LeBron James vs. Delonte West Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Delonte West 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, 14 more than Delonte West, who played 8. LeBron James had the first of his seasons in 2003-04, while Delonte West had his rookie season in 2004-05. 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	Delonte West
Season	2003-04	2004-05
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:	+40	+26.5	+16.4	+0.9	+2.9	+3.8	+4.5	+1.1	+0.5	-2.9	-0.1	+6.2	+14.9	+.009	+0.2	+1.0	+.068	+3.9	+5.1	+.050
Delonte West	39	13.0	4.5	0.4	1.3	1.7	1.4	0.5	0.2	0.6	1.8	1.7	4.0	.426	0.6	1.7	.358	0.5	0.7	.704
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LeBron James	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Delonte West	7	16.3	4.1	0.3	1.0	1.3	0.6	1.0	0.1	0.3	2.4	1.6	3.0	.524	0.7	1.6	.455	0.3	0.6	.500

Season 2
	LeBron James	Delonte West
Season	2004-05	2005-06
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Boston Celtics
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		%
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:	+9	+8.3	+15.4	+0.6	+2.7	+3.3	+2.6	+1.0	+0.1	-1.4	-1.0	+5.2	+11.5	+.015	+0.2	+0.8	+.034	+4.8	+6.6	+.101
Delonte West	71	34.1	11.8	0.8	3.3	4.1	4.6	1.2	0.6	1.9	2.8	4.7	9.6	.487	1.2	3.1	.385	1.2	1.4	.851
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher LeBron James nor Delonte West played in the postseason in their season 2

Season 3
	LeBron James	Delonte West
Season	2005-06	2006-07
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Boston Celtics
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:	+10	+10.3	+19.2	+0.4	+3.5	+4.0	+2.2	+0.5	+0.3	-1.3	-0.1	+6.7	+12.7	+.053	+0.7	+2.2	+.030	+5.2	+7.4	+.115
Delonte West	69	32.2	12.2	0.5	2.6	3.0	4.4	1.1	0.5	2.0	2.2	4.4	10.4	.427	0.9	2.6	.365	2.4	2.9	.853
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
Delonte West	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	LeBron James	Delonte West
Season	2006-07	2007-08
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Seattle Supersonics, Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis

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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:	+17	+15.8	+19.0	+0.6	+3.0	+3.5	+2.2	+0.6	+0.2	-1.3	-0.5	+6.7	+13.0	+.063	+0.5	+1.8	+.037	+5.2	+7.5	+.038
Delonte West	61	25.1	8.3	0.5	2.7	3.2	3.8	1.0	0.5	1.9	1.7	3.2	7.8	.413	0.8	2.2	.356	1.1	1.5	.736
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:	+7	+9.9	+14.3	+0.7	+4.1	+4.8	+3.8	+0.5		-0.8	-1.1	+4.9	+11.5	+.016	+0.3	+0.6	+.149	+4.7	+6.6	+.099
Delonte West	13	34.8	10.8	0.6	2.7	3.3	4.2	1.2	0.5	2.5	3.1	3.4	8.5	.400	1.4	3.2	.429	2.7	3.2	.854

Season 5
	LeBron James	Delonte West
Season	2007-08	2008-09
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 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:	+11	+6.8	+18.3	+1.3	+3.4	+4.7	+3.7	+0.3	+0.9	-2.0	-0.2	+6.1	+12.1	+.027	+0.1	+1.2	+.084	+5.9	+8.6	+.121
Delonte West	64	33.6	11.7	0.5	2.7	3.2	3.5	1.5	0.2	1.4	2.0	4.5	9.8	.457	1.4	3.6	.399	1.4	1.7	.833
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:	+1	+0.3	+14.4	+0.8	+3.5	+4.3	+3.5	+0.4	+0.8	-1.8	-0.5	+3.5	+10.0	+.054	+0.5	+2.8	+.076	+6.9	+9.8	+.102
Delonte West	14	42.2	13.8	0.4	3.1	3.5	4.1	1.4	0.5	2.4	2.0	5.2	11.2	.465	0.9	2.6	.333	2.5	3.0	.833

Season 6
	LeBron James	Delonte West
Season	2008-09	2009-10
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Finals	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
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
difference:	+21	+12.7	+19.6	+0.8	+4.0	+4.8	+3.9	+0.8	+0.6	-1.5	-0.3	+6.5	+12.6	+.044	+1.2	+3.4	+.019	+5.4	+7.0	+.030
Delonte West	60	25.0	8.8	0.5	2.3	2.8	3.3	0.9	0.5	1.5	1.4	3.2	7.3	.445	0.4	1.3	.325	1.9	2.4	.810
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+3	+16.9	+28.6	+0.9	+6.4	+7.2	+4.7	+0.8	+0.6	-1.0	-0.6	+8.9	+16.2	+.092	+1.6	+4.1	+.175	+9.2	+12.7	+.189
Delonte West	11	24.5	6.7	0.5	1.4	1.9	2.6	0.8	0.3	1.7	1.5	2.5	6.1	.418	0.3	1.7	.158	1.4	1.5	.938

Season 7
	LeBron James	Delonte West
Season	2009-10	2010-11
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis	Celtics 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		%
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
difference:	+52	+20.1	+24.1	+0.6	+5.1	+5.8	+5.9	+0.8	+0.6	-2.1	-0.4	+7.8	+15.1	+.045	+1.2	+3.7	+.031	+7.3	+9.6	+.100
Delonte West	24	18.9	5.6	0.3	1.3	1.5	2.7	0.8	0.4	1.3	1.2	2.3	5.0	.458	0.5	1.4	.364	0.5	0.6	.867
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+2	+22.9	+22.5	+1.0	+6.5	+7.4	+6.3	+1.1	+1.8	-2.5	-0.3	+7.2	+14.0	+.034	+1.0	+2.4	+.032	+7.1	+9.8	+.067
Delonte West	9	18.9	6.6	0.4	1.4	1.9	1.3	0.6	0.0	1.3	1.8	2.4	5.2	.468	0.8	2.1	.368	0.9	1.1	.800

Season 8
	LeBron James	Delonte West
Season	2010-11	2011-12
Team	Miami Heat	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost NBA Finals	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
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
difference:	+35	+14.7	+17.1	+0.7	+4.5	+5.2	+3.8	+0.3	+0.3	-1.9	-0.6	+5.8	+10.6	+.049	+0.6	+1.8	+.025	+5.0	+6.8	+.127
Delonte West	44	24.1	9.6	0.3	2.0	2.3	3.2	1.3	0.3	1.7	1.5	3.8	8.2	.461	0.6	1.7	.355	1.4	1.6	.886
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+17	+21.9	+16.2	+1.1	+5.5	+6.6	+3.9	+0.9	+1.2	-2.3	-1.4	+5.5	+11.3	+.043	+0.6	+2.5	+.147	+4.4	+6.1	+.237
Delonte West	4	22.0	7.5	0.5	1.3	1.8	2.0	0.8	0.0	0.8	1.3	2.8	6.5	.423	0.8	1.5	.500	1.3	1.3	1.000

Additional Years
* LeBron James played 14 seasons more than Delonte West in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 9 to 22, from 2012 to 2025—LeBron James played in 12 Playoffs and won 4 NBA Championships and one NBA Cup. In those 14 extra years over Delonte West, LeBron James got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	4 Finals MVP 2 Season MVP 8 All-NBA First Team 2 All-NBA Second Team 4 All-NBA Third Team 2 All-Defensive First Team 1 All-Defensive Second Team 1 Assists Leader 1 Cup MVP 1 Cup All-Tournament Team 14 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP