LeBron James vs. Ausar Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ausar 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 23 years in the NBA, 20 more than Ausar Thompson, who played 3. LeBron James had the first of his seasons in 2003-04, while Ausar 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	Ausar Thompson
Season	2003-04	2023-24
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Detroit Pistons
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		%
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:	+16	+14.4	+12.1	+0.7	+0.1	+0.9	+4.0	+0.5	+0.2	-2.2	-0.9	+4.2	+11.3	+.066	+0.5	+0.9	+.104	+3.3	+3.9	+.157
Ausar Thompson	63	25.1	8.8	2.0	4.3	6.4	1.9	1.1	0.9	1.3	2.8	3.7	7.6	.483	0.3	1.8	.186	1.1	1.9	.597
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher LeBron James nor Ausar Thompson played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	LeBron James	Ausar Thompson
Season	2004-05	2024-25
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pistons Lost East 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:	+21	+19.9	+17.1	+0.5	+2.7	+2.3	+4.9	+0.5		-1.9	-1.0	+5.7	+13.3	+.063	+1.2	+3.1	+.127	+4.5	+5.6	+.109
Ausar Thompson	59	22.5	10.1	1.9	3.3	5.1	2.3	1.7	0.7	1.4	2.8	4.2	7.8	.535	0.2	0.8	.224	1.5	2.4	.641
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LeBron James	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ausar Thompson	6	22.5	11.5	1.3	3.8	5.2	1.0	1.2	0.8	1.8	4.2	4.0	7.0	.571	0.0	0.3	.000	3.5	6.0	.583

Season 3
	LeBron James	Ausar Thompson
Season	2005-06	2025-26
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Detroit Pistons
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:	+56	+15.9	+20.0	+1.1	+2.3	+1.2	+3.8	+0.2	+0.1	-1.9	-0.3	+6.4	+13.9	+.037	+1.4	+4.1	+.022	+5.9	+7.0	+.212
Ausar Thompson	23	26.6	11.4	2.0	3.8	5.8	2.8	1.4	0.7	1.4	2.6	4.7	9.2	.517	0.2	0.7	.313	1.7	3.3	.526
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
Ausar Thompson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* LeBron James played 20 seasons more than Ausar Thompson in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 4 to 23, from 2007 to 2026—LeBron James played in 17 Playoffs and won 4 NBA Championships and one NBA Cup. In those 20 extra years over Ausar Thompson, LeBron James got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	4 Finals MVP 4 Season MVP 12 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 19 All-Star Game 2 All-Star Game MVP