LeBron James vs. Jalen Suggs Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jalen Suggs 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, 18 more than Jalen Suggs, who played 4. LeBron James had the first of his seasons in 2003-04, while Jalen Suggs had his rookie season in 2021-22. 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	Jalen Suggs
Season	2003-04	2021-22
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Orlando Magic
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:	+31	+12.3	+9.1	+0.8	+1.2	+1.9	+1.5	+0.4	+0.3	-0.5	-1.1	+3.8	+7.5	+.056	+0.1	+1.4	+.076	+1.8	+2.4	+.019
Jalen Suggs	48	27.2	11.8	0.5	3.0	3.6	4.4	1.2	0.4	3.0	3.0	4.1	11.4	.361	0.9	4.1	.214	2.6	3.4	.773
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher LeBron James nor Jalen Suggs played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	LeBron James	Jalen Suggs
Season	2004-05	2022-23
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Orlando Magic
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:	+27	+18.9	+17.3	+0.4	+4.0	+4.4	+4.3	+0.9	+0.2	-1.5	-0.5	+6.4	+12.7	+.053	+0.2	+0.1	+.024	+4.4	+5.8	+.027
Jalen Suggs	53	23.5	9.9	1.0	2.0	3.0	2.9	1.3	0.5	1.8	2.3	3.5	8.4	.419	1.2	3.8	.327	1.6	2.2	.723
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher LeBron James nor Jalen Suggs played in the postseason in their season 2

Season 3
	LeBron James	Jalen Suggs
Season	2005-06	2023-24
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis	Magic 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:	+4	+15.5	+18.8	+0.3	+3.7	+3.9	+3.9	+0.2	+0.2	-1.5	-0.4	+6.6	+13.6	+.009	+0.4	+0.3	+.062	+6.0	+8.2	+.018
Jalen Suggs	75	27.0	12.6	0.6	2.4	3.1	2.7	1.4	0.6	1.8	2.7	4.5	9.5	.471	2.0	5.1	.397	1.6	2.1	.756
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:	+6	+13.4	+16.1	+0.1	+2.8	+3.0	+2.5	+0.1	+0.3	-2.1	-0.8	+6.5	+11.9	+.074	+0.4	+2.1	+.041	+3.4	+4.8	+.030
Jalen Suggs	7	33.1	14.7	1.6	3.6	5.1	3.3	1.3	0.4	2.9	2.6	4.7	11.7	.402	2.0	6.9	.292	3.3	4.3	.767

Season 4
	LeBron James	Jalen Suggs
Season	2006-07	2024-25
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals	Did Not Play

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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:	+43	+12.3	+11.1	+0.4	+2.3	+2.7	+2.3	+0.1	+0.2	-0.3	-0.6	+4.3	+7.1	+.066	+0.9	+2.9	+.005	+3.5	+5.9	+.184
Jalen Suggs	35	28.6	16.2	0.7	3.4	4.0	3.7	1.5	0.9	2.9	2.8	5.6	13.7	.410	2.2	6.9	.314	2.8	3.1	.882
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
Jalen Suggs	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* LeBron James played 18 seasons more than Jalen Suggs in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 5 to 22, from 2008 to 2025—LeBron James played in 16 Playoffs and won 4 NBA Championships and one NBA Cup. In those 18 extra years over Jalen Suggs, LeBron James got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	4 Finals MVP 4 Season MVP 12 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 Scoring Leader 1 Assists Leader 1 Cup MVP 1 Cup All-Tournament Team 18 All-Star Game 2 All-Star Game MVP