LeBron James vs. Aaron Nesmith Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Aaron Nesmith and LeBron James, 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.

LeBron James played 22 years in the NBA, 17 more than Aaron Nesmith, who played 5. LeBron James had the first of his seasons in 2003-04, while Aaron Nesmith had his rookie season in 2020-21. 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
	LeBron James	Aaron Nesmith
Season	2003-04	2020-21
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
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
difference:	+33	+25.0	+16.2	+0.7	+2.0	+2.7	+5.4	+1.3	+0.5	-3.0		+6.2	+15.0	+.021	+0.1	+0.4	+.080	+3.9	+5.2	+.032
Aaron Nesmith	46	14.5	4.7	0.6	2.2	2.8	0.5	0.3	0.2	0.5	1.9	1.7	3.9	.438	0.9	2.3	.370	0.5	0.6	.786
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LeBron James	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Aaron Nesmith	5	15.0	3.2	0.4	2.2	2.6	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.4	1.4	1.0	3.6	.278	0.8	2.8	.286	0.4	0.4	1.000

Season 2
	LeBron James	Aaron Nesmith
Season	2004-05	2021-22
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics Lost NBA Finals

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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		%
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
difference:	+28	+31.4	+23.4	+1.1	+4.6	+5.7	+6.8	+1.8	+0.6	-2.7	-0.5	+8.5	+17.6	+.076	+0.8	+1.7	+.081	+5.6	+7.5	+.058
Aaron Nesmith	52	11.0	3.8	0.3	1.4	1.7	0.4	0.4	0.1	0.6	1.3	1.4	3.5	.396	0.6	2.2	.270	0.4	0.5	.808
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LeBron James	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Aaron Nesmith	15	3.5	0.8	0.3	0.7	1.0	0.2	0.1	0.3	0.1	0.4	0.3	1.1	.235	0.1	0.7	.091	0.2	0.3	.750

Season 3
	LeBron James	Aaron Nesmith
Season	2005-06	2022-23
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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		%
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
difference:	+6	+17.6	+21.3	+0.1	+3.2	+3.2	+5.3	+0.8	+0.3	-2.3	-0.9	+7.6	+15.0	+.053		+0.5	+.031	+6.0	+8.4	+.100
Aaron Nesmith	73	24.9	10.1	0.8	2.9	3.8	1.3	0.8	0.5	1.0	3.2	3.5	8.1	.427	1.6	4.3	.366	1.6	1.9	.838
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Aaron Nesmith	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	LeBron James	Aaron Nesmith
Season	2006-07	2023-24
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals	Pacers Lost East Conf 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		%
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
difference:	+6	+13.2	+15.1	+0.2	+2.8	+2.9	+4.5	+0.7		-2.3	-1.1	+5.5	+12.0	+.020	+0.6	+0.6	+.100	+4.8	+7.1	+.083
Aaron Nesmith	72	27.7	12.2	0.9	2.9	3.8	1.5	0.9	0.7	0.9	3.3	4.4	8.8	.496	1.9	4.6	.419	1.5	1.9	.781
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+3	+11.8	+14.6	+0.2	+3.0	+3.2	+5.8	+1.1		-1.9	-1.9	+4.7	+11.7	+.017	+0.2	+0.8	+.002	+5.4	+7.6	+.164
Aaron Nesmith	17	32.9	10.5	1.1	3.8	4.9	2.2	0.6	0.5	1.4	3.9	3.6	8.3	.433	1.3	4.6	.278	2.0	2.2	.919

Season 5
	LeBron James	Aaron Nesmith
Season	2007-08	2024-25
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis	Pacers Lost NBA Finals

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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		%
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
difference:	+30	+15.4	+18.0	+1.0	+3.0	+3.9	+6.0	+1.0	+0.7	-2.6	-0.3	+6.3	+13.5	+.023	+0.4	+0.5	+.116	+5.7	+8.5	+.201
Aaron Nesmith	45	25.0	12.0	0.8	3.1	4.0	1.2	0.8	0.4	0.8	2.5	4.3	8.4	.507	1.9	4.3	.431	1.6	1.8	.913
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+10	+14.2	+15.5		+2.1	+2.1	+6.5	+0.9	+0.5	-3.2	-1.6	+4.4	+12.0	+.061	+1.2	+0.1	+.235	+8.1	+11.2	+.130
Aaron Nesmith	23	28.3	12.7	1.2	4.5	5.7	1.1	0.9	0.8	1.0	4.1	4.3	9.2	.472	2.6	5.3	.492	1.3	1.6	.861

Additional Years
* LeBron James played 17 seasons more than Aaron Nesmith in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 6 to 22, from 2009 to 2025—LeBron James played in 15 Playoffs and won 4 NBA Championships and one NBA Cup. In those 17 extra years over Aaron Nesmith, LeBron James got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	4 Finals MVP 4 Season MVP 11 All-NBA First Team 2 All-NBA Second Team 4 All-NBA Third Team 5 All-Defensive First Team 1 All-Defensive Second Team 1 Assists Leader 1 Cup MVP 1 Cup All-Tournament Team 17 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP