LeBron James vs. Duncan Robinson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Duncan Robinson 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, 15 more than Duncan Robinson, who played 7. LeBron James had the first of his seasons in 2003-04, while Duncan Robinson had his rookie season in 2018-19. 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	Duncan Robinson
Season	2003-04	2018-19
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Miami Heat
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:	+64	+28.8	+17.6	+1.2	+3.1	+4.2	+5.6	+1.3	+0.7	-3.2	-1.2	+6.7	+15.8	+.026	+0.1	+0.4	+.004	+4.1	+5.4	+.087
Duncan Robinson	15	10.7	3.3	0.1	1.1	1.3	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.7	1.2	3.1	.391	0.7	2.3	.286	0.3	0.4	.667
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher LeBron James nor Duncan Robinson played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	LeBron James	Duncan Robinson
Season	2004-05	2019-20
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Heat 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:	+7	+12.7	+13.7	+1.3	+3.0	+4.2	+5.8	+1.7	+0.4	-2.3	-0.8	+5.5	+11.7	+.002	+2.3	+4.4	+.095	+5.1	+7.0	+.181
Duncan Robinson	73	29.7	13.5	0.1	3.0	3.2	1.4	0.5	0.3	1.0	2.6	4.4	9.4	.470	3.7	8.3	.446	0.9	1.0	.931
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LeBron James	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Duncan Robinson	21	28.6	11.7	0.2	2.5	2.8	1.8	0.7	0.3	0.8	3.1	3.6	8.4	.426	3.0	7.4	.397	1.6	1.8	.868

Season 3
	LeBron James	Duncan Robinson
Season	2005-06	2020-21
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+7	+11.1	+18.3	+0.8	+2.7	+3.5	+4.8	+1.0	+0.5	-2.2	-0.2	+6.7	+13.1	+.041	+1.9	+3.7	+.073	+6.7	+9.3	+.089
Duncan Robinson	72	31.4	13.1	0.1	3.4	3.5	1.8	0.6	0.3	1.1	2.5	4.4	10.0	.439	3.5	8.5	.408	0.9	1.0	.827
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
difference:	+9	+21.5	+20.5	+1.7	+3.6	+5.3	+5.0	+0.6	+0.7	-4.0	-0.1	+8.4	+16.3	+.097	+0.9	+2.0	+.037	+4.4	+6.6	+.163
Duncan Robinson	4	25.0	10.3	0.0	2.8	2.8	0.8	0.8	0.0	1.0	3.3	2.8	7.3	.379	2.5	6.8	.370	2.3	2.5	.900

Season 4
	LeBron James	Duncan Robinson
Season	2006-07	2021-22
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals	Heat 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:	+1	+15.0	+16.4	+0.8	+3.4	+4.1	+4.4	+1.1	+0.5	-2.4	-0.3	+6.2	+11.6	+.077	+1.6	+3.9	+.053	+5.7	+8.2	+.138
Duncan Robinson	79	25.9	10.9	0.3	2.3	2.6	1.6	0.5	0.2	0.8	2.5	3.7	9.2	.399	2.9	7.9	.372	0.6	0.8	.836
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	+32.5	+19.5	+1.1	+5.2	+6.3	+7.6	+1.4	+0.4	-3.1	-0.3	+6.4	+15.6	+.023	+0.3	+0.2	+.103	+7.0	+9.3	+.078
Duncan Robinson	13	12.2	5.6	0.2	1.6	1.8	0.4	0.3	0.1	0.2	1.7	1.9	4.4	.439	1.4	3.6	.383	0.4	0.5	.833

Season 5
	LeBron James	Duncan Robinson
Season	2007-08	2022-23
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis	Heat 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:	+33	+24.0	+23.6	+1.6	+4.6	+6.3	+6.1	+1.5	+1.1	-2.7	-0.4	+8.5	+16.3	+.113		+0.2	+.013	+6.6	+9.5	+.194
Duncan Robinson	42	16.4	6.4	0.2	1.5	1.6	1.1	0.3	0.0	0.7	1.8	2.1	5.6	.371	1.5	4.6	.328	0.7	0.8	.906
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	+24.3	+19.2	+1.2	+5.2	+6.3	+5.9	+1.5	+1.2	-3.3	-0.9	+5.4	+14.3	+.064	+0.8	+0.5	+.185	+9.1	+12.5	+.144
Duncan Robinson	23	18.2	9.0	0.0	1.4	1.5	1.7	0.3	0.1	0.9	1.6	3.3	6.9	.475	2.2	4.9	.442	0.3	0.3	.875

Season 6
	LeBron James	Duncan Robinson
Season	2008-09	2023-24
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Finals	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+13	+9.7	+15.5	+1.1	+4.0	+5.1	+4.4	+1.0	+0.9	-1.6	-0.7	+5.2	+10.0	+.039	+1.2	+2.3	+.051	+6.1	+8.1	+.109
Duncan Robinson	68	28.0	12.9	0.2	2.3	2.5	2.8	0.7	0.2	1.4	2.4	4.5	9.9	.450	2.8	7.0	.395	1.2	1.3	.889
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:	+9	+29.4	+32.7	+1.4	+6.8	+8.1	+6.1	+1.2	+0.9	-1.7	-0.9	+10.4	+19.1	+.197	+1.3	+3.2	+.102	+10.6	+14.2
Duncan Robinson	5	12.0	2.6	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.2	0.4	0.0	1.0	1.2	1.0	3.2	.313	0.6	2.6	.231	0.0	0.0	-

Season 7
	LeBron James	Duncan Robinson
Season	2009-10	2024-25
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+2	+14.9	+18.7	+0.7	+4.4	+5.0	+6.2	+1.1	+0.9	-2.2	-0.2	+6.2	+11.1	+.066	+0.9	+1.4	+.060	+7.2	+9.5	+.120
Duncan Robinson	74	24.1	11.0	0.2	2.0	2.3	2.4	0.5	0.1	1.2	1.8	3.9	9.0	.437	2.6	6.5	.393	0.6	0.7	.887
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:	+7	+27.0	+24.8	+1.4	+6.9	+8.3	+7.3	+1.7	+1.8	-2.3	-0.6	+8.3	+15.7	+.145	+0.8	+1.5	+.067	+7.2	+9.9	+.017
Duncan Robinson	4	14.8	4.3	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	1.5	1.5	1.3	3.5	.357	1.0	3.0	.333	0.8	1.0	.750

Additional Years
* LeBron James played 15 seasons more than Duncan Robinson in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 8 to 22, from 2011 to 2025—LeBron James played in 13 Playoffs and won 4 NBA Championships and one NBA Cup. In those 15 extra years over Duncan Robinson, LeBron James got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	4 Finals MVP 2 Season MVP 9 All-NBA First Team 2 All-NBA Second Team 4 All-NBA Third Team 3 All-Defensive First Team 1 All-Defensive Second Team 1 Assists Leader 1 Cup MVP 1 Cup All-Tournament Team 15 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP