James
Season	2024-25	2014-15
Team	Orlando Magic	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Magic Lost East 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		%
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	77	29.6	8.7	0.4	1.8	2.2	1.8	1.3	0.4	0.8	1.8	3.1	7.1	.439	1.5	4.3	.342	1.1	1.2	.863
difference:	+8	+6.5	+16.6	+0.3	+3.5	+3.8	+5.6	+0.3	+0.3	-3.1	-0.2	+5.9	+11.4	+.049	+0.2	+0.6	+.012	+4.3	+6.5	+.153
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		%
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	5	32.6	5.0	0.2	2.8	3.0	1.8	1.4	0.6	0.4	2.2	1.6	6.0	.267	1.2	4.6	.261	0.6	0.8	.750
difference:	+15	+9.6	+25.1	+1.7	+6.7	+8.3	+6.7	+0.3	+0.5	-3.7	-0.7	+9.8	+21.2	+.150	+0.1	+0.9	+.034	+5.5	+7.6	+.019
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 Kentavious Caldwell-Pope 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 Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, 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