LeBron James vs. Jared McCain Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jared McCain 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, 21 more than Jared McCain, who played 2. LeBron James had the first of his seasons in 2003-04, while Jared McCain had his rookie season in 2024-25. 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	Jared McCain
Season	2003-04	2024-25
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Philadelphia 76ers
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:	+56	+13.8	+5.6	+0.7	+2.3	+3.1	+3.3	+0.9	+0.7	-1.9	-0.3	+2.4	+7.0	+.043	+1.4	+3.1	+.093	+2.3	+3.4	+.121
Jared McCain	23	25.7	15.3	0.6	1.9	2.4	2.6	0.7	0.0	1.6	1.6	5.5	11.9	.460	2.2	5.8	.383	2.1	2.4	.875
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher LeBron James nor Jared McCain played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	LeBron James	Jared McCain
Season	2004-05	2025-26
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Philadelphia 76ers
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:	+63	+24.5	+20.0	+1.3	+4.1	+5.4	+5.4	+1.4	+0.7	-2.5	-0.4	+7.2	+13.7	+.107	+0.1	+0.1	+.007	+5.5	+7.5	+.139
Jared McCain	17	17.9	7.2	0.1	1.9	2.0	1.8	0.8	0.0	0.8	1.4	2.7	7.4	.365	1.3	3.8	.344	0.5	0.5	.889
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher LeBron James nor Jared McCain played in the postseason in their season 2

Additional Years
* LeBron James played 21 seasons more than Jared McCain in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 3 to 23, from 2006 to 2026—LeBron James played in 18 Playoffs and won 4 NBA Championships and one NBA Cup. In those 21 extra years over Jared McCain, 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