LeBron James vs. Amen Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Amen Thompson 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, 20 more than Amen Thompson, who played 2. LeBron James had the first of his seasons in 2003-04, while Amen Thompson had his rookie season in 2023-24. 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	Amen Thompson
Season	2003-04	2023-24
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Houston Rockets
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		%
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:	+17	+17.1	+11.4	+1.1		+1.1	+3.3	+0.3	+0.1	-2.0	-0.4	+4.0	+11.7	+.119	+0.7	+1.8	+.152	+2.7	+3.3	+.070
Amen Thompson	62	22.4	9.5	2.4	4.2	6.6	2.6	1.3	0.6	1.5	2.3	3.9	7.2	.536	0.1	0.9	.138	1.7	2.5	.684
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher LeBron James nor Amen Thompson played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	LeBron James	Amen Thompson
Season	2004-05	2024-25
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+11	+10.2	+13.1	+1.4	+0.6	+0.8	+3.4	+0.8	+0.6	-1.3	-0.6	+4.3	+11.0	+.085	+1.0	+2.6	+.076	+3.6	+4.4	+.066
Amen Thompson	69	32.2	14.1	2.8	5.4	8.2	3.8	1.4	1.3	2.0	2.4	5.6	10.1	.557	0.4	1.3	.275	2.4	3.6	.684
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LeBron James	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Amen Thompson	7	33.0	15.7	2.7	4.1	6.9	3.3	1.7	0.9	1.7	2.6	6.0	12.1	.494	0.1	0.6	.250	3.6	5.1	.694

Additional Years
* LeBron James played 20 seasons more than Amen Thompson in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 3 to 22, from 2006 to 2025—LeBron James played in 18 Playoffs and won 4 NBA Championships and one NBA Cup. In those 20 extra years over Amen Thompson, LeBron James got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	4 Finals MVP 4 Season MVP 13 All-NBA First Team 3 All-NBA Second Team 4 All-NBA Third Team 5 All-Defensive First Team 1 All-Defensive Second Team 1 Scoring Leader 1 Assists Leader 1 Cup MVP 1 Cup All-Tournament Team 20 All-Star Game 3 All-Star Game MVP